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New/Upcoming Mysteries & Thrillers December 2025 |
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Silent Bones by Val McDermid (release date 12/2)DCI Karen Pirie, chief of Police Scotland's Historic Cases Unit, investigates an allegation of murder over the supposedly accidental death of a hotel manager, unearthing a series of interlinked puzzles that will test Karen and her team unlike ever before.
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The Living and the Deadby Christoffer Carlsson (release date 12/2)Two decades after an unsolved murder in a working-class town, another body turns up, ripping apart friendships and community. This novel won several crime fiction awards in the author's native Sweden.
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All My Bones: An Old Juniper Bookshop Mystery by P. J. Nelson (release date 12/2)The new owner of a bookstore in a small Georgia town finds herself playing sleuth when a friend is charged with the murder of a much-disliked woman. The second in a bookstore-themed cozy mystery series, following Booked for Murder.
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A Grim Reaper's Guide to Cheating Death by Maxie Dara (release date 12/2)Following A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer, the second in the "SCYTHE" series (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences) in which people get jobs working as grim reapers. This time around, the reaper's brother is targeted by a killer and the reaper must try to save him.
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Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Ace Atkins (release date 12/2)A comedic spy thriller set in 1985 about a suburban teen who suspects his mom's new boyfriend is a KGB agent.
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Dead Ringer by Chris Hauty (release date 12/2)A thriller that dives back into the old questions surrounding the JFK assassination. Set in the present day, a disgraced former Secret Service officer and a Jesuit professor join forces to figure out what might have really happened on November 22, 1963 -- but they are oblivious to the fact that the cabal responsible for the assassination is still active.
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Everyone in the Group Chat Dies by L. M. Chilton (release date 12/9)From the author of Swiped comes a modern-day mystery about a TikTok true crime investigator, a '90s serial killer that may not be as dead as everyone would like, a text thread from hell, and long buried secrets that just won't stay in the grave where they belong.
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Spasm by Robin Cook (release date 12/9)The latest from medical thriller specialist Robin Cook, in which Jack and Laurie's investigation uncovers a deadly bioweapon that could disrupt the world order as we know it.
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May Contain Murder by Orlando Murrin (release date 12/16)A locked-room culinary mystery from the MasterChef semi-finalist, cookbook writer, and bestselling author of Knife Skills for Beginners features a charming chef, delicious original recipes, and a killer cruise aboard a luxurious superyacht.
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The Red Scare Murders by Con Lehane (release date 12/16)NYC, 1950: Mick Mulligan, a former Hollywood cartoonist who was blacklisted during the Communist witch hunts, opens a private detective agency. His first case: the death of a cab company owner, which has been falsely pinned on one of the company's drivers.
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