Looking for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing during the week of February 11 –  17, 2024. I hope a few of these books take you to an exciting place. Have fun reading!

FEBRUARY 13
Death of a Spy by M. C. Beaton with R.W. Green (Traditional Mystery)
Sergeant Hamish Macbeth has some major problems to deal with – crimes and criminals, even law enforcement agents, that he doesn’t want anywhere near his beloved Highland village in Lochdubh. Hamish is worried about how the locals, as well as those in the wider area of his territory in Sutherland, will react to his new assistant officer. The officer is none other than the enigmatic American James Bland who is on an exchange scheme from his home city of Chicago in the United States, supposedly to study policing methods in Scotland. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

DM Me For Murder by Sarah Burr (Cozy Mystery)
Cordelia “Coco” Cline is over the moon when she learns mega-influencer LaTàge wants Center of Attention Consulting to handle her rebranding campaign. But things come crashing down when Coco arrives for a brainstorming meeting only to find LaTàge dead on the floor of her rented mansion. While the Central Shores police don’t suspect Coco of the disturbing crime, the Internet has other ideas. Coco is horrified to see the hashtag #CocoClineistheProblem trending everywhere on socials, with anonymous accounts accusing her of having a hand in LaTàge’s tragic death. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

The Woman Who Lowered the Boom by David Handler (Traditional Mystery)
Stewart “Hoagy” Hoag is walking on cloud nine after a meeting with his editor, Norma Fives, where she predicts his new book is sure to establish him as the next great American author. It has been years since he has even dreamed of such success after a crippling case of writer’s block limited his literary aspirations to ghostwriting celebrity memoirs. But his happiness is short-lived when at his next meeting with Norma she asks for his help in discovering who is behind a series of increasingly threatening letters sent to her attention. Format: Print, Digital

Lone Wolf by Gregg Hurwitz (Thriller)
Once a black ops government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the Program, went deep underground, and reinvented himself as someone who will go anywhere and risk everything to help the truly desperate who have nowhere else to turn. Since then, Evan has fought international crime syndicates and drug cartels, faced down the most powerful people in the world and even brought down a President. Now struggling with an unexpected personal crisis, Evan goes back to the very basics of his mission – and this time, the truly desperate is a little girl who wants him to find her missing dog. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

The Lantern’s Dance by Laurie R. King (Historical Mystery 1890s)
After their recent adventures in Transylvania, Russell and Holmes look forward to spending time with Holmes’ son, the famous artist Damian Adler, and his family. But when they arrive at Damian’s house, they discover that the Adlers have fled from a mysterious threat. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Fatal First Edition by Jenn McKinlay (Cozy Mystery)
Briar Creek Library director Lindsey Norris and her husband, Sully, are at a popular library conference in Chicago to hear book restoration specialist Brooklyn Wainwright give a keynote address. After the lecture, Lindsey looks under her seat and finds a tote bag containing a first edition of Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train, inscribed to Alfred Hitchcock. Brooklyn determines the novel is one of a kind and quite valuable, so Lindsey and Sully return the book to the conference director, not wanting to stir up any trouble. Format: Print, Digital

A Corpse in the Café by Jen Pitts (Cozy Mystery)
Sammy eagerly lends a hand at her friend’s cafe for the latest artist showcase. Everyone is dying to meet the mysterious new artist in the French Quarter. The very person they yearned to meet becomes the victim no one expected. Format: Print, Digital

FEBRUARY 14
Bone Whispers by Rosalind Brackenbury (Traditional Mystery)
Nessa, now in her seventies, is back in England from the US to take care of her inherited house on the coast of Dorset. She arrives to hear news of human bones-a woman’s bones-dug up on the beach, after a cliff fall. As she walks the paths of her childhood again, memories begin to return. Whose bones are these? Why does she have the growing feeling that they are connected with her? Format: Print, Digital

Off Season by Clive Fleury (Traditional Mystery)
Detective Ramesh Ryan’s career with Sydney’s prestigious Organized Crime Unit is on the up, until he loses a court case against the city’s most powerful drug dealer. In disgrace, the detective is relocated to the tiny Australian beach town of Barton. It is off-season in Barton-when its few criminals usually take a well-earned rest. But not this year! With the detective’s arrival, the town suddenly becomes murder central. Two bodies are discovered in the space of days, both victims of drug overdoses. Format: Print, Digital

A Match Made in Murder by Barbara Howard (Cozy Mystery)
In the heart of Clover City, love is a grand affair orchestrated by matchmaker extraordinaire, Fiona Murphy. But this Valentine’s Day, her twelve perfect weddings become a chilling mystery. As the Boat House restaurant transforms from a haven of romance to a crime scene, ‘A Match Made in Murder’ unveils a tale where love and betrayal intermingle, and uncovering the truth becomes the ultimate act of love. Format: Print, Digital

The Cannoli Caper by Kirsten Weiss (Cozy Mystery)
Paranormal Museum director Maddie is navigating the waters of post-breakup life in sunny Sicily. But there’s no time to wallow as she prepares to play bridesmaid for her famous sister’s castle wedding. But are the pre-wedding celebrations a veil for something sinister? Because Maddie is snatched from Sicily’s cobbled streets and thrust into a quirky caper of misadventures and murder. Format: Print, Digital

FEBRUARY 15
Sprites and Scuttlebutt by Elizabeth Pantley (Cozy Mystery)
In this journey, the book club travels to the Kingdom of Everglow, where the royal family is rocked to the core when a key staff member falls dead at a community event. In the turmoil that follows, any evidence of what happened is destroyed, so they must go by the recollection of witnesses who were too busy enjoying the celebration to offer any valuable testimony. The royal family is further distressed when they return to the castle to see signs of a break in that somehow defied their complex security system. They wake the next day to discover that one member of the royal family has fallen into a deep, deathlike sleep. Format: Print, Digital

FEBRUARY 16
Slain in the Sand by Angela K. Ryan (Cozy Mystery)
Heather attempts to rediscover her identity, adjust to her new normal, and investigate a murder along the way. If you love quaint seaside towns, endearing characters, and mysteries with lots of twists and turns, this series is for you! Format: Digital