New Books by MWA Members – January 2026
Here are the January 2026 books and short stories by some of our members. They may all be found at your local Independent Bookstore. Visit this link to find a store near you: http://www.indiebound.org
Books
Yasmin Angoe, Behind These Four Walls, Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer
Dawn Barclay, Vacations Can Be Murder: Mid-Atlantic, Level Best Books
Lyn Bixby, The Pacifist, Rootstock Publishing
Allison Brennan, Make it Out Alive, Hanover Square Books
V.M. Burns, Murder from A to Z, Kensington
Jennifer J. Chow, Tell-Tale Treats, Minotaur Books
Bruce Robert Coffin, Bitter Fall, Severn River Publishing
Max Allan Collins, Return of the Maltese Falcon, Hard Case Crime
Michelle L. Cullen, A Field Guide to Murder, Crooked Lane Books
Kathleen Donnelly, Buried Lies, Carina Press
Margot Douaihy, Divine Ruin, Zando – Gillian Flynn Books
Christine Falcone, Ruff’d Up, Level Best Books
Diane Fanning, Death Wish, Level Best Books
Brian Freeman, Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Revenge, Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Nicholas George, You’ve Lost that Livin’ Feelin’, Severn House
Victoria Gilbert, A Deadly Clue, Crooked Lane Books
Heather Graham, The Witching Hours, Kensington Books
K.B. Jackson, The Sasquatch of Hurricane Ridge, Reycraft Books
Mary Anne Kelly, Land of Second Chances, BookBaby
James L’Etoile, Illusion of Truth, Oceanview Publishing
Kenneth Linn, Dwellings, Level Best Books
Neve Maslakovic, That Murder Feeling, Cosmic Tea Press
Terry Maue, Dark Mirror, Camel Press
Gary McAvoy, The Medici Heresy, Literati Editions
Brad Meltzer, The Viper, HarperCollins – William Morrow
Terry Odell, Deadly Ambitions
Rob Osler, The Case of the Murdered Muckraker, Kensington Books
Howard Owen, Pipeline, The Permanent Press
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, Pendergast: The Beginning, Hachette – Grand Central
Lori Rader-Day, Wreck Your Heart, Minotaur Books
Candace Robb, A Lion’s Ransom, Severn House
Caitlin Rother, Hooked, Amazon – Thomas & Mercer
S.J. Rozan, First Do No Harm, Pegasus Crime
Annelise Ryan, Monster in the Moonlight, Penguin Random House – Berkley
Clea Simon, The Cat’s Eye Charm, Level Best Books
Taryn Souders, Secrets of the Broken House, Sourcebooks
Kelli Stanley, The Reckoning, Severn House
LynDee Walker, The Housewife Next Door, Bookouture
Diana Xarissa, The Body in the Kayak
Short Stories
Ed Aymar, “Dear Mr. Townsend,” EQMM
Michael Bracken, “Glass Beach,” AHMM
Shelly Dickson Carr, “Darkness of the Moon,” EQMM
Terence Faherty, “The Final Problem,” EQMM
Jim Fusilli, “Left Hand, Third Finger,” AHMM
Kate Hohl, “Coins in the Box,” EQMM
Steve Liskow, “When the First Body Drops,” AHMM
Katherine Hall Page, “The Lodger,” AHMM
John Leonard Pielmeier, “The Tattle-Tale Heart,” AHMM
Mark Thielman, “Paradise Stolen,” AHMM
Julie Tollefson, “Full Circle,” AHMM
Andrew Welsh-Huggins, “Intuition,” AHMM
