Deadly Pleasures contributor and webmaster of thrillingdetective.com website provides his best of 2025 list.

UNTOUCHABLE, Mike Lawson (Atlantic Monthly, $27.00, February)
NEVER FLINCH, Stephen King (Scribner, $32.00, May)
MURDER TAKES A VACATION, Laura Lippman (Morrow, $30.00, June)
NIGHTSHADE, Michael Connelly (Little,Brown, $30.00, May)
HATCHET GIRLS, Joe R. Lansdale (Mulholland, $30.00, August)
GALWAY’S EDGE, Ken Bruen (Mysterious Press, $26.95)
BOYSTOWN, John Shannon, (The Unnamed Press, $28.00)
NORTH COUNTRY, Matt Bondurant (Blackstone Publishing, Inc., $29.99)
OUT OF ALCATRAZ, Christopher Cantwell & Tyler Crook (Oni Press, $29.99)
PICKET LINE, Elmore Leonard (Mariner, $22.99)