Title: Judge Lu’s Case Files, Stories of Crime & Mystery in Imperial China

Genre: Historical Mystery, short stories

Author: P.A. De Voe

Release Date: April 4, 2020

About the book: Crime filled the streets …
Murder hid behind closed doors …
And only one man to fight against the mayhem. Can he succeed?
In late 1300 imperial China, the young Judge Lu was newly appointed to the position of district magistrate.He, and he alone, represented the heart and soul of the area’s justice system: investigator, prosecutor, judge, and jury. You’ll be captivated by the 12 short stories in this international, historical mystery collection of Judge Lu’s case files from China’s Ming Dynasty.

Title: The Jealous: A Sufi Mystery

Genre: Historical Mystery/Police Procedural

 Author: Laury Silvers

 Release Date: April 23, 2020

About the book: When a scholar dies, everyone believes his slave, Mu’mina, called a demon to kill him. Tein, an investigator with Grave Crimes in Baghdad, sets out to prove her innocent, plunging into a dangerous investigation that takes him into the medeival world of talisman-makers and seers, brothels and gambling houses, and the secular and religious court systems, all in an effort to turn back tragic circumstances set in motion by fear of a wronged girl.

Title: All We Buried

Genre: Mystery/Female Sleuth

Author: Elena Taylor

Release Date: April 7, 2020

About the book: Interim Sheriff Elizabeth “Bet” Rivers returns to her tiny hometown of Collier, Washington, to fill in for her ailing father. But when her father dies, she’s faced with a choice: stay and fight for his seat or return to Los Angeles and pick up the law enforcement career she imagined. When a visitor discovers a body floating in the lake, Bet faces a new challenge. Catch a killer and lay a childhood nightmare to rest.

Title: Staging Wars

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Author: Grace Topping

Release Date: April 28, 2020

About the book: Laura Bishop suspected Monica Heller of sabotaging her company—and having an affair with her late husband. When the ultra-chic Monica is caught at the scene of a murder, Laura is happy to imagine her in prison sleeping on bedsheets far from her normal 600-thread Egyptian cotton. But when friends become suspects, Laura must overcome her dislike of Monica to help solve the crime. Not easy since they have been at war since second grade.