Check out some of the new titles releasing during the week of January 17 – January 23, 2021. Reading is an adventure and I hope a few of these books take you to an exciting place. Enjoy!

An Uninvited Corpse by Blythe Baker (Historical)
Anna has barely had time to settle in at the Montford town home in London, when she is drawn down a new path of danger. After she witnesses a stabbing in an alley, it’s up to Anna to find the killer – before the killer finds her.

Downward Death by Stella Bixby  (Cozy) *new series*
Ellie Vanderwick’s life is perfect. Sure, she doesn’t have friends, family, or a steady job. But she does have her pet pig, Penelope, and her VW Microbus, Mona. If only she could get her hair under control. Some might call it magic, Ellie just calls it annoying. Mad, sad, happy, or scared—it always starts the same way: with a little tingle. That’s when she knows her hair is about to go berserk.

Out of Hounds by Rita Mae Brown (Cozy)
Spring is peeking through the frost in Virginia, and though the hunting season is coming to a close, the foxes seem determined to put the members of the Jefferson Hunt Club through their paces. Sister and her friends are enjoying some of the best chases they’ve had all season when the fun is cut short by the theft of Crawford Howard’s treasured Sir Alfred Munnings painting of a woman in hunting attire riding sidesaddle.

The Mitford Trial by Jessica Fellowes (Historical)
The newly married and most beautiful of the Mitford sisters, Diana, hot-steps around Europe with her husband and fortune heir Bryan Guinness, accompanied by maid Louisa Cannon, as well as some of the most famous and glamorous luminaries of the era. But murder soon follows, and with it, a darkness grows in Diana’s heart . . .

Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner (Thriller)
Frankie Elkin is an average middle-aged woman, a recovering alcoholic with more regrets than belongings. But she spends her life doing what no one else will–searching for missing people the world has stopped looking for. When the police have given up, when the public no longer remembers, when the media has never paid attention, Frankie starts looking.

A Deadly Discovery by J.C. Kenney (Cozy)
Certain she’s seen more than enough death for one lifetime, literary agent Allie Cobb is ready to close the book on her amateur sleuthing, even when she learns that an unidentified body has been unearthed in a local state park. But when a worn and haunted-looking woman shows up on her doorstep with a grim story about her young daughter’s disappearance twenty years ago—and the police confirm that the recently discovered body is hers—Allie can’t bear to turn the poor woman away.

A Message in Blood by Catherine Maiorisi (Police Procedural)
A middle-of-the night phone call summons NYPD Detective Chiara Corelli and her partner, Detective P.J. Parker, to a politically sensitive murder scene. The victims―a U.S. Senator, the pastor of a mega church, and a self-made music industry billionaire―appear to have been killed during a sex orgy. Pressure is mounting to cover up the circumstances.

The River House Inn by Veronica Mixon (Romantic Suspense)
The new sawmill brought jobs and economic stability to the town of Loblolly. New businesses have popped up. Previously closed shops have re-opened. And a slew of new residents have moved to the sleepy town nestled on the Chattahoochee River. But new residents bring new secrets, and one of the new arrivals holds the key to solving the mystery of a missing family in Central Florida.

Nailed It by J.R. Ripley (Comic Thriller)
What happens when South Florida’s most unscrupulous real estate salesman meets South Florida’s biggest con artist? And what happens when they meet on the roof of the Florida mansion belonging to the world’s most ruthless scrap dealer? Who knows? But sparks are bound to fly, especially with that hurricane coming straight at them.

The Broken Spine by Dorothy St. James (Cozy) *new series*
Trudell Becket, book-loving librarian, finds herself in a bind when the library where she works is turned into a state-of-the-art bookless library. In a rare move of rebellion, Trudell rescues hundreds of her library’s beloved books slated for the recycle center. She sets up a secret book room in the library’s basement and opens it to anyone who shares her love of the printed book.