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Broken Bayou Summary
Broken Bayou
by Jennifer Moorhead 2024 265 pages
4.14
29.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4 Summary
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4
The Minority Report
by Philip K. Dick 1987 396 pages
4.11
14.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Science Fiction Fantasy
One Dark Night Summary
One Dark Night
by Hannah Richell 2025 384 pages
4.00
1.7K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Public Enemies Summary
Public Enemies
America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
by Bryan Burrough 2004 640 pages
3.98
6.0K ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
Judge & Jury Summary
Judge & Jury
by James Patterson 2006 419 pages
4.01
51.6K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Murder Book Summary
The Murder Book
by Jonathan Kellerman 2002 614 pages
3.95
13.9K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Married With Malice Summary
Married With Malice
by Cora Brent 2024 396 pages
3.84
3.7K ratings
Enemies To Lovers
Romance
Mafia Romance
Kasacja Summary
Kasacja
by Remigiusz Mróz 2015 496 pages
3.87
9.8K ratings
Crime
Polish Literature
Thriller
Seduction in Death Summary
Seduction in Death
by J.D. Robb 2001 354 pages
4.35
32.3K ratings
Mystery
Romance
Crime
3 Days to Live Summary
3 Days to Live
by James Patterson 2023 400 pages
3.52
8.3K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Suspense
Life or Death Summary
Life or Death
by Michael Robotham 2014 449 pages
4.09
12.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Absolute Friends Summary
Absolute Friends
by John Le Carré 2003 456 pages
3.68
8.7K ratings
Thriller
Espionage
Mystery
Filth Summary
Filth
by Irvine Welsh 1998 393 pages
3.82
31.7K ratings
Crime
Contemporary
Mystery
The Billionaire's Apprentice Summary
The Billionaire's Apprentice
The Rise of The Indian-American Elite and The Fall of The Galleon Hedge Fund
by Anita Raghavan 2013 512 pages
4.17
2.0K ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Gravity Summary
Gravity
by Tess Gerritsen 1983 342 pages
4.10
16.7K ratings
Thriller
Science Fiction
Mystery
Hannibal Summary
Hannibal
by Thomas Harris 1999 564 pages
3.82
114.9K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Crime
Murder at Holly House Summary
Murder at Holly House
by Denzil Meyrick 2023 363 pages
3.43
3.7K ratings
Christmas
Mystery
Crime
Death of a Red Heroine Summary
Death of a Red Heroine
by Qiu Xiaolong 2000 482 pages
3.82
6.1K ratings
Mystery
China
Crime
Forensic Detective Summary
Forensic Detective
How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases
by Robert Mann 2006 272 pages
3.91
823 ratings
True Crime
Science
Crime
The Idaho Four Summary
The Idaho Four
An American Tragedy
by James Patterson 2025 448 pages
4.32
5.7K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Watchman Summary
The Watchman
by Robert Crais 2007 304 pages
4.14
27.7K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Not for Sale Summary
Not for Sale
The Return of the Global Slave Trade—and How We Can Fight It
by David Batstone 2007 320 pages
4.24
1.9K ratings
Social Justice
Politics
History
Two Dead Wives Summary
Two Dead Wives
by Adele Parks 2023 400 pages
3.86
14.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Not What She Seems Summary
Not What She Seems
by Yasmin Angoe 2024 390 pages
3.75
17.6K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Accident Summary
The Accident
by Linwood Barclay 2011 386 pages
4.00
19.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Gun Street Girl Summary
Gun Street Girl
by Adrian McKinty 2015 313 pages
4.21
7.1K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Ireland
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
4.07
6.2K ratings
Business
Finance
History
The Hunter Summary
The Hunter
by Tana French 2024 467 pages
4.08
58.6K ratings
Mystery
Ireland
Mystery Thriller
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity Summary
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity
by Robin Stevens 2022 387 pages
4.18
1.6K ratings
Mystery
Middle Grade
Historical Fiction
The Black Hand Summary
The Black Hand
The Bloody Rise and Redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer
by Chris Blatchford 2008 352 pages
4.07
2.0K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
Strange Houses Summary
Strange Houses
by Uketsu 2025 203 pages
3.63
44.1K ratings
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
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
3.62
385 ratings
Crime
Magic
Research
Florida Roadkill Summary
Florida Roadkill
by Tim Dorsey 1999 288 pages
3.66
10.4K ratings
Humor
Mystery
Crime
Saint X Summary
Saint X
by Alexis Schaitkin 2020 343 pages
3.39
29.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Naturalist Summary
The Naturalist
by Andrew Mayne 2017 382 pages
4.08
53.5K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Catch Me Summary
Catch Me
by Lisa Gardner 2012 400 pages
4.21
42.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Suspense
How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways Summary
How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways
by Eve Kellman 2024 384 pages
3.70
5.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
What She Saw Summary
What She Saw
by Mary Burton 2025 347 pages
4.17
14.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
The Natashas Summary
The Natashas
Inside the New Global Sex Trade
by Victor Malarek 2011 320 pages
3.90
951 ratings
True Crime
Feminism
Sociology
Tuesday's Child Summary
Tuesday's Child
by Anya Mora 2019 310 pages
4.26
7.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Dead Money Summary
Dead Money
by Jakob Kerr 2025 407 pages
4.01
6.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Garou Summary
Garou
by Leonie Swann 2009 416 pages
3.77
2.5K ratings
Crime
Mystery
Humor
Fox Summary
Fox
by Joyce Carol Oates 2025 672 pages
3.84
4.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Literary Fiction
Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief Summary
Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief
by Bill Mason 2004 384 pages
3.86
1.0K ratings
Biography
True Crime
Crime
No One Saw It Coming Summary
No One Saw It Coming
by Susan Lewis 2023 376 pages
4.12
3.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Dark of the Moon Summary
Dark of the Moon
by John Sandford 2007 373 pages
4.00
42.0K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Silent No More Summary
Silent No More
Victim 1's Fight for Justice Against Jerry Sandusky
by Aaron Fisher 2012 218 pages
4.09
771 ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
Blood Test Summary
Blood Test
by Jonathan Kellerman 1986 308 pages
3.86
14.9K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
A Criminal History of Mankind Summary
A Criminal History of Mankind
by Colin Wilson 1985 815 pages
3.90
763 ratings
History
Psychology
True Crime
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
4.43
415 ratings
History
True Crime
Politics
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