Alex Finlay (Minotaur Books)
Two young men — one a high school golden boy, the other a poor kid with limited prospects — with little in common are connected by violent incidents on the night of May 1st, 1992. As the years go by, both remain tormented by what happened that May Day, and a killer who remains at large. May 12
Ashley Elston (Pamela Dorman)
In this new thriller from the author of “First Lie Wins,” the society wife of a wealthy Louisiana lawyer swaps places with a female bartender for a night to see if her husband is cheating. When he turns up dead, both women’s alibis are called into question. Out now
Sandra Brown (Grand Central Publishing)
Two years after his wife was brutally murdered, widowed detective Mitch Haskell tries to bring the criminal masterminds who killed her to justice. On the mandate of his boss, Haskell is also in therapy to deal with grief and a drinking problem, and he and his shrink start to develop a relationship that’s beyond professional. March 17
Catherine Ryan Howard (Simon & Schuster)
When Ellie moves into a house on Delaney Row, she’s looking to get away from her past, but her new home has dark secrets of its own. Ellie is curious, but there are forces determined to keep the house’s violent history hidden. July 28
Brad Thor, with Ward Larsen (Atria/Emily Bestler Books)
Brad Thor’s newest is especially timely given President Trump’s obsession with Greenland. A commercial plane crashes near the North Pole, and one of the survivors is a Chinese defector carrying privileged technology. The CIA, China and other superpowers race to the Arctic to battle for the tech. Out now
C.J. Box (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
The newest Joe Pickett novel opens with the Wyoming game warden in critical condition after being shot and left for dead in his pickup at Antler Creek Junction. As Joe clings to life, his friends and family try to figure out what really happened to him. Feb. 24
Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen Press)
In the latest from “The Housemaid” author, an advice columnist’s life falls apart and she vows to stop being nice — and start giving those close to her, including her shady husband, what they really deserve. Out now
Steve Berry (Grand Central Publishing)
The 20th Cotton Malone novel finds the special operative-turned-antiquarian bookseller being called to Sweden. The king’s sister has disappeared, and her kidnappers are demanding a strange ransom: an 800-year-old medieval manuscript. Out now
Lindy Ryan (Minotaur Books)
In this playful horror thriller, a woman moves to suburban New Jersey and tries to befriend the PTA crowd, but then a serial killer descends on the town and one of the mothers ends up dead. Feb. 24
Benjamin Stevenson (Mariner Books)
The fourth book in the Ernest Cunningham series (the first is set to be an HBO show) is another good old-fashioned murder mystery. Detective Cunningham finds himself in the middle of a bank heist. The doors are chained shut, and, when someone ends up killed, one of 10 people inside — including a security guard, the robber, a receptionist and a priest — must be responsible. March 17
Jack Carr and M.P. Woodward (Atria/Emily Bestler Books)
This is the launch of a new series from Jack Carr. Chris Walker, a former Navy SEAL and CIA operative, is on the brink of committing suicide when he gets a call from someone in desperate need of help: the wife of an old colleague who was killed in Afghanistan has just lost her son to opioids. May 12
Kirsten King (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
When the guy she’s in a situationship with suddenly dumps her, vengeful millennial Lillian puts a hex on him to show the error of his ways. Instead, he turns up dead — and she’s a key suspect in his murder in this darkly humorous read. March 31
Jessica Knoll (Scribner)
The blockbuster author of “Luckiest Girl Alive” is back with a sexy new thriller. A dozen years after their intense breakup, college sweethearts Faye and Henry reunite at the funeral of a favorite professor. Both are happily married but still feel a connection. Things take a turn when Henry drugs and kidnaps Faye and takes her to a remote cabin. July 7
David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
This sequel to “Nash Falls” finds businessman-turned-FBI informant Walter Nash trying to take down Victoria Steers, who heads up a massive crime operation and Nash blames for destroying his life. But as he seeks retribution, Nash feels a strange pull towards Victoria. April 14
Fergus Craig (Berkley)
After serving years in prison for murder, aging serial killer Carol is enjoying her cushy new life in a retirement home. But, when a fellow resident dies, seemingly not of natural causes, everyone is quick to assume Carol is to blame. To clear her name, she must, of course, find the real killer. Out now
Philippa Malicka (Scribner)
A messy celebrity trial is at the center of this buzzy debut. TV star Anna Finbow alleges that her estranged daughter’s therapist has misled her child into thinking she was traumatized by her upbringing and her time at a fancy Italian art school. One of Anna’s ex employees knows the truth, but she’s got secrets of her own and is hesitant to speak up. Out now
Mary Kubica (Park Row)
A happy family vacation at a lake resort turns her horrific when Courtney Gray finds her brother and sister-in-law dead in their cabin and her niece missing. As Courtney investigates, she unearths family secrets and must consider if her niece has been kidnapped or fled after murdering her own parents. Out now
Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine Books)
The latest Alex Delaware novel has the titular psychologist and his detective buddy Milo Sturgis investigating the murders of two women. One is seemingly an open-and-shut case of a young gal with a bad ex-boyfriend. The other is an older woman who was mutilated and stuffed in a freezer. As they dig around, Delaware and Sturgis are surprised to find that the two disparate crimes might be connected. Out now
Tana French (Viking)
In the final installment of French’s acclaimed Cal Hooper trilogy, a girl who was set to marry into a powerful family goes missing in a small Irish village and is found dead in a river. As Hooper — the former Chicago detective who moved to Ireland to supposedly retire and relax — investigates, it becomes clear that the girl’s death is related to a longstanding, violent feud that divides the town. Hooper’s fiancé doesn’t want him getting involved, but he quickly is. March 31
Luke Goebel (Red Hen Press)
This satirical literary thriller has shades of Joan Didion and Bret Easton Ellis. A 19-year-old NYU dropout returns home to Brentwood to laze about and enjoy popping prescription pills. But when addicts around Los Angeles keep getting murdered, she finds her father and his tie to an opioid manufacturer may somehow be connected to the crimes. April 14
Jeanette Settembre (Regalo Press)
A summer romance in the Hamptons takes a sharp turn when New York City food writer Mia De Luce lets chemistry with an adrenaline-seeking stranger cloud her judgement. A single event shatters their all-consuming chemistry, forcing Mia to live a double life. May 5
Rebecca Novack (Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster)
The unreliable narrator of this satirical novel is a 32-year-old sex worker with narcissistic tendencies who seduces and murders a right-wing politician — supposedly at the request of government agents. After doing the deed, she goes on the run and reaches out to a feminist podcast to try to spin her narrative, but the facts, and our narrator, aren’t quite what they seem. Out now
Alice Feeney (Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar)
The newest psychological thriller from the author of “Beautiful Ugly” centers around a historic house in a seaside village. Shortly after moving in, artist Eden Fox returns home to discover her key doesn’t work and her husband is living there with another woman he claims is his wife. Out now
T.C. Boyle (Liveright)
PEN/Faulkner winner T.C. Boyle has crafted a haunting, David Lynchian read. After his mother dies, Terrence, a medical resident at a Los Angeles hospital, drives to the Nevada desert town where she lived. There, he gets involved with a pretty young receptionist and her ex-boyfriend and falls into a nihilistic world of tequila, drugs, cheap sex and violence. April 21
John Sandford (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Bestselling author Sandford is back with a new Lucas Davenport novel. The Midwestern investigator must act quickly to find a leak that threatens the life of a high-ranking Russian defector who just entered the Witness Protection Program and has been sent to live in Minneapolis. April 7
J.D. Robb (St. Martin’s Press)
The latest in the long-running Eve Dallas series has the NYPD lieutenant looking into the death of billionaire Nathan Barrister: killed by a blow to the head with a huge amethyst and found outside a secret family vault filled with valuable jewels and artwork, including several items that would seem to have been acquired through shady means. Out now
Brett Battles (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Stone Barrington is back — and sinking. In the ninth book devoted to the NYC cop-turned-lawyer, he meets with a client on his yacht, only to have the boat go down as they’re sipping cocktails. Barrington survives the shipwreck, but his client doesn’t, leaving him to look into the man’s will and the possibility of foul play. June 2
Tracy Sierra (Pamela Dorman Books)
A father-son ski weekend takes a harrowing turn in Tracy Sierra’s follow-up to her chilling debut, “Nightwatching.” As his dad wines and dines potential clients in the mountains, 12-year-old Zach can’t help but feel an impending sense of dread about the dangers of the great outdoors and, potentially, the men he’s surrounded by. Out now
Jo Nesbø (Knopf)
In Minneapolis in 2016, a down-on-his-luck police officer who’s been suspended becomes consumed with tracking down a serial killer. Six years later, a Norwegian crime writer comes to Minnesota looking to investigate the same serial killer, but the foreigner is driven by complicated motives. Out now
Taylor Brown (St. Martin’s Press)
After losing his family’s ranch, Trace Temple is hired to hunt and kill a notoriously fierce wolf in the mountains. Following a near death-experience, he loses his taste for the job, but the professional hunter hired to replace him trains his sights on both the wolf and Temple. April 7
Colleen Hoover (Montlake)
In the latest thriller from the blockbuster writer, a disgraced author seeks solace in a remote cabin. But then a captivating detective shows up, sparking both her creativity for writing — and a deeper passion. Out now
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