by Shawn Stevens
As the days grow longer and flowers bloom, June is perfect for diving into new cozy mysteries. Whether you’re in a hammock, enjoying your garden, or relaxing with a cool drink, a good whodunit is the ideal companion for these early summer days.
June’s vibrant energy sets the stage for our favorite sleuths. This month, we’ll explore cozy mysteries brimming with festivals, farmers’ markets, and garden parties, capturing the essence of the season.
Expect charming small towns, quirky characters, and plots that keep you guessing. So, grab your sunhat, a glass of lemonade, and settle in for some June cozy mystery fun.
Football players Keogh Graham and Tyler Matthews are spending the off-season in Scottsdale, working at Mel’s bakery to learn the cupcake business and open a Fairy Tale Cupcakes franchise. Their presence boosts business, attracting eager fans. However, some fear they might retire from football, including their team owner, Keogh’s agent, and vocal fans. The situation worsens when the Arizona Scorpions’ owner is found dead in their bakery after an argument with Keogh. Now prime suspects, Keogh and Tyler rely on Mel and her team to prove their innocence. – Fondant Fumble by Jenn McKinlay
Twenty-four-year-old Vivien Belcher, known as Ms. B, teaches kindergarten in a beach town in Southwest Michigan. Juggling her enthusiastic students and her own adult life, Vivien manages well until she receives an unexpected text from her ex-boyfriend—who is dead. Kasper, trapped in the Transitional World, must atone for his sins by solving the murder of his beloved high school lunch lady. The challenge? Solving a murder as a ghost. He didn’t anticipate Vivien’s reluctance to help or her moving on with new relationships. As Kasper’s time runs out, hilarity and frustration ensue as he tries to convince Vivien to assist him. Being a ghost is hard, but so is being a new teacher. – Cooking to Death: Stirring the Pot by Marcy Blesy
During a steamy summer in New Orleans’ French Quarter, Franki Amato’s bridal shower plans are disrupted by a hit-and-run outside a coffee shop. The victim is linked to crimes at a society wedding in a haunted hotel where her fiancé’s family is staying. The suspicious walnut liqueur coffee and her Sicilian nonna’s belief in the malocchio curse complicate matters. To save her wedding and solve the case, Franki must investigate shady spots, uncover a femme fatale and a jewel thief, and decode a deadly delivery. – Nocino Noir by Traci Andrighetti
With her life on the California Coast behind her, Roxi Carlucci is beginning to feel at home in the Tower District—the cultural oasis of Fresno, CA—where she now lives with her cousin P.I. Stephen Carlucci, her pet rat Merlin, a Pit Bull named Watson, and a black cat named Dan. She has a new entertainment podcast, works as a part-time P.I., and is helping local bookstore owner Clark Halliwell put on the first-ever Tower Halloween Mysteryfest! The brutal summer heat is gone and has been replaced by the dense tule fog—perfect for Halloween! She just wishes everyone would stop calling her the “Jessica Fletcher” of the Tower District simply because she found a dead body when she first arrived. But when one of the Mysteryfest authors is found dead, she fears she jinxed herself! The Carlucci’s are hired to find the killer before they strike again. Will Mysteryfest turn into a murder fest? How is the local gossip website back, and what does it know about the death of Roxi’s parents? – One of You: A Tower District Mystery by Lorie Lewis Ham
The King’s Ransom (The Recovery Agent Mystery – Book 2) by Janet Evanovich, Release Date June 1, 2024
Every Hex You Take (Crescent Moon Mystery – Book 3) by Tara Lush, Release Date June 1, 2024
Yowls in the Yarrow (Lovely Lethal Gardens Mystery – Book 25) by Dale Mayer, Release Date June 4, 2024
Blackmail at Beckwith Place (Pippa Darling Mystery – Book 4) by Jenna Bennett, Release Date June 4, 2024
Murder at the Dinner Party (Cleopatra Fox Mystery – Book 8) by C.J. Archer, Release Date June 4, 2024
Village Politics Can Be Murder (A Dorothy Martin Mystery – Book 26) by Jeanne M. Dams, Release Date June 4, 2024
The Stranger in the Library (A Lighthouse Library Mystery – Book 11) by Eva Gates, Release Date June 4, 2024
Fondant Fumble (Cupcake Bakery Mystery – Book 16) by Jenn McKinlay, Release Date June 4, 2024
A Botanist’s Guide to Society and Secrets (Saffron Everleigh Mystery – Book 3) by Kate Khavari, Release Date June 4, 2024
The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs Mystery – Book 18) by Jacqueline Winspear, Release Date June 4, 2024
Dead Tired (Expectant Detectives Mystery – Book 2) by Kat Ailes, Release Date June 4, 2024
Olive You to Death (A Tourist Trap Mystery – Book 16 ) by Lynn Cahoon, Release Date June 4, 2024
The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club Mystery – Book 3) by Robert Thorogood, Release Date June 4, 2024
Kill or Bee Killed (A Bee Keeping Mystery – Book 2) by Jennie Marts, Release Date June 4, 2024
Murder of a Hermit (The Fortune Telling Mystery – Book 3) by Carol Miller, Release Date June 4, 2024
Death at the Dress Rehearsal (Lowe and Le Breton Mystery – Book 1) by Stuart Douglas, Release Date June 4, 2024
The Last Note of Warning: A Mystery (The Nightingale Mystery – Book 3) by Katharine Schellman, Release Date June 4, 2024
Chilled to the Bone (A Two Broomsticks Gas & Grill Witch Cozy Mystery – Book 9) by Amanda M. Lee, Release Date June 4, 2024
Same Difference (A Fran and Ken Stein Mystery – Book 2) by E.J. Copperman, Release Date June 4, 2024
Death in le Jardin (A Follet Valley Mystery – Book 4) by Ian Moore, Release Date June 6, 2024
A Lethal Lake Effect (Victoria Square Mystery – Book 9) by Lorraine Bartlett, Release Date June 6, 2024
The Summer Escape (The Sunrise Cove Mystery – Book 6) by Jill Shalvis, Release Date June 11, 2024
Homecoming and Homicide (The Bistro at Holiday Bay – Book 7) by Kathi Daley, Release Date June 11, 2024
Hedy Lamarr’s Lost Ecstasy (A Charlotte Donovan Mystery – Book 3) by Mollie Cox Bryan, Release Date June 15, 2024
Homicide Honeymoon (Aloha Lagoon Mystery – Book 22) by B. A. Trimmer, Release Date June 18, 2024
A Deceptive Composition (A Lady Darby Mystery – Book 12) by Anna Lee Huber, Release Date June 18, 2024
A Collection of Lies (A Kate Hamilton Mystery – Book 5) by Connie Berry, Release Date June 18, 2024
The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery – Book 3) by Claudia Gray, Release Date June 18, 2024
Cooking to Death: Stirring the Pot (The Ghost Texter Paranormal Cozy Mystery – Book 1) by Marcy Blesy, Release Date June 18, 2024
Cornbread and Coffins (Alphabet Soup Mystery – Book 3) by Erica J Whelton, Release Date June 20, 2024
Schoolyard Shadows (Small Town Big Magic Short Reads – Book 2 by Sharon Michaels, Release Date June 20, 2024
April Fool’s Alibi (Holiday Cozy Mystery – Book 9) by Tonya Kappes, Release Date June 21, 2024
A Game of Cake and Mousse (Criminal Confections Mystery – Book 3) by Angela Mayble, Release Date June 21, 2024
Murder By Rote (A Meredith and Alec Thatch Mystery – Book 2) by Rachel Ford, Release Date June 20, 2024
Fireworks, Freedom, & Felonies (A Camper & Criminals Mystery – Book 37) by Tonya Kappes, Release Date June 23, 2024
Death By Betrayal (A Josiah Reynolds Mystery – 20) by Abigail Keam, Release Date June 24, 2024
Murder at the Rusty Anchor (A Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery – Book 6) by Maddie Day, Release Date June 25, 2024
Knee High by the Fourth of July (Murder by Month Mystery – Book 3) by Jess Lourey, Release Date June 25, 2024
An Art Lover’s Guide to Paris and Murder (A Countess of Harleigh Mystery – Book 7) by Dianne Freeman, Release Date June 25, 2024
Murder Buys a One-Way Ticket (A Jaine Austen Mystery – Book 20) by Laura Levine, Release Date June 25, 2024
Requiem for a Mouse (Cat in the Stacks Mystery – Book 16) by Miranda James, Release Date June 25, 2024
Haunting License (A Haunted Haven Mystery – Book 3) by Carol J. Perry, Release Date June 25, 2024
Peg and Rose Play the Ponies (A Senior Sleuths Mystery – Book 3) by Laurien Berenson, Release Date June 25, 2024
Come Shell or High Water (A Haunted Shell Shop Mystery – Book 1) by Molly MacRae, Release Date June 25, 2024
The Paperback Sleuth (Ashram Assassin Mystery – Book 2) by Andrew Cartmel, Release Date June 25, 2024
Murder at an English Séance (A Beryl and Edwina Mystery – Book 8) by Jessica Ellicott, Release Date June 25, 2024
A Murder for the Sages (Sunflower Café Mystery – Book 3) by Amy Lillard, Release Date June 25, 2024
Farewell Performance (A Ginger Barnes Mystery – Book 6) by Donna Huston Murray, Release Date June 25, 2024
Lady Eliza of Stickleback Hollow (The Mystery of Stickleback Hollow – Book 27) by C. S. Woolley, Release Date June 26, 2024
Broken in Little Leaf Creek (A Little Leaf Creek Mystery – Book 23) by Cindy Bell, Release Date June 26, 2024
Nocino Noir (Franki Amato Mysteries – Book 9) by Traci Andrighetti, Release Date June 27, 2024
Garlic Burger Murder (A Sleepy Creek Mystery 0 Book 6) by Rosie A. Point, Release Date June 30, 2024
*Please note that Release Dates can change from time of this posting.
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