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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

Angels & Demons Summary
Music Immersive
Angels & Demons
by Dan Brown 2000 736 pages
3.95
3.3M ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
That Night Summary
That Night
by Nidhi Upadhyay 2021 288 pages
3.72
2.3K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
We Need to Talk About Kevin Summary
We Need to Talk About Kevin
by Lionel Shriver 2003 400 pages
4.08
205.4K ratings
Book Club
Thriller
Contemporary
The Power of the Dog Summary
The Power of the Dog
by Don Winslow 2005 542 pages
4.37
45.9K ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
The Kind Worth Killing Summary
The Kind Worth Killing
by Peter Swanson 2015 320 pages
3.98
225.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Lincoln Lawyer Summary
The Lincoln Lawyer
by Michael Connelly 2005 404 pages
4.22
248.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
We Are All Guilty Here Summary
We Are All Guilty Here
by Karin Slaughter 2025 448 pages
4.40
4.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The A.B.C. Murders Summary
The A.B.C. Murders
by Agatha Christie 1936 232 pages
4.03
186.9K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
Still Life Summary
Still Life
by Louise Penny 2005 293 pages
3.90
271.4K ratings
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Crime
Tell No One Summary
Tell No One
by Harlan Coben 2001 370 pages
4.06
180.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Return of Ellie Black Summary
The Return of Ellie Black
by Emiko Jean 2024 299 pages
3.99
76.3K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Secret Adversary Summary
The Secret Adversary
by Agatha Christie 1922 266 pages
3.85
68.0K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
Killers of the Flower Moon Summary
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann 2017 359 pages
4.14
416.9K ratings
History
True Crime
Book Club
The Innocent Man Summary
The Innocent Man
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
by John Grisham 2006 360 pages
3.86
82.1K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mystery
The Pelican Brief Summary
The Pelican Brief
by John Grisham 1992 400 pages
4.06
440.6K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Journal 64 Summary
Journal 64
by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2010 461 pages
4.06
26.9K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Killing Floor Summary
Killing Floor
by Lee Child 1997 474 pages
4.08
340.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Shutter Island Summary
Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane 2003 369 pages
4.13
210.9K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Horror
Razorblade Tears Summary
Razorblade Tears
by S.A. Cosby 2021 336 pages
4.11
119.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Snakes in Suits Summary
Snakes in Suits
When Psychopaths Go to Work
by Paul Babiak 2006 352 pages
3.68
4.1K ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
The Man in the Brown Suit Summary
The Man in the Brown Suit
by Agatha Christie 1924 381 pages
3.95
119.8K ratings
Mystery
Agatha Christie
Crime
The Talented Mr. Ripley Summary
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith 1955 271 pages
3.95
108.1K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
The Lovely Bones Summary
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold 2002 372 pages
3.86
2.4M ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Contemporary
The Fourth Monkey Summary
The Fourth Monkey
by J.D. Barker 2017 404 pages
4.26
66.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Mind Hunter Summary
Mind Hunter
Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
by John E. Douglas 1995 397 pages
4.09
77.3K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Psychology
A Study in Scarlet Summary
A Study in Scarlet
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887 123 pages
4.13
477.0K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
The Whisper Man Summary
The Whisper Man
by Alex North 2019 355 pages
4.02
183.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
Murder in the Family Summary
Murder in the Family
by Cara Hunter 2023 466 pages
3.72
46.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Kill for Me, Kill for You Summary
Kill for Me, Kill for You
by Steve Cavanagh 2023 340 pages
4.16
115.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Murder on the Orient Express Summary
Music Immersive
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie 1934 274 pages
4.20
690.1K ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
Hidden Bodies Summary
Hidden Bodies
by Caroline Kepnes 2016 448 pages
3.74
86.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Hound of the Baskervilles Summary
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1902 256 pages
4.13
371.8K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Classics
The Girl on the Train Summary
The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins 2015 336 pages
3.96
3.2M ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Book Club
Primal Fear Summary
Primal Fear
by William Diehl 1992 399 pages
4.24
9.9K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
A Time to Kill Summary
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A Time to Kill
by John Grisham 1989 738 pages
4.12
817.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
The Anatomy of Violence Summary
The Anatomy of Violence
The Biological Roots of Crime
by Adrian Raine 2013 501 pages
3.97
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Crime
Chaos Summary
Chaos
Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
by Tom O'Neill 2019 504 pages
4.04
30.2K ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
The Devil in the White City Summary
The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson 2003 496 pages
4.00
731.2K ratings
History
True Crime
Book Club
How to Kill Your Family Summary
How to Kill Your Family
by Bella Mackie 2021 355 pages
3.53
165.2K ratings
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
This Book Kills Summary
This Book Kills
by Ravena Guron 2023 357 pages
3.92
9.4K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Young Adult
Ghost in the Wires Summary
Ghost in the Wires
My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
by Kevin D. Mitnick 2011 413 pages
3.96
26.7K ratings
Biography
Technology
Memoir
Just Another Missing Person Summary
Just Another Missing Person
by Gillian McAllister 2023 377 pages
3.64
83.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Ragdoll Summary
Ragdoll
by Daniel Cole 2017 384 pages
3.87
23.6K ratings
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
Digital Fortress Summary
Music Immersive
Digital Fortress
by Dan Brown 1998 510 pages
3.70
654.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
The Satsuma Complex Summary
The Satsuma Complex
by Bob Mortimer 2022 301 pages
3.68
55.2K ratings
Mystery
Comedy
Book Club
The Silence of the Lambs Summary
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris 1988 421 pages
4.25
574.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Desert Star Summary
Desert Star
by Michael Connelly 2022 400 pages
4.48
78.5K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
American Psycho Summary
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages
3.81
344.1K ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
Orphan X Summary
Orphan X
by Gregg Hurwitz 2016 367 pages
4.14
53.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Running Grave Summary
The Running Grave
by Robert Galbraith 2023 960 pages
4.60
98.4K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
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