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June 2022 New Book Releases

A Catered Doggie Wedding (Mystery With Recipes #17)

When Bernie and Libby Simmons, sisters and co-owners of A Little Taste of Heaven, are hired to cater a posh pooch party, they wind up stepping into a fresh murder investigation!

At A Little Taste of Heaven, Bernie and Libby…

A Familiar Spell (Oxford Magic Kitten Mystery #6)

My name’s Astra, and I’m a witch. I’d do anything for a stress-free evening to organize my wedding to the hot dragon shifter Sheriff, Sin. Except, my vampire wedding planner is murdered in mysterious circumstances. Now I have to investigate…

A Fatal Booking (Book Lover's B&B Mystery #3)

Booklover Charlotte is delighted to welcome an eclectic group of guests to Chapters Bed and Breakfast for a book club retreat focused on fairy tales and classic children’s literature. But when one of the guests is poisoned at a Mad Hatter…

A Hint of Mischief (Fairy Garden Mystery #3)

The proprietor of a fairy garden and tea shop in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Courtney Kelly has an occasional side gig as a sleuth—with a sprinkling of magical assistance. . . .

Courtney has thrown a few fairy garden parties—for kids.…

Bayou Book Thief (A Vintage Cookbook Mystery #1)

Twenty-eight-year-old widow Ricki James leaves Los Angeles to start a new life in New Orleans after her showboating actor husband perishes doing a stupid internet stunt. The Big Easy is where she was born and adopted by the NICU nurse who…

Big Bad (Big Murder Mystery #2)

Hi. I’m Alice, a thirty-something ex-bodyguard. I live to sleep in, but I rarely get the chance now that I’m living above my small-town’s dinner theater. Between self-absorbed actors slamming doors at all hours and the theater cat that won’…

Clause of Death (Booktown Series #16)

Bookstore owner Tricia Miles tries to open a new chapter in life, but murder mars the pages in the latest entry to Lorna Barrett's New York Times bestselling Booktown series.

Tricia Miles…

Death By Beach Read (Lighthouse Library Mystery #9)

Librarian Lucy’s new historic house comes with a lot of baggage and family secrets. Can she put them to rest or will a killer bring Lucy’s family to their downfall, in the 9th Lighthouse Library mystery.
 

It’s spring in…

Donut Disturb (A Bakeshop Mystery #15)

The filling is looking grim for pastry chef and amateur sleuth Juliet Capshaw in Donut Disturb, the next in Ellie Alexander's beloved Bakeshop Series.

Love is in bloom in Ashland, Oregon.…

Fame and Fortune (Claire Rollins Mystery #10)

Claire, Nicole, and Robby are achieving some local fame from shooting their historical cooking show for a Boston television station where each episode showcases a location around Massachusetts and highlights a recipe related to the location…

Final Walk Through (Flamingo Realty Mystery #11)

It's a Georgie and Stella combo!
Stella's routine is getting back to normal after her mother's trip to Poland. But even the simplest things can lead to unexpected adventures. While searching for a mystery at the local bookstore,…

Five Belles Too Many (Sarah Blair Mystery #5)

Sometimes Sarah’s mother, Maybelle, can be higher maintenance than her Siamese cat RahRah. Maybelle and her friend, Mr. George Rogers, have been chosen to be one of five couples competing for a small-town “perfect” wedding and dream…

Gone but Not Furgotten (Cat Cafe Mystery #6)

Maddie James has big plans for the summer season at JJ's House of Purrs. But when her friend, master meditator and Tai Chi teacher Cass Hendricks, brings a potential animal hoarding situation to her attention, Maddie has to refocus her attention…

Hint in the Hashtag (Inn at Holiday Bay #19)

After suffering a personal tragedy Abby Sullivan buys a huge old seaside mansion she has never even seen, packs up her life in San Francisco, and moves to Holiday Bay Maine, where she is adopted, quite against her will, by a huge Maine Coon…

Killers of a Feather (Urban Tails Pet Shop #2)

With the grand re-opening of her Urban Tails Pet Shop just days away, Shell McMillan has her hands full planning entertainment for the festive event, including a fortune-telling parrot. But her jubilant mood is soon threatened by ominous…

Lady of Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery Series #24)

It’s Halloween season in Mississippi as Sarah Booth and the gang gather to decorate and gush over Tinkie’s new baby, Maylin. Sarah Booth is just about to refresh the cocktails when she hears a knock on the door and opens it to find a woman…

Muddled Through (Maine Clambake Mystery Series #10)

Mud season takes on a whole new meaning in the coastal town of Busman's Harbor, Maine, when local business owners sling dirt at one another in a heated feud over a proposed pedestrian mall. Vandalism is one thing, but murder means Julia…

Murder in the Moonlight (Murder Posse Mystery Novella #1)

Peggy, Jennifer, and Nadine are three smart, middle-aged women who have some “special” skills. Nicknamed the “Murder Posse,” they are members of their town’s murder mystery book club and enjoy helping solve cold cases for amateur sleuthing…

Murder Is No Picnic (Cape Cod Foodie #3)

A search for the world’s best blueberry buckle turns into a search for a killer in this delicious installment in the Cape Cod Foodie Mysteries by Amy Pershing.

July 4th is coming, and for professional foodie Samantha…

Peril at Pennington Manor (Avery Ayers Antique Mystery #2)

Thanks to Aunt Midge’s unlikely friendship with Nicholas Pennington, the Duke of Valle Charme, Avery Ayers and her associates at Antiques and Artifacts Appraised head off to their most glamorous assignment yet—cataloguing and appraising the…

Prove or Perish (Resort at Castaway Bay #5)

In book 5 in the series, Arden Haynsworth has been kidnapped after being sentenced to death for her part in the death of the kidnapper's daughter Daisy. Arden insists she’s innocent of the crime she’s been accused of and is certain she was set up…

Sniffing Out The Spy (Megan Henny Mystery #2)

If Santiago is NOT the spy, then why is he headed to jail? Can Megan find out the truth before it's too late?

 

Summer is coming to an end at the picturesque seaside town of Seacrest, and with it comes a food…

The Darling Dahlias and the Red Hot Poker (Darling Dahlias #10)

It’s Labor Day weekend, 1935, and members of the Darling Dahlias—the garden club in little Darling, Alabama—are trying to keep their cool at the end of a sizzling summer. This isn’t easy, though, since there’s a firebug on the loose in…

The Locked Room (Ruth Galloway Mystery #14)

Pandemic lockdowns have Ruth Galloway feeling isolated from everyone but a new neighbor—until Nelson comes calling, investigating a decades-long string of murder-suicides that’s looming ever closer.

Three years after her late…

The Proof Is in the Poison (Southern Homebrew #2)

Moonshine shop owner Hattie Hayes is ready to lend a hand when a mystery starts brewing at a train convention in Chattanooga, TN, in this charming cozy mystery series.

Now that her moonshine shop is up and running, Hattie Hayes…

The Tuesday Night Survivors Club (Survivors' Book Club #1)

Two things got Rarity Cole through her breast cancer treatments: friends and books. Now cancer-free, Rarity is devoting her life to helping others find their way through the maze to healing. She’s opened a bookstore focusing on the power of…

With a Spirit of Vengeance (Bay Island Psychic Mystery #7)

Psychic Cass Donovan must uncover the truth about long-buried secrets and recent murders to bring peace to a troubled spirit and bring justice to a flesh-and-blood killer . . .

When the spirit of Ophelia Wilson…