Here is a list of over 70 new titles representing major genres such as cozy mysteries, traditional mysteries, historical mysteries, and others releasing this month, with nine debut series.
As always, I hope there is a new title to suit everyone’s personal taste. Enjoy the adventure!
OCTOBER 1
The Corpse with the Pearly Smile by Cathy Ace (Cait Morgan Mystery Book 14)
Brew Unto Others by Sandra Balzo (A Maggy Thorsen Mystery Book 17)
A Hush At Midnight by Marlene M. Bell
Festive Mayhem 4 edited by Marleen Braden
A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara (A SCYTHE Mystery Book 1) *first book in a new series*
What Lies in the Cornfield? by Ivanka Fear (A Jake and Mallory Thriller Book 2)
Little Boy Blue by Margaret Fenton (A Claire Conover Mystery Book 4)
Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodge by Kjersti Herland Johnsen
Betrayal at Blackthorn Park by Julia Kelly (An Evelyne Redfern Mystery Book 2)
The Usual Silence by Jenny Milchman (An Arles Shepherd Thriller Book 1) *first book in a new series*
The Mermaid Mystery by Tamar Myers
The Alchemist of Brushstrokes and Brimstone by Gigi Pandian (An Accidental Alchemist Mystery Book 8)
The Mistletoe Mystery by Nita Prose (Molly the Maid Mystery Book 3)
Murder in Fifth Position by Lori Robbins (An On Pointe Mystery Book 5)
Murder Among the Pyramids by Sara Rosett (A 1920s Lady Traveler in Egypt Mystery Book 1) *first book in a new series*
The Troubling Death of Maddy Benson by Terry Shames (A Samuel Craddock Mystery Book 11)
Myrtle Beach Burns by Caleb Wygal (A Myrtle Beach Mystery Book 7)
Sunflowers, Scarecrows, and Scandal by Erica Wynters (A Camelot Flowers Mystery Book 3)
OCTOBER 2
A Requiem For The Dead by Winter Austin (A Benoit and Dayne Mystery Book 4)
OCTOBER 8
Close Range by Shannon Baker (A Kate Fox Mystery Book 9)
Killing Time by M. C. Beaton with R.W. Green (An Agatha Raisin Mysteries Book 35)
Anna Hoyt by Dana Cameron
The Missing Link by R. Franklin James (A Johanna Hudson Mystery Book 2)
A Merry Little Murder Plot by Jenn McKinlay (A Library Lover’s Mystery Book 15)
Gathering Mist by Margaret Mizushima (A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery Book 9)
Murder, She Wrote A Killer Christmas by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Moran (A Murder She Wrote Mystery Book 59)
The Night Woods by Paula Munier (A Mercy Carr Mystery Book 6)
Elizabeth Sails by Kristin Owens
Huckleberry Homicide by Cindy Keen Reynders (A Fran Lightfoot Mystery Book 1) *first book in a new series*
OCTOBER 9
Retirement Can Be Murder by Vickie Carroll (A Retirement Can Be Murder Mystery Book 1) *first book in a new series*
Live, Local, and Long Dead by Nikki Knight (A Vermont Radio Mystery Book 2)
OCTOBER 11
Death at the Old Curiosity Shop by Debbie Young (An Old Curiosity Shop Mystery Book 1) *first book in a new series*
OCTOBER 14
Hot Cars and Homicide by S.C. Merritt (A Sweetwater Springs Southern Mystery Book 7)
The Case of the Yuletide Heist by JC Savoy (A Closed Case Club Mystery Book 3)
OCTOBER 15
Rockin’ Around the Chickadee by Donna Andrews (A Meg Langslow Mystery Book 36)
Death at a Scottish Christmas by Lucy Connelly (A Scottish Isle Mystery Book 3)
The Waiting by Michael Connelly (A Ballard and Bosch Mystery Book 6)
The Suspension Bridge by Anna Dowdall
The Man in Black: And Other Stories by Elly Griffiths
Blue Christmas Bones by Carolyn Haines (A Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Book 28)
Beyond The Veil by Lawrence Kelter
Cadieux Murders by Richard Koreto
Trap, Neuter, Die by Sharon Marchisello (A DeeLo Myer Mystery Book 1) *first book in a new series*
Cracks Beneath the Surface by Mary Ann Miller (A Jhonni Laurent Mystery Book 2)
Mandatory Reporting by Jenny Wilson O’Raghallaigh
This Ends Now by T.M. Payne (A Detective Sheridan Holler Thriller Book 2)
The More the Terrier by David Rosenfelt (An Andy Carpenter Mystery Book 30)
Brooklyn Kills Me by Emily Schultz (A Friends and Enemies Book 2)
The Great Hippopotamus Hotel by Alexander McCall Smith (A No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Mystery Book 25)
Deadlines and Valentines by Heather Weidner (A Jules Keene Glamping Mystery Book 4)
OCTOBER 21
Between You and Me by Gregory Ashe (A The Last Picks Mystery Book 5)
OCTOBER 22
The Little Lost Library by Ellery Adams (A Secret, Book, and Scone Society Mystery Book 7)
In the Blink of a Pie by Catherine Bruns (A Maple Syrup Mystery 3)
Murder Takes The Stage by Colleen Cambridge (A Phyllida Bright Mystery Book 4)
The Knife Before Christmas by Kate Carlisle (A Fixer-Upper Mystery Book 11)
The Secret War of Julia Child by Diana R. Chambers
In Too Deep by Lee Child and Andrew Child (A Jack Reacher Mystery Book 29)
Fudgy Christmas Murders by Nancy Coco (A Candy-Coated Mystery Book 13 )
Mystery in the Title by Ian Ferguson & Will Ferguson (A Miranda Abbott Mystery Book 2)
Gingerbread Danger by Amanda Flower (An Amish Candy Shop Mystery Book 9)
Murder On The Page by Daryl Wood Gerber (A Literary Dining Mystery Book 1) *first book in a new series*
Staying The Course by Rebecca K. Jones (A Mackenzie Wilson Mystery Book 3)
Murder In Highbury by Vanessa Kelly (An Emma Knightley Mystery Book 1) *first book in a new series*
Overture to Murder by Erica Miner (A Julia Kogan Opera Mystery Book 3)
A Lethal Truth by Alexis Morgan
Fondue or Die by Korina Moss (A Cheese Shop Mysterey Book 5)
You Have Gone Too Far by Carlene O’Connor (A County Kerry Mystery Book 3)
Sleep in Heavenly Pizza by Mindy Quigley (A Deep Dish Mystery Book 4)
Under Lock and Key by K.D. Richards (A West Investigations Mystery Book 11)
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson (A Festive Mystery)
Late Checkout by Alan Orloff (Mess Hopkins Mystery Book 2)
OCTOBER 23
Burn The Diaries and Run by Kate Flora
OCTOBER 24
A St Ives Christmas Mystery by Deborah Fowler
OCTOBER 27
Dead Without a Hitch by Kat Bellemore (A Maddie Swallows Mystery Book 7)
Honey Cake and Homicide by C.A. Phipps (A Maple Lane Mystery Book 8)
OCTOBER 28
Murder of a Suffragette by Marty Wingate (A London Ladies’ Murder Club Mystery Book 4)
OCTOBER 29
A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke (A Supernatural Mystery Book 1) *first book in a new series*
The Body in the Lighthouse by Kate Hardy (A Georgina Drake Mystery Book 4)
Back in Black by Julie Mulhern (A Country Club Murder Mystery Book 18)
The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny (A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Book 19)
The Pirate’s Secret by LynDee Walker and Bruce Robert Coffin (A Turner and Mosley Files Book 3)
Publication date subject to change
Thanks for the mention, Dru Ann!
Thanks for including Trap, Neuter, Die!
Thanks for the mention Dru Ann!
Well, I’ve found three pre-orders! The month should be great.
Excited to see the third Erica Miner mystery coming out!
Delighted to be included in this list! Thanks to you and good luck to all my fellow authors.