New Books by MWA Members – June 2025
Here are the June 2025 books 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
Megan Abbott, El Dorado Drive, Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Rachel Amphlett, Murder in the Lakes, Saxon Publishing
Kelley Armstrong, Writing Mr. Wong, Hachette Book Group – Forever
Linwood Barclay, Whistle, HarperCollins – William Morrow
Brett Battles, Stuart Woods’ Finders Keepers, Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Kimberly Belle, The Expat Affair, HarperCollins – Park Row
Allison Brennan, Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds, MIRA
James Lee Burke, Don’t Forget Me, Little Bessie, Atlantic Monthly
Dori Hillestad Butler, King & Kayla and the Case of the Escape Artist, Peachtree
Lynn Cahoon, An Amateur Sleuth’s Guide to Murder, Kensington Cozies
Liv Constantine, Don’t Open Your Eyes, Penguin Random House – Bantam
Isis Crawford, A Catered Bake-off, Kensington Cozies
Mailan Doquang, Ceylon Sapphires, Mysterious Press
Mary Anna Evans, The Dark Library, Poisoned Pen Press
Dianne Freeman, A Daughter’s Guide to Mothers and Murder, Kensington
Martha Freeman, Kitty vs. Kindergarten, Disney Hyperion
Gillian French, Shaw Connolly Lives to Tell, Minotaur Books
Lynn Hightower, Spies in Plain Sight, Severn House
David Housewright, Them Bones, Minotaur Books
Anna Lee Huber, A Tarnished Canvas, Penguin Random House – Berkley
Nancy Hughes, The Point of the Bodkin, Headline Books
Lisa Jackson, It Happened on the Lake, Kensington
Laurie R. King, Knave of Diamonds, Penguin Random House – Bantam
Stephen King, The Life of Chuck, Simon & Schuster – Scribner
David Lewis, A Beacon in the Night, Kensington
Laura Lippman, Murder Takes a Vacation, HarperCollins – William Morrow
Sean Little, Bring the Heat, Spilled Inc. Press
Molly MacRae, There’ll Be Shell to Pay, Kensington Cozies
Lauren Magaziner, The Uncorruptibles, Aladdin
James Patterson & Chris Grabenstein, The Great Mouse Escape, jimmy Patterson
Neil Plakcy, Blood Code, Samwise Books
Ivy Pochoda, Ecstasy, Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Joanne Reinbold, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Black Pharoah, MX Publishing
Martin Rooney, Blood Feud, Skyhorse Publishing
Sara Rosett, Death in the English Countryside, Worldwide Mystery
Kaira Rouda, Jill is Not Happy, Penzler Publishing – Scarlet
Katharine Schellman, Last Dance Before Dawn, Minotaur Books
Alex Segura, Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku, Marvel
Martin Cruz Smith, Hotel Ukraine, Simon & Schuster
Michael P. Spradlin, Threat of the Spider, Margaret K. McElderry Books
Peter Swanson, Kill Your Darlings, HarperCollins – William Morrow
Jolie Tunnell, Shadows in Chinatown, Tule Publishing
Elaine Viets, Sex and Death on the Beach, Severn House
Ovidia Yu, The Rose Apple Tree Mystery, Constable
Short Stories
Julie Hastrup, “Dinner at Angelo’s,” Midnight Schemers & Daydream Believers, Superior Shores Press
Brenda Seabrooke, “The Carpet Bag Case,” The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories, MX Publishing
