Top new crime books out this week: 18 Jan - 24 Jan 2026
Last updated:
January 24, 2026
This week featuring new releases by Sophie Hannah, May Cobb, Cora Rose, Benjamin Stevenson, K.A. Merikan, Jessie Garcia, Ryan Collett, Nina McConigley, Twisted Hilarity, Malcolm Kempt and many more.
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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 -
![His Reaper by Cora Rose]()
His Reaper by Cora Rose
Some say I’m too soft and cuddly for a guy who wields bone saws and strings friendship necklaces with human eyeballs—but I just call that work-life balance.And honestly, I love my job as the Costellos’ reaper.Lately, though, my biggest problem isn’t the dismembered corpses, it’s something far more seductive. Georgiy Sokolov. He smells mouth-watering, like disinfectant and fancy aftershave...romance · mlm · dark · found-family · crime · lgbtq · organized-crime · angst · age-gap · grumpy-sunshine -
![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 -
![Poisoned Heart: MM mafia romance by K.A. Merikan]()
Poisoned Heart: MM mafia romance by K.A. Merikan
It was supposed to be blackmail. Now we’re choosing the wedding cake.I’m Corvus Van der Horn, and as my family’s poisoner and torturer, I’m a master of control, cruelty, and patience. My prisoners are faceless pawns who ought to fear me.Until Dalton.He should be forgettable—a washed-up fighter and gambler with more debt than sense. Then I saw his phone...romance · mlm · dark · organized-crime · outlaws · contemporary · mystery · steamy · fiction · lgbtq -
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![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... -
![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 -
![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 -
![The Last Pure Human by Twisted Hilarity]()
The Last Pure Human by Twisted Hilarity
Kasan, a prince of the feline Kyashin race, is in deep shit. He’s in heat, he needs a consort to help him survive it, and his uncle has locked him away from every available candidate. When he’s offered a small human male at the last moment, he’s quite happy to accept. His new consort, on the other hand, is a little less than pleased with the situation... -
![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
