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January 2022 New Book Releases

A Fatal Family Feast (Farm-to-Fork Mystery #6)

Angie Turner’s Idaho restaurant, the County Seat, is the perfect site for a picturesque country wedding, but the party planning skids to a halt when the groom-to-be is implicated in a murder investigation…
 
When Angie…

A Killer Sundae (Ice Cream Parlor Mystery #3)

Chagrin Falls, Ohio, is gorgeous in the fall, and Bronwyn Crewse, owner of Crewse Creamery, knows just how to welcome the new season. At the annual Harvest Time Festival, residents will get a chance to enjoy hot-air balloons and hayrides, crown a…

A Murderous Opening (Northwest Cozy Mystery #23)

After months of work and worry, the time has finally come. It's opening night at Deelish, DeeDee's new restaurant on Bainbridge Island, a ferry ride across Puget Sound from Seattle. It's a huge success, that is, until a dead body is found…

A Three Book Problem (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop #7)

It's a crisp, early October weekend, and business is slowing down as fall descends at the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium and adjacent Mrs. Hudson's Tea Room. Wealthy philanthropist and prominent Sherlockian David Masterson has rented…

Assault and Buttercream (Lexy Baker Cozy Bakery Series #16)

It’s the annual Brooke Ridge Falls dog show and Lexy is excited to cater the event. She’s not going to let the murder at the Doggy Diva pet salon put a damper on things for her. She’s also not going to get sidetracked by the robbery at…

Crimes and Covers (Magical Bookshop Mystery #5)

 Violet Waverly sleuths a Thoreau-ly puzzling Christmastime murder in Agatha Award-winning, USA Today bestselling author Amanda Flower's fifth Magical Bookshop mystery.
 
Christmas is coming…

Donut Hearts Homicide (Donut Shop Mystery Series #55)

There’s a Valentine’s Day scavenger hunt in April Springs, and Donut Hearts is one of the stops. Couples go from place to place and post photos of themselves together as they solve puzzles that lead them to the next venue. The grand prize is a…

Easter Bonnet Murder (Lucy Stone Mystery #28)

Part-time reporter Lucy Stone isn’t about to put all her eggs in one basket during a frantic Easter in Tinker’s Cove—especially when it comes to cracking a deadly mystery . . .
 
Known for its cheerful staff and elaborate annual…

Going, Going, Dead (Perfectly Proper Museum #6)

At an auction, competition can be deadly...

When Maddie attends an estate auction of artifacts from America’s spiritualist era, it’s just another day in the life of a paranormal museum owner…. Until she discovers the…

High and Dry (Beaver Island Mystery #3)

A Gothic country manor, a doomed wedding, and a cowlicked criminal...

After a local couple's path to the altar is sabotaged, retired spy Irma Abercrombie and sun-deprived nerd Violet Blackheart get roped into lending a…

Hot and Sour Suspects (Noodle Shop Mystery #8)

When Lana Lee’s best friend, Megan Riley, asks her to help host a speed dating contest at Ho-Lee Noodle House, she doesn’t see the harm in lending a hand. The night goes better than anticipated, and both Lana and Megan are beyond thrilled with…

Mayor for Murder (Merry Wrath Mystery #21)

Former CIA assassin turned Girl Scout Troop leader Merry Wrath, can't believe it's finally here—the Who’s There, Iowa mayoral showdown between the dull and clueless Mayor Van Meter, and uber-ambitious eleven-year old girl scout Ava. It’s a…

Murder at a Scottish Social (Scottish Shire Mystery #3)

Sweater shop owner Paislee Shaw puts the yarn in Nairn, but a killer has put poison in some Scottish shortbread cookies . . .

Opening her shop Cashmere Crush and making a new home for herself, her son Brody, Gramps, and their black…

Murder in New York (High Desert Mystery #19)

Alan Woolsham was at the top of his game. He was an acclaimed television star in England and had come to New York to film four special TV shows dealing with British antiques. The shows were to be taped at the Whitney Museum, and Alan hoped to…

Murder Through an Open Door (Pippin Lane Hawthorne #4)

o stop the curse that has plagued her family for centuries, Pippin Lane Hawthorne has enlisted the help of authors Tolkien, Homer, and Dickens. How? Through bibliomancy, a practice by which passages in books speak to her in cryptic code…

Mystery at Breezy Bay (Emma Everett Mystery #1)

When Emma Everett arrives in Breezy Bay on Vancouver Island, all she wants to do is forget about Hunter, the man who broke her heart, and start a new life helping her sister Amanda launch her bed and breakfast. Emma finds the best way to…

Northwest Cozy Mysteries Superseries #2 (Northwest Cozy Mystery #19)

After months of work and worry, the time has finally come. It's opening night at Deelish, DeeDee's new restaurant on Bainbridge Island, a ferry ride across Puget Sound from Seattle. It's a huge success, that is, until a dead body is found…

Now and Then (Resort at Castaway Bay #4)

Sydney Whitmore, a forensic psychologist, moves to Shipwreck Island and renews her relationship with Ezra Reinhold, a reclusive billionaire who enjoys poking around in cold cases and has the means to hire the best people to find the answers no…

REPAIR, REPAINT, and REVENGE (Ravenwood Cove #15)

What if there were a deadly killer loose in Ravenwood Cove and no on knew about it... yet?

When a popular TV show comes to town and chooses Mrs. Granger's neighbor's house to remodel, it sets her off BIG TIME. Maybe the old lady…

Rock Around the Corpse (a Garcia Girls Mystery #4)

What should have been a nice, relaxing weekend to celebrate the grand opening of a spa in the middle of the remote Oklahoma backwoods ends up with Deena Rodriguez awakening next to a dead man with her designing scissors protruding from his chest…

Scot Mist (Last Ditch Mystery #4)

Despite efforts to create a safe environment to see out the pandemic, the residents of the Last Ditch Motel face more dangers than they imagined possible in this hilarious yet claustrophobic mystery.

March 2020 and Operation Cocker is…

Selling Sabotage (Flamingo Realty Mystery #9)

Stella never expected a visit to the candy factory would turn on its head like this!

In the midst of the holidays, Stella is scrambling to keep up with her house showings. When the great Candy King is killed in the playhouse at one of…

Something's Guava Give (Trouble in Paradise #2)

Nothing ruins an ocean view like a body on the beach!

Plum Lockhart went out on a limb when she ditched her corporate job in New York City and moved to the Caribbean island of Paraiso. Now the head of her own villa broker agency, Plum…

Spirits and Sourdough (Magical Bakery Mystery Series #10)

Hedgewitch Katie Lightfoot works at the Honeybee Bakery in Savannah, and she's always up for investigating her adopted home's rich supernatural history. That's why she's taking a ghost tour for the very first time. But when the psychic tour guide…

Sweet Thanksgiving (Sweet Cove Mystery #21)

It is November in the seaside town of Sweet Cove, Massachusetts and Ellie and Jack 's wedding is fast approaching. But first, there's a mystery to solve.


A well-known author and celebrity chef is in town for book…

Tailing Trouble (Furry Friends Mystery #2)

 Wisconsin veterinarian Ally Winter must solve a well-heeled young woman's a-paw-ling murder in USA Today bestselling author Laura Scott's second Furry Friends mystery.
 
Thirty-something veterinarian…

The Hobby Farm Murders (Shirley Steele Mystery #1)

What could be more perfect for retired banker Shirley Steele than moving from Nebraska to
Minnesota and settling on a hobby farm near her son and daughter-in-law? No matter that the place needs a little updating. Bobby will put his…

The Librarian Always Rings Twice (First Edition Library #3)

When a mysterious stranger turns up making claims that threaten Lady Fowling’s legacy, Hayley Burke must dig deep into her late-benefactor’s history to uncover the truth and catch a conniving killer in this new mystery from USA Today

The Maid (Maid Mystery Series #1)

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • “A twist-and-turn whodunit, set in a five-star hotel, from the perspective of the maid who finds the body. Think Clue. Think page-turner.”—Glamour

MOST ANTICIPATED…

The Mystery of Albert E. Finch (Victorian Book Club Mystery #3)

Bath, England, 1892. Celebrated mystery author Lady Amy Lovell is set to tie the knot with Lord William Wethington, a fellow member of the Mystery Book Club of Bath. Amy's great-aunt, Lady Priscilla Granville, has offered to host their wedding at…

The Threlkeld Theory (Lake District Mystery #11)

On a glorious July morning in the pretty Lake District village of Threlkeld, Simmy Brown and Christopher Henderson celebrate their wedding day. While the event passes off without undue calamity, once most of the guests have departed a…

Up to No Gouda (Grilled Cheese Mystery #1)

The first in a delicious new culinary cozy series featuring a grilled cheese eatery owner who must solve murders in her small town before she is put under lock and brie

Back in Balsam Dell to heal after the death of her husband, Carly…

Vistas, Vices, & Valentines (Camper & Criminals Mystery #24)

Join Mae West and the Laundry Club Ladies as they cha cha and twirl their way around Happy Trails Campground as they put on some sleuthing dance shoes to bring closure to this southern and fun cozy Valentine's mystery.

When I begged…