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Perhaps a bit out of genre, but I'm amazed that nothing by John Grisham has shown up in any post - unless I missed the name in my 34 screen scan. Grisham was (is) a lawyer and writes from the legal perspective.
Another new author (to me) that I had the privilege of reading in an ARC copy is Defending Jacob by William Landay. Landay was a former District Attorney and the novel turns his protagonist from a prosecutor into the father of a teen-age son accused of murder. The novel is written from both perspectives and does no favors to the criminal justice system in the U.S. It is admittedly a bit more on the legal side of crime-mystery, but a good read. I think he'll be one to watch. The book isn't available until Jan 31, 2012 - Delacort Press / Random House. He's also written Mission Flats and The Strangler, neither of which I've read.
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