Cozy Mysteries and Gripping Thrillers for May 2025
by Severn House on 6 May 2025

Shot Clock
Andrew Bourelle
Basketball star Garrett’s brother has been kidnapped – and if he doesn’t fix the NBA championship, Jake will be dead before the final buzzer in this edge-of-the-seat thriller set in the dark, criminal underbelly of Sin City.
A Cold Whisper
Casey Dunn
Catch your breath. It might be your last . . . A bone-chilling, terrifying story about two sisters and secrets hiding beneath the snow.
A Fatal Necessity
A Herbert Reardon Mystery
Marjorie Eccles
DI Herbert Reardon investigates the murder of an enigmatic woman who was about to leave her comfortable life behind and mysteriously disappear in this page-turning 1930s historical mystery with gasp-worthy revelations.
A Senior Citizen’s Guide to Life on the Run
Gwen Florio
Senior citizen Alice Sanders can finally settle into her well-deserved retirement home in New Jersey . . . until her past catches up with her in this enthralling and quirky cozy mystery.
False Gold
A Bea Abbot Mystery
Veronica Heley
When the hunt for buried treasure at Marston Hall leads to murder, it falls on Bea Abbot to dig up the truth in this entertaining mystery.
Murder in the Grotto
A British Stately Home Mystery
Amy Myers
Café-owner and divorcee Cara Shelley gets caught up in a deadly ghost hunt in this warm and engaging cozy mystery set in a quirky British stately home.
Death on Wolf Fell
A Jessica Baker Thriller
Nick Oldham
A tense and utterly addictive police procedural set on the Lancashire moors featuring Sergeant Jessica Raker.