Looking for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing during the week of November 10 – 16, 2024 with two debut series. I hope a few of these books take you to an exciting place. Enjoy your reading!

NOVEMBER 12
When the Carnival Came by Kathleen Bailey (Cozy Mystery)
Spring is blooming in Apple Station, Virginia, and advice columnist Olivia Penn’s new romance is heating up. With love in the air and the carnival in town, life seems picture-perfect—until a stranger arrives at her door with carnations and a cryptic message for her friend. Format: Print, Digital

To Die For by David Baldacci (Thriller)
Travis Devine has become a pro at accomplishing any mission he’s given. But this time it’s not his skills that send him to Seattle to aid the FBI in escorting orphaned, twelve-year-old Betsy Odom to a meeting with her uncle, who’s under federal investigation. Instead, he’s hoping to lay low and keep off the radar of an enemy–the girl on the train. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Time Will Tell by Rita Mae Brown (Cozy Mystery)
Between organizing a joint session with her friends at Bull Run Hunt, leading her own Jefferson Hunt Club’s fox hunting season, and looking after her beloved hounds and horses, “Sister” Jane Arnold is as busy as can be. She and her friend Tootie Harris are helping to lure home hunt club member Cindy Chandler’s two escaped cows, Clytemnestra and Orestes, when they discover an expensive watch carelessly abandoned on an overgrown path. The last thing Sister needs is another mystery to solve, but when one falls into her lap, she can’t help but get involved. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

All’s Fair in Love and Treachery by Celeste Connally (Historical Mystery 1810s)
London may be cheering the news of Napoleon’s surrender at Waterloo, but Lady Petra Forsyth has little to celebrate after discovering that the death of her viscount fiancé three years earlier was no accident. Instead, it was murder, and the man responsible is her handsome, half-Scottish secret paramour Duncan Shawcross—yet the scoundrel has disappeared, leaving only a confusing riddle about long-forgotten memories in his wake. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Death by the Book by Lucy Connelly (Cozy Mystery)
Mercy and Lizzie McCarthy are settling into the charming seaside village of Shamrock Cove on the west coast of Ireland. Lizzie throws herself into organizing a book festival and mystery writer Mercy even agrees to come out of her bookish hidey-hole to get involved. But then the event’s star author is found dead. James Brandt was killed by a falling bookshelf in his own cottage… Format: Print, Digital, Audio

A Basket Case by Lesley A. Diehl (Cozy Mystery)
Maddie Sparks believes she has found the perfect balance in her life, Zack the man she loves, a book she loves writing and volunteer work at a local museum with a granddaughter she adores. An old flame from Zack’s past arrives and drives a wedge into Maddie and Zack’s romance, her writing stalls and someone murders the museum’s director just as the museum is about to return a collection of Native American artifacts to the Onondaga and Oneida nations. Standing over the dead body of the museum director is an Indigenous man from neither group who insists one of the baskets in the collection belongs to his family. The authorities believe he is the killer, but Maddie does not. Format: Print, Digital

I’ll Be Home For Mischief by Jacqueline Frost (Cozy Mystery)
It’s Christmastime in Mistletoe, Maine, and the Historical Society has launched a widespread campaign to celebrate the town’s 150th anniversary. Descendants of the founding family, the Snows, have returned for the first time, and Holly is determined to make the family’s visit magical. In an attempt to put Mistletoe on the map, Holly’s mother, a respected local baker, attempts to break a record by baking the world’s largest gingerbread man, but her plans are whisked away when Mr. Snow’s body ends up in the batter. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Honeysuckle and Roses by Jody Anne Iodice (Traditional Mystery)
Cypress Groves, Mississippi, 1980s. Benevolence Pumpkin, now a young Black woman in her thirties, has lived in a farmhouse on the sprawling farmland deep in the Mississippi Delta. Since childhood, she and her mother, Miss Beauty Pumpkin, have shared the home and land with Ezekiel Beals, a white man. Beauty Pumpkin, now long since passed, left Benevolence to become the overseer of the home and the carer of Ezekiel Beals. Format: Print, Digital

Threads of Deception by Elle Jauffret (Traditional Mystery) *first book in a new series*
Thirty-five-year-old Claire Fontaine had it all as a successful D.C. defense attorney until a criminal explosion shattered her career and left her with a debilitating French foreign accent syndrome. To make matters worse, her neurologist ordered her to take a break from the law and the FBI urged her to lay low. She’s also broke. Her only marketable skill is the culinary expertise she’s gained through countless cooking classes for singles. Forced to embrace a new path as a private chef, Claire accepts the invitation of a rising fashion designer friend to move back to her Southern California hometown to cater for a fashion TV show—only to find said friend dead. Format: Digital (Print to follow)

Burn This Night by Alex Kenna (Private Investigator Mystery)
Struggling private investigator Kate Myles is shattered to learn her late father isn’t her biological dad. She’s still reeling when she discovers that an unknown distant relative is the prime suspect in a decades-old murder investigation. Trying to convince her to take on the case for free, an old colleague recommends her as an investigator for a recent arson murder in the same small town. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala (Cozy Mystery)
The annual Shady Palms Corn Festival is one of the town’s biggest moneymakers, drawing crowds from all over the Midwest looking to partake in delicious treats, local crafts, and of course, the second largest corn maze in Illinois. Lila Macapagal and her Brew-ha Cafe crew, Adeena Awan and Elena Torres, are all too happy to participate in the event and even make a little wager on who can make it through the corn maze the fastest—but their fun is suddenly cut short when a dead body is found in the middle of the maze…and an unconscious Adeena lies next to it, clutching a bloody knife. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Bless Our Sleep by Neil S. Plakcy (Private Investigator Mystery)
In the sultry heat of 1968 Miami, private investigator George Clay finds himself entangled in a web of murder, smuggling, and forbidden desire. Fresh out of the Navy with an honorable discharge and a taste for adventure, George sets up shop on Miami Beach, where the glittering facade of Art Deco hotels hides a thriving underground gay scene. Format: Digital (Print to follow)

A Corpse Among The Carolers by Debra Sennefelder (Cozy Mystery)
Food blogger Hope Early always gets a hearty holiday laugh from knowing that the weeks leading up to Christmas are as frantic as they are festive. But in spite of everything she has to do, the one thing she always has time for is the annual Jingle Bell Stroll, a night when the community gathers to sing their hearts out and enjoy each other’s company. This year’s caroling feels especially heartwarming, until the final note lands with a thud when Hope finds the body of the man who’d volunteered to play Santa, a knife plunged into his back. Format: Print, Digital

Crooked Ways by Tina Whittle (Private Investigator Mystery)
Tai Randolph doesn’t like tailing adulterers. Or photographing cracked sidewalks. Or staking out insurance scammers. But being an apprentice PI means doing what she’s told, filling out paperwork, and following the rules, all the rules. It’s a bit chafing for someone whose amateur sleuthing playbook included dodging, lying, and occasional light blackmail. But then her past comes knocking. Literally. Format: Digital

NOVEMBER 13
Mainely Mayhem by Matt Cost (Traditional Mystery)
Things are not right in Brunswick. Chabal is wracked by the nightmare that was the Wendigo. Langdon is hired to investigate the questionable moral integrity of one of Brunswick’s favorite sons and gets thunked in the head and left to die on a boat mooring in the Atlantic Ocean. And that is just the beginning of the bad. Judge Cornelius Remington is being fast-tracked to be a Supreme Court Justice. Why? Format: Print, Digital

NOVEMBER 15
Aisle’s Well That Ends Well by Laura Durham (Cozy Mystery)
Wedding planner Annabelle Archer’s longtime assistant and new business partner, Kate, is getting married on New Year’s Eve. So far, things are going well. Even though Annabelle is eight months pregnant, she’s sure she can waddle down the aisle as Kate’s matron-of-honor. Format: Digital (Print to follow)

The Great Gatsby Murder Case by David Finkle (Traditional Mystery)
On a beautiful spring day in New York City, writer Daniel Freund receives two surprises. First he finds a long sought after 1953 edition of The Great Gatsby free for the taking on the steps of a building right down the block. The other occurs when he brings home his treasure, begins to read it and sees the words lift off the page and start rearranging themselves. After a few moments he realizes he is being sent a message that there has been a murder. Format: Print, Digital

The Death at the Vineyard by Emylia Hall (Private Investigator Mystery)
At Shoreline Vines, high on the Cornish cliffs, the Harper family are preparing to welcome glamorous investor Celine Chevalier to their vineyard. They desperately need Celine’s backing to keep their business afloat. But everything is jeopardised when a body is found in one of their fields. Police believe the death was a tragic accident but the victim’s family suspect otherwise and turn to the Shell House Detectives to investigate. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Buttons and Blackmail by Ramey James (Cozy Mystery)
Just when Sadie Sexton is starting to settle into her new routine in Hoochville, she learns of a decades’ old secret that her grandmother’s friends have been keeping from her. Now it’s up to her and Clementine Parker to help Marcia Murphy, a woman in need, escape town. Marcia has one request on her way out of town; she begs Sadie and Clem to check on her prized Chinese Crested show dog. Format: Digital, Audio (Print to follow)

Murder Without a Duck by Claudia H. Long (Traditional Mystery) *first book in a new series*
Sal, a recently divorced and temporarily suspended lawyer relocates to the small town of Simpato in Northern California to her parents’ old home, vacant since their deaths. Looking for privacy, a reprieve from her life, and a fresh start, instead she’s quickly immersed into the small-town gossip mill of characters who all know more about her than she does of them. When a murder happens minutes from the spot where she is hiking, Sal finds herself dangerously plunged into the epicenter of the town’s long-held hometown secrets. Format: Digital (Print to follow)

Flo’s Lost Love by Sarah Osborne (Cozy Mystery)
Octogenarian Flo should be delighted with a third case to solve this holiday season, but this one draws her into a past she thought she’d left behind. The love of her life from fifty years ago, Gilbert Lane, begs her to help save his life. He lives in Eureka, Nevada, a small mining town which flourished in the 1850s. It’s current claim to fame is the Eureka Opera House, lovingly restored and now home to Gil’s theatrical productions. Is her old boyfriend really in trouble or is he simply being dramatic in hopes he can lure Flo back into his life? Format: Digital (Print to follow)

A Sprinkle of Death by Angela K. Ryan (Cozy Mystery)
A sunny day on the water turns deadly when a fast-food mogul meets a bitter end on his yacht. Once again, the case hits close to home for Anna when Sonja’s childhood friend and budding crush becomes the prime suspect. Determined to clear his name—or at least protect her friend from crushing on a killer—Anna jumps into the case, ready to expose whatever secrets lie beneath the surface. Format: Digital (Print to follow)

A Not So Cozy Christmas by Lily Stirling (Cozy Mystery)
Mom wants to make the most of Christmas in Montana. I want to catch a killer. Surprisingly, my girlfriend meeting my family isn’t the worst thing to happen. Turns out killers don’t take off the holidays. If I can solve this murder quickly, I can guarantee all the killer gets for Christmas is a pair of handcuffs and a jail cell. Is that too big of a Christmas miracle? Format: Digital (Print to follow)

Exhausted in Ohio by Diana Xarissa (Cozy Mystery)
I thought a spa in Ohio would be the perfect place to get some rest. After four vacations, each of which involved a murder investigation, I was exhausted. I’m Holly Parker, and finding dead bodies is not something I’d been expecting when I’d decided to tackle my bucket list. It all sounded so simple on paper – visit all fifty states. Fun, right? Murder investigations aren’t fun, but I’d still managed to enjoy each of my trips away from home. Format: Digital (Print to follow)

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