The Most Anticipated Mystery & Suspense Books of Fall 2025

Animated Sherlock

An animated series based on The Unexpurgated Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is in the works: “The animated series will skew toward mature viewers, structuring each season around central mystery arcs while connecting individual episodes to Doyle’s original Holmes canon. The show promises to explore character backstories for Holmes, Watson, Mrs. Hudson and Moriarty through a contemporary lens aimed at international adult demographics.”

We Have News and a Trailer for Knives Out 3!

We now have a trailer for the 3rd film in the Knives Out series, Wake Up Dead Man! According to a critic at The Daily Beast, it’s something to look forward to watching in November: “Johnson generously gives every one of his players multiple amusing moments to shine, and they all take advantage of their opportunities, especially the fantastically charming and soulful O’Conner, a scene-stealing Close, and a loopy Scott as a paranoid writer who’s gone so far off the deep end that he’s built a moat around his home.”

If You’re Looking for a Long-Running PI Series to Read, Here’s a Good One

Here’s a look at Watler Mosley’s Easy Rawlins series, combining of a review of the new book, Gray Dawn, with an interview with Mosley and other crime authors inspired by his work: “S.A. Cosby, bestselling author of ‘Blacktop Wasteland’ and ‘All the Sinners Bleed’ and an L.A. Times Book Prize winner, clearly remembers his introduction to Easy’s world. ‘Reading ‘Devil in a Blue Dress’ was like being shown a path in the darkness. It spoke to me as a writer, as a Southerner and as a Black person,’ he said in an email. ‘In some ways, it gave me ‘permission’ to write about the people I love.’”

Gray Dawn is the 17th(!) book in the Easy Rawlins series, which began with Devil in a Blue Dress in 1990.

True Crime Update

The documentary series The Case Against Adnan Syed, streaming on HBO Max, will release a 5th episode, “Part Five: The Tree Grew,” on September 18th that will look at newly discovered evidence along with Syed’s release from prison.

Spy X Family Season 3 Trailer

The delightful spy manga series, Spy X Family, which was adapted into an anime television series, will return with its 3rd season in October. It will stream on Crunchyroll, and there’s a trailer.

Stevie Bell Returns in 2026

Fans of Maureen Johnson’s Truly Devious series have a new book to look forward to in 2026! Johnson recently shared the cover and synopsis on Instagram. The second there is a galley I can get my hands on, I will be inhaling this.

Adaptation News!

Trisha Sakhlecha’s The Inheritance—a family drama slowly building to a crime finale set on a luxury island off the coast of Scotland—will be adapted for TV by Kunal Nayyar’s Good Karma Productions, and there’s already a director attached!

John Malkovich is Now a (Fictional) Criminal!

Apple TV+’s adaptation of Carl Hiaasen’s Bad Monkey has a new criminal joining season 2, played by John Malkovich. “Last year, Lawrence told The Hollywood Reporter about his hopes for the show’s future. ‘When I pitched it [to Apple], I had a beginning, middle and end of a three-season arc for this character, and for who he would be and where he would get to — and they were really receptive to it. It’s challenging right now to make shows, and especially to pick up your life and go make it. [Vaughn and I] both moved to Florida! It was insane,’ Lawrence said.”

Manga Adaptation News!

Fans of manga, con artists, mystery, and the trope of having to survive a psychological game will be thrilled to hear that Shinobu Kaitani’s Liar Game will be adapted into a TV anime series! “This year marks the 20 years since the first appearance of LIAR GAME in Young Jump, and this anniversary serves as the announcement of the anime adaptation of the series. At the time, it began serialization with the theme of “The importance of trust” but in the 20 years since its release we have gone through the COVID-19 Pandemic, the explosive rise of social media, and an increasingly distrustful world…I feel that now, the theme of my series is more relevant than ever.”

Most Anticipated Mystery & Suspense of Fall 2025

If you’re looking for a list of books releasing this fall to peruse, here’s a good one at BookPage.

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