Top new crime books out this week: 21 Dec - 27 Dec 2025
Last updated:
December 27, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Cate C. Wells, M.J. May, Brea Alepoú, Skyler Snow, Nicole Scarano, Gale Ian Tate and many more.
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Silent Flames by Cate C. Wells
He broke my heart. I returned the favor.I thought my husband loved me—until I walked in on his Director of Finance riding him like a cowgirl.Adrian and I never made sense on paper. When we met, I was working for minimum wage. No family. No degree. He was a billionaire Maddox brother, twelve years older than me and a titan of Wall Street.I thought it had to be love... -
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Deadly Arrogance by M.J. May
Necromancer Erasmus Boone’s life is on hold—every shadow suspect, every trip outside his warded home a gamble. Afraid of bringing more attention to already wary necromancers, Erasmus has stopped hunting for his own kind. Unwilling to place an even larger target on his back, Erasmus has even delayed his own wedding... -
![Always the Villain by Brea Alepoú, Skyler Snow]()
Always the Villain by Brea Alepoú, Skyler Snow
The story continues for the Vitale family. Book 6 will be a gut wrenching story that will have you questioning your morals along with your sanity. Blurb to come... -
![Postmortem of a Poem by Nicole Scarano]()
Postmortem of a Poem by Nicole Scarano
Book 6 in the Autopsy of a Fairytale Series...romance · fantasy · fiction · female-mc · alpha-mc · retellings · mystery · law-enforcement · police-procedural · crime -
![Discordant Cultivation by Gale Ian Tate]()
Discordant Cultivation by Gale Ian Tate
Romance that rhymes with ruin;obsession's a song they're both fluent in. Vale tastes potential like other men taste wine—notes of desperation, hints of untapped brilliance, the full-bodied flavor of someone ripe for unmaking. Kieran plays for spare change in subway filth, that stuttering voice transforming into something holy only when he sings. Sick. Abandoned...romance · mlm · dark · horror · lgbtq · contemporary · forced-proximity · abuse · age-gap · splatterpunk -
