Looking for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing during the week of October 6 – 12, 2024 with three debut series. I hope a few of these books take you to an exciting place. Have fun reading!

OCTOBER 7
The Case of the Lethal Lemon Drop by JC Savoy (Cozy Mystery)
The annual bake-off is heating up, and the prize is a sweet $5000. Molly Ray, former lawyer turned café owner, is thrilled to cheer on her mom, Patty Ray, who’s made it to the finals. But when Patty arrives at the showdown, she finds her rival, Larry Sutcliff, dead.

OCTOBER 8
Close Range by Shannon Baker (Traditional Mystery)
In a small town shaken by tragedy, Kate Fox finds herself at the center of a deadly mystery that threatens those she loves. When attorney Garrett Haney is found electrocuted, it’s quickly deemed an accident. But as Kate assists young Sheriff Zoe in the investigation, they uncover a tangled web of lies involving the Haney family and Garrett’s powerful clients. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Killing Time by M. C. Beaton with R.W. Green (Cozy Mystery)
Agatha Raisin’s private detective agency has their work cut out for them when a series of shop burglaries disturbs their quiet Cotswolds village. When the break-ins take a violent turn and a murder occurs, it’s all hands on deck to find the killer. As if that weren’t keeping Agatha busy enough, Sir Charles Fraith has called on her to help stage a glamorous promotional extravaganza on the grounds of his ancestral home, Barfield House. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Anna Hoyt by Dana Cameron (Historical Mystery)
Anna Hoyt is in the enviable position of owning and running her own tavern; in 1745 Boston, Massachusetts, women had to be granted the legal right to run a business alone. The Queen’s Arms is located on the busy Boston waterfront and the thriving tavern’s location makes Anna a target for the toughs who want her to sell the place to them. The tavern is Anna’s only security, and she’s stubbornly determined not to sell, despite the threats of her abusive husband and the thug he wants to impress. Format: Print, Digital

The Missing Link by R. Franklin James (Traditional Mystery)
It has been a little more than a year since Johanna Hudson realized that her genealogical research talents could be used for more than just revealing her client’s family trees. Johanna, along with her partner Ava Lowell, and junior assistant Trinidad Owens, comprise Legacy Consultants. Legacy takes on two new clients. Trinidad signs Simone Copeland, her first client. Simone wants to know her father and the relatives from his side of the family she never knew. She wants to meet the man who gave her only one gift – a shared fatal genetic disease. Format: Print, Digital

A Merry Little Murder Plot by Jenn McKinlay (Cozy Mystery)
During the most wonderful time of the year, famous author Helen Monroe arrives in Briar Creek to be the writer in residence, but her “bah humbug” attitude excludes her from the many holiday celebrations the town residents enjoy. To try to spread some Christmas cheer, library director Lindsey Norris invites the new writer in town to join her crafternoon club. Helen politely refuses and when an altercation happens between Helen and another patron, Lindsey begins to suspect the author has been keeping to herself for a reason. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Gathering Mist by Margaret Mizushima (Police Procedural)
Deputy Mattie Wray, formerly Mattie Cobb, is summoned to Washington’s Olympic peninsula for an urgent search and rescue mission to find a celebrity’s missing child. With only a week left before her wedding, Mattie is hesitant to leave Timber Creek, but her K-9 partner Robo’s tracking skills are needed. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Murder, She Wrote A Killer Christmas by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Moran (Cozy Mystery)
Christmas is not an easy time to sell a house, but in Boston tycoon John Bragdon, Cabot Cove Realtor Eve Simpson has found a buyer for the old Jarvis homestead. Unfortunately, Eve gets a lump of coal in her stocking in the form of Kenny Jarvis, who has been missing for years and presumed dead but has now come back to stop his sister from selling their childhood home. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

The Night Woods by Paula Munier (Traditional Mystery)
Record snow and sleet and rain are pummeling Vermont and a wild boar has escaped from an exclusive hunting club nearby—but that won’t stop a very pregnant and very bored Mercy Carr from hiking her beloved woods with her loyal dog Elvis. She’s supposed to be decorating the nursery and helping her mother plan the baby shower, but she’d much rather be playing Scrabble with Homer Grant, a word-loving, shotgun-toting hermit living deep in the forest. But when she and Elvis drop by Homer’s cabin for their weekly game, they arrive to find an unknown dead man—and no sign of Homer. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Elizabeth Sails by Kristin Owens (Cozy Mystery)
Beth Schiff ghostwrites autobiographies for politicians, despite her own life not warranting a footnote. Excitement for her is re-watching classic movies with a Whitman’s Sampler. But when her adventurous Aunt Ethel dies, Beth must scramble out of her comfy sweatpants and into some Spanx to find the missing will aboard a luxury cruise ship. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

Huckleberry Homicide by Cindy Keen Reynders (Cozy Mystery) *first book in a new series*
When life gets crazy for Fran Lightfoot, she moves home to the small town of Moose Creek, Wyoming, teenage daughter in tow. It sounds good: Hometown. Family. A fresh future. Fran and her sister Lucy open a small business, The Saucy Lucy Café, in an old Victorian home they have inherited. The soups, stews, breads, and muffins they serve offer townspeople hearty, home-cooked meals. Format: Print, Digital

OCTOBER 9
Retirement Can Be Murder by Vickie Carroll (Cozy Mystery) *first book in a new series*
Helen Rogers never imagined that she’d be bored at Sunny Days Retirement Village in lovely Peachtree Valley, Georgia, but she wasn’t expecting to start this phase of life as early as her fifties, either. Then fate gave her a hand in solving her friend’s murder, and the sense of accomplishment was heady. Format: Digital

Live, Local, and Long Dead by Nikki Knight (Cozy Mystery)
Vermont DJ Jaye Jordan’s Green-Up Day ends in murder when not one, but two, bodies turn up in an old park—and one of them was much too close to both her ex and her current man when it was alive and bodacious. Now Jaye, with the help of a colorful (and diverse) cast of townies, will have to clear her men’s names, unravel a World War II-era mystery—and get Grandpa Seymour to the Senior Prom on time. Format: Print, Digital

OCTOBER 11
Death at the Old Curiosity Shop by Debbie Young (Cozy Mystery) *first book in a new series*
When Alice Carroll steps into Curiosity Cottage, a picture-perfect former bric-a-brac shop in the Cotswold Village of Little Pride, she thinks she’s found the perfect place to start the new phase of her life. Freshly separated from her collector long-term boyfriend, she’s excited to embrace her new, minimalist existence. Format: Print, Digital, Audio

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