Here is a list of over 70 new titles representing major genres such as cozy mysteries, traditional mysteries, historical mysteries, and others releasing this month, with nine debut series.
As always, I hope there is a new title to suit everyone’s personal taste. Enjoy the adventure!
AUGUST 1
Birder, She Wrote by Donna Andrews (Meg Langslow #33)
A Troubling Tale by Laurie Cass (Bookmobile Cat #11)
Cozy Up to Terror by Colin Conway (Cozy Up #7)
The Japanese Box and Other Stories by Jennifer Anne Gordon
What Never Happen by Rachel Howzell Hall
Gemma Halliday Publishing 10 Year Anniversary Collection
Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara (Japantown #2)
A Sense for Murder by Leslie Karst (Sally Solari #6)
A Deadly Dedication by Margaret Loudon (Open Book #4)
Death in Print by G.M. Malliet (St. Just #5)
The Virgin Homicides by Neil S. Plakcy (Mahu Investigations #13)
The Courtesan’s Secret by Nina Wachsman (Venice Beauties #2)
At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber
Blood Relations by J. Woollcott (DS Ryan McBride #2)
AUGUST 2
Death by Cutting Table by Susie Black (Holly Swimsuit #4)
AUGUST 3
Murder at the Inn by Katie Gayle (Julia Bird #4)
AUGUST 8
The Paris Assignment by Rhys Bowen
A Clue in the Crumbs by Lucy Burdette (Key West Food Critic #13)
Honey Drop Dead by Laura Childs (Tea Shop #26)
Berried Grievances by Peg Cochran (Cranberry Cove #8)
Sunshine and Sweet Wine by Kathi Daley (Bistro at Holiday Bay #4)
Read to Death at the Lakeside Library by Holly Danvers (Lakeside Library #3)
Murder a la Mode by Lena Gregory (Coffee & Cream Café Mystery #1) *first book in a new series*
Dead and Gone by Joanna Schaffhausen (Annalisa Vega #3)
AUGUST 9
Mainely Wicked by Matt Cost (Goff Langdon Mainely #5)
Death of an Intelligence Gatherer by Kathy Lynn Emerson
AUGUST 10
The Orchid Hour by Nancy Bilyeau
Secrets and Scallywags by Elizabeth Pantley (Magical Mystery Book Club #5)
AUGUST 11
Killer Hooks by Betty Hechtman (Crochet #15)
AUGUST 14
The Peculiar Case of the Petersburg Professor by by Sharon Kay (Michelle Kilpatrick #1) *first book in a new series*
AUGUST 15
Cookies, Chamomile, and Corpses by Catherine Bruns (Cookies & Chance Novella)
Murder at the Library by Ellen Jacobson (North Dakota Library #1) *first book in a new series*
Mayhem in the Mountains by Kelly Oliver (Fiona Figg & Kitty Lane #3)
Deadly Manor by Kate Parker (Deadly #10)
A Generation of Vipers by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett (Dr Nell Ward #4)
AUGUST 16
Crime at the Cabana by Nicolette Pierce (Coconut Cove #1) *first book in a new series*
AUGUST 17
A Body in a Cornish Village by Dee MacDonald (Kate Palmer #7)
Stitching Concerns by Kathryn Mykel (Quilting #5)
AUGUST 18
Corpse at a Cape Cod Inn by Angela K. Ryan (Cape Cod Cozy #1) *first book in a new series*
AUGUST 22
Catch Me If You Candy by Ellie Alexander (Bakeshop #17)
Mugshots Of Manhattan by Christin Brecher (Snapshot of NYC #2)
Board to Death by C.J. Connor (Board Game Shop #1) *first book in a new series*
Nine Lives and Alibis by Cate Conte (Cat Café #7)
Murder at a Cape Bookstore by Maddie Day (Cozy Capers Book Group #5)
Come with Me by Erin Flanagan
Death of a Halloween Party Monster by Lee Hollis
Wedding Bride & Doom by Mary Karnes (Wedding Planner #1) *first book in a new series*
Ten Stories That Worried My Mother by Winona Kent
Fadeaway Joe by Hugh Lessig
Murder At The Elms by Alyssa Maxwell (Gilded Newport #11)
Liar! by Fern Michaels (Lost and Found #3)
Halloween Cupcake Murder by Carlene O’Connor; Liz Ireland; Carol J. Perry
Dead Mountain by Preston and Child (Nora Kelly #4)
Scared Off by Barbara Ross (Maine Clambake Novella #9.5)
After The Night by Karen Slaughter (Will Trent #11)
Chili Chili Bang Bang by Denise Swanson (Chef-to-Go #4)
The Body in the Back Garden by Mark Waddell (Crescent Cove #1) *first book in a new series*
A Beautiful Disguise by Roseanna M White (The Imposters #1) *first book in a new series*
Mrs. Morris And The Wolfman by Traci Wilton (Salem B&B #7)
AUGUST 25
Copycat by Amanda Feyerbend (Liz Lockhart #5)
At The Ready by Sharon Michalove (Global Security Unlimited #3)
A Secret Staircase by Eryn Scott (Murder at the Morrisey #2)
AUGUST 29
Mrs. Jeffries Aims to Win by Emily Brightwell (Victorian #41)
Harlem After Midnight by Louise Hare (Canary Club #2)
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
The Hint of Light by Kristin Kisska
The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf by Alexander McCall Smith (Detective Varg #4)
Lady Gold Investigates by Lee Strauss and Norm Strauss (Short Stories #6)
The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp by Leonie Swann
Shoot Shovel and Shut Up by Jessica Thompson
Put Pen to Perpetrator by Jasmine Webb (Poppy Perkins #4)
AUGUST 30
A Death in the Night compiled by Dragon Soul Press
The Legend of Acorn Hollow by Maureen Klovers (Rita Calabrese #6)
Killin’ Time in San Diego edited by Holly West
AUGUST 31
A Statue To Die For by Jennifer S. Alderson (Carmen De Luca Art Sleuth #2)
Murder on the Mount by Jo Silva (The Edge of the World Detective Agency #2)
Publication date subject to change.
Thank you Dru Ann
Thanks Dru Ann
Wow! What a month!!! So many books that I can’t wait to get in my hands.
I know of two more that could be added
August 3 – Murder at the Inn by Katie Gayle (Julia Bird mysteries)
August 8 – Berried Grievances by Peg Cochran (Cranberry Cove mysteries)
thanks
An excellent list! Thanks, Dru Ann.
So many I would like to read that I am copy-and-pasting them into Word so I remember them all!
So many thank you very much for the reviews
Penney
Thank you Dru Ann! Your lists always help me keep track of the latest books in the series I read and help me to find new books and authors.
Thank you for the updates! I can’t seem to find the Denise Swanson book, Chili Chili Bang Bang anywhere to pre order! Anyone else able to find this? Thanks!
Release date coming soon.