Searching for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing the week of June 29 – July 5, 2025 with five debut series. I hope a few of these books take you on a reading adventure!

JUNE 30
The Widows’ Guide to Skulduggery by Amanda Ashby (Cozy Mystery)
When a human skull gatecrashes her friends’ big day, it officially becomes the worst wedding Ginny Cole has ever been to. But as the assembled guests await the police, the two families staring daggers at each other across the aisle, Ginny starts to suspect that these nuptials were deliberately sabotaged. Together with her fellow widows in crime-solving, JM, Tuppence and Hen, she decides to uncover who wanted this marriage dead on arrival. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Death at a Paris Hotel by Verity Bright (Historical Mystery 1920s)
Newlyweds Lady Swift and Detective Hugh Seldon are honeymooning in the most romantic city on earth. Clifford, her butler,has come along for the trip to make sure everything goes to plan for the happy couple. And Gladstone, the mischievous bulldog, to make sure it doesn’t! Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Smugglers of Sandhill Island by Peggy Chambers (Cozy Mystery)
Dani Brown grew up poor and hard working. Her brother, Cody, only grew up poor. Always wanting the easy way out, Cody ran drugs and lived his life on handouts. When they were young, Dani and Cody were inseparable, now Dani only sees him if he’s desperate. The drugs he samples and sells have started to rot his brain. Format: Print, Digital

The Case in the Vicarage Gardens by Catherine Coles (Historical Mystery) *first book in a new series*
When the sleepy village of Little Biddington gathers for its annual tea party at the vicarage, no one expects a murder to mar the festivities—until a body is discovered beneath the garden arbour, an overturned teacup the only clue to the victim’s final moments. Format: Print, Digital

Murder Most Wilde by Helen Golden (Cozy Mystery)
Popular local actor, Noel Ashworth, who collapsed during the rehearsal of Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, was pronounced dead at the scene. As shock ripples through Windstanton’s tight-knit amateur theatre group, the Fenshire Police are looking at them as suspects… Format: Print, Digital

Jumping To Conclusions by A.V. Howland (Cozy Mystery) *first book in a new series*
Hunky horseman Greg Grenier is hot, hot, hot! Boyish good looks, devilish charm, he has it all. Until he’s found murdered in his hotel room not far from the big horse show. Who would do such a thing? Format: Print, Digital

JULY 1
Tricks of Fortune by Lina Chern (Traditional Mystery)
Katie True has gotten her crap together. . . sort of. Now that the sinister events of the past year have wound down, Katie has finally made her dream come true and opened her own tarot reading room—even if it’s in her sister’s old real estate office in an outdoor strip mall. It’s a good start, but her momentum grinds to a halt when the murder of beloved veteran police officer, Matthew Peterson, shakes her and her small community to the core. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

The Divorce Party by M.M. DeLuca (Suspense)
Savannah, Daisy, and Zoe haven’t spoken in almost twenty years—since the night that changed everything. Yet when an unexpected invitation arrives from Evie, the ruthless queen bee of their college clique, they have no choice but to reunite in Las Vegas for her lavish divorce party. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Murder With a Swirl of Blueberry by Kristy T Dixon (Cozy Mystery)
When Ivy signs up to sell her famous cheesecake at the county fair, she expects a fun, if hectic, week. Things quickly take a turn when her ex-boyfriend—whom she dated for a grand total of three weeks—shows up, begging for another chance. Format: Print, Digital

The Namaste Club by Asha Elias (Women’s Fiction)
Just inland from Florida’s sun-splashed Treasure Coast is the Namaste Club yoga center. An exclusive oasis of palms, lakes, and adorable guest villas, it’s perfect for getaways where Shakti, a serenely blond Instagram influencer, holds yoga retreats for well-heeled Miami ladies. The Namaste Club is a place of reflection, a place of release and redemption…or at least, that’s the sales pitch. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Rocky Road to Murder by Lena Gregory (Cozy Mystery)
Danika Delaney is thrilled that her old fashioned malt shop, the Coffee & Cream Café, has gotten a catering contract for the biggest party of the season, the Rutherford Manor Fourth of July gala. She’ll be providing desserts for the party as well as attending the exclusive event on Eastern Long Island. Format: Print, Digital

The Red Queen by Martha Grimes (Traditional Mystery)
One calm night in Twickenham, a businessman named Tom Treadnor is shot off his barstool at The Queen pub. Superintendent Richard Jury is called in to investigate, and quickly realizes that everyone in Treadnor’s life – from his widow, Alice, to the staff at his manor, to his business partner had differing opinions of him. And to complicate things further, Jury has just happened upon a photo in a newspaper of a man in the United States, who is a dead ringer for Treadnor. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Fog and Fury by Rachel Howzell Hall (Private Investigator Mystery) *first book in a new series*
After ten years on the force, LAPD cop Sonny Rush relocates with her elderly mother to peaceful Haven, California, to join her godfather’s burgeoning PI business. What crimes could possibly happen in a town nicknamed “Mayberry by the Sea”? Sonny’s first case: find Figgy, a missing goldendoodle last seen sporting a Versace collar. At least scouting out a dognapper gives Sonny a chance to get to know her new neighbors. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Murder in the Trembling Lands by Barbara Hambly (Historical Mystery 1840s)
It’s Carnival season in New Orleans. Free man of color Benjamin January – a surgeon turned piano player, with a talent for attracting trouble – is playing at an opulent masked ball when, little to his surprise, a quarrel breaks out between two guests, and his services are requested at a duel. Young planter Bastien Damoreau has accused a recent arrival to town of passing himself off as white – an insult not to be borne. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Etiquette for Lovers and Killers by Anna Fitzgerald Healy (Cozy Mystery)
It’s 1964 in the tiny town of Eastport, Maine, and Billie McCadie is bored to death. She’s surrounded by dull people with more manners than sense, and no sign of the intrigue or romance that fill her beloved novels. That is, until an engagement ring and cryptic love letter turn up, addressed to “Gertrude.” Until she meets yacht-club handsome Avery Webster. Until the unsettling phone calls and visits from a man in a fedora begin. Until she’s one of the last people to see Gertrude alive . . . and the first to see her dead. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Murder at the High School Reunion by Lee Hollis (Cozy Mystery)
After all these years, Maya and Sandra have mixed feelings about seeing their high school classmates, but in one sense the evening promises to be something of a red carpet event. A shy wallflower in school, Alyssa Turner has blossomed into an Oscar-nominated actress—and she’s coming to the reunion. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Secrets Will Link by K.B. Jackson (Cozy Mystery)
Local investigative reporter Audrey O’Connell already has her hands full with Maid of Honor duties for her sister’s golf-themed wedding at the Chattertowne Country Club. Not to mention, the gossip mill is abuzz with news about Chattertowne’s own celebrity influencer Onyx Carpenter, who is rumored to be bringing her rockstar husband Meacham Fields to the nuptials as her plus one. Format: Print, Digital

Blood in the Water by Tiffany Jackson (Middle-Grade Mystery)
Brooklyn girl Kaylani McKinnon feels like a fish out of water. She’s spending the summer with family friends in their huge house on Martha’s Vineyard, and the vibe is definitely snooty. Still, there are beautiful beaches, lots of ice cream, and a town full of fascinating Black history. Plus a few kids her age who seem friendly. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

The Piazza Murders by Michael Jecks (Traditional Mystery)
Artist Nick Morris is in picturesque Piacenza, Italy to teach at an art retreat. A delightful gig, if only his budding artists weren’t so . . . dramatic! Between the heartbroken, dying and just plain cantankerous, Nick’s got his work cut out. Especially with world renowned – and universally despised – author, Gregory Stone swanning about ruffling everyone’s feathers. Format: Print, Digital

Can You Solve The Murder? by Antony Johnston (Traditional Mystery)
There’s been a murder at Elysium, a wellness retreat set in an English country manor. You arrive to find the body of a local businessman on the lawn – with a rose placed in his mouth. It appears he was stabbed with a gardening fork and fell to his death from the balcony above. You quickly realize that balcony can only be accessed through a locked door, the key is missing, and everyone in Elysium is now a suspect… Who did it and why? It’s up to you to figure it out. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Murder On The Books by T.C. LoTempio (Cozy Mystery) *first book in a new series*
Thirty-year-old Charlotte James, better known to her mystery fans as C.J. Barrett, decides to take a break from writing her popular Steve Sheppard mystery series. Leaving New York City, she moves back to her hometown of Austin to wind down, recuperate, and maybe come up with some new ideas for her books. Format: Print, Digital

The House on Chambers Road by C.J. McGroarty (Suspense)
Interior designer Libby Casey desperately wants to move on from her grief and the painful secret that has plagued her since her husband’s death. When she buys an 18th-century house on the outskirts of town that she feels inexplicably drawn to, she thinks she has a chance to do just that. Format: Print, Digital

Murder, She Wrote: A Body in Boston by Terrie Farley Moran (Cozy Mystery)
Invited to deliver a lecture at the Boston Public Library, Jessica Fletcher excitedly makes plans to see local friends. Naturally that includes dinner at Gilhooley’s with PI Harry McGraw. Harry excitedly talks about his latest client, the CEO of Cure All Pharmaceuticals, who’s received anonymous blackmail demands and wants Harry to identify the culprit. Cookie, Gilhooley’s longtime bartender, also has something he wants to tell Jessica: he asked Harry to investigate his daughter Aileen’s boyfriend, who Cookie thinks is too slick by half, but now Harry is too wrapped up in this new case. While Jessica wonders how best to approach Aileen, the young woman stumbles into Gilhooley’s covered in blood. She just discovered her boyfriend’s corpse — and quickly becomes the chief suspect in his murder! Format: Print, Digital

Into the Leopard’s Den by Harini Nagendra (Historical Mystery 1920s)
Pregnant and confined to the house by her protective mother-in-law, Kaveri Murthy has resolved to take a break from detection. But when an elderly woman is murdered at night and dies clutching a photograph of Kaveri while asking for her help—how can she refuse? Missing the assistance of her husband Ramu, who is working in Coorg, Kaveri investigates her new case with her able assistants, milk boy Venu and housemaid Anandi. They find a trail of secrets that lead them to suspect the killer may be in Coorg. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

All the Words We Know by Bruce Nash (Cozy Mystery)
Rose may be in her eighties and suffering from dementia, but she’s not done with life just yet. Alternately sharp as a tack and spectacularly forgetful, she spends her days roaming the corridors of her assisted living facility, musing on the staff and residents, and enduring visits form her emotionally distant children and granddaughters. But when her friend is found dead after an apparent fall from a window, Rose embarks on an eccentric and determined investigation to discover the truth and uncover all manner of secrets…even some from her own past. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Dog of Deliverance by Neil S. Plakcy (Cozy Mystery)
When his golden retriever Rochester discovers a body behind the bounce house at Stewart’s Crossing’s first Purim carnival, Steve Levitan finds himself juggling two dangerous investigations that will test both his computer skills and his courage. Format: Print, Digital

Blood Ties and Deadly Lies by Ang Pompano (Private Investigator Mystery)
Al DeLucia suspects that Abe Cromwell, a childhood bully, is claiming he has DNA proof that they’re brothers to dodge arrest for threatening a lawyer in Connecticut. Al returns to his hometown of Sachem Creek from Savannah, more eager to settle an old score in an upcoming kayak race than to help Abe. However, when Al learns that Abe has been swindled out of his farm, he reluctantly agrees to assist. While training for the race, Al discovers the lifeless body of the lawyer Abe had threatened, plunging him into a homicide investigation. When Maxine Brophy, senior investigator at the Blue Palmetto Detective Agency and Al’s girlfriend, travels north to assist, their already complicated relationship faces new challenges. Together, they unravel a complex web of lies involving gentrification schemes, ancient maps, and shocking truths about the community. Format: Print, Digital

Samantha True’s Trouble Under The Tree by Kristi Rose (Cozy Mystery)
Samantha’s boyfriend, Leo, is back in town and she’s ready for some alone time with him over the holidays. Three things are preventing Sam from getting her yuletide wish: 1) There’s a town hall proposition to kick Sam out of her apartment, citing her as a hazard to downtown. 2) Santa’s body is discovered in one of the giant presents downtown, proving Santa made it onto someone’s naughty list this year, not the other way around. 3) The murder at the Christmas market brings Wind River’s most profitable annual event and the following parade to a screeching halt. Format: Print, Digital

Dogged Pursuit by David Rosenfelt (Cozy Mystery)
Andy Carpenter has spent the three years since graduating law school working as a prosecutor in Paterson. But having seen how the system never looks out for the little guy, he leaves to start his own practice as a defense attorney. His office might be a little bit of a dump, but he’s excited to make a change. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Deep Dive by Terry Shames (Thriller)
After a spine-chilling summer in The Bahamas, Jessie Madison jumps at the chance to join the FBI Underwater Search and Evidence Response Team. Seven elite divers are trying to reach a World War II plane stranded at the bottom of the sea, close to the stunning Aeolian Islands north of Sicily. But the mission isn’t going to plan . . .Format: Print, Digital

Die, Die, Birdie by Joanna Campbell Slan (Cozy Mystery)
All eight-year-old Erik wanted for his birthday was a bird. What he got was Solo—a traumatized lovebird whose mate was recently devoured by a boa constrictor at a local pet shop. But when Kiki learns that Solo originally belonged to Ruthie Goldman, a beloved member of their temple community who died after a brutal home invasion, she realizes this is no ordinary rescue pet. Format: Print, Digital

Toil and Trouble by Wendy Corsi Staub (Cozy Mystery)
A relative newcomer to Lily Dale, the quirky New York lakeside village populated by spiritual mediums, young widow Bella Jordan doesn’t have time to believe in supernatural entities. She has enough to tackle, what with running Valley View guesthouse, wrangling her seven-year-old son Max and their growing army of pets, and dealing with her lovable but meddlesome neighbors. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

A Mother Always Knows by Sarah Strohmeyer (Psychological Thriller)
Stella O’Neill is just your average millennial, working at a public library and worrying about making rent. No one would suspect she’s been living under an assumed name or that she was raised in a Vermont commune of “diviners” where, and as a ten-year-old, she witnessed her mother’s brutal murder—a crime that has gone unsolved for years. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Murder in Pitigliano by Camilla Trinchieri (Traditional Mystery)
One morning at his favorite café, Nico Doyle notices Cilia, a seven-year-old girl he has never seen before, frolicking with his dog on the floor. He later discovers she has left a note in his collar—Please help my babbo. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook (Traditional Mystery)
As a newly minted junior professor, Daphne Ouverture spends her days giving lectures on French colonialism, working on her next academic book, and going on atrocious dates. Her small world suits her just fine. Until Sam Taylor dies. The rising star of Harrison University’s anthropology department was never one of Daphne’s favorites, despite his popularity. But that doesn’t prevent Sam’s killer from believing Daphne has something that belonged to Sam—something the killer will stop at nothing to get. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

The Misplaced Physician by Jeri Westerson (Historical Mystery 1890s)
Former Baker Street Irregular Timothy Badger and his partner in detection Benjamin Watson are in a spin: the eminent Dr John H. Watson has been kidnapped! The physician was enjoying a glass of sherry at his Baker Street residence before being bundled away in a barouche coach wearing only one slipper. Did Dr Watson know his captor, and where is he now? Could the mysterious ransom notes arriving in the post hold the answer? Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Rodeo Crime Ring by Danica Winters (Suspense) *first book in a new series*
Sheriff’s Deputy Emily Monahan is the first officer on the scene when Cameron Trapper finds his father’s lifeless body. A search of the West Glacier Ranch reveals that what started as a suspicious death is actually a double homicide. Despite her instant attraction to the rancher, she knows that Cameron is off-limits. He’s a witness—and chief suspect. But she can’t help feeling for him as their hunt for a killer organization forces him to question everything he’s always taken for truth. Will he still trust her when their investigation implicates her ex-husband? Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Sunburned by Katherine Wood (Psychological Thriller)
When Audrey Collet’s ex Tyson calls, threatening to expose the skeletons in her closet unless she helps him figure out who is blackmailing him, she wants nothing more than to refuse. Though their relationship ended over a decade ago, the scars are deep. And since his tech company made him a billionaire, he’s become more than a little eccentric . . . and paranoid. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

JULY 3
The Batter Witch Project by Sue Hollowell (Cozy Mystery)
Maple Winslow’s magical waffles were supposed to be the star attraction at the Starfall Glen Food Festival. Instead, she’s serving up a side of scandal when notorious food critic Felix Montclair makes his final—and fatal—judgment at her Waffle Wagon. Good thing she has a secret weapon: a telepathic Tibetan Terrier named Pecan who can sniff out lies as easily as he spots perfectly crispy edges. Format: Print, Digital

Raiders of the Lost Hex by Tara Lush (Cozy Mystery)
When innkeeper and reluctant psychic Amelia accompanies her boyfriend Oliver to a paranormal research conference on Italy’s stunning Amalfi Coast, she’s expecting romantic dinners and leisurely sightseeing. Instead, she discovers a sarcastic talking cat who’s actually a cursed 1960s sea witch, ancient ceramic fragments that hold the key to preventing an underwater apocalypse, and a professor determined to exploit Oliver’s newfound connection to mysterious merfolk. Format: Print, Digital

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