June 2023 Releases - Other

When I research the list of UK/Translated titles coming out I often stumble across titles of interest which are from other English speaking countries. Here are some that piqued my interest from June. Do let me know if you've read any of them and what you thought.

[Blurbs & Covers from Amazon]

Agatha Christie in Space?

The Launch Party by Lauren Forry (US)

THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME. YOU'D DIE TO BE THERE.

Ten lucky people have won a place at the most exclusive launch event of the century: the grand opening of the Hotel Artemis, the first hotel on the moon. It's an invitation to die for. As their transport departs for its return to Earth and the doors seal shut behind them, the guests take the next leap for mankind.

However, they soon discover that all is not as it seems. The champagne may be flowing, but there is no one to pour it. Room service is available, but there is no one to deliver it. Besides the ten of them, they are completely alone.

When one of the guests is found murdered, fear spreads through the group. But that death is only the beginning. Being three days' journey from home and with no way to contact the outside, can any of the guests survive their stay?

We're seeing lots of Australian writers doing well in the UK. I've added this one to my wishlist.

Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor (Aus)

Twelve year-old Esther Bianchi disappears on her way home from school in the small town of Durton – and the truth will not come easily. Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor is an atmospheric crime novel set in rural Australia.

Dirt town. Dirt and hurt – that’s what others would remember about our town . . .

THE DETECTIVE

As the community is thrown into a state of grief and suspicion, Detective Sergeant Sarah Michaels begins her investigation into the disappearance of Esther Bianchi. She questions those who knew the girl, attempting to unpick the secrets which bind them together.

THE MOTHER

The girl’s mother, Constance, believes that her daughter going missing is the worst thing that can happen to her. But as the search for Esther develops, she learns that things can always get worse.

THE FRIENDS

Ronnie is Esther’s best friend and is determined to bring her home. So when her classmate Lewis tells her that he saw Esther with a strange man at the creek the afternoon she went missing, Ronnie feels she is one step closer to finding her. But why is Lewis refusing to speak to the police?

And who else is keeping quiet about what happened to Esther?

This one comes recommended by Alexander McCall Smith.

A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao (Fijian Indian Australian)

1914, Fiji: Sergeant Akal Singh would rather be anywhere than this tropical paradise - or, as he calls it, 'this godforsaken island'. After a promising start to his police career in Hong Kong, Akal has been sent to the far-flung colony of Fiji as punishment for a humiliating professional mistake. Lonely and embarrassed, he dreams of solving a big case, thereby redeeming himself and gaining permission to leave. Otherwise, he fears he will be stuck in Fiji for ever.

When an indentured Indian woman goes missing from a sugarcane plantation and Fiji's newspapers scream 'kidnapping', the inspector-general reluctantly assigns Akal the case, giving him strict instructions to view this investigation as nothing more than cursory. But as soon as Akal arrives on the plantation, he identifies several troubling inconsistencies in the plantation owners' stories, and it seems there is more to this disappearance than meets the eye . . .

New Releases - June 2023

Here's a snapshot of what I think is published for the first time in June 2023 (and is usually a UK date but occasionally will be a US or Australian date). 94 titles this month. June and future months (and sometimes years) can be found on the Future Releases page. If I've missed anything or got the date wrong, do please leave a comment.

Please note that, unless specifically mentioned, when a book has differing print and ebook release date, I use the print release date. Translators' names are included where known.

• Ailes, Kat - The Expectant Detectives
• Aird, Catherine - Constable Country #25 DI C D Sloan, Calleshire
• Ashdown, Isabel - Homecoming
• Askew, Claire - The Dead Don't Speak #5 DI Helen Birch
• Atkinson, Heather - Evil at Alardyce House (apa The Ancestral Tides) #4 The Alardyce Series
• Barnes, Kerry - Malice (ebook only)
• Belsham, Alison - The Girls on Chalk Hill #1 Detective Lexi Bennett
• Bettany, Jane - Murder in Merrywell #1 Violet Brewster
• Bishop, D V - Ritual of Fire #3 Cesare Aldo, Florence, 1536
• Boland, Shalini - The Silent Bride
• Bugler, Sheila - Black Valley Farm
• Calkins, Susanna - Death Among the Ruins #7 Lucy Campion, Chambermaid, 17thC
• Childs, Jill - The Mother at Number 5
• Clark, Cassandra - The Night of the Wolf #3 Brother Chandler, 1399
• Clarke, Wendy - The Night Out
• Coles, Richard - A Death in the Parish #2 Canon Daniel Clement
• Comley, M A - Where Did She Go? #9 DI Sally Parker
• Cooper, Helen - The Couple in the Photo
• Corry, Jane - Coming to Find You
• Diamond, Katerina - The Silence
• Edvardsson, M T - The Woman Inside tr. Rachel Willson-Broyles
• Ellis, Emmy - Best Served Cold #4 DI Carol Wren
• Ellis, Emmy - The Space Between
• Evans, Kate - No Justice #3 DCI Donna Morris, Scarborough
• Farrar, M K - The Time Keeper #11 DI Erica Swift
• Faulkner, Katherine - The Other Mothers
• Finch, Emily L - Ghosts in the Abbey #2 Samantha and Wyatt Mysteries, 1860s
• Fitzek, Sebastian - The Inmate tr. Jamie Bulloch
• Fraine, A L - Of All Flesh #4 Detective Loxley, Nottinghamshire
• Frances, Michelle - The Playground
• Freeman, Dianne - A Newlywed's Guide to Fortune and Murder #6 Countess of Harleigh, Victorian England
• Gatland, Jack - Hunt the Prey #3 Ellie Reckless
• Grayson, C J - The Denes Park Killings #2 Detectives Orion Tanzy and Max Byrd, Darlington
• Hannah, Mari - Black Fell #4 Stone and Oliver
• Hanson, Liam - Devil's Bread #5 Murder Squad, Cardiff
• Heald, Ruth - The Party on Laurel Street
• High, Kate - Murder and the Moggies of Magpie Row #4 Clarice Beech, Lincolnshire
• Holliday, Susi - The Street
• Hood, D K - Their Wicked Games #19 Detectives Kane and Alton
• Huber, Anna Lee - A Fatal Illusion #11 Lady Darby, Scotland, 1830s
• Hurst, Daniel - My Daughter's Boyfriend
• Jordan, Adele - The Traitor Queen #5 Kit Scarlett, Tudor Era
• Jordan, Jack - Conviction
• Kane, Alex - Janey
• Kasasian, M R C - The Horror of Haglin House #1 Violet Thorn
• Khavari, Kate - A Botanist's Guide to Flowers and Fatality #2 Saffron Everleigh, 1920s, London
• Kidd, Michelle - The Trophy Killer #2 DI Nicki Hardcastle, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
• Kiernan, Olivia - The End of Us
• Koning, Christina - Murder at Hendon Aerodrome (also pub. Time of Flight under A. C. Koning) #3 The Blind Detective, 1920s
• Kvensler, Ulf - The Couples Trip tr. ???
• Larkin, L A - Next Girl Missing #1 Sally Fairburn
• Larkin, L A - Her Deadly Truth #2 Sally Fairburn
• Latus, Dan - Playing Dirty #11 Frank Doy
• MacKenzie, A J - By Treason We Perish #1 Simon Merrivale
• Markin, Wes - Better the Devil #7 DCI Yorke
• McCulloch, Amy - Midnight
• McEvoy, Lesley - A Deadly Likeness #3 Dr Jo McCready
• McGowan, Claire - Let Me In
• McGowan, Claire - This Could Be Us
• Meyrick, Denzil - No Sweet Sorrow #11 DCI Daley
• Michallon, Clémence - The Quiet Tenant
• Mistry, Liz - End Game #6 DS Nikki Parekh
• Moore, Ian - Death at the Chateau #3 Follet Valley Mystery
• Morris, M S - Deep into that Darkness #4 DCI Tom Raven
• Nicholl, John - The Bride
• Organ, Emily - The Tower Bridge Murder #4 Augusta Peel, 1920s
• O'Sullivan, Darren - The Price
• Parry, Ambrose - Voices of the Dead #4 Will Raven & Sarah Fisher, 19C
• Phifer, Helen - Hold Your Breath (ebook only) #9 Detective Morgan Brookes
• Ramsay, Danielle - The Perfect Husband
• Ripley, Sam - The Rule of Three
• Robinson, Peter - Standing in the Shadows #28 Insp. Alan Banks, Yorkshire
• Rogers, Bill - The End Game #14 DCI Caton Manchester Murder Mystery
• Rogers, Gemma - The Flatmate
• Rowson, Pauline - Death in the Nets #3 Inspector Alun Ryga, Dorset
• Russell, Craig - The Devil's Playground
• Saxon, Diane - The Stepson
• Schneider, Hansjorg - The Murder of Anton Livius #3 Inspector Hunkeler tr. Mike Mitchell
• Seales, Julia - A Most Agreeable Murder
• Sherratt, Mel - Missing Girls #1 DI Marsha Clay, Staffordshire
• Smith, Alexander McCall - The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf #4 Detective Varg, Malmo
• Sutherland, John - The Fallen
• Todd, Marion - A Blind Eye #7 DI Clare Mackay
• Walker, Martin - A Chateau Under Siege #16 Bruno, Chief of Police, France
• Waller, Anita - The Couple Across the Street
• Walsh, Tríona - The Party
• Weaver, Tim - The Last Goodbye #13 David Raker, Missing Persons Investigator
• Westerson, Jeri - The Isolated Séance #1 An Irregular Detective, Victorian London
• Wilding, Rose - Speak of the Devil
• Wilkins, Susan - You Left Me #5 Detective Jo Boden
• Wilkinson, Diana - The Woman In My Home
• Wood, Michael - The Seventh Victim
• Woods, Karen - The Con
• Yokomizo, Seishi - The Devil's Flute Murders #8 Kosuke Kindaichi, PI tr. Jim Rion