Deadly Pleasures Contributor Hank Wagner provides us with his best list of 2025

REACHER: THE STORIES BEHIND THE STORIES, Lee Child
CRY HAVOC, Jack Carr
THE GUN MAN JACKSON SWAGGER, Stephen Hunter
WHAT THE NIGHT BRINGS, Mark Billingham
CROOKS, Lou Berney
ONLY WAY OUT, Tod Goldberg
HATCHET GIRLS, Joe R. Lansdale
WHAT ABOUT THE BODIES, Ken Jaworski
UNTOUCHABLE, Mike Lawson
FALLEN STAR, Lee Goldberg
FRIENDS HELPING FRIENDS, Patrick Hoffman
COLD BURN, A. J. Landau
STILLWATER, Tanya Scott
NIGHTSHADE, Michael Connelly
WRECKAGE, Peter Straub