Aaron, Chester.
Murder by metaphor. Austin, Tex.: Zumaya Enigma, 2009. 246 pp. [Summary (from publisher’s website)]
Abramson, Mark
Cold serial murder. Maple Shade, N.J.: Lethe Press, 2009. (Beach Reading #2) [Summary (from author’s website)]
Russian River rat. Maple Shade, N.J.: Lethe Press, 2009. (Beach Reading #3) [Summary (from author’s website)]
Atkins, Ace.
Devil’s garden. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009. 354 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Berndt, Holger.
Hedge fund. San Francisco: Unfungible Books, 2009. 214 pp. [Summary (from publisher’s website)]
Blackwell, Juliet.
Secondhand spirits. New York: Obsidian, 2009. 325 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Brenner, Summer.
I-5: a novel of crime, transport, and sex. Oakland, Calif.: PM Press, 2009. 256 pp. [Summary (from publisher’s website)]
Carlisle, Kate.
Homicide in hardcover. New York: Obsidian, 2009. (A Bibliophile Mystery #1) 289 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Castleman, Michael.
A killing in real estate. San Francisco: MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2009. [forthcoming, December 2009]
Chance, Alex.
The final days. London: William Heinemann, 2008. 451 pp.
Coggins, Mark.
The big wake-up. Madison, Wis.: Bleak House Books, 2009. 271 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Dunlap, Susan.
Civil twilight. Berkeley, Calif.: Counterpoint, 2009. 264 pp.
Eisler, Barry.
Fault line. New York: Ballantine Books, 2009. 308 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Gagnon, Michelle.
The Gatekeeper. Don Mills, Ont.: MIRA Books, 2009. 409 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Gardiner, Meg.
The memory collector. New York: Dutton, 2009. 354 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Goldberg, Lee.
Mr. Monk and the dirty cop. New York: Obsidian, 2009. 276 pp. (Monk series #8) [Summary (from author’s website)]
Gordon, Nadia.
Lethal vintage. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2009. 259 pp. [Summary (from publisher’s website)]
Gores, Joe.
Spade & Archer. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. 352 pp. [Summary (from publisher’s website) | SFGate article, 02/06/2009 | SF Chronicle review, 02/08/2009]
Grabien, Deborah.
While my guitar gently weeps. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2009. 274 pp. [Summary]
Grace, Margaret. [Camille Minichino]
Malice in miniature. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2009. 294 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Mourning in miniature. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2009. 312 pp.
Harwood, Seth.
Jack wakes up. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2009 (originally pub.: Barrington, N.H.: Breakneck Books, 2008). [Summary/Podcast]
Hill, Owen.
The incredible double. Oakland, Calif.: PM Press, 2009. 128 pp. [Summary (from publisher’s website)]
Laurie, Victoria.
Ghouls just haunt to have fun. New York: Obsidian, 2009. (Ghost Hunter Mystery #3) 320 pp.
Lescroart, John.
A plague of secrets. New York: Dutton, 2009. 417 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)
Lucke, Margaret.
Mansion of desire. Rockville, Md.: Juno Books, 2009. (Supernatural Properties #2) [forthcoming]
Lutz, Lisa.
Revenge of the Spellmans. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. 375 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Maleeny, Tim.
Jump. Scottsdale, Ariz.: Poisoned Pen Press, 2009. 280 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)
Maravelis, Peter, ed.
San Francisco noir 2: the classics. New York: Akashic Books, 2009. [Summary (from publisher’s website)]
Muller, Marcia.
Locked in. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2009. 281 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)
Orgain, Diana.
Bundle of trouble. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2009. 296 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Patterson, James, and Maxine Paetro.
The 8th confession. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2009. 361 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Pronzini, Bill.
Schemers. New York: Forge, 2009. 302 pp.
Raffel, Keith.
Smasher: a Silicon Valley mystery. Woodbury, Minn.: Midnight Ink, 2009. 302 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Reiss, Kathryn.
The tangled web: a Julie mystery. Middleton, Wisc.: American Girl Publishing, Inc., 2009. [Summary (from publisher’s website)]
Ryan, Andie.
Shakedown. New York: Lenox Road Publishing, 2009. 421 pp. [Excerpt (from author’s website)
Ryan, Phil.
All sins remembered. San Francisco: San Francisco City Press, Inc., 2008. 449 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Scott, Kemble.
The sower. San Rafael, Calif.: Vox Novus/Numina Press, 2009. 214 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Scott, Michelle.
Corked by Cabernet. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2009. 260 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
A toast to murder. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2010. [forthcoming, April 2010] [Summary (from author’s website)]
Stanley, Kelli.
City of dragons. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2010. [forthcoming, 2010]
Thayer, Terri.
Ocean waves: a quilting mystery. Woodbury, Minn.: Midnight Ink, 2009. 255 pp.
Tierney, Ronald.
Death in Pacific Heights. Sutton [England]: Severn House, 2009. 214 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Death in North Beach. Sutton [England]: Severn House, 2010. [forthcoming, February 2010]