August 2025 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds
by Allison Brennan
In this sun-dappled mystery, a risk-averse bibliophile gets in over her head when strange notes in a book draw her into a real-life investigation.
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A Botanist's Guide to Rituals and Revenge
by Kate Khavari
Brilliant botanist Saffron Everleigh faces her hardest challenge yet when she returns to her childhood home, Ellington Manor to care for her grandfather, and unmask the enigmatic Bill Wyatt.
Saffron Everleigh Mystery series.
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A Case of Mice and Murder
by Sally Smith
Unwilling sleuth, barrister Gabriel Ward, learns murder doesn't answer to logic or reasoned argument, soon discovers the Inner Temple is hiding more surprising secrets than he'd ever imagined.
Trials of Gabriel Ward series.
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A Catered Bake-Off
by Isis Crawford
Sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons's baking competition sours with suspicious ingredients, malfunctioning appliances, a goat invasion, and ominous notes delivered to the cast and crew—and when a judge meets a grisly end, the sleuthing siblings race to catch a mixed-up killer.
Mystery With Recipes series.
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A Daughter's Guide to Mothers and Murder
by Dianne Freeman
Frances is asked to investigate a wealthy American with a murdered wife—and when stage icon Sarah Bernhardt receives jewelry stolen from the victim, Frances and husband George must infiltrate elite Parisian society to find the murderer. Countess of Harleigh Mystery series.
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Death at the White Hart
by Chris Chibnall
Nothing keeps a village together like secrets. The villagers of Fleetcombe like to think of it as one of the most picturesque spots on England’s coast. But now, it’s a disturbingly macabre crime scene. And Detective Nicola Bridge is asking: Is she ready for what she’s about to find?
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The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club
by Gloria Chao
The body in the closet was going to be a problem. Kathryn Hu knew it. Yes, Tucker Jones was a cheating scumbag, and yes, she'd agreed to meet Olivia and Elle--Tucker's other girlfriends--to exact revenge for all he'd put them through... But then they found him. Dead...
Hu Done It Mystery series.
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The House on Buzzards Bay
by Dwyer Murphy
A group of old college friends reunite at a seaside vacation home, but when one of them vanishes and an enigmatic stranger arrives, long-buried secrets resurface, eerie disturbances unsettle the house, and they begin to question both their relationships and what they're experiencing.
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Knave of Diamonds
by Laurie R. King
Mary Russell's long-lost Uncle Jake reappears and is somehow connected to the infamous theft of the Irish Crown Jewels, pulling her into a mystery and pitting her against Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, and her own loyalties. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series.
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Last Dance Before Dawn
by Katharine Schellman
When a stranger from Chicago appears at their speakeasy, Vivian and owner Honor Huxley send him packing; but slowly they realize someone's hunting them and won't stop until the old mystery of a missing girl and a truck full of cash has been unraveled.
Nightingale Mysteries series.
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Make a Killing
by Kimberly G. Giarratano
Private investigator Billie Levine is ecstatic. She's finally getting the cheating spouse cases she's always wanted. Nothing to do but sit back, snap incriminating photos, and get paid. But when the bodies start dropping, Billie will have to join forces with rival Jeremy Yang if they are to come out unscathed. Billie Levine Mystery series.
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A Most Puzzling Murder
by Bianca Marais
How do you solve a murder that hasn't happened yet?
Destiny Whip is a former child prodigy, world-renowned enigmatologist, and very, very alone. When she decodes an unexpected invitation's hidden message, its promise to reveal her family secrets proves too powerful a draw, who soon finds herself on Eerie Island.
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A Novel Murder
by E. C. Nevin
Welcome to the Killer Lines Crime Fiction Festival, the place for star writers of the genre to meet their adoring fans. But be careful—this year the murders aren’t just on the page...
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One Final Turn
by Ashley Weaver
Ellie McDonnell is about to embark on her most perilous mission yet: go to Lisbon to save her beloved cousin Toby. Nothing will stop Ellie from finding her cousin, not even the awkward experience of having to travel with Major Ramsey now she’s realized she's fallen in love with him. Electra McDonnell series.
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The Rushworth Family Plot
by Claudia Gray
As Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney navigate a London Season complicated by family disapproval and social scheming, they become entangled in a scandalous murder investigation involving a disgraced woman, a contested inheritance, and a killer who threatens family reputations. Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series.
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Shaw Connolly Lives to Tell
by Gillian French
Fingerprint analyst Shaw Connolly will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her sister's disappearance. But then a strange stalker begins to call. Shaw is too desperate for answers to hang up now, just when she's getting close to finding proof. The only question left is what she must lose to learn the truth.
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A Terribly Nasty Business
by Julia Seales
After achieving her lifelong dream of solving a murder, bringing a killer to justice, and proving she is not, in fact, a morbid creep, Beatrice Steele feels like everything is finally falling into place. That is until a string of murders thrusts Beatrice and Drake into the center of a scandal, spreading fear and chaos throughout London.
Beatrice Steele series.
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Them Bones
by David Housewright
A stolen dinosaur skull is at the center of a complex mystery laid at the feet of unofficial P.I. Rushmore McKenzie. Twin Cities P.I. Mac McKenzie series.
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Welcome to Murder Week
by Karen Dukess
Baffled but helplessly intrigued by her mother’s secret purchase of tickets to a murder mystery simulation in Britain, Cath decides to go on the trip herself—and begins a journey she never could have anticipated.
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