Looking for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing the week of April 6 – 12, 2025. I hope a few of these books take you on a reading adventure!

APRIL 8
Foul Play by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson (Cozy Mystery)
Rachel Ryder’s world is catapulted into chaos with the discovery of a dire note on her front door begging her to solve the murder of former MLB star, Ryan Hicks. Ryan Hicks, who is very much alive. Initially written off as a dark twist on a promotional campaign for his new charter school, the grim reality hits home when Rachel and partner, Rob Bishop, find Hicks’s lifeless body in his lavish home, turning a dismissed warning into a desperate plea for justice. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Cheddar Luck Next Time by Beth Cato (Cozy Mystery)
Bird Nichols is ready to make a fresh start in a familiar place. Last year, her parents died together in a car crash and her beloved grandmother is presumed dead from an ocean drowning. Bird is now moving onto her grandmother’s California coastal property, and finally living out her dream. Bird loves cheese like nothing else. It’s her autistic special interest, and she designs her boards along her sensory needs, and other people love them, too. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

The Not So Merry Adventures of Max Creed by Matt Cost (Traditional Mystery)
When Sevyn Knight hires Max Creed and his disciples to right the wrongs done to her father at the hands of billionaire playboy Rupert Hastings, the game is afoot. Creed must enmesh himself in the world of the immoral tycoon in order to destroy him, but the temptations of sin and the allure of the pleasures of the rich and famous tease the very fabric of his being. Format: Digital, Print

The Fatal First Edition by Agatha Frost (Cozy Mystery)
As Ellie and Maggie prepare to officially reopen Meadowfiled Books, the buzz of their launch event grows: Meadowfield’s least romantic man, Benjamin Brown, is launching his first romance novel. The book’s debut is raising more eyebrows than hearts, but it’s Peter Cookson’s sudden return that truly steals the spotlight. Nervous, evasive, and clutching secrets from an old drowning in the village pond, Ellie is unsettled by her father’s return, especially when he clashes publicly with Benjamin at the book launch. Format: Print, Digital

The Arts Trail Killer by Emylia Hall (Private Investigation Mystery)
Springtime on the Cornish coast and Porthpella’s artistic community are throwing open their doors, welcoming visitors to the annual Arts Trail. And this year, celebrity artist Harrison Loveday is the guest of honour. However, the light mood soon darkens when there’s a dramatic death at the opening-night party, and after threatening messages start appearing around the village, fear takes over. Before long, Porthpella is shocked by a second brutal murder, and whisperings of a ‘serial killer’ start to circulate. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

A Proposal to Die For by Molly Harper (Cozy Mystery)
Jessamine Bricker loves a plan. Contingency plans and pros-and-cons lists are her love language, and because of that, her proposal planning business is thriving. But with rent costs rising at her office building, Jess jumps at the chance to plan a proposal between her snobby high school classmate, Diana, and her very wealthy boyfriend, Trenton Tillard…the Fourth. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Murder By The Hook by Betty Hechtman (Cozy Mystery)
When the bookstore where she works closes for renovations, Molly Pink and the Tarzana Hookers hit the road for a relaxing crochet weekend in the quaint town of Pixie. The getaway comes at the perfect time for Molly, who’s been asked by her former beau to help finger a thief in Pixie who’s been pilfering personal items from a friend. Molly’s plan is to attend a pre-wedding party at the friend’s home and catch the culprit in the act, but her simple sleuthing turns deadly serious when the groom-to-be is found murdered. Format: Print, Digital

Fair Play by Louise Hegarty (Traditional Mystery)
A group of friends gather at an Airbnb on New Year’s Eve. It is Benjamin’s birthday, and his sister Abigail is throwing him a jazz-age Murder Mystery themed party. As the night plays out, champagne is drunk, hors d’oeuvres consumed, and relationships forged, consolidated or frayed. Someone kisses the wrong person; someone else’s heart is broken. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd (Historical Mystery 1950s)
When her former novice’s dependable letters stop, Nora Breen asks to be released from her vows. Haunted by a line in Frieda’s letter, Nora arrives at Gulls Nest, a charming hotel in Gore-on-Sea in Kent. A seaside town, a place of fresh air and relaxed constraints, is the perfect place for a new start. Nora hides her identity and pries into the lives of her fellow guests. But when a series of bizarre murders rattles the occupants of Gulls Nest it’s time to ask if a dark past can ever really be left behind. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

The Price of Everything by Jon McGoran (Science Fiction Mystery)
When Armand Pierce first became a courier ten years ago, he had an attaché case connected to a titanium cuff grafted into the bones of his wrist, and took an oath: the delivery is everything. He can run, fight—kill, if he needs to—but the package gets where it’s going. It’s the Guild’s guarantee, and since the internet went down in the Cyber Wars, all business, legitimate or otherwise, depends on it. Otherwise, he dies. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

The Lies We Live by Liz Milliron (Historical Mystery 1940s)
Things are looking up for P.I. Betty Ahern. She’s hired a part-time employee and is on the lookout for an office from which she can run her private investigation firm. She’s also getting a reputation throughout Buffalo as someone who will help anybody, regardless of class or ethnicity. And her fiancé, Tom, is home from the war. But Tom is badly injured, angry, and not the person Betty agreed to marry. Format: Digital, Print

This Is Not a Game by Kelly Mullen (Cozy Mystery)
Widow Mimi lives on idyllic Mackinac Island, where cars are not allowed and a Gibson martini with three onions at the witching hour is compulsory. Her estranged granddaughter, Addie, is getting over the heartbreak of not only being dumped by her fiancé, Brian, but also being cut out of the deal for the brilliantly successful video game Murderscape they invented together (with Addie doing most of the heavy lifting). Format: Print, Digital, Audio

The Maid’s Secret by Nita Prose (Heist Thriller)
Molly Gray’s life is about to change in ways she could never have imagined. As the esteemed Head Maid and Special Events Manager of the Regency Grand Hotel, two good things are just around the corner—a taping of the hit antiquities TV show Hidden Treasures and, even more exciting, her wedding to Juan Manuel. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

The Matchmaker by Aisha Saeed (Traditional Mystery)
Business has never been better for Nura Khan, a third-generation matchmaker in Atlanta. Her exclusive clientele benefits from her impeccable track record. And while a single thirty-one-year-old matchmaker would normally raise some perfectly threaded eyebrows in the community, Nura’s childhood best friend, Azar, is willing to double as her pretend fiancé at her clients’ weddings—even though Nura’s feelings for him might not be so pretend. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

APRIL 10
Death at Inishmore Castle by Lucy Connelly (Cozy Mystery)
Historic Inishmore Castle is opening its doors for the first time, hosting a charming weekend of whiskey tasting and soda bread baking. Sisters Mercy and Lizzie McCarthy are badly in need of a break, but their relaxing trip takes a decidedly unrestful turn when Mercy finds fellow guest Father Brennen slumped over the desk in the library… Did he have one glass too many or did someone want him dead? Format: Print, Digital, Audio

A Fatal Feast at Honeychurch Hall by Hannah Dennison (Cozy Mystery)
When Eric Pugsley, who runs the unsightly scrapyard on the Honeychurch Hall estate, brings home his Turkish fiancée, everyone is delighted – even if the marriage does seem to include her outrageously feisty mother. A Safari Supper at the Hall is held in their honour, but trouble begins when, somewhere between the first course and dessert, one of the villagers goes missing and is later found drowned in the estate’s ornamental lake. Format: Digital, Print-July 2025

APRIL 11
Frustrated in Massachusetts by Diana Xarissa (Cozy Mystery)
I’m Holly Parker, and I’m tackling my bucket list, one state at a time. I want to visit all fifty over the next ten years or so, but so far, I’ve had the bad luck to find myself caught up in murder investigations everywhere I’ve gone. This trip was going to be different, though. Besides getting to see the sights in Boston, Massachusetts, I was going to get to spend some time with two of my closest friends from college while I was there. Ryan and Lisa had started dating as freshmen and now, something like thirty years later, they were still together. We’d been incredibly close in college, but then our lives had gone in different directions, and I hadn’t seen them since graduation. Format: Print, Digital

APRIL 12
The Silent Film Star Murders by Melodie Campbell (Historical Mystery 1920s)
Embarking on another transatlantic crossing in 1928, merry widow Lady Lucy Revelstoke welcomes new guests aboard the Victoriana, including Renata Harwood, star of the silver screen, and Stella Burke, her bitter protégée-turned-rival. Everyone expects these leading ladies to serve up delicious drama over dinner, but true tragedy strikes when a young woman goes missing. Has she been seduced by a cad? Are they hiding in second class, or has the poor girl thrown herself overboard? Format: Print, Digital

Fair Haven by Laury A. Egan (Traditional Mystery)
A picturesque riverside town. A safe, serene, friendly place. And then, one sunny summer afternoon in 1994, Sally Ann Shaffer is electrocuted in her hot tub. Who did it? One of her many lovers? Her husband? A thief? A jealous colleague at her tennis club? Fair Haven is suddenly embroiled in suspicion, interpersonal conflict, blackmail, financial fraud, and murder. Format: Digital

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