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Murder at the Agency: A Cassidy Blayne Mystery
by Kylie Forsythe

Murder at the Agency: A Cassidy Blayne Mystery
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting: Fictional town of Brighton Lake, Wisconsin
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rowan Prose Publishing, LLC
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 11, 2026
Print length ‏ : ‎ 244 pages
Paperback
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1961967944
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1961967946
Digital
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8230848561
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0FMPGF53J

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“ An irresistible start to what’s sure to be a binge-worthy series.”
-USA Today bestselling author Sarah Fox

Who knew the marketing world could be so dangerous?

Just when it seems like everything in twenty-eight year old Cassidy Blayne’s life is falling apart, a thrilling coffee shop encounter leads to the opportunity of a lifetime. Landing her dream job as Creative Director with an elite advertising firm in a nearby lakeside town fills her with renewed purpose. She’s no longer going to allow herself to settle, and resolves to rebuild her life on her own terms.

But from the moment she steps foot out of the elevator, she senses things may not be as they seem at Turner & Nash Advertising. Despite her wariness, Cassie puts all her energy into landing her first big account. Arriving early on the day of the presentation, she’s shocked to find one of the owners dead and herself a suspect.

She embarks on a desperate search for answers, unknowingly putting her and the people she cares about in danger. As she pieces things together with some help from her spunky new roommate, twin childhood best friends, an uptight detective, and a gorgeous up-and-coming rock star, warnings and threats escalate. It’s clear the killer will stop at nothing to keep her quiet.

Cassie must risk everything to unravel the murder before someone takes her off the market for good.

Fans of “Olive You To Death” by Lynn Cahoon or “A Limited Edition Murder” by Lauren Elliott will enjoy “Murder At The Agency” by Kylie Forsythe.

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About Author Kylie Forsythe 

Kylie Forsythe writes cozy mysteries with smart amateur sleuths, close-knit groups of friends, and a touch of romance. Kylie is also a fourth-grade teacher and resides in Illinois with her husband, two daughters, and a rambunctious Weimaraner. When she’s not teaching, you can find her spending time with the wonderful family and friends she’s been blessed with, cooking, enjoying a good book or Hallmark Mystery movie, or crafting her next story.

Author Links: Facebook / Instagram / Website / BookBub / Newsletter / Goodreads 

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Eat, Drink, and Get Buried (A Coffeehouse Mystery)
by Cleo Coyle

Eat, Drink, and Get Buried (A Coffeehouse Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
22nd in Series
Setting – New York
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 22, 2026
Print length ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
Hardcover
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593642317
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593642313
Digital
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593642320
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0GC3CJTMX
Audiobook
ASIN B0GTS1W181
MP3 CD
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8228950139

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When the Village Blend caters a glittering rooftop party, their creative coffee concoctions are eclipsed by a shocking murder in this thrilling new Coffeehouse Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.

Years ago, when master roaster Clare Cosi was a newly divorced mom raising her daughter, Joy, Ava Welsh became Joy’s best friend. Now the painfully shy girl next door has grown into a successful New York businesswoman, and Clare is delighted to be catering Ava’s coffee-themed party, especially when her boyfriend, Ryan, confides his plan to propose that very night.

Then a scream shatters the celebration. A woman is thrown off the balcony to her death, and Ryan–who abruptly flees the party–is accused of murder. Clare vows to help Ava clear his name.

Her digging uncovers suspicious connections to a deadly event from which a teenaged Joy and Ava barely escaped with their lives. The stakes rise ever higher as a ruthless killer attempts to keep the ugly truth buried–even if it means sending Clare and her caffeinated crew six feet under.

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About Author Cleo Coyle

CLEO COYLE is a pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Both are New York Times bestselling authors of the long-running Coffeehouse Mysteries, now celebrating more than 20 years in print, and the national bestselling Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. With more than one million books sold, their works have been translated into Spanish, Japanese, and Czech; received multiple Best of Year selection honors from reviewers; and have been recommended by Booklist as among the best culinary mysteries for core library mystery collections. Alice and Marc are also bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, Toho, and MGM. They live and work in New York City, where they write independently and together, wrangle their rescue cats, drink a lot of java, and cook like crazy. Connect with Cleo at CoffeehouseMystery.com

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The Filbert Steps (The Telegraph Hill Mysteries)
by Lila Blake

The Filbert Steps (The Telegraph Hill Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – California
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sutro House Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 31, 2026
Print length ‏ : ‎ 301 pages
Digital
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8951746016
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0H52YDTRG

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A body on the steps. A neighborhood that saw nothing.

Vivian Salvatore came back to Telegraph Hill with a cat, a divorce settlement, and a book she cannot seem to write.

At fifty-two, newly single and trying to rebuild her life, she has settled into the rhythms of San Francisco’s most beautiful staircase: coffee at the corner café, morning walks on the Filbert Steps, old neighbors on three corners, and the comforting illusion that everyone knows everyone.

Then, on a bright October morning, Vivian finds one of the city’s most ambitious developers dead on the third landing.

The police are ready to call it a fall. But Vivian spent twenty-seven years reading teenagers’ faces for a living, and she knows when a story does not fit. A coat buttoned wrong. A cigarette ground out where it should not be. Storefronts quietly sold to a post-office box in Delaware. And a neighborhood full of people who had reason to want one man gone.

As Vivian begins asking questions, she discovers that Telegraph Hill has been keeping secrets for years — about money, loyalty, grief, and who really gets to call a place home.

The Filbert Steps introduces Vivian Salvatore, a sharp-eyed, warm-hearted sleuth who notices everything and forgives almost as much.

Perfect for readers who love older women sleuths, atmospheric San Francisco mysteries, neighborhood secrets, found community, and fair-play cozy mysteries with literary depth.

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About Author Lila Blake 

Lila Blake writes San Francisco neighborhood mysteries about foggy stairways, old houses, found family, and the secrets people keep when a place begins to change. Her Telegraph Hill Mysteries begin with The Filbert Steps, a literary cozy mystery featuring Vivian Salvatore, a fifty-two-year-old former teacher rebuilding her life after divorce. Lila is published by Sutro House Press, an independent fiction imprint based in San Francisco.

Links: Website / Goodreads

Purchase Link: Amazon 

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Mummy’s Locket (Mallory Grayson Mysteries)
by Nan S. Russell

Mummy’s Locket (Mallory Grayson Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – New York State
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Next Chapter
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 25, 2026
Print length ‏ : ‎ 308 pages
Hardcover
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 482417029X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-4824170293
Paperback
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 1, 2026
Print length ‏ : ‎ 306 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8195110321
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0GZ8JW9P4
Digital
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0GZ6XLDDB

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The truth doesn’t stay buried forever.

After losing everything, Mallory Grayson retreats to a quiet town, hoping a vintage shop and a fresh start will help her rebuild her life. But when the mummified body of her long-missing great-grandmother is discovered, Mallory is pulled into a mystery.

Clues hidden in heirlooms, a secret room, and a past lover’s return offer answers … if she’s willing to risk everything to uncover them. In a story steeped in secrets and history, her courage may be the only thing that can break the curse.

The past and present collide in MUMMY’S LOCKET, the first book in the Mallory Grayson Mysteries series by Nan S. Russell.

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About Author Nan S. Russell

With both a bachelor’s and master’s in psychology, Nan S. Russell was fired from her first professional job. Taking a minimum wage position to pay the rent, sixteen promotions later, she decided to end a successful corporate career as a Vice President of a multibillion-dollar East Coast company, to pursue a life dream to live and write from the Rocky Mountains, first in northwestern Montana and now along the Front Range of Colorado. With a desire to help others live their dreams, too, she turned her real-world experience into writing award winning non-fiction career and business books and articles, and became a speaker and consultant on leadership, trust, and culture development. But she always knew she wanted to write fiction, too. That point arrived during the pandemic pause which provided the catalyst for rethinking her writing and its purpose, sparking the decision to move towards fiction with more time to study the craft, take online classes, hone skills and work on her first novel. Now, she is living her second dream: Writing mysteries. Mummy’s Locket is her debut novel and the first in her Mallory Grayson series. More at www.nanrussell.com.

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The Secret in the Sampler: A Plain Truth Mystery
by Abigail B. Hartwell

The Secret in the Sampler: A Plain Truth Mystery
Amish Adjacent Cozy Mystery with Slow-Burn Romance
1st in Series
Setting – Ohio
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Plain Truth Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 31, 2026
Print length ‏ : ‎ 358 pages
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0GX372D82
Paperback Coming Soon!

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What would you do if the family heirloom hidden in your aunt’s estate could expose a stolen inheritance—and make you the next person someone needs silenced?

Two years after losing her husband, Nora Bell returns to the quiet Ohio Amish-country town of Briar Creek to settle her late aunt’s estate. She expects dusty type drawers, unpaid bills, and enough sympathy casseroles to survive a minor siege. Reopening The Bell & Quill, Aunt Lenora’s old letterpress and stationery shop, is supposed to be a temporary project—not the beginning of an entirely new life.

Then Nora discovers an antique hand-stitched sampler concealed inside a cedar trunk.

Its mismatched initials, reversed border, and nearly invisible name suggest that the sampler is more than a family keepsake. It may be the only surviving record of a child erased from Briar Creek’s history—and an inheritance quietly stolen decades ago.

Before Nora can uncover what her aunt knew, a local estate appraiser is found dead. He had been asking questions about the sampler, searching for a missing auction ledger, and meeting privately with someone determined to keep an old land transfer from being examined too closely.

Now Nora is following a trail of altered records, old letters, disputed property, and carefully guarded family secrets. Her unexpected ally is Eli Yoder, a reserved Amish widower and auction clerk who knows Briar Creek’s family histories almost as well as he knows when people are refusing to tell the truth.

Eli’s dry humor and steady presence make him useful. The grief he recognizes in Nora makes him dangerous in an entirely different way.

As suspicion spreads through the Amish farms, antique shops, auction houses, and polished tourist businesses surrounding Briar Creek, Nora realizes the sampler does not simply reveal what happened in the past. It threatens someone’s money, reputation, and future.

And the person who killed to keep its secret hidden may already know Nora has begun to unravel the pattern.

Readers will discover:

• A clever, emotionally grounded amateur sleuthwhose knowledge of printing, paper, handwriting, and design helps her notice what others overlook.
• An atmospheric Amish-country settingfilled with rural roads, estate auctions, quilt work, family businesses, and small-town secrets.
• A layered, low-gore cozy mystery involving an antique sampler, a hidden heir, altered records, and a disputed inheritance.
• A clean, chaste slow-burn romance between two widowed people rebuilding their lives through trust rather than instant attraction.
• Warm community characters and lightly witty dialogue without turning the mystery into slapstick.
• A satisfying standalone investigation that opens the door to more secrets from The Bell & Quill.

The Secret in the Sampler is the first novel in The Plain Truth Mysteries, a gentle Amish-adjacent cozy mystery series about old objects, hidden histories, rural grudges, and the truths people leave behind on paper and cloth.

Perfect for fans of Amanda Flower’s Assaulted Caramel, Laura Bradford’s Hearse and Buggy, and Vannetta Chapman’s Falling to Pieces.

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About Author Abigail B. Hartwell

Short – Abigail B. Hartwell, aka Abby, writes warm Amish-country-adjacent cozy mysteries rooted in rural Ohio, where handmade clues, old family secrets, quiet faith, and plainspoken women bring buried truths into the light.

Long – Abigail B. Hartwell writes gentle Amish-adjacent cozy mysteries rooted in the small towns and wooded backroads of east-central Ohio. Though she is not Amish, she lives near Amish communities and draws inspiration from the region’s quiet rhythms, close-knit families, old stories, and rural traditions. She shares a modest home on five wooded acres with her long-haul truck driver husband. They have two grown daughters and three grandchildren. When she is not writing, Abigail enjoys church activities, family time, and the peaceful beauty of the Ohio countryside.

Social Media Links: Instagram / Facebook / Website / Amazon

Purchase Links – Amazon Book  Amazon Series 

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Masked Intentions: A Camera Club Mystery
by Kara Lacey

Masked Intentions: A Camera Club Mystery
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting – Vermont
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Level Best Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 27, 2026
Print length ‏ : ‎ 270 pages
Paperback
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8898200619
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0GJJKL34G
Digital
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0GGM6PLJN

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It’s autumn in Vermont, and the mountains are ablaze with color, just in time for Stonebridge’s annual harvest festival. The village is swarming with leaf-peeping tourists, and the celebration is off to a jubilant start as residents gather for their favorite kick-off event: a masquerade party on the village green. But the crisp fall air turns chilling when a party guest is found lifeless and another is whisked away in an ambulance, on the verge of death.

Photographer Bobbie Brooks vows to leave the investigation to the professionals until a tearful plea from a friend causes her to shift her focus from merriment to murder. The Stonebridge Keep it Snappy Shutter Club is on another case as Bobbie plunges into the world of herbal poisons and masked motives. The truth is concealed in the details captured through her lens. But as everything comes into focus, Bobbie finds herself in danger once again. Can she unmask the killer before the killer zooms in on her?

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The Rosebud Café’s Apple Crumb Muffins

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Thank you for allowing me to share one of the recipes for Rose’s muffins, which appear in Masked Intentions.

In the fictional village of Stonebridge, Vermont, the Rosebud Café is a favorite among locals and tourists alike. The owner, Rose Lavoie, is known for her baked goods and the best coffee around, which she serves with a friendly dose of banter.

Located in a Victorian-era home next door to my protagonist, Bobbie Brooks, The Rosebud is her daily hangout for coffee, chitchat, and crime-solving. As Bobbie’s best friend, Rose is always willing to lend an ear and brings her unmatched enthusiasm for any adventure Bobbie throws her way.

Excerpt below from “Taste of Stonebridge” recipe booklet (free for subscribers at https://karalacey.substack.com )

“Hey, girl,” Rose called out as I entered the Rosebud Café.

The festival crowd had turned the coffee shop into a madhouse. I made a beeline to the only empty stool at the counter.

“I’ve only got a minute,” Rose said before plunking a plate on the counter in front of me. “Apple muffins with an oh-so-yummy crumb topping. Hot from the oven, and simply to-die-for, if I do say so myself.”

The spicy scent of cinnamon wafted from the steaming muffin, and my mouth watered. “You’re a godsend.”

“Don’t you forget it.” Rose’s eyes twinkled. “Now, tell me the latest scoop.”

As I regaled my friend with all the latest from our ongoing investigation, I couldn’t help moaning—just a little—as I took a bite of the muffin. Soft and buttery with the sweetness of fresh apples. It was perfection.

Apple Crumb Muffins

Ingredients:

For the Muffins:

• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• ½ cup yogurt or sour cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ¼ cup milk
• 1 ½ cups peeled an chopped apples (1/2 inch dice)

For the Crumb Topping:

• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar (light or dark)
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray or line a 12-count muffin tin

Make the Crumb Topping:

Mix brown sugar, cinnamon, and flour together in a medium bowl. Stir in melted butter, mixing with a fork. Set aside

Make the Muffins:

Beat softened butter and both sugars on high speed until smooth and creamy (about 2 minutes)
Add eggs, sour cream or yogurt, and vanilla. Beat on medium speed for another minute. Then turn to high and beat until creamy.
With mixer on low, add flour and milk, alternating until all flour is incorporated.
Fold in chopped apples.
Spoon batter into each cup. Add crumb topping.
Bake for 5 minutes. Without removing the pan from the oven, reduce temperature to 350 degrees and continue baking for 15-18 minutes.
Remove muffins from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to continue cooling.

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About Author Kara Lacey

Kara Lacey is the author of the Camera Club Mysteries. Along with her husband, she lives in a tiny village nestled in the beautiful Green Mountains of Vermont—the inspiration for her novels. Kara is a photography enthusiast who also enjoys hiking, skiing, and getting cozy with a good book. When she’s not at her laptop creating havoc for her characters, you can find her rambling through the forest with her husband and spirited Labrador retriever, camera in hand.

Kara is a member of Sisters in Crime, Sisters in Crime-New England.

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Purchase Links – Amazon – Bookshop.org – B&N – Kobo

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