The Best New Crime & Thrillers Books to Read in 2025
From a chilling psychological thriller by Spanish literary icon Antonio Muñoz Molina, to a new French novel by Maud Ventura that explores the dark side of fame, to a jaw-dropping domestic suspense from bestselling author Freida McFadden—these crime and thriller books will add a delightfully sinister twist to your reading list.

Make Me Famous
Maud VenturaMake Me Famous introduces us to a French-American pop icon with LA mansions, millions in the bank, and an army of fans. Her perfect facade begins to crack during what should be paradise in the South Pacific. "Maud Ventura has given us an exhilarating and fanciful study of celebrity while questioning the fundamental failings of our time," observed Vanity Fair.
Hardcover, 2025
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Your Steps on the Stairs
Antonio Muñoz MolinaA man settles into a quiet Lisbon apartment to await his wife, only to be consumed by déjà vu, dread, and the sense that something—or someone—is watching. Elegant and spare, this psychological noir is “a harrowing drama of subtleties” (The New Yorker) and “feels like hearing a constant alarm ringing” (NYT Book Review).
Paperback, 2025
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The Tenant
Freida McFaddenA recently unemployed homeowner takes on a tenant to make ends meet—only to find the walls closing in. Another tightly wound, twist-laden stunner from a modern master of psychological suspense.
Hardcover, 2025
$32.99$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Missing Half
Ashley FlowersWhen a woman whose sister vanished years ago crosses paths with someone whose sister disappeared the same way, the mystery reignites. Together, they chase answers through small-town secrets and lingering trauma in a novel Booklist calls “impossible to put down” and Gillian Flynn praises for its “genuine beating heart.”
Hardcover, 2025
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Count My Lies: A GMA Book Club Pick!
Sophie StavaKirkus called GMA’s March pick a "compelling, tautly plotted book" appealing to both Gone Girl enthusiasts and readers who appreciate "smart, well-crafted fiction." This read-in-one-night thriller follows a compulsive liar whose seemingly harmless deceptions entangle her with a wealthy couple harboring far more sinister secrets.

Hardcover, 2025
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Fair Play
Louise HegartyThis Irish debut is part classic whodunit, part modern meditation on loss. With sharp twists and a metafictional edge, it’s both a tribute to and a reinvention of the crime novel. “Fair Play honors the golden age of crime novels, just as it turns the genre on its head,” praised NPR.
Hardcover, 2025
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Famous Last Words
Gillian McAllister
Hardcover, 2025
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Heartwood (a Read with Jenna Pick)
Amity Gaige"You will open this book and you will not stop reading," promised Jenna Bush Hager. When an experienced hiker disappears in the Maine wilderness, a determined game warden and an unlikely armchair detective uncover unsettling clues—was it an accident, or something more sinister?

Hardcover, 2025
$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Saint of the Narrows Street
William Boyle
Hardcover, 2025
$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Saltwater
Katy Hays

Hardcover, 2025
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book