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November 2019 New Book Releases

A Christmas Gathering (Christmas Mystery Series #17)

A cold case adds an extra chill to the holiday season as bestselling author Anne Perry whisks readers to an elegant home in the English countryside for a Christmas of secrets, soul-searching, and forgiveness.

As beautiful as it may be…

A Murderous Tangle (Seaside Knitters Mystery Series #14)

While the Seaside Knitters get ready to showcase their new Danish-inspired event, locals can’t stop talking about Tess Bean-a bright-eyed environmental activist with a way of charming both animals and humans alike. Birdie’s granddaughter is…

A Purrfectly Perilous Plot (Klepto Cat Mystery Series #39)

AThe klepto cat takes center stage and works a little magic.Rags is invited to help rehearse a murder. The community is shocked when fiction becomes a gruesome reality and a key feline witness goes missing. Leave it to Rags to uncover crucial…

An Ale of Two Cities (Literary Pub Mystery #2)

The Winter Carnival always brings holiday cheer, Christmas joy-and tourists with cash-to picturesque Shady Creek, Vermont. At the center of the glittering decorations and twinkling lights is booklover and pub owner Sadie Coleman, creating…

Be Still My Bleating Heart (Scottish Highlands Mystery #4)

National Bestselling author Hannah Reed returns with her fourth Scottish Highland mystery, in which she is swept up in a murder following a Sir Walter Scott celebration… Spring is here, and Eden Elliott has settled into her new life in the…

Beating About the Bush (Agatha Raisin Mystery Series #30)

One of Private Detective Agatha Raisin's many quirks was her tendency to exclaim, every time she drove along a motorway bordered by dense woodland, What a good place to dump a body! Yet she's clearly not the only one to think so, the police…

Bookmarked for Murder (Mystery Bookshop #5)

Amateur sleuth Samantha Washington’s shopping trip to Chicago takes a deadly detour when a man is murdered on her bus... After some post-Christmas retail therapy in the Windy City, mystery bookshop owner and historical whodunit novelist Sam…

Cast Iron Alibi (Vintage Kitchen Mystery #9)

Looking forward to her girls-only college reunion vacation, Jaymie’s on cloud nine at the idea of lazy trips to the beach, dinner cruises on the nearby river, and snug sleeping in the vintage trailer she’s renovated. But no sooner does the group…

Cobblered to Death (Courtney Archer Mystery #1)

Courtney Archer is known for hosting the show Cooking with the Farmer’s Daughter... despite the fact that she’s actually a pediatrician’s daughter. Now she’s signed on for a role on The American Baking Battle. On this reality show, she can start…

Death in the Bay (Cedar Bay Mystery #17)

When a man falls overboard and dies in the bay people have to ask if it was an accident or a calculated murder motivated by a changed inheritance? Unfaithful spouses? Revenge?

When the dead man is Sheriff’s Mike oldest friend and one…

Ghosts of Painting Past (Aurora Anderson Mystery #5)

It’s Christmastime in the quiet Los Angeles County city of Vista Beach, home of computer programmer and tole-painting enthusiast Aurora (Rory) Anderson. The magic of the season fills the air as residents enjoy school concerts, a pier lighting…

Ginger Snapped to Death (Cookies & Chance Mystery #8)

The full-time baker and sometime sleuth is ready to burst into song. She and her husband are expecting a bundle of joy, her sister’s wedding is just around the corner, and it’s Christmas, her favorite time of year. But when Sal’s the victim of a…

Holiday Roast Mortem (Killer Coffee Mystery #7)

Fresh off the Christmas Pawrade and Central Park tree lightening, Honey Springs is buzzing with the excitement of the season.

Roxy Bloom and Patrick Cane are hosting the ultimate Christmas Day Diner for all of their friends and family…

Hot Fudge Murder (Lickety Splits Mystery #2)

Just six weeks after the grand opening of Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe, owner Kate McKay has been enlisted to whip up sundaes at the most decadent soiree in the Hudson Valley. If only Kate knew how deadly sticky her sweet deal will turn out…

Hushed Up (Myrtle Clover Mystery #15)

Silence is golden …unless you’re permanently hushed up.

When Lillian Johnson was found dead one hot summer day, no one in the town of Bradley, North Carolina was all that surprised.  Lillian had always talked about the trials of her…

Invitation Only Murder (Lucy Stone Mystery #26)

With family tensions intensifying in Tinker’s Cove, part-time reporter Lucy Stone could really use some time off the grid. But after she RSVPs to an unconventional celebration on remote Holiday Island, Lucy realizes that disconnecting from…

Lady Takes the Case (Manor Cat Mystery #1)

When a dinner party turns deadly, the feisty Lady Cecilia Bates and intuitive cat Jack are on the case, in this first entry to an exciting new historical-mystery series. England 1912. Danby Hall is the only home Lady Cecilia Bates has ever known…

Lavender and Lies (Port Danby Mystery #11)

There's a new man in town, Lionel Dexter, an eligible, handsome bachelor who has taken up residence in a Chesterton mansion. He quickly wins over many hearts, including Kate Yardley's, the stylish, man crazy owner of the Mod Frock Boutique. Much…

Memories and Murder (Tourist Trap Mystery #10)

It’s October in South Cove, California, and the locals in the quaint resort seem to be happily pairing off in the lull before the holidays. Everyone, that is, except for Jill Gardner’s elderly aunt, who just dumped her besotted fiancé-and she won…

Murder at Icicle Lodge (Ferrara Family Mystery #3)

Seasoned Italian-American Alberta Scaglione can whip up a traditional dish for any occasion. But when an impromptu vacation turns deadly, can she sift out the deadly ingredient? When her granddaughter lands a reporting gig at the grand opening of…

Murder with Cherry Tarts (Daisy's Tea Garden Mystery #4)

Daisy’s worried one of her employees at Daisy’s Tea Garden may be in a spot of trouble. Lately Karina’s been loading up on soup and second-day baked goods at the end of her shift-and while the shop’s scrumptious treats may be hard to resist,…

Overdue (The Village Library Mystery #2)

Carmen King is a busy woman. Not only does she sit on the library board and dabble in the Friends of the Library, but she juggles quite a few relationships at once. Apparently, this doesn’t go over well with at least one of her boyfriends—Carmen…

Paw of the Jungle (Paw Enforcement Mystery #7)

AT THE ZOO
The weather is beautiful, work is slow, and her canine colleague could use a walk. What better day for Megan to take Brigit to the Fort Worth Zoo, where they can let loose and witness the law and order of nature unfold? But what…

Potions Are for Pushovers (Eleanor Wilde Mystery #2)

It may have been a ghost that led Eleanor Wilde to set up shop in a quaint English village. But now that she’s established herself as the town witch, Ellie’s contentedly casting spells on anyone desperate enough—or gullible enough—to request her…

Puzzle in Poppleford Wood (Churchill and Pemberley #3)

For twenty years the villagers of Compton Poppleford have been puzzled by the fate of Darcy Sprockett who vanished in the woods one dark and stormy night. When fresh evidence surfaces, elderly detective duo Churchill and Pemberley creak into…

Scarlet Fever (Foxhunting Series #12)

Winter blizzards bring a flurry of cases to solve in this riveting new foxhunting mystery featuring 'Sister' Jane Arnold and her incorrigible hounds from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown. Frigid February air has settled into the…

Sifted Sentences (Donut Shop Mystery Series #44)

When Suzanne’s mother gets a threatening note, no one but Suzanne and Grace seems to take it seriously. After all, several other folks around town have gotten them, too. The police think it’s all just one big prank, but Suzanne knows better. As…

Southern Harm (Southern B&B Mystery #2)

After solving a murder at a local restaurant, Quinn Bellandini just wants to get back to her comfortable life running her grandfather’s B&B in Savannah, Georgia, with her sister, Delilah. But those plans get buried when Quinn and her new…

The Angels' Share (Wine Country Mystery Series #10)

When Lucie Montgomery attends a Thanksgiving weekend party for friends and neighbors at Hawthorne Castle, an honest-to-goodness castle owned by the Avery family, the last great newspaper dynasty in America and owner of the Washington Tribune…

The Body on the Train (Kate Shackleton Mystery Series #11)

London, 1929. In the darkness before dawn, a railway porter, unloading a special train from Yorkshire, discovers a man's body, shot and placed in a sack. There are no means of identification to be found and as Scotland Yard hits a dead end, they…

The Chocolate Shark Shenanigans (Chocoholic Series #17)

When a house near Lee and Joe's home goes up for sale, the couple teams up with Lee's aunt and uncle, Nettie and Hogan, to buy it, remodel it, and resell it for a sweet profit. But after the owners of the house, the Baileys, accept their offer, a…

The Christmas Clause (Tess and Tilly Mystery #8)

With just two weeks until the highly anticipated Christmas on Main event, the tiny town of White Eagle Montana is all decked out for the season. With the annual tree lighting just around the corner, Tess and Tony are busy with their own holiday…

The Dog Who Knew Too Much (Paws & Claws Mystery #6)

When a famous pooch comes to Wagtail for some downtime, inn owner Holly Miller learns that murder never rests in this all-new Paws & Claws mystery in the New York Times bestselling series. America's favorite dog comes to pet-friendly Wagtail…

The Queen of Christmas (Lobster Shack Mystery Novella)

Dagmar Smith's Festival of Trees is the highlight of Mystic Bay's holiday season. This year Dagmar has added a spectacularly decorated Nutcracker tree to her display and she's asked dancer Allie Larkin to help unveil it. But when Dagmar's…

Thread and Buried (Mainely Needlepoint Mystery #9)

Haven Harbor is an authentic coastal Maine town-which makes it the perfect location for a new film production. But now it’s become the scene of a crime... Needlepointers Angie and Sarah are helping with set design for the movie being shot in…

Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum #26)

Grandma Mazur has decided to get married again - this time to a local gangster named Jimmy Rosolli. If Stephanie has her doubts about this marriage, she doesn't have to worry for long, because the groom drops dead of a heart attack 45 minutes…

We Woof You a Deadly Christmas (Pawtisserie Mystery #2)

It’s beginning to look a lot like Woofmas at the Posh Pup Pawtisserie. Snow is glistening and shoppers are visiting Chicago’s festive North Shore. Shoppe owner Claire Noble is spreading holiday cheer by baking festive treats and hosting merry dog…

With Killer Views (Flamingo Realty Mystery #6)

Stella O’Neil has found a treasure of a house to list... a house possibly full of treasure, that is. Her new listing belonged to a man who died from a seemingly innocent accident. He also was embroiled in a bank investigation involving missing…