Thrillers | Prepub Alert, June 2025 Titles

Readers can look forward to new suspense from Lisa Jewell, psychological thrillers from Matthew Blake and Liv Constantine, and a Godfather-inspired Southern crime epic from S.A. Cosby this month.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blake, Matthew. The Murder in Room 11. Harper. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9780063314191. 448p. $30. THRILLER

Blake follows his buzzy, bestselling debut, Anna O (in development with Netflix), with a psychological thriller about memory expert Olivia Finn, who must uncover her grandmother’s wartime past. With a 150K-copy first printing.

Carr, Jack. Cry Havoc. (Tom Reece, bk. 1). Atria/Emily Bestler. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781668095256. 448p. $29.99. THRILLER

Carr, former Navy SEAL and author of the bestselling James Reece series (the first of which was adapted for Prime Video), is back with a new military thriller series set during the Vietnam War and starring James’s father, Tom Reece.

Clark, Julie. The Ghostwriter. Sourcebooks Landmark. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781464221286. 368p. $27.99. THRILLER

Bestselling Clark (The Lies I Tell) returns with a suspense story about ghostwriter Olivia Dumont. She is hired to finish her father’s final book, in which he’s ready to tell the story about the brutal murders of his siblings in 1975, for which he was the prime suspect.

Constantine, Liv. Don’t Open Your Eyes. Bantam. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9780593875209. 304p. $30. THRILLER

Bestselling Constantine, coauthor of the Reese’s Book Club pick The Last Mrs. Parrish, writes a psychological thriller. Annabelle has a great life with a successful career and wonderful husband and daughters. When her nightmares seem to be turning into premonitions, she fears for her daughters’ lives.

Cosby, S. A. King of Ashes. Pine & Cedar. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781250832061. 352p. $28.99. THRILLER

Roman Carruthers returns home to find his younger brother is in debt to dangerous criminals, who are demanding payment. Award-winning, bestselling author Cosby (All the Sinners Bleed) returns with a Godfather-inspired Southern crime epic that receives a 300K-copy first printing.

Cowan, Jon. Proof. Gallery. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781668051139. 384p. $28.99. THRILLER

When his former best friend is murdered, disgraced lawyer Jake West is accused of the crime and must search for the real killer. Cowan, writer and executive producer of Suits, debuts with this legal thriller that already has blurbs from James Patterson and Kathy Reichs.

French, Gillian. Shaw Connolly Lives To Tell. Minotaur. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781250358516. 352p. $28. THRILLER

Award-nominated YA author French (Sugaring Off) makes her adult debut with a thriller featuring fingerprints analyst Shaw Connolly, who is being stalked and taunted by a man who may be behind her sister’s disappearance. With a 100K-copy first printing.

Gilbert, Sian. I Did Warn Her. Morrow Paperbacks. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9780063388505. pbk. 384p. $19.99. THRILLER

Gilbert follows her debut, She Started It (a Book of the Month Main Selection), with a story set on a billionaire’s luxurious yacht, from which there’s no escape when expensive jewelry begins disappearing and a crew member is murdered. With a 75K-copy first printing.

Jackson, Lisa. It Happened on the Lake. Kensington. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781496737038. 416p. $30. THRILLER

Bestselling Jackson (Our Little Secret) writes a stand-alone take on Rear Window. In 1988, Harper Reed Prescott returns to the town that branded her a murder suspect 20 years earlier and finds herself being watched.

Jewell, Lisa. Don’t Let Him In. Atria. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781668033876. 384p. $29.99. THRILLER

Three women’s lives shockingly collide in the latest thriller from bestselling Jewell (None of This Is True) as they find that the men in their lives may not be who they say they are.

Patterson, James & Bill Clinton. Untitled Patterson/Clinton Thriller. Little, Brown. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9780316565103. 480p. $32. THRILLER

Following The President’s Daughter, Patterson and Clinton team up again. No plot details yet other than it’s a political and legal thriller set in Washington, DC, and New Hampshire.

Robotham, Michael. The White Crow. Scribner. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781668031025. 352p. $28.99. THRILLER

Last seen in bestselling Robotham’s When You Are Mine, ambitious young London police officer Philomena McCarthy returns, this time dealing with a wounded child and a jewelry heist, which threaten her career and life as she questions who to trust.

Sager, Riley. With a Vengeance. Dutton. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9780593472408. 336p. $30. THRILLER

In 1954, Anna lures the people responsible for her family’s downfall onto a luxury train, where she plans to exact revenge, but then one of the passengers is murdered, sending Anna on a hunt for the killer. Bestselling Sager (Middle of the Night) pens another suspense thriller.

Swanson, Peter. Kill Your Darlings. Morrow. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9780063433625. 352p. $30. THRILLER

In bestselling Swanson’s (Nine Lives) latest, Wendy wants to murder her husband of 25 years. The story of their dissolving marriage is told in reverse, revealing her motive and their shared secret. With a 150K-copy first printing.

Worley, Olivia. So Happy Together. Minotaur. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781250372307. 304p. $28. THRILLER

Jane likes Colin, but he soon breaks off their relationship and begins dating Zoe. When Jane sneaks into Colin’s apartment, she makes a shocking discovery and is drawn into a web of lies, secrets, and murder. YA author Worley (The Debutantes) pens an adult debut that receives a 150K-copy first printing.

Forthcoming Series Titles

Battles, Brett. Stuart Woods’ Finders Keepers. (Stone Barrington, bk. 66). Putnam. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9780593854716. 368p. $30. THRILLER

Johansen, Iris. Death Mask. (Eve Duncan, bk. 31). Grand Central. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781538726334. 432p. $30. THRILLER

Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child. Badlands. (Nora Kelly, bk. 5). Grand Central. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781538765821. 384p. $30. THRILLER

Smith, Martin Cruz. Hotel Ukraine. (Arkady Renko, bk. 11). S&S. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781982188382. 288p. $27.99. THRILLER

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