Ali Karim’s Best of 2025

ORDINARY BEAR, Chris B Bernard – 2024 title in the U.S.
HERO, Thomas Perry
EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD by Ace Atkins
13 HILLCREST DRIVE, Gerald Pietevich
KILL YOUR DARLINGS, Peter Swanson
THE WHYTE PYTHON WORLD TOUR, Travis Kennedy
BROKEN, Jón Atli Jónasson
NEVER FLINCH, Stephen King
THE SAVAGE, NOBLE DEATH OF BABS DIONNE, Ron Currie
THE OLIGARCH’S DAUGHTER, Joe Finder
MURDER TAKES A VACATION, Laura Lippman
THE NOTE, Alafair Burke

Non-Fiction

REACHER, The Stories behind the stories by Lee Child
MURDERLAND, Caroline Fraser
CHASING THE DARK, Ben Machell

Reissues

AFTER MIDNIGHT:Selected Stories, Daphne du Maurier
THE CAT, Georges Simenon
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, Quentin Tarantino