The following Mystery Books will be released in August 2015:
Ellery Adams (aka Jennifer Stanley, J.B. Stanley): Murder in the Paperback Parlor (This will be the 2nd in the Book Retreat Mystery Series.) (This is a Valentine’s Day theme mystery.)
Donna Andrews: Lord of the Wings (This will be the 19th in the Meg Langslow Mystery Series.)
Donald Bain: Margaret Truman’s Internship in Murder (This will be the 3rd in the Capital Crimes Mystery Series.)
M.C. Beaton (aka Marion Chesney): Agatha’s First Case (This is a story in the Agatha Raisin Mystery Series.)
Rhys Bowen: Malice at the Palace (This will be the 9th in the Royal Spyness Mystery Series.)
Simon Brett: Mrs Pargeter’s Principle (This will be the 7th in the Mrs. Pargeter Mystery Series.)
Ellen Byron: Plantation Shudders (This will be the 1st in the NEW Cajun Country Mystery Series.)
Lynn Cahoon: Killer Run (This will be the 5th in the Tourist Trap Mystery Series.)
C. S. Challinor: Murder Comes Calling (This will be the 8th in the Rex Graves Mystery Series.)
P.F. Chisholm: A Chorus of Innocents (This will be the 7th in the Sir Robert Carey Mystery Series.)
Peg Cochran (aka Meg London): Berried Secrets (This will be the 1st in the NEW Cranberry Cove Mystery Series.)
Bill Crider: Between the Living and the Dead (This will be the 22nd in the Dan Rhodes Mystery Series.)
Kathi Daley: Hopscotch Homicide (This will be the 16th in the Zoe Donovan Mystery Series.)
Kathi Daley: Halloween in Paradise (This will be the 6th in the Tj Jensen Paradise Lake Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery.)
Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates): Haitian Graves (This will be the 2nd in the Ray Robertson Mystery Series.)
Leighann Dobbs: Paws and Effect (This will be the 4th in the Mystic Notch Cozy Mystery Series.)
Mary Anna Evans: Isolation (This will be the 9th in the Faye Longchamp Mystery Series.)
Linda Fairstein: Devil’s Bridge (This will be the 17th in the Alexandra Cooper Mystery Series.)
Shelley Freydont: A Gilded Grave (This will be the 1st in the NEW Newport Gilded Age Mystery Series.)
Rosie Genova: A Dish Best Served Cold (This will be the 3rd in the Italian Kitchen Mystery Series.)
Daryl Wood Gerber (aka Avery Aames) Fudging the Books (This will be the 4th in the Cookbook Nook Mystery Series.)
Sue Grafton: X (This will be the 24th in the Kinsey Millhone Mystery Series.)
Carolyn Hart: From the Queen (This will be a Death on Demand Mystery Series story.)
Tonya Kappes: A Ghostly Demise (This will be the 3rd in the Ghostly Southern Mystery Series.)
Jonathan Kellerman: The Murderer’s Daughter (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)
Diane Kelly: Laying Down the Paw (This will be the 3rd in the Paw Enforcement Mystery Series.)
Mary Kennedy: Dream a Little Scream (This will be the 2nd in the Dream Club Mystery Series.)
Laurie R. King: Mary Russell’s War (This will be a Prequel to the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Mystery Series.)
Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J.J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Give ‘Em Pumpkin to Talk About (This will be the 1st in the NEW Pumpkin Patch Mystery Series.)
Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Revenge of the Chili Queens (This will be the 3rd in the Chili Cook-Off Mystery Series.)
Mary Marks: Gone But Knot Forgotten (This will be the 3rd in the Martha Rose Quilting Mystery Series.)
Margaret Maron: Long Upon the Land (This will be the 21st in the Deborah Knott Mystery Series.)
Carol Ann Martin: Loom and Doom (This will be the 4th in the Weaving Mystery Series.)
Mary McHugh: Cancans, Croissants, and Caskets (This will be the 3rd in the Happy Hoofers Mystery Series.)
Leslie Meier: Candy Corn Murder (This will be the 22nd in the Lucy Stone Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween theme mystery.)
Carla Neggers: Keeper’s Reach (This will be the 5th in the Sharpe & Donovan Mystery Series.)
Gail Oust: Murder is Dicey (This will be the 4th in the Kate McCall Bunco Babes Mystery Series.)
James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge: Alert (This will be the 8th in the Michael Bennett Mystery Series.)
Louise Penny: The Nature of the Beast (This will be the 11th in the Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series.)
Peter Robinson: Summer Rain (This will be an Inspector Banks Mystery Series novella.)
Maria E. Schneider: Executive Dirt (This will be the 4th in the Sedona O’Hala Mystery Series.)
Paige Shelton: If Onions Could Spring Leeks (This will be the 5th in the Country Cooking School Mystery Series.)
Connie Shelton: Sweets Forgotten (This will be the 10th in the Samantha Sweet Mystery Series.)
Clea Simon: Code Grey (This will be the 9th in the Dulcie Schwartz Mystery Series.)
Alexander McCall Smith: The Revolving Door of Life (This will be the 10th in the 44 Scotland Street Series – it is not a mystery.)
Leann Sweeney: The Cat, the Sneak and the Secret (This will be the 7th in the Cats in Trouble Mystery Series.)
Robert K. Tanenbaum: Trap (This will be the in the 27th in the Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi Mystery Series.)
Charles Todd: A Pattern of Lies (This will be the 7th in the Bess Crawford Mystery Series.)
Diane Vallere: Crushed Velvet (This will be the 2nd in the Material Witness Mystery Series.)
Lea Wait: Threads of Evidence (This will be the 2nd in the Mainely Needlepoint Mystery Series.)
Ayelet Waldman: And Murder Makes Three (This is an omnibus of the first 3 Mommy Track Mystery Series: Nursery Crimes, The Big Nap, and Playdate with Death.)
Lauren Willig: The Lure of the Moonflower (This will be the 12th in the Pink Carnation Mystery Series.)
Since these releases are a month early, here are this month’s releases: July 2015 Mystery Book New Releases.
If you would like to see lots and lots of Cozy Mystery books that are scheduled to be released, please click on this link to go to the Soon to be Released Mysteries page on the site.
(These are the mysteries by authors who are currently on the Cozy Mystery site.)
shannon says
Quit finding new books!! LOL So many books, so little time!!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Shannon, I know! It (almost) seems like some of my favorite authors are writing faster these days.
Stash Empress says
WOWSERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s all I can say! SOOOO many of my favorite series having new releases – I can’t even decide which I would want to read first!!!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Stash, happy reading!
Denise says
Oh my! Looks like my TBR Pile is going to get even bigger than it already is . At this point if I read a book a day it would take me 6 months to read what I already have. At this rate I will always s have a TBR pile. Love it !
Thanks, Danna.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Denise, your TBR pile sounds like it is even bigger than mine!
Sheila in CT says
What a wonderful book month August is going to be. I also am adding to my TBR list. Thank heavens for the Kindle (or Nook). You can add as many books you want on it; drag it around and not get a backache.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Sheila in CT, I think August looks like a good Cozy Mystery month, too. I know I have said this before, but I think authors are writing faster these days!
Margaret M. says
I’m excited about GIVE ‘EM PUMPKIN TO TALK ABOUT and the second from Lea Wait, THREADS OF EVIDENCE. I had already stumbled on gIVE’EM PUMPKIN… and thought it sounded like fun. And, I love finding a series at the beginning.
And, since I enjoyed the first of the MAINELY NEEDLEPOINT MYSTERIES, I am looking forward to the next.
And I already have the newest by Leslie Meier pre-ordered. She is one of my old standby’s; she writes such a great “good ole” traditional mystery.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Margaret M, I think of Leslie Meier (& Joanne Fluke) the very same way you think of Leslie Meier. You just know you can depend on them…
Linda C says
Danna, what a great line-up for August. Plus I love the way you are putting the front cover of the books here on your website. Thank you for that!!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Linda C, when I changed the site from the old program it made it a whole lot easier to be able to do this. I’m glad you like it.
Cate says
Love this list! Appreciate all the effort you put into this; thank you!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Cate, I’m glad you like this list. AND, you’re welcome!