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Master List

February


March
(re-release)

April


May
(Audio Edition)

June


July


August


September


October


November

When Falcons Fall, the latest Sebastian St. Cyr, is due March 1 :)

Book 3 of the Blake & Avery series is in the works, hopefully in 2016. I know The Murder of Mary Russell will be out before we know it (but not soon enough). Also looking forward to The Bachelor Girl's Guide to Murder to see how that is ... I know there's more....

The next Lady Darby mystery, , will be released on 7/5/2016.

The next in the Gaslight mystery series, , will be released 5/3/2016.

The next Maisie Dobbs Journey to Munich will be released on 3/29/16.

Thanks everyone. Keep 'em coming. I'll update the master list soon.

M.J. Carter response tweeted me that Blake & Avery 3 would likely be ready closer to Christmas 2016. I'm @BLClark on twitter.

Veronica wrote: "The next Lady Darby mystery, , will be released on 7/5/2016.

Yessss!!!!

Isn't the cover lovely??

Veronica wrote: "Isn't the cover lovely??"

Yes! And the synopsis says this one takes place in Ireland as well. I only hope this series doesn't go the way of the Lady Julia mysteries and (view spoiler)[totally derail when Keira gets married - I don't want her to simply become a puppet of her husband's (hide spoiler)].

Oh, I hope not too. I haven't read the Lady Julia series yet but I have the first book at home. I already knew about that spoiler though so maybe knowing to expect it will blunt the edges for me. Maybe.

I may be one of the rare people who actually enjoyed the entire Lady Julia series including the last book.

The Singer from Memphis by Gary Corby is out May 17th.

Land of Shadows: A Medieval Mystery , the latest in the Medieval Mysteries series is due out February 2.

No Shred of Evidence by Charles Todd, the latest in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series came out Feb. 16, 2016.

I absolutely love the Ian Rutledge series.

I just picked up the first Ian Rutledge book and hope to start it soon.

List updated.

I'm off to see if my library has the Ian Rutledge series.

Michell wrote: "I absolutely love the Ian Rutledge series."

I love it too. Its very different from most other mystery series I think and I like the edginess of the Inspector. Flawed but very likeable.

Flawed is good. :-)

A Most Novel Revenge (third in series) is out 10/11/16.

A Golden Cage: NEWPORT GILDED AGE (second in series) is out 6/7/16

Borrowing Death (second in series) is out 6/28/16.

Teetotaled (second in series) is out 10/2016.

No Pity For the Dead (second in series, no cover yet) is out 8/2/16.

Thanks Veronica.
Master list updated.

A Lady in the Smoke: A Victorian Mystery is out March 29th.

I heard a good review of Beloved Poison and it sounds interesting. Goodreads has the publication date as March 3.

Newest Bess Crawford book is due out August 30. The Shattered Tree.

Due September 20th: Thrice the Brindled Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan Bradley.

I suspect you meant to link to this book rather than the Robertson Davies one Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd

Whoops!

I was interested to see Rory Clements is starting a new series--looking forward to it. 2 June

Corpus
From amazon: A brand-new historical spy thriller series set in 1930s London, Cambridge and Berlin, with all the trademark suspense and authenticity of Clements's award-winning and acclaimed JOHN SHAKESPEARE series.

1936 and Europe is on the brink of a cataclysm it cannot foresee. In Berlin, a young woman risks her life to rescue a Jewish dissident. In a London club, two men exchange a vital message. In a country house near Cambridge, an elderly couple are discovered, horribly murdered. It will take Cambridge professor and maverick Thomas Wilde, expert in the Elizabethan spy networks, to put the pieces of a conspiracy that reaches the very highest levels of government. But can he decipher its true meaning before it's too late?

Also, The Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor is out April 7.

Master list updated

The Queen's Accomplice the next book in the Maggie Hope series is out October 4.

Meghan wrote: "Newest Bess Crawford book is due out August 30. The Shattered Tree."

Can't wait!

Miss M wrote: "I was interested to see Rory Clements is starting a new series--looking forward to it. 2 June

Corpus
From amazon: A brand-new historical spy thriller series set in 1930s London, Ca..."
Sounds wonderful!

Ok just too many good books are coming out I guess its time to become a hermit.

I am about to pick up my library hold on Blood of the Oak by Eliot Pattison . It's the 4th in his series of mysteries set in colonial America (this one in 1765).

Denise wrote: "Ok just too many good books are coming out I guess its time to become a hermit."

So many books, so little time :0)

Looks like Deanna Raybourn's latest Veronica Speedwell mystery has a title and rough date (September 2016) though no actual date yet:

A Perilous Undertaking

Lauren wrote: "Denise wrote: "Ok just too many good books are coming out I guess its time to become a hermit."

So many books, so little time :0)"

Agree, Denise! Can't keep up!

is out May 3rd (first in a new series).

Another new series, , is also out May 3rd.

And another new one, is out October 4th.

Number 4 in the Kurland St Mary series, , is out November 29th.

And a couple that are already out:

which was released April 19th (yesterday).

which was released last month; it's actually a re-release with a new cover (the series stands at four books across the pond with a fifth due soon). Here's the original UK cover: .

Oops, forgot about the second book in the Newport Gilded Age series out June 7th, .

Thanks for all of these, Veronica. I will update the list.
So looking forward to the new Kurland St. Mary book!

Wow! Look at all these books; I don't even know where to start. Looks like it should be a good reading year. :)

Rebecca wrote: "Wow! Look at all these books; I don't even know where to start. Looks like it should be a good reading year. :)"

My holds list keeps getting longer. :)

Well, of course I would recommend mine! Just released in April - the start of a historical series set in 1930's Chicago!

The audio version of Winter's Pearl: Prologue to the Guy Winter Mysteries Series (the first audiobook in this series) written by: James Philip has recently been released.

Winter's Pearl is set in London in the first months of the Second World War during the period of the so-called 'Phoney War'. It draws us into the complex world of Scotland Yard's most famous detective Guy Winter; the Mystery Man. So named because no other living detective has ever solved as many mysteries as Winter of the Yard. However, the great detective's fame and triumphs have come at a high cost. Who needs enemies when your friends are on somebody else's side?

http://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Crime-Thr...

http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Win...