XXth Monthname 2025
tricks, and a deep mystery locked inside a Paris hotel.
Bonnie Burke-Patel Dead as Gold Bedford Square Publishers, 3rd, £14.99, TPB, 9781835010846
Billed as a modern, Gothic crime novel set in a decaying seaside town, veined with love, family, desire and violence and woven through with fairytales.
Louise Candlish Hidden Requests HQ, 17th, £16.99, HB, 9780008640934
Retiree Gwen is thrilled with young Pixie as her new neighbour in Columbia Mansions, but when a crime comes to light, Gwen’s protective instincts go into overdrive, igniting an appetite for revenge.
Julie Clark The Ghostwriter Sourcebooks Landmark, 3rd, £13.99, PBO, 9781464254550
A “dazzling” thriller in which a struggling ghostwriter is hired to finish her legendary father’s last book, a story that will force him to finally tell the truth about the murders that have haunted their family.
Nicci Cloke Her Many Faces Harvill Secker, 3rd, £16.99, HB, 9781787304796
A young woman finds herself on trial for murder, and five men must ask themselves: who is Katie Cole?
Tasha Coryell Matchmaking for Psychopaths
Orion, 17th, £18.99, HB, 9781398716773
Part thriller, part romance, part satire, for fans of Green Dot and How to Kill your Family, from the bestselling author of Love Letters to a Serial Killer.
Kelsey Cox Party of Liars Hodder & Stoughton, 3rd, £16.99, HB, 9781399739375
An exclusive black-tie birthday party. A sprawling mansion with a
dark past. A body falling from a cliffside balcony onto the starlit outdoor dance floor. One of the guests is dead, and another is a killer – but who is the hunter and who is the prey?
Mark Edwards The Wasp Trap Michael Joseph, 31st, £16.99, HB, 9780241721025
Six old friends reunite at a dinner party. It’s been 25 years since they first met during a summer spent
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working for an eccentric psychology professor that ended in tragedy. But not everyone will leave the party alive.
Mark Ezra
A Sting in Her Tale No Exit Press, 3rd, £9.99, PBO, 9781835012444
A retired spy’s plan to drown herself is interrupted by a baby drifting down the river in this “fast-paced, entertaining” spy thriller by a veteran Hollywood scriptwriter.
Michael Farris Smith ( 5) Lay Your Armour Down No Exit Press, 17th, £9.99, PBO, 9781835012789
A dark Southern tale of desperate souls who have wound up on the road of poor choices, a messianic child with untold powers and those out hunting her for their own reward.
Gregory Galloway All We Trust Melville House, 10th, £16.99, TPB, 9781685891817
Two brothers launder money for a criminal organisation, but one suspects the other of being on the cusp of betraying him in this “twisty” tale of two crooks in over their heads.
Philip Gwynne Jones The Magus of Sicily Constable, 3rd, £20, HB, 9781408719961
The first mystery in a new Sicily-set crime series from “a master of the Italian destination thriller”. At a folk festival in an ancient town, performers dive into the Ionian Sea for their finale and emerge with a corpse.
Mary Horlock Happily Ever After Baskerville, 3rd, £16.99, HB, 9781399813211
A “stunning” literary thriller that follows Joan, the wife of a man jailed for three decades for murder who is now up for parole, his daughter Cass and Florence, the woman who wants the world to know she saved him.
5 Lisa Jewell
Don’t Let Him In Century, 3rd, £20, HB, 9781529196016
He’s stolen your heart and moved into your home, but before long is away for days at a time. The new “read-in-one- sitting” thriller from the bestselling, British Book Award-winning author.
Annabel Kantaria You Lied First HQ, 17th, £9.99, PBO, 9780008238766
Sara’s daughter Liv, her boyfriend and his parents have invited her along on their holiday. She tries to be the perfect guest, but by the end of the week someone will be dead.
Lars Kepler The Sleepwalker Zaffre, 31st, £20, HB, 9781838777906
The police find a young man at a campsite using a severed arm as a pillow after being called out to a supposed burglary. When he turns out to be a 17 year old with somnambulism, Detective Linna must uncover what happened.
Shari Lapena
She Didn’t See It Coming Bantam, 17th, £20, HB, 9780857506191
A woman’s disappearance exposes the secrets, lies and not-so-perfect lives of a close-knit community in a luxury condo in this “unputdownable” thriller.
Gytha Lodge Dead to Me Michael Joseph, 3rd, £16.99, HB, 9780241644713
Two star-crossed lovers are on the trail of a killer hiding amid the dreaming spires in this “unputdownable” high- concept psychological thriller that “does for
break-ups what Gone Girl did for marriages”.
Kelly and Kristina Mancaruso Rumoured
Aries, 3rd, £9.99, PBO, 9781035910311
A journalist dealing with the death of her sister is tasked with the biggest story of her career when a world- famous pop star is arrested for murder.
Ruth Mancini The Day I Lost You Century, 31st, £16.99, HB, 9781529909784
One child, two mothers and a past that won’t let them go. The second novel from the bestselling author of The Woman on the Ledge promises “multiple twists”.
Kimberly McCreight Like Mother, Like Daughter
Penguin, 31st, £9.99, PBO, 9781405966443
A daughter races to uncover the truth about her mother’s disappearance in this “thrilling” psychological suspense novel.
Freida McFadden Do Not Disturb Poisoned Pen Press, 1st, £9.99, PBO, 9781464228582
A “riveting” story of psychological suspense set in a run-down motel from the bestselling author of The Housemaid.
Steph McGovern Deadline Macmillan, 3rd, £20, HB, 9781035035236
An unfamiliar voice in Rose’s earpiece tells her they have kidnapped her child,
but she’s live on TV. The broadcaster’s debut crime novel.
Liam McIlvanney The Good Father Zaffre, 3rd, £16.99, HB, 9781804186978
An “emotional, whip- smart” thriller about a child’s disappearance and the disintegration of a family in the aftermath.
Daniel Miller The Red Letter Poisoned Pen Press, 22nd, £9.99, PBO, 9781464254475
Hazel has everything she wants: business is booming at her private investigation firm and she’s dating the man of her dreams. But then a neighbourhood priest is found with a mysterious red letter.
Denise Mina ( 4) The Good Liar Harvill Secker, 24th, £20, HB, 9781787304284
How many lives must your lie destroy before you blow up your own life and reveal the truth? A brand new crime suspense novel from the Costa- shortlisted author.
Jo Morey
The Night Lagoon HarperFiction, 3rd, £16.99, HB, 9780008713898
The Beach meets Big Little Lies in this “unputdownable” story of secrets and betrayal that plunges readers into the wild beauty of the Belizean jungle.
Judy Murray
Game, Set & Murder Orion, 3rd, £20, HB, 9781398711389
When the coach of the ladies’ team at the exclusive Royal Oaks Tennis Club collapses after eating a cake, it seems the season isn’t only ending in victory, but murder.
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