New Releases For The Week Of March 1st, 2020–Part 4

Here is a list of some of the new releases for the week of March 1st, 2020. I am going to divide the list into 4 days because there are so very many of them for the week. Today is the fourth and final day of my list for this week. Hope you find some selections for your weekly reading. Enjoy and happy reading.

 

 

Scout Randall is on the verge of getting information about her past. Patience has never been one of her virtues, though. As she’s waiting for her source to get settled, a new problem arises … and it has fangs.
When she was a kid, a chance encounter in a park left Scout questioning the existence of monsters. Now, one of those potential monsters is back … and he’s taken up residence in Hawthorne Hollow. He isn’t alone either.
Vampires are on the prowl and it’s up to the Spell’s Angels to figure out what they want and eradicate them through any means necessary. That’s easier said than done, though.
Scout can’t shake the feeling that something bigger than the obvious is happening, and when her boyfriend’s close friend is infected, she realizes she has to increase her efforts if she wants to save as many people as possible.
One vampire is deadly. A nest, though? That can be catastrophic. In this particular case, the head vampire trying to infiltrate Hawthorne Hollow has a plan … and it involves turning as many people as possible.
It’s a race against time. Scout has to keep those closest to her safe while expanding her search for answers. In the end, she might get more than she bargained for on both fronts … if she can survive long enough to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle, Audiobook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first rule of Fright Club is…well, there are no rules of Fright Club.
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Agatha Bright is scared. Her coven is due to arrive in her town of Sea Breeze at any moment, determined to punish Agatha and her aunts for Remington’s unfortunate possession. Meanwhile, her aunts are working around the clock to fix the John / Remington situation before the unimaginable happens.
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The townspeople are unaware of the impending doom. In fact, life is going smoothly in Sea Breeze. The lifeguard tower is getting rebuilt, and the ocean’s water quality has even improved. Agatha’s friend Amy has become an Influencer, and Frances has a booming new career as the owner of a Porta Potty business.
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But when John has to fulfill Remington’s MMA fighting contract, he finds himself in the cage with a killer MMA star. Blood flows in the octagon, but not as much as backstage when a body is discovered. The victim has been beaten to death, and all of the clues point to John AKA Remington as the killer. Agatha Bright has to prove his innocence, or this ghost will wind up dead for the second time.
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Agatha Bright Mysteries…Agatha Bright has a delicious recipe for murder.
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Agatha Bright Mysteries are funny small-town mysteries with a dose of witchcraft.
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“Elise Sax will win your heart.”—New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis
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“Sax will make you laugh. Her larger-than-life characters jump off the page and make crazy seem like a fun place to hang out.”—New York Times bestselling author Christie Craig
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“With quirky characters reminiscent of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series and a small-town heroine redolent of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse” –RT Book Reviews

“Fans of laugh-out-loud romantic suspense will enjoy this new author as she joins the ranks of Janet Evanovich, Katie MacAllister, and Jennifer Crusie.”—Booklist, on An Affair to Dismember
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“A lighthearted and amusing caper with a sexy side order of romance . . . Gladie is an endearing mess of a character, and the book is fast-paced and amusing, with a large cast of quirky, small-town characters.”—Kirkus Reviews, on Matchpoint
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“There’s plenty for fans to enjoy in Sax’s third Matchmaker installment, complete with energetic narration, zany humor and a mystery that’s as engaging as the details of Gladie’s love life.”—RT Book Reviews, on Love Game  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maggie faces her most confusing case yet when she finds a treasured beaded knife–in someone’s back! Can she figure out what happened before someone else ends up dead?

And when movie star Reese Stevens tries to make a fresh start, can Maggie keep him from going off-track?

Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a craft shop, a nice circle of friends, and a handsome movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies….

Carita Cove romantic mysteries are fun and flirty reads, with no swearing or love scenes, and no gruesome violence to keep you up at night. Collect them all:

1. Maggie and the Black-Tie Affair (short intro story)
2. Maggie and the Inconvenient Corpse
3. Maggie and the Mourning Beads
4. Maggie and the Empty Noose
5. Maggie and the Hidden Homicide
6. Maggie and the Whiskered Witness   (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer 1990. Springdale, Utah.

Cassidy Quick was never much of a risk-taker, but everything changes when she refuses her longtime boyfriend’s marriage proposal and heads west to Utah for a self-discovery camping trip in Zion National Park. But when she arrives, she stumbles upon her worst nightmare…someone else’s bachelorette party.

Oh, and a body.

(But the bachelorette party was the cruelest joke the universe could have played.)

Stuck in the middle of a murder investigation with a jittery bride, three bridesmaids, and a curmudgeonly guide, Cassidy must confront the fears that have controlled her life for the past 29 years if she ever hopes to catch the killer and save an innocent woman from being framed.

The beginning of a quirky and humorous new series, join Cassidy Quick on her first ever adventure in THE MURDER ON WATCHMAN TRAIL.

(Quick & Cozy Mystery #2, THE WEYWARD WITCH OF SPELLBINDER CREEK, coming Summer 2020!)  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Being a stay-at-home dad is boring. Dan needs more to do than hangout with his 2yo all day. Investigating the mysterious death of the local gym owner becomes the spark his life needed, but he soon realizes that solving a murder’s not as straight forward as you see on TV with a toddler in tow.  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trouble comes to the local rummage sale when a wealthy resident starts an argument over a Tiffany lamp. Was it enough for murder?
FREE with Kindle Unlimited.

When Olive Harrington is found dead, local Baker and her loyal French Bulldog Smudge, end up looking after the woman’s cat. Smudge is not impressed, and Melody knows she must solve the crime soon or have more trouble at home.

All the clues point to Olive’s relative and a dispute over not only the lamp but her fortune. Will Melody and Smudge sniff out the clues and find the truth? What will happen to Taffy, the poor misunderstood cat?

Find out in this sweet, fun cozy mystery!

Also available in the Bakers and Bulldogs Cozy Mysteries:
Strawberries and Sweet Lies
Brides and Blades
The Murder and the Masterpiece
The Poison in the Pie
Silent Night and Deadly Flight
The Beating After the Ball
The Murder in the Dressing Room
The Bashing at the Bakery
The Stabbing at the Inn  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Blackmail Club:
Washington, D.C., is a town full of powerful people hiding ugly secrets. The blackmailer, a renaissance man, keeps his promise: pay me, I’ll return the juicy evidence I have against you, and you’ll never hear from me again. Jack McCall, a former operative for the U.S. intelligence community and now a private investigator hunts this wily and diabolical madman. His victims, having paid and not been further extorted, are reticent to admit ever having been blackmailed. McCall’s efforts to solve the case are assisted by Nora Burke, his sexy assistant who also helps Jack recover from the loss of his wife, and Max Logan, a retired detective of Irish-Scottish parentage. Chock full of colorful characters from the worlds of politics, art, and the media, The Blackmail Club is a cerebral, physical and sexy five-course gourmet meal of mystery. Sit back and fasten your seatbelt, relax, and be entertained while you try to fit together the final pieces before you turn the final pages.

Game Of Masks:
Amy O’Sullivan finds an invitation to a masquerade dinner party in her refrigerator, balanced atop a bottle of pinot grigio. If she accepts the invitation, Amy will be picked up by a limousine. She and four competing strangers must wear masks to the party. The winner will receive a choice of either fifty thousand dollars cash or a free murder of anyone the winner designates. Amy could certainly use the money. She also has a person she’d love to see dead. Life is choices and Amy has one to make.
As complications set in, Jack McCall is brought in by Amy’s uncle, Max Logan, a staff detective in McCall Investigations.
To find the solution to what it’s all about, Jack will travel halfway around the world. Come along.

Ladies Lunch Club Murders:
Someone is murdering the retired ladies of the lunch club. Jack McCall, ably assisted by Nora Burke and Max Logan, is hired by the governor—the brother of one of the victims. At the start it seems a cushy job: Nice weather, good pay, and an attractive Florida State cop is assigned to assist Jack. But, in typical Jack McCall fashion, this murder case quickly turns screwy.

Other Books in the series:
The Third Coincidence, a Jack McCall Mystery  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the tradition of Daphne du Maurier, Shari Lapena, and Michelle Richmond comes a new thriller from the bestselling author of The Lake of Dead Languages—a twisty, harrowing story set at a prestigious prep school in which one woman’s carefully hidden past might destroy her future.

Tess has worked hard to keep her past buried, where it belongs. Now she’s the wife to a respected professor at an elite boarding school, where she also teaches. Her seventeen-year-old son, Rudy, whose dark moods and complicated behavior she’s long worried about, seems to be thriving: he has a lead role in the school play and a smart and ambitious girlfriend. Tess tries not to think about the mistakes she made eighteen years ago, and mostly, she succeeds.

And then one more morning she gets a text at 2:50 AM: it’s Rudy, asking for help. When Tess picks him up she finds him drenched and shivering, with a dark stain on his sweatshirt. Four hours later, Tess gets a phone call from the Haywood school headmistress: Lila Zeller, Rudy’s girlfriend, has been found dead on the beach, not far from where Tess found Rudy just hours before.

As the investigation into Lila’s death escalates, Tess finds her family attacked on all sides. What first seemed like a tragic accidental death is turning into something far more sinister, and not only is Tess’s son a suspect but her husband is a person of interest too. But Lila’s death isn’t the first blemish on Haywood’s record, and the more Tess learns about Haywood’s fabled history, the more she realizes that not all skeletons will stay safely locked in the closet.  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle, Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Alexandra Briggs isn’t supposed to face danger in her job as a profiler for the FBI, but time and time again she finds herself in the field, facing dangers of all kinds. Special Agent Henry Collins, Alex’s boyfriend, is intent on teaching her to defend herself despite their supervisor’s belief that she doesn’t need combat training.

When Henry is assigned a case that appears to be open and shut, all evidence points to the hired help of a wealthy, Phoenix socialite who was found viciously murdered in her home on Camelback Mountain.

Will Alex’s training with Henry be enough when that suspect decides Alex is his only hope to clear his name? Held hostage in her own home, she’s either sitting across from an innocent man or a murderer, but whatever the truth is, one thing is obvious—he’s desperate, which is the most dangerous thing of all.  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broke, unemployed barista Halley Greer is shocked when she inherits an Art Deco movie palace from the great uncle she remembers meeting once as a child. She moves to the charming tourist town of Utopia Springs, Arkansas to claim her legacy.

In addition to the timeworn theater, she discovers she’s also inherited a trash-heaped apartment, family secrets, her uncle’s friends, a stealthy calico kitty—and an adversary.

With a whole latte help from her new friends, the feisty barista fixes up and re-opens the theater as a coffee and wine bar, showing classic films. She generates some steam with a hunky local—and risks getting burned. The opening night of My Fair Lady looks like a big hit, and her new life feels like a bit of movie magic, until a customer turns up dead during intermission.

With the cops eyeing her as a suspect, Halley digs into the victim’s life and runs into a tangle of blackmail and secrets. Can Halley and her friends unmask a killer before the curtain comes down for keeps?

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MY FAIR LATTE by Vickie Fee | A Henery Press Mystery. If you love one, you’ll probably love them all.  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle, Hardcover, Paperback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A murdered celebrity impersonator. A cast of unusual suspects. A bride-to-be on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

Meghan can’t wait to get married to her Prince Charming. She’s looking forward to starting life with her long-term boyfriend, handsome Detective Jack Irvin. When her friend proposes throwing a bachelorette party to celebrate her exit from Singleville, she reluctantly agrees.

What her friend didn’t tell her was that the bachelorette party would take place out of town… in Las Vegas!

When an Elvis impersonator is found dead on stage after tasting Meghan’s rhubarb pie, all eyes focus on her as the main suspect. Meghan is all shook up as she’s confronted by suspicious minds who delight in assuming that she killed the ‘King.’

With an entourage of friends who are contributing to make this the bachelorette party from hell…

And a law enforcement officer unwilling to extend her any grace…

Meghan knows she has to put aside her personal anguish and find the real killer or she’ll be singing the Jailhouse Rock in an orange jumpsuit.

Book 18 in the Bestselling Sandy Bay Cozy Mystery series! If you want to enjoy a light-hearted read, with an amateur female sleuth, mouth-watering culinary desserts and a gripping murder mystery with a touch of romance, then you’ll love Meghan Truman and all the quirky characters in Sandy Bay.

No cliffhanger, swearing or graphic scenes!

Start reading Rhubarb Pie and Revenge and see how events unfold in this cozy mystery.  

(Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sawyer Davis, a chef who inherited her mother’s mystery bookshop, is hosting her first book signing for the world’s biggest diva. Between juggling the author’s lofty demands, learning how to be a surrogate mother to a fifteen-year-old, and dealing with the Sheriff who once broke her heart, Sawyer’s menu is full. She longs for the good old days when the worst thing that happened was a flopped soufflé.

But when the author’s husband ends up dead in Sawyer’s best friend, Renee’s, ice cream shop, things really heat up. Sawyer believes her friend is being framed. With the help of her book club members and her adorable goldendoodle, Sawyer sets out to save Renee. Will Sawyer and her friends help serve up justice on a platter, or will they all find themselves in a pickle?  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle, Paperback