The Telegraph’s 21 Best Crime and Thriller Novels of 2025
by Jake Kerridge

THE KILLER QUESTION, Janice Hallett
THE PREDICAMENT, William Boyd
OUR BEAUTIFUL MESS, Adele Parks
THE WATERFALL, Gareth Rubin
BENBECULA, Graeme Macrae Burnet
THE PROTOCOLS OF SPYING, Merle Nygate
THE MURDER AT WORLD’S END, Ross Montgomery
QUANTUM OF MENACE, Vaseem Khan
THE HALLMARKED MAN, Robert Galbraith
PAPERBOY, Callum McSorley
NO. 2 WHITEHALL COURT, Alan Judd
COME IN AND SHUT THE DOOR, Chris Petit
10 MARCHFIELD SQUARE, Nicola Whyte
THE BUREAU, Eoin McNamee
FAIR PLAY, Louise Hegarty
THERE WILL BE BODIES, Lindsey Davis
SLEEPER BEACH, Nick Harkaway
MARBLE HALL MURDERS, Athony Horowitz
THE MAID’S SECRET, Nita Prose
THE MYSTERY OF RAKE HALL, Maureen Paton
MURDER ON LINE ONE, Jeremy Vine