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January 2023 New Book Releases

A Novel Idea (The Village Library Mystery #8)

Sally Simmons was rather misunderstood in the small town of Whitby, North Carolina. An awkward woman with a sly countenance, she became a regular at the library, spending a good deal of time scribbling in a notebook and staring vacantly off…

Cheddar Late Than Dead (Grilled Cheese Mystery #3)

A bridal shower gone bad quickly becomes the swiss of death, and grilled cheese shop owner Carly Hale must sniff out the suspect

Winter in Balsam Dell is a snowy affair, and to add in some cheer after the holidays Carly…

Fatal Fascinator (Hat Shop Mystery Series #7)

It’s wedding season and Viv’s longtime frenemy Piper May is getting married. She convinces Viv and Scarlett to take on the job of designing the headpieces for her “wedding of the year.” The well-to-do bride and her entourage are delighted…

Fit or Fatality (Resort at Castaway Bay #7)

In book 7 in the series, Syd is asked to play bodyguard for a popular fitness guru who is certain she's being stalked. Syd isn't sure that babysitting should be part of her job description until Colin fills her in on the deeply buried and…

Four Leaf Cleaver (Country Store Mystery #11)

There’s no mistaking Saint Patrick’s Day at Pans ’N Pancakes. Robbie may only be Irish by marriage to Abe O’Neill, but the shelves of vintage cookware in her southern Indiana store are draped with glittery shamrocks and Kelly-green garlands…

Gone but Not for Garden (Goddess of Greene St. Mystery #4)

Athena Spencer works with her big Greek-American family (whom she also anonymously blogs about) at their garden center near Lake Michigan. She’s also gained a reputation for crime-solving—and that’s what brings flower-shop owner and fellow…

Irish Coffee Murder (3 Stories by Leslie Meier, Barbara Ross & Lee Hollis)

IRISH COFFEE MURDER by LESLIE MEIER
Part-time reporter Lucy Stone is writing a piece for the Courier about four Irish step dancing students from Tinker’s Cove on the cusp of making it big. But the…

Meat Thy Maker (Penn Dutch #24)

Sausages to kill for . . . The competition to go into business with Hernia's finest sausage makers is getting hotter than Magdalena Yoder's frying pan in this sizzling culinary cozy.

Schmucker Brothers' Sausages are…

Method Actor Murder (Merry Wrath Mystery #25)

Whether they like it or not, culture is coming to Who’s There, Iowa in the form of community theater! Merry Wrath, former CIA operative turned suburban Girl Scout Troop leader has high hopes when Ye Olde Opera House is renovated, and…

Murder at a Scottish Wedding (Scottish Shire Mystery #4)

As her friend’s matron of honor, Paislee Shaw vows to solve the mystery of a missing brooch and a dying wedding guest . . .

Paislee’s specialty sweater shop and yarn business Cashmere Crush, in the charming Scottish…

Murder at the Bookstore (Bookstore Mystery Series #1)

She can write the perfect murder mystery… But can she solve one in real life?

Meet Jen Dawson, mystery writer, coffee lover, and amateur detective?

Crime writer

Of Mushrooms and Matrimony (A Tish Tarragon Mystery #6)

Tish Tarragon is catering for a wedding, but the weekend goes from sweet to sour when a guest at the venue is poisoned.

Literary caterer and owner of Cookin' the Books cafe Tish Tarragon is pushing thoughts of her…

Pineapple Valentine Mystery (Pineapple Port Cozy Mystery #17)

When Matchmaker Lady Venus drops dead on the Pineapple Port community center's stage during a Valentine's event, Charlotte and the new detective agency she's started with her fiance Declan are called to the scene.

As danger…

Snuffed Out (Magic Candle Shop Mystery #1)

Twin sisters Tabby and Sage co-own a candle shop, but will it all go up in flames in Valona Jones’ series debut, perfect for fans of Amanda Flower and Bailey Cates.

30-year-old fraternal twins Tabby and Sage Winslow…

Sunsets, Smoke and Suspicion (Dune House Cozy Mystery #24)

Best friends, Suzie and Mary, love running Dune House, the majestic B&B on the beach, with their lovable yellow Labrador, Pilot, by their side. With no guests for a few days and their boyfriends having some time off, they are planning…

The Body in the Boathouse (Sunset Lodge Mystery #2)

When Barry Cuda arrives at Sunset Lodge to talk to Abigail about running a boat rental business for her, she’s eager to take a look at exactly what watercraft was left in the boathouse that’s been locked up for over ten years.


The Confession (Cedar Bay Mystery #27)

What Father Brown hadn’t counted on was that the penitent would tell him exactly how she was going to murder Nikki Rice and when and where.

In many states, if someone is threatened or their life is in jeopardy,…

The Final Farewell (Northwest Cozy Mystery #28)

Is Nicole, a young college girl, alive or dead? When the police are contacted, they feel she just needed to take a little break, and that’s why she’s gone missing. But a well-known television news anchor feels there’s more to it than that,…

The Game is a Footnote (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop #8)

Gemma Doyle and Jayne Wilson are back on the case when a body is discovered in a haunted museum in bestselling author Vicki Delany's eighth Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery.

Scarlet House, now a historical re-…

The Girl with the Dragonfruit Tattoo (Trouble in Paradise #3)

Sometimes you have to rock the boat to catch a killer!

On the tropical island of Paraiso, Plum Lockhart has a new zest for life. Her villa rental company is growing like a weed, she's solved a couple of pesky murders,…