Looking for a new book that will make your heart race? The twenty-third edition of The Minotaur Sampler -- our largest sampler yet! -- compiles the beginnings of 12 can't-miss novels publishing Winter 2027 for free and easy sampling.

Speechless is a twisty, inventive thriller that follows a communication facilitator whose coma patient begins to share chilling messages about what really caused the accident that led to his vegetative state. Chasing Demons is a horror-thriller following a young man who survived a terrible massacre and must confront the demons of his past when years later, his former therapist is murdered in the same grotesque manner. Last Mission to Paris follows three women, decades after they served as secret agents during World War II, who reunite to uncover the truth behind the murder of their fellow agent in Nazi-occupied Paris. Scream City is an electrifying thriller where a former police officer and the granddaughter of a notorious serial killer must work together to clear both of their names when a new string of copycat murders emerges. On the Ice is a chilling mystery where a screenwriter’s desperate search for her missing brother on an Antarctic research station leads her into a tangled web of secrets, love, and wilderness. The House at Hanger Hill is a searing debut about three generations of women and their family home, which has been haunted by chilling deaths and a terrible, hidden truth.

Famous Last Lies introduces a pop music golden girl in the heart of Hollywood whose cost to her success threatens to be revealed when her producer’s remains are found in the California desert. Tell Me What You See follows a woman who must confront the pain of her past when a teenager goes missing, and the case feels strangely tied to the death of her psychic late mother. Mother Dearest is a pulse-pounding thriller that follows a woman writing letters to her estranged mother about the man she wants to marry, except he already has a wife and family. Gone at First Light follows a detective who is assigned to uncover the murder of a beloved Laguna Beach therapist—except she isn’t just a victim, but a woman woven into his own past, and the killer may be closer than anyone dares to believe. The Haunting of Rosa Sinclair is a supernatural thriller where a therapist must question her past after she receives a new client who is nearly identical to her long deceased daughter. The Spring is an alluring thriller about a young woman who must navigate the mystery of a cult-like community in order to find and save her adoptive sister.

Jordan Sawyer