Looking for a new book that will make your heart race? The eighteenth edition of The Minotaur Sampler compiles the beginnings of six can't-miss novels publishing in Winter 2026 for free and easy sampling.

Will Shindler’s The Bone Queen is a harrowing horror-thriller debut where a mother must navigate a secretive small town and battle a mysterious evil entity to find her missing teenage daughter.

Jennifer K. Breedlove’s Murder Will Out is a heart-warming gothic mystery set in an island off the coast of Maine following a woman determined to investigate the mysterious secrets behind her godmother’s death.

How to Get Away with Murder by Rebecca Philipson follows a Scotland Yard detective in her race to find the identity of the author of a self-help book that seems to have inspired London’s newest murderer.

Lori Rader-Day’s Wreck Your Heart is a big-hearted crime novel where a midwestern country singer is out to catch her big break before family–or murder–wrecks everything.

The Survivor by Andrew Reid is a suspense-packed thriller about one fateful evening where an anonymous killer, a young man trapped by his past, and an NYPD detective converge on a hijacked New York subway train.

Killing Me Softly by Sandie Jones is a twisty new thriller where two tragedy-stricken lovers find themselves in a devastating cat-and-mouse game of deception and blame.