Baldacci, David. Strangers in Time. Grand Central. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781538742051. 432p. $30. THRILLER

Baldacci’s newest is set in a 1944 London bookshop. Two kids, Charlie Matters and Molly Wakefield, are each adrift in the city for different reasons. They find hope with Ignatius Oliver, owner of the Book Keep, who is a bit lost himself. With a 500K-copy first printing.

Bartz, Julia. The Last Session. Atria/Emily Bestler. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781982199494. 240p. $27.99. THRILLER

Bestselling Bartz (The Last Session; The Writing Retreat) offers a locked-room thriller about social worker Thea, who learns that her new patient, a catatonic woman, is linked to Thea’s traumatic past. The woman will lead Thea deeper into her own harrowing history and to a suspicious retreat center.

Carlstrom, Zee. Make Sure You Die Screaming. Flatiron. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781250365675. 224p. $26.99. THRILLER

Carlstrom debuts with a 75K-copy first printing for this story with a nameless narrator who has rejected the gender binary. While on a massive bender, they are interrupted by their mother, who says their father is missing. The protagonist hits the road in a stolen car to take an epic road trip while examining capitalism and self-expression.

Graham, Heather. The Murder Machine. MIRA. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9780778387411. 320p. $30. THRILLER

Bestselling Graham gets a 75K-copy first printing for this newest thriller featuring FBI agents Jude Mackenzie and Victoria Tennant. Their case features a would-be-murderous smart house and personal AI. However, as Victoria notes, machines can only do what someone programs them to do.

Grewal-Kök, Rav. The Snares. Random. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9780593446034. 320p. $29. THRILLER

Grewal-Kök debuts with a morally complicated spy thriller starring a Punjabi American lawyer named Neel Chima, a former U.S. Naval officer who has been recruited to join a new intelligence agency that has few limits. Working in the grayest of gray areas, he finds himself at a crossroads. Is he a spy or a suspect? An insider or something else?

Jouhanneau, Anne-Sophie. The French Honeymoon. Sourcebooks Landmark. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781464229404. 288p. $27.99. THRILLER

Jouhanneau (French Kissing in New York) set her newest in Paris, where Taylor Quinn arrives on what should have been her honeymoon, but sans husband. When she becomes obsessed with newlyweds Cassie and Olivier, she steps into a dangerous ménage with few ways out.

Kaufman, Elizabeth. Ruth Run. Penguin Pr. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9780593832646. 304p. $29. THRILLER

Kaufman, who once worked in data networking, debuts with the story of 26-year-old Ruth, a microchip expert who also robs banks, stealing millions using a hacked firewall chip she designed. When she is discovered, she hits the road with a reluctant dog and with plenty of agents in pursuit. Ruth plans to stay a step ahead.

Landau, A. J. Cold Burn. (A National Parks Thriller, bk. 2). Minotaur. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781250877369. 368p. $28. THRILLER

Landau, the pen name of bestselling Jon Land and Jeff Ayers (who is an LJ reviewer), returns with the second “National Parks Thriller” starring ISB special agent Michael Walker. Set in Alaska’s Glacier Bay and Florida’s Everglades, the thriller circles around a deadly prehistoric microbe that killers would kill to weaponize.

Forthcoming Series Titles

Jance, J. A. OverKill. (Ali Reynolds, bk. 18). Gallery. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9781668035788. 320p. $28.99. THRILLER

Sandford, John. Lethal Prey. (Prey, bk. 35). Putnam. Apr. 2025. ISBN 9780593718407. 400p. $32. THRILLER