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By Nancy Mehl (Guideposts)

As Cheryl Cooper’s birthday approaches, she believes her new life in Sugarcreek, Ohio is the best gift she’s ever received. She loves running the Swiss Miss gift shop, and even though there have been a few bumps along the way, she feels content. But an unexpected discovery in an abandoned laundry chute raises disturbing questions that could point to a woman who disappeared decades ago. Could she have been murdered? Is there a connection between the woman and the building that houses Cheryl’s beloved shop? As Cheryl begins a search for answers, her parents and her brother, Matt, come to town for a visit. Family tensions and disturbing clues from the past mix together to send Cheryl down a path that will challenge her personal relationships and finally solve an old mystery.

By Lynne Hinton (Thomas Nelson)

After a murder at the monastery, Sister Eve may need a miracle if she is to prove a dear friend isn’t a cold-blooded killer. Sister Eve, a motorcycle-riding nun with a natural (or is it supernatural?) gift for solving murders returns to the enclave she once called home and quickly finds herself confronting yet another mysterious death. Someone has poisoned Dr. Kelly Middlesworth—a researcher on the life and ministry of 17th-century’s revered “Blue Nun”—and a set of irreplaceable historic documents have disappeared before they could even be examined. When all evidence seems to point to the victim’s brother, Sister Eve sets out to expose the killer and learn the explosive truth those missing manuscripts might contain.

By Lynne Hinton (Thomas Nelson)

Sister Eve knows God moves in mysterious ways. And Eve adores a good mystery. Especially a murder. Two decades into her calling at a New Mexico monastery, Sister Evangeline Divine breaks her daily routine when a police officer appears, carrying a message from her father. Sister Eve is no stranger to the law, having grown up with a police captain turned private detective.

By Karen L. Kier (Forge Ahead Consulting)

In the small town of Glen Rock, Iowa, Sally Andersen, owner of the neighborhood bakery, finds the dead body of a high school athlete while out running the local trails with her dog, Goldie. She soon learns that it\’s the body of a boy that works for her after school and on weekends and who\’s also befriended her sister, Nora, who is autistic. Learning that he died of a fentanyl overdose, Sally sets out to ensure this same type of tragedy doesn\’t happen again in their community. But will the risks to her, her family, and the friends who try to help her be too much?What Readers Are Saying.

By Rene Gutteridge (WaterBrook Press)

The third book in the Occupational Hazards series, a laugh-out-loud novel about a group of strangers flying from Atlanta to AmsterdamBlissfully unaware that Atlantica Flight 1945 from Atlanta to Amsterdam is about to make aviation history, First Officer Danny McSweeney focuses his energies on navigating the turbulent personalities of an eccentric female captain, a co-pilot with a talent for tactless comments and conspiracy theories, and a lead flight attendant with an outsized attitude that definitely exceeds the limits for carry-on baggage. On the other side of the cockpit door, the unscheduled in-flight entertainment includes a potbellied pig, a jittery diamond courier, and the recently jilted Lucy Meredith, whose personal mantra of “What Would Oprah Do?” will be challenged by the sudden appearance of her ex and his new traveling partner. On her left sits Hank Hazard, whose unusually polite but constant requests–prompted by his covert role as a spy for the airline–test the limits of the crew’s customer service. But as Lucy and the rest of the crew discover, Hank’s odd behavior is linked to a quiet faith that may play a key role in the fate of everyone on board. Especially when an unexpected traveler sets this already bumpy flight on a course toward the unfriendly skies.

By Christy Barritt (River Heights)

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By Kimberly Rose Johnson (Mountain Brook Ink)

Anna loves her job as a high school English teacher until everything goes sideways. The one bright spot in her life is Titus Gains, the school counselor, who is there for her at every turn. Titus’ boss complicates his ordered world when she tasks him with running a meeting that changes everything. How had he not noticed Anna earlier? Someone is out to destroy her, and he can’t let that happen. As the head of the English department, part of Luke Harms’ job is to make sure everything runs smoothly.

By Kimberly Rose Johnson (Mountain Brook Ink)

Two strong-willed sleuths team up to solve a mystery. Can they work together, or will their differences pull them apart?Librarian Nancy Daley loves a good mystery and enjoys moonlighting as a consultant for the sheriff’s department. When license plates go missing in Tipton County, she’s on the case. This time things are different—she’s been partnered with the new deputy, and he’s not interested in her help. To make matters worse, she’s angered the wrong person and is now being threatened.

By Kimberly Rose Johnson (Mountain Brook Ink)

Adam and Tara are sucked into a police investigation that might get Tara killed. Can Adam keep her safe or will he lose her forever?Tara James, the local librarian assistant, is afraid her past will catch up to her when an infant is abandoned outside the Tipton County Library. Will news of the abandoned baby stir up publicity and force her to go on the run again?Librarian Nancy Daley’s world has become complicated. Carter is pushing to set a wedding date, a woman was left for dead on the side of the road, and Tara, her assistant, is acting strange. Nancy is working every angle she can think of, but the case goes from bad to bizarre.

By Rene Gutteridge (WaterBrook)

Convinced he has a greater chance to die–of boredom–at his desk job than he ever faced in narcotics, Las Vegas police sergeant Ron Yeager agrees to slip off the retirement track long enough to head up an undercover task force designed to combat the recent surge in auto thefts.  Then he meets his inexperienced team of officers, most of whom seem completely incapable of infiltrating the seamy underbelly of Sin City. In particular, Mackenzie “Mack” Hazard’s determination to wear her faith like a badge threatens to send Yeager’s blood pressure skyrocketing. And then there’s maverick Jesse Lunden, who thinks he’s learned all he needs to know in his three years of undercover work.  As Yeager gambles his reputation on transforming this group of egos and eccentrics into a force to be reckoned with, he stumbles onto a much bigger scheme than anyone expected.