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

Tell Me What You Did

by Carter Wilson • 2025

A stalker invades her podcast. He wants one confession: the murder she got away with.

3.71

92k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎙️ Podcast Thriller 🤔 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🐈 Cat And Mouse

Tell Me What You Did

A stalker invades her podcast. He wants one confession: the murder she got away with.

by Carter Wilson 2025 420 pages

3.71

92k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎙️ Podcast Thriller 🤔 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🐈 Cat And Mouse

Vengeful Lies

by T.L. Smith • 2025

An assassin takes a mafia heir's marriage proposal as cover. Falling for him wasn't the plan.

4.09

6k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🎭 Fake Engagement

Vengeful Lies

An assassin takes a mafia heir's marriage proposal as cover. Falling for him wasn't the plan.

by T.L. Smith 2025 496 pages

4.09

6k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🎭 Fake Engagement

Criminology

by Tim Newburn • 2018

Crime is a political label. The most effective prevention has nothing to do with prison.

3.84

151

🕵️ Criminology ⚖️ Criminal Justice 👁️ Social Control 🏷️ Labeling Theory 🔍 Critical Criminology

Criminology

Crime is a political label. The most effective prevention has nothing to do with prison.

by Tim Newburn 2018 160 pages

3.84

151 ratings

🕵️ Criminology ⚖️ Criminal Justice 👁️ Social Control 🏷️ Labeling Theory 🔍 Critical Criminology

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

by Jordan Belfort • 2016

He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.

4.32

163

💰 Financial Crime 🧠 Sales Psychology 💊 Addiction Memoir 📉 Fall From Grace 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

He made millions pumping penny stocks. Then he strapped on a wire for the FBI.

by Jordan Belfort 2016 530 pages

4.32

163 ratings

💰 Financial Crime 🧠 Sales Psychology 💊 Addiction Memoir 📉 Fall From Grace 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

The Big Bad Wolf

by James Patterson • 2003

Alex Cross joins the FBI, hunting a KGB agent who auctions kidnapped women online.

4.04

63k+

🕵️ Fbi Procedural ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🎯 Cat And Mouse 🧠 Psychological Profiling 🐺 Ruthless Crime Lord

The Big Bad Wolf

Alex Cross joins the FBI, hunting a KGB agent who auctions kidnapped women online.

by James Patterson 2003 400 pages

4.04

63k+ ratings

🕵️ Fbi Procedural ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🎯 Cat And Mouse 🧠 Psychological Profiling 🐺 Ruthless Crime Lord

Roses Are Red

by James Patterson • 2000

When tellers' families are murdered after each heist, Alex Cross sees the robberies are a diversion.

4.10

76k+

🧠 Criminal Mastermind 💰 Bank Heists 🐈‍⬛ Cat And Mouse 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Murder

Roses Are Red

When tellers' families are murdered after each heist, Alex Cross sees the robberies are a diversion.

by James Patterson 2000 416 pages

4.10

76k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Mastermind 💰 Bank Heists 🐈‍⬛ Cat And Mouse 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Murder

My Sister's Grave

by Robert Dugoni • 2014

Twenty years after her sister vanished, a detective returns home to find the remains and a cover-up.

4.10

100k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small-Town Crime ⚖️ Legal Thriller 👮 Female Detective 🔒 Wrongful Conviction

My Sister's Grave

Twenty years after her sister vanished, a detective returns home to find the remains and a cover-up.

by Robert Dugoni 2014 410 pages

4.10

100k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small-Town Crime ⚖️ Legal Thriller 👮 Female Detective 🔒 Wrongful Conviction

Stay Awake

by Megan Goldin • 2022

Every time she sleeps, two years vanish from her memory. A killer is counting on it.

3.80

41k+

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🧠 Amnesia Thriller 😰 Woman In Peril 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere 🔪 Murder Suspect

Stay Awake

Every time she sleeps, two years vanish from her memory. A killer is counting on it.

by Megan Goldin 2022 340 pages

3.80

41k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🧠 Amnesia Thriller 😰 Woman In Peril 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere 🔪 Murder Suspect

Room

by Emma Donoghue • 2010

Jack turns five in a locked room, his entire world. Ma will get them out.

4.08

800k+

🧒 Child Narrator 💞 Mother-Son Bond 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Room

Jack turns five in a locked room, his entire world. Ma will get them out.

by Emma Donoghue 2010 498 pages

4.08

800k+ ratings

🧒 Child Narrator 💞 Mother-Son Bond 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Kill Your Darlings

by Peter Swanson • 2025

Wendy and Thom killed her first husband. Now their marriage is the next crime scene.

3.30

14k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 💔 Toxic Marriage 🔪 Female Antihero 👁️ Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Morally Gray

Kill Your Darlings

Wendy and Thom killed her first husband. Now their marriage is the next crime scene.

by Peter Swanson 2025 273 pages

3.30

14k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 💔 Toxic Marriage 🔪 Female Antihero 👁️ Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Morally Gray

The Art Thief

by Michael Finkel • 2023

History's most prolific art thief never stole for money. He stole to possess beauty itself.

3.92

100k+

🖼️ Art Theft 🎨 Aesthetic Obsession 🧠 Collector Psychology 🕵️ Amateur Criminals 💔 Love And Crime

The Art Thief

History's most prolific art thief never stole for money. He stole to possess beauty itself.

by Michael Finkel 2023 224 pages

3.92

100k+ ratings

🖼️ Art Theft 🎨 Aesthetic Obsession 🧠 Collector Psychology 🕵️ Amateur Criminals 💔 Love And Crime

Complicity

by Iain Banks • 1993

A Scottish journalist chasing a nuclear conspiracy is framed for the murders he is probing.

3.92

13k+

🌧️ Tartan Noir 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 📰 Journalist Investigator ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎯 Framed For Murder

Complicity

A Scottish journalist chasing a nuclear conspiracy is framed for the murders he is probing.

by Iain Banks 1993 313 pages

3.92

13k+ ratings

🌧️ Tartan Noir 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 📰 Journalist Investigator ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎯 Framed For Murder

Takedown

by Brad Thor • 2006

On July Fourth eve, New York's bridges fall. One agent hunts the hidden hand behind the attack.

4.29

25k+

🎯 Counterterrorism 🔪 Rogue Operative 🕸️ Puppet Master 🏙️ Domestic Terrorism 🕵️ Espionage Tradecraft

Takedown

On July Fourth eve, New York's bridges fall. One agent hunts the hidden hand behind the attack.

by Brad Thor 2006 416 pages

4.29

25k+ ratings

🎯 Counterterrorism 🔪 Rogue Operative 🕸️ Puppet Master 🏙️ Domestic Terrorism 🕵️ Espionage Tradecraft

Small Great Things

by Jodi Picoult • 2016

Removed from a white newborn's care for being Black, a nurse stands trial for his death.

4.36

400k+

🎯 Wrongful Accusation ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🔗 Systemic Racism 🩺 Medical Ethics 💡 Racial Awakening

Small Great Things

Removed from a white newborn's care for being Black, a nurse stands trial for his death.

by Jodi Picoult 2016 510 pages

4.36

400k+ ratings

🎯 Wrongful Accusation ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🔗 Systemic Racism 🩺 Medical Ethics 💡 Racial Awakening

Deeper Than the Dead

by Debra Webb • 2024

Her stepmother's murder pulls a cop on the brink home to a cave with four other bodies.

4.04

24k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⏳ Cold Case Murder 🏡 Hometown Return 🕯️ Buried Family Secrets 🔥 Old Flame Investigation

Deeper Than the Dead

Her stepmother's murder pulls a cop on the brink home to a cave with four other bodies.

by Debra Webb 2024 392 pages

4.04

24k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⏳ Cold Case Murder 🏡 Hometown Return 🕯️ Buried Family Secrets 🔥 Old Flame Investigation

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé • 2024

Her first night at a gothic boarding school, her roommate vanishes. A secret society knows why.

3.96

23k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Secret Society 💕 Sapphic Undertones 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

Her first night at a gothic boarding school, her roommate vanishes. A secret society knows why.

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 2024 416 pages

3.96

23k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Secret Society 💕 Sapphic Undertones 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Things We Do in the Dark

by Jennifer Hillier • 2022

Arrested in her husband's blood, she has no memory. Her buried past remembers everything.

3.94

100k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Toxic Mother ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

Things We Do in the Dark

Arrested in her husband's blood, she has no memory. Her buried past remembers everything.

by Jennifer Hillier 2022 352 pages

3.94

100k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Toxic Mother ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

Dragon Tears

by Dean Koontz • 1993

A cop receives a countdown to his death, then watches the world begin to break.

3.78

24k+

🔮 Supernatural Thriller 👮 Police Vs Paranormal 👥 Partner Detectives 🌀 Reality Unraveling 🏠 Found Family

Dragon Tears

A cop receives a countdown to his death, then watches the world begin to break.

by Dean Koontz 1993 432 pages

3.78

24k+ ratings

🔮 Supernatural Thriller 👮 Police Vs Paranormal 👥 Partner Detectives 🌀 Reality Unraveling 🏠 Found Family

Tangled Up in Blue

by Rosa Brooks • 2021

A law professor joined the police. The training is built to save officers, not the public.

4.06

1k+

🚔 Policing Reform ⚖️ Biased Policing 🎯 Police Training 🔗 Criminal Justice Reform ✋ Use Of Force

Tangled Up in Blue

A law professor joined the police. The training is built to save officers, not the public.

by Rosa Brooks 2021 413 pages

4.06

1k+ ratings

🚔 Policing Reform ⚖️ Biased Policing 🎯 Police Training 🔗 Criminal Justice Reform ✋ Use Of Force

Skeleton Key

by Anthony Horowitz • 2006

Teen spy undercover in Cuba, captured by a general who wants a son and a bomb.

4.07

59k+

🕵️ Teenage Spy 🌍 Globetrotting Adventure ☢️ Nuclear Threat 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family Dynamic ⚡ Fast-Paced Action

Skeleton Key

Teen spy undercover in Cuba, captured by a general who wants a son and a bomb.

by Anthony Horowitz 2006 327 pages

4.07

59k+ ratings

🕵️ Teenage Spy 🌍 Globetrotting Adventure ☢️ Nuclear Threat 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family Dynamic ⚡ Fast-Paced Action

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

by Amanda Quick • 2017

Fleeing murder, a secretary discovers a starlet's body at a Hollywood hotel run by an ex-magician.

3.83

11k+

🎬 1930s Hollywood 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Wounded Hero 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

Fleeing murder, a secretary discovers a starlet's body at a Hollywood hotel run by an ex-magician.

by Amanda Quick 2017 368 pages

3.83

11k+ ratings

🎬 1930s Hollywood 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Wounded Hero 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family

Battle Mountain

by C.J. Box • 2025

A Wyoming game warden hunting for two missing men uncovers a private army planning a massacre.

4.42

23k+

🤠 Modern Western 🏔️ Wilderness Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Quest 💣 Domestic Terrorism 🏕️ Wyoming Setting

Battle Mountain

A Wyoming game warden hunting for two missing men uncovers a private army planning a massacre.

by C.J. Box 2025 358 pages

4.42

23k+ ratings

🤠 Modern Western 🏔️ Wilderness Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Quest 💣 Domestic Terrorism 🏕️ Wyoming Setting

There Is No Devil

by Sophie Lark • 2021

In love with a killer, she becomes bait to trap the rival predator hunting them both.

3.83

79k+

🩸 Serial Killer Romance 🔪 Obsessive Hero 💪 Survivor Heroine 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🔥 High Heat

There Is No Devil

In love with a killer, she becomes bait to trap the rival predator hunting them both.

by Sophie Lark 2021 376 pages

3.83

79k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Romance 🔪 Obsessive Hero 💪 Survivor Heroine 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🔥 High Heat

Hangman

by Daniel Cole • 2018

A trail of bodies leads a detective to a conspiracy that weaponizes trauma to create killers.

3.96

9k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🕸️ Master Manipulator 🧨 Weaponized Trauma 💔 Grief-Driven Revenge

Hangman

A trail of bodies leads a detective to a conspiracy that weaponizes trauma to create killers.

by Daniel Cole 2018 386 pages

3.96

9k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🕸️ Master Manipulator 🧨 Weaponized Trauma 💔 Grief-Driven Revenge

True Crime Addict

by James Renner • 2016

One journalist's obsessive search for a missing student leads to arrests, addiction, insanity.

3.65

8k+

🔍 True Crime Memoir 🕵️ Cold Cases 🔎 Obsessive Investigations 🍷 Addiction Memoir 👪 Family Trauma

True Crime Addict

One journalist's obsessive search for a missing student leads to arrests, addiction, insanity.

by James Renner 2016 304 pages

3.65

8k+ ratings

🔍 True Crime Memoir 🕵️ Cold Cases 🔎 Obsessive Investigations 🍷 Addiction Memoir 👪 Family Trauma

Elizabeth Is Missing

by Emma Healey • 2014

Her friend is gone. Her memory is failing. But the real mystery was buried decades ago.

3.71

72k+

🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery ❄️ Cold Case 👵 Elderly Protagonist

Elizabeth Is Missing

Her friend is gone. Her memory is failing. But the real mystery was buried decades ago.

by Emma Healey 2014 320 pages

3.71

72k+ ratings

🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery ❄️ Cold Case 👵 Elderly Protagonist

Zero Days

by Ruth Ware • 2023

A penetration tester comes home to a murdered husband and a murder charge she must outrun.

3.63

100k+

🖥️ Cyber Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run ⚖️ Falsely Accused 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

Zero Days

A penetration tester comes home to a murdered husband and a murder charge she must outrun.

by Ruth Ware 2023 356 pages

3.63

100k+ ratings

🖥️ Cyber Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run ⚖️ Falsely Accused 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

Case Study

by Graeme Macrae Burnet • 2021

Believing a therapist drove her sister to suicide, she enters his consulting room under an alias.

3.56

12k+

📚 Metafictional Mystery 🇬🇧 1960s London 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Assumed Identity 🛋️ Therapy Gone Wrong

Case Study

Believing a therapist drove her sister to suicide, she enters his consulting room under an alias.

by Graeme Macrae Burnet 2021 278 pages

3.56

12k+ ratings

📚 Metafictional Mystery 🇬🇧 1960s London 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Assumed Identity 🛋️ Therapy Gone Wrong

The Book of Cold Cases

by Simone St. James • 2022

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

3.78

100k+

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 😶 Ambiguous Guilt 🗝️ Deadly Family Secrets

The Book of Cold Cases

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

by Simone St. James 2022 344 pages

3.78

100k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 😶 Ambiguous Guilt 🗝️ Deadly Family Secrets

The Note

by Alafair Burke • 2025

Three friends leave a prank note on a Hamptons car. The man who finds it disappears.

3.43

21k+

📝 Prank Gone Dark 🏠 Weekend Getaway Suspense 👯 Friend Trio Drama 🌊 Hamptons Setting 🔍 Missing Person Case

The Note

Three friends leave a prank note on a Hamptons car. The man who finds it disappears.

by Alafair Burke 2025 287 pages

3.43

21k+ ratings

📝 Prank Gone Dark 🏠 Weekend Getaway Suspense 👯 Friend Trio Drama 🌊 Hamptons Setting 🔍 Missing Person Case

Secrets in the Cellar

by John Glatt • 2009

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

3.83

6k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse 🎭 Double Lives 🚫 Sexual Violence

Secrets in the Cellar

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

by John Glatt 2009 256 pages

3.83

6k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse 🎭 Double Lives 🚫 Sexual Violence

The Nurse's Secret

by Amanda Skenandore • 2022

A pickpocket hiding in Bellevue's nursing school discovers a killer stalking the wards.

4.14

35k+

🕵️‍♀️ Gilded Age Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 👮‍♀️ Unlikely Sleuth 🌆 1880s New York City 🤝 Found Family

The Nurse's Secret

A pickpocket hiding in Bellevue's nursing school discovers a killer stalking the wards.

by Amanda Skenandore 2022 362 pages

4.14

35k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Gilded Age Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 👮‍♀️ Unlikely Sleuth 🌆 1880s New York City 🤝 Found Family

Filth

by Irvine Welsh • 1998

A corrupt Edinburgh cop ruins everyone around him while his own body rots from within.

3.82

32k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👮 Corrupt Cop 😈 Dark Comedy 🌀 Descent Into Madness

Filth

A corrupt Edinburgh cop ruins everyone around him while his own body rots from within.

by Irvine Welsh 1998 393 pages

3.82

32k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👮 Corrupt Cop 😈 Dark Comedy 🌀 Descent Into Madness

The Oligarch's Daughter

by Joseph Finder • 2025

A boatbuilder kills a stranger at sea, then Russian agents hunt him through New Hampshire woods.

4.11

22k+

🕵️ Espionage Conspiracy 🏔️ Wilderness Survival 🏃 Wrong Man On The Run 🇺🇸 CIA Conspiracy 🇷🇺 Russian Intrigue

The Oligarch's Daughter

A boatbuilder kills a stranger at sea, then Russian agents hunt him through New Hampshire woods.

by Joseph Finder 2025 447 pages

4.11

22k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Conspiracy 🏔️ Wilderness Survival 🏃 Wrong Man On The Run 🇺🇸 CIA Conspiracy 🇷🇺 Russian Intrigue

The First Commandment

by Brad Thor • 2007

A spy's girlfriend is shot, his mother blinded, by a terrorist his own government secretly released.

4.27

26k+

🔫 Counterterrorism Fiction 🏃 Rogue Agent 💀 Personal Vendetta 🏛️ Government Conspiracy 🌍 Post-9/11 Espionage

The First Commandment

A spy's girlfriend is shot, his mother blinded, by a terrorist his own government secretly released.

by Brad Thor 2007 416 pages

4.27

26k+ ratings

🔫 Counterterrorism Fiction 🏃 Rogue Agent 💀 Personal Vendetta 🏛️ Government Conspiracy 🌍 Post-9/11 Espionage

Government Gangsters

by Kash Patel • 2023

Federal law enforcement has been captured by unelected officials wielding it as a political weapon.

4.46

2k+

🏛️ Institutional Corruption 👁️ Surveillance State ⚖️ Politicized Justice 📰 Media Bias 🐘 Conservative Populism

Government Gangsters

Federal law enforcement has been captured by unelected officials wielding it as a political weapon.

by Kash Patel 2023 320 pages

4.46

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Institutional Corruption 👁️ Surveillance State ⚖️ Politicized Justice 📰 Media Bias 🐘 Conservative Populism

Three Cups of Deceit

by Jon Krakauer • 2011

The humanitarian's origin story was fiction, and his charity paid for chartered jets, not schools.

3.72

11k+

🔍 Investigative Journalism 🦸 Manufactured Heroism 📺 Media Manipulation 📝 Fabricated Memoirs 📊 Nonprofit Accountability

Three Cups of Deceit

The humanitarian's origin story was fiction, and his charity paid for chartered jets, not schools.

by Jon Krakauer 2011 77 pages

3.72

11k+ ratings

🔍 Investigative Journalism 🦸 Manufactured Heroism 📺 Media Manipulation 📝 Fabricated Memoirs 📊 Nonprofit Accountability

Saving Max

by Antoinette van Heugten • 2010

A lawyer checks her autistic son into a psychiatric hospital; he is arrested for murder.

3.83

12k+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🛡️ Protective Mother 🔍 Falsely Accused 🩺 Munchausen By Proxy

Saving Max

A lawyer checks her autistic son into a psychiatric hospital; he is arrested for murder.

by Antoinette van Heugten 2010 376 pages

3.83

12k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🛡️ Protective Mother 🔍 Falsely Accused 🩺 Munchausen By Proxy

Holmes, Marple & Poe

by James Patterson • 2024

Three private eyes with borrowed famous names chase a missing attorney into New York's underworld.

4.08

34k+

🔍 Private Investigators 📚 Detective Homage 🤝 Unlikely Trio 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🗽 New York Crime

Holmes, Marple & Poe

Three private eyes with borrowed famous names chase a missing attorney into New York's underworld.

by James Patterson 2024 352 pages

4.08

34k+ ratings

🔍 Private Investigators 📚 Detective Homage 🤝 Unlikely Trio 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🗽 New York Crime

A Death at the Party

by Amy Stuart • 2023

A dead man in the basement upends Nadine Walsh's plans for her mother's sixtieth birthday party.

3.55

8k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤫 Family Secrets 😟 Anxious Protagonist 🕰️ Single Day Thriller 🗡️ Vigilante Justice

A Death at the Party

A dead man in the basement upends Nadine Walsh's plans for her mother's sixtieth birthday party.

by Amy Stuart 2023 304 pages

3.55

8k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤫 Family Secrets 😟 Anxious Protagonist 🕰️ Single Day Thriller 🗡️ Vigilante Justice

I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse

by Michael Franzese • 2009

What a former mob boss knows about negotiation and leadership that business school never taught you.

3.86

500+

🗣️ Business Negotiation ⚖️ Business Ethics 🛡️ Integrity In Business 👂 Listening Skills 🎭 Ego Management

I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse

What a former mob boss knows about negotiation and leadership that business school never taught you.

by Michael Franzese 2009 176 pages

3.86

500+ ratings

🗣️ Business Negotiation ⚖️ Business Ethics 🛡️ Integrity In Business 👂 Listening Skills 🎭 Ego Management

The Girl Before

by J.P. Delaney • 2017

A beautiful minimalist house. A seductive architect. The woman who lived there before is dead.

3.70

100k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Obsessive Love 🔗 Controlling Relationship

The Girl Before

A beautiful minimalist house. A seductive architect. The woman who lived there before is dead.

by J.P. Delaney 2017 341 pages

3.70

100k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Obsessive Love 🔗 Controlling Relationship

The 6

by David Baldacci • 2022

A former Army Ranger on Wall Street finds a colleague murdered. The killer works beside him.

4.12

100k+

🏢 Corporate Thriller 🏙️ Wall Street Setting 🎖️ Military Veteran Lead 💔 Obsessive Love 🧠 Female Mastermind

The 6

A former Army Ranger on Wall Street finds a colleague murdered. The killer works beside him.

by David Baldacci 2022 593 pages

4.12

100k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Thriller 🏙️ Wall Street Setting 🎖️ Military Veteran Lead 💔 Obsessive Love 🧠 Female Mastermind

The Negotiator

by Frederick Forsyth • 1989

A broken negotiator's last job: free the President's son before Cold War tensions explode.

4.03

13k+

🔴 Cold War Thriller 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 👻 Haunted Protagonist 🤝 Unexpected Allies 🎯 Redemption Quest

The Negotiator

A broken negotiator's last job: free the President's son before Cold War tensions explode.

by Frederick Forsyth 1989 512 pages

4.03

13k+ ratings

🔴 Cold War Thriller 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 👻 Haunted Protagonist 🤝 Unexpected Allies 🎯 Redemption Quest

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

by Gaston Leroux • 2006

A young reporter arrives at an isolated chateau to solve an attack inside a locked room.

3.65

14k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Hidden Identity 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏰 Isolated Estate

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

A young reporter arrives at an isolated chateau to solve an attack inside a locked room.

by Gaston Leroux 2006 192 pages

3.65

14k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Hidden Identity 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏰 Isolated Estate

Lemon

by Kwon Yeo-Sun • 2019

A beautiful teenager is murdered. Years later, her younger sister is still searching for answers.

3.25

14k+

📖 Literary Mystery ❄️ Cold Case 🎭 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Class Bias 💔 Sibling Loss

Lemon

A beautiful teenager is murdered. Years later, her younger sister is still searching for answers.

by Kwon Yeo-Sun 2019 176 pages

3.25

14k+ ratings

📖 Literary Mystery ❄️ Cold Case 🎭 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Class Bias 💔 Sibling Loss

A Darkness More Than Night

by Michael Connelly • 2000

A retired FBI profiler takes on a ritualistic murder. The evidence points straight to Harry Bosch.

4.17

68k+

🔍 Police Procedural ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🪤 Frame-Up Plot 🕵️ Flawed Detective ↩️ Former Agent Returns

A Darkness More Than Night

A retired FBI profiler takes on a ritualistic murder. The evidence points straight to Harry Bosch.

by Michael Connelly 2000 470 pages

4.17

68k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🪤 Frame-Up Plot 🕵️ Flawed Detective ↩️ Former Agent Returns

The Narrows

by Michael Connelly • 2004

A friend's murder pulls a retired cop into a cat-and-mouse game with an ex-FBI serial killer.

4.20

66k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Retired Detective 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 🌆 Gritty LA Noir

The Narrows

A friend's murder pulls a retired cop into a cat-and-mouse game with an ex-FBI serial killer.

by Michael Connelly 2004 436 pages

4.20

66k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Retired Detective 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 🌆 Gritty LA Noir

Making Money

by Terry Pratchett • 2007

Forced to run the Royal Bank, a reformed conman faces empty vaults and a murderous family.

4.27

78k+

🎭 Comic Fantasy 💰 Financial Satire 🃏 Con-Man Protagonist 🗣️ Witty Banter 🏙️ Fantasy City

Making Money

Forced to run the Royal Bank, a reformed conman faces empty vaults and a murderous family.

by Terry Pratchett 2007 394 pages

4.27

78k+ ratings

🎭 Comic Fantasy 💰 Financial Satire 🃏 Con-Man Protagonist 🗣️ Witty Banter 🏙️ Fantasy City

Child 44

by Tom Rob Smith • 2008

A Soviet officer tracks a child serial killer while his own state hunts him as a traitor.

4.11

90k+

🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 📁 State Cover-Up 🏃 Hunter Becomes Hunted 👬 Estranged Brothers 💡 Moral Awakening

Child 44

A Soviet officer tracks a child serial killer while his own state hunts him as a traitor.

by Tom Rob Smith 2008 509 pages

4.11

90k+ ratings

🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 📁 State Cover-Up 🏃 Hunter Becomes Hunted 👬 Estranged Brothers 💡 Moral Awakening

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