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April 2021 New Book Releases

A Death at Seascape House (Jemima Jago Mystery #1)

With its sweeping sandy beaches and rolling emerald hills, the island of St. Morwenna is an idyllic escape. But behind the perfectly pruned primroses and neighborly smiles a mystery begins to unfold…

When librarian

A Familiar Curse (Oxford Magic Kitten Mystery #2)

My name’s Astra, and I’m a witch. This morning, all I want is to take a hot bath without a demon frog familiar insisting that he’s a prince in disguise and to read my book without a unicorn nibbling it. Instead, when cursed relics go missing in…

A Tale of Two Cookies (Cookie House Mystery #3)

In A Tale of Two Cookies, a cozy mystery from Eve Calder, it’s nothing but sugar and spice at The Cookie House, but elsewhere on Coral Cay everything isn’t so nice.

Pastry chef Kate McGuire is loving life on the laid-back…

Big Little Spies (Paws & Claws Mystery #7)

A pet detective on the hunt for a prominent pooch is found dead, and inn owner Holly Miller has to sort through her guest list for suspects in this all new Paws & Claws mystery in the New York Times bestselling series.

The ladies…

Buried by the Sea (By the Sea Mystery #5)

At her family’s hotel on a Florida barrier island, sleuthing novelist Liz Holt is shocked by a hidden treasure—and a buried body . . .
 
A team of archaeologists is staying at Indialantic by the Sea to study the days of the Spanish…

Checking Out Crime (Bookmobile Cat Mystery #9)

Librarian Minnie Hamilton and her clever cat Eddie solve a purr-fect murder, in the newest installment of the delightful Bookmobile Cat Mystery series.

Minnie and her rescue cat Eddie can often be found out and about in their…

Damsel in a Dress (Perfectly Proper Museum #5)

Bridesmaid duties can be deadly…

Maddie Kosloski has more than wedding cake on her plate. She’s managing her paranormal museum, helping her best friend Adele with wedding plans, and trying to prove that Adele’s vintage…

Dead Calm (Beaver Island Mystery #2)

When a beloved local tennis pro is murdered, everyone in the Beaver Island community is a suspect. Was it one of his many paramours, another tennis pro trying to take his job, or some other hidden enemy?

After a tractor goes berserk…

Deadly Editions (Scottish Bookshop Mystery #6)

A treasure hunt through Edinburgh gives way to a search for a villain terrorizing the city in Paige Shelton's Deadly Editions, the sixth Scottish Bookshop Mystery.

Bookseller Delaney Nichols receives a mysterious cloaked…

Death By Shock (Josiah Reynolds Mystery Series #15)

Josiah is joined by Shaneika, and her sweet, innocent cousin, Heather, on an archaeological dig at Fort Boonesborough where Daniel Boone led pioneers to the wild frontier of “Caintuck.” At Boonesborough Josiah and Shaneika meet the Dane twins,…

Death Gone A-Rye (Bread Shop Mystery #6)

In the Northern California seaside town of Santa Sofia, a killer is trying to get a rise out of baker’s apprentice Ivy Culpepper . . .
 
Vincent van Dough focaccia is being touted on Instagram as the best…

Death with a Double Edge (Daniel Pitt Series #4)

Daniel Pitt’s investigation into his colleague’s murder leads him through London’s teeming underbelly to the suspicious dealings of one of England’s most influential shipbuilding magnates in a thrilling novel from New York Times

From Port to Rigor Morte (Wine Trail Mystery #7)

Norrie Ellington has to pour herself into the case to bottle up a crafty killer . . .

With her overlong stay at Two Witches Winery extended yet again, screenwriter Norrie Ellington wants nothing more than to lay low and avoid murder…

Insects, Ivy, & Investigations (Camper & Criminals Mystery #17)

Welcome to Normal, Kentucky, where nothing is normal!
USA TODAY Bestselling Author Tonya Kappes is leading the camping craze with her southern cozy mystery series, A Camper & Criminals Cozy Mystery. Be sure you join Tonya's newsletter…

Kaboom (A Hope Herring Mystery #6)

This is book 6 in the Hope Herring cozy mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting and Nell McCarthy.
Hope Herring is running the Butter Up Bakery while the owner is on vacation in Hawaii. The Fourth of July is fast…

Laid Out in Lavender (Garlic Farm Mystery #3)

Mabel Skinner still hasn’t acquired a taste for growing garlic, but the app developer-turned farmer does have a nose for rooting out killers . . .
 
Dreaming she’ll someday return to her less pungent life of computer coding, Mabel…

Lavender's Tangled Tree (Piney Falls Mystery #4)

You are cordially invited to the wedding of Lanie Anders and Cosmo Hill!

In the fourth book of the Piney Falls Mysteries Series, the wedding event of the decade is about to take place in Piney Falls. From the decorations to the cake and…

Legally Blind Luck (Braxton Campus Mystery #7)

Surprising new family members. A hidden talisman. Deadly curses. Murder. Months after tragically losing a loved one, Kellan learns his relative’s death wasn’t an accident.

Someone has discovered a cursed talisman, and a rogue government…

Lemon Drop Dead (Amish Candy Shop Mystery #6)

Although baby showers aren’t an Amish tradition, Bailey King wants to celebrate Emily Keim’s forthcoming bundle of joy. It’s the least she can do for her hardworking assistant at Swissmen Sweets, especially with Emily being estranged from her…

Mascots Are Murder (Merry Wrath Mystery #18)

"Welcome Back to Who’s There, Iowa, Who-rish, to your 10 Year Reunion!”
A 10 year high school reunion happens only once, and to many, they can be a nightmare of revisiting past slights, humiliating moments and the class paste-eater—aka…

Mean and Shellfish (Penn Dutch #22)

Hernia's fourth Billy Goat Gruff Festival is derailed by murder and a series of outrageous pranks in this hilariously entertaining cozy mystery filled with quirky characters - the latest delectable offering in the longrunning Pennsylvania-…

Mint Condition Murder (Antiques & Collectibles Mystery #9)

Ellery Adams and Parker Riggs co-write this series.

In the world of antiques and collectibles, it helps to have a sharp eye for quality, a good ear for gossip, and a nose for murder.

When the female antiques dealer she was…

Miss Julia Happily Ever After (Miss Julia Series #22)

Wedding fever hits Abbotsville and several of Miss Julia's friends have plans to tie the knot. But, as usual, nothing is so simple. Christy Hargrove suddenly gives up a lifelong dream and drops out of medical school to marry, Helen Stroud and…

Murder 101 (Kitchen Witch Mystery Novella)

Mia Malone has opened a catering business in Magic Springs, Idaho, putting both her culinary expertise and her gift for spellcasting to good use. But it’ll take more than witchcraft to make a murderer disappear behind bars…
 
Mia…

Murder in the Cookbook Nook (Book Retreat Mystery #7)

Virginia is for lovers—and Storyton Hall is its best vacation spot for lovers of books. The big event this summer at Jane Steward’s resort is A Bookish Cook-Off. It’s a blend of the literary and the culinary—but someone’s headed for the mortuary…

Murder on Wall Street (Gaslight Series #24)

Midwife Sarah Brandt Malloy and her detective husband, Frank, must discover who killed a prominent—but despised—society banker before an innocent family is destroyed in Murder on Wall Street, an all-new Gaslight Mystery in the USA Today

Phantoms and Felonies (Haunted Mansion Mystery #2)

Avery Morgan has been hired to breathe new life into the Portage Path Women's Club, but first she'll have to deal with a dead body and a meddling ghost.

When a local theater troupe puts on a new play at the club, manager Avery Morgan…

Post Mortem (Mail Carrier Mystery #6)

USA TODAY Bestselling Author Tonya Kappes brings community, friendships, and family together in this heartwarming southern cozy mystery series.


Santa Season and a Slaying (Ravenwood Cove #14)

Amanda loves her wholesome, old-fashioned beach town, but no one could ever confuse her life as the owner of a historic inn as being calm. When a Santa competition comes to Ravenwood Cove the last thing she expects is for Santa to threaten her…

Southern Sass and a Battered Bride (Marygene Brown Series #3)

At a murder mystery–themed wedding reception on Georgia’s picturesque Peach Cove Island, the bride is doing an awfully good job playing dead . . .
 
Marygene Brown always figured she’d marry her childhood sweetheart, Alex Myers, not…

Spilled Milk (Barks & Beans Cafe Mystery #4)

Welcome to the Barks & Beans Cafe, a quaint place where folks pet shelter dogs while enjoying a cup of java...and where murder sometimes pays a visit.

The fall flea market has arrived in Macy's small mountain town, and she's…

The Baby Plan (Tess and Tilly Mystery #11)

In book 11 in the series, Tess fills in at the post office after the woman who took over her route broke her leg. While on route for the first time in a year she discovers that her father has left her brother Mike with a baby to hide and protect…

The Curse of the Cherry Pie (A Tish Tarragon Mystery #4)

A sharp and tangy culinary mystery featuring Tish Tarragon. Can Tish beat the curse of the cherry pie to win first prize at the Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off?
 


The Donut Mysteries Cookbook

Gathered in one place for the first time, the Donut Mysteries Cookbook offers many of the recipes featured in the pages of the New York Times Bestselling Donut Mystery Series by Jessica Beck. Here you will find enough treats to send you into…

The Poisoned Peer (Churchill and Pemberley #6)

The 99-year-old Earl of Middlemop has had his future cruelly snatched from him.

Who could have poisoned the richest man in Wessex? The answer lies within the walls of Gripedown Hall where family secrets and bitter rivalries prevail.…

The Sign of Death (Victorian Book Club #2)

Bath, England, 1891. Mr. James Harding was a lot of things--businessman, well-to-do, probable scoundrel--but a drinker he most assuredly was not. So when Harding is believed to have drunkenly fallen to his death into the icy River Avon, Lord…

The Troubled Tycoon (Northwest Cozy Mystery #16)

When you’re a tycoon
And you sit on top of the business mountain,
Seems like a lot of people want to see you fall.
And Cooper was at the top, but he’d made a lot of enemies
In order to get there.
Then there were the…

Whole Latte Murder (All-Day Breakfast Cafe #5)

Ex-New Yorker and local diner owner Gia Morelli is still getting used to the sweltering Florida sun. But this summer she’ll have to deal with a more dangerous kind of heat—when she’s hot on the trail of another murderer . . .
 
Summer…

Wining and Dying (Cookbook Nook Mystery #10)

Crystal Cove is buzzing with the launch of its fifth annual Art and Wine Festival, when local wineries are paired with local artists to show off their latest creations. Jenna’s thrilled to be showing one of her own amateur paintings at the fair,…