Burke, Alafair. The Note. Knopf. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9780593537084. 304p. $29. THRILLER

In bestselling Burke’s (Find Me) latest, three women, friends since childhood, reunite for the first time in years to enjoy a few days of fun in the Hamptons. When a drunken prank goes horribly wrong and the police get involved, their friendship will be tested.

Collins, Megan. Cross My Heart. Atria. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9781668048078. 320p. $28.99. THRILLER

Collins (Thicker Than Water) offers another psychological thriller. Heart-transplant recipient Rosie is convinced that she is meant to be with the husband of her donor. But as she falls for him and learns more about his marriage, she starts to wonder if he might have had something to do with his wife’s death—and if she could be next.

Echlin, Helena. Clever Little Thing. Viking: Pamela Dorman. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9780593656075. 352p. $29. THRILLER

Bought in a major pre-empt and expected to be a lead title, this “mom-noir” thriller from Echlin (Sparked, coauthored with Malena Watrous) features Charlotte and her young daughter Stella, whose personality has changed dramatically after the death of her babysitter, Blanka. Charlotte, pregnant with her second child, begins to worry that Blanka has possessed Stella, though Charlotte’s husband thinks it’s all in her head.

Feeney, Alice. Beautiful Ugly. Flatiron. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9781250337788. 320p. $28.99. THRILLER

Grady Green’s wife has inexplicably gone missing. Still overcome with grief a year after her disappearance, Grady takes a trip to a small Scottish island, where he sees a woman who looks just like his wife. Bestselling Feeney’s (Good Bad Girl) latest receives a 150K-copy first printing.

Finder, Joseph. The Oligarch’s Daughter. Harper. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9780063396012. 400p. $30. THRILLER

Bestselling Finder (House on Fire) crafts a modern spy thriller. Rising Wall Street star Paul Brightman fell in love with a woman named Tatyana, not realizing her father was a Russian oligarch whom U.S. intelligence was interested in. Now Paul is on the run in the New Hampshire wilderness, trying to evade Russian operatives and unravel a government conspiracy.

Garcia, Jessie. The Business Trip. St. Martin’s. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9781250364418. 352p. $29. THRILLER

Sports journalist Garcia makes her fiction debut. Stephanie, traveling on a business trip, and Jasmine, fleeing an abusive relationship, don’t know each other but are on the same flight to California. A few days later, they both text friends the same message about the same man—and then they vanish. With a 150K-copy first printing.

Grumley, Michael C. Cold Storage. (Revival, bk. 2). Forge. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9781250898753. 320p. $28.99. THRILLER

Army vet John Reiff is back in Grumley’s second “Revival” techno-thriller, following Deep Freeze, in which Reiff was revived after being frozen in a river for 20 years. Now he’s on the run from a shadowy organization that’s desperate to get him back and contain the secrets that he’s uncovered. With a 100K-copy first printing.

Kerr, Jakob. Dead Money. Bantam. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9780593726709. 416p. $30. THRILLER

This debut from tech industry insider Kerr finds Mackenzie Clyde, a Silicon Valley lawyer and fixer, investigating the murder of a tech startup CEO. Mackenzie’s boss, a powerful venture capitalist, was the chief investor in the startup and stands to lose a fortune. He turns to Mackenzie to solve the problem, but there are even bigger secrets and larger stakes involved.

Konen, Leah. The Last Room on the Left. Putnam. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9780593715895. 352p. $30. THRILLER

In Konen’s (Keep Your Friends Close) latest, Kerry’s husband has left her, and the deadline for her book is looming. Hoping to finish the book and start fresh, she accepts a caretaker position for a roadside motel in the Catskills, only find herself trapped there in a blizzard with a dead body outside the window—and possibly a killer.

Larsen, Melissa. The Lost House. Minotaur. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9781250332875. 352p. $28. THRILLER

Forty years ago, Agnes’s grandfather was a suspect in the murder of his wife and daughter and fled to California with his son. After his death, Agnes hopes to find some answers and agrees to meet a true crime podcaster in the remote town of Bifröst, Iceland, where the murders occurred. Larsen’s (Shutter) latest receives a 75K-copy first printing.

Mackay, Asia. A Serial Killer’s Guide to Marriage. Bantam. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9780593875582. 352p. $30. THRILLER

UK-based Mackay (The Nursery) makes her U.S. debut with a tale of two former serial killers who trade vigilante justice for life in the suburbs after having a baby together. Hazel misses their previous life, while Fox loves being a father. Then Hazel kills someone without telling Fox, and the police come knocking, jeopardizing the family’s new life.

McMahon, John. Head Cases. Minotaur. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9781250348296. 352p. $28. THRILLER

McMahon (A Good Kill) launches a new series featuring five brilliant agents who make up the Patterns and Recognition unit of the FBI and solve cold cases. When presumed-dead serial killers from previous cases turn up recently murdered, the team must decipher a new killer’s riddles to stop him. With a 100K-copy first printing.

Penney, Stef. The Long Water. Quercus. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9781529425673. 336p. $29. THRILLER

Award-winning and bestselling Penney (The Beasts of Paris) returns with a story set in the Norwegian Arctic. A teenage boy has gone missing from a once-prosperous mining town. As the police search for him, they open an old mine in the mountains and discover decades-old human remains. Everyone in the small, isolated town will be affected as they seek answers.

Sakhlecha, Trisha. The Inheritance. Viking: Pamela Dorman. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9780593832561. 352p. $29. THRILLER

The Agarwal family have gathered on a private luxury island off the coast of Scotland, where patriarch Raj plans to announce the succession plan for his multimillion-dollar Delhi-based company. The family members all have secrets, and when someone is murdered, any one of them could be the killer. Sakhlecha (Can You See Me Now?) makes her U.S. debut.

Forthcoming Series Titles

Byrne, James. Chain Reaction. (Dez Limerick, bk. 3). Minotaur. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9781250319784. 400p. $29. THRILLER

Freeman, Brian. Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Vendetta. (Jason Bourne, bk. 20). Putnam. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9780593716489. 384p. $30. THRILLER

Grippando, James. Grave Danger. (Jack Swyteck, bk. 19). Harper. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9780063358034. 320p. $30. THRILLER

Patterson, James & Andrew Bourelle. The Texas Murders. (Texas Ranger, bk. 3). Little, Brown. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9781538711019. 416p. $32. THRILLER

Taylor, Brad. Into the Gray Zone. (Pike Logan, bk. 19). Morrow. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9780063222083. 464p. $30. THRILLER

Turow, Scott. Presumed Guilty. (Presumed Innocent, bk. 3). Grand Central. Jan. 2025. ISBN 9781538706367. 464p. $30. THRILLER