July 2026 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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The Chowder House Murder
by Lee Hollis
Meet three generations of strong, no-nonsense women who head the Holbrook family seafood dynasty in Downeast Maine…and a murder the Holbrooks must solve, even as it entangles them in a Hatfields and McCoys-level chowder rivalry.
Downeast Maine Mystery series.
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Dirty 20
by Bill Schweigart
The Sopranos meets Dungeons & Dragons when Tommy Fugue, son of crime boss Big Al, aka King of the Denver Streets, accidentally becomes a crowdfunding superstar and disrupts business on the streets with his RPG.
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The Diva Hosts a Murderer
by Krista Davis
Old Town Virginia's entertaining guru and occasional sleuth Sophie Winston--a young Martha Stewart in the making--juggles Fourth of July fireworks, a houseful of guests, and homicide. She's got this!
Domestic Diva Mystery series.
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Echoes of Infamy
by Shaina Steinberg
In late-1940s Los Angeles, former spies Evelyn Bishop and Nick Gallagher dig into shady real estate dealings, murder, and the appalling aftereffects of WWII-era Japanese American internment.
Bishop & Gallagher Mystery series.
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Hot Wings and Homicide
by Carmela Dutra
Business at Kluckin’ Good is smoking hot. To keep momentum going, Beth and her twin brother, Seth, just scored a prime spot at the Flavors of the Bay Food Festival, the Bay Area’s biggest culinary event. But this recipe for success is also the perfect setup for murder. Food Truck Mystery series.
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Invitation to Murder
by Carol Floriani
Nothing spoils a party like an uninvited corpse... which is just Lacey Langdon's luck when she inherits a printing and party-planning business. Killer Event Mystery series.
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It Happened One Murder
by Liz Lawson
Murder has a way of bringing people together…
Only Murders in the Building gets a rom-com twist in this laugh-out-loud mystery-romance following one woman who will have to pair up with an unlikely ally to solve a murder in their quaint New Jersey beach town.
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It's Hard to Be an Animal
by Robert Isaacs
A man who never speaks up for himself is besieged by animals who do. When Henry overhears three rats discussing a corpse in the subway, Molly is keen to investigate. Since Henry’s desperate for a second date, he follows her into an abandoned tunnel and they find a body… and the murderers find them. Cue the most terrifying week of this cautious man’s life.
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The Last Book Club
by Joanne Rock
Making friends in a new town can be murder, so when Jordyn is invited to attend a book club meeting in her new Saratoga Springs neighborhood, it’s safe to say she’s excited. But she has no intention of making friends—she has plans for revenge.
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The Library After Dark
by Ande Pliego
A bookseller must escape the infamous Daedalus Library—the grandiose establishment famed for its immersive reading rooms and hauntings—that holds her darkest secrets, but with a murderer in her tour group, escaping alive is not as simple as it seems.
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Lost in Yellowstone
by Nicole Maggi
When a human foot is ejected from a geyser in Yellowstone National Park, Special Agent Emme Helliwell is assigned the chilling case. Tasked with identifying the victim and uncovering what led to such a grisly end, Emme is drawn into the park’s vast, unforgiving wilderness. National Park Mystery series.
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Moonlight Murder
by Uzma Jalaluddin
Kausar Khan returns to dispense more vigil-aunty justice —and this time, the crime Kausar is investigating is dredging up memories she buried long ago...
Detective Aunty Investigates series.
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Murder at the Hotel Orient
by Alessandra Ranelli
In modern Vienna, American ex-pat Sterling Lockwood is the loyal concierge at the infamously secretive Hotel Orient, where cameras are banned, aliases are required, and every guest has something to hide. After the double murder of two guests, Sterling must turn detective. But finding the truth will require breaking the Orient’s sacred code of secrecy while keeping a few secrets of her own.
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Murder Most Delicious
by Danielle Postel-Vinay
In Paris, murder is a dish best served with chocolate éclairs.
Starting over in Paris was supposed to be the opportunity of a lifetime for American sommelier Olivia Beech—until her dream job ends in murder.
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Ode to the Bones
by Carolyn Haines
Private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney returns to her Mississippi Delta roots, hoping it will ease her restless spirit. Instead, she’s confronted by a woman in white on the Tallahatchie Bridge, who disappears. Time for further investigation. Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery series.
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Rachel West and the Fallen Starlet
by Emma Mills
Celebrity gossip can cut to the quick, but when it turns deadly it’s up to aspiring reporter Rachel West and her quirky neighbors to close the case.
Rachel West Hollywood Mysteries series.
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The Teacher
by Tim Sullivan
When an elderly schoolteacher is found dead at home, Detective Sergeant George Cross knows the math isn’t adding up. The angle of the man’s neck suggests he fell down the stairs. But the stab wound on his body changes the equation. He's a victim. But is he innocent?
DS George Cross Mystery series.
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A Very Vexing Murder
by Lucy Andrew
Harriet Smith investigates...a murder most Austen. A witty debut whodunit that reimagines Harriet Smith, the gullible sidekick of Jane Austen's Emma, as a spitfire con woman, hired to break off an engagement and uncover a murderer in the genteel village of Highbury.
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You Can Tell Me
by Melinda Leigh
On the three-year anniversary of writer Olivia Cruz’s horrific kidnapping, she’s scheduled to walk her podcaster friend Zoe through the crime scene, but Zoe fails to show. Olivia knows Zoe would never stand her up. To find her, Olivia must dig into her friend’s past. Did Zoe vanish to escape a killer, and is Olivia walking into a deadly trap? Olivia Cruz series.
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