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August 2016 Mystery Book New Releases

Ellery Adams: Murder in the Secret Garden (This will be the 3rd in the Book Retreat Mystery Series.)

Donna Andrews: Die Like an Eagle (This will be the 20th in the Meg Langslow Mystery Series.)

Mignon F. Ballard: Miss Dimple and the Slightly Bewildered Angel (This will be the 5th in the Miss Dimple Mystery Series.)

Lorraine Bartlett (aka L. L. Bartlett & Lorna Barrett): A Final Gift (This will be the 2nd in the Blythe Cove Manor Series. This is not a mystery.)

Christy Barritt: Disillusioned (This will be a Stand Alone novel.)

Rhys Bowen: Crowned and Dangerous (This will be the 10th in the Royal Spyness Mystery Series.)

Mollie Cox Bryan: Death Among the Doilies (This will be the 1st in the NEW Cora Crafts Mystery Series.)

James Lee Burke: The Jealous Kind (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Lynn Cahoon: A Story to Kill (This will be the 1st in the NEW Cat Latimer Mystery Series.)

Caleb Carr: Surrender, New York (This will be a Stand Alone Psychological Thriller.)

Laurie Cass (aka Laura Alden): Cat With a Clue (This will be the 5th in the Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series.)

Isis Crawford: A Catered Tea Party (This will be the 12th in the Mystery with Recipes Mystery Series.)

Bill Crider: Survivors Will Be Shot Again (This will be the 23rd in the Dan Rhodes Mystery Series.)

Laura DiSilverio (aka Lila Dare & Ella Barrick): The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala (This will be the 3rd in the Book Club Mystery Series.)

Alice Duncan: Bruised Spirits (This will be the 10th in the Daisy Gumm Majesty Mystery Series.)

Sharon Dunn: Fatal Vendetta (This will be a Stand Alone Mystery novel.)

Janet Evanovich & Phoef Sutton: Curious Minds (This will be the 1st in the NEW Knight and Moon Thriller Series.)

Monica Ferris: Knit Your Own Murder (This will be the 19th in the Needlecraft Mysteries Mystery Series.)

Daryl Wood Gerber (aka Avery Aames): Grilling the Subject (This will be the 5th in the Cookbook Nook Mystery Series.)

Carolyn Haines: The Book of Beloved (This will be the 1st in the NEW Pluto’s Snitch Mystery Series.)

Victoria Hamilton  (aka Amanda Cooper & Donna Lea Simpson):Much Ado About Muffin (This will be the 4th in the Merry Muffin Mystery Series.)

A.L. Herbert: Murder with Macaroni and Cheese (This will be the 2nd in the Mahalia Watkins Soul Food Mystery Series.)

Lee Hollis: Death of a Pumpkin Carver (This will be the 8th in the Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery Series.) (This is a Halloween themed mystery.)

Julianne Holmes: Clock and Dagger (This will be the 2nd in the Clock Shop Mystery Series.)

Maureen Jennings: Dead Ground in Between (This will be the 4th in the Detective Inspector Tom Tyler Series.)

Linda O. Johnston: Covert Alliance (This will be a Stand Alone mystery.)

Tonya Kappes: Betting Off Dead (This will be the 2nd in the Spies and Spells Mystery Series.)

Diane Kelly: Death, Taxes, and a Satin Garter (This will be the 10th in the Tara Holloway Mystery Series.)

Deryn Lake: Death at the Boston Tea Party (This will be the 17th in the John Rawlings Mystery Series.)

Edward Marston (aka Conrad Allen & Keith Miles): Signal for Vengeance (This will be the 13th in the Railway Detective Mystery Series.)

Alyssa Maxwell: Murder at Rough Point (This will be the 4th in the Gilded Newport Mystery Series.)

Ruth Moose: Wedding Bell Blues (This will be the 2nd in the Dixie Dew Mystery Series.)

Carla Neggers: Liar’s Key (This will be the 6th in the Sharpe & Donovan Mystery Series.)

James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge: Bullseye (This will be the 9th in the Michael Bennett Mystery Series.)

James Patterson: Triple Threat [This will contain three novellas/novels previously only available as e-books: Cross Kill, Zoo 2 (w/ Max DeLillo), and The Pretender (w/ Andrew Bourelle).]

James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge: Chase (This will be a Michael Bennett “BookShot” – Amazon describes these as “Novels you can devour in a few hours”)

James Patterson & James O. Born: Let’s Play Make-Believe (This will be a “BookShot” – Amazon describes these as “Novels you can devour in a few hours”)

Louise Penny: A Great Reckoning (This will be the 12th in the Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series.)

Peter Robinson: When the Music’s Over (This will be the 24th in the Inspector Banks Mystery Series.)

Lisa Scottoline: Damaged (This will be the 15th in the Rosato & DiNunzio Mystery Series.)

Susan Sleeman: Silent Sabotage (This will be the 5th in the First Responders Mystery Series.)

Alexander McCall Smith: The Bertie Project (This will be the 11th in the 44 Scotland Street series. This is not a mystery.)

Leann Sweeney: The Cat, the Collector and the Killer (This will be the 8th in the Cats in Trouble Mystery Series.)

David Thurlo: Rob Thy Neighbor (This will be the 3rd in the Charlie Henry Mystery Series.)

Charles Todd: The Shattered Tree (This will be the 8th in the Bess Crawford Mystery Series.)

Diane Vallere: Silk Stalkings (This will be the 3rd in the Material Witness Mystery Series.)

Elaine Viets: Brain Storm (This will be the 1st in the NEW Death Investigator Mystery Series.) (It’s a hardboiled mystery.)

Penny Warner (aka Penny Pike): The Secret of the Puzzle Box (This will be the 6th in the Code Busters Club Mystery Series for childen.)

Marty Wingate: The Bluebonnet Betrayal (This will be the 5th in the Potting Shed Mystery Series.)

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If you want to see this month’s releases, go to the July 2016 Mystery Book New Releases.

You can find these and many more Cozies scheduled for release soon on the Soon to be Released Mysteries page on my site.

(These are the mysteries by authors who are currently on the Cozy Mystery site.)

Comments

  2. Just finished reading book 5 “Arsenic and Old Silk” in the Secrets of the Quilt series….was on pins and needles the whole time to see if the heroine of the book would get back where she belonged.

    A great series and this book was really well written, just when you were ready for the next page, it flipped either back in time or back to the present.

    Was curious, Henry’s mother was Elizabeth Blount, and the author’s middle name is also Blount….wonder if there is any connection there….

    This series is well worth the read, and now on to book 6, Target for Revenge by Marlene Chase

    One thing I do, which may help others, if the series doesn’t have the book number on the spine, some series do and some don’t, then on the first page I put the number of the book in the top right corner…helps when there are several books waiting to be read.

    Have a wonderful weekend….some of us will be celebrating 1 July as Canada and others 4 July as Independence Day, and then a few of us will be celebrating both days…like me….

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    • Bev S, thanks for letting us know how good these Secrets of the Quilt Cozies are. That’s interesting about her (possibly) using her middle name as a character. I’ve often wondered if authors use their children’s names when they invent pseudonyms.

      I like your idea of penciling the number of the book. I wonder if a piece of masking tape on the spine would come off easily. It would certainly help if you put the books on a bookshelf. I use masking tape a lot around the house and it usually doesn’t ruin things when you take it off, but I’m not sure about a paper cover…

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  3. What a great August list! Thank you for all your hard work with this and all the work you do on the site. It’s my favorite.

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  4. I’m looking forward to the new Lee Hollis book – Death of a Pumpkin Carver. The trick for me will be to save it for reading in October!

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  6. I want to thank you, Danna, for assembling this mystery list month after month. It is something I truly look forward to and enjoy. Thank you. Thank you Thank you.

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  7. Is it just me, but am I the only one still grieving and soooo sad about the ending of the Penny Foot Hotel mystery series? I am still stuck in the Edwardean and Victorian time period and refuse to budge! life is rough and I miss “Penny Foot”…… does anyone know of any series like the Penny Foot hotel by kate kingsbury, setting England, Edwardean and Victorian my preferance!

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  9. Im looking for a new book from the joyce and jim lavene authors . Do you know if there will be any new books.

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  10. Do you know if any of the other series will continue? My favorite series all of them ! So sad for EVERYONE

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  12. I remember reading a cozy mystery recently, where the protagonist had hearing aids and mentioned it in the story. I can’t remember much else. Hope someone reading this can tell me who the author is or the name of the mystery. I love this site and have asked questions before and appreciate the quick replies.
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