Searching for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing the week of September 14 – 20, 2025 with three debut series. I hope a few of these books take you on a reading adventure!

SEPTEMBER 15
Niki Undercover by James M. Jackson (Thriller) *first book in a new series*
FBI Agent Ashley Prescott has spent two years undercover as Niki Foster, earning the trust of Patriots for Freedom—an extremist militia. As the Bureau’s only window into the group—and their Chinese linguist and arms go-between—she’s the only one who can stop an imminent weapons sale and their plot to tear America apart with targeted assassinations. Then her estranged billionaire father vanishes after leaking classified intel—details that threaten to expose her and could only have come from a traitor inside the FBI. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Styled for Murder by Sarah Osborne (Cozy Mystery)
Mabel Aphrodite Brown and her best friend, Lurleen, are preparing for Lurleen’s upcoming wedding in southern France. They must find the best wedding hair style created by the finest hair dresser in Atlanta. But no matter what Robbie, hair stylist extraordinaire, offers her, Lurleen seems dissatisfied. Is it the hair style or the wedding itself that is troubling her? Before Ditie can sort this out, disaster strikes. A woman is found dead by electrocution in a hair drying chair. Is it murder, suicide or an accident? Lurleen and Ditie must sort out the answer to this hair-raising death. Format: Digital, Print

SEPTEMBER 16
Don’t Say A Word by Allison Brennan (Private Investigator Mystery)
The police ruled Elijah Martinez’s death an accidental drug overdose, but the teen’s grieving mother isn’t convinced. With the case officially closed, Angelhart Investigations is the only one who can help her find the truth. Margo Angelhart’s sure this will be an easy solve—she’ll talk to Elijah’s friends and employer, retrace his steps, and figure out what happened in his final hours. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Death Whisk by Catherine Bruns (Cozy Mystery)
Full time baker and part time sleuth, Sally Muccio, is looking forward to an impromptu getaway at Bella Vita, a charming local inn recently renovated by an old friend of her father’s. Sal’s been asked to provide treats for Bella Vita’s open house and, in addition to the extra dough she’ll earn, her entire family is invited to spend the night at the bed and breakfast for free. Format: Digital, Print

The Wasp Trap by Mark Edwards (Psychological Thriller)
Six friends reunite in London to celebrate the life of their recently deceased ex-employer, a professor that brought them together in 1999 to help build a dating website based on psychological testing. But what is meant to be a night of bittersweet nostalgia soon becomes a twisted and deadly game. The old friends are given an ultimatum: reveal their darkest secrets to the group or pick each other off one-by-one. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Lady Darling Inquires After a Killer by Colleen Gleason (Historical Mystery) *first book in a new series*
Lady Darling is a woman “of a certain age.” Fifty, to be specific—which, in the eyes of London society, makes her uninteresting, eccentric, and a little intimidating. She’s a widow. An empty-nester (all of her children very successfully married-off). She’s titled, influential…and very, very rich. Now she just wants to be left alone to enjoy her pets and her gardens and her books. Until someone turns up dead at a dinner party, and Lady Darling is on the scene. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Beyond Her Reach by Melinda Leigh (Police Procedural)
In a quiet suburban neighborhood in upstate New York, single mom Kelly Gibson is slain in her home—the victim of a rage killing. Right away, Sheriff Bree Taggert has three persons of interest: an angry soon-to-be ex-husband, a furtive rebound boyfriend, and an obsessive neighbor. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

The Whisper Place by Mindy Mejia (Private Investigator Mystery
As a former police officer and a psychic detective, Max Summerlin and Jonah Kendrick may not be the most conventional business partners. But together, they have years of investigative experience, and opening Celina Investigations feels like a natural decision. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

The Fairest by Jenny Milchman (Domestic Thriller)
Author Kara Parsons is at a book signing in the town where she was raised. Before it’s over, a young girl approaches with a copy of Kara’s book containing a handwritten inscription: I am a missing child. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Gray Dawn by Walter Mosley (Traditional Mystery)
The name Easy Rawlins stirs excitement in the hearts of readers and fear in the hearts of his foes. His success has bought him a thriving detective agency, with its first female detective; a remote home, shared with children and pets and lovers, high atop the hills overlooking gritty Los Angeles; and more trouble, more problems, and more threat to those whom he loves. In other words, he’s still beset on all sides. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

A Murderous Business by Cathy Pegau (Historical Mystery 1910s) *first book in a new series*
Margot Baxter Harriman took the reins of B&H Foods after her father passed. It’s not easy being a business woman in 1912, but she is determined to continue what her grandparents started decades ago, no matter what it takes. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Catch Me on a Blue Day by M.E. Proctor (Private Investigator Mystery)
It’s the dedication of the book on the Salvadoran civil war retired reporter Carlton Marsh was writing before he committed suicide. A shocking death. Marsh had asked Declan Shaw to come to Old Mapleton, Connecticut to help him with research. He looked forward to Declan’s visit: “See you at cocktail time, a fine whiskey’s waiting.” They talked on the phone a few hours before the man blew his head off. Format: Digital, Print

Earl Grave Tea by Gretchen Rue (Cozy Mystery)
Halloween is coming to Raven Creek, Washington, and in addition to the town going wild for themed decor, there is also brewing enthusiasm about a famed improv group coming to help stage an Agatha Christie play for the locals. When mega-Hollywood star Naomi Novak shows up, the whole town is star-struck. But local teashop owner and witch Phoebe Winchester is shocked for a different reason: the fiance Naomi has in tow is none other than Phoebe’s cheating ex-husband, Blaine. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

Murder on the Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood (Cozy Mystery)
Verity Beresford is worried about her husband. Oliver didn’t come home last night, so of course Verity goes straight to Judith Potts, Marlow’s resident amateur sleuth, for help. Oliver, founder of the Marlow Amateur Dramatic Society, had rented The Marlow Belle, a private pleasure cruiser, to host an exclusive party for the society, but no one remembers seeing him disembark. And when Oliver’s body washes up on the Thames with two bullet holes in him, it’s time for the Marlow Murder Club to leap into action. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

The Final Score by Don Winslow (Domestic Thriller Short Stories)
In six all-new short novels written with the trademark literary style, trenchant wit, and incisive characterization that have made Don Winslow “America’s greatest living crime writer” (Providence Journal), this repeat New York Times bestselling author serves up a collection of tales sure to delight Winslow’s most devoted fans and first-time readers. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

SEPTEMBER 17
Swan Song by Shel Delisle (Cozy Mystery)
When a glittering Palm Beach gala for single mothers erupts into chaos; when an auctioneer keels over, followed by the co-chair. A moment later, Birdie learns a million-dollar necklace up and vanished. Birdie’s reluctantly pulled back into the detective game she thought she’d left behind. Format: Digital, Print

Murder at the Wrap Party by Denise Jaden (Cozy Mystery)
As on of the resident photographers aboard the Moonlit Majesty, Olivia Ocean is used to capturing smiling vacationers, sunset portraits, and the occasional conga line—not glamorous film stars. But when a high-profile movie crew boards the ship to celebrate the end of their latest production, Olivia’s job takes an unexpected—and thrilling—turn. Format: Digital, Print

Silent Witness by Liz Milliron (Traditional Mystery)
Defense attorney Sally Castle already has her hands full with work and planning her upcoming wedding—which her mother is determined to turn into the event of the year—when she encounters a terrified and unsupervised young deaf girl alone in the state park. The girl’s mother is soon found murdered, and Sally is drawn into caring for the child. Format: Digital, Print

The Catcher in the Pie by Matilda Swift (Cozy Mystery)
Jessica Askew, a master of muffins and mayhem, thought January in Little Quillington would be a quiet affair. But with Hattie’s roller-skating chaos and the hunt for a new assistant trying her patience, peace is the last thing on the menu. Format: Digital, Print

SEPTEMBER 18
How to Get Murdered in Devon by Stephanie Austin (Cozy Mystery)
When Juno Browne purchased a car for her lover, Daniel Thorncroft, she was not expecting that the previous owner would lock a dead body in the boot. Who the dead man could be is a persistent question, as is the whereabouts of the seller, Amber Horrell. While Inspector Ford and the Ashburton police are on the case, Juno’s insatiable curiosity and concern for the missing Amber lead her to start sleuthing on her own. It turns out that the Horrells, Amber’s family, are notorious in this corner of Devon, with an ancient murder and vanishing red diamond in their past and a shady antiques business very much in their present. Format: Digital, Print, Audio

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