Boston Noir. 270p. ed. by Dennis Lehane. ISBN 978-1-933354-91-0. Phoenix Noir. 304p. ed. by Patrick Millikin. ISBN 978-1-933354-85-9. ea. vol: Akashic. Nov. 2009. pap. $15.95.

Crime fiction master Lehane and Poisoned Pen Bookstore bookseller and critic Millikin lend their curatorial eyes to these two series anthologies.

Coyle, Cleo. Holiday Grind. Berkley Prime Crime. Nov. 2009. 352p. ISBN 978-0-425-23005-3. $23.95.

Coyle continues her "Coffeehouse Mysteries" in hardcover (after Espresso Shot) with this eighth cozy. A charity Santa is gunned down near Clare Cosi's Greenwich Village café.

Delany, Vicki. Winter of Secrets. Poisoned Pen. Nov. 2009. 250p. ISBN 978-1-59058-676-1. $24.95.

In this third in Delany's British Columbia-set cozy series, Constable Molly Smith and Sergeant John Winters spend snowy Christmastime immersed in the secrets of privileged, drug-addled students. With a tour.

Finch, Charles. The Fleet Street Murders. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Nov. 2009. 320p. ISBN 978-0-312-56551-0. $24.99.

In his third appearance (after The September Society), Charles Lenox, a sleuth whose skills have been likened to Sherlock Holmes, investigates two murdered journalists in 19th-century London. Finch, a young up-and-comer, lives in New York.

Fowler, Christopher. Bryant & May on the Loose: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery. Bantam. Nov. 2009. 336p. ISBN 978-0-553-80719-6. $24.

A decapitated body in a freezer and a man dressed as a horse reunite the Peculiar Crimes Unit in this seventh paranormal. Fowler, whom LJ has called "one of the most original writers working in the mystery genre today," lives in London.

Gorman, Ed. Ticket To Ride: A Sam McCain Mystery. Pegasus. Nov. 2009. 256p. ISBN 978-1-60598-070-6. $25.

After Fools Rush in, small-town lawyer Sam McCain spends Labor Day weekend 1965 with old friends from the previous series titles, and two end up dead. Shamus Award winner Gorman lives in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Gregson, J.M. Darkness Visible. Severn House. Nov. 2009. 208p. ISBN 978-0-7278-6798-8. $27.95.

A drug dealer-turned-blackmailer gets killed, and police detectives Lambert and Hook enter the victim's dangerous world. Gregson has been writing the pair into British procedurals since 1989.

Harris, C.S. What Remains of Heaven: A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery. Obsidian Mysteries: NAL. Nov. 2009. 352p. ISBN 978-0-451-22802-4. $23.95.

Sebastian St. Cyr investigates the violent death of the Archbishop's successor in Harris's fifth Regency-era mystery. The author lives in New Orleans.

Harris, Charlaine. Grave Secret. Berkley Prime Crime. Nov. 2009. 288p. ISBN 978-0-425-23015-2. $24.95.

Harris, who also writes the Sookie Stackhouse fantasy series, presents her fourth mystery featuring psychic Harper Connelly. Here, Harper unearths life-changing family secrets. Harris lives in southern Arkansas.

Hart, Carolyn. Merry, Merry Ghost. Morrow. Nov. 2009. 288p. ISBN 978-0-06-087437-7. $24.99.

The second of "Death on Demand" series author Hart's new paranormal cozies (after Ghost) draws Bailey Ruth, a ghost from Heaven's Department of Good Intentions, into a murderous family vying for an inheritance. Hart resides in Oklahoma City.

Limón, Martin. G.I. Bones. Soho Crime. Nov. 2009. 336p. ISBN 978-1-56947-603-1. $24.

The history of Seoul's red-light district may hold the key to Sueño and Bascom's case in their sixth military crime fiction appearance. National tour.

Moore, Christopher G. Paying Back Jack. Grove. Nov. 2009. 352p. ISBN 978-0-8021-1902-5. $19.95.

The tenth in Moore's award-winning series, which has been translated into 11 languages, and the third U.S. release (after Spirit House) to star disbarred American lawyer-turned-Bangkok-based PI Vincent Calvino.

Nikitas, Derek. The Long Division. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Nov. 2009. 336p. ISBN 978-0-312-36398-7. $24.99.

After the Edgar Best First Novel-nominated Pyres (which LJ called "not your average mystery"), Nikitas again features intertwining character threads, as a reunited mother and teenage son are caught between a killer on the loose and a dishonest deputy. Library marketing campaign.

Page, Katherine Hall. The Body in the Sleigh. Morrow. Nov. 2009. 256p. ISBN 978-0-06-147425-5. $24.99.

The body in Faith Fairchild's Christmas-themed, 18th adventure is a drug-addicted teen who seems to have committed suicide. The Agatha Award-winning author lives in Massachusetts.

Roker, Al & Dick Lochte. The Morning Show Murders. Delacorte. Nov. 2009. 320p. ISBN 978-0-385-34368-8. $26.

Roker writes what he knows and introduces Billy Blessing, a TV chef who's in hot water after his producer is poisoned. Roker's own morning show, Wake Up with Al, premieres July 20 on the Weather Channel.

Rowland, Laura Joh. The Cloud Pavilion. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Nov. 2009. 304p. ISBN 978-0-312-37949-0. $24.99.

The samurai detective is back. In his 14th adventure in feudal Japan, Sano Ichiro must help his estranged uncle find his missing daughter. Rowland resides in New Orleans.

Spencer, Sally. The Dead Hand of History. Severn House. Nov. 2009. 224p. ISBN 978-0-7278-6805-3. $27.95.

Spinning off her Charlie Woodend mysteries, Spencer features the police investigator's protégée, Monika Paniatowski, and two severed hands to kick-start the sleuthing.

Spencer-Fleming, Julia. One Was a Soldier. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Nov. 2009. 336p. ISBN 978-0-312-33489-5. $24.99.

Winner of raves and numerous awards, Spencer-Fleming sets her seventh Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne book (after I Shall Not Want) in the shadow of the Iraq War—the victim, a veteran with a fatal secret. Library marketing campaign.

Vachss, Andrew. Haiku. Pantheon. Nov. 2009. 224p. ISBN 978-0-307-37849-1. $24.95.

Burke fans feeling lost after Vachss ended the series with Another Life can turn to this story of crime-fighting homeless people banded around an old, war-ravaged sensei.*

*Correction: Owing to advance information from the publisher that did not give sufficient detail, the LJ 7/09 Prepub Mystery annotation of Andrew Vachss’s Haiku inadvertently made the book sound similar to a Burke novel and misrepresented the plot.