Top new crime books out this week: 12 Oct - 18 Oct 2025
Last updated:
October 18, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Imogen Hermes Gowar, Natasha Pulley, Harlan Coben, Reese Witherspoon, James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Helen Harper, Nic Stone, Martha Waters, Shain Rose, Sheila Roberts, Rita Mae Brown, Sasha Leone, Roselyn Ash and many more.
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The Witching Hour: From the creators of The Haunting Season and The Winter Spirits comes a spellbinding new collection of original haunted tales by Imogen Hermes Gowar, Natasha Pulley, Andrew Michael Hurley, Catriona Ward
From the creators of The Haunting Season and The Winter Spirits comes a brand new collection of ghostly talesThere is something peculiar about the hour after midnight.It is the time when darkness reigns.And strange things roam the earth.In this dazzling collection of new and original haunted tales, thirteen bestselling and much-loved authors bring this hour to vivid, spine-tingling life...horror · gothic · fiction · fantasy · anthologies · historical-fiction · ghosts · mystery · season-winter · historical -
![Gone Before Goodbye by Harlan Coben, Reese Witherspoon]()
Gone Before Goodbye by Harlan Coben, Reese Witherspoon
Maggie McCabe is teetering on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned Army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge, where she could make the most impact. And it was all going to plan ... until it wasn’t.Upside down after a devastating series of tragedies leads to her medical license being revoked, Maggie has lost her purpose, but not her nerve or her passion...audiobook · mystery · fiction · suspense · crime · contemporary · thriller · psychological · action-adventure · military -
![The Picasso Heist by James Patterson, Howard Roughan]()
The Picasso Heist by James Patterson, Howard Roughan
There are millions of reasons why Halston Graham became an undercover art thief. The art world ignites with the discovery of a previously unknown Picasso painting. After being hidden away for fifty years in the attic of a French villa, it’s valued at $100 million and put up for auction. Echelon, the Upper East Side auction house brokering the sale, is flooded with interest...fiction · audiobook · contemporary · suspense · siblings · psychological · thriller · heist · crime · organized-crime -
![A Skirl of Sorcery by Helen Harper]()
A Skirl of Sorcery by Helen Harper
Death has a new address—and it’s Kit McCafferty’s.When Kit offers a room to a powerless ban sith who has lost her magic, she sets off a chain reaction across Coldstream’s supernatural streets. Her neighbors are panicking. Dangerous werewolves are on the prowl. And Kit finds herself trying to solve several desperate problems all at once...urban-fantasy · fantasy · magic · audiobook · paranormal · fae · mystery · supernatural · cats · animals -
![Boom Town by Nic Stone]()
Boom Town by Nic Stone
A missing stripper in Atlanta sets off a suspenseful search by her friends, unraveling a web of secrets and power dynamics in the city’s most notorious Black strip club in Nic Stone’s gripping adult thriller debut. Welcome to Boom Town, Atlanta’s most infamous Black strip club, where the air is thick with secrets and the stakes are as high as the heels... -
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![And Then There Was the One by Martha Waters]()
And Then There Was the One by Martha Waters
From Martha Waters, the author of the “enchanting” (Entertainment Weekly) Regency Vows series, a new historical romance set in 1930s England with a murder mystery twist. In a quaint village in the Cotswolds, Georgiana Radcliffe has accidentally become an amateur detective after helping solve four murders in a single year...romance · mystery · historical-fiction · historical · cozy · fiction · sci-fi · humor · crime · amateur-sleuth -
![Pretty Pink Poison by Shain Rose]()
Pretty Pink Poison by Shain Rose
I was promised to his brother. But it’s Bane Black who owns me.They said he’d protect me through my long engagement.Watch me. Guard me. Keep me on a leash.Instead, he stalks. He breaks. He consumes … And I enjoy letting him.Bane is heir to an Italian mob family that enforces loyalty with fear and power with blood. But he’s not just their mafia prince.He’s their executioner. Merciless. Meticulous... -
![The Man Next Door by Sheila Roberts]()
The Man Next Door by Sheila Roberts
Love in the Time of Serial Killers meets The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window in this delightful romp about a recently broke divorcée who moves in with her housebound mother only to spend their days spying on her grumpy, mysterious and sexy new neighbor... -
![Devil's Iris: A Dark Mafia Romance by Sasha Leone, Roselyn Ash]()
Devil's Iris: A Dark Mafia Romance by Sasha Leone, Roselyn Ash
He’s the most ruthless lawyer in New York.And he’s offering to save my family…If I pretend to be his wife.Brilliant. Corrupt. Gorgeous.Romero Lombardi owns the city from both sides of the law.And when a misunderstanding lands me in jail, he offers to own me too.It’s supposed to be a simple He bails me out. Clears my family’s debt. Protects us.In return, I agree to marry him... -
![Steel & Sin by Ria Wilde]()
Steel & Sin by Ria Wilde
KnoxWorking the ranch is the only thing I live for. It's hard work, long days, but it's all I know.I like being alone and being out here in the valleys of the mountains gives me the seclusion I crave.So when a gorgeous stranger takes shelter in one of my barns, I wonder how the hell she got there.But she isn't just anyone...western · enemies-to-lovers · forced-proximity · dark · romance · found-family · organized-crime · age-gap · small-town · suspense -
![I Make My Own Fun by Hannah Beer]()
I Make My Own Fun by Hannah Beer
An unhinged romp through fame, obsession, and fandomEveryone knows Marina, the A-list movie star. But very few know Marina, the absolute monster.Years at the top have proved that whatever Marina wants, she gets. But when she meets bartender Anna, Marina discovers something that can't be Anna's affection...wlw · lgbtq · fiction · contemporary · suspense · thriller · workplace · audiobook · crime · shapeshifters -
![Cartel Prince: Pablo by Sabine Barclay]()
Cartel Prince: Pablo by Sabine Barclay
Pablo—I’m dark. When people call me that, they don’t just mean my hair and eyes. I’m the enforcer. The man in your nightmares. But her…I want her, but I can’t trust her. Her family is my enemy. She works for the one man we despise more than anyone else. But she doesn’t fear me when everyone else does. She doesn’t back down. She’s the one woman who could help me rule my family’s empire one day...organized-crime · steamy · forced-proximity · romance · contemporary · fiction · crime · book · adult -
![Beautiful Nightmare by Kinsley Kincaid]()
Beautiful Nightmare by Kinsley Kincaid
It’s too deranged to be a dreamBut to one, it is beautiful.Creating fear and possessing souls.None of this is a figment of imagination.Everyone involved is very awake, even if they wish they weren’t.With beating hearts and trembling lips, tranquility no longer exists.Because tonight, nightmares become real.Welcome to Agatha Manor, in Hollows Grove...romance · paranormal · horror · dark · fantasy · crime · contemporary · forced-proximity · steamy · magic -
![Bad Wolf’s Nanny by Mia Wolf]()
Bad Wolf’s Nanny by Mia Wolf
The pack’s bad boy wants me as his baby’s nanny…then knocks me up.I’m a socially awkward nerd. I know only too well what it’s like to be a bullied outcast. I developed a stupid instant crush on the player next door. I need to stay away from him.But when a baby is dropped on his doorstep…I have to be the nanny. Now I’m in his forced proximity...romance · fiction · shapeshifters · crime · female-mc · fantasy · supernatural · suspense · paranormal · book -
![The Tarot Reader by Finley Turner]()
The Tarot Reader by Finley Turner
A phony psychic vision goes wrong when a woman unexpectedly finds herself involved in a murder investigation, perfect for fans of May Cobb and Catherine McKenzie.Twenty-five-year-old Jade Crawford spends her days selling crystals, conducting seances, and reading tarot cards in her shop in Winston-Salem, NC. But her connection to the other side is all a facade...audiobook · paranormal · suspense · murder · fiction · psychological · thriller · crime · book · adult -
![A Promise of Forever by N. Slater]()
A Promise of Forever by N. Slater
All I want is a happy ending.But how can I when the very thought of a man’s touch sets me over the edge? Just the idea of someone in bed gives me terrors I can’t escape from.The first Night of Scarlet was a dream come true, a mate, and a home that I thought would save me from the loneliness. Instead, it started the nightmarish cycle of men using me and then throwing me away... -
![Murder Two Doors Down by Chuck Storla]()
Murder Two Doors Down by Chuck Storla
Welcome to the Estates at Chestnut Lake, home of perfect lawns, matching houses, and an inconvenient murder or two.This hilarious and compelling whodunnit mystery has the “crime close to home” feel of Only Murders in the Building and is perfect for readers who loved Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect and Finlay Donovan Is Killing It... -
![Ruthless Keeper: A Captive Enemies to Lovers Dark Romance by Lilith Vale]()
Ruthless Keeper: A Captive Enemies to Lovers Dark Romance by Lilith Vale
The woman he loves escaped… and he will stop at nothing to find her.Scarlett I broke free from the Monster who ruined me… I escaped Monster by the skin of my teeth, then spent months looking over my shoulder, waiting for him to spring from every shadow and take me back to hell.I don’t have to wait long... -
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![Conform by Ariel Sullivan]()
Conform by Ariel Sullivan
In the far future, one young woman finds herself torn between two loves—and two sides of a rebellion boiling under the surface—in the first novel of a sweeping dystopian romance trilogy.Centuries after a catastrophic world war nearly decimated the human population, a city arose from the ashes, ruled by an elusive and technologically advanced group called the Illum...romance · fantasy · dystopia · sci-fi · fiction · love-triangle · female-mc · anthologies · crime · adult -
![Until You Break: A Dark Mafia MM Romance by Quinn Storm]()
Until You Break: A Dark Mafia MM Romance by Quinn Storm
“He took me for revenge. He’ll keep me for pleasure.”A forced marriage.A captive groom.A vendetta written in blood.Emilio Valenti never wanted power. The artistic son of a crime dynasty, he lived for paint and silence until his family’s feud turned him into a pawn. Dragged into a brutal union with the Bellandis, he isn’t a husband. He’s a hostage.Damien Bellandi is the heir who claimed him. Cold...romance · mystery · revenge · organized-crime · fiction · lgbtq · contemporary · crime · book · adult -
![We Had a Hunch: A Mystery by Tom Ryan]()
We Had a Hunch: A Mystery by Tom Ryan
Nancy Drew meets Yellowjackets in We Had a Hunch —a dark and suspenseful thriller from USA TODAY bestselling author Tom Ryan that asks a simple What happens to your favorite teenage detectives when they grow up? Few stories captured the public’s imagination in the year 2000 like the friendly rivalry between the Teen Detectives of Edgar Mills, Massachusetts...mystery · fiction · lgbtq · cozy · contemporary · young-adult · suspense · psychological · crime · amateur-sleuth
