Top new crime books out this week: 16 Nov - 22 Nov 2025
Last updated:
November 22, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Gilly Macmillan, Kathy Reichs, Jillian West, Harper Wylde, Amy K. Green, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Alina Jacobs, Jill Ramsower, K.A. Merikan, Bianca Cole and many more.
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The Burning Library by Gilly Macmillan
A thrilling dark-academia tale of murder, obsession and ruthless ambition set in remote St Andrews, ScotlandOn a frigid, windswept day in Scotland’s Western Hebrides, Eleanor Bruton’s body is discovered on the shore. To her family Eleanor was an ordinary middle-aged woman. She made flower arrangements and plumped kneeler cushions at church...dark-academia · fiction · suspense · thriller · audiobook · young-adult · murder · psychological · heist · crime -
![Evil Bones by Kathy Reichs]()
Evil Bones by Kathy Reichs
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, unputdownable thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself enmeshed in a series of grisly animal killings that turn into something far more sinister... -
![Bonded By Christmas by Jillian West]()
Bonded By Christmas by Jillian West
LaceyI’m struggling to get into the holiday spirit. Winter is normally my favorite season, but something isn’t clicking this year. With my mom and her new husbands away for the holidays, I’m all on my own. Well, I could seek out Wilder, the annoyingly hot stepbrother I gained when my mom got married, but that’s a last resort kind of option.My job at the scent clinic keeps me busy enough, anyway... -
![Knot Made to Break: Part Two by Harper Wylde]()
Knot Made to Break: Part Two by Harper Wylde
This book will be moved forward...romance · omegaverse · organized-crime · steamy · suspense · fiction · paranormal · crime · book · adult -
![Haven't Killed in Years by Amy K. Green]()
Haven't Killed in Years by Amy K. Green
No one is supposed to know harmless office worker Gwen Tanner is the vanished daughter of serial killer Abel Haggerty. But a low profile and a new name aren’t going to cut it when an obsessive new killer starts targeting her, in this lively and propulsive thriller with a standout voice.Marin Haggerty, the daughter of a notorious serial killer, was only a child when they arrested her father... -
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![At Midnight Comes the Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming]()
At Midnight Comes the Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming
New York Times bestseller Julia Spencer-Fleming returns to her beloved Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery seriesIt’s Christmas time in Millers Kill, and Reverend Clare Fergusson and her husband Russ van Alstyne - newly resigned from his position as chief of police – plan to enjoy it with their baby boy. On their visiting Santa, decorating the tree, and attending the church Christmas pageant...mystery · fiction · young-adult · suspense · psychological · literary-fiction · crime · law-enforcement · season-winter · female-author -
![Puck Me It's Christmas! by Alina Jacobs]()
Puck Me It's Christmas! by Alina Jacobs
When you're a blacklisted preschool teacher and somehow end up coaching the worst team in the NHL, it's shaping up to be the crappiest Christmas ever.We’re adding an NHL head-coaching job to the Yule log dumpster fire of my holiday season.I lost my apartment and had to move back home for the holidays.My mom sneaks into my bedroom to watch me sleep because she “can’t help it...romance · sports · audiobook · contemporary · steamy · season-winter · humor · crime · friendship · family -
![Mistletoe Masquerade by Jill Ramsower]()
Mistletoe Masquerade by Jill Ramsower
The clock struck midnight, but when Prince Charming is a detective, he has no problem hunting down his mafia Cinderella in this spicy holiday retelling by Top 35 Best Selling author Jill Ramsower. SachiI was trapped in a nightmarish conversationwhen a gorgeous man in a masquerade masksaved me with a kiss.He pretended to be my date.He danced with me.Enchanted me.Then, invited me home with him...romance · audiobook · organized-crime · steamy · dark · law-enforcement · contemporary · billionaire · anthologies · female-mc -
![Christmas Mafia Prince by K.A. Merikan]()
Christmas Mafia Prince by K.A. Merikan
Christmas break in Aspen. Married to a mafia hitman who hunts people for sport.DamenAll I want is to join my family for their annual Christmas hunt. But no, because that’s apparently only for married men. Like I need a ring on my finger to shoot a man in the back.Oh, yes, the tradition is hunting people. We keep some enemies alive and let them think they can escape...romance · mlm · dark · contemporary · crime · audiobook · organized-crime · fake-relationship · age-gap · forced-proximity -
![Hunt Me by Bianca Cole]()
Hunt Me by Bianca Cole
I've made a career of being invisible. Until I met him.Alexei Ivanov. The "Ghost" of the dark web. Digital prince of the Ivanov crime empire. Brilliant. Volatile. Irresistible.Breaking into his systems was supposed to be revenge. Instead, I found an addiction. Each taunt deliberate—digital breadcrumbs leading him straight to me.He thinks he's hunting me, but I've been hunting him all along...organized-crime · enemies-to-lovers · outlaws · female-mc · alpha-mc · revenge · stalking · fiction · gothic · romance -
![Sold to the Cruel Bratva: A Mile High Age Gap Secret Baby Billionaire Mafia Romance by A. J. Black]()
Sold to the Cruel Bratva: A Mile High Age Gap Secret Baby Billionaire Mafia Romance by A. J. Black
My most rebellious way to fight an arranged marriage?A mile-high fling with an older stranger—who turned out to be my fiancé, the billionaire Pakhan.I was the one who invited him in—into that tiny airplane bathroom,where my legs wrapped around his solid waistand I bit back my cries as pleasure consumed me.I thought it ended when the plane landed.Until I saw him sitting calmly in my house... -
![Oxley by Crea Reitan]()
Oxley by Crea Reitan
His scream changed my life forever. I clean up the streets of Anaheim from the hate one man left behind. On the surface, I work with the local authorities but in secret, I kill those who hurt others.During a planned interception, we arrive on the scene too late and a man’s scream fills the streets. The moment I look upon his face, my entire life shifts to make him the center...romance · mlm · crime · dark · forced-proximity · age-gap · lgbtq · steamy · kidnapping · insta-love -
![Silent Night Sins: A Dark Romance Novella by Alexa Michaels]()
Silent Night Sins: A Dark Romance Novella by Alexa Michaels
Not all beginnings come gently. Some arrive wearing masks.I came home expecting quiet.What I found instead was a fractured family, buried secrets… and the unmistakable sound of danger closing in.My father’s enemies had come to collect. When a masked man stepped out of the dark, I should have run.Instead, I invited him inside.What began as a dangerous game became something far more wicked...romance · dark · fiction · contemporary · organized-crime · sports · holidays · crime · book · adult -
![Innocent Prey of the Bratva: Age Gap Mafia Romance by Lexi Carter]()
Innocent Prey of the Bratva: Age Gap Mafia Romance by Lexi Carter
He’s much older than me, a bossy Bratva stranger who kidnaps me at night.I’m a literature student, unaware of the Rusnak Bratva’s deadly world.Until Kazimir Rusnak, the Wolf, sees my photo of his crime and takes me.He locks me in his estate, demanding I become his pregnant Bratva bride.I fight his rules, my sunshine heart defying his dark, obsessive gaze... -
![Made You Look by Tanya Grant]()
Made You Look by Tanya Grant
A Catskills retreat turns deadly for a group of influencers when a snowstorm cuts them off from their greatest resource—their followers—just as a killer strikes in this irresistible debut thriller.Sydney Kent is the ultimate It Girl. You want her effortless style, her charisma, her hair. You want to be her; you want to be with her...mystery · locked-room · psychological · serial-killers · crime · suspense · fiction · thriller · female-mc · murder
