Crime

Dark alleys and courtrooms, prison cells and forensics labs set the stage for gripping tales of justice and injustice, where detectives, lawyers, and criminals clash in society's shadows. These stories and investigations expose the underbelly of human nature, from sophisticated financial fraud to brutal murders, while exploring the complex machinery of law enforcement and criminal justice that shapes our world.

Crime Book Summaries

The Dope Summary

The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade

by Benjamin T. Smith 2021 464 pages

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages Summary

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages

by Christopher Berry-Dee 2019 288 pages

The Overlook Summary

by Michael Connelly 2007 225 pages

The Murder House Summary

The Murder House

by James Patterson 2015 451 pages

And Then There Were None Summary

And Then There Were None

A Mystery Play in Three Acts

by Agatha Christie 1944 95 pages

Agatha Christie

Tuesday's Child Summary

Tuesday's Child

by Anya Mora 2019 310 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Final Scene Summary

The Final Scene

by Steph Nelson 2024 248 pages

Mystery Thriller

Tell Me Your Dreams Summary

Tell Me Your Dreams

by Sidney Sheldon 1998 384 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest Summary

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

by Stieg Larsson 2007 566 pages

Not for Sale Summary

The Return of the Global Slave Trade—and How We Can Fight It

by David Batstone 2007 320 pages

The Secret Barrister Summary

The Secret Barrister

Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

by The Secret Barrister 2018 385 pages

Unmasked Summary

Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy

by Andy Ngo 2021 320 pages

Please Tell Me Summary

by Mike Omer 2023 379 pages

Mystery Thriller

Life or Death Summary

by Michael Robotham 2014 449 pages

The Mars Room Summary

by Rachel Kushner 2018 338 pages

Literary Fiction

Glory in Death Summary

by J.D. Robb 1995 296 pages

American Kompromat Summary

American Kompromat

How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery

by Craig Unger 2021 368 pages

Broken Bayou Summary

by Jennifer Moorhead 2024 265 pages

Mystery Thriller

Blind Injustice Summary

Blind Injustice

A Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongful Convictions

by Mark Godsey 2017 265 pages

Tourist Season Summary

by Carl Hiaasen 1986 404 pages

Never Go Back Summary

by Lee Child 2013 400 pages

Married With Malice Summary

Married With Malice

by Cora Brent 2024 396 pages

Enemies To Lovers

A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four Summary

A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four

by Arthur Conan Doyle 2003 192 pages

These Monstrous Deeds Summary

These Monstrous Deeds

by T.J. Hamel 2021 456 pages

The Other Side of Prospect Summary

The Other Side of Prospect

A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City

by Nicholas Dawidoff 2022 464 pages

Butler to the World Summary

Butler to the World

How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything

by Oliver Bullough 2022 288 pages

Black River Summary

by Nilanjana Roy 2022 368 pages

Seduction in Death Summary

Seduction in Death

by J.D. Robb 2001 354 pages

The Natashas Summary

Inside the New Global Sex Trade

by Victor Malarek 2011 320 pages

Russian Roulette Summary

Russian Roulette

The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump

by Michael Isikoff 2018 352 pages

Dead I Well May Be Summary

Dead I Well May Be

by Adrian McKinty 2003 384 pages

The Mystery of the Yellow Room Summary

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

by Gaston Leroux 1907 192 pages

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief Summary

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief

by Bill Mason 2004 384 pages

Forensics for Dummies Summary

Forensics for Dummies

by D.P. Lyle 2004 356 pages

The Black Hand Summary

The Bloody Rise and Redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer

by Chris Blatchford 2008 352 pages

Blood Test Summary

by Jonathan Kellerman 1986 308 pages

The Memoir of a Forensic Scientist and Criminal Investigator

by Patricia Wiltshire 2019 312 pages

Paved in Blood Summary

by Sonja Grey 2023 317 pages

Life Lessons Summary

by Kaje Harper 2011 276 pages

Silent No More Summary

Victim 1's Fight for Justice Against Jerry Sandusky

by Aaron Fisher 2012 218 pages

3 Days to Live Summary

by James Patterson 2023 400 pages

Gun Street Girl Summary

Gun Street Girl

by Adrian McKinty 2015 313 pages

The Watchman Summary

by Robert Crais 2007 304 pages

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity Summary

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

by Robin Stevens 2022 387 pages

Historical Fiction

How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following

by Gabrielle Bluestone 2021 352 pages

Judge & Jury Summary

by James Patterson 2006 419 pages

The Safety Trap Summary

The Safety Trap

A Security Expert's Secrets for Staying Safe in a Dangerous World

by Spencer Coursen 2021 368 pages

How to Solve a Crime Summary

How to Solve a Crime

Stories from the Cutting Edge of Forensics

by Angela Gallop 2022 272 pages

Paper Money Summary

by Ken Follett 1977 261 pages

The Murder Book Summary

The Murder Book

by Jonathan Kellerman 2002 614 pages

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