by Matt Lubbers-Moore
My husband and I are currently looking to buy a house. We are at the moment living in an 800ish square foot rental. It is nice and has been sufficient for the last few years. However, being a book collector means I need space and mostly moisture free space at that. The room used to store the books is terrible. Mold grows everywhere. Mushrooms have been found growing on the windows. Also the room is six feet wide, twelve feet long, and the ceiling is ten feet tall! It is a nice space with the exception of the moisture.
But as I just recently purchased an additional 1,000 plus books and I have six filing cabinets of comic books in a storage unit I need more space than I have. Trust me, the husband is growing tired of stacks of boxes of books in the house. We need more space!
Houses with the space we need are hard to come by as they are towards the top of our budget and the housing market is not kind to those who have a day job and can’t tour every and any house that strikes their fancy. We also got a new realtor who is slightly less responsive than our last realtor. He used to have time in the afternoons and weekends to take us around.
Wish us luck in finding space for my poor books!
On with the books!
Deepfaked to Death by Meg Perry
Out June 14, 2024
Missed this release last month! It is the third book in the Angeles series. LAPD detective Jon Eckhoff is jolted awake in the wee hours by a call from his union rep. A video is circulating on social media that supposedly shows Jon shooting a young man to death in a mostly-deserted warehouse. Jon has never shot anyone, in the line of duty or otherwise. To anyone who knows him, the video is clearly a deepfake. He can’t do anything to help himself – but his friends at Angeles Investigations aren’t content to wait for Internal Affairs to clear Jon. Rob, Kevin, Jamilah, Jamie, and Ryan all jump in to solve the mystery.
The Man Who Hated Clouds by Gayleen Froese
Out July 2, 2024, DSP Publications
Private investigator Ben Ames is supposed to be on vacation. He’s followed his rock star boyfriend, Jesse, to the Edmonton Folk Festival, where Jesse is doing an acoustic set with friends and having a boozy sulk about his changing image. Neither is there to solve a crime, but they’re offered a case anyway, when the festival headliner hires them to help his author friend Charlie. Charlie’s latest manuscript is missing. A normal guy would have backups, but Charlie’s an internet-hating conspiracy theorist who saved his work to a laptop flash drive, and now the drive and the computer are gone. Word comes that Charlie’s been murdered. Book three of the Ben Ames series.
Stars, Hide Your Fires by Jessica Mary Best
Out July 2, 2024, Quirk Books
As an expert thief from a minor moon, Cass knows a good mark when she sees one. The emperor’s ball is her chance to steal a fortune for herself, her ailing father, and her scrappy crew of thieves and market vendors. Her plan is simple: 1. Hitch a ride to the planet of Ouris, the dazzling heart of the empire. 2. Sneak onto the imperial palace station to attend the emperor’s ball. 3. Steal from the rich, the royal, and the insufferable. But on the station, things quickly go awry. When the emperor is found dead, everyone in the palace is a suspect—and someone is setting Cass up to take the fall.
The Banker, the Spy and the Downfall that Followed by Richard Saw
Out July 5, 2024
With the spectre of M’Oriarti fading, Stephen Holmes looks to embrace his future. He and John Watson tread delicately towards announcing a date for their impending nuptials. But the nightmares of his past are unwilling to go quietly into the night. Benjamin Horton’s seduction to the dark side of the legal profession appears a result of his rejection by Holmes; the Coupland family discretely continue to hunt for M’Oriarti’s billions, and plot revenge on the man that wronged them; and Sir Harry Patterson’s relaunch of San Marianne – M’Oriarti’s old firm – has resulted in a number of unsavoury elements returning to London.
Doom Magnet by Gregory Ashe
Out July 15, 2024, Hodgkin & Blount
After several months (and a few murders), Dash is finally starting to feel at home in Hastings Rock. He’s enjoying the quiet after the end of tourist season, he’s comfortable at Hemlock House (the jury is still out on whether it’s haunted), and most importantly, he has friends. When Dash stumbles across the body of a predatory local real estate developer, he’s the only one who believes it’s murder.
The Kidnapped by Nicole Pyland
Out July 19, 2024, Pyland Publishing LLC
When she sees a picture of a little girl who looks just like her younger self in a book about lost children, Heidi realizes she was born Hollis Richardson and that she’d been stolen from her mother.
Raleigh Leonard’s daughter was kidnapped when she was three years old. Now, over a year later, Raleigh is beginning to lose hope that she’ll ever see her again, but a detective, Dylan Easton, has agreed to help her find new leads and, hopefully, her daughter. The timing couldn’t be worse for the two women, but they discover there’s something between them that’s worth pursuing, even when nothing else in their lives seems to be going right.
Charlotte Iles is Not a Teacher by Katie Siegel
Out July 2, 2024, Kensington
Mention “returning to the scene of a crime,” and people don’t usually picture a middle school. But that’s where kid detective Lottie Illes enjoyed some of her greatest successes, solving mysteries and winning acclaim—before the world of adult responsibilities came crashing in . . . Twentysomething Charlotte is now back in the classroom, this time as a substitute teacher. However, as much as she’s tried to escape the shadow of her younger self, others haven’t forgotten about Lottie. In fact, a fellow teacher is hoping for help discovering the culprit behind anonymous threats being sent to her and her aunt, who’s running for reelection to the Board of Education.
No Road Home by John Fram
Out July 23, 2024, Atria Books
For years, single father Toby Tucker has done his best to keep his sensitive young son, Luca, safe from the bigotry of the world. But when Toby marries Alyssa Wright—the granddaughter of a famed televangelist known for his grandiose Old Testament preaching—he can’t imagine the world of religion, wealth, and hate that he and Luca are about to enter. A trip to the Wright family’s compound in sun-scorched Texas soon turns hellish when Toby realizes that Alyssa and the rest of her brood have dangerous plans for him and his son. The situation only grows worse when a freak storm cuts off the roads and the family patriarch is found murdered, stabbed in the chest on the roof of their sprawling mansion.
The Case of the Campus Cat by Judith Woolf
Out July 30, 2024, Cranthorpe Millner Publishers
Lesbian literary scholar Morgan Byrd has no time for babies, or cats. But when the disappearance of her university’s resident tomcat is rapidly followed by baby snatching and murder, Morgan is drawn into the police inquiry, alongside ten-year-old Oliver Cresswell, a math prodigy turned boy detective with a man-sized secret to hide. While their input is not always welcome, Detective Inspector Burdock soon finds that he needs their unorthodox assistance to unravel his investigation, filled as it is with red herrings, tumultuous twists and eccentric characters, from academics to members of a closed religious sect.
Other releases!
Tomes and Tribulations by Vera Winters, out July 1, 2024
The Woman Who Went on Midnights by Gayleen Froese, out July 2, 2024
Carmilla vol. 2 by Amy Chu, out July 9, 2024
Nitro by Fel Fern, out July 18, 2024
Runaway Magic by Zile Elliven, out July 20, 2024
In the Nick of Time by Elle Keaton, out July 25, 2024
The Haunted Hotel by Vawn Cassidy, out July 26, 2024
Coyote Crossing by K. A. Moll, out July 31, 2024
The Turning of the Tables by K. M. Avery, out July 31, 2024
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