DISCOVER THE 10 BEST THRILLERS OF 2025

THE year’s best thrillers whisk readers to vast wildernesses and haunted houses, small-town Virginia and the tony Hamptons.

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Danger, it turns out, lurks everywhere.THE ASCENT

Allison Buccola

RANDOM HOUSE

Lee Burton thought she had buried her mysterious past; at 12 years old, she was discovered on the side of the road, the only remaining member of a cult that inexplicably vanished.

But years later, as she's dealing with the debilitating stress of new motherhood, a stranger appears with information that threatens Lee's fragile sanity.

DEAD MONEY

Jakob Kerr

BANTAM

Silicon Valley fixer Mackenzie Clyde is a master at making problems go away for her venture capitalist employer. But she’s out of her depth when the founder of her boss's biggest investment is murdered, and she's tasked with helping the FBI find the killer. The case will send Mackenzie to dangerous places as she uncovers the nefarious characters cashing in on big tech.

HEARTWOOD

Amity Gaige

SIMON & SCHUSTER