Looking for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing during the week of December 31, 2023 – January 6, 2024. I hope a few of these books take you to an exciting place. Have fun reading!

JANUARY 1
The Cadillac Job by Stacy Woodson (Serial Crime Fiction Anthology)
Car thieves and the chop shop that buys from them combine to create high-octane stories of hot cars, hot crimes, and hot times in Dallas, Texas. When Carly isn’t slinging drinks at the local VFW, she boosts cars—a job much like the one she had on a vehicle recovery team in Afghanistan. Format: Digital

JANUARY 2
The Paris Mistress by Mally Becker (Historical Mystery 1870s)
Passy, France. George Washington’s two least likely spies for liberty, Rebecca Parcell and Daniel Alloway, are determined to marry and leave their undercover past behind— until a plot to bribe Benjamin Franklin leads to murder. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Broadcast Blues by R. G. Belsky (Traditional Mystery)
New York City has no shortage of crime, making for a busy schedule for TV newswoman Clare Carlson. But not all crimes are created equal, and when an explosive planted in a car detonates and kills a woman, Clare knows it’ll be a huge story for her. Format: Print, Digital

Marjoram & Mace by Don Casey (Traditional Mystery)
Her name is Mary Clarke, missing three days earlier from the cheerful kitchen of her spacious home in an upscale Miami neighborhood. Cherished wife, two kids in primary school, by all accounts without an enemy in the world. Format: Digital

The Dog Across the Lake by Krista Davis (Cozy Mystery)
Holly Miller is looking forward to finally taking a few days to relax. Enjoying an early morning on her terrace, she spots an unfamiliar reddish-gold pooch across the lake. She’s intrigued, but never expects to find the very same dog smiling at her in bed when she wakes up the next morning! Trixie and Twinkletoes appear to accept this cute stranger, but Holly doesn’t know to whom he belongs. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

The Son’s Secret by Daryl Wood Gerber (Domestic Thriller)
Maggie Lawson is the smart, capable dean of a boutique college, but even the most confident mother has a weakness – her child. When Maggie can’t reach her college senior son, Aiden, to tell him that his father has been shot, she starts to panic. She texts. She calls. Format: Print, Digital

The Pierogi Peril by Geri Krotow (Cozy Mystery)
Lydia Wienewski’s dream has finally come true: Lydia’s Lakeside Cafe and Bakery, selling delicious Polish-American fare on the shore of Lake Erie, is now open and her fortunes are looking up. Even her old nemesis and tutor, the irascible Madame Delphine, has made time to sample Lydia’s delectable pierogi, with some of her students in tow. Format: Print, Digital

A Crust to Die For by T.C. LoTempio (Cozy Mystery)
The Bon-Appetempting Pizza Bake-Off has the small town of Branson, Georgia buzzing. Not least its organizer, Southern Style’s food critic and blogger Tiffany Austin. But right before the finals one of the celebrity judges falls ill, and to Tiffany’s horror the magazine replaces him with none other than handsome TV star and restaurateur Bartholomew Driscoll. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

The Shelved Shocker by Mel Morgan (Cozy Mystery)
What could be better than reading a one-of-a-kind mystery novel on a cold winter night? How about finding out it’s actually evidence of a murder? The manuscript for Murder in Walnut Cove is even more entertaining than Jessica Braun expected it would be when she rescued it from storage. But it isn’t just a thrilling tale of intrigue and criminal behavior. Some of the characters bare an unlikely resemblance to real people, and the town in the book sounds awfully familiar…Format: Digital

Listen, Do You Want To Know A Secret by Teresa Trent (Historical Mystery 1960s)
Everyone has a secret, and in 1964, Dot Morgan’s new job at KDUD Radio is filled with them. Her boss, Holden Ramsey, is a terrible flirt, but he’s also engaged to a beautiful socialite. When Dot finds out he’s hiding involvements with other women, these secrets lead to a grisly murder. Can Dot figure out who is murdering the women in Holden’s life before she finds herself next on the hit parade? Format: Print, Digital

The Twilight Queen by Jeri Westerson (Historical Mystery 1530s)
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is in peril. In the mid of night, court jester Will Somers is summoned to an urgent assignation when she discovers a body in her chamber. The queen wants Will to find out who the man is and how he ended up there. Is someone trying to frame her for his murder? Format: Print, Digital

JANUARY 4
Murder by Candlelight by Faith Martin (Historical Mystery 1920s)
At the Old Forge in the quiet village of Maybury-in-the-Marsh a cry of anguish rings out: lady of the house Amy Phelps has been discovered dead. But with all the windows and doors to her room locked from inside, how – and by whom – was she killed? Format: Digital, Audio

JANUARY 5
Murder Outside The Box by Saralyn Richard (Traditional Mystery)
The serene Brandywine Valley wakes up to a chilling double shock: a baby abandoned on the porch of a caretaker’s cottage, and a young woman found dead on the estate of a billionaire scotch whiskey magnate. Detective Parrott’s instincts tell him the two incidents are connected, but the evidence points him in directions that are both baffling and personal. Parrott searches for answers in high and low places, including his own department. Format: Print, Digital