Best New Thrillers 2025

Looking for the best new thrillers and crime books of 2025? This year’s lineup is packed with edge-of-your-seat stories, unforgettable characters, and twists you won’t see coming.

From page-turning suspense to intricately woven mysteries, 2025 is delivering big. Highlights include Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson, The Collaborators by Michael Idov, Ronni Salt’s atmospheric Gunnawah, and Matt Goldman’s The Murder Show.

Whether you’re into psychological thrillers, gritty detective tales, or haunting slow burns, this year’s crime fiction is not to be missed.

Scroll down to discover your next great read.

Gunnawah by Ronni Salt

Ronni Salt’s debut is not just a thriller. It is a slow reckoning. Gunnawah explores organised crime, corruption, and the kind of silence that keeps everything in place.

The Murder Show by Matt Goldman

The Murder Show is a sleek, satisfying thriller with brains, heart, and bite. You’ll race through it—and then want to talk about it.

Silhouettes of two people on stairs under a plane in flight. City skyline with spires. Text: The Collaborators, Michael Idov.

The Collaborators by Michael Idov

The Collaborators is a brilliant, layered novel about art, power, and the lies we tell ourselves to survive. Funny, disturbing, and unsettlingly relevant.

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2025: A Thrilling Year for Crime and Mystery Fans

From psychological suspense to gritty crime dramas, the best new crime and thriller authors of 2025 are delivering unforgettable narratives.