Searching for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing the week of September 6 – 12, 2026. I hope a few of these books take you on a reading adventure!
SEPTEMBER 7
Madame Pompette Helps the Haunted by Libby Castle (Cozy Mystery)
As autumn comes to an end in Saint-Luke’s-Upon-the-Water, Charlotte Pompette, ex-circus fortune teller turned tea shop owner, is dreading the inevitable Halloween nonsense. With her cats Tarot and Delphi already spooked by every falling leaf, the last thing she needs is more drama. And then an old friend arrives on her doorstep with a desperate plea for help. Format: Digital, Print
SEPTEMBER 8
Last Lawyer Standing by Douglas Corleone (Legal Thriller)
Defense attorney Kevin Corvelli fled New York for Hawaii after a client’s death destroyed his career and made him tabloid poison. Now, three years later, another client is dead, this one a woman Kevin had fallen in love with, and he would run again if he could. But paradise has him trapped. Format: Digital, Print
Essentials of Homicide by Kim Davis (Cozy Mystery)
Hollywood has descended on Oak Creek Valley to film a murder mystery. Carissa Carmichael, owner of the Aromatherapy Apothecary, has a front-row seat to the bad-boy leading man’s escapades as she works with the production to bring soothing essential elements to the stressed-out crew. Format: Digital, Print
Tis the Season to Be Scary by Vicki Delany (Cozy Mystery)
It’s Halloween, and the townsfolk of Rudolph, New York, are donning masks and costumes for the Yuletide Inn’s grand fundraising gala to support the local hospital. Shop owner Merry Wilkinson has yet another treat to celebrate: Her best friend, Vicky Casey, has a new cookbook set to publish. Vicky’s publishers, a prominent critic of her book, and a former opera star rumored to have been involved with Merry’s mother are all set to attend the gala. Format: Digital, Print
Until She Dies by Kendra Elliot (Police Procedural)
When a search dog locates a mass burial ground in the Oregon forest, Detective Noelle Marshall is plunged into a hunt for a killer who’s hiding in plain sight. The key to her case lies in a decades-old secret: a lone survivor who escaped and is still out there, living in fear. The murderer is a phantom who left behind a collection of victims with nothing in common but their final resting place. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Perfect Wives, Perfect Lies by Jennifer Anne Gordon (Psychological Thriller)
In the wake of losing her son, Becca also lost her marriage and her moorings. Now, work and time spent with her best friend, Lynn, are what gets her through the day. But it’s a private group of moms on social media that gets her through the long nights. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Murder at the Faust by Kathleen Kaska (Historical Cozy Mystery 1950s)
The carpet is plush, the cocktails are cold, and the crime scenes are unfortunately plentiful. A bloody hotel room, a body along the banks of the Guadalupe River, and a suspiciously well-informed police chief land Sydney squarely in the interrogation hot seat. With her fiancé and partner, Ralph Dixon, recovering from a gunshot wound, Sydney must navigate the case with unexpected reinforcements: plucky Lydia LaBeau and irrepressible Cousin Ruth Echland-currently masquerading as a Miss Texas contestant and far more interested in evening gowns than evidence. Format: Digital, Print
Those Who Are Gone by Laurie R. King (Traditional Mystery)
SFPD Homicide Inspector Raquel Laing had what might politely be termed a “difficult childhood,” until she was taken in by a loving family at the age of nine. She still lives with her adoptive sister, Dee, an online investigator for organizations all over the world. Trouble arrives with an all-too-common case for Inspector Laing: the homicide of a drug dealer in a deserted corner of San Francisco. But the everyday rapidly spirals into complications—just as a simple search into the family’s ancestry is throwing Dee into her own world of turmoil. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Believer by Ruthie Knox & Annie Mare (Cozy Mystery)
Prairie Nightingale, PI, has it all: great kids, a private detective agency run by brilliant women, and maybe a handsome FBI situationship. When her daughter’s best friend asks her to look into a bitter family estrangement, Prairie is reluctant to take on a case that requires even more life/work balance than she’s already attempting—especially with her parents visiting from out of town. But when everyone she talks to takes her deeper into a labyrinth of lies, control, and secrets, she and her team begin to untangle the history of a couple with a knack for gathering fervent followers … and collecting criminal charges. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Multitasking Murder by Leslie Langtry (Cozy Mystery)
It’s going to be a weekend to remember in Who’s There Iowa for multitasking ex-spy turned Girl Scout leader Merry Wrath! She has local medical examiner, Dr. Soo Jin Body’s, wedding, the grand opening of the Obladi Zoo Aviary, the graduation party for the Cult of Nicoderm’s teen druids, and her one of her troop and the youngest elected town official, Mayor Ava’s, re-election! As if that wasn’t enough chaos, someone is sending threatening letters warning these events to stop or else! Format: Digital, Print
Fighting Edge by Margaret Mizushima (Police Procedural)
A routine welfare check becomes a nightmare when Deputy Mattie Walker finds a young mother dead and a hysterical toddler, possibly the only witness to a brutal crime. Before the investigative team can start piecing together what happened, Mattie discovers another criminal act in Timber Creek. Format: Digital, Print
The Alchemist of All Hallows Eve by Gigi Pandian (Cozy Mystery)
Zoe Faust has run from her past for centuries. She didn’t plan on settling down. She didn’t plan on falling for a mortal man. She certainly didn’t plan on the gargoyle. Now Zoe, her fiancé, and her French chef gargoyle best friend Dorian have found an enchanting home with a hidden cottage for Dorian. It’s perfect for their little family. Except for one thing. Forty years ago, the night before Halloween, a woman was murdered in their dream house. Or was she? Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Huckleberry I Scream by Cindy Keen Reynders (Cozy Mystery)
When live 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 inherited. The soups, stews, breads, and muffins they serve offer townspeople hearty, home-cooked meals. Format: Digital, Print
Fury in Death by J.D. Robb (Police Procedural)
NYSPD lieutenant Eve Dallas never knows what to expect when she gets word of a body. It could be an elderly man who made the mistake of climbing a ladder in slippery footwear. And the next call could be a wealthy biotech executive beaten to death in his home office—but what was Larry Chu’s mistake? The victim’s corpse is so mangled and damaged it’s hard to believe a lone, unarmed assailant could have managed it. The killer was clearly unnaturally strong—and smart enough to find a way into Chu’s highly secure building. Most of all, whoever did this was very, very angry. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
The Mystic and the Missing Girl by Vikki VanSickle (Traditional Mystery)
Drew Benson has a secret. She gets visions, something she hasn’t tapped into since she was a teenager, when her late aunt, a TV psychic known as Hannah Mystic, became the scapegoat in the unsolved disappearance of a local teenager. Twenty years later, Drew is happy to ignore her gift, focusing instead on keeping the metaphysical shop she inherited from Hannah afloat, wrangling her sole, astrology-obsessed employee, and dodging local rake Foster Banks in her picturesque lakeside hometown. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Murder on the Upper East Side by Gigi Waldorf (Thriller)
2016: Hannah Miller has begun her senior year at the Prescott Academy of New York alongside the rich and famous of the Upper East Side. Or, at least, their children. Amid the trust funds and penthouse parties, there’s one rule for survival: staying out of the way of Queen Bees Madison DuPont and Elle Harrington. 2026: The academy’s alumni have gathered for a glittering charity gala. Only Madison DuPont could host an event this grand. But what starts as a champagne-fueled party soon descends into chaos when Madison is found dead moments after her speech. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
SEPTEMBER 9
Call The Shots by Isabella Bassett (Cozy Mystery)
Other villages might have sewing circles, but in Thistle-Upon-Avon, Lady Upton and her friends have formed one around the telephone. And while the purpose of the group is to gather information, it would be a mistake to assume that the members trade in idle gossip. These ladies are dedicated to weaving a web of telephone connections to catch villains. Format: Digital, Print, Audio
Curses and Classics by Diana Xarissa (Cozy Mystery)
I was only giving a friend a lift. I didn’t expect to find a body waiting at the other end. I don’t mind helping Laura get to our weekly book club meetings. It’s become part of the routine. When we get back to her building, we find her ex-husband sitting dead in a booth in the closed diner downstairs. Laura swears she had nothing to do with it, and I believe her. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean the police will see things the same way. Format: Digital, Print
Note: in some cases, print releases for digital titles will be forthcoming.
Publication date subject to change