- Blood and Chaos by Nicole Sallak Anderson (mystical Ptolemaic Egypt)
- A Boldly Daring Scheme by Lynn Messina (Regency mystery)
- Death’s Door by April White (alt-history fantasy novella)
- The Conductors by Nicole Glover (Reconstruction Era fantasy mystery)
- An Extravagant Death by Charles Finch (Gilded Age mystery)
- The Fire in the Glass by Jacquelyn Benson (Edwardian fantasy mystery)
- Haze by Rachel Crunden (supernatural thriller)
- The Jade Tiger by E.W. Cooper (Prohibition mystery)
- The Librarian’s Vampire Assistant by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff (contemporary vampire mystery)
- A Little in Love with Death by Anna M. Taylor (contemporary ghost novella)
- The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles (Victorian magical mystery)
- The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho (wuxia-inspired Malay history)
- Somebody Tell Aunt Tillie She’s Dead by Christiana Miller (paranormal romantic mystery)
- To The Dark by Chris Nickson (Georgian historical mystery)
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (antebellum alt-history)
- Widow’s Weeds by Sara Keefe (alt-history cozy mystery)