Here’s a few reads you might want to get stuck into when they are published in 2025…
Death in the Arctic by Tom Hindle: for those who love a traditional murder mystery, you might want to read Tom Hindle’s latest book when it is released on the 16th January. Set aboard a luxury airship flying to the North Pole everything goes according to plan until one of the passengers is discovered dead in their cabin and it doesn’t take long for the suspect list to grow…
By Your Side by Ruth Jones: from the co-creator of Gavin and Stacey comes a new novel which follows the story of Linda Standish who investigates the lives of those who’ve died alone and tracks down any living relatives. Looking forward to an early retirement, but before this she must take on one more case: that of Levi Norman Jones – a Welshman who’d made his home on a remote Scottish island for the past five years. What brought Levi here? And who did he leave behind? Readers will find out when it is published on the 22nd May 2025.
Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz: returning to the crime genre, Anthony Horowitz is set to publish the latest book in the Magpie Murders series (which has been transformed into a BBC series) on the 10th April. This latest story sees Susan Ryeland working on editing the third novel about the famous detective, Atticus Pünd. With the new story being written by Eliot Crace, grandson of Miriam Crace who was the biggest selling children’s author in the world until her death exactly twenty years ago. But when Eliot explains he has hidden the identity of the murderer in the novel, Susan is set to put herself in danger once again…
The Midnight Carousel by Fiza Saeed McLynn: this debut novel is set to take readers from Paris in 1900 to Chicago in 1920’s as Maisie Marlowe arrives America in the search of a new life. When she unearths a beautiful, neglected old carousel, that was created by celebrated carousel-maker Gilbert at a time when he was grieving for his wife and son’s tragic deaths which led him to coming up with a dangerous idea. On her discovery of the carousel, Maisie doesn’t realise the dangerous secrets it holds…
Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold: set to be published on the 27th March, this latest book from the historian (known for The Five, the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper), offers a re-examination of of infamous wife-murderer Dr Crippen in Edwardian England, brought to justice by an group of women. Ideal for those who enjoy a true-crime read.
Death at the White Hart by Chris Chibnall: from the creator of the critically acclaimed Broadchurch comes his debut crime mystery novel. Set to be published on the 27th March, the story follows what happens in the wake of the murder of a pub landlord in a quiet village, where everyone has their secrets but can Nicola Bridge (who has just moved back after years as a CID detective in the big city) find the murderer?