It’s that time again to reveal the cover for the next book in “Mimi Goldman Chautauqua Mysteries,” coming June 2026 and now up for preorder.

Publication Date: June 27, 2026
Name of Series: Mimi Goldman Chautauqua Mysteries, Book #12
Genre: Traditional Mystery
Format: Print, Digital
Author Website: debpines.com

Book Synopsis
Tossing Seas is the twelfth book in Deb Pines’ traditional whodunit Chautauqua Mysteries featuring the wise and witty reporter sleuth of a certain age Mimi Goldman.

When Simon Howell, a lonely widower, takes up with Jeanine Davis — a younger woman who claims she knew him from childhood Chautauqua summers — Simon’s family is dubious.

They enlist Mimi Goldman, “Chautauqua’s Miss Marple,” to prove Jeanine’s a gold-digging fraud. But when Simon turns up dead after his 65th birthday bash on a local steamboat, Mimi has a new mission: finding his killer among Chautauqua’s high-minded talks and charming cottages.

Jeanine, of course, is everyone’s top suspect. But Mimi’s list also includes: Simon’s daughter, a big-spending actor; his brother, a jealous professor; and a neighbor who teaches a class about mushrooms.

When another body appears, Mimi’s husband begs her and Sylvia Pritchard, her 90-year-old sidekick, to retire. Try mah-jongg, he says. Try bridge. Mimi, too stubborn to quit, hopes she and Sylvia really do have enough left to outwit a ruthless killer.

Fans of Agatha Christie, Louise Penny, Elly Griffiths, Richard Osman and “Only Murders in the Building” will enjoy the latest twist-filled mystery in this popular series.

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About the author
Deb Pines, an award-winning headline writer for the New York Post, is the author of eleven other Mimi Goldman Chautauqua mysteries all set in the Chautauqua Institution in southwestern New York where they are top sellers.

A former reporter, Deb is also a lover of puns, show tunes, coffee, Wordle, Spelling Bee, indoor cycling and her four grandkids. She lives in New York City with her husband Dave.