07-07-2025
The best books (so far) of 2025 - and those to look forward to
Listener writers pick their favourite books of the year so far and point to tantalising titles to come.
Thrills & chills
Some first-class Kiwi thrillers have been a hallmark of 2025. In Rachel Paris's Sydney-set See How They Fall, homicide squad detective Mei O'Connor investigates a poisoning at the grand estate of the Turner dynasty.
Jennifer Trevelyan's A Beautiful Family finds a family on a long summer holiday, in which the youngest, Alix, pairs up with a boy named
