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 Murder Book Summary

The Murder Book

by Jonathan Kellerman 2002 614 pages

by Leonie Swann 2009 416 pages

Behind the Door Summary

Behind the Door

The Dark Truths and Untold Stories of the Cecil Hotel

by Amy Price 2023 240 pages

A Life of Crime Summary

A Life of Crime

The Memoirs of a High Court Judge

by Harry Ognall 2017 162 pages

Absolute Friends Summary

Absolute Friends

by John Le Carré 2003 456 pages

Amexica Summary

War Along the Borderline

by Ed Vulliamy 2010 368 pages

Not What She Seems Summary

Not What She Seems

by Yasmin Angoe 2024 390 pages

Mystery Thriller

Catch Me Summary

by Lisa Gardner 2012 400 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

A Criminal History of Mankind Summary

A Criminal History of Mankind

by Colin Wilson 1985 815 pages

The Christmas Jigsaw Murders Summary

The Christmas Jigsaw Murders

by Alexandra Benedict 2023

The Best New True Crime Stories Summary

The Best New True Crime Stories

Small Towns: Small Towns

by Mitzi Szereto 2020 256 pages

The Pirates of Somalia Summary

The Pirates of Somalia

Inside Their Hidden World

by Jay Bahadur 2011 300 pages

Two Dead Wives Summary

by Adele Parks 2023 400 pages

Prophet's Prey Summary

My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints

by Sam Brower 2011 336 pages

Walk the Blue Line Summary

Walk the Blue Line

They Walk the Line between Life and Death

by James Patterson 2023 352 pages

Voodoo River Summary

by Robert Crais 1995 320 pages

The Minotaur Summary

by Barbara Vine 2005 341 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 Hunter Summary

by Tana French 2024 467 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Ghosts of Belfast Summary

The Ghosts of Belfast

by Stuart Neville 2009 336 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

I Hear the Sirens in the Street Summary

I Hear the Sirens in the Street

by Adrian McKinty 2013 334 pages

Death of a Red Heroine Summary

Death of a Red Heroine

by Qiu Xiaolong 2000 482 pages

Black Mass Summary

by Dick Lehr 2000 424 pages

Saint X Summary

by Alexis Schaitkin 2020 343 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Accident Summary

by Linwood Barclay 2011 386 pages

The 24th Hour Summary

by James Patterson 2024 346 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

Simply Lies Summary

by David Baldacci 2023 432 pages

Pretty Dark Vows Summary

Pretty Dark Vows

by Callie Rose 2023 418 pages

Stealing Your Life Summary

Stealing Your Life

The Ultimate Identity Theft Prevention Plan

by Frank W. Abagnale 2007 256 pages

A Deadly Influence Summary

A Deadly Influence

by Mike Omer 2021 443 pages

Mystery Thriller

No One Saw It Coming Summary

No One Saw It Coming

by Susan Lewis 2023 376 pages

Notes on a Silencing Summary

Notes on a Silencing

by Lacy Crawford 2020 400 pages

While the City Slept Summary

While the City Slept

A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness

by Eli Sanders 2016 336 pages

Smuggler Nation Summary

Smuggler Nation

How Illicit Trade Made America

by Peter Andreas 2013 472 pages

American History

Gravity Summary

by Tess Gerritsen 1983 342 pages

Science Fiction

In the Morning I'll be Gone Summary

In the Morning I'll be Gone

by Adrian McKinty 2014 326 pages

The Naturalist Summary

by Andrew Mayne 2017 382 pages

Dear Killer Summary

by Katherine Ewell 2014 362 pages

Dream Town Summary

by David Baldacci 2022 432 pages

Historical Fiction

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Summary

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

by John Le Carré 1974 381 pages

The Darwin Affair Summary

The Darwin Affair

by Timothy Mason 2019 384 pages

Historical Fiction

The Violence Project Summary

The Violence Project

How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic

by Jillian Peterson 2021 240 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

Florida Roadkill Summary

Florida Roadkill

by Tim Dorsey 1999 288 pages

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? Summary

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?

by Nicci French 2024 532 pages

Kill Your Darlings Summary

Kill Your Darlings

by Peter Swanson 2025 273 pages

Mystery Thriller

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