Top new crime books out this week: 21 Sep - 27 Sep 2025
Last updated:
September 27, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Ian McEwan, Richard Osman, Ben Farthing, River Ramsey, Harper Lennox, Penny Reid, Eva Jurczyk, Mary Calmes, Lora Whitney, Renee Rose, Jess G.R. and many more.
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What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
2014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy has yet been found.2119: The lowlands of the UK have been submerged by rising seas. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost...fiction · sci-fi · dystopia · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · contemporary · 21st-century · mystery · crime · romance -
![The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman]()
The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan?It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favourite criminal...mystery · fiction · cozy · contemporary · audiobook · crime · murder · sci-fi · amateur-sleuth · animals -
![The 31st Trick-or-Treater by Ben Farthing]()
The 31st Trick-or-Treater by Ben Farthing
Thirty-one nights. Thirty-one chapters. One final nightmare.Last Halloween, thirty trick-or-treaters vanished into the night.This October, they’re coming back—one by one, each day of the month. But every child carries the same chilling warning: something is returning on the 31st.Bob has never stopped searching for his daughter...horror · mystery · paranormal · fiction · suspense · spooky · ghosts · thriller · supernatural · family -
![Claimed by the Psychos by River Ramsey, Harper Lennox]()
Claimed by the Psychos by River Ramsey, Harper Lennox
Lethal. Inseparable. Codependent. Just three words that describe the omega assassin duo to a T, as anyone who tries to separate Juniper and Felix soon finds out.After escaping a living nightmare ruled by Felix's older brother, the bonded omegas forged a life for themselves in the shadows. As far as the world knows, he's an alpha and she's just another innocent omega with a pretty face...romance · omegaverse · reverse-harem · dark · polyamory · mlm · military · mental-illness · organized-crime · paranormal -
![Inheritance by Penny Reid]()
Inheritance by Penny Reid
Sam just received a wedding invitation. . . to her own wedding. Samantha Jarlston doesn’t talk about her past and she has no interest in a long-term romantic relationship with anyone. As a 28-year-old genetics Ph.D... -
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![6:40 to Montreal by Eva Jurczyk]()
6:40 to Montreal by Eva Jurczyk
No WiFi, no distractions. No way out…Agatha needs to get some serious work done on her new book. To help her, her husband bought her quiet time to concentrate: a train ticket for a six-hour ride from Toronto to Montreal. The time aboard sets the stage for a perfect writing retreat, with only a handful of other passengers, plenty of snacks and drinks, and beautiful views...north-america · canada · fiction · contemporary · suspense · cozy · season-winter · thriller · crime · literary-fiction -
![Out Of A Fix by Mary Calmes]()
Out Of A Fix by Mary Calmes
Through the years, Nash Miller has watched all his buddies fall in love and get married. It was romantic, and he’d wondered when he himself would find the one. Now, older, wiser, he realizes that what he’s always wanted—a husband and a family—just isn’t in the cards for him. And that’s all right...romance · mlm · audiobook · lgbtq · contemporary · mystery · action-adventure · family · found-family · bodyguard -
![Brutal Devil by Lora Whitney]()
Brutal Devil by Lora Whitney
A standalone dark, arranged marriage mafia romance...LunaI may have been born into the Mafia underworld, but I left all that behind me, and I never looked back.Until I got the call I’d been dreading.Now, I’m nothing but a sacrifice. A pawn for my father and the man I’m being forced to marry.They call him Priest.But it’s not because he’s a holy man.Priest Andriani is a gorgeous sinner... -
![Prince of Control by Renee Rose]()
Prince of Control by Renee Rose
In his world, control is power—and I won’t be controlled.I hate Benjamin Baranov.He stole everything from me—my dream internship, my friends, my future.And now, thanks to his father’s ruthless decree, I’m trapped… married to my enemy.He’s cold. Calculating. Consuming.A master manipulator who moves through the world like he owns it—and now, he thinks he owns me.He watches my every move... -
![Naturaleza de Escorpión by Jess G.R.]()
Naturaleza de Escorpión by Jess G.R.
Jamás reveles tu identidad.Sé consecuente con tu elección de color.No dejes que te atrapen.En la oscuridad, él acecha. En su huida, ella lo siente. Lo que comenzó como una persecución se convierte en un baile de miradas, respiraciones aceleradas y promesas veladas. Y pronto, la presa descubre que ser cazada puede ser tan excitante como aterrador...romance · enemies-to-lovers · organized-crime · steamy · dark · suspense · contemporary · fiction · crime · book -
![Imperial by K.C. Mills]()
Imperial by K.C. Mills
What happens when you meet the man of your dreams, but it’s the right place wrong time?You walk away…What do you do when you keep running into him at the most random times, in the most random places?You let him in…What happens when you find out he makes his living in the shadows... -
![Dirty Game by Elizabeth Knox, Haven Snow]()
Dirty Game by Elizabeth Knox, Haven Snow
Rosalynn I should have stayed away.Hell, I knew he was bad news the first moment I saw him.But, I'd always been drawn to bad men, and he was no different.Only, there was something different about him.He wasn't the kind of man who would throw me against a wall and beat me until I couldn't see straight.Varrick was a monster and I had no doubt about it...romance · organized-crime · anti-hero · steamy · action-adventure · fiction · psychological · crime · book · adult -
![Bazooka by Luna Lay]()
Bazooka by Luna Lay
Detective Levi “The Bazooka” Bradley is a simple man. He’s good at his job, he keeps to himself, and he won’t let anything into his life that doesn’t fit in a duffel bag. He’s a lone wolf, and he's happy that way until he meets the most infuriating chaos of a person, and his life becomes very complicated, very fast... -
![Voluntary Pain by Irina Semikop]()
Voluntary Pain by Irina Semikop
Some girls choose love.Some choose pain.Sophie and Caroline chose both.They were strangers.Different lives, different worlds, but the same mistake —falling for men who were never truly theirs to begin with.One week apart, both women were found dead.No struggle. Just silence.Detective Angelina von Stein wasn’t supposed to share this case... -
![ALL YOUR LIES: A Dark Mafia Romance, Hidden Identity, Best Friends to Enemies to Lovers Romance by AMARIE COLLINS]()
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![A Killer Wedding by Joan O'Leary]()
A Killer Wedding by Joan O'Leary
Wildly witty and wickedly fun, A Killer Wedding is a juicy debut whodunit about toxic family dynamics hidden beneath the surface of billionaire-level wealth that reads like The Devil Wears Prada protagonist played a game of Clue at a White Lotus Hotel.Christine can’t believe her luck...thriller · cozy · suspense · fiction · female-mc · crime · breakup · domestic-drama · family · amateur-sleuth -
![Murder at Blackwood Inn by Penny Warner]()
Murder at Blackwood Inn by Penny Warner
A haunted house and the occult are the least of Carissa Blackwood’s problems when her eccentric aunts are accused of murder, in this cozy series debut by multiple award-winning author Penny Warner. Ghostwriter Carissa Blackwood is having the worst year of her life...mystery · cozy · paranormal · murder · young-adult · fiction · ghosts · whodunit · small-town · crime -
![Vows of Blood & Betrayal: An Age Gap, Secret Pregnancy Mafia Romance by E.L. Blue]()
Vows of Blood & Betrayal: An Age Gap, Secret Pregnancy Mafia Romance by E.L. Blue
He’s my father’s enemy, twice my age… and now the father of my unborn twins.The silver fox. The legend I grew up fearing.Anthony “The Pen” Conti.Dangerous. Deadly. Sin in Armani.I’d seen his face in my father’s classified files—files I wasn’t supposed to touch. He was the monster who destroyed my family. The man whose icy blue eyes promised death.I never planned to meet him... -
![Mastering the Art of Deception: A twisty operatic noir-edged espionage thriller by Marlowe Edison]()
Mastering the Art of Deception: A twisty operatic noir-edged espionage thriller by Marlowe Edison
For readers who crave cinematic espionage—multi-POV intrigue, layered threads, and the slow-burn tension of Le Carré fused with the relentless drive of Greaney.She’s a spy.He’s her teacher.One artifact could kill them both.Annouie Bach is done—done lying to her best friend,done scraping by,done pretending.Then her handler makes her an find the lost manuscript, and she’s free...romance · suspense · crime · fiction · mystery · espionage · action-adventure · political-intrigue · book · adult -
