Here is a bevy of a list of some of the new books releasing this week with some stops in Astoria, Blue Lake, Brook Ridge, Cranberry Island, Lake Eden, London, Nantucket, New York City, Ocean Crest, Sorenson, Tuscany, and Vance Township.

There’s plenty of new releases to keep readers entertained. Enjoy!

Murder Makes Scents by Christin Brecher
Stella Wright loves creating candles at her Nantucket store—and she also has a burning passion for justice. Now, after visiting a perfume conference, she must solve a vial crime . . .

Death with a Dark Red Rose by Julia Buckley
Writer’s apprentice Lena London is enjoying life in Blue Lake and being newly engaged, but is soon drawn into the terrifying disappearance of one of her closest friends…

Egg Drop Dead by Vivien Chien
In the fifth in Vivien Chien’s Noodle Shop delectable mystery series, Egg Drop Dead, the Ho-Lee Noodle House takes its business to the next level—only to end up in hot water.

Al Dente’s Inferno by Stephanie Cole *New Series*
An American chef will have to serve up more than good eats if she wants to establish a successful farm-to-table cooking school in Tuscany, in this charming first installment in a new cozy mystery series set in Italy.

Under The Radar by Annette Dashofy
Paramedic and deputy coroner Zoe Chambers responds to a shooting and discovers her longtime friend, Horace Pavelka, has gunned down a man who’d bullied him mercilessly for decades.

Here Comes The Body by Maria DiRico *New Series*
After her philandering husband’s boat went down, newly single Mia Carina went back to Astoria, the bustling Queens neighborhood of her youth. Living with her nonna and her oversized cat, Doorstop, she’s got a whole new life—including some amateur sleuthing . . .

Ain’t Seen Muffin Yet by Leighann Dobbs
The Brook Ridge Falls Retirement Center is still reeling over the death of one of their own when Lexy and her senior detective friends are asked to investigate another murder.

Dressed Up 4 Murder by J.C. Eaton
Last one standing is the winner . . .

Coconut Layer Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke
Bakery owner Hannah Swensen is leaving Lake Eden to help a friend in sunny California. But an unexpected phone call swiftly brings her back to a cold Minnesota winter . . . and murder . . .

An Orphan of Hell’s Kitchen by Liz Freeland
In 1914, Hell’s Kitchen is an apt name for New York City’s grittiest neighborhood, as one of the city’s first policewomen, Louise Faulk, is about to discover when the death of a young prostitute leads her on a grim journey through the district’s darkest corners . . .

Murder in the Secret Maze by Judith Gonda *New Series*
Landscape architect Tory Benning knows the lay of the land, but she’ll have to dig through the clues to unearth a killer . . .

Death by Chocolate Frosted Doughnut by Sarah Graves
When a pirate festival blows into their small town, bakeshop owners Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree and her best friend Ellie White expect they’ll be busy baking up a storm, but instead they find themselves marooned in a new murder investigation after someone kills a well-known food writer and TV personality . . .

Who’s Dead, Doc? by J.M. Griffin
Things get pretty hare-y when rabbit rescue and rehab expert Jules Bridge and her brilliant bunny go undercover to catch a murderer hiding in plain sight . . .

Farmer in the Dead by CeeCee James
Trouble seems to follow Chelsea like baby ducks follow their mama.

On The Lamb by Tina Kashian
Lucy Berberian is busy preparing her family’s Mediterranean restaurant for Easter on the Jersey Shore—but a batch of sweets is to die for . . .

Bite The Dust by Jackie Layton *New Series*
Secrets can be deadly.

Anchored Inn by Karen MacInerney
Tea, scones, and old bones. . .

The King’s Justice by Susan Elia MacNeal
Can a stolen violin lead secret agent and spy Maggie Hope to a new serial killer terrorizing London? Find out as the acclaimed World War II mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Susan Elia MacNeal continues.

A Silent Stabbing by Alyssa Maxwell
As England recovers from its costly involvement in the Great War, Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady’s maid, Eva Huntford, find the steady comforts of their lives unsettled by a local case of murder . . .

Stayin’ Alive by Julie Mulhern
Springtime. Love is in the air. So is murder.

Murder in an Irish Cottage by Carlene O’Connor
In a remote—and superstitious—village in County Cork, Ireland, Garda Siobhán O’Sullivan must solve a murder where the prime suspects are fairies . . .

Blueberry Cobbler Blackmail by Jodi Rath
Welcome to Leaven—oh wait—Santo Domingo, where DEATH takes a DELICIOUS turn!

Dead Ringer by Annelise Ryan
A new murder victim with an old M.O. puts Mattie Winston on the trail of a killer who gives a grim new meaning to flower power . . .

The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74 by Art Taylor
Featuring sixteen stories, this collection represents highlights from nearly twenty-five years of my work as a writer of short mystery fiction—from my first story for Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine in December 1995 to my most recent publication, the title story, which appeared in the January/February 2020 issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.

Pies Before Guys by Kirsten Weiss
Val’s crime-solving club digs into a piping hot new case!