Looking for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing the week of July 5 – 11, 2026 with three debut series. I hope a few of these books take you on a reading adventure!
JULY 6
Cornwall’s Deadly Series by Adriana Licio (British Gothic Mystery)
The golden girls of murder-solving arrive in the postcard-perfect harbour town of Fowey for their latest homeswap, just in time for the September Tide Literary Festival, a week-long celebration of Daphne du Maurier’s legacy. There’ll be guided walks, cream teas, book signings… and murder. When a festival guest dies in a manner uncannily reminiscent of a Du Maurier novel, whispers of coincidence quickly curdle into fear. As more bodies surface, each death eerily echoing scenes from the author’s dark canon, Fowey descends into panic. Format: Digital
The German Sisters by Marty Wingate (Historical Fiction)
As the train carries her far away from home, ten-year-old Dagmar’s hand tightens around her sister’s. As little Heike leans in, her acorn-coloured eyes wide, Dagmar is terrified she won’t be able to keep her safe… Dagma heart aches for her mother but only children were allowed on board. The carriage is crowded; a small boy hugs a battered teddy bear and cries for his father. A girl her own age whispers that this train is rescuing Jewish children. But their families have been left behind… Format: Digital, Print
JULY 7
You Had Me at Bigfoot by Nancy Campbell Allen (Cozy Mystery) *first book in a new series*
Rookie journalist Daphne and war photographer Clark investigate a missing maid and rumors of Bigfoot sightings—uncovering danger, buried lies, and unexpected romance deep in the Pacific Northwest wilderness. Rookie investigative journalist Daphne Drew is finally on assignment—though it’s not exactly the hard-hitting story she imagined. Sent to cover a high-society wedding at an opulent Pacific Northwest lodge, Daphne expects floral arrangements and champagne flutes, not whispered rumors of a missing maid . . . or reports of Bigfoot sightings. Format: Digital, Print
The Darker the Night by Brandon Barrows (Hard-Boiled Mystery)
Matt Allen knew it wouldn’t be easy convincing his ex-wife Lilly that their son should have a chance to live with his dad, at least for a little while. He’s been gone four years, but he’s back now. The divorce had been bitter, so of course Lilly is dead set against the idea. Except… Now she’s just dead, and Matt is the prime suspect. Format: Digital, Print
A Neighbor’s Guide to Murder by Louise Candlish (Psychological Suspense)
In Columbia Mansions, secrets don’t stay behind closed doors for long. It’s rare for a room to open up in London’s storied Columbia Mansions, and lonely Gwen is thrilled when her neighbor’s new subletter, Pixie, brings a friendly breath of fresh air to its stuffy halls. Their unexpected bond soon becomes the bright spot in Gwen’s quiet life. But Gwen can’t help noticing cracks beneath Pixie’s cheerful surface—especially when it comes to her questionable financial arrangement with her live-in landlord, Alec. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
A Hearse With No Name by Nicholas George (Cozy Mystery)
Retired drummer Adam Parrall is having a morning to remember—for all the wrong reasons. A hearse has mysteriously appeared outside his vinyl record store in the sleepy town of Cordoba in California. And when the police force open a door, Adam gets the shock of his life: the dead body of elderly Celia Effers is in the back seat. Format: Digital, Print
The Time Of My Heist by S.K. Golden (Heist Crime)
All Shepherd wants is to live a quiet life as a single dad and owner of a successful pizza restaurant while managing his ever-present anxiety. But against his better judgment, he’s somehow found himself agreeing to become the fake boyfriend of Ginny—the employee he’s definitely not in love with—in order to appease her terrifying mother. Format: Digital, Print
Get Lost by Justin Halpern (Humorous Thriller)
When Lila Dixon gets a call that her mother has gone missing, she initially brushes it off—Mattie’s disappearances are a part of life, like earthquakes in their dusty California hometown. But this time the prime suspect is Lila’s larger-than-life father: the one-time baseball star, local hero, and fatal charmer John “Dix” Dixon. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
The Devil’s Banquet by Phil Lecomber (Historical Mystery 1930s)
Four years after Cockney private eye George Harley brought the infamous child-killer the ‘Nursery Butcher’ to justice, and he’s back in business operating a new detective agency in Soho. For their first case, Harley and his new assistant Bunty are engaged to find a young girl who has run away from home to join a cabaret troupe led by the notorious ‘Queen of Depravity’ Ilse Blau. Format: Digital, Print
Payback by Lawrence Light (Financial Thriller) *first book in a new series*
A Wall Street billionaire, one of the four infamous “Medici Boys,” takes a swan dive from his high-floor Fifth Avenue apartment. Near the window from which he was thrown is a note: I AM COMING FOR ALL OF YOU. With no leads and three of the city’s wealthiest men marked for death, the case detective turns to former CIA operative and New York reporter Frank Verity. Frank sees things others do not and knows firsthand that it takes money to fight money. Format: Digital, Print
Last Night Was Killer by Mary Pauline Lowry (Humorous Mystery)
When Tilly Turner signed up for an introductory pole-dancing class, she was looking for a distraction. Reeling from her mother’s passing, and with her career as a stand-up comedian in ruins, Tilly has just moved back to the Idaho hometown she was desperate to leave, with her twin daughters in tow. But Tilly gets more than she bargained for after a night out with her new pole-dancing pals. She wakes to a raging hangover, no memory of the evening before, and a dead body in the trunk of her car. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Murder in the Wings by Amy Myers (Cozy Mystery)
Excitement is building for the first performance of Shakespeare’s As You Like It by the Merriday Players at the new outdoor theatre in the grounds of Tanton Towers. Happy Huffkin café owner Cara Shelley is delighted to provide the refreshments. But there’s a hitch. Tensions are running high between the director of the play, Hannah Ashman, and members of the cast, all of whom are descendants of either Edward Merriday’s first or second wives. Format: Digital, Print
Dead Men Don’t Play Fetch by David Rosenfelt (Traditional Mystery)
It’s defense lawyer Andy Carpenter’s dream to retire. That goal is once again thwarted when he gets a call from Lou Campanelli, an old friend who he simply cannot refuse, asking for a favor. Lou runs a rehab center, and when one of his patients, a homeless veteran, is charged with first degree murder, he needs Andy’s help. And of course, Andy will also be called on to care for the accused’s dog, but that’s okay: What’s one more dog? Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Kill to Keep by Elena Taylor (Police Procedural)
Sheriff Bet Rivers’ inspection of the carnival grounds should have been routine. Murder is certainly the last thing on anyone’s mind. Then comes the sound of a gunshot. And a dead body with no signs of trauma, no witnesses and no obvious motive for the killing. But solving the unexplained death is only part of the challenge. Bet is still grappling with her on-off relationship with town owner Rob Collier, while dealing with her feelings about her late father, the beloved town sheriff she had to replace. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
The Mysterious Affair Of Judith Potts by Robert Thorogood (Cozy Mystery)
Someone is killing celebrities in Marlow. First, it’s a famous soccer player. Then, a bestselling thriller writer. When two shocking deaths rock their quiet riverside town, Judith, Suzie, and Becks—the unstoppable Marlow Murder Club—must untangle a dangerous web of blackmail and scandal to catch a killer. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Beach Blonde Betrayal by Elaine Viets (Humorous Mystery)
Fear is growing in sun-soaked South Florida. Hot on the heels of local resident Gil Shecker saving an heiress’s cat from the jaws of an alligator, one of Norah McCarthy’s misfit residents at her Florodora apartment complex finds a body on the beach. It appears a serial killer is brutally strangling young blonde women. When Gil is stabbed in what seems to be a separate attack, Norah is persuaded to investigate his murder. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden (Traditional Mystery)
Virgil Wounded Horse is desperately trying to escape his past as a hired vigilante on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. But when a legendary figure from the reservation is murdered, Virgil is forced to return to the job. Making matters more complicated, threats are coming from the Pine Ridge 705—a street gang from a neighboring reservation who want to expand their reach into Rosebud—and Mitch Gagnon, a shady politician who will stop at nothing to gain more power. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
JULY 8
Guilty as Zin by Marla Cooper (Cozy Mystery)
When wedding planner Kelsey McKenna goes to the Wine Country Wedding Faire, the last thing she expects is to take on new clients. After all, she’s just there to help out her photographer friend Brody and maybe score some free cupcakes. But when a young couple in a pinch asks for her help, she just can’t say no. There’s only one problem: They had already signed a contract with Babs Norton, the self-proclaimed Queen of Wine Country Weddings. Format: Digital
JULY 9
The Other Widow by LynDee Walker (Domestic Thriller)
A week ago, Josephine Malone didn’t even know me. And now she can’t live without me. We sit side by side on her soft leather couch, mascara stinging our red-rimmed eyes. Our husbands were killed in the same accident. And together we’re riding the same gut-wrenching roller-coaster. A hotel maid like me has no business being friends with someone as rich as Josephine. But I can help her. I comfort her little boys when she can’t… and I hide the secret note I find in her husband’s suit pocket. Format: Digital, Print
JULY 10
The Secret of the Lantern Keepers by Jenni Keer (Historical Mystery) *first book in a new series*
When Edith Averly is sent to investigate a murder at Green Briar Lunatic Asylum, a rambling gothic institution on the edge of the Cornish moors, she’s horrified to realise that in order to infiltrate the asylum, she’ll have to pretend to be mad herself. Several weeks before her arrival, her beloved father stipulates in his will that his reclusive but strangely-gifted daughters must live apart from each other for a whole year in order to retain their family home. As a further condition of their inheritance, he assigns them each a crime that he was unable to solve during his recent years of armchair detecting. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Note: in some cases, print releases for digital titles will be forthcoming.
Publication date subject to change