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 Desert and the Sea Summary

The Desert and the Sea

977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

by Michael Scott Moore 2018 480 pages

The Art of Political Murder Summary

The Art of Political Murder

Who Killed the Bishop?

by Francisco Goldman 2007 396 pages

Sidetracked Summary

by S.T. Abby 2016 115 pages

Sleeping Beauty Summary

Sleeping Beauty

by Phillip Margolin 2004 8 pages

Head Cases Summary

by John McMahon 2025 341 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Gates of Janus Summary

The Gates of Janus

Serial Killing and Its Analysis

by Ian Brady 2001 311 pages

The Children Return Summary

The Children Return

by Martin Walker 2014 336 pages

Black Bear Alibi Summary

Black Bear Alibi

by J.C. Fuller 2019 479 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Summer House Summary

The Summer House

by James Patterson 2020 448 pages

by Emmanuel Carrère 2022 267 pages

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo Summary

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo

by Franklin W. Dixon 1967 192 pages

The Good Daughter Summary

The Good Daughter

by Karin Slaughter 2017 519 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One Summary

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One

How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry

by William K. Black 1995 352 pages

Suicidas Summary

by Raphael Montes 2012 488 pages

The Jury Summary

by Fern Michaels 2005 320 pages

The Pretenders of Copper County Summary

The Pretenders of Copper County

by May Archer 2024 348 pages

In the Best Families Summary

In the Best Families

by Rex Stout 1950 272 pages

Final Justice Summary

by Fern Michaels 2008 248 pages

Suburban Dicks Summary

by Fabian Nicieza 2021 400 pages

Mystery Thriller

Razor Sharp Summary

by Fern Michaels 2009 307 pages

Hokus Pokus Summary

by Fern Michaels 2007 262 pages

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night Summary

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night

by Sophie Hannah 2023 384 pages

Under the Radar Summary

Under the Radar

by Fern Michaels 2009 304 pages

Flaggermusmannen Summary

Flaggermusmannen

by Jo Nesbø 1997 339 pages

The Banker’s Wife Summary

The Banker’s Wife

by Cristina Alger 2018 341 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Self-Made Widow Summary

The Self-Made Widow

by Fabian Nicieza 2022 400 pages

Mystery Thriller

Last Patient of the Night Summary

Last Patient of the Night

by Gary Gerlacher 2023 263 pages

by Brooke Blaine 2025 322 pages

All the Lies Summary

by S.T. Abby 2016 141 pages

The Surgeon Summary

by Tess Gerritsen 2001 416 pages

Corn Dolls Summary

by K.T. Galloway 2021 204 pages

Murder at Twilight Summary

Murder at Twilight

by Fleur Hitchcock 2018 256 pages

Desperation in Death Summary

Desperation in Death

by J.D. Robb 2022 361 pages

When the Evil Waits Summary

When the Evil Waits

by M.J. Lee 2021 312 pages

Heads You Lose Summary

by Bea Paige 2022 376 pages

The Kept Woman Summary

by Karin Slaughter 2016 461 pages

Vicious Little Darling Summary

Vicious Little Darling

by Teresa Wolf 2024 234 pages

Death of a Gossip Summary

Death of a Gossip

by M.C. Beaton 1985 179 pages

by Catherine Ryan Howard 2019 359 pages

Mystery Thriller

A Faint Cold Fear Summary

A Faint Cold Fear

by Karin Slaughter 2003 422 pages

by Irvine Welsh 1998 393 pages

Bad Blood Summary

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2016 509 pages

Screams in Symphony Summary

Screams in Symphony

by Kelsey Clayton 2022 254 pages

Filthy Savage Summary

by Lilian Harris 2025 443 pages

The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line Summary

The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line

by Rob Thomas 2014 324 pages

Mystery Thriller

Kiss and Tell Summary

by Fern Michaels 2014 366 pages

The Dopefiend Summary

by JaQuavis Coleman 2010 230 pages

The Man Who Died Twice Summary

The Man Who Died Twice

by Richard Osman 2021 422 pages

Mystery Thriller

What a Way to Go Summary

What a Way to Go

by Bella Mackie 2024 376 pages

Devil's Lily Summary

by Roselyn Ash 2025 342 pages

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