New Books by MWA Members – September 2026
Here are the September 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
Traci Hunter Abramsonv, Silent Strike, Shadow Mountain Publishing
Jason Allison, The Killing Yards, Crooked Lane Books
James R. Benn, The Ninth Circle, Soho Crime
Claire Booth, Hidden Currents, Severn House
Allison Brennan, I’ll Be Watching You, HarperCollins – Hanover Square Press
K.B. Brodsky, Beyond Honor, Simon & Schuster – Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Ann Davila Cardinal, Hear the Dead, Sourcebooks Landmark
Harlan Coben, Plot Twist: Life, Craft, and the Messy First Draft: A Memoir About Writing, Hachette Book Group – Grand Central Publishing
Michelle Chouinard, A Map to Murder, Minotaur Books
Adrianna Cuevas, Mischief and Monsters, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BFYR
Dianne Freeman, A Christmas Guide to Family and Murder, Kensington
Kim Harrington, A Killer for Christmas, Crooked Lane Books
Joe Hart, Night Calls, Amazon – Thomas & Mercer
Laurie R. King, Those Who Are Gone, Penguin Random House – Bantam
Michael Koryta, Die Famous, Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown
Daniel G. Miller, Buried in the Woods Below, Poisoned Pen Press
Margaret Mizushima, Fighting Edge, Crooked Lane Books
Paula Munier, One Killing Frost, Minotaur Books
James Patterson & David Ellis, The Munich Affair, Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown
Linda Rees, Write to Murder, Level Best Books
Saralyn Richard, Port of Destiny, Palm Circle Press
Hank Phillippi Ryan, Mother Daughter Sister Stranger, Minotaur Books
Jonathan Santlofer, Ten Perfect Guests, Sourcebooks Landmark
Jane Turzillo, Ohio Scoundrels: Murderers, Thieves & Reprobates, The History Press
Henry Wise, Promised Land, Grove Atlantic – Atlantic Crime
Short Stories
Doug Allyn, “Lie Down With Dogs,” EQMM
William Bankier and Josh Pachter, “Farewell to Baytown,” EQMM
Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier, “Sabotage Can’t Stop de Shower,” EQMM
Mark Bruce, “Minerva James and the Goddess of the Hearth,” AHMM
Duke Craig, “The Listener,” EQMM
Kevin Egan, “The Walkout,” AHMM
Richard Helms, “The Million Dollar Legs Matter,” EQMM
Harry Hunsicker, “The Basement Girl,” AHMM
Gregg Hurwitz, “The Damage Man,” Minotaur Books
Janice Law, “The Man Who Loved Halloween,” AHMM
Robert Lopresti, “Was That So Hard?,” AHMM
Dan Napolitano, “Fred and John: An Unmysterious Friendship,” EQMM
Jeff Soloway, “The Dog Dazer,” AHMM
Gabriela Stiteler, “We, the Aging,” AHMM
Mark Thielman, “Treat or Trick,” AHMM
Dave Zeltserman, “Julius Katz’s Ex Returns,” EQMM
