Top new crime books out today: 20 Jan 2026
Last updated:
20 Jan 2026
Today featuring new releases by Sophie Hannah, May Cobb, Jumata Emill, Benjamin Stevenson, Jessie Garcia, Nina McConigley, Ryan Collett, Malcolm Kempt and many more.
-
No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done by Sophie Hannah
'The twist is perfection...fiction · family · psychological · cozy · thriller · slow-burn · suspense · ghosts · animals · literary-fiction -
![All the Little Houses by May Cobb]()
All the Little Houses by May Cobb
Adults can behave badly too... It's the mid-1980s in the tiny town of Longview, Texas. Nellie Anderson, the beautiful daughter of the Anderson family dynasty, has burst onto the scene. She always gets what she wants. What she can't get for herself… well, that's what her mother is for...north-america · usa · texas · mystery · fiction · historical-fiction · suspense · thriller · female-mc · murder -
![I Don't Wish You Well by Jumata Emill]()
I Don't Wish You Well by Jumata Emill
A teen investigative podcaster decides to dig into the truth behind a grisly murder spree that rocked his hometown five years ago, but soon discovers that this cold case is still hiding deadly secrets—in this chilling thriller perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.Five years ago, the infamous Trojan murders turned the small town of Moss Pointe, Louisiana into a living nightmare...mystery · young-adult · lgbtq · audiobook · fiction · high-school · bullying · abuse · racism · crime -
![Everyone In This Bank Is A Thief by Benjamin Stevenson]()
Everyone In This Bank Is A Thief by Benjamin Stevenson
Ten suspects. Ten heists. A puzzle only Ernest Cunningham can solve.I’ve spent the last few years solving murders. But a bank heist is a new one, even for me. I’ve never been a hostage before. The doors are chained shut. No one in or out. Which means that when someone in the bank is murdered, hostages become suspects...mystery · male-author · mlm · cozy · crime · fiction · humor · law-enforcement · dark-humor · amateur-sleuth -
![The Fair Weather Friend by Jessie Garcia]()
The Fair Weather Friend by Jessie Garcia
The next gripping domestic suspense novel from Jessie Garcia.It's always sunny in Detroit for Faith Richards. The popular TV meteorologist, endearingly referred to as "The Fair Weather Friend" by her viewers, has the world by the tail. But one night, Faith leaves work on a dinner break and never returns. Her body is found the next morning... -
-
![How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley]()
How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley
A bold, inventive, and fiercely original debut novel that begins with an uncle dead and his tween niece’s private confession to the reader—she and her sister killed him, and they blame the British.Summer, 1986. The Creel sisters, Georgie Ayyar and Agatha Krishna, welcome their aunt, uncle and young cousin—newly arrived from India—into their house in rural Wyoming where they’ll all live together...mystery · fiction · family · poc-author · humor · crime · poc-mc · historical · coming-of-age · literary-fiction -
![George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett]()
George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett
Less meets the year 1300 in this exhilarating and thoughtfully genre-defying literary novel about a man transported through time in a moment of extreme stress, whose modern anxieties are replaced by medieval brutalities.Newly laid off George’s internet bill is in his ex-boyfriend’s name. He’s got a spider-infested apartment, and two of the six dogs he’s walking in London have just escaped...romance · fantasy · historical-fiction · fiction · time-travel · lgbtq · sci-fi · historical · mlm · magical-realism -
![A Gift Before Dying by Malcolm Kempt]()
A Gift Before Dying by Malcolm Kempt
In a hauntingly atmospheric novel set against the unforgiving landscape of the Arctic Circle, a disgraced police investigator discovers that his path to redemption is paved with ice—and blood...fiction · thriller · literary-fiction · crime · law-enforcement · police-procedural · ghosts · supernatural · book · adult
