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Rockin' Dog Studio's publishing imprint, Rocndog Books, is prepping its Fall 2026 selections. We'll continue to add to this list—because there is more on the way! See below what we're able to announce so far...
Fun spy fiction: Ever wonder what happens when an expert 20th-century-women-spy-researcher has a glass of wine—and makes up the character she wishes she'd met in real life?The first two books in Marcia Mitchell's fiction series—vetted by real FBI agents!—and featuring FBI agent and foodie Maggie Sachet.
The first in a series of children's picture books. Written by a professional paleontologist with a touch of whimsy.
Murder Comes in Threes
First in a mystery book series
Marcia Mitchell
Mitchell draws heavily on her own experiences as an investigative journalist and author of award-winning nonfiction books on little-known spy cases, co-written with her late husband, a former FBI agent. Like spy/chef Julia Childs herself, Mitchell knows how to juggle the demands of a KGB debriefing in the morning with an elegant dinner party in the evening, and her experience shows. Murder Comes in Threes launches an enchanting new must-read series for mystery fans.
— Sara Bernstein, Screenwriter, Official Secrets, Trial and Error
In this pilot book in a deftly crafted mystery series, Mitchell presents three murders—of a Hollywood filmmaker, a South Dakota judge, and a Washington, DC, evangelist. All three cases, seemingly disconnected and without clues, end up in cold storage—until they land on the desk of quirky FBI agent Maggie Sachet. Her investigation, "with more twists and surprises than a Mediterranean pasta salad," leads her to wonder if the deaths might be connected. Before long, these cold cases heat up—and lead Maggie into her own life-and-death dilemma. This story, like the others in the series, were vetted for accuracy by Mitchell's FBI advisors—agents who had worked on her past real cases and contributed to her research.
Publisher: Rocndog Books, an imprint of Rockin' Dog Studio, LLC
Distributor: (to come)
Publication Date: Spring 2026
Language: English
Page Count: (to come)
Paperback ISBN: (to come)
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 in.
BISAC: (to come)
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The Muscadine and the Mighty Oak
Children's Picture Book
Andre LuJan
Andre LuJan wrote this personal story for his wife and children. It started as a poem and quickly became an illustrated children’s picture book—inspired by a real tree at his Texas home. Each year, the oak hosts an actual muscadine vine, which climbs the tree's trunk to the canopy. For Andre, who is a paleontologist by trade, the story depicts one snapshot in the timeless tale of Earth’s life cycle, the give-and-take of nature, and the way in which every ecosystem becomes its own neighborhood. Even more, it is a story of eternal love, life, death, and rebirth. A story of seasons of change and their context in the biggest picture of all.
This is the first in a series of picture books that Andre is creating with an illustrator. The entire series will be featured in his nonprofit museum, Texas Through Time.
Publisher: Rocndog Books, an imprint of Rockin' Dog Studio, LLC
Distributor: (to come)
Publication Date: 2026
Language: English
Page Count: (to come)
Paperback ISBN: (to come)
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BISAC: (to come)
Dearly Departed
Second installment in the Maggie Sachet fiction series
Marcia Mitchell
In this second book in a deftly crafted mystery series, Mitchell takes Maggie Sachet from Washington, DC, to Prague, St. Petersburg, and Los Angeles—as she searches for a double agent. Or is this elusive beauty just a Russian-born film star on the run? Or is she already dead? This story, like the others in the series, were vetted for accuracy by Mitchell's FBI advisors—agents who worked on her past real cases and contributed to her research.
Publisher: Rocndog Books, an imprint of Rockin' Dog Studio, LLC
Distributor: (to come)
Publication Date: Fall 2026
Language: English
Page Count: (to come)
Paperback ISBN: (to come)
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 in.
BISAC: (to come)
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