Looking for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing during the week of January 19 – 25, 2025 with three debut series. I hope a few of these books take you to an exciting place. Have fun reading!

JANUARY 20, 2025
Frightened To Depths by K.B. Jackson (Cozy Mystery)
Charlotte McLaughlin assumes she’s finally shed all her tears on the first anniversary of her husband’s passing. After all, she’s living in his luxury suite on a private cruise ship, visiting exotic ports, and living her best life with her sister, Jane. Certainly, she done with murder mysteries, too. Format: Print, Digital

JANUARY 21, 2025
A Death in Diamonds by S.J. Bennett (Historical Mystery 1950s)
Young Queen Elizabeth II is finding her way in postwar Europe, trying to repair friendships with foreign governments. Advised by her father’s old courtiers, the Queen suspects that they may not have her best interests at heart. One of them is trying to sabotage her public appearances: that much she is sure of. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Haunting and Homicide by Ava Burke (Cozy Mystery) *first book in a new series*
Tallulah “Lou” Thatcher has a gift: she can see dead people. But in New Orleans, Louisiana, this is not a drawback. On the contrary, her ability to see ghosts helps her host viral ghost tours through the historic Garden District. When rival tour guide Adam Brandt–who accused her of faking her encounters to undercut his business–is found murdered, Lou is the only one who can see him . . . his ghost, that is. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Star-Crossed Egg Tarts by Jennifer J. Chow (Cozy Mystery)
Jin Bakery has been asked to cater the Lum-Wu outdoor wedding at Pixie Park. The day of the ceremony, Felicity is finishing the “cake” of tiered egg tarts as the wedding party arrives for the ceremony. When one of the groomsmen, Miles Wu, doesn’t arrive, Felicity’s best friend and local florist Kelvin generously steps in for him and the wedding goes smoothly—until cake cutting time. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Loose Lips by Kemper Donovan (Traditional Mystery)
Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. So goes the adage, but sometimes, even a first-rate ghostwriter and successful mystery author needs to make a buck. Even if that means setting foot on a cruise ship, something she vowed she’d never do. To top it off, the “Get Lit Cruise” is being organized by Payton Garrett, a very popular, bestselling author—and the ghostwriter’s long-time frenemy from back in their MFA days. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. Dove (Traditional Mystery)
At rock bottom following her daughter’s death, ex–Chicago detective Carrie Starr has nowhere to go but back to her roots. Starr’s father never talked much about the reservation where he was raised, but the tribe needs a new marshal as much as Starr needs a place to call home. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Shipwrecked Souls by Barbara Fradkin (Police Procedural)
When Anya Kurchenko, a woman recently arrived in Ottawa from Ukraine, is found murdered in an obscure alleyway, the only clue is a scrap of paper in her pocket with the name “Symkha Grunstein” written in three different alphabets. No such person seems to exist. While the police try to trace her past movements, an elderly man named Simon Stone, who lives nearby, is also murdered, and Inspector Michael Green is called in to interpret the mass of documents about the Second World War and the Holocaust stored in Stone’s basement. Format: Print, Digital

Lethal Wilderness Trap by Susan Furlong (Suspense)
Hunting a never-caught killer, Special Agent Nolan Shea learns of a new victim. But the body on Ava Burke’s land puts her and her young daughter, Rose, in someone’s lethal sights. With a trail of shocking clues pointing to her family’s involvement, Ava starts to question everything she holds dear and is soon desperate to uncover the truth with Nolan. Step after step, they confront their fears. But will finally cornering a murderer out in the wilderness become a trap they can’t escape? Format: Print, Digital

A Lethal Walk in Lakeland by Nicholas George (Cozy Mystery)
Chase has two compelling reasons for returning to England—a group walk along the famed Coast to Coast trail in the picturesque Lake District, and a chance to further his relationship with Mike, the handsome Devonshire doctor he met on his last trip. The walkers, including Chase’s dear friend and fellow Anglophile Billie Mondreau, assemble at a Whitehaven hotel and begin their adventure with the traditional “baptism of the boots” in St. Bee’s Bay. But they’ve barely begun traveling eastward with their genial guide than the group dynamics turns unexpectedly rocky. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

A Killer’s Code by Isabella Maldonado (Police Procedural)
During a recent undercover sting gone bad, hit man Gustavo Toro died in the arms of FBI Special Agent Daniela “Dani” Vega. But Toro had secrets he refused to take to the grave. In the event of his death, Toro left behind a video that promises to expose a mysterious mastermind who has been operating with impunity for decades. But there’s a catch. Dani’s team must follow Toro’s cryptic clues on a cross-country hunt for justice, and piecing together his past is more twisted than Dani could have imagined. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

She Doesn’t Have a Clue by Jenny Elder Moke (Mystery Romance)
A high-end wedding on a private island off the coast of Seattle sounds like something out of a magazine. But for bestselling mystery author Kate Valentine, it’s more like a nightmare. Why Kate agreed to attend her ex-fiancé’s wedding is its own enigma, but she’ll plaster on a fake smile for two nights, with the aid of free champagne, naturally. And because the groom happens to be her editor, she’ll try to finish a draft of her latest Loretta Starling mystery as a wedding gift. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Death of an Irish Druid by Catie Murphy (Cozy Mystery)
Megan is excited to show her visiting American friends the best of Ireland. A dead body in a holy well, however, was not on her list. The victim is Seamus Nolan, nicknamed “the Irish Druid” for his controversial efforts to rewild his country estate. The local police seem all-too-willing to write off his death as an accident. But Megan’s instincts say not so fast . . .Format: Print, Digital, Audio

A Reluctant Spy by Roselyn Teukolsky (Suspense)
A dead husband. A brilliant hacker. A shadowy world of sex and money in a den of academic intrigue. Madeline Geiger is a young computer scientist whose husband has recently died under suspicious circumstances. On the day of his funeral, Madeline is approached by an FBI agent who persuades her to go undercover in the Computer Science Department to find out who’s providing encryption software to an illicit pornography ring. Format: Print, Digital

Pele’s Prerogative by Albert Tucher (Traditional Mystery)
Officer Jenny Freitas of the Hawaii County Police survives an encounter with a hidden lava tube in Langston Otsaka’s backyard, but she finds that Langston wasn’t so lucky. The evidence says he had help falling through the thin crust of rock covering the tube, and now Jenny and her mentor Detective Errol Coutinho have a murder case. The obvious suspects are Langston’s ex-wife Cindy and his estranged son Caleb, who have both come back to Hilo after spending years in the Hawaiian diaspora in Las Vegas. Their motive is money that Langston had supposedly amassed in his criminal career, but the money complicates the case. Everybody seems to have heard about his ill-gotten fortune, even if it might not be real. Format: Print, Digital

Eleanor and the Cold War by Ellen Yardley (Historical Mystery 1950s) *first book in a new series*
Previously fired for speaking out against workplace injustices, twenty-five-year-old Kay Thompson finds her true calling once appointed to support Eleanor Roosevelt, a champion of human rights known as ER among those in her inner circle. Kay fully embraces her new role as the former First Lady’s right hand—typing up daily columns and juggling a blur of political meetings, ribbon cuttings, and charitable dinners. It’s not until a dead body is discovered on a train that her most compelling task comes into focus . . . Format: Print, Digital, Audio

JANUARY 23, 2025
The Case of the Vanishing Valuables by Leighann Dobbs (Cozy Mystery) *first book in a new series*
Something’s not right at the local retirement home, Tranquility Terrace. The residents are losing more than their memories—jewelry, watches, and keepsakes are disappearing too. Enter Ray Leonard, a detective who could use a break. His secret weapon? Earl—a snarky cat with a nose for trouble. Format: Digital

The Dog Sitter Detective Plays Dead by Antony Johnston (Cozy Mystery)
Gwinny Tuffel is on location in the misty Yorkshire Dales filming a small part in Draculania, a genderswapped remake of Bram Stoker’s classic tale, when life begins to imitate art a little too closely. One of the cast members is found dead inside a locked trailer, with a stake through their heart. Format: Print, Digital

Secrets, Songbirds, and Succulents by Iris March (Cozy Mystery)
The charming town of Hawthorn Heights is celebrating its connection to the Buckeye Trail with a weekend-long town festival. When a local naturalist is found dead at the bottom of a ravine off the trail, amateur sleuth and garden center manager Molly Green finds herself tangled in a murder investigation – again. Format: Digital

JANUARY 24, 2025
When I Disappear by Amanda McKinney (Psychological Thriller)
At 2:00 a.m. Sylvia Stone awakens to a letter on her doorstep suggesting the handsome carpenter, Rhett Cohen, who was convicted of murdering her mother twenty years earlier, is innocent. The anonymous letters continue, each one revealing details only the true killer would know, making Sylvia question her testimony years ago. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

JANUARY 25, 2025
The Family Lies by Angela Henry (Psychological Thriller)
Sabrina Adams thought her luck had finally turned around when she was hired as a librarian for the wealthy Dorsey family. But as soon as she arrives at their elegant estate, she senses something is off. They have cameras everywhere. She’s banned from the third floor, and she spotted someone watching the house from the nearby woods. And why does the housekeeper, Mrs Manning, insist on so many rules? Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Note: in some cases, print releases for digital titles will be forthcoming.