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New For You - Mystery & Thriller - October 2025

Fiction that keeps you guessing - you'll find danger, killers, and unexpected twists in this selection of the newest mystery and thriller titles.

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  • Seven beneficiaries. Seven people who stood to gain a huge amount of money, for a reason none of them yet understood.
    Book, 2025London : Orion, 2025. — THRILLER BOL
  • A genre-bending Gothic mystery. As the mists descend, the gaslight flickers, and terror takes its hold, two warring lovers must reconcile in time to uncover the murderous mysteries of Lackaday House—and live to tell the tale.
    Book, 2025Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2025] — MYSTERY CHA
  • No WiFi, no distractions. No way out…
    Book, 2025Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2025] — THRILLER JUR
  • An exhilarating thriller set against a 250-mile race in the Sahara Desert, where more than one ultramarathoner will be running for their lives.
    Book, 2025London : Penguin Michael Joseph, 2025. — THRILLER
  • An atmospheric small-town thriller with plenty of twists. This is the story of a mother forced to return home and confront the depths of her own past when her daughter goes missing from college.
    Book, 2025New York : Marysue Rucci Books, 2025. — THRILLER
  • After her body is discovered at the foot of a cliff, a murdered teacher’s ghost haunts the grounds of a remote girls’ school in 1945 England, unravelling secrets and rivalries as she searches for the person who killed her.
    Book, 2025London : Hemlock Press, 2025. — MYSTERY TAY
  • Reluctant sleuth, Gabriel Ward KC, is faced with a bizarre case as the peace and quiet of the Inner Temple is shattered by the arrival of several parcels containing body parts. Book 2 of the series.
    Book, 2025London : Raven Books, 2025. — MYSTERY SMI
  • Luke Harris has worked hard to bury his violent past. Now he's back in Melbourne, chasing a quiet life and a normal job. But Luke's old life isn't done with him. Fans of Chris Hammer, Jane Harper and Lee Child will love this gritty crime thriller.
    Book, 2025Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2025. — MYSTERY
  • This twisty and sinister thriller follows a New York art gallery assistant reckoning with her past and now trapped in a web of deceit after an up-and-coming painter is murdered—perfect for fans of Katy Hays and Julia Bartz.
    Book, 2025New York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2025. — THRILLER BEL
  • Three lives collide in a gritty rust-belt town—a single mother covering up a deadly mistake, a young man on a mission to honor a dying wish, and a musician racing to escape a violent debt.
    Book, 2025New York : Atlantic Crime, 2025. — MYSTERY