Coming This Fall: New Kensington Mysteries

AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM KENSINGTON PUBLISHING: 

Our new series starters and other mysteries begin in September and carry you all the way through the rest of the year! Now is the perfect time to check out some of our upcoming books below along with the links to pre-order.

Watch this site for more of our upcoming book releases!

SEPTEMBER 2025

THE HEIR, A Young Queen Victoria Mystery by Darcie Wilde

Kensington Books: Hardcover / ISBN 978-1-4967-5068-6

For fans of The Crown, Young Victoria, and all things British royalty is a new mystery set in 1830s London and starring none other than the young Princess Victoria – future Queen of England – as a rebellious amateur sleuth.

Pre-order: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496750686/the-heir/

OCTOBER 2025

A MATTER OF PEDIGREE, A Carole and Poopsie Mystery by Leslie Meier

Kensington Cozies: Hardcover / ISBN 978-1-4967-5302-1

In an upscale Rhode Island enclave, a newly wealthy empty-nester-turned-sleuth and her nosy dog, Poopsie, solve a baffling murder in this brand-new series from the author of the New York Times bestselling Lucy Stone Mysteries. Perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn’s Killers of a Certain Age, JM Hall’s Liz, Pat and Thelma Mysteries, and The Marlow Murder Club series by Robert Thorogood.

Pre-order: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496753021/a-matter-of-pedigree/

NOVEMBER 2025

THE TATTERED COVER, A Secret, Book and Scone Society Novel by Ellery Adams

Kensington Cozies: Hardcover / ISBN 978-1-4967-4382-4

It was a dark, rainy night at Nora Pennington’s Miracle Books when a mysterious death brings the Secret, Book, and Scone Society into the Halloween season on the trail of a murderer…

Pre-order: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496743824/the-tattered-cover/

TWO TRUTHS AND A MURDER, A Phyllida Bright Mystery by Colleen Cambridge

Kensington Books: Hardcover / ISBN 978-1-4967-4278-0

Agatha Christie’s trusted housekeeper, Phyllida Bright, has become an amateur sleuth in her own right, using her little grey cells to solve crimes. When a party game leads to murder, she decides to crash the investigation in this latest sparkling mystery from Colleen Cambridge.

Pre-order: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496742780/two-truths-and-a-murder/

COME THROUGH YOUR DOOR, A County Kerry Novel by Carlene O’Connor

Kensington Books: Hardcover / ISBN 978-1-4967-5532-2

Against the stark beauty of southwest Ireland, veterinarian Dimpna Wilde must reckon with a stalker whose obsession has turned deadly in Carlene O’Connor’s gripping, atmospheric Irish crime novel for readers of Tana French, Dervla McTiernan, and Ann Cleeves.

Pre-order: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496755322/come-through-your-door/