In this follow-up and companion to the author's previous title, "Make Mine a Mystery: A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction," renowned expert on the mystery and detective genre Gary Warren Niebuhr brings readers' advisors and librarians a new resource guide that categorizes and describes recently published mystery novels.

"Make Mine a Mystery II" examines works by prominent established authors and includes books from new writers not in the previous edition. Organizing some 700 titles in popular mystery series, the books within are divided into the broader types--amateur,...