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September 2020 New Book Releases

A Beach Wedding To Die For (Cozy Mysteries To Die For #2)

A bride with three grooms? What could go possibly wrong?
When jilted grooms from the bride’s first two weddings show up at her beach wedding to groom number three, there’s definitely trouble on the horizon. Someone won’t be leaving the…

A Case of Cat and Mouse (Magical Cats Series #12)

A reality TV crew has come to town and brought librarian Kathleen Paulson and her two magical cats more than their fair share of real-life drama, in the newest installment of this New York Times bestselling series.

Spring has…

A Deception at Thornecrest (Amory Ames Mystery #7)

Amory Ames is alone at her country house Thornecrest, enjoying her last few weeks of peace and quiet as she prepares for the imminent arrival of her baby. Her husband, Milo, is in London on business, and Amory is content to catch up on her…

Against My Better Judgment (Mauzzy and Me Mystery #1)

When freshman year at the University of Alabama draws to a close, Sara Donovan finds herself grappling with the same old question—listen to her head or follow her heart. What she ends up doing is purchasing an Egyptian souvenir funerary mask, and…

All the Devils Are Here (Armand Gamache Series #16)

On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather as a family for a bistro dinner with Armand’s godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. Walking home together after the meal, they watch in horror as Stephen is knocked down and critically…

Broomsticks and Board Games (Spooky Games Club #1)

Dahlia Poplar is a genuine witch, an unofficial gofer, and Luna Lane's only cursed resident. With a werewolf best friend, a vampire ex-boyfriend, and a ghost for a hanger-on, Dahlia is far from the most unusual dweller of her sleepy small town,…

Burning Secrets (Whispering Pines Mystery #11)

Things are heating up in Whispering Pines, and it’s not just the weather.
 
Sheriff Jayne O’Shea is on edge. Hopeful applicants have taken over the commons area, all of them begging to become residents. Villagers who left long ago…

Candy Slain Murder (Country Store Mystery #8)

Christmas cheer has sent the griddle into overdrive at Robbie Jordan’s popular country store and café. And this year, there’s a new seasonal special to feast on: murder!
 
As December sweeps through South Lick, Indiana, Robbie’s life…

Checked Out for Murder (Haunted Library Mystery #4)

Carrie Singleton and Evelyn the ghost sleuth the slayings of a starlet and a star-crossed psychic in Agatha Award nominee Allison Brook's fourth Haunted Library mystery.

Daphne Marriott strolls into Clover Ridge and informs librarian…

Christmas Cupcake Murder (Hannah Swensen Series #26)

As December turns Lake Eden into the North Pole, the heat is on in Hannah Swensen’s kitchen to honor two Christmas promises: baking irresistible holiday cupcakes and preventing a person who attempted murder from succeeding the second time around…

Death Comes to Durham (Dorothy Martin Mystery Series #23)

How can Dorothy Martin clear an elderly woman of murder, when she can't remember if she did it or not?

American Anglophile Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired chief constable Alan Nesbit, are enjoying a pleasant, albeit rain-…

Death on the Green (Dublin Driver Mystery #2)

Life has been non-stop excitement for American Army veteran Megan Malone ever since she moved to Ireland and became a driver for Dublin’s Leprechaun Limousine Service. She’s solved a murder and adopted two lovable Jack Russell puppies. Currently…

Death, Dismay and Rosé (Wine Trail Mystery #6)

When a local historian is found dead, Norrie Ellington has to dig through the clues to prove the cause was not a centuries-old curse but coldblooded murder . . .

It’s rare that the summer solstice and a full moon fall on the same…

Dying in a Winter Wonderland (Year Round Christmas Mystery #5)

In the town of Rudolph, New York, the Christmas season should make spirits bright, but as the year comes to an end, so does a life, in the fifth installment of this charming cozy mystery series.

Christmas has arrived in Rudolph, New…

Faire, Feast, and Fatality (Ravenwood Cove Mystery #13)

When a traveling renaissance faire takes over one of Ravenwood Cove’s farms at harvest time, it brings along more than just colorful jugglers and medieval jousting. As families flock to enjoy the fair food and fun performances, even the corn maze…

First Class Killer (Mail Carrier Mystery #5)

Mail Carrier Bernadette Butler just can’t stop delivering clues when the clerk of the new book store turns up dead in Sugar Creek Gap, Kentucky, after the town is already shocked over a tell all “fiction” romance novel that hit the shelves filled…

For Letter or Worse (Stationery Shop Mystery #2)

The scissors are sharpened and the cardstock stacked for Delta Douglas' latest workshop: a 3D cardmaking event at socialite, Lena Laroy's, birthday extravaganza. As co-owner of Wanted, the local stationery shop, Delta is ready to wow her guests…

For Whom the Book Tolls (Antique Bookshop Mystery #1)

In this cozy series debut from Laura Gail Black, Jenna Quinn finds her uncle murdered in his antique bookstore, and Jenna--his primary beneficiary--becomes the prime suspect.

Trouble follows Jenna Quinn wherever she goes. Fleeing some…

Fruit Baskets and Holiday Caskets (Down South Cafe Mystery #5)

Christmas comes with chaos—and a murder—in the fifth book in the Down South Café cozy mystery series!

Amy Flowers thinks her biggest problem is going to be creating an enormous cake dummy to mount atop her car for Winter Garden’s…

Gingerdead Man (Five-Ingredient Mystery Series #7)

When Santa is sleighed by a poison gingerbread cookie at a holiday party, Val Deniston's reputation is on the line . . .
 
This holiday season Bayport, Maryland, is a dead ringer for Victorian London. Val and…

Gobble, Gobble Murder (2 Thanksgiving Stories)

For Lucy Stone, Thanksgiving in Tinker’s Cove, Maine, is more than just gathering friends and family in gratitude. It’s also about catching a killer or two . . .

This contains two books.

Turkey Day Murder
Tinker’s Cove…

Gored of the Rings (Matchmaker Marriage #1)

It’s been three years since Gladie married Spencer and settled down as a full-time matchmaker. The three years have been quiet, filled with marital bliss and absolutely no murder. Without a mystery to solve, Gladie has grown bored, even as she…

Haunted Homicide (Haunted Mansion Mystery #1)

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.

Avery Morgan has had a harrowing first week on the job as manager of the Portage…

Hollyberry Homicide (Berry Basket Mystery #5)

A cold wind is blowing off Lake Michigan, and murder is scaring the dickens out of everyone . . .
 
Considering her name, Marlee Jacob is an obvious choice for the role of Jacob Marley in Oriole Point’s production of…

Little Bookshop of Murder (Beach Reads Mystery #1)

Summer Merriweather's career as a Shakespeare professor hangs by a bookbinder's thread. Academic life at her Virginia university is a viper's pit, so Summer spends her summer in England, researching a scholarly paper that, with any luck, will…

Mad Money Murder (Merry Wrath Mystery #16)

When Merry Wrath inherits an urn of cremains, she isn’t sure which is more surprising—that she was now the owner of a body or the fact that her family’s mythical Aunt June actually existed. Besides the urn and the deceased’s collection of lethal…

Masquerade Murder (Victoria Town Mystery Novella)

The Halloween Masquerade Ball in Victoria Town, Va. has become legendary. People attend it from all across the country. Viv Barton throws herself into the fray by volunteering to lead games in the “Mirror Room” of the old Victorian Mansion,…

Mistletoe, Moussaka, and Murder (Kebab Kitchen Mystery #5)

Not even her impending nuptials can keep Lucy Berberian, manager of her family-owned Kebab Kitchen, from the Jersey Shore’s annual Polar Bear Plunge. But her dive into the icy ocean is especially chilling when she finds a fellow swimmer doing the…

Mrs. Morris and the Ghost of Christmas Past (Salem B&B Mystery #3)

Salem, Massachusetts B&B owner Charlene Morris is looking into a holiday hit-and-run, with a little help from her ghostly housemate . . .
 
Charlene’s parents are in town for Christmas, and her mother is driving…

Murder at Hotel 1911 (Ivy Nichols Mystery #1)

A hotel clerk prone to panic attacks turns amateur detective in this elegant and atmospheric murder mystery.

If you want to spend a night amid the luxury and charm of the early 20th century, book a room at Hotel 1911. You'll find 28-…

Murder at the PTA (Maya and Sandra Mystery #1)

Someone is trying to turn Portland High into a school for scandal with a gossipy website called Dirty Laundry. The latest target of ruinous rumors is newly elected PTA president Sandra Wallage. After a heated meeting with outraged parents, Sandra…

Murder in Devil's Cove (Pippin Lane Hawthorne #1)

Every book tells two stories—one written on the pages with pen and ink, and one woven into the paper, a story of the soul. The Lane women have the gift of bibliomancy. They can read both.

But Cassie Lane doesn’t see this as a gift.…

Murder in the Bayou Boneyard (Cajun Country Mystery #6)

Maggie Crozat, proprietor of a historic Cajun Country B&B, prefers to let the good times roll. But hard times rock her hostelry when a new cell phone app makes it easy for locals to rent their spare rooms to tourists. With October--and…

Murder on the Downs (Whitstable Pearl Mystery #6)

A controversial new property development is planned in Whitstable which will encroach upon the green open space of the downs, to the dismay of Whitstable residents who view this as the thin end of the wedge with regard to local wildlife…

Murdered Mogul (High Desert Mystery #12)

Joe was born in poverty,
But he married well.
And he was smart.
Smart enough to become the darling of Wall Street.
But something was missing,
And the Desert Ashram, a spiritual refuge, provided it for him.
Too…

One for the Books (Library Lover's Mystery Series #11)

Wedding bells are ringing in the latest page-turning Library Lover's Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Word to the Wise.

Love is in the air in Briar Creek as library director Lindsey Norris and boat captain Mike (…

Oolong, Farewell (Tea and Tarot #3)

When all the neighbors want you dead…

Abigail Beanblossom is finally getting into the groove of her new Tea and Tarot room. But in Abigail’s mind, when things are going right, that’s exactly when they’re about to go wrong.

She…

Stranded at Poppyridge Cove (Seaside Inn Mystery #3)

What happens when your stress-free vacay ends up being more than you bargained for?

When paranoid surgeon Jessie LeVan wants to rent the entire Inn at triple the cost, Abby and Chase are thrilled to have the extra…

The Body from the Past (Jazzi Zanders #5)

A closed room in her newest fixer-upper leads Indiana house-flipper Jazzi Zanders to reopen a chilling cold case involving a high school girl . . .
 
Jazzi, her cousin Jerod, and her husband Ansel are preparing to renovate a charming…

The Corpse Who Knew Too Much (Food Blogger Mystery #4)

Building on her recipe for success with her food blog, Hope at Home, Hope is teaching her first blogging class at the local library in Jefferson, Connecticut. She’s also learning about podcasts, including a true-crime one called Search for the…