Looking for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing during the week of April 16 – 22, 2023 with three debut series. I hope a few of these books take you to an exciting place. Have fun reading!

Double Back by Shannon Baker (Traditional)
Determined to enjoy some peace and quiet in her tranquil home in the Sandhills, no-nonsense sheriff Kate Fox vows to keep herself out of trouble and steer clear of love. But try as she might, fate has a funny way of dragging her back into the fray. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Burning Eden by Sarah Bewley (Police Procedural) *first in a new series*
It’s 1998. Wildfires are sweeping through North Florida, burning even the peat in the drought-stricken swamps. Sheriff Jim Sheppard has his deputies covering the county, watching for fires and trying to limit the threats to residents. When a Pentecostal preacher disappears during the night from his home, Jim takes the case himself to prevent stretching his department any further. Format: Digital

Bulletproof Jack by Diane Capri (Thriller)
Reacher sent a messenger. They stopped him with two bullets. An unidentified man breaches all security and is executed by a skilled assassin on FBI Special Agent Kim Otto‘s doorstep. In his pockets she finds an advanced encrypted cell phone. Nothing else. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Where Are The Children Now by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke (Domestic Thriller)
In Where Are the Children?, a young California mother named Nancy Harmon was convicted of murdering her two children. Though released on a technicality, she was abandoned by her husband and became such a pariah in the media that she was forced to move across the country to Cape Cod, change her identity and appearance, and start a new life. Years later her two children from a second marriage, Mike and Melissa, would go missing, and Nancy yet again became the prime suspect—but this time, Nancy was able to confront the secrets buried in her past and rescue her kids from a dangerous predator. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Booked by Becky Clark (Cozy) *first in a new series*
Dena Russo is starting a new chapter of her life in Sugar Springs, Colorado—sinking all her money and energy into launching a bookstore during the Grand Opening of the Sugar Mill Marketplace. She’s near the end of her trope, however, as she attempts to turn her novel idea into reality, especially when faced with the ultimate plot twist. Sure, everyone despises the Marketplace landlord, but nobody expected he’d turn up dead! Format: Digital

A Wealth of Deception by Trish Esden (Traditional)
When Vermont antique and art dealer Edie Brown discovers an unsettlingly dark collage by the famed reclusive “outsider” artist known only as Vespa, she opens a Pandora’s Box of deception and danger. Edie teams up with Uncle Tuck and Kala to investigate the background of the collage but only uncover secrets that are more disturbing than the artwork itself. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Stroke by Kaye George (Humorous)
When Imogene Duckworthy is invited to the wedding of her mother’s cousin in East Texas, and the groom is murdered just before the ceremony, does she get involved? Will swindled rancher Sydney Harbor succeed in laying the blame for the murder of the groom on Eccles Justice, the bride’s father, who is Sydney’s old nemesis—or will Immy shake up the complacent East Texas police force of Slap Out, find out who really killed the groom on his wedding night, and show everyone Imogene Duckworthy can be a real detective in a real case? Format: Print, Digital

Shadow of Death by Heather Graham (Police Procedural)
When two hikers go missing within a series of daunting caves outside of Denver, Colorado, FDLE special agent Amy Larson and her partner, FBI special agent Hunter Forrest, have good reason to suspect foul play. The pair of hikers are only the latest to vanish after a rash of disappearances that’s left local law enforcement stumped. But in searching the dank caverns near the Arkansas River, the agents aren’t prepared for the horror they uncover: a muddy pit littered with corpses. Covered in bite marks. Made by human teeth. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Brushed Up On Murder by Ruth J. Hartman (Cozy) *first in a new series*
Mobile Cat Groomer Molly Stewart loves her job. Until she finds the dead body of one of her pet parents stabbed with a garden implement in his back yard. When Molly’s uncle Russ becomes the prime suspect in the murder and the sheriff won’t consider anyone else, Molly claws through obstacles as she prowls for clues. Format: Digital

Sons and Brothers by Kim Hays
Walking his dog along Bern’s Aare river on an icy November night, a surgeon in his seventies is hit in the face and thrown into the river to drown. When his bruised corpse is found, his watch is missing. A mugging gone wrong? The more Swiss police detective Giuliana Linder and her assistant Renzo Donatelli learn about Johann Karl Gurtner, the more convinced they are that his death was not random. Format: Print, Digital

Stranger Danger by Donna Huston Murray (Thriller)
Lauren Beck never stopped caring despite her relinquished badge. Still flat broke after a criminal wiped her out, the cancer survivor visits her beloved dad only to be mugged on his doorstep. Then learning her stepmother has mysteriously vanished, the former cop suspects her attack foreshadows a deeper threat. Format: Print, Digital

An Inkling of Evil by Kari Lee Townsend (Cozy)
The holiday season is a big deal for both OCD introverted fashion designer, Kalli Ballas, and boisterous extroverted Detective Nik Stevens. Their families go all out, but this is the first time Kalli and Nik will be spending it together as an official couple, despite their differences. The Plate Smashing Festivities get out of hand when Nik’s Casanova Cousin arrives in town and crashes the party, giving a whole new meaning to the gift of giving. Format: Digital