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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. Outstanding new releases in mystery and suspense fiction include:

Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov. Translated by George Bird. Melville House, 2011. Print Length: 240 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 1/2 stars (27 reviews). Kindle edition $4.39; Paperback $9.56. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. Originally published in Russian in 1996.

"...aspiring writer Viktor Zolotaryov leads a down-and-out life in poverty-and-violence-wracked Kiev - he’s out of work and his only friend is a penguin, Misha, that he rescued when the local zoo started getting rid of animals. Even more nerve-wracking: a local mobster has taken a shine to Misha and wants to keep borrowing him for events. But Viktor thinks he’s finally caught a break when he lands a well-paying job at the Kiev newspaper writing 'living obituaries' of local dignitaries - articles to be filed for use when the time comes. The only thing is, it seems the time always comes as soon as Viktor writes the article..." - Publisher.

Kill Me If You Can by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. Hachette Book Group, 2011. Print Length: 384 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 1/2 stars (7 reviews). Kindle edition $14.99; Hardcover $14.72. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"Matthew Bannon, a poor art student living in New York City, finds a duffel bag filled with diamonds during a chaotic attack at Grand Central Station. Plans for a worry-free life with his gorgeous girlfriend Katherine fill his thoughts - until he realizes that he is being hunted, and that whoever is after him won't stop until they have reclaimed the diamonds and exacted their revenge...a high-speed, high-stakes, winner-take-all thrill ride of adrenaline-fueled suspense." - Publisher.

A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny. Minotaur Books, 2011. Print Length: 352 p. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (29 reviews). Kindle edition $12.99; Hardcover $14.44. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. This is the seventh book in Penny's Inspector Gamache series that began with Still Life.

"Hearts are broken, Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book. Sweet relationships are dead. But now Lillian herself is dead. Found among the bleeding hearts and lilacs of Clara Morrow's garden in Three Pines, shattering the celebrations of Clara's solo show at the famed Musée in Montreal. Chief Inspector Gamache, the head of homicide at the Sûreté du Québec, is called to the tiny Quebec village and there he finds the art world gathered, and with it a world of shading and nuance, a world of shadow and light. Where nothing is as it seems. Behind every smile there lurks a sneer. Inside every sweet relationship there hides a broken heart. And even when facts are slowly exposed, it is no longer clear to Gamache and his team if what they've found is the truth, or simply a trick of the light." - Publisher.

The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman. Harper Collins, 2011. Print Length: 352 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 stars (10 reviews). Kindle edition $12.99; Hardcover $14.44. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"Set...in the well-wrought environs of Lippman’s beloved Baltimore,...the shadowy tale of a group of onetime friends forced to confront a dark past they’ve each tried to bury following the death of one of their number. Rich in the compassion and insight into flawed human nature that has become a Lippman trademark while telling an absolutely gripping story, The Most Dangerous Thing will not be confined by genre restrictions, reaching out instead to captive a wide, diverse audience, from Kate Atkinson fans to readers of Jodi Picoult and Kathryn Stockett." - Publisher.

The Accident by Linwood Barclay. Bantam, 2011. Print Length: 400 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 1/2 stars (55 reviews). Kindle edition $12.99; Hardcover $16.50. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"It’s the new normal at the Garber household in Connecticut: Glen, a contractor, has seen his business shaken by the housing crisis, and now his wife, Sheila, is taking a business course at night to increase her chances of landing a good-paying job. But she should have been home by now. Waiting for Sheila’s return, with their eight-year-old daughter sleeping soundly, Glen soon finds his worst fears confirmed: Sheila and two others have been killed in a car accident. Adding to the tragedy, the police claim Sheila was responsible. Glen knows it’s impossible; he knew his wife and she would never do such a thing. When he investigates, Glen begins to uncover layers of lawlessness beneath the placid surface of their suburb, secret after dangerous secret behind the closed doors..." - Publisher.

A Bitter Truth: A Bess Crawford Mystery by Charles Todd. William Morrow, 2011. Print Length: 352 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 stars (38 reviews). Kindle edition $11.99; Hardcover $14.26. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. This is the author's third mystery to feature British nurse Bess Crawford. The first two were A Duty to the Dead and An Impartial Witness.

"When battlefield nurse Bess Crawford returns from France for a well-earned Christmas leave, she finds a bruised and shivering woman huddled in the doorway of her London residence. The woman has nowhere to turn, and propelled by a firm sense of duty, Bess takes her in. Once inside Bess’s flat, the woman reveals that a quarrel with her husband erupted into violence, yet she wants to return home - if Bess will go with her to Sussex. Realizing that the woman is suffering from a concussion, Bess gives up a few precious days of leave to travel with her. What Bess finds at Vixen Hill is a house of mourning. The woman’s family has gathered for a memorial service for the elder son, who died of war wounds. Her husband, home on compassionate leave, is tense, tormented by jealousy and his own guilty conscience. Then, when a troubled houseguest is found dead, Bess herself becomes a prime suspect in the case. .." - Publisher.

The Borgia Betrayal by Sara Poole. St. Martin's Griffin, 2011. Print Length: 416 p. Amazon customer rating: 4 stars (18 reviews). Kindle edition $9.99; Paperback $10.19. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"From the author of Poison, ... comes a new historical thriller, featuring the same intriguing and beautiful heroine: Borgia court poisoner, Francesca Giordano. In the summer of 1493, Rodrigo Borgia, Alexander VI, has been pope for almost a year. Having played a crucial role in helping him ascend the chair of Saint Peter, Francesca, haunted by the shadows of her own past, is now charged with keeping him there. As court poisoner to the most notorious and dangerous family in Italy, this mistress of death faces a web of peril, intrigue, and deceit that threatens to extinguish the light of the Renaissance. As dangers close in from every direction, Francesca conceives a desperate plan that puts her own life at risk and hurls her into a nightmare confrontation with a madman intent on destroying all she is pledged to protect..." - Publisher.

Murder by Mocha by Cleo Coyle. Berkley, 2011. Print Length: 384 p. Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (15 reviews). Kindle edition $13.69; Hardcover $15.63. Text-to-Speech: Enabled.

"A divorced, single mom in her forties, Clare Cosi is a coffee shop manager by day, an irrepressible snoop by night. When something is wrong, she considers it her mission in life to right it, and murder is as wrong as it gets. Can coffee enhance your love life? Clare's Village Blend coffee beans are being used to create a new java love potion: a Mocha Magic Coffee that's laced with an herbal aphrodisiac. The product, expected to rake in millions, will be sold exclusively on Aphrodite's Village, one of the most popular online communities for women. But at the product's launch party, one of the website's editors is murdered. Clare is convinced someone wants control of the coffee's secret formula and is willing to kill to get it. Can she stir up evidence against this bitter killer? Or will she be next on the hit list?" - Publisher.
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