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It’s the last month of 2025 and as you partake in—or avoid—holiday gatherings, publishing has a bunch of brand new mysteries and thrillers to sneak off and read. Whether you’re looking for something to keep you awake at night, warm the blood with thrills, or just entertain with a mystery to solve, there should be something on this list for you.
December’s selections range from a middle grade graphic novel following a police shooting victim’s ghost to a psychological suspense in a secluded cabin. Tropes include missing persons, a threatening note from a dead friend, a bookshop-owning amateur sleuth, a reporter solving a murder mystery, and more!
 The House Guests by Amber and Danielle BrownFor fans of remote cabins and psychological thrillers! Unable to sleep and filled with anxiety since her mother’s death, Iris accepts a trip to a lake house in the Catskills with her boyfriend Eli and his friends. On the first night she swears she sees someone bury something in the backyard, but no one is around but her. She’s sleep deprived and no one believes her—can she trust what she saw? |
 Ghost Boys: The Graphic Novel by Jewell Parker Rhodes and Setor FiadzigbeyFor fans of middle grade graphic novel adaptations! This is a middle grade graphic novel adaptation of the award winning middle grade novel of the same name. Jerome’s ghost watches as his family, friends, and community mourn him after he’s killed by a police officer at the age of 12. He’s helped in processing what has happened by the ghost of Emmett Till, as the only living person who can still see him is the daughter of the officer who killed him. |
