New Kensington Mystery Series for 2025
WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEW KENSINGTON MYSTERY SERIES RELEASING JANUARY THROUGH JULY 2025:
Kensington is publishing a lot of first in series in 2025, including reads from our Kensington Cozies imprint—with plenty of great series starters releasing January through July! Check out our books below along with links to pre-order.
JANUARY 2025
THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID by Rob Osler, Harriett Morrow Investigates
Kensington Books: Hardcover / ISBN 978-1-4967-4948-2
The acclaimed author of the Anthony, Agatha, Macavity, and Lefty Award-nominated Devil’s Chew Toy delights with a new historical mystery series set in turn-of-the-19th-century Chicago, as America is entering its Progressive Era and Harriet Morrow, a bike-riding, trousers-wearing lesbian, has just begun her new job as the first female detective at the Windy City’s Prescott Agency!
Pre-order: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496749482/the-case-of-the-missing-maid/
KNIFE SKILLS FOR BEGINNERS by Orlando Murrin
Kensington Books: A John Scognamiglio Book, Hardcover / ISBN 978-1-4967-5194-2
The Maid meets Knives Out with a dash of Top Chef in this sharp-witted, skillfully rendered culinary mystery written by Masterchef finalist and cookbook author Orlando Murrin. Set in London’s exclusive Belgravia, an acclaimed chef is thrown into teaching a cookery course to a group of high-maintenance food lovers, one of whom may have an unfortunate taste for murder…
Pre-order: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496751942/knife-skills-for-beginners/
FEBRUARY 2025
ELEANOR AND THE COLD WAR by Ellen Yardley, An Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery
Kensington Books: Hardcover / ISBN 978-1-4967-5007-5
For fans of Colleen Cambridge, S.K. Golden, Jacqueline Winspear, and Ashley Weaver, a brilliant 1950s Cold War historical mystery debut featuring the former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s indispensable assistant as an equally resourceful sleuth. It’s 1951, and Kay Thompson—secretary to Eleanor Roosevelt—is a young woman of conviction navigating the post-World War II period. But can she expose the dark truth about a transatlantic murder mystery unfolding before her eyes?
Pre-order: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496750075/eleanor-and-the-cold-war/
MARCH 2025
BIG NAME FAN by Ruthie Knox & Annie Mare, A TV Detectives Novel
Kensington Books: Hardcover / ISBN 978-1-4967-5133-1
When two A-list celebrities famous for their on-screen chemistry as TV detectives (think: sapphic Mulder and Scully, or queer Rizzoli and Isles) are reunited to investigate a real-life Hollywood murder, fans who have been ‘shipping the leading ladies for years might just get the ending they’ve always wanted…
Pre-order: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496751331/big-name-fan/
APRIL 2025
ONE SHARP STITCH by Allie Pleiter, A Nimble Needle Mystery
Kensington Cozies: Hardcover / ISBN 978-1-4967-5200-0 / On-sale March 25th, 2025
When thirty-something Shelby Phillips returns to her quiet hometown just outside of Asheville, North Carolina, she reluctantly takes over her mother’s Nimble Needle needlepoint shop—and gets entangled in a murder investigation . . .
Pre-order: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496752000/one-sharp-stitch/
ESSENCE OF FOUL PLAY by Daryl Wood Gerber, An Aroma Wellness Mystery
Kensington Cozies Trade Paperback Original: ISBN 978-1-4967-5150-8
Emma Brennan may have her head in a cloud of eucalyptus, but her feet are firmly planted on the ground in breathtaking Carmel, California, as she prepares to open her new spa business, Aroma Wellness. But all the reiki, shiatsu, and massage in the world can’t help her relax when she’s accused of murder . . .