Happy Memorial Day to those of you here from the US! Here are some of the books releasing this week:
Books for Kids
Jasper & Ollie Build a Fort – Two friends decide to each build a fort to see whose is better. This looks darling!
Piglette – A precise piglet heads to Paris to use her skills in perfume shops, but she starts to miss the comforts of home.
Smug Seagull – A seagull who likes to snatch snacks from beach goers meets his match in a grabby crab.
Wonder Woman – A new Little Golden Book about Wonder Woman.
Big Shark, Little Shark, Baby Shark (Early Reader) – The latest early reader in the Big Shark, Little Shark series where Big Shark and Little Shark discover something they can agree on – Baby Shark is too little to be fun.
Storybots: Wheels on the Road (Early Reader) – The latest Storybots early reader focuses on cars and trucks and other things that go.
Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults
Disney Frozen True Treasure (Graphic Novel) – Anna and Elsa complete a scavenger hunt that was once created by their mother in this graphic novel that takes place before the events of Frozen 2.
Flash Crossover Crisis: Supergirl’s Sacrifice – Book 2 in the Crossover Crisis sub-series of the Flash middle grade novels. The Flash and Supergirl are trying to save the multiverse after the events of Green Arrow’s Perfect Shot.
Hello from Renn Lake – A girl who has always had a special relationship with the water near her home discovers an algae bloom is hurting her beloved lake.
Camp (LGBTQ+) – A boy at a camp for queer teens reinvents himself to get the attention of his crush, but he starts to wonder if it can really be love if he isn’t being true to himself.
Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco (May 31) – A teen investigates when one of the teachers at her new school is killed. At first Holly wants to keep her detective mom from arresting the socially awkward kid who is the prime suspect. But then that kid starts investigating, too, wanting to beat Holly to the truth. This sounds fun!
The Paper Girls of Paris – When her grandmother leaves her a secret apartment in Paris that hasn’t been opened in 70 years, a teen starts digging into family secrets. This is told from the teen’s perspective as well as her grandmother’s from Nazi-occupied Paris. Sounds like a fascinating story!
Parachutes – “Parachutes” are teens who are dropped off with American host families to live and attend school while their wealthy parents stay in Asia. Claire finds herself sharing a home with Dani who is not happy to be competing with the parachutes who are buying their way into opportunities she is trying to earn. While the girls try to leave one another alone, they keep bouncing into one another’s lanes. There are hints that there might be references here to sexual assault/abuse.
Books for Adults
Breakfast at the Honey Creek Café (Trade Paperback) – First in a new Honey Creek series. The Honey Creek mayor brings in an investigator to find her missing fiancé, but to avoid a scandal the undercover officer pretends to be an ex trying to win her back. This sound awesome!
Call for Kelp (Mass Market Paperback) – Book 4 in the Seaside Café Mystery series focuses on the murder of an iconic Hollywood actress who had been in town.
Death by Auction (Mass Market Paperback) – Book 3 in the Abby McCree Mystery series. Abby is helping with a bachelor action chock full of surprises, including a dead body. I haven’t read anything from this series, but this story sounds terrific.
Ghosting: A Love Story (Trade Paperback) – Two people working out of a café, ghostwriting dating profiles for rival services, unknowingly cross paths online. This sounds like a hoot!
Girls of Summer (Hardcover) – A divorcée living on Nantucket creates sparks with her handyman who is 10 years her junior. Her grown children, worried she’ll get hurt, head home for the summer to keep an eye on her – and to maybe find love for themselves. This sounds like a great story of family and a second chance at love.
Killer Chardonnay (Mass Market Paperback) – Book 1 in the new Colorado Wine Mystery series. On a winery’s opening day a critic shows up unannounced and then is killed.
Marshmallow Malice (Mass Market Paperback) – Book 5 in the Amish Candy Shop Mystery series by Amanda Flower. Juliet and the Reverend are finally getting married, and Bailey is sleuthing when an uninvited wedding guest, there to cause trouble for the Reverend, is found dead. I’ll be reviewing this one soon.
Masquerade at Middlecrest Abbey (Trade Paperback) – A spy for the crown and a woman with a secret find themselves posing as a couple to protect themselves and those they hold dear while they try to uncover a murderer. This sounds twisty and terrific! I’ve requested this from the library.
Murder with Clotted Cream (Mass Market Paperback) – Book 5 in the Daisy’s Tea Garden Mystery series. When a local girl who left town to become a star returns with a multimillionaire husband, everyone wants to get a glimpse. But when the woman is killed at the tea Daisy had prepared for her, Daisy is sleuthing again.
No Filter (e-book) – First in the Barks & Beans Café Mystery series. Siblings run a café where guests can pet shelter dogs, and one of them ends up with a new pet after a local is killed and his Great Dane is put up for adoption. But when the dog is kidnapped it’s clear there’s more going on. At the time of this writing, this is available for Kindle Unlimited subscribers to read for free.
Red Hot (Mass Market Paperback) – Book 3 in the Red Herring Mystery series. Alex heads to South Beach for a little R&R, but gets pulled into shenanigans at her sister’s condo association elections. I’m a book behind in this series, but I am hoping to catch up soon.
Southern Sass and a Crispy Corpse (Mass Market Paperback) – Book 2 in the Marygene Brown Mystery series. A woman haunted by the ghost of her mother is pulled into investigating again when she discovers not one but two burnt bodies.
The Marvel Studios Story: How a Failing Comic Book Publisher Became a Hollywood Superhero (Hardcover) – A business/entrepreneurial book based on the success of Marvel Studios.