Searching for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing the week of May 24 – 30, 2026 with three debut series. I hope a few of these books take you on a reading adventure!

MAY 25
The Body at St Edmund’s by Kate Hardy (Cozy Mystery)
Georgina is photographing the restoration of St Edmund’s church when young craftsman Liam Jacobs collapses after eating homemade banana bread. Despite Georgina’s desperate attempts at CPR, he dies at the scene. An unfortunate allergic reaction seems the obvious answer, until tests reveal something far more sinister… Format: Digital, Print

MAY 26
Storm Warning by James Byrne (Thriller)
Desmond Aloysius Limerick—’Dez’ to all who know him—is a man with a shadowy past, certain hard-to-replicate skills, and a reputation as a good man to have when the going gets tough. Dez is doing his best to enjoy his retirement, wandering the country, doing what interests him, and occasionally helping friends when they find themselves needing any of his particular skills—mundane or extraordinary. For Dez was trained as a ‘gatekeeper’ – someone who can open any door, keep it open, and control who does and does not go through. Format: Digital, Print

The Diva Hosts a Murderer by Krista Davis (Cozy Mystery)
With a big crowd descending on her Northern Virginia home, it’s a good thing event planner Sophie Winston is an expert at entertaining. Whipping up patriotic pastries is as easy as pie for her, though meeting the man her widowed Aunt Melly just impulsively married in Las Vegas is a little more awkward. Especially when Melly’s longtime, now-heartbroken secret admirer is there too, which could lead to some fireworks. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Invitation to Murder by Carol Floriani (Cozy Mystery) *first book in a new series*
After inheriting her mother’s printing and party-planning business, Lacey Langdon moves back to her sleepy hometown of Willow Bluffs, perched on New Jersey’s Palisades. When her great-aunt, Tessa Langdon Vander Horn, a well-known and beloved soap opera star, sells her nineteenth-century estate and donates ten acres to the development of a community park, Lacey’s new venture is put at the helm of the opening ceremony. But the festivities quickly come to an end when the body of town councilman Glenn Hartman is found on the bank of the Hudson River. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

The Black Cat Detectives by Kit Gray (Cozy Mystery)
Precocious kittens Bippity, Boppity, and Boop are exceedingly loyal to their human, the twenty-eight-year-old up-and-coming magician Mila. She saved them from starving to death in a dingy Corvin’s Crossing alleyway and has been nothing but loving ever since, even though her own life is in shambles. Format: Digital, Print

Ode to the Bones by Carolyn Haines (Cozy Mystery)
Private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney returns to her Mississippi Delta roots, hoping that long drives through cotton fields and the companionship of her dogs will ease her restless spirit. Instead, she’s confronted by a ghostly vision of a woman in white on the Tallahatchie Bridge, who disappears before Sarah Booth can investigate further. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Too Deep to Cross by Kerri Hakoda (Thriller)
A shocking discovery on a remote beach brings Detective DeHavilland Beans back to his Yukon River hometown—and a missing person’s case turns into a murder investigation. On administrative leave after an unsettling officer-involved shooting, Beans comes to the aid of his childhood friend and sole police officer in the village, Felicia Gunnerson, who is leading the case. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

The Chowder House Murder by Lee Hollis (Cozy Mystery) *first book in a new series*
Ever since Halibut Cove’s popular eatery, The Chowder House, started serving matriarch Maggie Holbrook’s famous clam chowder it’s been in high demand. Cooked up at the restaurant by Maggie’s ambitious 19-year-old granddaughter, Audrey, the dish even has a regular nightly customer, retiree Chips Hogan. . . Until one fateful Sunday night. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Murder on North Star Summit by Tina Van Hoven (Suspense)
Olivia March wants nothing more than a quiet escape from her haunted bed-and-breakfast, so when her best friend invites her to NorthStar Summit ski lodge, she jumps at the chance. But peace is short-lived. A beloved teacher turns up dead, and Olivia’s discovery of a ghostly skier tied to a decades-old disappearance proves Mistwood’s past is far from buried. Format: Digital, Print

The Brothers McKay by Craig Johnson (Traditional Mystery)
When Pepper McKay, one of the most hated men in Absaroka County, is found murdered on his ranch in Crazy Woman Canyon, suspects aren’t in short supply. But Sheriff Walt Longmire’s attention is on those who had gathered for a family meeting that evening, McKay’s very different sons: a smooth-talking charmer, a cosmopolitan journalist, a reclusive monk, and a half-Native ranch hand who keeps the place running. Each had a motive. Each claims he’s innocent. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Murder on the Rocks by T E Kinsey (Historical Mystery 1910s)
Lady Hardcastle and her diminutive but brave lady’s maid, Flo, have been invited by their friend JB McIntyre to spend the weekend at his recently renovated Tudor fort on a remote island off the Devonshire coast. But the holiday quickly turns sinister when first a number of valuable jewels go missing—and then a fellow guest is murdered with a most unusual weapon. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

The Quiet Girls by Dorothy Koomson (Thriller)
When MJ Hudson, an old work acquaintance, shows up at Dr Kez Lanyon’s house in the middle of the night, Kez knows she has no choice but to help. At the prestigious boarding school that MJ’s daughter attends, a teacher has been killed and a pupil is missing. And it seems that the same thing happens every few years. Only this time, the school haven’t been able to cover things up and MJ’s daughter and her group of nice, quiet friends are right at the heart of the scandal. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

It Happened One Murder by Liz Lawson (Rom-Com Mystery)
Harriet Baker thought that when she left Logan Island, she was leaving for good. But after getting fired from her dream magazine job, she finds herself stuck back in the sleepy New Jersey beach town living with her eccentric mother and desperate to escape. And her ticket out might be…murder? Format: Digital, Print, Audio

The Blackthorn Women by Jess Lourey (Thriller) *re-release*
After her husband’s infidelity, devastated Katrine Blackthorn reluctantly returns to Faith Falls, Minnesota, to her family’s Queen Anne mansion on the hill and the magic that binds them all. Her grandmother Velda charms everyone she meets. Her mother, Ursula, is a brewer of potions who sees a threat around every corner. And there’s her estranged sister, Jasmine, broken by something no one will name. Previously published as The Catalain Book of Secrets, this edition of The Blackthorn Women includes editorial revisions. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Coastal Views to Die For by Sam Lumley (Cozy Mystery)
Though sparks flew between travel writer Oliver Popp and extroverted photographer Ricky Warner on their last assignment together, when they’re teamed up again for a road trip, they agree to keep things low-key. But that’s a little at odds with Oliver’s new assignment: finding romance on the Oregon coast. The destination is a picturesque inn overlooking the Pacific. With the crashing waves below, it seems like an ideal spot for dramatic love connections. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

The Case Study by Nicole Lundrigan (Thriller)
When Mia was a young woman, she read a magazine article about a murderous teenage girl with a rare and disturbing psychiatric delusion. Fascinated by the details, she sought out the doctor who’d treated the girl, and eventually married him. Twenty years later, Mia’s curiosity is piqued once again when her husband announces that his famous case study will be republished—and that he will be reconnecting with his former patient. Format: Digital, Print

Beneath a Broken Sky by Joshua Moehling (Thriller)
It’s a hot, miserable summer in the small town of Sandy Lake. Detective Ben Packard has finally settled into life here—just in time for a tornado to sweep through the county, causing irreparable damage. Trees are felled, homes are destroyed, and people are desperate. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Dungeons and Danger by Elizabeth Penney (Cozy Mystery)
As Halloween approaches, Ravensea Castle is bustling with excitement as Nora Asquith welcomes the fall season guests to her family’s newly converted bed and breakfast. A historian studying the movements of the Vikings has traced their exploits to Ravensea. A certain Viking woman, known as the Red Maiden, landed here and the historian believes she buried a treasure hoard before the castle was built. He is hopeful he can find the hoard now. Nora can’t help but wonder if the enigmatic castle ghost she’s always referred to as the woman in red could be this very Viking? Format: Digital, Print

Murder Most Delicious by Danielle Postel-Vinay (Cozy Mystery)
Starting over in Paris was supposed to be the opportunity of a lifetime for American sommelier Olivia Beech—until her dream job ends in murder. Once a rising star in the wine world, Olivia was one of a handful of women in the world to hold the distinction of being a Master Sommelier before COVID stole her sense of taste—and her career. Adrift and depressed, she gets a second chance when beloved celebrity chef Jacques de Bizet invites her to Paris for a job interview. But as the interview begins, he collapses, poisoned, making Olivia the prime suspect. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Homicide on the Range by Rosalie Spielman (Cozy Mystery)
US Army retiree Tessa Treslow is ready for a much-needed and romantic getaway with her boyfriend, Nick, to volunteer on a dude ranch for recovering combat veterans in Montana. What she gets instead is a whole crew from her little town of New Oslo, Idaho, tagging along. Her BFF Freddie, aka Deputy Frederickson, her aunt Edna, and the Prunn sisters are happy for a little vacation as well, but little do they realize, it’s not going to be the rustic, idyllic visit to the range that they think it will be. Format: Digital, Print

Sage’s Bluff by Jenni Stand (Private Investigator Mystery)
While attending a charity gala, Liz enjoys an evening with her friends. After rousing speeches are under way, the event is interrupted when their dates receive phone calls with tragic news. A young boy has been kidnapped from his family’s home. Format: Digital, Print

The Body in the Kitchen Garden by Paula Sutton (Cozy Mystery)
Pudding Corner is abuzz: the enigmatic Lord Hugh Darlington has returned to his crumbling ancestral home after years away. With his fiancée, he plans to revive the grand Darlington Hall—and who better to help than antique-hunting Daphne Brewster? Format: Digital, Print, Audio

My Nightmare Is Yours by Diane Vallere (Cozy Mystery)
Mid-century modern interior decorator Madison Night’s latest job should be a dream: transforming a 1950s ranch house into a retro recording studio. The catch? The client is a music producer who’s both a friend of Madison’s ex and the ex of one of her closest friends. Already caught in the crossfire of a messy post-divorce battle, Madison does her best to stay neutral—until murder takes center stage. Format: Digital, Print

MAY 28
Murder under a Pen Name by Olivia Matthews (Cozy Mystery)
Marvey’s managing multiple projects at the library and volunteering with the Peach Coast Historical Society’s Annual Scavenger Hunt, but she still has time to help a neighbor in need. When the town’s art gallery co-owner forgets his satchel at the library after his presentation, Marvey offers to return it to his office the next morning. But once she arrives, Marvey finds the co-owner murdered. Seconds later, sheriff’s deputies appear and Marvey’s cataloged under a cloud of suspicion. Format: Digital, Print

Honeyed and Muddied by Taylor Wilson-West (Cozy Mystery) *first book in a new series*
My family’s summer camp has been my pride and joy for as long as I can recall. Taking care of our horses, teaching the kids to ride, singing camp songs around the fire at night while the fireflies wink in and out of existence. I love my small town life, my farm, and my bees; the very last thing I’m interested in is trouble. Format: Digital, Print

MAY 30
Charred by G.P. Gottlieb (Cozy Mystery)
At the Whipped and Sipped Café, Alene Baron knows how to handle a kitchen fire—but this blaze may burn far beyond her control. When a suspicious fire draws Alene, her loyal friend Kacey, and Kacey’s boyfriend Kofi to a charred property in search of salvaged wood, they expect nothing more than a little trespassing and a lot of soot. Instead, whispers of arson swirl through their tight-knit community—and before long, a body turns up amid the ashes. Format: Digital, Print

Note: in some cases, print releases for digital titles will be forthcoming.