Plenty of hot new releases are coming out in December and here are some new additions to some well-known mystery series to add to your list of must reads.

Reading right now:

Jeff Lindsay’s “Fool Me Twice” is the second in the Riley Wolfe series. Once upon a time Lindsay wrote the Dexter series and probably could have retired after the television deals, but instead he is writing a new series about another bad guy who is a master thief. Wolfe is a modern day Robin Hood who gets kidnapped by an arms dealer who wants a fresco stolen from the Vatican. His message to Riley is “do it or die.” Unfortunately, another arms deader wants a double cross or he will kill the woman Riley loves.

On hold right now:

Tami Hoag’s third book in the Broussard and Fourcade series is “Bad Liar.” In their latest case, Broussard and Fourcade find that the disappearance of a successful business man with a loving family is no simple hunting accident. Instead his life was full of secrets that start to unravel as the detectives looks closely at his life.

“Leave No Trace” is the fifth book in the FBI K-9 series by Sara Driscoll. FBI handler Meg Jennings and her K-9 partner head to George to investigate the death of two different victims of an arrow through the heart. While investigating the deaths, more victims are being killed and the motive seems to lie a past that needs to be uncovered.

J.D. Kirk’s ninth book in the DCI Logan series is “A Snowball’s Chance in Hell.” After DCI Jack Logan discovers that a young man who was found on a snowy street frozen to death was actually tortured and killed, he finds that the killer is “The Iceman” who has embarked on a second wave of vigilante justice.

“Wrong Alibi” is the first in a new series by Christina Dodd. The series actually opened with a novella called “Right Motive” which came out last month. Set in Rockin, Alaska the book introduced new police officer Gabriella Donatti. In “Wrong Alibi” Evelyn Jones gets hired by Donald White and when he disappears she is accused and convicted for his murder. She escapes and goes into hiding under an alias until one day Donald White returns and Evelyn becomes a hunter.

Other Mysterious Things:

No one wants to miss the latest addition to a series that they love so I don’t want to forget to mention the following books. Thomas Perry’s latest is his fourth book in the Butcher’s Boy series which is called “Eddie’s Boy.” Nick Oldham adds the 27^th book to his Henry Christie series called “Bad Timing.” “Under the Alaskan Ice” by Karen Harper is the second book in her Alaska Wild series.