BookTok’s Most Addictive Mystery & Thriller Reads

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03 Oct 2025

From dark psychological suspense to shocking crime dramas, these are the thrillers trending across BookTok. Get ready to discover the stories everyone is talking about.

Echoes in Snowfall (True Time Book 3)

by Tess Manchester

Release Date: September 23, 2025

U.S. Marshal Blake Everhart hunts her brother’s killer by manipulating time. She goes undercover into a treacherous organization, where a twisted criminal has built an empire of assassins using his own dark command over time. Every second counts, and one wrong move could unravel everything. Don’t miss this action-packed time travel thriller!

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The Charabanc of Death

by Brian Kavanagh

Release Date: August 18, 2025

Book Nine in the Cozy Belinda Lawrence Mysteries, which solve murders and crimes associated with historical items or events.

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Hideout (The FBI Tampa Mystery Series Book 2)

by A. M. Holloway

Release Date: September 24, 2025

She trusted the system to keep her safe. Now, it may kill her. Two years after vanishing into Witness Protection, Mary Beth is running for her life. FBI agent Ray Smithson and his partner, Micah French, race across Florida to rescue her before her hunters close in. As secrets surface and trust frays, their only hope may be a hideout in Tampa.

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Eerie Basin

by Ivy Pochoda

Release Date: October 1, 2025

Erin tends bar at the last dive left in gentrified Red Hook, Brooklyn, where old-timers spin tales of the bar’s legacy and the waterfront’s crime-ridden past. Her boss, Jimmy, a real estate magnate responsible for much of the neighborhood’s shiny transformation, also has a story to share. Back when he was a struggling beat cop, two neglected boys introduced him to an ancient creature that made Jimmy’s dreams come true. Nightmares too.

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The Last Morning (The Secrets of Chapel Roads Book 1)

by Camden Baird

Release Date: October 1, 2025

Sadie Wilson’s heart stops the moment the phone rings. Deep in her soul, she knows what’s coming, and the voice on the other end only confirms her fears: Emma never made it to school. Her sweet, scared five-year-old climbed onto the bus for her very first day of kindergarten…and then vanished.

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The Girl from Devil’s Lake

by J. A Jance

Release Date: September 30, 2025

Sheriff Joanna Brady is looking forward to the holidays with her busy family, and to celebrating her daughter Jenny’s graduation from the police academy. But the family is interrupted when a body is discovered beneath a flooded bridge in the Arizona desert, and Joanna is called onto the case.

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