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July 2024 New Book Releases

A Controversial Cover (Booktown Series #18)

When a famous children's author is murdered at the library, Tricia Miles has to find the killer before it's too late in the latest entry to Lorna Barrett's New York Times bestselling Booktown series.

A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death (Baker Street Mystery #3)

On the shores of Lake Michigan, influencer Maddy Montgomery has turned the bakery she inherited from her great aunt Octavia into a destination. There’s just one thing she won’t post: the body in the freezer . . .


A Very Woodsy Murder (A Golden Motel Mystery #1)

Down-on-her-luck sitcom writer Dee Stern is flipping the script. Twice divorced and wasting her talents on an obnoxious kids’ show, the lifelong Angeleno embraces the urge to jump in her car and keep driving. It's a road trip with no…

Close Encounters of the Deadly Kind (The Cop and Inspector Mystery #4)

Gourmet cuisine, UFO-chasers, and government conspiracies collide in this cosmic culinary caper…

Angie Amalfi is sure she’s finally come up with the perfect career—owner and head chef of Fantasy Dinners, bringing…

Crimes and Confections (Cookies & Chance Mystery #14)

With her beloved grandmother on vacation in Italy, baker Sally Muccio has her hands full. Between running a business, running after her toddler daughter, and running to keep her crazy parents out of trouble, Sal can’t seem to catch a break…

Dead, White, and Blue (Northwoods Mysteries #2)

It's the 4th of July in the Wisconsin Northwoods, and no one is more excited than Emmy Cooper. She's happy to be back in her hometown, settling once again into small-town living and helping her family run Cooper’s Cove, their lake cottage…

Fruit Smoothies and Felonies (Dune House Cozy Mystery #30)

Surprising Guests, Fruit Smoothies, and a Murder…

Summer is in full swing and Suzie and Mary are enjoying every minute of it. Their days are filled with running their B&B, time on the beach with their lovable lab…

Grave As All Get-Out (Kenni Lowry Mystery #10)

Kenni Lowry thought being sheriff in Cottonwood, Kentucky, was a breeze—until a psychic, claiming to commune with the dead, winds up stone-cold dead herself. Things go from bad to worse when a grave is found dug up, revealing secrets that…

Message in the Manuscript (Inn at Holiday Bay #28)

In book 28 in the series, Abby finally has a moment to sit down with the manuscripts her friend Gayla left to her in her will and realizes that the murder Gayla wrote about in her stories might actually be a fictional accounting of the real…

Mistaken Identity Murder (Merry Wrath Mystery #31)

Merry Wrath, ex-CIA agent turned Girl Scout leader, is having a hard time dealing with the fact that the girls in her troop are now at that extremely dangerous age—the middle school years. Bearing this in mind, Merry should have anticipated what…

Murder on Devil's Pond (Hummingbird Hollow B&B #1)

A quaint Vermont inn offers idyllic peace–until a body is found  on the property–in this charming series debut, perfect for fans of Ellen Byron and Ellery Adams.

When thirty-three-year-old Hannah Solace returns to…

Peking Duck and Cover (Noodle Shop Mystery #10)

Lana Lee and friends return for a fiery Chinese New Year celebration that rattles their quaint community. After all, an Asia Village party wouldn’t be complete without an explosive finale.

Chinese New Year is…

Pineapple Halloween (Pineapple Port Cozy Mystery #22)

Charlotte and Declan agree to help Lulu and Penny complete the purchase of an abandoned 55+ community. Decades ago, six residents of Tarot Bay went missing, never to be found. Penny hopes to erase the memory of what happened and sell the lots,…

Pinned 4 Murder (Sophie Kimball Mystery #13)

When a dead body shows up in the pin return at Sun City West’s bowling alley, it’s only the beginning of a tumultuous league season for this retirement community . . .

With a killer in their midst and a high-tech…

Poisoned by the Book (North Dakota Library #2)

Books can be deadly when in the wrong hands.

Thea Olson is looking forward to volunteering at the annual book fair and raising money for her local library. When the town’s resident buffalo turns up demanding attention…

The Firework Frenzy (Tess and Tilly Mystery #17)

In book 17 of the series, Tess and the entire gang who work and volunteer at the local wild and domestic animal rescue and rehabilitation facility, are up in arms when they find out that the annual fireworks show has been moved to a small…

To Err is Cumin (Spice Shop Mystery #8)

One person’s treasure is another’s trash. . .

Pepper Reece, owner of the Spice Shop in Seattle’s Pike Place Market, wants nothing more than to live a quiet life for a change, running her shop and working with…

Trouble Is Brewing (Tea by the Sea #5)

Lily Roberts’s Cape Cod tearoom is hosting a bridal shower—until a gruesome gift sends the guest of honor running in fear . . .

Members of the Reynolds and Hill families are staying at Lily’s grandmother’s bed and…