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.

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