Mystery Book Releases 2025
Here are the 2025 monthly releases, featuring new books from authors like Stuart Woods, Robin Cook, Michael Connelly, James Patterson, and Lee Child.
2025 Mystery Book Releases by Month
January February March April May June July August September October November December
December 2025
Stuart Woods’ Blown Away by Stuart Woods & Brett Battles (December 2) – Teddy Fay #8
Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Ace Atkins (December 2)
White Wolf by Eric Van Lustbader (December 2) – Evan Ryder #5
Spasm by Robin Cook (December 9) – Jack Stapleton & Laurie Montgomery #15
CrimeBits 2 by Val McDermid (December 16)
Clearwater by Mark Dawson (December 24) – John Milton #26
November 2025
The Token by Sharon Bolton (November 6)
Unlucky for Some by Tom Wood (November 6) – Victor the Assassin #13
Nash Falls by David Baldacci (November 11) – Walter Nash #1
Exit Strategy by Lee Child, Andrew Child (November 11) – Jack Reacher #30
The King’s Ransom by Janet Evanovich (November 11) – The Recovery Agent #2
Exposure by Mark Dawson (November 16) – Charlie Cooper #10
Return of the Spider by James Patterson (November 17) – Alex Cross #34
Quantum Tempest by Clive Cussler & Mike Maden (November 18) – The Oregon Files #19
Evil Bones by Kathy Reichs (November 18) – Temperance Brennan #24
Executive Power by Tom Clancy, Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson (November 25) – Jack Ryan #26
NYPD Red 8 by Marshall Karp (and James Patterson) (November 25 – NYPD Red #8
October 2025
Sharp Force by Patricia Cornwell (October 7) – Kay Scarpetta #29
Photograph by Brian Freeman (October 7)
The Picasso Heist by James Patterson & Howard Roughan
Gone Before Goodbye by Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon (October 14)
The Gun Man Jackson Swagger by Stephen Hunter (October 14)
The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly (October 21) – Lincoln Lawyer #8
The Hawk is Dead by Peter James (October 21) – Roy Grace #21
The Widow by John Grisham ( October 21)
A Christmas Witness by Charles Todd (October 21) – Ian Rutledge novella
Silent Bones by Val McDermid (October 23) – Karen Pirie #8
The Tin Men by Nelson DeMille (October 28) – Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor #3
Portal by Steven James (October 28) – Rift #2
Coyote Hills by Johanthan Kellerman & Jesse Kellerman (October 28) – Clay Edison #6
The Black Wolf by Louise Penny (October 28) – Chief Inspector Gamache #20
September 2025
The Billion-Dollar Ransom by James Patterson (September 1)
Tom Clancy’s Terminal Velocity by Tom Clancy & M.P. Woodward (September 2) – Jack Ryan Jr. #14
The Code by Gregg Hurwitz (September 2) – Orphan X short story
Apostle’s Cove by William Kent Krueger (September 2) – Cork O’Connor #21
Framed in Death by J.D. Robb (September 2) – In Death #61
The Hanging Tree by Mark Dawson (September 7) – John Milton #25
The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown (September 9) – Robert Langdon #6
The Grave Artist by Jeffery Deaver (September 9) – Sanchez & Heron #2)
Clive Cussler’s The Iron Storm by Clive Cussler & Jack Du Brul (September 9) – Isaac Bell #15
The Wasp Trap by Mark Edwards (September 16)
Don’t Say a Word by Allison Brennan (September 16) – Angelhart Investigations #2
A Slowly Dying Cause by Elizabeth George (September 23) – Inspector Lynley #22
The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2025 with John Grisham (September 25)
The Killing Stones by Anne Cleeves (September 30) – Jimmy Perez #1)
Denied Access by Vince Flynn & Don Bentley (September 30) – Mitch Rapp #24
The Girl from Devil’s Lake by J.A. Jance (September 30) – Joanna Brady #21
August 2025
Burnout by Mark Dawson (August 4) – Charlie Cooper #9
Out of the Shadows by Allison Brennan (August 12) – Angelhart Investigations #1.5
Kiss Her Goodbye by Lisa Gardner (August 12) – Frankie Elkin #4
Little Children by Angela Marsons (August 12) – Detective Kim Stone #22
Knife in the Back by Karen Rose (August 12) – New Orleans #4
Orphan X: A Mysterious Profile by Gregg Hurwitz (August 19)
July 2025
Edge of Honor by Brad Thor (July 1) – Scot Harvath #24
Into the Fire by M.J. Arlidge (July 3) – Helen Grace #13
Stone and Sky by Ben Aaronovitch (July 8) – Peter Grant/Rivers of London #10
Rage by Linda Castillo (July 8) – Kate Burkholder #17
The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline (July 15)
The Penitent by Anne Cleeland (July 15)
An Inside Job by Daniel Silva (July 15) – Gabriel Allon #25
Sunset Park by Ace Atkins (July 16)
The Hamptons Lawyer by James Patterson (July 21) – Jane Smith #3
The List by Steve Berry (July 22)
Glorious Rivals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (July 29) – The Grandest Game #2
Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Escape by Brian Freeman (July 29) – Jason Bourne #21
The Scene of the Crime by Lynda La Plante (July 31) – Jessica Russell #1
June 2025
Don’t Forget Me, Little Bessie by James Lee Burke (June 3) – Holland Family #5
The Summer That Changed Everything by Brenda Novak (June 3)
Finders Keepers by Stuart Woods (June 3) – Stone Barrington #66
Chasing Shadows by Robert Bryndza (June 5) – Detective Erika Foster #9
Badlands by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (June 5) – Nora Kelly #5
The System by Barry Eisler (June 6)
Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds by Allison Brennan (June 17)
What the Night Brings by Mark Billingham (June 19) – Tom Thorne #19
Emma on Fire by James Patterson (June 19)
We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter (June 19 in the UK, August 12 in the US)
It Happened on the Lake by Lisa Jackson (June 24)
The Death Mask by Iris Johansen (June 24) – Eve Duncan #31
The First Gentleman by James Patterson & Bill Clinton (June 24)
The President’s Shadow by James Patterson (June 24) – Shadow #3
The Inheritance by Mark Dawson (June 25) – Atticus Priest #5
May 2025
The Boomerang by Robert Bailey (May 1)
The Children of Eve by John Connolly (May 6) – Charlie Parker #22
South of Nowhere by Jeffery Deaver (May 6)
Whistle by Linwood Barclay (May 20)
Line of Demarcation by Tom Clancy & M.P. Woodward (May 20) – Jack Ryan Jr. #19
Nightshade by Michael Connelly (May 20) – Detective Stilwell #1
From Four Till Late by Ace Atkins (May 22) – Nick Travers short story
This House of Burning Bones by Stuart MacBride (May 22) – Logan McRae #13
Leverage by Mark Dawson (May 25) – Charlie Cooper #8
A Dead Draw by Robert Dugoni (May 27) – Tracy Crosswhite #11
The Mistake by M.J. Arlidge (May 29)
April 2025
OverKill by J.A. Jance (April 1) – Ali Reynolds #18
Strangers in Time by David Baldacci (April 10)
Kudzu by Ace Atkins (April 10) – Quinn Colson short story
Crucified by Lynda La Plante (April 10) – DC Jack Warr #5
Who Will Remember by C.S. Harris (April 15) – Sebastian St. Cyr #20
Shadow of the Solstice by Anne Hillerman (April 22) – Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #10
Into the Gray Zone by Brad Taylor (April 22) – Pike Logan #19
The Murder Machine by Heather Graham (April 29)
Cold Burn by Jon Land (April 29)
If Two Are Dead by Rick Mofina (April 29)
The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig (April 29)
March 2025
If It Isn’t One Thing . . . by Steven F. Havill (March 4) – Posadas County Mysteries #17
Dead Man’s List by Karen Rose (March 4) – San Diego Case Files #3
Burn to Shine by Jonathan Maberry (March 4) – Rogue Team International #4
Blood Moon by Sandra Brown (March 5)
Vultures by Mark Dawson (March #14) – John Milton #24
Murder in Mercy by Anne Cleeland (March 17) – Doyle & Acton #21
The Writer by James Patterson & J.D. Barker (March 17)
The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen (March 18) – The Martini Club #2
Nobody’s Fool by Harlan Coben (March 25)
Lethal Prey by John Sandford (March 25) – Prey #35
The Haunting of Hallows House by Mark Dawson (March 31) – The Casebook of Atticus Priest #3
February 2025
Eleven Numbers by Lee Child (February 1)
Open Season by Jonathan Kellerman (February 4) – Alex Delaware #40
Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb (February 4) – In Death #60
Paranoia by James Patterson (February 10) – Michael Bennett #17
The Medici Return by Steve Berry (February 11) – Cotton Malone #19
Nemesis by Gregg Hurwitz (February 11) – Orphan X #10
The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths (February 13) – Ali Dawson #1
The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens (February 18)
Midnight Black by Mark Greaney (February 18) – Gray Man #14
Collateral by Mark Dawson (February 21) – Charlie Cooper #7
Not Who We Expected by Lisa Black (February 25) – Locard Institute #4
Battle Mountain by C.J. Box (February 25) – Joe Pickett #25
Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 by Lisa Unger (February 25)
January 2025
Holmes is Missing by James Patterson & Brian Sitts (January 6) – Holmes, Marple & Poe #2
See How They Hide by Allison Brennan (January 7) – Quinn & Costa #6
The Big Empty by Robert Crais (January 14) – Elvis Cole & Joe Pike #20
Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Vendetta by Brian Freeman (January 14) – Jason Bourne #20
Grave Danger by James Grippando (January 14) – Jack Swyteck #19
The Texas Murders by James Patterson & Andrew Bourelle (January 14) – Texas Ranger #3
Downstate by Jeffery Deaver (January 14) – Constant Marlowe #3
Pro Bono by Thomas Perry (January 14)
Presumed Guilty by Scott Turow (January 14) – Presumed Innocent #3
Your Child Next by M.J. Arlidge (Kindle edition January 16, paperback edition June 13)
The Oligarch’s Daughter by Joseph Finder (January 28)
The Psychopath Next Door by Mark Edwards (January 28)
Pretty Face by Mark Dawson (January 31) – Isabella Rose #6