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 Case of the Stuttering Bishop Summary

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

by Erle Stanley Gardner 1936 250 pages

The Narrows Summary

by Michael Connelly 2004 436 pages

Dear Killer Summary

by Katherine Ewell 2014 362 pages

Paved in Blood Summary

by Sonja Grey 2023 317 pages

The Darwin Affair Summary

The Darwin Affair

by Timothy Mason 2019 384 pages

Historical Fiction

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

None of the Above Summary

None of the Above

The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed, and the Criminalization of Educators

by Shani Robinson 2019 272 pages

The Black Hand Summary

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

by Chris Blatchford 2008 352 pages

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much Summary

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much

The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession

by Allison Hoover Bartlett 2009 274 pages

Books About Books

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest Summary

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

by Stieg Larsson 2007 566 pages

The Mercy Chair Summary

The Mercy Chair

by M.W. Craven 2024 485 pages

Married With Malice Summary

Married With Malice

by Cora Brent 2024 396 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Memories of Midnight Summary

Memories of Midnight

by Sidney Sheldon 1990 404 pages

Absolute Friends Summary

Absolute Friends

by John Le Carré 2003 456 pages

Saint X Summary

by Alexis Schaitkin 2020 343 pages

Mystery Thriller

When a Killer Calls Summary

When a Killer Calls

by John E. Douglas 2022 336 pages

The Ultimate Evil Summary

The Ultimate Evil

by Maury Terry 1987 538 pages

by Leonie Swann 2009 416 pages

A Deadly Influence Summary

A Deadly Influence

by Mike Omer 2021 443 pages

Mystery Thriller

Two Dead Wives Summary

by Adele Parks 2023 400 pages

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages Summary

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages

by Christopher Berry-Dee 2019 288 pages

Under the Trestle Summary

Under the Trestle

The 1980 Disappearance of Gina Renee Hall & Virginia’s First “No Body” Murder Trial.

by Ron Peterson Jr. 2018 334 pages

The Mystery of the Yellow Room Summary

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

by Gaston Leroux 1907 192 pages

How to Cheat at Everything Summary

How to Cheat at Everything

A Con Man Reveals the Secrets of the Esoteric Trade of Cheating, Scams, and Hustles

by Simon Lovell 2006 456 pages

3 Days to Live Summary

by James Patterson 2023 400 pages

Purple Cane Road Summary

Purple Cane Road

by James Lee Burke 2000 387 pages

The Spider Network Summary

The Spider Network

The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History

by David Enrich 2017 528 pages

The Body in the Dales Summary

The Body in the Dales

by J.R. Ellis 2017 321 pages

by Robert Crais 2012 341 pages

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou Summary

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

by Eleni Kyriacou 2023 409 pages

Historical Fiction

No One Saw It Coming Summary

No One Saw It Coming

by Susan Lewis 2023 376 pages

Death of a Red Heroine Summary

Death of a Red Heroine

by Qiu Xiaolong 2000 482 pages

Education of a Felon Summary

Education of a Felon

by Edward Bunker 1999 320 pages

The Pirates of Somalia Summary

The Pirates of Somalia

Inside Their Hidden World

by Jay Bahadur 2011 300 pages

Paper Money Summary

by Ken Follett 1977 261 pages

Honor Among Thieves Summary

Honor Among Thieves

by Jeffrey Archer 1993 480 pages

Historical Fiction

The Last Policeman Summary

The Last Policeman

by Ben H. Winters 2012 316 pages

Science Fiction

The Mysterious Mr. Quin Summary

The Mysterious Mr. Quin

by Agatha Christie 1930 396 pages

Lullaby Town Summary

by Robert Crais 1992 296 pages

Unmasked Summary

Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy

by Andy Ngo 2021 320 pages

Never Go Back Summary

by Lee Child 2013 400 pages

The Match Summary

by Harlan Coben 2022 352 pages

The Warriors Summary

by Sol Yurick 1965 212 pages

Cards on the Table Summary

Cards on the Table

by Josh Lanyon 2007 95 pages

The Waiting Summary

by Michael Connelly 2024

Shot All to Hell Summary

Shot All to Hell

Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape

by Mark Lee Gardner 2013 320 pages

American History

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

Florida Roadkill Summary

Florida Roadkill

by Tim Dorsey 1999 288 pages

To Hell on a Fast Horse Summary

To Hell on a Fast Horse

Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West

by Mark Lee Gardner 2010 518 pages

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways Summary

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways

by Eve Kellman 2024 384 pages

Mystery Thriller

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