GOLDEN GATE MYSTERIES: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CRIME FICTION
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Abramson, Mark.
Wedding season. Maple Shade, N.J.: Lethe Press, 2011. (Beach Reading #5) [Summary (from author’s website)]
California dreamers. Maple Shade, N.J.: Lethe Press, 2012. (Beach Reading #6) [Summary (from author’s website)] [forthcoming, June 2012]

Baty, Robert.
The blonde in the Lotus Elite. San Tan Valley, Ariz.: R.J. Buckley Publishing, 2011. (Vintage Connor #1) [Summary (from author’s website)]

Blackwell, Juliet.
Hexes and hemlines: a witchcraft mystery. New York: Signet, 2011. 324 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Dead bolt: a haunted home renovation mystery. New York: Signet, 2011. [Summary (from author’s website)] [forthcoming, December 2011]

Browne, S. G.
Lucky bastard. New York: Gallery Books, 2012. 358 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Buffa, D. W.
The swindlers. Napa, Calif.: Blue Zephyr, 2011. 261 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Carlisle, Kate.
Murder under cover. New York: Signet, 2011. (A Bibliophile Mystery #4) 291 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
One book in the grave. New York: Signet, 2012. (A Bibliophile Mystery #5) 291 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Carroll, Grace.
Shoe done it. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2011. (An Accessories Mystery #1) 277 pp. [Summary (from publisher’s website)]

Chiaverini, Jennifer.
Sonoma rose. New York: Dutton, 2012. (An Elm Creek Quilts Novel) 405 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Crosby, Ellen.
The sauvignon secret: a wine country mystery. New York: Scribner, 2011. 256 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Dawson, Janet.
Bit player. McKinleyville, Calif.: Perseverance Press, 2011. 275 pp.

DeWitt, Patrick.
The Sisters brothers. New York: Ecco, 2011. 328 pp.

Friedman, Lawrence.
Death of a wannabe. New Orleans, La.: Quid Pro LLC, 2011. 221 pp. [Summary (from publisher’s website)]

Gardiner, Meg.
The nightmare thief. New York: Dutton, 2011. 353 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Geiger, Lee.
Pearls of Asia: a love story. [Seattle, Wash.]: CreateSpace, 2011. 236 pp. [Summary]

Goldberg, Lee.
Mr. Monk on the couch. New York: Obsidian, 2011. 278 pp. (Monk series #12) [Summary (from author’s website)]

Gordon, William C.
The Chinese jars. Point Richmond, Calif.: Bay Tree Publishing, 2011. 256 pp. [Summary]
King of the bottom. Point Richmond, Calif.: Bay Tree Publishing, 2012. [forthcoming, 2012] [Summary]
The ugly dwarf. Point Richmond, Calif.: Bay Tree Publishing, 2012. [forthcoming, 2012] [Summary]
Fractured lives. Point Richmond, Calif.: Bay Tree Publishing, 2012. [forthcoming, 2012]

Gore, Steven.
Act of deceipt. New York: Harper, 2011. 341 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Grace, Margaret.
Mix-up in miniature. Palo Alto, Calif.: Perseverance Press/John Daniel & Company, 2012. 241 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Graham, Will.
Street heat. Charleston, S.C.: CreateSpace, 2011. 230 pp. [Summary]

Grant, M. C.
Angel with a bullet. Woodbury, Minn.: Midnight Ink, 2012. [Summary (from publisher’s website)] [forthcoming, September 2012]

Hale, Rebecca M.
How to moon a cat. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2011. (Cats and Curios Mystery #3) 297 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Halliday, Gemma.
Play nice. New York: Minotaur Books, 2012. 258 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Harper, Paul.
Pacific Heights. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2011.

Harwood, Seth.
This is life. San Francisco: CrimeWAV Books, 2011. 331 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Czechmate. San Francisco: CrimeWAV Books, 2011. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Hilborne, Jenny.
No alibi. Laurel, Md.: Echelon Press, 2011. [issued as e-book only] [Summary]

Isler, Saul.
Babe Ruth is missing. Springville, Utah: Bonneville Books, 2011.

Jacobson, Alan.
Inmate 1577. Tualatin, Or.: Norwood Press, 2011. 453 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)

Jayne, Hannah.
Under wraps. New York: Kensington Books, 2011. (The Underworld Detection Agency Chronicles #1) 343 pp. [Summary]
Under attack. New York: Kensington Books, 2011. (The Underworld Detection Agency Chronicles #2) 342 pp. [Summary]

Koretsky, J. Lea.
Trojan Park: a California mystery. Berkeley, Calif.: Regent Press, 2011. 203 pp.

Lescroart, John.
The hunter. New York: Dutton, 2012. 387 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Lutz, Lisa.
Trail of the Spellmans. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012. 373 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

McMullen, Beth.
Original Sin: A Sally Sin Adventure. New York: Hyperion, 2011. 291 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Miller, Susan Cummins.
Fracture. Lubbock, Tex.: Texas Tech University Press, 2011. 269 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Muller, Marcia.
City of whispers. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2011. 262 pp.

No rest for the dead. Gulli, Andrew, and Lamia Gulli, eds. New York: Touchstone, 2011. 256 pp. [Summary (from publisher’s website)]

Orgain, Diana.
Formula for murder. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2011. 274 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Patterson, James, and Maxine Paetro.
10th anniversary. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2011. 395 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
11th hour. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2012. 416 pp. [forthcoming, May 2012] [Summary (from author’s website)]

Pronzini, Bill.
Camouflage. New York: Forge, 2011.

Richtel, Matt.
Devil’s plaything: a mystery for Idle minds. Scottsdale, Ariz.: Poisoned Pen Press, 2011. 324 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Robinson, Cynthia.
The Barbary dogs. New York: Minotaur Books, 2011. 328 pp.

Roy, Ron.
The New Year dragon dilemma. New York: Random House Children’s Books, 2011.

Russell, Kirk.
A killing in China Basin. Sutton [England]: Severn House, 2011. 213 pp. [Summary]
Counterfeit road. Sutton [England]: Severn House, 2012. 248 pp.

Schneider, Bart.
Nameless dame: murder on the Russian River. Berkeley, Calif.: Soft Skull Press, 2012. 296 pp. [Summary]

Sigler, Scott.
Nocturnal New York: Crown Publishers, 2012. 566 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Stanley, Kelli.
City of secrets. New York: Minotaur Books, 2011. 290 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Swierczynski, Duane.
Hell and gone. New York: Mulholland Books, 2011. 286 pp.

Tierney, Ronald.
Good to the last kiss. Sutton [England]: Severn House, 2011. 224 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
Mascara: death in the Tenderloin. San Francisco: Life, Death and Fog Books, 2011. 150 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Warner, Penny.
How to survive a killer séance: a party planning mystery. New York: Obsidian, 2011. 308 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]
How to party with a killer vampire. New York: Obsidian, 2011. 310 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Wood, Simon.
The fall guy. [United States]: Comet Press, 2011. 131 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]

Wood, Simon, and Robert Pratten
Lowlifes. [United States]: Zen Films, 2011. 130 pp. [Summary (from author’s website)]


 

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OBSCURITIES, or, TITLES MISSED THE FIRST TIME AROUND

Bain, Donald, and Jessica Fletcher.
Blood on the vine: a Murder, she wrote mystery. New York: Signet, 2001. [Summary]

Brody, Irene.
Winners bitch. San Jose, Calif.: Malpensa Press, 2001.

Chang, Leonard.
Crossings. Mill Creek, Wash.: Black Heron Press, 2009. 315 pp. [Summary]

Ciambrone, David.
Napa nights. San Jose, Calif.: Mystery and Suspense Press, 2001. 265 pp. [Summary]

Dove, Michael A..
CRIM 279. New York: iUniverse, 2004. 135 pp.

Grafton, Sue.
“K” is for killer. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1994. 284 pp.

Hall, Mary Bowen.
Emma Chizzit and the Queen Anne killer. New York: Walker, 1989.

Hawley, Noah.
A conspiracy of tall men. New York: Harmony Books, 1998. 295 pp. [Summary]

Henn, Henry.
China Alley. New York: Manor Books, Inc., 1978. 241 pp.

Hughston, Dana.
You stand accused. New York: Hillman-Curl, Inc., 1937. 286 pp. [Summary]

Lupoff, Richard A.
Quintet: the cases of Chase & Delacroix. Norfolk, Va.: Crippen & Landru, 2009. 213 pp. [Summary]

Norris, Kathleen.
Mystery House. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1939. 305 pp. [Summary]

Nottenkamper, Andy.
Rule number one: a Harrison Pius mystery. Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, Inc., 2006.
Rule number two: a Harrison Pius mystery. Denver, Colo.: Outskirts Press, Inc., 2007.
Rule number three: a Harrison Pius mystery. Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, Inc., 2008.

Perry, Thomas.
Silence. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, Inc., 2007. 439 pp. [Summary]

Piliero, Christopher Rocco.
Sharpshooters. Edmonton, Canada: Commonwealth Publications, 1997.

Roizen, Ron.
On the field of honor: a history of science mystery. [United States]: Lulu, 2006.

Sherrell, Susan.
Grace. Seattle, Wash.: Workwomans Press, 2009.

Taylor, John.
Days on the beach. Taylorville, Ill.: Oak Tree Press, 2009.

Tuttle, George Everett.
Death in the vineyard. Bloomington, Ind.: 1stBooks Library, 2003.

Weber, Lin.
The wine cellar. St. Helena, Calif.: Wine Ventures Pub., 2006.


 
 

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