New Books By MWA Members – May 2026
Here are the May 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
Kelley Armstrong, An Ordinary Sort of Evil, St. Martin’s Press
Dori Hillstead Butler, King & Kayla and the Case of the Stolen Starfish, Candlewick
Christine Carbo, The Confession Artist, Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer
Michael Connelly, Ironwood, Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown and Company
Susan Dennard, Two for Joy, HarperCollins
Carmela Dutra, Hot Wings and Homicide, Crooked Lane Books
Alex Finlay, The Anniversary, Minotaur Books
Carol Floriani, Invitation to Murder, Crooked Lane Books
Alison Gaylin, Robert B. Parker’s Booked, Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Chris Grabenstein, Cindersmella, HarperCollins
James Grady, Shadows on Sidewalks, Pegasus Crime
Kit Gray, The Black Cat Detectives, Crooked Lane Books
Gregg Hurwitz, The Delivery, Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer
Lisa Jackson, Final Instinct, MIRA
Craig Johnson, The Brothers McKay, Penguin Random House – Viking Books
Audrey Lee, Never to Be Told, CamCat Books
Sam Lumley, Coastal Views to Die For, Kensington Books
Michael Major, Specters in the Gallery, Genius Book Publishing
Jenn McKinlay, The Summer Share, Penguin Random House – Berkley
Josh Moehling, Beneath a Broken Sky, Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press
Walter Mosley, Ghalen: A Romance in Black, Amistad
James Patterson, 26 Beauties, Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown and Company
James Patterson & Matt Eversmann, Rocket’s Red Glare, Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown and Company
Louise Penny & Mellissa Fung, The Last Mandarin, Minotaur Books
Michael Rigg, Shadows of Frenchmen, Level Best Books
Short Stories
Shelley Costa, “Jack McCool and the Turnip Lantern, AHMM
Brad Crowther, “Gracie Jane Turns Thirty,” AHMM
Catherine Dilts, “Murder at the Midtown Oasis,” AHMM
Robert Greer, “More Than a B-Lister,” EQMM
James D.F. Hannah, “Speed Trap Camera,” EQMM
Christopher Latranga, “A Matter of Punctuation,” AHMM
Paul Ryan O’Connor, “Strangers on a Train on a Train,” AHMM
Bill Pronzini, “The Avenger,” EQMM
Brenda Seabrooke, “The Adventure of the Unmasked Ball,” Solar Pons, A Year of Mystery 1919, Belanger Books
Gabriela Stiteler, “The Best and Sweetest Things,” EQMM
Anne Swardson, “Fried French,” EQMM
Elysia Whisler, “Legacy,” AHMM
