Looking for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing during the week of May 28 – June 3, 2023 with one debut series. I hope a few of these books take you to an exciting place. Have fun reading!

Beware The Woman by Megan Abbott (Psychological Thriller)
Honey, I just want you to have everything you ever wanted. That’s what Jacy’s mom always told her. And Jacy felt like she finally did. Newly married and with a baby on the way, Jacy and her new husband, Jed, embark on their first road trip together to visit his father, Dr. Ash, in Michigan’s far-flung Upper Peninsula. The moment they arrive at the cottage snug within the lush woods, Jacy feels bathed in love by the warm and hospitable Dr. Ash, if less so by his house manager, the enigmatic Mrs. Brandt. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Murder Off the Books by Tamara Berry (Cozy)
Author Tess Harrow is looking to get back in the town of Winthrop’s good graces after she uncovered not one, but two long-forgotten murders. With the perfect plan of combining her new book release with her bookstore’s grand opening she’ll have the chance to wine and dine the locals and some big press contacts. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Graceland by Nancy Crochiere (Humorous)
People-pleasing Hope Robinson can’t seem to please anyone lately–not her slogan-spewing boss, not her pink-haired teenage daughter, and especially not her mother, the flamboyant soap-star, Olivia Grant. Olivia loves Elvis more than Jesus, and now that she’s on oxygen, she insists Hope take her on a final trip to Graceland. Unfortunately, that’s the one place Hope can’t go. Eighteen years earlier, pregnant and distraught, Hope fled Tennessee with a secret agreement: to never reveal her baby’s father and never return to Memphis. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Keep Her Secrets by Mark Edwards (Thriller)
After twenty years apart, Matthew and Helena have rekindled their college romance and are away in Iceland on their first holiday together. Swept up in the romance on a mountain hike, one moment they are taking the perfect photo, the next Helena is hanging from the cliff edge… Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Inspection Deception by Barbara Emodi (Cozy)
Summer is building time in Nova Scotia. Inspector Kenny McQuarrie will make sure everything is done by the book. That is until a summertime renovation digs up an old murder, and the victim looks just like him. What regulation covers a situation like this one? Kenny hopes for an insight from the reliable Max, but his bulldog is just as confused as he is. Format: Digital

A Dead Herring by Helen Golden (Cozy)
Details are sketchy at this stage, but it is believed businessman Ben Rhodes (38) was found dead in his bathroom at the king’s Scottish home by his twin brother Max, where the pair were guests at a shooting party hosted by Lord Frederick Astley (39), brother of Lady Beatrice (36). The cause of Mr Rhodes’ death is not known, but he started receiving death threats from football fans after his controversial takeover of the club and had recently employed his own personal security. Format: Digital

A Killer’s Game by Isabella Maldonado (Thriller) *first book in a new series*
FBI agent and former military codebreaker Daniela “Dani” Vega witnesses a murder on a Manhattan sidewalk. The victim is chief of staff for a powerful New York senator. The assassin turned informant is Gustavo Toro. His code: hit the target and don’t ask questions. When Dani suspects a complex conspiracy, the only way to take down the mastermind is from the inside, forcing her to partner with Toro. Together they must infiltrate the inner circle at a remote facility. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

The Empty Kayak by Jodé Millman (Private Investigator)
A pop-up thunderstorm marched its way across the Hudson River, ambushing a young couple’s kayaking trip. The woman miraculously made it back to shore, but her fiancé remains missing. Ebony and her partner are the first responders who rush to the river to assist in rescuing the capsized boater. Format: Print, Digital

Murder Comes Crawling by Diana Orgain (Cozy)
Twins and a toddler might be more than new-mommy Kate Connolly bargained for, but when murder comes crawling there’s no one better to keep the streets of San Francisco safe! Format: Digital

The Body in the Web by Katherine Hall Page (Traditional)
Faith Fairchild joins the rest of the world in lockdown mode when reality flips in March 2020. As the pandemic spreads, Faith and her family readjust to life together in Aleford, Massachusetts. Her husband, Tom, continues his sermons from Zoom; their children, Ben, who’s in college, and Amy, a high school senior, are doing remote learning at home. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Lesson Plan for Murder by Lori Robbins (Traditional) *re-release*
It was a truth universally acknowledged: Marcia Deaver’s untimely death elicited very little grief from her colleagues at Valerian Hills High School. Some staff members speculate the cause of death was a heart attack, or perhaps a suicide, but Liz Hopewell knows no self-respecting English teacher would kill herself without leaving behind a perfectly penned suicide note, complete with detailed footnotes and obscure literary references. Format: Print, Digital

Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood (Cozy)
BBCOne show creator of Death in Paradise, Robert Thorogood delights in giving the Christie-mystery a busy-body twist. Judith (our favorite skinny-dipping, whiskey-sipping, crossword puzzle author), along with Becks the vicar’s wife, and Susie the dogwalker find themselves in a head-scratching, utterly clever country house, locked-room murder mystery. Format: Print, Digital, Audio