Looking for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing during the week of January 26 – February 1, 2025 with one debut series. I hope a few of these books take you to an exciting place. Have fun reading!

JANUARY 26
The Pied Piper by Keenan Powell (Legal Thriller)
When the man who swindled Esme Castillo out of her business is murdered, she is the prime suspect. Now, her attorney, Maureen Gould, must uncover the secrets and lies behind the conspiracies that targeted Esme. Who set up Esme to take the fall. And why? Format: Digital

JANUARY 27
Murder Under the Marquee by J.C. Kenney (Cozy Mystery)
When a body is found on the beach near the Paradise Springs marina in the sleepy panhandle of Florida, Elmo’s disinclined to weigh in on it. But the victim is Desiree LaFontaine, former first mate of Elmo’s girlfriend, Nic, who apparently was the last person to see Desiree alive. Which makes Nicola suspect number one. Format: Print

JANUARY 28
A Gentleman of Sinister Schemes by Grace Burrowes (Historical Mystery)
Lord Julian Caldicott has been tasked with discovering who wants the Marquess of Dalhousie dead. Two attempts have already been made on Dalhousie’s life, and the evidence Julian uncovers casts suspicion on members of the marquess’s own family. The dashing heir presumptive to the Dalhousie title certainly has a motive for murder, as does Dalhousie’s embittered aunt, his feuding neighbors, and even his disgruntled staff. Format: Digital (Print to follow)

Axe Me No Questions by Paula Charles (Cozy Mystery)
In the quaint mountain town of Pine Bluff, Oregon, fall has arrived and it’s time for the annual Timber Festival, complete with Lumberjack and Lumberjill contests, and booths serving spicy chili and creamy pumpkin pies. Widowed hardware store owner Dawna Carpenter is selling cookbooks at a booth in the park for a fundraiser her women’s group is running. She’s looking forward to soaking in all her favorite things about the season, including hoping to have a conversation with her deceased husband, who she thinks is still hanging around the house. Format: Digital

Bye Bye Blackbird by Elizabeth Crowens (Historical Mystery 1940s)
Hollywood heats up again when Humphrey Bogart arrives right after a female corpse with a dead bird stuffed inside her overcoat topples into the office of B. Norman Investigations. While filming The Maltese Falcon, Bogie found a mysterious ancient Egyptian hawk artifact on his doorstep containing a mummified black bird. Someone with dark intentions threatens the main cast, one by one, leaving dead birds, from crows to falcons, as their calling cards. Format: Print, Digital

The Psychopath Next Door by Mark Edwards (Psychological Thriller)
Ethan Dove’s family has moved to a new home in a safe community, and it’s exactly the fresh start they need. Not only is his marriage to Emma hanging by a thread, but his son, Dylan, and twelve-year-old daughter, Rose, deserve to have a happy childhood. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

We Are Watching by Alison Gaylin (Psychological Thriller)
Sometimes the world is out to get you. Meg Russo was behind the wheel when it happened. She and her husband Justin were driving their daughter Lily to Ithaca College, the family celebrating the eighteen-year-old music prodigy’s future. Then a car swerved up beside them, the young men inside it behaving bizarrely—and Meg lost control of her own vehicle. The family road trip turned into a tragedy. Justin didn’t survive the accident. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Soft Served Sleighing by Lena Gregory (Cozy Mystery)
With most of Eastern Long Island closed down for a blizzard, Danika Delaney and her friends are holed up in her old-fashioned malt shop, the Coffee & Cream Café, with ice cream and hot chocolate. However, their plans to wait out the storm in cozy company are interrupted when a popular YouTuber and her two companions show up at the door—they’ve been trapped by the storm, and Dani generously offers to serve them breakfast. But her generosity isn’t rewarded in kind, as the reviewer then tries to extort money from Dani in exchange for a good review! When the storm finally clears, Dani is happy to have seen the last of them. Format: Digital (Print to follow)

Sit. Stay. Play Dead. by Bonnie Hardy (Cozy Mystery)
Springtime in Lily Rock heralds the arrival of the highly anticipated Woofstock weekend festival. This beloved event is a celebration of all things canine, featuring dog shows, agility contests, and a variety of vendors and activities for dog lovers. The excitement is cut short when a long-time resident and festival organizer is found dead in the dog park. With the town in shock, Janis Jets, Lily Rock’s only cop, calls on Olivia to assist in solving the case. Format: Digital (Print to follow)

Beast of the North Woods by Annelise Ryan (Traditional Mystery)
An ice fisherman is savagely mauled to death in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and an eyewitness claims the man was attacked by a hodag. There’s just one problem with that: it’s well known that the creature is not real and was created by a local hoaxer. So how could an imaginary creature be chomping on local sportsmen? Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Easy Does It by Jasmine Webb (Cozy Mystery)
When one of Ada’s coworkers is found dead on the beach, and a friend of Ada’s is almost immediately arrested, she knows there’s something wrong. There’s no way her friend did this, and Mack immediately jumps in to help. Together, they have to prove Ada’s friend’s innocence before it’s too late. Format: Digital (Print and Audio to follow)

The Mailman by Andrew Welsh-Huggins (Thriller)
Mercury Carter is a deliveryman and he takes his job very seriously. When a parcel is under his care, he will stop at nothing to deliver it directly to its intended recipient. Not even, as in the current case, when he finds a crew of violent men at the indicated address that threaten his life and take the woman who lives there hostage. That’s because Carter has special skills from his former life as a federal agent with the postal inspection service, skills that make him particularly useful for delivering items in circumstances as dangerous as these. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

JANUARY 29
Cold Query by Ivanka Fear (Traditional Mystery)
For the last eleven years, respected schoolteacher and mystery writer, Ivy Rose, who left behind her traumatic past, has enjoyed a quiet life in the pretty town with its picturesque sunsets over the lake. But when the body of a fellow book club member washes ashore, the first in a series of suspicious deaths, the town becomes immersed in murder, forcing Ivy to come to terms with the dark secrets that haunt her. Format: Digital (Print to follow)

JANUARY 30
The Train from Platform 2 by Stephanie Steel (Psychological Thriller)
When former Detective Inspector Jess boards the London Underground, it should be just a few short stops home. But as the tube barrels towards Baker Street, it’s brought to an abrupt stop, and they’re plunged into the darkness. And then she hears the screeching. Jess pushes through into the driver’s cabin. There, she finds his lifeless body, and stab wounds in his neck, still bleeding. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

JANUARY 31
Lost History Between Us by Barbara Howard (Romantic Suspense)
History teacher Olivia James just inherited her grandmother’s remote cabin—a place filled with memories of her childhood and her first love. But when she arrives during a storm to find the cabin ransacked and mysterious boot prints in the mud, she realizes her grandmother left behind more than just a cozy retreat. Format: Digital (Print to follow)

A Wish To Die For by C. A. Phipps (Cozy Mystery) *first book in a new series*
My name is Patience O’Reilly, and I make wishes come true. But trust me—it’s not as easy as it sounds. People lie, mostly to themselves, about what will truly make them happy. That’s where I come in. I have to dig deeper, uncover the truth, and guide them toward what they really need. Oh, and did I mention I’m a white witch? That part stays strictly under wraps. Format: Digital

Dog Grant Me by Neil S. Plakcy (Cozy Mystery)
When Eastern College launches its first winter intersession program, administrator Steve Levitan is excited to host a course on Caribbean cuisine at Friar Lake Conference Center. His wife Lili is co-teaching with her friend, prominent food anthropologist Dr. Yesenia Ubeda. But before the first meal is served, threatening notes appear, old documents surface with explosive implications for US-Cuba relations, and a student with a hidden agenda is found murdered. Format: Print, Digital

A Bullet in the Basement by Eryn Scott (Cozy Mystery)
The worst ice storm in recent history is about to hit Seattle. When the city suggests that residents ride out the storm inside, Meg Dawson and the Morrisey residents stock up on essentials. They embrace the forced lock down with fun, games, and apartment-hopping festivities. It all comes to a stop when a trail of blood is discovered in the lobby, leading to a used bullet in the basement. Format: Digital (Print and Audio to follow)

Death Pays A Call To The Three Hounds Bakery by Julie Titterington (Cozy Mystery)
After a whirlwind book tour, mystery author Willa Lattner comes home ready to relax, snuggle her sausage dogs, and settle back into the simple life. But once again there’s trouble afoot in Humboldt Cove. Events take a strange turn when a secret recipe is revealed, Willa’s latest manuscript is leaked, and—worst of all—a body turns up in the bakery. The victim? A man from her past who may have brought a warning…if only he’d lived long enough to deliver it. Format: Digital (Print and Audio to follow)

FEBRUARY 1
Glamorous Notions by Megan Chance (Historical Mystery 1950s)
s head costume designer for Lux Pictures, Lena Taylor hears startling confessions from the biggest movie stars. She knows how to keep their secrets—after all, none of their scandals can match her own. Lena was once Elsie Gruner, the daughter of an Ohio dressmaker. Her gift for fashion design helped her win a coveted spot at an art academy in Rome. While in Italy, she became enthralled by the charismatic Julia, who drew her into a shadowy world of jazz clubs, code words, and mysterious deliveries. When one of Julia’s intrigues ended in murder, Elsie found herself in the middle of a bewildering sinister international plot. So she ran. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Eleven Numbers by Lee Child (Short Story Thriller)
Nathan Tyler is an unassuming professor at a middling American university with a rather obscure specialty in mathematics—in short, a nobody from nowhere. So why is the White House calling? Summoned to Washington, DC, for a top-secret briefing, Nathan discovers that he’s the key to a massive foreign intelligence breakthrough. Reading between the lines of a cryptic series of equations, he could open a door straight into the heart of the Kremlin and change the global balance of power forever. All he has to do is get to a meeting with the renowned Russian mathematician who created it. But when Nathan crashes headlong into a dangerous new game, the odds against him suddenly look a lot steeper. Format: Digital, Audio

A Poetic Puzzle by Joanne McLaughlin (Cozy Mystery)
Internationally acclaimed poet Mary Irene Jones has vanished-calls and texts unacknowledged, bank accounts emptied, car abandoned. But before she disappeared, she mailed never-published manuscripts to a lesser-known namesake poet, M. Irene “Mimi” Jones. Are the manuscripts clues only Mimi can decipher? And what about the handsome Philadelphia cop assigned to the case? He seems as intrigued by Mimi as by the missing celebrity poet. Talk about a person of interest… Format: Print
Note: in some cases, print releases for digital titles will be forthcoming.