Tuesday Tomorrow
The Austen Intrigue by Julia Golding
Published by: One More Chapter
Publication Date: November 25th, 2025
Format: Kindle, 345 Pages
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"1812 London
Up-and-coming novelist Jane Austen joins forces with London's most esteemed investigative duo - the infamous Dora Fitz-Pennington and disgraced son of a Viscount, Jacob Sandys - to solve the brutal murder of a French count and his opera singer wife. The killer took his own life immediately after the crime - but who sent him and why?
As they find themselves swept up in London's shadowy underworld, can Dora and Jacob uncover the truth without jeopardising national security, and with the promises they made to each other still intact? And will their unique love story end up in the pages of one of Austen's novels?"
I'm intrigued as to why the killer took his own life...
Murder at Donwell Abbey by Vanessa Kelly
Published by: Kensington
Publication Date: November 25th, 2025
Format: Hardcover, 416 Pages
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"This latest Regency-era mystery from USA Today bestselling author Vanessa Kelly finds Jane Austen's clever Emma Knightley (nee Woodhouse) as an amateur sleuth, navigating shocking changes in her family - while meeting her match in a deadly adversary...
Emma's spirits are elevated after she and husband George Knightley host a joyful holiday celebration at the Hartfield estate. But it's instantly a bitter January when her father makes an unexpected announcement - he and Miss Hetty Bates have decided to marry. Not only must Emma relinquish her role as mistress of the household, but also accept the reality that the excitable Miss Bates will become her stepmother...
More unwanted news arrives during an extravagant betrothal ball at Donwell Abbey, the grand Knightley estate where Emma and George will soon permanently reside. Nearly every villager in Highbury revels in the dazzling affair - except Emma's hardworking lady's maid, Prudence Parr. To Emma's horror, Prudence is found dead, sprawled across the stones of the library terrace...
The woman's tragic fall is quickly ruled a terrible accident and whispers circulate around personal troubles leading up to her untimely demise. But Emma's instincts tell her that something far more sinister is at play. Now, Highbury's matchmaker-turned-sleuth vows to outwit a cunning criminal before an innocent man loses his freedom - or Donwell Abbey plunges into a darker mystery..."
Oh my, just the sheer inanities of a Miss Bates and Mr. Wodehouse wedding! It's destined for failure but I can't look away!
A Murder in the Making by Victoria Laurie
Published by: Kensington Cozies
Publication Date: November 25th, 2025
Format: Hardcover, 416 Pages
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"The latest mesmerizing novel in a new mystery series featuring the captivating Dovey Van Dalen, once the belle of 1840s Copenhagen, now a spellbound, magic-wielding mystic in present-day Washington, D.C., charged with recovering magical property from the unbound - by any means necessary.
Dovey didn't expect to fall in love after the age of 200, yet she can't stop thinking about Grant "Gib" Barlow, the gorgeous FBI agent who helped her crack her last case. A romance with an unbound is obviously a terrible idea, but for Gib, it could be fatal - because Dovey's employer, Elric Ostergaard, arguably the most powerful mystic in the world, also happens to be her longtime lover.
Alas, Dovey's efforts to steer clear of Gib become impossible when her best friend, fellow mystic, and unapologetic romantic, Ursula Göransdotter, tricks them into a lunch date - during which Gib is alerted that a fellow agent has been murdered in his own home. The state of the crime scene, and of the body, seem to defy logic - but Dovey immediately recognizes the Crushing Curse, which could only be cast by a supremely powerful mystic - like her boss. When another agent is killed in the same manner, Dovey races to find Elric for answers.
Meanwhile, the FBI body count rises, and it becomes clear that a rogue mystic is targeting the unbound agents, but why? What ensues is another missing magical trinket, a tense confrontation with Elric, a shocking discovery about Gib, and grave danger to all involved - forcing Dovey to navigate realm-crossing love triangles, supernatural power struggles - and ultimately, her own surprisingly vulnerable heart..."
Anyone else picture Gib as a young Mark Harmon?
The Marriage Method by Mimi Matthews
Published by: Berkley
Publication Date: November 25th, 2025
Format: Paperback, 416 Pages
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"The Academy always comes first...which makes marriage to its most formidable adversary an exceedingly inconvenient arrangement.
Well removed from London's more curious eyes, the Benevolent Academy for the Betterment of Young Ladies strives toward one clandestine goal: to distract, disrupt, and discredit men in power who would seek to harm the advancement of women - by appropriate means, of course.
When intrepid newspaper editor Miles Quincey starts to question the school's intentions, the Academy appoints Penelope "Nell" Trewlove, one of their brightest graduates, to put this nuisance to rest. An easy enough mission, she supposes. Or it would be, if Miles wasn't so fascinating - too fascinating to resist - and if Nell's visit to London didn't perfectly coincide with the murder of one of Miles's reporters.
When the inexorable claws of fate trap Nell and Miles in a compromising situation, they agree to an arrangement that will save their reputations while enabling them to investigate the story that led to a man's death, as well as the surprising chemistry between them..."
I love that even with a clandestine academy one's reputation can be ruined.
Murder at Cottonwood Creek by Clara McKenna
Published by: Kensington
Publication Date: November 25th, 2025
Format: Hardcover, 304 Pages
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"Far from England and their beloved Morrington Hall, Viscount "Lyndy" Lyndhurst and his American wife, heiress and equestrian Stella Kendrick - now Lady Lyndhurst - find fossils and murder in Montana...
Led by his passion for paleontology, Lyndy's father, Lord Atherly, has traveled all the way to Montana, to explore the fossil-rich horse ranch owned by Stella's mother, Katherine, and her second husband, Ned Smith. Urged by Lady Atherly to look after her husband, Stella and Lyndy follow in his wake. Stella is excited to be reunited with her mother, and Lyndy is eager to experience the real "Wild West." Both are equally thrilled to participate in a fossil dig.
But when a local man who was guarding the dig site overnight is found the next morning dead in a creek bed, the couple fear his death may not have been an accident - especially when things get wilder still. The paleontologist on the dig has his notebook stolen, several fossil bones disappear, and a second body is found in the research tent.
No one is above suspicion - a rival paleontologist up to some skullduggery, members of their own crew, even Lord Atherly himself. Stella and Lyndy must keep digging to unearth the clues that will expose a killer in their midst - before more bones must be buried..."
Montana is prime fossil territory. I mean, we all learned that from Jurassic Park right?
Trouble in the Alps by Vivian Conroy
Published by: One More Chapter
Publication Date: November 25th, 2025
Format: Kindle, 312 Pages
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"A devastating accident.
An isolated hotel.
A murdered guest...
When Miss Atalanta Ashford learns that her dear friend Raoul Lemont has had a serious accident, she rushes to his remote hotel in the Alps only to discover he has no memory of her - or his life before.
Atalanta is determined to stay undercover while she helps Raoul recover. But when another resident is found dead, she is pulled into the hotel's dark secrets. Can she untangle the web in time for them to escape the snowy mountains with their lives?
Look out for more Miss Ashford mysteries and get your passports ready as you travel with her to some of the most sought-after destinations on the continent..."
I love me some murder in snowbound locals.
The Bishop Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
Published by: Pushkin Vertigo
Publication Date: November 25th, 2025
Format: Paperback, 394 Pages
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"In one of the most well-known classic American murder mysteries, amateur detective Philo Vance must solve a puzzle series of crimes based on nursery rhymes.
A series of gruesome murders has left the glittering world of Jazz Age Manhattan in shock.
When Cock Robin is found dead with an arrow through his chest, New York's DA calls in amateur detective and professional flâneur Philo Vance to solve the case. But this mystery proves to be more challenging than Vance could have imagined, and a cunning presence seems to be constantly one step ahead of him. As Vance investigates, more gruesome murders occur, and a sinister pattern begins to emerge: each perverse death is staged to represent a line from a nursery rhyme.
In an even more disturbing twist, after each murder, the perpetrator sends a note to the press, signed simply 'The Bishop.' As more deaths go unsolved, the murderer's hubris grows, and each act is more brazen than the last. Vance must move quickly to stop the Bishop's bloody spree among the upper echelons of New York society.
Set against the glittering backdrop of Jazz Age Manhattan with a distinctive and erudite detective, this is considered one of the great classic detective stories. This intricate and skillfully crafted murder mystery is sure to delight any armchair detective."
If you're a fan of mysteries and you don't have any S.S. Van Dine on your shelf you need to rectify that. Now.
Murder at the Scottish Ball by Millicent Binks
Published by: Bookouture
Publication Date: November 25th, 2025
Format: Kindle, 269 Pages
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"Holly wreaths, eggnog by a roaring fire and...A body by the Christmas tree? Opal Laplume is on the case!
December 1934. Spending the holidays in a Scottish castle has made Opal Laplume's festive wishes come true. Sir Seamus' Christmas Eve ball is legendary, and Opal dons her finest gown for an exquisite night of bubbles, baubles, and tartan kilts. But the festivities come to a screeching halt when their gracious host is electrocuted by some faulty Christmas lights.
The mood soon turns from festive to frosty when Opal discovers that what seemed like a tragic accident was in fact a deadly sabotage. Everyone has something to hide. Sir Seamus' marriage was crumbling like a piece of Scottish shortbread. Did his wife take 'til death do us part' too far? The butler was promised a large sum from Sir Seamus' will. Did he want an early Christmas bonus? And who is the ghostly figure playing bagpipes in the tower at night?
Just as the killer proves as difficult to find as the Loch Ness Monster, one of the guests is found smothered in their bedroom. Opal soon discovers Sir Seamus was hiding a deadly secret on a small island off the rugged Scottish coast. Can she find the key to the mystery there, before the entire party perishes? Or will this Christmas be her last?
An addictive and twisty Golden Age murder mystery set in the Scottish Highlands. Fans of Agatha Christie. T.E. Kinsey and Verity Bright won't be able to put this down!"
Now that we're so near to Thanksgiving you better have your holiday reading list ready. And if you don't, here's one to add to it!
Vows and Villainy by Elizabeth Penney
Published by: Minotaur Books
Publication Date: November 25th, 2025
Format: Paperback, 288 Pages
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"Vows and Villainy is the fifth book in Elizabeth Penney's delightful Cambridge Bookshop series set in Cambridge, England, where celebrations are about to commence.
It's wedding season in Cambridge, and Molly Kimball is thrilled that it's almost time for her best friend's special day. With the help of her boyfriend Kieran Scott, she is determined to be the best maid of honor for Daisy and Tim. Daisy's heart is set upon a Shakespeare-themed wedding to be held at Hazelhurst House, Kieran's family's home. The Scotts are also hosting a Shakespeare troupe for the summer, and the actors have kindly agreed to be part of the festivities.
But all goes awry with the discovery of Sir Nigel Peck, a famous actor with a checkered past and present-day misdeeds, floating dead in the moat with flowers strewn around him, Ã la Ophelia. When Kieran's brother Alan becomes a top suspect, Molly and company must investigate to uncover the ugly truth behind this picturesque scene...before more bodies pile up.
Can Molly solve the murder before Daisy and Tim say "I do"?"
The one time I was a maid of honor I would have totally rocked solving a murder at the same time.
Death and Dinuguan by Mia P. Manansala
Published by: Berkley
Publication Date: November 25th, 2025
Format: Paperback, 304 Pages
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"Love is in the air for the citizens of Shady Palms, but Cupid's arrow isn't the only thing striking the town - not with another killer on the loose.
Things are looking up for the Brew-ha Cafe, and Lila Macapagal can't think of anything that could break the spell, especially with Valentine's Day coming up - she can't wait to celebrate with her boyfriend, Jae Park. Adding to the lovey-dovey atmosphere is Hana Lee, Shady Palms's newest resident. She's also Jae's beloved cousin and chocolatier at Choco Noir, the latest addition to the town's culinary offerings. Everything is coming into place for Hana, who left her old life in Minnesota behind to work at Choco Noir, owned by her best friend.
Unfortunately, beneath the sweet surface of Shady Palms runs a bitter undercurrent, as a series of attacks against women-owned businesses in the area escalates from petty theft to assault and murder when Hana is found knocked unconscious inside Choco Noir, and the chocolate shop owner is put out of business - for good.
With Hana left in a coma, a murderer hiding amongst them, and the safety of the women entrepreneurs of Shady Palms at risk, the Park brothers team up with the Brew-ha crew to put a stop to the villain before they strike again."
Come one, didn't one person at Berkley think to make a unsweetened chocolate joke instead of bitter undercurrent!?!
Now Dead by Kate Bold
Published by: Kate Bold
Publication Date: November 25th, 2025
Format: Kindle, 191 Pages
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"When a serial killer leaves an eerie trail echoing Greek mythology, brilliant FBI Agent Brynn Justice must race to halt a delusional psychopath - and save the next victim before it's too late...
In a deadly twist on ancient warfare, victims are forced into lethal duels at the hands of a killer emulating the wrath of Ares. It's up to FBI Agent Brynn Justice to enter the arena of murder and outwit an adversary who's always one fatal step ahead.
Now Dead is book #4 in a new series by #1 bestselling mystery and suspense author Kate Bold, whose bestseller Not Me (a free download) has received over 3,00 five star ratings and reviews. The series begins with Now Run (Book #1).
The Brynn Justice mystery series is a heart-racing cat-and-mouse narrative brimming with shocking twists and unexpected turns. This series breathes new life into the mystery genre with its unique lead character, guaranteed to capture your heart and compel you to read well past bedtime. Fans of Lisa Regan, Karin Slaughter, and Robert Dugoni are sure to fall in love."
I'm always here for a serial killer with a twist.
Fatal Decision by Ted Taylor
Published by: Vinci Books Ltd
Publication Date: November 25th, 2025
Format: Paperback, 240 Pages
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"He thought he'd left his life as a detective behind. But the past has a deadly way of catching up.
Three years after losing his wife, retired DI Gus Freeman is drawn back into the force to lead a new cold case unit. His first investigation: the brutal murder of Daphne Tolliver, a widow killed during her morning walk through the seemingly peaceful Wiltshire woods.
As Freeman and his team peel back layers of small-town secrets, they discover a web of hidden relationships and festering grudges. But the deeper they dig, the more dangerous their investigation becomes.
With the killer still at large and watching their every move, Freeman must confront not only a cunning adversary but the demons of his own past - before another life is claimed.
In this picturesque town, every silence has a story - and not everyone wants the truth revealed."
I just want to read this for the Wiltshire woods. And obviously the murder.
The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo
Published by: Erewhon Books
Publication Date: November 25th, 2025
Format: Hardcover, 352 Pages
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"A dark history is unearthed amid crumbling façades in Lambda Literary fellow Victor Manibo's new gothic tale of family, homecoming, and postcolonial vengeance...
SOME LEGACIES ARE BEST LEFT BURIED...
Villa Sepulveda is a storied relic of the Philippines' past: a Spanish colonial manor, its moldering stonework filled with centuries-old heirlooms, nestled in a remote coconut plantation. When their patriarch dies mysteriously, his far-flung family returns to their ancestral home. Filipino-American student Adrian Sepulveda invites his college girlfriend, Sophie, a transracial adoptee who knows little about her own Filipino heritage, to the funeral of a man who was entwined with the history of the country itself.
Sophie soon learns that there is more to the Sepulvedas than a grand tradition of political and entrepreneurial success. Adrian's relatives clash viciously amid grief, confusion, and questions about the family curse that their matriarch refuses to answer. When a landslide traps them all in the villa, secrets begin to emerge, revealing sins both intimately personal and unthinkably public.
Sifting through fact, folklore, and fiction, Sophie finds herself at the center of a reckoning. Did a mythical demon really kill Adrian's grandfather? How complicit are the Sepulvedas in the country's oppressive history? As a series of ill omens befall the villa, Sophie must decide whom to trust - and whom to flee - before the family's true legacy comes to take its revenge..."
Here for all the gothic goodness.
Hobtown Mystery Stories Vol. 3: The Secret of the Saucer by Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes
Published by: Oni Press
Publication Date: November 25th, 2025
Format: Paperback, 264 Pages
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"Return to Hobtown, the charming rural village in Nova Scotia at the heart of surreal and haunting mysteries, and home to the after-school Teen Detective Club dedicated to solving them. The third must-read volume of the page-turning series that the New York Times calls "forceful and haunting" starts here for the first time ever in a fully colored edition from creators Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes!
The lines between conspiracy and reality tangle during election season in Hobtown as a new-old member of the Teen Detective Club surfaces to challenge Dana's leadership and redirect the group's attention back to the discounted but pressing concern that "ALIENS!" are among us. On a grander scale, amid the town's hotly contested mayoral race, the arrival of a flying saucer and a chaotic "Ape Lord" being pursued by the local Knitting Circle have the teen sleuths of Hobtown unsure if they're coming or going, as literal backward thinking tears at the threads of their friendships and their grasp on their latest case..."
Regressive thinking is the most dangerous threat out there!
Friday: The Complete Series by Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vincente
Published by: Image Comics
Publication Date: November 25th, 2025
Format: Hardcover, 368 Pages
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"Yellowjackets meets The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina in this genre-defying, post-YA masterpiece, now collecting all three volumes in one deluxe hardcover!
Friday Fitzhugh spent her childhood solving crimes and digging up occult secrets with her best friend Lancelot Jones, the smartest boy in the world. But that was the past, now she's in college, starting a new life on her own. Except when Friday comes home for the holidays, she's immediately pulled back into Lance's orbit and finds that something very strange and dangerous is happening in their little New England town...
This is literally the Christmas vacation from Hell and neither of them may survive to see the New Year.
From award-winning creators Ed Brubaker (Criminal, Reckless, Kill or be Killed) and Marcos Martin (The Private Eye, Daredevil), with brilliant colors by Muntsa Vicente, Friday is a chilling, coming-of-age story about growing up, letting go, and uncovering the darkness hidden in familiar places.
Collects all three volumes plus extra features."
Christmas vacation for college freshman is a deadly vortex of past and present! So masterfully brought to life here. I will literally read anything Ed Brubaker writes!
As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel
Published by: William Morrow
Publication Date: November 25th, 2025
Format: Hardcover, 352 Pages
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"An inventive and romantic speculative novel about two women - a witch and an immortal demon - who make a Faustian bargain and are drawn into a cat-and-mouse chase across multiple lifetimes.
1592. Cybil Harding is a First Daughter. Cursed to bring disaster to those around her, she is trapped in a house with a mother paralyzed by grief and a father willing to sacrifice everything in pursuit of magic.
Miriam Richter is a creature of shadow. Forged by the dark arts many years ago, she is doomed to exist for eternity and destined to be alone - killing mortals and consuming their souls for sustenance. Everything changes when she meets Cybil, whose soul shines with a light so bright, she must claim it for herself. She offers a bargain: she will grant Cybil reincarnation in exchange for her soul.
Thus begins a dance across centuries as Miriam seeks Cybil in every lifetime to claim her prize. Cybil isn't inclined to play by the rules, but when it becomes clear that Miriam holds the key to breaking her family curse, Cybil finds that - for the first time in her many lives - she might have the upper hand. As they circle each other, drawn together inescapably as light and dark, the bond forged between them grows stronger. In their battle for dominance, only one of them can win - but perhaps they can't survive without each other.
Natasha Siegel has written an unexpected love story that feels both epic and deeply personal. Ambitious, gothic, and magical, As Many Souls as Stars is about the lengths we go to protect ourselves, our legacy, and those we love."
A true symbiosis.
I Haven't Been Entirely Honest with You by Miranda Hart
Not For the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher
Madrigals and Mayhem by Elizabeth Penney
Murder at Glenloch Hill by Clara McKenna
A Trinket for the Taking by Victoria Laurie
Darkly by Marisha Pessl
Designing Worlds by Tim Burton
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen edited by Ellen Datlow
The Complete Harrow County by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook
I've never been a big one for biographies. In fact, non-fiction in general has never been a big draw for me. There's just something that rubs me the wrong way, and occasionally makes me see that I could write better than a particular author given the drive. Yes, I've read my fair share of celebrity biographies over the years, but in truth I've always been turned off by learning the less glamorous side of things. As I've gotten older this has changed to an extent. Perhaps it's the rise of authors like David Sedaris and Jenny Lawson who bring humor to their writing but are also relatable in that damaged way that calls out to me. Or perhaps I'm now more willing to peak behind the curtain and see the great and powerful Oz for what he really is. Though despite this change I rarely pick up a biography unless it's for a book club. Therefore perhaps that's what's really changed, I'm willing to let my fellow book club members and fate decide what I should read. I think that is actually the best thing about my book club, not how awesome everyone is, though they are, it's that I'm reading books I would never pick up on my own and reading outside my comfort zone. So here's to something different! Here's to the biography! 
Worlds of Ink and Shadlow by Lena Coakley
A Ghoul's Guide to Love and Murder by Victoria Laurie
Foreign Éclairs by Julie Hyzy
Cemetery Girl Book 1: The Pretenders by Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden
The Ghoul Next Door by Victoria Laurie
Bitter Spirits by Jenn Bennett
Home of the Braised by Julie Hyzy
Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
Unusual Uses for Olive Oil by Alexander McCall Smith
What a Ghoul Wants by Victoria Laurie
Guilded by Karina Cooper
The Retribution by Val McDermid
Ghoul Interrupted by Victoria Laurie
Knit One, Pearl One by Gil McNeil
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by The Countess of Carnarvon
