Dark Secrets and Deadly Twists: New Mystery & Thriller Books

02 May 2025

Dark Secrets and Deadly Twists: New Mystery & Thriller Books

Dive into the dark, the twisted, and the unexpected. These mystery and thriller reads are packed with jaw-dropping twists, deadly secrets, and high-stakes suspense that will keep you flipping pages late into the night.


Ghost and Tell (Ghost Detective Book 10)

by Jane Hinchey

Release Date: April 22, 2025

Murder’s messy. Ghosts are demanding. And my raccoon just stole a box of Froot Loops. Again. If you’re into smart-mouthed PIs, snarky chaos, and the occasional talking cat, Ghost and Tell—book 10 in the Ghost Detective series—has your name on it. Think you can solve the case before you finish the book?

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Shake The Jar

by Kevin Barry O’Connor

Release Date: April 29, 2025

To discover where her slave descendant family came from, Key and Arin follow her ancestors’ clues from Jamaica to Chile and the Golden Triangle in Thailand. They have unknowingly entered the most lawless place in Southeast Asia. With their lives on the line, Key faces an impossible choice. The countdown to global chaos has begun…

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Barracuda Bay

by Carmen Amato

Release Date: February 20, 2025 Next

Loaded with political intrigue, the new mystery from the award-winning Detective Emilia Cruz series will carry you from Acapulco to Washington, DC. Before Emilia can solve the murder of the mayor’s sister, she nearly becomes a victim herself. Her only hope to survive is a man she once wanted to kill…her brother. “A thrilling series” – NPR.

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Hidden in Smoke (Sharpe & Walker Book 3)

by Lee Goldberg

Release Date: April 22, 2025

After dozens of Hollywood apartment buildings erupt in flames during a single night of terror, arson investigators Walter Sharpe and Andrew Walker are assigned to catch the serial torcher and end his spree. But then a catastrophic fire destroys a major freeway, crippling the city and forcing Sharpe and Walker to take on another massive case. Desperate for help, they know exactly who to call: homicide detectives Eve Ronin and Duncan Pavone. Together the four detectives must quickly figure out whether the freeway disaster was a tragic accident…or the work of a mastermind with a horrific plan.

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A Lethal Gamble (Allie Bishop FBI Mystery Thriller Book 6)

by Eva Sparks

Release Date: April 28, 2025

Come all and place your bets, be careful not to lose your necks… After a busy first year with the Bureau, FBI Agent Allie Bishop has finally found her place at the TFO. No longer a rookie, she has proved her aptness time and time again. So when a recent string of murders shows connections to a local casino, Allie is tapped to investigate. Everything points to meticulous planning—but is it driven by revenge, or is there another motive at play?

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Man of the Year

by Iliana Xander

Release Date: April 15, 2025

Natalie’s best friend leaves the dance club with a handsome stranger and is found unconscious at a bus stop the next morning. What happened that night? Only Natalie’s friend knows—except she’s in the hospital, in a coma…

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