The last month of the year is always also one of the months with slimmer pickings for book lovers. Presumeably the publishing industry believes we’ve all done our holiday shopping early, and we’re too busy eating turkey leftovers and going to holiday parties to read books. Still there’s some interesting titles early and late in the month. Here are the blendy ones. As usual, I list the genres in rough order of prominence.
December 2
- Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart (Peculiar Crimes Unit) by Chistopher Fowler (Mystery/Historical Fiction)
- Crimson Angel (Benjamin January)
by Barbara Hambly (Mystery/Historical)
- Sustenance (St. Germain)
- Spirit of the Wolves (Wolf Chronicles)
by Dorothy Hearst (Historical/Fantasy)
- Full Throttle (Black Knights Inc.)
by Julie Ann Walker (Romance/Suspense)
- Spell Booked (Retired Witches Mysteries)
by Joyce and Jim Levine (Cozy Mystery/Fantasy)
- Universal Alien (Aliens/Kitty Katt)
by Gini Koch (Romance/SF)
- Undercity (Skolian Empire)
- Vacant (Mindspace Investigations)
by Alex Hughes (SF/Mystery)
- Jason (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter)
by Laurell K. Hamilton (Romance/Fantasy)
- Wickedly Wonderful (Baba Yaga)
by Deborah Blake (Romance/Fantasy/Mystery)
- City of Eternal Night (Crescent City)
- Strangers
by David Moody (Horror/Mystery)
December 9
- Darkness Falls (Dark Angels)
by Keri Arthur (Fantasy/Romance/Mystery)
- Moriarty
- The Iris Fan (Sano Ichiro)
by Laura Joh Rowland (Historical/Mystery)
- Ticker
by Lisa Mantchev (Steampunk/Romance)
December 16
December 23
December 30
- Hush
by Karen Robards (Romance/Suspense)
- Broken Bonds (Cold Creek)
by Karen Harper (Romance/Suspense)
- Eyes Only (SisterHood)
by Fern Michaels (Romance/Suspense)
- Say Yes to the Marquess (Castles Ever After)
- The Duke of Dark Desires (The Wild Quartet)
by Miranda Neville (Romance/Historical)
- Hot Blooded (Dark Kings)
by Donna Grant (Romance/Fantasy)