Searching for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing the week of June 28 – July 4, 2026 with two debut series and one re-release. I hope a few of these books take you on a reading adventure!

JUNE 29
Murder at the Cornish Book Club by Fliss Chester (Cozy Mystery)
Maddie Penrose is settling into Cornish life with her fun and feisty grandmother, Nor. She throws herself into getting to know the locals, helping out at the village book club and enjoying the occasional G&T in the pub with handsome police officer DI Tom Trevelyan. But one sunny morning, her newfound peace is shattered when she spots Quentin, a member of the book club… dead, with a knife in his back. Format: Digital, Print

JUNE 30
Pour Choices by Adrian Andover (Cozy Mystery)
As a humid August heat wave descends upon the cozy town of Hope Mills, Pennsylvania, mixologist Reece Parker hosts the first-ever Comedy and Cocktails event in Subplot, his bookish speakeasy. The evening’s talent, comedian Meghan Spencer, shakes up controversy when she takes a joke too far during her crowd work segment. But when she’s found floating in the nearby Delaware River the next morning, it’s no laughing matter. Format: Digital, Print

The Housewife by Natalie Barelli (Domestic Thriller)
Jodie always dreamed of being the perfect housewife. And after a whirlwind romance, she marries renowned psychologist Dr. Roy Davies and moves into his perfect Beverly Hills home. But the fairy tale fades fast. Roy is distant, his friends view her as a gold-digger, and the house still reveres his late wife, Deborah, whose presence looms over everyone and everything. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

The Corpse at the Cottage by Kathleen Bridge (Cozy Mystery)
It was big news when Roland Whitney bankrupted his family’s media empire amid rumors of fraud. Now he’s lost their Hamptons estate, and Meg finds herself in the middle of the turmoil. She’s been called in to collect the furnishings used in the streaming mystery show that was filmed there, and she wants nothing more than to finish the job and be done with the troubled family. Then she stumbles upon Whitney’s dead body, the victim of an apparent suicide. Format: Digital, Print

Blue Ribbon Betrayal by Rowan Callery (Cozy Mystery)
Maggie Honeycutt knows how to grow a prize-winning tomato. She does not know how her peach preserves ended up beside a dead developer two-thirds up a Ferris wheel. When Magnolia County Fair judge favorite Victor Kessler is found lifeless in a stalled gondola at sunrise, the scene makes no sense. The emergency brake was triggered. The midway was empty. Format: Digital, Print

A Cyclist’s Guide to Poppies & Predicaments by Ann Claire (Cozy Mystery)
Sadie Greene has broken her streak—her crime streak, that is. For months, her bicycle tours through France have been blissfully uneventful, marred only by the occasional punctured tire or crushed croissant. Thus, when Sadie takes on a last-minute booking for a bridal party, she expects love, laughter, and champagne toasts. But more than pre-wedding jitters come along for the ride. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

A Catered PTA Murder by Isis Crawford (Cozy Mystery)
When Rita Sullivan walks into A Little Taste of Heaven to hire Bernie and Libby to cater a PTA board meeting and supply cakes for an end-of-school-year gala, it’s hard to believe she’s the same nerdy wallflower they knew in high school. Rita’s now an influencer and CEO of Lavish Lipsticks, a hot new cosmetics company. She’s also the president of the Longely Junior High School PTA, where she’s made a considerable number of enemies. When the sisters go to drop off the cakes, they find Rita lying on the floor with a knife in her chest. What’s more, using her company’s newest lipstick, Scarlet Shame, the killer has drawn a large red X across her body. Rita has been canceled. Format: Digital, Print

Teach the Torches to Burn by Christina Dodd (Historical Mystery)
If I, the aforesaid Rosie, blushing bride, noted cynic and sleuth, were asked to identify when the pre-wedding events spiraled out of control, I’d point to that moment when elderly Princess Ursula observed the display of gleaming swords and bared teeth and announced that she would hold a public séance to determine the future of the marriage. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Sweet Spot by Kemper Donovan (Traditional Mystery)
Ghostwriters, just like ghosts, shouldn’t exist. Knowing that the latest juicy memoir was penned by a stranger for a paycheck tends to ruin the illusion of intimacy. But not every ghostwriter is in it for the money alone. For Belle Currer—as the ghostwriter extraordinaire prefers to be known—Genevieve Caraway’s memoir is an irresistible project, a tale of tragedy overcome. At 14, Genevieve was abducted from her bedroom by a couple and held hostage for three months. She’s now a happily married mother with a flourishing career, a poster child for thriving after trauma. Still, the scars haven’t entirely faded. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

What the World Needs Now: Mystery Stories Inspired by the Music of Burt Bacharach edited by Martin Edwards (Short Story Anthology)
What the World Needs Now is a book of brand new mystery short stories written by leading crime writers from around the world, inspired by the music of Burt Bacharach, to raise funds for autism charities in the US and UK. Burt Bacharach is popular music’s closest equivalent to Agatha Christie, a hugely successful and innovative composer whose work is loved by millions across the world and continues to influence countless songwriters to this day. Format: Digital, Print

Sex on Murder Island by Jo Firestone (Private Investigator Mystery)
Marie Jones has hit rock bottom. Just three months ago, her crime solving alter-ego Luella van Horn cracked the case of a murdered contestant on the hit reality show Sex Island, but now all her gigs have dried up. Marie finds herself on the verge of eviction, broke and alone, in the midst of an August heat wave. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Murder at a Scottish Halloween by Traci Hall (Cozy Mystery)
While Paislee will be celebrating All Hallow’s Eve by handing out candy to the trick or treaters at her Cashmere Crush sweater shop, her teenage son Brody seems to have given up the ghost. Uninterested in donning a superhero or monster costume, he’s just going to attend a party with his friends at the ice rink. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Murder at the Campfire Cookout by Darci Hannah (Cozy Mystery)
Converting the old Beacon Point lighthouse into a bakery is as adventurous as Lindsey cares to get. Her mother, Ellie, a former 80s fashion model, likes her creature comforts even more—until she sees a business opportunity for her Beacon Harbor fashion boutique when she’s invited by the Mitten Kittens Glamping Club on a woodsy getaway. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Not What It Seems by Lisa Jackson (Police Procedural)
The stone is small and round, easy to miss among the junk surrounding Billy Huber’s body. The man was a hoarder for sure. At first, police assume he fell from a ladder, injuring his throat and smashing his head in the process. Only on closer inspection do they see the polished stone nearby, with a number on one side etched in blood, and a strange symbol on the other. Reporter Nikki Gillette seizes on the story and visits Huber’s sprawling property in Georgia’s low country. She gains little except the uneasy feeling of being watched. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

For Thee by Claire M. Johnson (Historical Mystery)
For Thee is a first-person fictional narrative of the marriage of Pauline Pfeiffer and Ernest Hemingway. It is historically factual and includes character sketches of all the well-known players of the 1920s Paris expat set. We follow Pauline from the cotton fields of Arkansas to post-WW I Paris, where she meets Ernest Hemingway. Once they are married, they ostensibly settle in Key West, but, in reality, they never stop moving. Format: Digital

Rules for Aging and Larceny by Julia London (Traditional Mystery)
Frances Deluca has always been a force of nature. Active and agile into her 70s, she can handle anything—except perhaps the stretch of empty days looming ahead. Widowed, with a grown son living far away and her own mortality suddenly in view, Frances longs to feel busy again. What she really wants is the familiar rush of a well-crafted plan coming together. It’s been a while, decades in fact—since Frances and her friends pulled off a heist . . . Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Rigged For Murder by Karen MacInerney (Cozy Mystery)
When innkeeper Natalie Barnes signs on as sous-chef aboard the historic schooner Margaret Stout, she expects a week of good food, ocean breezes, and smooth sailing with a group of Texas women. But the voyage gets off to a rocky start when one of the guests dies suddenly on the very first night. The Coast Guard declares the death natural causes, but Natalie isn’t convinced. After all, the victim left behind a journal full of questions—and the Margaret Stout has a murky history of its own. Format: Digital, Print

The Kings of Vegas by Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman (Heist Thriller)
When Josie King left Las Vegas in the 90s, she never looked back. The daughter of gambling mogul Roy King, spirited math whiz Josie grew up on the casino floor but deliberately turned away from the family business. She’s been living a quiet life in LA as an accountant and a single mom when she finds herself summoned back to Sin City. Now, fifteen years later, her father has died unexpectedly, and Josie’s siblings are already gathered for the reading of his will…only to discover that in order to inherit they must spend three years working together at the notorious family casino, The Jackpot. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

All Shell Breaks Loose by Molly MacRae (Cozy Mystery)
Dr. Irving Allred is boasting around town that he’s about to get his hands on an authentic haunted sword. But minutes after Maureen hears the story, a woman walks into the Moon Shell, sword in hand. She found it while walking her bulldog on the beach—and its blade is stained with what looks like blood. Looks like it’s time to call the sheriff’s department. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Undone in the Underbrush by Dale Mayer
Doreen and Mack and their animal entourage are home from their crazy trip to Vancouver—yet not long enough for boredom to set in. A new murder case appears, clearly defined as Mack’s, not hers. Until … The latest victim is connected to a little old lady living in Rosemoor, who has a lot of connections that she’s more than willing to yank on to get the best detective not on the force to work this case. Format: Digital, Print

It’s About Time by Carol J. Perry (Cozy Mystery) *first book in a new series*
Nothing can spoil the mood at a one-year-old’s birthday celebration like the cops arriving—but it’s not because the party got too rowdy. Instead, Detective Pete Mondello has a search warrant for a tenant’s apartment. When Lee’s aunt Ibby leads the police to Josh Alper’s locked door, she’s surprised to learn that her renter has redecorated . . . with what appear to be masterpieces stolen from a museum back in 1972. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Death and the Social Climber by Winnie Simpson (Traditional Mystery)
When a beautiful Atlanta woman is widowed twice under suspicious circumstances, Ann Audrey Pickering finds herself drawn—once again—into someone else’s trouble. A former lawyer who once helped the FBI convict her own husband for fraud, Ann Audrey has settled into a reclusive life, until her longtime friend Flynn Reynolds asks for help. His elderly aunts are convinced that another nephew was murdered by his wife, Kathryn, whose second husband is now also dead. Format: Digital, Print

The King’s Collar by Jeff Tanner (Historical Mystery 1920s)
Expelled from Harvard and disowned by his father, Charlie Bohannon is down to his last nickel when he stumbles across a chance at salvation: a priceless Egyptian statuette hiding in the smoky recesses of a speakeasy. Learning it was stolen from a long-ago expedition led by his college dean, he sees returning it as his only shot at redemption-but the plan shatters when the artifact is stolen and the thief is murdered. Format: Digital, Print

The Neighbors Are Watching by Aggie Blum Thompson (Domestic Thriller)
Just outside Washington, DC, sits Eastbrook, Bethesda—a leafy suburb with top schools, pristine landscapes, and perfect neighbors. It’s not the kind of place where nannies are killed during robberies gone wrong. And in this picture-perfect neighborhood, someone is desperate to plaster over the cracks in that façade. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

The Well-Broken Promise by Kari Lee Townsend (Cozy Fantasy Mystery)
Lyra Wells hoped Spring WishFest would mark a true new beginning—flowers in bloom, music in the square, and a town ready to believe balance could be rebuilt. After a winter of deception, Lyra and her closest allies have chosen a different path. No longer aligned with the Elders and refusing to join the rebels, they protect both Wishville and Elarion on their own terms. They call themselves The Fearless Four—equal partners with no secrets and no inherited loyalties. Format: Digital, Print

The Abduction of Rosalind Thorne by Darcie Wilde (Historical Mystery)
Rosalind is newly, happily engaged to ex-Bow Street officer Adam Harkness, but lunching with the new fiancée of her old love is still discomfiting. Yet, Clara Kinsdale needs her help, and Rosalind is not one to turn away a lady in distress. It seems Clara’s father, Sir Anthony Kinsdale, has fallen for beautiful widow Mrs. Sylvia Lynn—who may be a fortune hunter, or worse . . . Format: Digital, Print, Audio

JULY 1
A Mixed Bag by Daryl Wood Gerber (Short Story Anthology)
From Agatha-award winning, nationally bestselling author Daryl Wood Gerber comes a new collection of short stories, with decidedly less cozy themes than her mysteries, including thriller, noir, espionage, hardcore, dark, gritty, sinister, and deception. It’s a mixed bag sure to please most everyone. Format: Digital

Laid Out in Lavender by Gin Jones (Cozy Mystery) *re-release*
Freelance app developer and part-time garlic farmer, Mabel Skinner, has given up on selling her inherited farm in favor of hiring a manager to provide all the expertise she lacks. Except now she needs to learn something else completely outside her experience—hosting weddings in the lavender field. Format: Digital

Four Short Sets with Jason Davey by Winona Kent (Short Story Anthology)
Four mysteries. Four musical sets. One reluctant sleuth. Jason Davey’s a working musician — the kind of man who’d rather worry about his next gig than his next mystery. But trouble has a way of finding him, whether he’s at sea, backstage in Soho, deep in Canada’s frozen north, or squeezed into a cramped South London flat listening to a story that doesn’t quite add up. Format: Digital

A Voice in the Dark by Barbara Nickless (Psychological Suspense) *first book in a new series*
When a husband, wife, and son are murdered in their Denver home and the family’s teenage twins vanish, the case draws the attention of FBI profilers Helen Belle and Benedict Hoffman. It triggers more than professional alarm. It mirrors a horrific case they investigated five years ago, when a boy slaughtered his family and went mute after speaking only a handful of haunting words. Among them: Midnight Man. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Note: in some cases, print releases for digital titles will be forthcoming.
Publication date subject to change