In this post, we will share news about what’s coming from MCW authors in 2025.

Kate Flora: I’m optimistic that the next Burgess police procedural, Those Who Choose Evil, will be published next year. Beyond that? I’m hoping that more of those books that are languishing in my desk drawer will finally find their way into reader’s hands. And of course, I must write another Thea Kozak mystery, right? Let’s all have a great 2025.

Rob Kelley: 2025 is a big year for me. My debut novel, Raven, a historical thriller, will be coming out in late 2025 from High Frequency Press. And I’ll be working on finalizing my edits for my contemporary political thriller, Critical State, also coming out from HFP in 2026!

Maureen Milliken: Expect the fifth book in the Bernadette “Bernie” O’Dea mystery series in the fall, which gives you plenty of time to read the first four, including Dying for News, which was released in October. I also hope to release a companion book for fans, with character background, outtakes and more, sometime before spring. You can also expect to see me at a lot of author (and other) events throughout 2025. Keep an eye on my website maureenmilliken.com, for updates. You can sign up for my occasional email newsletter there as well.

Matt Cost is breaking in a new publisher, Level Best Books, in April, with the release of The Not So Merry Adventures of Max Creed. This also breaks new ground in that it is a straight up thriller. The second book in the series, EveryThing vs Max Creed, is written and in the final draft stages to be submitted for publication in April of 2026. Glow Trap, the sixth book in the Clay Wolfe Trap series, will publish this summer. And… I am hoping that my new historical PI mystery set in 1955 Raleigh, aptly titled 1955, will be published in the fall. Write on!

Kathy Lynn Emerson: In 2025 I’ll be continuing to release newly revised trade paperback editions of my Face Down mysteries, with  Face Down O’er the Border (release date 1/9/25) and Lady Appleton’s World: The Complete Short Stories (release date 2/6/25), but the really big news is that rights have reverted to me on the spinoff Mistress Jaffrey Mysteries, so I’ll be giving those another read to find any continuity problems and typos and then reissuing them in trade paperback and in an omnibus e-book, probably titled The Face Down Collection Four to go with the three volumes of Face Down novels and short stories already available. Single-title e-books are also likely (for all thirteen novels), but I have to wait until the current, unrevised versions are all taken down. The only downside to all this is that there will be a short stretch when Murder in the Queen’s Wardrobe, Murder in the Merchant’s Hall, and Murder in a Cornish Alehouse won’t be available at all in electronic format and will only be available in print editions if stores already have copies in stock. I promise to proofread as fast as I can and still fix everything that needs to be fixed!

P.S. For those of you who remember my posts on my other project,  Treacherous Visions is currently “resting.” I’ve finished one read through/revision but it still needs more work.

Kait Carson: I’ve decided to take the plunge this year and seek a traditional publisher (and/or maybe an agent???? Where is that fingers crossed emoji when I need it) for No Return the first of a new series set in Maine. That’s not to say I’m abandoning indie publishing. The fourth Hayden Kent book, tentatively titled Death by Deception is in the works as an indie. Beyond that? Lots of ideas bubbling, but nothing has gelled in the cauldron.

Dick Cass: Having finished off the Elder Darrow series with Book 7, Closing Time, I’m working on a follow-on to The Last Altruist with the same characters, set in an unorganized town in far northern Maine. Hope to have that done and out into the marketplace in the first quarter of 2025. My novel By Violent Chance, with a female Vietnam veteran private eye, is making the rounds and I’m hoping for some movement on that. Beyond all these, I’m hoping for more short stories this year, those snacks between the big meals . . . Happy New Year!

John Clark: More short stories of a dark and humorous nature. I’m sure I can find plenty of inspiration from the daily news.