Coming soon! Cozy Mystery new releases for August 2023

Cozy mystery new releases for August 2023! Can you believe that it’s August already? I sure can’t! My summer has been flying by and sometimes I wish it would slow down so I could do a bit more reading! One that thing doesn’t slow down is the amount of amazing cozy mystery books being published. And August is no exception! I’ve managed to gather up nearly 150 titles, including lots of series debuts, so I hope you find something to add to your TBR (To-Be-Read) list! Leave a comment and let me know what has caught your eye!

Every month I try my best to include as many new books as possible but honestly, there are HUNDREDS of books coming out each month so I can’t possibly list them all! If you know any cozy mysteries coming out that aren’t listed below, feel free to leave a comment and let me know and I’ll add it to the post. (Authors! If you have a new cozy mystery coming out next month or at a future date, send me an email at stephanie@bookfrolic.com and I’ll make sure to add it to the appropriate post!)

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Book info, including release date, was correct at time of posting, but may change at any time.

AUGUST 1-6, 2023

AUGUST 1

• A Deadly Dedication (Open Book Mysteries Book 4) by Margaret Loudon
• A Sense for Murder (Sally Solari Mystery Book 6) by Leslie Karst
• A Troubling Tail (Bookmobile Cat Book 11) by Laurie Cass
• Birder, She Wrote (Meg Langslow Book 33) by Donna Andrews
• Death Comes to Santa Fe (Santa Fe Revival Book 3) by Amanda Allen
• Death in Print (St Just Mystery Book 5) by G.M. Malliet
• Marinas, Muffins, and Murder (Josephine Jenkins Seaside Cozy Mystery Book 1) by Emily Warnes
• Murder in Siena (Armstrong and Oscar Book 4) by T.A. Williams
• Tea Bags and Burglaries (Button Club Mysteries Book 2) by Joan Raymond

AUGUST 2

• Death by Cutting Table (Holly Swimsuit Book 4) by Susie Black

AUGUST 3

• A Fete Worse than Death (Lucy Williams Book 2) by Tia Brown
• Childs Play (Lucy Williams Book 1) by Tia Brown – first in a new series!
• Roman Nights (Dolly Mystery Book 5) by Dorothy Dunnett
• Taking Chances (Hope Herring Book 13) by J.A. Whiting and Nell McCarthy

AUGUST 4

• Covert Curses (Irish Incantations Book 1) by Tricia Tilde – first in a new series!
• Kitty vs. Killer (Sassy Witch Book 1) by Corrine Winters – first in a new series!

AUGUST 7-13, 2023

AUGUST 7

• Foul Play at Seal Bay (Morwenna Mutton Book 1) by Judy Leigh – first in a new series!
• Murder at the UFO Festival (Sweetbriar Forest B&B Book 1) by Kaja FiveCrows – first in a new series!
• Murder on Maple Way (Maple Way Mystery Club Book 1) by Miranda Rose Barker – first in a new series!
• Trapped on the Trails (Last Resort Cozy Mysteries Book 3) by Mel Morgan

AUGUST 8

• A Christmas Caper (Cozy Mystery Short Story Book 6) by Kathryn Mykel and P.C. James
• A Clue in the Crumbs (Key West Food Critic Book 13) by Lucy Burdette
• Berried Grievances (Cranberry Cove Book 8) by Peg Cochran
• Casting Off Magic Beans (Knit Witch Cozy Book 7) by Lyla Lockwood
• One Wily Witch (Sixth and Sensibility Book 2) by Nadine Doolittle
• Read to Death at the Lakeside Library (Lakeside Library Mystery Book 3) by Holly Danvers
• The Wizard of Menace (Magical Renaissance Faire Book 8) by Erin Johnson
• We’ll Always Have Murder (Movie Memorabilia Series Book 1) by Gayle Leeson
• Witching up the Wrong Tree (Paws and Poltergeists Book 1) by Mara Webb – first in a new series!

AUGUST 9

• Cauldrons and Cats (Familiar Spirits Book 2) by Christine Pope
• Treats, Tricks, and Trespassing (Pumpkin Hollow Candy Store Mystery Book 1) by Kathleen Suzette – first in a new series!

AUGUST 10

• Buried in Berries by Christa Sweetin
• Murder at the Village Fair (Miss Underhay Book 13) by Helena Dixon
• Season to Kill by Elizabeth Flynn
• Secrets and Scallywags (Magical Mystery Book Club Book 5) by Elizabeth Pantley
• Shear Lies (Ruby Tate Book 2) by Ashleigh Quinn

AUGUST 11

• Kitty vs. Clues (Sassy Witch Book 2) by Corrine Winters
• Retreat from Murder (Trash to Treasure Book 4) by Donna Clancy
• The Farfalle Fatality (Romano’s Family Restaurant Book 4) by Rosie A. Point
• The Maypole Masquerade (Trench & Debsy Book 8) by Ian Shimwell

AUGUST 12

• A Day Trip to Brighton (Mysteries of Stickleback Hollow Book 13) by C.S. Woolley
• An Engagement in Stickleback Hollow (Mysteries of Stickleback Hollow Book 15) by C.S. Woolley
• At the Court of St. James (Mysteries of Stickleback Hollow Book 14) by C.S. Woolley
• Mochas and Murder (Witches of Keyhole Lake Book 17) by Tegan Maher

AUGUST 14-20, 2023

AUGUST 14

• Accursed Arms & Loose Lobsters (Libby Foster Book 4) by Ana Bisset
• Deadly Dough (Windy & Darling Book 1) by Wenark Green – first in a new series!
• Double Witch’s Trouble (Petals & Midlife Potions Book 2) by Marley Lark – first in a new series!
• Movie Night Madness (Firefly Junction Book 17) by London Lovett

AUGUST 15

• A Generation of Vipers (Dr Nell Ward Book 4) by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
• Body Under the Café (Viking Witch Book 10) by Cate Martin
• Dead to Rights (Mountain Shadow Book 2) by Tarah Benner
• Deadly Secrets in Juniper Bay (Maple Way Mystery Club Book 2) by Miranda Rose Barker
• Double Double Royal Trouble (Magical Renaissance Faire Book 9) by Trixie Silvertale
• Grave Suspicions (Lavington Windsor Book 3) by Alice James
• High Tea and Murder (Le Doux Book 10) by Abigail Lynn Thornton
• Mayhem in the Mountains (Fiona Figg & Kitty Lane Book 3) by Kelly Oliver
• Murder at the Library (North Dakota Library Book 1) by Ellen Jacobson
• Reap Your Souls (Shadow Vale Witches Book 2) by Claire Robyns
• Shocked by Champagne (Bohemia Bartenders Book 6) by Lucy Lakestone
• The Blingsters (Old School Cozy Mystery Book 1) by Andrea C Neil – first in a new series!
• Threats in Florence (Chef Dani Rosetti Book 13) by Dianne Harman

AUGUST 16

• Crime at the Cabana (Coconut Cove Book 1) by Nicolette Pierce – first in a new series!

AUGUST 17

• A Body in a Cornish Village (Kate Palmer Book 7) by Dee MacDonald
• Deadly Dining (Mia Watson Cruise Ship Mysteries Book 2) by Gwen Taylor and Jen Booker
• Death By Numbers (Murder Ledger Mysteries Book 2) by P.L. Handley
• Murder on a Cornish Isle (Edge of the World Detective Agency Book 2) by Jo Silva
• Of Owl the Nerve (Owl Star Witch Book 13) by Leanne Leeds
• Stitching Concerns (Quilting Cozy Mysteries Book 5) by Kathryn Mykel

AUGUST 18

• A Waffle Death (Auntie Clem’s Bakery Book 20) by P.D. Workman
• Clear as Crystal (Cauldron of Crime Book 3) by Iris Leigh
• Corpse at a Cape Cod Inn (Cape Cod Cozy Mysteries Book 1) by Angela K. Ryan – first in a new series!
• Dead Man Cakewalking (Apple Orchard Book 20) by Chelsea Thomas
• Kitty vs. Murder (Sassy Witch Book 3) by Corrine Winters
• The Veggie Burger Murder (Sleepy Creek Book 5) by Rosie A. Point

AUGUST 19

• Spells and Secrets (Brightstone Bay Book 1) by Paula Lester – first in a new series!
• The Case of the Sanft Sasquatch (Eerie Falls Book 2) by Alyn Troy

AUGUST 21-27, 2023

AUGUST 21

• Bloodshed in the Badlands (Wren and Rascal Book 1) by Judith A. Barrett – first in a new series!
• The Catalogued Corpse (Doro Banyon Historical Mysteries Book 1) by D.S. Lang – first in a new series!

AUGUST 22

• A Potion for Your Thoughts ((Un) Lucky Valley Book 3) by Michelle M. Pillow
• Anchors and Abduction (Dune House Book 26) by Cindy Bell
• Board to Death (Board Game Shop Book 1) by CJ Connor – first in a new series!
• Catch Me If You Candy (Bakeshop Mystery Book 17) by Ellie Alexander 
• Miss Morton and the Spirits of the Underworld (Miss Morton Mystery) by Catherine Lloyd
• Mrs. Morris and the Wolfman (Salem B&B Book 7) by Traci Wilton
• Murder at a Cape Bookstore (Cozy Capers Book Group Book 5) by Maddie Day
• Murder At Sea (Sassy Senior Sleuths Book 7) by Kathryn Myksel and P.C. James
• Murder in the Bookshop (Miss Merrill and Aunt Violet Book 1) by Anita Davison – first in a new series!
• Nine Lives and Alibis (Cat Cafe Book 7) by Cate Conte
• The Body in the Back Garden (Crescent Cove Book 1) by Mark Waddell – first in a new series!

AUGUST 23

• A Draining Murder (Psychic Cleaner Book 6) by S.E. Babin
• Peril & Paperbacks (Prickly Pear Psychic Mysteries Book 5) by Elle Wren Burke
• Scheming Warlocks (Bellarose Cat Cafe Book 3) by L.A. Borruff, Lia Davis & Lacey Carter

AUGUST 24

• A Death at Bay View Hotel (Jemima Jago Book 5) by Emma Jameson
• Amish Buggy Murder (Ettie Smith Amish Mysteries Book 27) by Samantha Price
• Dakota Red (Island Mysteries Book 3) by Lene Lauritsen Kjolner
• Dog Treats and Death (Heywood Hounds Book 1) by Carly Winter – first in a new series!
• Enchanted Cookies: (Cookie Corner Paranormal Cozy Book 7) by Cindy Stark
• Frozen in Fear Cruise (Cruising Through Midlife: Cruise Ship Cozy Book 6) by Addison Moore
• My Big Fat Cursed Wedding (Lucy McGuffin, Psychic Amateur Detective Book 9) by Maggie March
• The Hitwoman and the Sitting Duck (Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman Book 39) by JB Lynn
• The Missing Heirloom Mystery (Maple Way Mystery Club Book 3) by Miranda Rose Barker
• The Slay’s the Thing (Second Act Book 1) by Louise Stevens – first in a new series!

AUGUST 25

• A Secret Staircase (Murder at the Morrisey Book 2) by Eryn Scott
• Cruising to Murder (Francis Meadowes Book 2) by Mark McCrum
• Death in Disguise (Emma Berry Book 5) by Irene Sauman
• Fixer-Upper Murder (Hollywood Whodunit Book 12) by Brittany E. Brinegar
• Murder Most Sweet (Ruby O’Donovan Book 2) by Lily Cherry

AUGUST 26

• A Day at the Races (Mysteries of Stickleback Hollow Book 17) by C.S. Woolley
• A Night at the Opera (Mysteries of Stickleback Hollow Book 16) by C.S. Woolley
• Purrfect Star (Mysteries of Max Book 70) by Nic Saint
• The Case of the Dead Domestic (Adele Gossling Book 6) by Tam May

AUGUST 27

• Murder at the Funeral (The Violet Carlyle Book 42) by Beth Byers

AUGUST 28-31, 2023

AUGUST 28

• Book Club Murder in Kingfisher Falls (Charlotte Dean Book 2) by Phillipa Nefri Clark
• Death 101: Extra Credit (Cassandra Sato Book 4) by Kelly Brakenhoff
• Goodnight, Murder by Diane Weiner
• Murder in Tolland by David M. Hamlin

AUGUST 29

• A Chateau Under Siege (Bruno, Chief of Police Book 16) by Martin Walker
• A Wasp in the Woods (Shop ‘Round the World Book 3) by Geri Krotow
• Death & German Chocolate (Nosy Paralegal Book 3) by Tanya R. Taylor
• Mrs. Jeffries Aims to Win (Victorian Mystery Book 41) by Emily Brightwell
• Pineapple Maids (Pineapple Port Book 19) by Amy Vansant
• Put Pen to Perpetrator (Poppy Perkins Book 4) by Jasmine Webb
• Shrimp and Sorcery (Wicked Witches of Spellcaster Creek Book 3) by Mara Webb
• The London Forgery (Fabiola Bennett Book 1) by Heidi Eljarbo – first in a new series!
• The Picture House Murders (Miss Clara Vale Book 1) by Fiona Veitch Smith – first in a new series!
• Think Outside the Fox (Bought-the-Farm Book 16) by Ellen Riggs
• Wedding Bells Brew Murder (Sara and Sean Book 2) by Carolyn Arnold
• Wouldn’t Dream of Witching (Broomsticks & Books Book 7) by Sara Bourgeois

AUGUST 30

• A Grand Midlife (Witching After Forty Book 17) by Lia Davis and L.A. Boruff
• Bohemian Tragedy (Bewitching Midlife Crisis Book 2) by Dakota Cassidy
• Get Ogre Yourself (Monsters of Jellyfish Beach Book 3) by Ward Parker
• It’s Only Murder by Vickie Carroll
• Murder at the Chapel (Evie Parker Book 19) by Sonia Parin
• Murder in India (Tommy & Evelyn Christie Book 7) by Catherine Coles
• The Legend of Acorn Hollow (Rita Calabrese Culinary Cozy Book 6) by Maureen Klovers

AUGUST 31

• A Statue To Die For (Carmen De Luca Art Sleuth Book 2) by Jennifer S. Alderson
• Eternal Forest (Seacastle Mysteries Book 2) by PJ Skinner
• Heavens To Bribery (Kenni Lowry Book 9) by Tonya Kappes
• Lady Clues and the Mystery of the Vanishing Valet (Lady Clues 1920s Mysteries Book 3) by Ava Ness
• Murder at the Jazz Club (Kitty Worthington Book 7) by Magda Alexander
• Murder at the Cairncroft fair (Samantha and Daisy Book 4) by A.J.A. Gardiner
• Murder at the Vicarage (Jessie Harper Paranormal Book 1) by KJ Cornwall – first in a new series!
• Pittie Party Murder (Barkside of the Moon Book 8) by Renee George
• Seeds of Murder (Gardener Mysteries Book 1) by Rosie Sandler – first in a new series!
• Sins of the Sarcophagus (Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Book 9) by Kirsten Weiss
• Tasty Edibles, Nasty Rumblings (Ivy Creek Book 13) by Ruth Baker
• Three Card Murder by J.L. Blackhurst