Looking for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing during the week of July 23 – 29, 2023 with two debut series. I hope a few of these books take you to an exciting place. Have fun reading!

Uninvited Undertaker by Cathy Ace (Cozy)
The women of the WISE Enquiries Agency should be enjoying the early summer with their loved ones, but find themselves facing a truly baffling case: a mysterious figure has been spotted in Anwen-by-Wye, heralding tragedy. Nerves in the village are frayed, and the skills of all four of our private investigators are needed to work out what’s going on – aided by Althea, dowager duchess of Chellingworth, of course. Format: Print, Digital

Murder In The Book Lover’s Loft by Ellery Adams (Cozy)
Jane and her fiancé, Edwin, are headed to the North Carolina coast for a much-needed vacation. Their harborside loft has floor-to-ceiling bookcases and breathtaking views, but Jane’s hopes of exploring the town with her man are stymied when Edwin steps on a stingray. Things take an even less romantic turn when Jane stumbles across a dead body . . .Format: Print, Digital, Audio

All That Glitters Isn’t Old by Gabby Allan (Cozy)
When she’s not piloting a glass bottom boat, showing the sights to tourists, Whit sells seashells by the seashore—among many other sea and sand souvenirs—to help keep her family shop, Nautically Yours, afloat. It’s a far cry from her corporate climbing ladder life in Los Angeles, but Whit and her frisky feline, Whiskers, love calling Catalina home and being close to family. Especially Whit’s grandmother Goldy, a fun and feisty senior who always marched to the beat of a different drum. Format: Print, Digital

Peg And Rose Stir Up Trouble by Laurien Berenson (Cozy)
When a typically closed-off Peg attempts online dating at Rose’s strong urging, the experience plays out like an embarrassing mistake. At least, until she matches with Nolan Abercrombie—intelligent, attractive, and a self-proclaimed dog lover. The two share an instant connection that has Peg cautiously excited to finally bring someone special into her busy world of Standard Poodles and conformation shows. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

What Harms You by Lisa Black (Thriller)
The Locard Institute is a state-of-the-art forensic research center where experts from around the world come together to confront and solve the world’s most challenging and perplexing crimes. When Dr. Ellie Carr arrives for her first day as an instructor at the prestigious facility, the buildings glimmer amid the brilliant fall foliage on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. But within hours a colleague, Dr. Barbara Wright, is found dead on the floor of a supply closet. Her death appears to be an accident—but Ellie and her new supervisor, Dr. Rachael Davies, suspect a more sinister explanation. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

A Fatal Groove by Olivia Blacke (Cozy)
It’s springtime in Cedar River, Texas. The annual Bluebonnet Festival is brewing and the whole town is in harmony. Juni Jessup and her sisters Tansy and Maggie thought opening Sip & Spin Records was going to be their biggest hurdle, but the Frappuccino hits the fan when the mayor drops dead—poisoned by their delicious coffee. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Death on the Beach by Steph Broadribb (Traditional)
The brand-new Shimmering Sands retirement community is a beachfront paradise—until realtor Jessie Beckton plunges to her death from the penthouse suite she’s selling. When the cops rule out foul play, the Retired Detectives agree to step in. They’re certain Jessie was murdered—but how can they prove it when the apartment was locked from the inside? Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Steeped in Malice by Vicki Delany (Cozy)
Afternoon tea isn’t just about flavorful brews and delicious treats. It’s also about presentation—fine china teacups (never mugs!), with carefully coordinated saucers and plates. With her fragile stock running low, Lily has an excuse to indulge in one of her favorite hobbies: visiting an antiques fair for replacements. Format: Print, Digital

Murder at a London Finishing School by Jessica Ellicott (Historical 1920s)
Neither Beryl nor Edwina are the least bit interested in attending events at their alma mater, Miss Dupont’s Finishing School for Young Ladies. Their lives are very full indeed in the village of Walmsley Parva. However, when a letter arrives from Miss Dupont herself requesting their help in a professional capacity, they reluctantly pack their bags for London. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Pink Lemonade Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke (Cozy)
The Tri-County Summer Solstice Celebration has come to town, and even among local artisans, athletes, and marching bands, Hannah attracts fans of her own while serving lip-smacking pink lemonade desserts. But the mood sours when a body turns up, leading revelers to wonder if the festivities mark both the longest day of the year and the deadliest . . .Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Defiance by Brian Freeman (Thriller)
From the glacial waters of Alaska to a sexy nightclub in the Bahamas, Treadstone agents are being hunted down and murdered. Someone high up in the U.S. government will stop at nothing to cover up a secret Treadstone mission from the past known as Defiance. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Murder At The Pumpkin Pageant by Darci Hannah (Cozy)
Lindsey prefers to keep her bakeshop’s Halloween decor light and autumnal, rather than gruesome and ghoulish. But everyone knows her lighthouse home is haunted. Some intrepid teens have even tried to break in to witness the resident ghost themselves. Dreading Halloween night, Lindsey reluctantly allows her influencer and podcaster best friend, Kennedy, to host a live ghost hunting investigation in the lighthouse, conducted by a professional team. Protective of her ghost, Lyndsey is understandably nervous about what they might uncover . . .Format: Print, Digital

You’ll Get Yours by Gerald Hansen (Thriller) *first book in a new series*
Supermarket shelf stacker Regina Steps has just been found strangled, stripped to her underwear, and her body forced into a gruesome position atop one of the cannons of Derry’s historic city walls. For seasoned DI Liam McLaughlin and his ragtag team from the Serious Crimes Branch, it’s a murder they’ve never seen the likes of before. Format: Digital

Death Of A Clam Digger by Lee Hollis (Cozy)
Food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell usually reserves judgement for local cuisine, not the people who serve it. But staying neutral isn’t so easy when caught between the biggest seafood rivals in town—her BFF Mona Barnes and the successful Leighton clan. Adding to a bitter decades-old surf-turf war between family businesses, a modern Romeo and Juliet story unfolds as Mona’s son gets engaged to the daughter of her sworn enemy . . .Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Murder Under A Western Moon by Abigail Keam (Historical 1930s)
Mona Moon and her new husband, Robert Farley, Duke of Brynelleth are about to board an ocean liner to Merry Old England for their honeymoon when Mona receives an urgent telegram from Rupert Hunt, her eyes and ears in the Moon copper mines. Format: Digital

Mischief Nights Are Murder by Libby Klein (Cozy)
Poppy is none too pleased when her B&B is coerced into participating in the Cape May Haunted Dinners Tour during Halloween season. Though her knack for finding dead bodies has given the place a spooky reputation, the Murder House is a completely undeserved nickname. At least it used to be . . .Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Prom Mom by Laura Lippman (Thriller)
Amber Glass has spent her entire adult life putting as much distance as possible between her and her hometown of Baltimore, where she fears she will forever be known as “Prom Mom”—the girl who allegedly killed her baby on the night of the prom after her date, Joe Simpson, abandoned her to pursue the girl he really liked. But when circumstances bring Amber back to the city, she realizes she can have a second chance—as long as she stays away from Joe, now a successful commercial real estate developer, married to a plastic surgeon, Meredith, to whom he is devoted. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

The Lady from Burma by Allison Montclair (Historical 1940s)
In the immediate post-war days of London, two unlikely partners have undertaken an even more unlikely, if necessary, business venture – The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. The two partners are Miss Iris Sparks, a woman with a dangerous – and never discussed – past in British intelligence and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, a war widow with a young son entangled in a complicated aristocratic family. Mostly their clients are people trying to start (or restart) their lives in this much-changed world, but their new client is something different. Format: Print, Digital

Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge by Spencer Quinn (Traditional)
Mrs. Loretta Plansky, a recent widow in her seventies, is settling into retirement in Florida while dealing with her 98-year-old father and fielding requests for money from her beloved children and grandchildren. Thankfully, her new hip hasn’t changed her killer tennis game one bit. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Mask or Raid by Joanna Campbell Slan (Cozy)
When Time in a Bottle, St. Louis’s premiere craft store, is slated for demolition, Kiki is forced to confront her deep-rooted aversion to change. Reluctantly bidding farewell to her familiar surroundings, she seeks a new location for the store. But before she can move, the new building must be made ADA compliant. Format: Digital

Mystery in the Highlands by Lydia Travers (Historical 1910s)
When Maud and Daisy receive a letter from Daisy’s cousin, Clara, sharing her fears that two sudden deaths in her local choir weren’t accidental, at first Daisy thinks her cousin is overreacting. But Maud’s detective senses tell her something is afoot, and so they make haste to the Highlands to investigate. Format: Print, Digital

Tell No Lies by LynDee Walker (Traditional)
When Texas Ranger Faith McClellan is called to the Southern border to help recover suspicious human remains, she has no idea she’s about to wade into the deadliest case of her career. Six of these mysterious bodies have appeared in the area over the past year…and Faith wants answers. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

A Shimmer Of Red by Valerie Wilson Wesley (Cozy)
With pandemic-fearing city dwellers fleeing to the New Jersey suburbs, Risko Realty—and Odessa Jones—are having their best year ever. Finally on solid financial footing, Odessa is debt-free and looking forward to the future. But she doesn’t need second sight to sense her new young co-worker, Anna Lee, is on edge–and straight-up terrified–in spite of her hot sales record and sunny, outgoing attitude. And when Anna is killed in a hit-and-run, Odessa sees immediately that it was no accident . . .Format: Print, Digital

Claws of Death by Cathy Wiley (Cozy) *first book in a new series*
Join Jackie Norwood, a down-and-out celebrity chef, as she judges her first gig on her comeback quest: a Texas Crab Festival cooking contest. This new venture takes an unexpected twist when she discovers that her arch-nemesis, Heather Curtis, is her co-judge. As if that weren’t enough to stir the pot, one of the competitors is Chef Benjy Hayes, her long-lost ex-boyfriend. Format: Digital