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Spend less time searching for new genre fiction and more time reading it as I watch for newly-released genre fiction in the Kindle Store so you don't have to. Recent releases in mystery and fantasy fiction include:

MYSTERIES/THRILLERS

Tough Customer by Sandra Brown. Simon & Schuster. Print length: 288 p. Kindle edition $12.99. Text-to-Speech: Disabled.

"Colleagues, friends, and lovers know Dodge Hanley as a private investigator who doesn’t let rules get in his way - in his private life as well as his professional one. That’s why he’s the first person Caroline King - who after a thirty-year separation continues to haunt his dreams - asks for help when a deranged stalker attempts to murder their daughter...the daughter Dodge has never met. He has a whole bagful of grudging excuses for wishing to ignore Caroline’s call, and one compelling reason to drop everything and fly down to Texas: guilt. Dodge’s mind may be a haze of disturbing memories and bad decisions, but he arrives in Houston knowing with perfect clarity that his daughter, Berry, is in danger. She has become the object of desire of a co-worker, a madman and genius with a penchant for puzzles and games who has spent the past year making Berry’s life hell, and who now has vowed to kill her..." - Amazon.

Star Island by Carl Hiaasen. Knopf. Print length: 352 p. Kindle edition $9.99. Text-to-Speech: Disabled.
"The career of singer Cheryl Bunterman (aka Cherry Pye), who debuted with Jailbait Records at age 15, is foundering due to her lack of talent and indiscriminate appetite for drugs, booze, and sex in this outrageous, offbeat novel from Hiaasen. Among those struggling to keep Cherry's career afloat are her mother, Janet Bunterman; producer Maury Lykes; and 'undercover stunt double' Ann DeLusia, who will, say, mislead the press into thinking Cherry is out and about when she's really in rehab. Hiaasen has easy targets in misbehaving celebrity sightings, tabloid stalkings, and spin control experts, and he makes the most of them. Crooked real estate developer Jackie Sebago and paparazzo Bang Abbott, who plans to hitch his wagon to Cherry's star, add to the madcap fun. Mayhem follows after Bang kidnaps Ann instead of Cherry by mistake, and ex-Florida governor and eco-vigilante Clinton 'Skink' Tyree, who was smitten with Ann after a chance encounter, rushes to her rescue..." Publishers Weekly.

Rules of Betrayal by Christopher Reich. Doubleday. Print length: 368 p. Kindle edition $14.27. Text-to-Speech: Disabled.
This is the 3rd book by Reich to feature Doctor Jonathan Ransom, following Rules of Deception and Rules of Vengeance.
"Surgeon Jonathan Ransom and his secret-agent wife, Emma, return in this third installment of Reich's Rules series. Working in Afghanistan for Doctors without Borders, Jonathan has an accidental encounter with a terrorist, from whom he barely escapes. Back in the U.S., he is recruited by his wife's agency. Emma has disappeared while investigating the possible acquisition of a nuclear weapon by a terrorist cell, and now her only hope of rescue lies with her husband. Does Jonathan have the skills to become a spy and save the woman he loves? Of course, betrayal is the name of the game here. Reich's ability to craft tense story lines and to populate his high-concept spy thrillers with fully developed main characters quickly have made him one of the new masters in the spy game..." - Jeff Ayers for Booklist.

Still Missing by Chevy Stevens. St. Martin's Press. Print length: 352 p. Kindle edition $11.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"...a psychological thriller that pulls no punches and has a title that couldn’t be more apt. If Annie O’Sullivan’s mother isn’t exactly a warm and fuzzy parent, everything else in Annie’s life is great: she has a handsome, attentive boyfriend; loyal friends; and a real-estate career on the upswing. All that comes clear in the first few pages. Then, at an open house one sunny afternoon, a stranger with tousled blond hair and a pleasant manner kidnaps her, takes her to a remote cabin, and rapes and enslaves her. In an angry voice that unsuccessfully tries to mask her fear and pain, Annie gradually reveals, to her unnamed shrink, what she endured during her captivity - and how she is coping since her return home. People tell her she is lucky to be back, but fragile and stripped of her dignity, Annie makes a compelling case for the idea that she is really 'still missing.' Relentless and disturbing, Stevens’ dark, mesmerizing character study follows a twisted path from victimhood toward self-empowerment." - Stephanie Zvirin for Booklist.

FANTASY

Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong. Dutton. Print length: 320 p. Kindle edition $12.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
This is book eleven in Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series.
"At twenty-one, Savannah Levine - orphaned daughter of a notorious dark witch and an equally notorious cutthroat sorcerer - considers herself a full-fledged member of the otherworld. The once rebellious teen has grown into a six-foot-tall, motorcycle-riding jaw-dropper, with an impressive knowledge of and ability to perform spells. The only problem is, she's having a hard time convincing her adoptive parents, Paige and Lucas, to take her seriously as an adult. She's working as the research assistant at the detective agency they founded, and when they take off on a romantic vacation alone, leaving her in charge, Savannah finds herself itching for a case to call her own...Suddenly, Savannah gets the chance she's been waiting for: Recruited by another supernatural detective, she travels to Columbus, Washington, a small, dying town. Two troubled young women have been found in an abandoned warehouse, murdered. Now a third woman's dead, and on closer inspection small details point to darker forces at play..." - Amazon.

Death's Excellent Vacation edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner. Ace. Print length: 352 p. Kindle edition $11.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"With an all-new Sookie Stackhouse story and twelve other original tales, editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner bring together a stellar collection of tour guides who offer vacations that are frightening, funny, and touching for the fanged, the furry, the demonic, and the grotesque." - Amazon.

City of Ghosts by Stacia Kane. Del Rey. Print length: 352 p. Kindle edition $6.39. Text-to-Speech: Disabled.
This is book three of the author's Downside Ghosts series, following Unholy Ghosts and Unholy Magic.
"Chess Putnam has a lot on her plate. Mangled human corpses have started to show up on the streets of Downside, and Chess’s bosses at the Church of Real Truth have ordered her to team up with the ultra-powerful Black Squad agency to crack the grisly case. Chess is under a binding spell that threatens death if she talks about the investigation, but the city’s most notorious crime boss - and Chess’s drug dealer - gets wind of her new assignment and insists on being kept informed. If that isn’t bad enough, a sinister street vendor appears to have information Chess needs. Only he’s not telling what he knows, or what it all has to do with the vast underground City of Eternity. Now Chess will have to navigate killer wraiths, First Elders, and a lot of seriously nasty magic—all while coping with some not-so-small issues of her own. And the only man Chess can trust to help her through it all has every reason to want her dead." - Amazon.

Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal. Tor Books. Print length: 304 p. Kindle edition $11.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"...an intimate portrait of Jane Ellsworth, a woman ahead of her time in a version of Regency England where the manipulation of glamour is considered an essential skill for a lady of quality. But despite the prevalence of magic in everyday life, other aspects of Dorchester’s society are not that different: Jane and her sister Melody’s lives still revolve around vying for the attentions of eligible men. Jane resists this fate, and rightly so: while her skill with glamour is remarkable, it is her sister who is fair of face, and therefore wins the lion’s share of the attention. At the ripe old age of twenty-eight, Jane has resigned herself to being invisible forever. But when her family’s honor is threatened, she finds that she must push her skills to the limit in order to set things right - and, in the process, accidentally wanders into a love story of her own." - www.maryrobinettekowal.com

Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead. Zebra Books. Print length: 320 p. Kindle edition $5.11. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
"When it comes to jobs in hell, being a succubus seems pretty glamorous. A girl can be anything she wants, the wardrobe is killer, and mortal men will do anything just for a touch. Granted, they often pay with their souls, but why get technical? But Seattle succubus Georgina Kincaid's life is far less exotic. At least there's her day job at a local bookstore - free books; all the white chocolate mochas she can drink; and easy access to bestselling, sexy writer, Seth Mortensen... But dreaming about Seth will have to wait. Something wicked is at work in Seattle's demon underground. And for once, all of her hot charms and drop-dead one-liners won't help because Georgina's about to discover there are some creatures out there that both heaven and hell want to deny." - Amazon.

Stormlord Rising by Glenda Larke. Orbit. Print length: 704 p. Kindle edition $7.99. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.
This is book two in Larke's Watergiver series, following The Last Stormlord.
"The last Stormlord is dead. War has come to the cities of the Quartern. The violent, nomadic Redunners have put every rainlord they could find to the sword and the cities are left without hope. Shale has been betrayed, drugged, and left at the feet of his greatest enemy. Now, he must decide to work with those who have plotted against him or let thousands of the waterless die. Terelle has escaped the Scarpen in search of her homeland and her people, the mysterious Watergivers. But a desperate message will send her back to find Shale and face her worst fears. The people of the Scarpen are in danger. Shale and Terelle must find a way to save their people and punish those who have destroyed all they ever loved." - Amazon.