Five Books Best Crime Novels of 2025
by Sophie Roell

This site (fivebooks.com) often lists best of the year lists that contain books published in another year, so I have not paid much attention to its lists. But this list is o.k., so here it is. The Dervla McTiernan title was only published in Australia, but I got a copy on amazon just this week. The Simon Mason (A VOICE IN THE NIGHT) and the Richard Osman are on my favorite’s list.
Oh, and by the way in the text of the post are eight best books listed, not just five.

THE UNQUIET GRAVE, Dervla McTiernan
A VOICE IN THE NIGHT, Simon Mason
THE WOMAN WHO LAUGHED, Simon Mason
FINLAY DONOVAN DIGS HER OWN GRAVE, Elle Cosimano
THE IMPOSSIBLE FORTUNE, Richard Osman
DEATH IN THE ARCTIC, Tom Hindle
THE CUT-THROAT TRIAL, The Secret Barrister writing as S. J. Fleet
THE CURE, Eve Smith