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 Alloy of Law

by Brandon Sanderson • 2011

A gunslinging lord must hunt a phantom gang that stole his fiancée from a wedding dinner.

4.19

200k+

🚂 Flintlock Fantasy 🎩 Reluctant Nobleman 🤠 Buddy Adventure 🚆 Train Heist 💬 Witty Banter

The Alloy of Law

A gunslinging lord must hunt a phantom gang that stole his fiancée from a wedding dinner.

by Brandon Sanderson 2011 325 pages

4.19

200k+ ratings

🚂 Flintlock Fantasy 🎩 Reluctant Nobleman 🤠 Buddy Adventure 🚆 Train Heist 💬 Witty Banter

Middletide

by Sarah Crouch • 2024

A writer returns to his hometown, a suspicious death, and a diary that accuses him of murder.

3.51

19k+

🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 💞 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Wrongful Accusation ⚖️ Courtroom Drama ⏳ Dual Timeline

Middletide

A writer returns to his hometown, a suspicious death, and a diary that accuses him of murder.

by Sarah Crouch 2024 288 pages

3.51

19k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 💞 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Wrongful Accusation ⚖️ Courtroom Drama ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Secret Race

by Tyler Hamilton • 2012

EPO, blood bags, and the code of silence: inside the Tour de France's doping underworld.

4.39

19k+

🚴 Professional Cycling 💉 Doping In Sport 🩸 Blood Doping 🤫 Code Of Silence 📖 Confessional Memoir

The Secret Race

EPO, blood bags, and the code of silence: inside the Tour de France's doping underworld.

by Tyler Hamilton 2012 290 pages

4.39

19k+ ratings

🚴 Professional Cycling 💉 Doping In Sport 🩸 Blood Doping 🤫 Code Of Silence 📖 Confessional Memoir

The Tyranny of Good Intentions

by Paul Craig Roberts • 2000

Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.

4.06

127

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 📜 Constitutional Law 🏛️ Prosecutorial Power 🔒 Government Overreach 🔗 Mass Incarceration

The Tyranny of Good Intentions

Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.

by Paul Craig Roberts 2000 186 pages

4.06

127 ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 📜 Constitutional Law 🏛️ Prosecutorial Power 🔒 Government Overreach 🔗 Mass Incarceration

Juvenile Delinquency

by Larry J. Siegel • 2004

Youth crime stems from biology, poverty, and a system caught between punishment and rehabilitation.

3.73

109

🏛️ Juvenile Justice 📚 Criminological Theory 🔍 Youth Crime 🏙️ Urban Crime 📈 Life Course Criminology

Juvenile Delinquency

Youth crime stems from biology, poverty, and a system caught between punishment and rehabilitation.

by Larry J. Siegel 2004 480 pages

3.73

109 ratings

🏛️ Juvenile Justice 📚 Criminological Theory 🔍 Youth Crime 🏙️ Urban Crime 📈 Life Course Criminology

Ballistic

by Mark Greaney • 2011

A hunted CIA operative takes on a Mexican drug cartel to save his dead friend's family.

4.32

25k+

🏴‍☠️ Cartel Thriller 🎯 Tactical Action 🕶️ Rogue Agent 💪 One-Man Army 🖤 Black Ops Fiction

Ballistic

A hunted CIA operative takes on a Mexican drug cartel to save his dead friend's family.

by Mark Greaney 2011 467 pages

4.32

25k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Cartel Thriller 🎯 Tactical Action 🕶️ Rogue Agent 💪 One-Man Army 🖤 Black Ops Fiction

Rogue Lawyer

by John Grisham • 2015

From a bulletproof van, a cynical lawyer defends the indefensible as enemies close in.

3.81

90k+

🏛️ Criminal Defense ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🚬 Cynical Antihero 🔗 Corrupt Legal System 🚫 Wrongful Conviction

Rogue Lawyer

From a bulletproof van, a cynical lawyer defends the indefensible as enemies close in.

by John Grisham 2015 344 pages

3.81

90k+ ratings

🏛️ Criminal Defense ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🚬 Cynical Antihero 🔗 Corrupt Legal System 🚫 Wrongful Conviction

The Bourne Supremacy

by Robert Ludlum • 1986

A taipan seizes his wife. The ransom: the impostor killing in his name across Hong Kong.

4.11

100k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🌆 Hong Kong Underworld 💔 Loved One As Leverage 😤 Reluctant Spy 🤝 Uneasy Alliances

The Bourne Supremacy

A taipan seizes his wife. The ransom: the impostor killing in his name across Hong Kong.

by Robert Ludlum 1986 688 pages

4.11

100k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🌆 Hong Kong Underworld 💔 Loved One As Leverage 😤 Reluctant Spy 🤝 Uneasy Alliances

Best Evidence

by David S. Lifton • 1980

A forensic case that the President’s body was secretly altered, and the autopsy was a fraud.

4.01

500+

🎯 Jfk Assassination 🕵️ Political Assassinations 🔬 Conspiracy Investigation 🏛️ Government Deception 🗑️ Forensic Evidence

Best Evidence

A forensic case that the President’s body was secretly altered, and the autopsy was a fraud.

by David S. Lifton 1980 920 pages

4.01

500+ ratings

🎯 Jfk Assassination 🕵️ Political Assassinations 🔬 Conspiracy Investigation 🏛️ Government Deception 🗑️ Forensic Evidence

The Night We Lost Him

by Laura Dave • 2024

A hotel mogul's cliffside fall reunites his estranged children. The son insists it was no accident.

3.59

100k+

🏡 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Family Secrets 👫 Estranged Siblings 🔍 Amateur Investigation ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Night We Lost Him

A hotel mogul's cliffside fall reunites his estranged children. The son insists it was no accident.

by Laura Dave 2024 298 pages

3.59

100k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Family Secrets 👫 Estranged Siblings 🔍 Amateur Investigation ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Trespasser

by Tana French • 2016

A domestic murder case feels like a trap to a Dublin detective battling her own squad.

3.99

97k+

🚔 Police Procedural 📚 Literary Crime 🤐 Police Cover-Up 💼 Toxic Workplace 🕵️‍♀️ Outsider Detective

The Trespasser

A domestic murder case feels like a trap to a Dublin detective battling her own squad.

by Tana French 2016 464 pages

3.99

97k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 📚 Literary Crime 🤐 Police Cover-Up 💼 Toxic Workplace 🕵️‍♀️ Outsider Detective

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice

by Elle Cosimano • 2024

Finlay Donovan combs Atlantic City for a stolen Aston Martin to save her nanny's kidnapped crush.

3.90

63k+

🎭 Comedic Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🤝 Partners In Crime 💕 Ride Or Die Friendship 👩‍👧 Single Mom Protagonist

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice

Finlay Donovan combs Atlantic City for a stolen Aston Martin to save her nanny's kidnapped crush.

by Elle Cosimano 2024 320 pages

3.90

63k+ ratings

🎭 Comedic Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🤝 Partners In Crime 💕 Ride Or Die Friendship 👩‍👧 Single Mom Protagonist

Tres ratones ciegos (La ratonera)

by Agatha Christie • 1950

A snowbound guesthouse traps newlyweds and their guests with a killer following a nursery rhyme.

3.79

20k+

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Golden Age Detective 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💔 Revenge Motive 🎭 Hidden Identities

Tres ratones ciegos (La ratonera)

A snowbound guesthouse traps newlyweds and their guests with a killer following a nursery rhyme.

by Agatha Christie 1950 203 pages

3.79

20k+ ratings

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Golden Age Detective 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💔 Revenge Motive 🎭 Hidden Identities

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms

by Amy B. Zegart • 2022

James Bond and Jack Ryan are America's spy professors, and the curriculum is dangerously wrong.

3.95

1k+

🕵️ American Intelligence 🛡️ National Security 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💻 Cyber Warfare 🛰️ Open Source Intelligence

Spies, Lies, and Algorithms

James Bond and Jack Ryan are America's spy professors, and the curriculum is dangerously wrong.

by Amy B. Zegart 2022 360 pages

3.95

1k+ ratings

🕵️ American Intelligence 🛡️ National Security 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💻 Cyber Warfare 🛰️ Open Source Intelligence

Marching Powder

by Rusty Young • 2003

A prison where inmates buy cells and a British smuggler leads tours for backpackers.

4.31

31k+

⛓️ Prison Memoir 🧳 Drug Smuggling 💰 Prison Economy 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎒 Backpacker Encounters

Marching Powder

A prison where inmates buy cells and a British smuggler leads tours for backpackers.

by Rusty Young 2003 401 pages

4.31

31k+ ratings

⛓️ Prison Memoir 🧳 Drug Smuggling 💰 Prison Economy 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎒 Backpacker Encounters

Sex, Lies, and Handwriting

by Michelle Dresbold • 2006

What your handwriting betrays: a profiler's guide to spotting liars, psychopaths, and hidden selves.

4.01

1k+

📝 Graphology 🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🤥 Deception Detection 📋 Personality Assessment 🧠 Self-Awareness

Sex, Lies, and Handwriting

What your handwriting betrays: a profiler's guide to spotting liars, psychopaths, and hidden selves.

by Michelle Dresbold 2006 285 pages

4.01

1k+ ratings

📝 Graphology 🕵️ Criminal Profiling 🤥 Deception Detection 📋 Personality Assessment 🧠 Self-Awareness

The Republic of Pirates

by Colin Woodard • 2007

Sailors broken by the navy built their own republic: democratic, armed, and flying the black flag.

3.89

12k+

⚓ Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🏝️ Caribbean History 🌍 Atlantic World ⛵ Age Of Sail

The Republic of Pirates

Sailors broken by the navy built their own republic: democratic, armed, and flying the black flag.

by Colin Woodard 2007 383 pages

3.89

12k+ ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🏝️ Caribbean History 🌍 Atlantic World ⛵ Age Of Sail

Worth Dying For

by Lee Child • 2010

A drifter stops in a Nebraska town, uncovers abuse and a family's reign of terror.

4.22

100k+

🔍 Small-Town Secrets ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏚️ Corrupt Family Empire 🚸 Child Trafficking 🪖 Ex-Military Hero

Worth Dying For

A drifter stops in a Nebraska town, uncovers abuse and a family's reign of terror.

by Lee Child 2010 400 pages

4.22

100k+ ratings

🔍 Small-Town Secrets ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏚️ Corrupt Family Empire 🚸 Child Trafficking 🪖 Ex-Military Hero

King

by S.J. Tilly • 2023

A mafia boss forces the artist who witnessed his crime to become his wife.

4.12

61k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🥀 Dark Romance 💍 Forced Marriage ⛓️ Captor Captive 🗡️ Possessive Hero

King

A mafia boss forces the artist who witnessed his crime to become his wife.

by S.J. Tilly 2023 394 pages

4.12

61k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🥀 Dark Romance 💍 Forced Marriage ⛓️ Captor Captive 🗡️ Possessive Hero

Little Secrets

by Jennifer Hillier • 2020

After her son disappears, a mother discovers her husband's affair and hires a hitman.

4.21

200k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👦 Missing Child 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Little Secrets

After her son disappears, a mother discovers her husband's affair and hires a hitman.

by Jennifer Hillier 2020 352 pages

4.21

200k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👦 Missing Child 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Stamped

by Jason Reynolds • 2020

A fake blood test, a charismatic founder, and the whistleblowers who risked everything to expose it.

4.46

54k+

🕵️ Corporate Fraud 💻 Tech Scandal 🗞️ Investigative Reporting 👤 Whistleblowers 🩺 Medical Technology

Stamped

A fake blood test, a charismatic founder, and the whistleblowers who risked everything to expose it.

by Jason Reynolds 2020 294 pages

4.46

54k+ ratings

🕵️ Corporate Fraud 💻 Tech Scandal 🗞️ Investigative Reporting 👤 Whistleblowers 🩺 Medical Technology

Don't Look Back

by Christine Caine • 2023

Pregnant, Lily flees her abuser and hides in a small town, but he is closing in.

4.32

1k+

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🛡️ Abuse Survivor 🎭 New Identity 🐕 Protective Dog 🤰 Pregnant Protagonist

Don't Look Back

Pregnant, Lily flees her abuser and hides in a small town, but he is closing in.

by Christine Caine 2023 240 pages

4.32

1k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🛡️ Abuse Survivor 🎭 New Identity 🐕 Protective Dog 🤰 Pregnant Protagonist

Treasure Islands

by Nicholas Shaxson • 2011

For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.

4.18

1k+

🏝️ Offshore Finance ⚖️ Global Inequality 🏢 Corporate Crime 🏦 Financial Regulation 📜 Economic History

Treasure Islands

For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.

by Nicholas Shaxson 2011 272 pages

4.18

1k+ ratings

🏝️ Offshore Finance ⚖️ Global Inequality 🏢 Corporate Crime 🏦 Financial Regulation 📜 Economic History

An Anonymous Girl

by Greer Hendricks • 2019

A morality study pays well, but the real experiment is the psychiatrist's cheating husband.

3.79

100k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Mind Games 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🤝 Unlikely Allies

An Anonymous Girl

A morality study pays well, but the real experiment is the psychiatrist's cheating husband.

by Greer Hendricks 2019 375 pages

3.79

100k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Mind Games 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🤝 Unlikely Allies

The Match

by Harlan Coben • 2022

A man raised in the woods finds his DNA match: a reality star destroyed by scandal.

4.18

66k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧬 Genetic Genealogy 🌲 Feral Child 🤝 Found Family 🔍 Hidden Parentage

The Match

A man raised in the woods finds his DNA match: a reality star destroyed by scandal.

by Harlan Coben 2022 352 pages

4.18

66k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧬 Genetic Genealogy 🌲 Feral Child 🤝 Found Family 🔍 Hidden Parentage

A Rule Against Murder

by Louise Penny • 2008

A remote lodge, a storm, a killer statue: Chief Inspector Gamache investigates a family's secrets.

4.21

100k+

🏚️ Country House Mystery ✍️ Literary Mystery 👪 Family Reunion Murder ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 💰 Rich Family Secrets

A Rule Against Murder

A remote lodge, a storm, a killer statue: Chief Inspector Gamache investigates a family's secrets.

by Louise Penny 2008 322 pages

4.21

100k+ ratings

🏚️ Country House Mystery ✍️ Literary Mystery 👪 Family Reunion Murder ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 💰 Rich Family Secrets

Bloodline

by Sidney Sheldon • 1977

Her father's fatal climb leaves her a drug empire and a hidden enemy on the board.

3.87

35k+

🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🏭 Family Empire 💊 Pharmaceutical Intrigue 💰 Inheritance Thriller 🏔️ 1970s Europe

Bloodline

Her father's fatal climb leaves her a drug empire and a hidden enemy on the board.

by Sidney Sheldon 1977 409 pages

3.87

35k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🏭 Family Empire 💊 Pharmaceutical Intrigue 💰 Inheritance Thriller 🏔️ 1970s Europe

Our Thing

by Nicci Harris • 2021

A mafia wedding hires a ballerina who never forgot the enforcer who once protected her brother.

3.85

9k+

🏠 Mafia Family Saga 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💕 Childhood Crush 🔥 Dark And Steamy 🌃 Criminal Underworld

Our Thing

A mafia wedding hires a ballerina who never forgot the enforcer who once protected her brother.

by Nicci Harris 2021 390 pages

3.85

9k+ ratings

🏠 Mafia Family Saga 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💕 Childhood Crush 🔥 Dark And Steamy 🌃 Criminal Underworld

What Happened to the Bennetts

by Lisa Scottoline • 2022

A carjacking kills his daughter, and the FBI agents hiding his family know who did it.

3.79

82k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🛡️ Witness Protection 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👨‍👧 Grieving Father

What Happened to the Bennetts

A carjacking kills his daughter, and the FBI agents hiding his family know who did it.

by Lisa Scottoline 2022 391 pages

3.79

82k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🛡️ Witness Protection 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👨‍👧 Grieving Father

The Surgeon

by Tess Gerritsen • 2001

A killer surgically removes women's wombs in Boston. The only link: a surgeon who barely survived.

4.10

100k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🩺 Medical Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 💔 Trauma Survivor 🔍 Female Detective

The Surgeon

A killer surgically removes women's wombs in Boston. The only link: a surgeon who barely survived.

by Tess Gerritsen 2001 416 pages

4.10

100k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🩺 Medical Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 💔 Trauma Survivor 🔍 Female Detective

Executive Power

by Vince Flynn • 2003

A lethal leak pulls CIA's Mitch Rapp into a Saudi prince's scheme to upend the world.

4.32

49k+

🕵️ Covert Operations 🌍 Global Espionage 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🔫 Assassin Protagonist 🚁 High-Stakes Rescue

Executive Power

A lethal leak pulls CIA's Mitch Rapp into a Saudi prince's scheme to upend the world.

by Vince Flynn 2003 512 pages

4.32

49k+ ratings

🕵️ Covert Operations 🌍 Global Espionage 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🔫 Assassin Protagonist 🚁 High-Stakes Rescue

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1914

A genius who reads men from a bootprint solves London's darkest crimes, his doctor chronicling.

4.48

82k+

🔍 Classic Whodunit 🧠 Deductive Reasoning 🏙️ Victorian London 🤝 Crime-Solving Duo ⚔️ Battle Of Wits

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

A genius who reads men from a bootprint solves London's darkest crimes, his doctor chronicling.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1914 709 pages

4.48

82k+ ratings

🔍 Classic Whodunit 🧠 Deductive Reasoning 🏙️ Victorian London 🤝 Crime-Solving Duo ⚔️ Battle Of Wits

El Narco

by Ioan Grillo • 2011

US drug habits and a broken state turned Mexican bootleggers into a paramilitary insurgency.

4.07

5k+

📜 Drug War History 🕵️‍♂️ Organized Crime 💰 Cartel Economics 🛡️ State Corruption ⚔️ Insurgency

El Narco

US drug habits and a broken state turned Mexican bootleggers into a paramilitary insurgency.

by Ioan Grillo 2011 336 pages

4.07

5k+ ratings

📜 Drug War History 🕵️‍♂️ Organized Crime 💰 Cartel Economics 🛡️ State Corruption ⚔️ Insurgency

Acceleration

by Graham McNamee • 2003

In the lost and found, a guilt-ridden teen uncovers a killer's diary and a countdown to murder.

3.74

5k+

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 🔍 Teen Sleuths 💧 Survivor's Guilt 🛡️ Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

Acceleration

In the lost and found, a guilt-ridden teen uncovers a killer's diary and a countdown to murder.

by Graham McNamee 2003 210 pages

3.74

5k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 🔍 Teen Sleuths 💧 Survivor's Guilt 🛡️ Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

Stillhouse Lake

by Rachel Caine • 2017

She fled her serial-killer husband's crimes and built a new life. Then a body surfaces in her lake.

4.10

100k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Hidden Identity 📋 Copycat Killer 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Stillhouse Lake

She fled her serial-killer husband's crimes and built a new life. Then a body surfaces in her lake.

by Rachel Caine 2017 301 pages

4.10

100k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Hidden Identity 📋 Copycat Killer 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

White Night

by Jim Butcher • 2007

A killer stalks Chicago's witches. The prime suspect is wizard PI Harry Dresden's own brother.

4.38

100k+

🔮 Wizard Detective 🩸 Vampire Conspiracy 🌃 Noir Urban Fantasy 🔍 Supernatural Whodunit ⚰️ Serial Killer

White Night

A killer stalks Chicago's witches. The prime suspect is wizard PI Harry Dresden's own brother.

by Jim Butcher 2007 407 pages

4.38

100k+ ratings

🔮 Wizard Detective 🩸 Vampire Conspiracy 🌃 Noir Urban Fantasy 🔍 Supernatural Whodunit ⚰️ Serial Killer

Scorpions

by Walter Dean Myers • 1995

A Harlem boy inherits his brother's gang and a gun, learning their true cost.

3.8

2k+

🏙️ Gritty Young Adult 🔫 Gang Life 💔 Tragic Friendship 🏚️ Inner City 🌧️ Childhood Lost

Scorpions

A Harlem boy inherits his brother's gang and a gun, learning their true cost.

by Walter Dean Myers 1995 216 pages

3.8

2k+ ratings

🏙️ Gritty Young Adult 🔫 Gang Life 💔 Tragic Friendship 🏚️ Inner City 🌧️ Childhood Lost

Blowback

by Brad Thor • 2005

A disgraced agent hunts an ancient bioweapon across Europe before terrorists use it against America.

4.19

23k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller ⛏️ Archaeological Thriller 🦠 Biological Weapon 🚫 Off-The-Books Mission 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

Blowback

A disgraced agent hunts an ancient bioweapon across Europe before terrorists use it against America.

by Brad Thor 2005 608 pages

4.19

23k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller ⛏️ Archaeological Thriller 🦠 Biological Weapon 🚫 Off-The-Books Mission 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

Killing Kennedy

by Bill O'Reilly • 2012

He hid a dying body behind the glamour. The defector needed a target. Dallas, November 1963.

4.11

62k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography ☢️ Cold War Politics 🎯 Political Assassination 🚀 Cuban Missile Crisis 👑 American Dynasty

Killing Kennedy

He hid a dying body behind the glamour. The defector needed a target. Dallas, November 1963.

by Bill O'Reilly 2012 325 pages

4.11

62k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography ☢️ Cold War Politics 🎯 Political Assassination 🚀 Cuban Missile Crisis 👑 American Dynasty

Survive Like a Spy

by Jason Hanson • 2018

The spy's playbook for everyday life: spot lies, shake a tail, and make it home safe.

3.37

500+

🛡️ Personal Security 🕵️ Espionage Tradecraft 👀 Situational Awareness 🏕️ Survival Skills 🎭 Social Engineering

Survive Like a Spy

The spy's playbook for everyday life: spot lies, shake a tail, and make it home safe.

by Jason Hanson 2018 256 pages

3.37

500+ ratings

🛡️ Personal Security 🕵️ Espionage Tradecraft 👀 Situational Awareness 🏕️ Survival Skills 🎭 Social Engineering

No Plan B

by Lee Child • 2022

A staged suicide in Colorado drags Jack Reacher into a private prison's dark conspiracy.

3.97

64k+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller ⛓️ Prison Corruption 🐺 Lone Wolf Protagonist 🎖️ Former Military Hero ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

No Plan B

A staged suicide in Colorado drags Jack Reacher into a private prison's dark conspiracy.

by Lee Child 2022 336 pages

3.97

64k+ ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller ⛓️ Prison Corruption 🐺 Lone Wolf Protagonist 🎖️ Former Military Hero ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

The Second Lady

by Irving Wallace • 1980

The First Lady is a Soviet double, and one writer suspects the truth.

3.92

5k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🎭 Body Double 🏛️ Political Thriller 🏠 White House Intrigue 😰 Paranoia

The Second Lady

The First Lady is a Soviet double, and one writer suspects the truth.

by Irving Wallace 1980 341 pages

3.92

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🎭 Body Double 🏛️ Political Thriller 🏠 White House Intrigue 😰 Paranoia

Bound by Hatred

by Cora Reilly • 2015

A mafia bride flees her forced marriage to Europe, but her husband's dark obsession pursues her.

3.84

75k+

💍 Mafia Arranged Marriage 🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captive Romance 🎯 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🏃 On The Run

Bound by Hatred

A mafia bride flees her forced marriage to Europe, but her husband's dark obsession pursues her.

by Cora Reilly 2015 281 pages

3.84

75k+ ratings

💍 Mafia Arranged Marriage 🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captive Romance 🎯 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🏃 On The Run

The Quiet Tenant

by Clémence Michallon • 2023

A widower brings his captive into his home, telling his daughter she's the new tenant.

3.81

100k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Captivity Thriller 🎭 Hidden Predator 🤝 Unlikely Ally 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

The Quiet Tenant

A widower brings his captive into his home, telling his daughter she's the new tenant.

by Clémence Michallon 2023 303 pages

3.81

100k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Captivity Thriller 🎭 Hidden Predator 🤝 Unlikely Ally 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

Get the Truth

by Philip Houston • 2014

A CIA interrogation monologue, repurposed for the boardroom: get anyone to tell you the truth.

3.84

500+

🕵️ Interrogation Techniques 🔍 Deception Detection 🧠 Behavioral Compliance 💼 Behavioral Interviewing 🔬 Interrogation Psychology

Get the Truth

A CIA interrogation monologue, repurposed for the boardroom: get anyone to tell you the truth.

by Philip Houston 2014 272 pages

3.84

500+ ratings

🕵️ Interrogation Techniques 🔍 Deception Detection 🧠 Behavioral Compliance 💼 Behavioral Interviewing 🔬 Interrogation Psychology

Despair

by Vladimir Nabokov • 1989

A Russian émigré in Berlin finds his physical double and decides murder is the highest art.

3.9

12k+

🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🎭 Stolen Identity 💀 Narcissistic Antihero 🖤 Darkly Comic

Despair

A Russian émigré in Berlin finds his physical double and decides murder is the highest art.

by Vladimir Nabokov 1989 212 pages

3.9

12k+ ratings

🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🎭 Stolen Identity 💀 Narcissistic Antihero 🖤 Darkly Comic

Notes on an Execution

by Danya Kukafka • 2022

Hours before a killer's execution, three women confront the wreckage he left in his wake.

4.03

100k+

🩸 Serial Killer Fiction 🧠 Psychological Thriller ✍️ Literary Thriller 🕰️ Death Row Setting 🔍 Cold Case Investigation

Notes on an Execution

Hours before a killer's execution, three women confront the wreckage he left in his wake.

by Danya Kukafka 2022 306 pages

4.03

100k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Fiction 🧠 Psychological Thriller ✍️ Literary Thriller 🕰️ Death Row Setting 🔍 Cold Case Investigation

One for the Money

by Janet Evanovich • 1994

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

4.05

500k+

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance 💬 Witty Banter 😄 Dark Humor

One for the Money

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

by Janet Evanovich 1994 320 pages

4.05

500k+ ratings

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance 💬 Witty Banter 😄 Dark Humor

The Cyber Effect

by Mary Aiken • 2016

A cyberpsychologist reveals the dark web's psychology: why anonymity brings out the worst in us.

3.74

1k+

🧠 Digital Psychology 💻 Cybercrime 🕶️ Dark Web 👾 Hacker Psychology 🎯 Social Engineering

The Cyber Effect

A cyberpsychologist reveals the dark web's psychology: why anonymity brings out the worst in us.

by Mary Aiken 2016 400 pages

3.74

1k+ ratings

🧠 Digital Psychology 💻 Cybercrime 🕶️ Dark Web 👾 Hacker Psychology 🎯 Social Engineering

Relic

by Douglas Preston • 1995

Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.

4.05

100k+

🦎 Creature Feature 🧬 Science Horror 📋 Institutional Cover-Up 🌿 Lost Expedition 🏛️ Museum Labyrinth

Relic

Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.

by Douglas Preston 1995 480 pages

4.05

100k+ ratings

🦎 Creature Feature 🧬 Science Horror 📋 Institutional Cover-Up 🌿 Lost Expedition 🏛️ Museum Labyrinth

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