Looking for something new to read as the nights get longer? Here are six books, each one the start of something different: five brand-new series and one gripping standalone. There are cozy mysteries, a Jazz Age whodunit, a romantic fantasy, and a slice of ancient history. Find the one that calls to you and start at the very beginning.
The Whispering Loom
A Whispering Loom Mystery, Book 1 · Cozy historical mystery · English village
Widowed textile restorer Elara Voss can read the story hidden inside a piece of cloth. When a powerful family asks her to restore a two-hundred-year-old tapestry, she finds a lie woven into the wool, and days later a man is pulled dead from the millpond.
For readers who love Golden Age whodunits, village secrets, and old crafts.
The Name Beneath the Ink
An Alderwick Archive Mystery, Book 1 · Cozy mystery · with a touch of the supernatural
Archivist Mara Venn trusts only what a record can prove. Then a surveyor asks about a 1958 resolution that doesn't match the ground, and hours later he's dead in her archive. And every night at 12:13, the old documents start showing words that shouldn't exist.
For readers who love libraries and archives, paper-trail clues, and a gentle ghost who only points the way.
The Deed at Beacon Point
A Beacon Point Lighthouse Mystery, Book 1 · Cozy mystery · coastal Maine
Eleanor Whitmore leaves Boston for the lighthouse keeper's cottage her aunt left her. On her first night, the old caretaker warns her about something hidden. By morning he's dead at the foot of the lighthouse stairs.
For readers who love seaside towns, lighthouses, and a twenty-pound orange Maine Coon named Fresnel.
The Postcard Diagram
A Gilded Peacock Mystery, Book 1 · Historical mystery · 1926 Chicago
Dance captain Corinne Voss has one thing left of her missing sister: a postcard written in dance steps. When the supper club's old dresser dies reaching for a trunk with the same strange latch drawn on that card, Corinne realizes it was never a keepsake. It was a warning.
For readers who love the Jazz Age, vivid historical settings, and found family with real stakes.
The Cartographer's Lotus
The Lotus Covenant Saga, Book 1 · Romantic fantasy
Royal cartographer Elara Veyne trusts maps more than people. When a covenant name begins to fade from a living lotus leaf, she discovers someone is erasing the ancient promises that hold her river kingdom above the flood, and she has to share a barge with the rival prince she was raised to distrust.
For readers who love slow-burn romance, rivals to allies, and magic tied to maps and water.
Gold, Gut, and Cross
Standalone · History · the Siege of Jerusalem, A.D. 70
Rome promised survival at the gate. Jerusalem offered hunger behind the walls. This is the story of the Siege of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, when famine, faith, fear, and empire collided in one of the ancient world's most terrible collapses.
For readers who love dramatic ancient history and fans of The Absolutely Unhinged Series.
Can't Decide?
- Love old crafts and English villages? Start with The Whispering Loom.
- Love a little ghostly mystery? Try The Name Beneath the Ink.
- Love the seaside and cats? Head to The Deed at Beacon Point.
- Love the 1920s? Pick up The Postcard Diagram.
- Love romance and magic? Open The Cartographer's Lotus.
- Love real history? Read Gold, Gut, and Cross.
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