Here is a list of over 45 new titles representing major genres such as cozy mysteries, traditional mysteries, historical mysteries, and others releasing this month, with twelve debut series from Nekesa Afia, B.J. Bowen, Matt Cost, Carrie Doyle, Nancy Gardner, Tracy Gardner, Pamela Hart, Dolores Hitchens, Dana Perry, Allie Pleiter, Joanna Campbell Slan, and Laraine Stephens.
The longest running series on this list is the “Jessica Fletcher Murder She Wrote” franchise at 53 books.
As always, I hope there is a new title to suit everyone’s personal taste. Embrace the adventure!
June 1, 2021
Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia (Harlem Renaissance) *new series*
Murder at the Piccadilly Playhouse by C.J. Archer (Cleopatra Fox #2)
Death on the Night of Lost Lizards by Julia Buckley (Hungarian Teashop #3)
The Cat Saw Murder by Dolores Hitchens (Rachel Murdock) *new series*
Unfinished Business by J.A. Jance (Ali Reynolds #16)
Murphy’s Slaw by Elizabeth Logan (Alaskan Diner #3)
The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey (Perveen Mistry #3)
On Skein of Death by Allie Pleiter (Riverbank Knitting) *new series*
The Death Mask Murders by Laraine Stephens (Reggie da Costa) *new series*
June 2, 2021
Digging Up Dirt by Pamela Hart (Poppy McGowan) *new series*
Her Ocean Grave by Dana Perry (Detective Abby Pearce) *new series*
June 3, 2021
The Corpse With The Iron Will by Cathy Ace (Cait Morgan #10)
The Cannonball Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu (Crown Colony #5)
June 7, 2021
The President’s Daughter by Bill Clinton and James Patterson
Rising Water by Joanna Campbell Slan (Tai Chi Cozy) *new series*
June 8, 2021
Body Zoo by J.D. Allen (Sin City #3)
The Art of Betrayal by Connie Berry (Kate Hamilton #3)
Music is Murder by B. J. Bowen (Musical Murder) *new series*
Ruby Red Herring by Tracy Gardner (Avery Ayers Antique) *new series*
Reserved For Murder by Victoria Gilbert (Book Lover’s B&B #2)
The Bullet by Iris Johansen (Eve Duncan #27)
Castle Shade by Laurie R. King (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #17)
The Other Side by Mark Leichliter
Murder, She Wrote: Killing in a Koi Pond by Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran (Murder She Wrote #53)
Deadly Delights by Laura Jensen Walker (Bookish Baker #2)
June 15, 2021
A Case for the Cookie Baker by Candace Havens (Ainsley McGregor #5)
June 16, 2021
The Dying Diplomats Club by Matthew Benns (Nick & La Contessa) *new series*
June 17, 2021
The Murders at Foxglove Close by Rose Temple (Neighbourhood Watch) *new series*
June 18, 2021
Davenport Design by Lorraine Bartlett (Life On Victoria Square #10)
Moonlight & Misadventure edited by Judy Penz Sheluk
June 22, 2021
Frame and Frosted by Kim Davis (Cupcake Catering #3)
The Dead of Winter by J. C. Kenney (Allie Cobb #5)
Dream Girl by Laura Lippman
What’s Done in Darkness by Laura McHugh
A Distant Grave by Sarah Stewart Taylor (Maggie D’arcy #2)
Hazard in the Horoscope by Kari Lee Townsend (Sunny Meadows #6)
Teacher’s Threat by Diane Vallere (Madison Knight #8)
June 23, 2021
Wolfe Trap by Matt Cost (Clay Wolfe / Port Essex) *new series*
June 28, 2021
Ali Cross: Like Father, Like Son by James Patterson (Ali Cross #2)
Who Me? Fog Bows, Fraud and Aphrodite by Charlotte Stuart (Macavity and Me Mystery #2)
June 29, 2021
Mocha, She Wrote by Ellie Alexander (Bakeshop #13)
The Royal Service to the Queen by Tessa Arlen
Pup Fiction by Laurien Berenson (Melanie Travis #27)
Little Black Book by Kate Carlisle (Bibliophile #15)
Runner by Tracy Clark (Chicago #4)
It Takes Two to Mango by Carrie Doyle (Trouble in Paradise) *new series*
Dream Stalker by Nancy Gardner (Lily Scott) *new series*
A Glimmer of a Clue by Daryl Wood Gerber (Fairy Garden #2)
The Night Hawk by Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway #13)
Warn Me When It’s Time by Cheryl A. Head (Charlie Mack Motown #6)
Death of an Italian Chef by Lee Hollis (Hayley Powell #14)
Draw and Order by Cheryl Hollon (Paint & Shine #2)
Beauty Expos Are Murder by Libby Klein (Poppy McAllister #6)
Murder at Keyhaven Castle by Clara McKenna (Stella & Lyndy #3)
Death of an Irish Mummy by Catie Murphy (Dublin Driver #3)