10 New Mysteries and Thrillers Books to Read in 2025

1. A Sea of Unspoken Things by Adrienne Young

Meet James Golden. She and her twin brother, Johnny, had always shared a special connection. So when Johnny dies in a devastating car accident, James is overcome with grief. To handle Johnny’s final affairs, James must return to Six Rivers, California, where she is forced to face their troubled past and confront the one person who knows all of their secrets, the only man she has ever loved, Micah. From the bestselling author of The Unmaking of June Farrow, comes a slow-burn, atmospheric mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.

2. Head Cases: A Novel (Head Cases (PAR Unit) Book 1)

FBI Agent Gardner Camden is an analytical genius with an affinity for puzzles. He also has a blind spot on the human side of investigations, a blindness that sometimes even includes people in his own life, like his beloved seven-year-old daughter Camila. Gardner and his squad of brilliant yet quirky agents make up the Patterns and Recognition (PAR) unit, the FBI’s hidden edge, brought in for cases that no one else can solve.

When DNA links a murder victim to a serial killer long presumed dead, the team springs into action. A second victim establishes a pattern, and the murderer begins leaving a trail of clues and riddles especially for Gardner. And while the PAR team is usually relegated to working cold cases from behind a desk, the investigation puts them on the road and into the public eye, following in the footsteps of a killer.

3. The Inheritance: A Novel

Release date: January 21

The Agarwal family gathers on a private Scottish island for a reunion where Raj, the patriarch, plans to reveal his company’s succession plan. Each family member harbors secrets: Raj’s wife Shalini longs for his attention, their daughter Myra hides her looming bankruptcy, son Aseem struggles between love and duty, youngest daughter Aisha thrives on chaos, and Aseem’s wife Zoe conceals a web of lies. As tensions rise, greed and betrayal threaten to turn this gathering deadly, leaving no illusion of family unity intact.

4. The Crash

Release date: January 28

Tegan, eight months pregnant and alone, sets out to stay with her brother and escape her troubled life but gets stranded in rural Maine during a blizzard. Injured and desperate, she’s rescued by a seemingly kind couple who take her in. However, as time passes, Tegan realizes their cabin isn’t the safe haven she thought—it’s a trap. Now, she must fight to escape and protect herself and her unborn child in this chilling thriller of survival and deception.

5. The Family Inside’ by Katie Garner

Release date: January 28

Three years after her husband’s unsolved murder, Iris Blodgett is drowning in grief, debt, and the struggle to care for her rebellious teenage daughter, Ellory. When faced with eviction, her boyfriend, architect Hugh Smoll, invites them to move into his family’s old mansion, Ravencliff, while he renovates it. But once there, Iris discovers Hugh’s hidden siblings and a strange, unsettling atmosphere. As the house reveals its dark secrets, Iris uncovers a disturbing family history—and the horrifying truth about why she and Ellory were really brought there.

6. Tell Me What You Did: A Novel

Release date: January 28

Poe Webb, host of a hit true crime podcast, lets people anonymously confess their crimes on air. But when a mysterious man claims to be her mother’s killer, Poe is stunned—because she knows he’s lying. Her mother’s real murderer is already dead, killed by Poe herself. As secrets unravel, Poe is forced to confront her past and the terrifying truth about who can really be called a villain in this gripping psychological thriller.

7. The Girl You Know

Release date: February 18

When Luna’s twin sister, Solina, suddenly drops out of her elite boarding school, Kingswood Academy, and is found dead just hours later, Luna refuses to believe it was an accident. Determined to uncover the truth, she takes on Solina’s identity and returns to Kingswood. But as she navigates Solina’s manipulative friends, develops feelings for her roommate Claudia, and uncovers her sister’s dark secrets, Luna realizes the danger runs deeper than she imagined. With nothing left to lose, she’s willing to do whatever it takes—even if it means burning Kingswood to the ground—to avenge her sister’s death.

8. Count My Lies: A GMA Book Club Pick!

Release date: March 4

Sloane Caraway often tells harmless lies to make her dull life more exciting. When she helps a young girl at a park and pretends to be a nurse, she ends up becoming the nanny for the wealthy and seemingly perfect Lockhart family. But as she settles into their glamorous world, Sloane realizes she isn’t the only one hiding secrets. Beneath the family’s picture-perfect image lies a dark, dangerous truth. In this twisty thriller, lies pile up until they create a prison of deceit—where telling the wrong truth could be deadly.

9. ‘You Killed Me First’ by John Marrs

Release date: March 4

On November 5th, a woman wakes up bound and gagged inside a towering bonfire, moments from being burned alive.

Eleven months earlier, faded TV star Margot and her friend Anna befriend glamorous newcomer Liv and her seemingly perfect family. But behind their polished facades, each woman hides dark secrets. As lies build and tensions rise, their fragile friendship spirals toward chaos. By Bonfire Night, the truth will erupt in flames—and someone won’t make it out alive.

10. The Missing Half: A Novel 

Release date: March 4

At twenty-four, Nic Monroe’s life is stuck in a downward spiral. Still haunted by the unsolved disappearance of her older sister, Kasey, seven years ago, Nic struggles with loneliness, a dead-end job, and a recent DWI. Kasey’s case eerily mirrors that of Jules Connor, another young woman who vanished two weeks before, leaving police with few clues and two cold cases.

When Jules’s sister, Jenna, shows up offering a glimmer of hope, Nic joins forces with her to uncover the truth. Together, they embark on a desperate search for their missing sisters—one that could unravel dark secrets and destroy everything they thought they knew.