Searching for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing the week of April 20 – 26, 2025. I hope a few of these books take you on a reading adventure!

APRIL 22
Sealed with a Hiss by Rita Mae Brown (Cozy Mystery)
Spring is in full bloom, and everything is blossoming just right for Harry in Crozet, Virginia. Restorations to the long-shuttered local segregated school are nearly complete, and the school will be renamed to commemorate an important community member. To honor the former students, Harry and her friends are hard at work planning a reunion. It’s a big affair, and the crew spends their days hanging plaques at the gym, arranging food, and writing speeches. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Hidden in Smoke by Lee Goldberg (Thriller)
After dozens of Hollywood apartment buildings erupt in flames during a single night of terror, arson investigators Walter Sharpe and Andrew Walker are assigned to catch the serial torcher and end his spree. But then a catastrophic fire destroys a major freeway, crippling the city and forcing Sharpe and Walker to take on another massive case. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Hairless Hassles by Ruth J. Hartman (Cozy Mystery)
When two of Cat Groomer Molly Stewart’s pet parents are framed for murder, Molly will stop at nothing to keep her octogenarian friends out of jail. The fact that the body was discovered between Florence and Lottie’s houses doesn’t bode well for the ladies, or the fact that their Sphynx cats were way too interested in pawing at the body when it was discovered. Although Molly is ready to pounce on the real killer, will she be able to help them, or has the ladies’ continual gossip and spying on others finally landed them in hot water? Format: Digital, Print

East of Apple Glen by Jonathan Heaslet (Thriller)
Nathan Sherwood’s mother inexplicably has fallen off the roof of her house. His grandmother has died in her sleep. Two years out of college and starting a career in Washington, Nathan’s efforts to leave behind the pain of growing up in Apple Glen, Ohio come to a stop. Not only must he return home to bury “Mom and Gram,” he must also confront what he thought was his buried past. Format: Digital

Shadow of the Solstice by Anne Hillerman (Traditional)
The Navajo Nation police are on high alert when a U.S. Cabinet Secretary schedules an unprecedented trip to the little Navajo town of Shiprock, New Mexico. The visit coincides with a plan to resume uranium mining along the Navajo Nation border. Tensions around the official’s arrival escalate when the body of a stranger is found in an area restricted for the disposal of radioactive uranium waste. Is it coincidence that a cult with a propensity for violence arrives at a private camp group outside Shiprock the same week to celebrate the summer solstice? When the outsiders’ erratic behavior makes their Navajo hosts uneasy, Officer Bernadette Manuelito is assigned to monitor the situation. She finds a young boy at grave risk, abused women, and other shocking discoveries that plunge her and Lt. Jim Chee into a volatile and deadly situation. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

A Geek Girl’s Guide to Justice by Julie Anne Lindsey (Cozy Mystery)
When IT Manager, Mia Connors, discovers a murder victim in the lake inside her gated community, she’s horrified to learn the man was a friend of another resident— her grandma! Worse, her new beau and sexy US Marshal, Jake Archer, believes the victim had a number of dangerous enemies. And based on the man’s final location, he led them straight to Horseshoe Falls. Format: Digital, Print

Hot Tango in Argentina by Nancy Nau Sullivan (Cozy Mystery)
Part-time sleuth Blanche Murninghan and her love, Emilio Del Sierra, are enjoying a reunion on Santa Maria Island when Emilio gets news that his long-lost aunt and cousin need his help-in Argentina. Posing as tourists, Emilio and Blanche head out to the luxurious pink estancia, La Palma, on the pampa to unravel the plot endangering Emilio’s family. Format: Print

APRIL 25
Manuscripts, Meows & Murder by Kathy Manos Penn (Cozy Mystery)
Leta Parker would rather not solve another crime. Hoping to turn her gift for sleuthing into a successful fiction career, the retired American expat attends a writers retreat in Cornwall with her fiancé. But when a sardonic wordsmith lands facedown in a fatal cliff fall, the newbie novelist is horrified that the man of her dreams is the prime suspect. Format: Digital

Note: in some cases, print releases for digital titles will be forthcoming.