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

Identity

by Nora Roberts • 2023

Morgan's identity is stolen, her roommate dead. She runs to Vermont, and the killer follows.

4.28

72k+

🪪 Identity Theft 🩸 Killer Obsession 👁️ Dual POV Suspense 🌱 Survivor Rebuilding 🏡 Found Family

Identity

Morgan's identity is stolen, her roommate dead. She runs to Vermont, and the killer follows.

by Nora Roberts 2023 437 pages

4.28

72k+ ratings

🪪 Identity Theft 🩸 Killer Obsession 👁️ Dual POV Suspense 🌱 Survivor Rebuilding 🏡 Found Family

The Guest

by Emma Cline • 2023

A grifter drifts through a wealthy beach town, trading charm for safety as the past stalks her.

3.27

100k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🃏 Grifter Protagonist 💋 Femme Fatale ⚖️ Class Divide 💰 Transactional Relationships

The Guest

A grifter drifts through a wealthy beach town, trading charm for safety as the past stalks her.

by Emma Cline 2023 304 pages

3.27

100k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🃏 Grifter Protagonist 💋 Femme Fatale ⚖️ Class Divide 💰 Transactional Relationships

London Bridges

by James Patterson • 2004

A Russian mobster destroys a Nevada town. His next target: London. Alex Cross hunts him.

3.98

56k+

🗺️ International Thriller 🐈 Cat And Mouse 🌍 Global Conspiracy 🔍 Damaged Detective 🐻 Russian Mafia

London Bridges

A Russian mobster destroys a Nevada town. His next target: London. Alex Cross hunts him.

by James Patterson 2004 403 pages

3.98

56k+ ratings

🗺️ International Thriller 🐈 Cat And Mouse 🌍 Global Conspiracy 🔍 Damaged Detective 🐻 Russian Mafia

Blackout

by Marc Elsberg • 2012

A former hacker traces Europe's blackout to a cyberattack hidden inside its own smart meters.

4.01

18k+

🖥️ Techno-Thriller ⚡ Power Grid Collapse 💻 Hacker Protagonist 🎭 Ideological Sabotage 🌍 Realistic Catastrophe

Blackout

A former hacker traces Europe's blackout to a cyberattack hidden inside its own smart meters.

by Marc Elsberg 2012 316 pages

4.01

18k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno-Thriller ⚡ Power Grid Collapse 💻 Hacker Protagonist 🎭 Ideological Sabotage 🌍 Realistic Catastrophe

There Is No Ethan

by Anna Akbari • 2024

A sociologist is catfished, then teams with his other victims to hunt a master manipulator.

3.56

9k+

🎣 Online Catfishing 🎭 Gaslighting 🔍 Digital Investigation 👯 Female Solidarity 💔 Psychological Abuse

There Is No Ethan

A sociologist is catfished, then teams with his other victims to hunt a master manipulator.

by Anna Akbari 2024 304 pages

3.56

9k+ ratings

🎣 Online Catfishing 🎭 Gaslighting 🔍 Digital Investigation 👯 Female Solidarity 💔 Psychological Abuse

The Art of the Con

by R. Paul Wilson • 2014

Step inside the con artist's mind: the universal scam structure and how to shut it down.

3.89

128

🎭 Confidence Games 🖥️ Social Engineering 🛡️ Scam Prevention 💰 Financial Scams 🧠 Psychological Manipulation

The Art of the Con

Step inside the con artist's mind: the universal scam structure and how to shut it down.

by R. Paul Wilson 2014 368 pages

3.89

128 ratings

🎭 Confidence Games 🖥️ Social Engineering 🛡️ Scam Prevention 💰 Financial Scams 🧠 Psychological Manipulation

Love & Other Killers

by Brynne Weaver • 2025

A serial killer hiding as a farmer meets his match: a woman who hunts predators for sport.

3.97

57k+

🖤 Dark Romantic Comedy 🫂 Criminal Found Family ⚔️ Competitive Couple ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Serial Killers In Love

Love & Other Killers

A serial killer hiding as a farmer meets his match: a woman who hunts predators for sport.

by Brynne Weaver 2025 61 pages

3.97

57k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantic Comedy 🫂 Criminal Found Family ⚔️ Competitive Couple ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Serial Killers In Love

The Inheritance

by Trisha Sakhlecha • 2025

A wealthy family gathers on a remote island. Three days of secrets and rivalries end in murder.

3.65

15k+

🔪 Domestic Noir 💰 Inheritance Drama 🚪 Family Outsider ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🤫 Murder Cover-Up

The Inheritance

A wealthy family gathers on a remote island. Three days of secrets and rivalries end in murder.

by Trisha Sakhlecha 2025 352 pages

3.65

15k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Noir 💰 Inheritance Drama 🚪 Family Outsider ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🤫 Murder Cover-Up

An Inside Job

by Daniel Silva • 2025

A lagoon body pulls a retired spy into a Vatican conspiracy over a lost Leonardo.

4.40

27k+

🎨 Art World Thriller ⛪ Vatican Intrigue 🖼️ Lost Masterpiece 🕵️ Retired Spy Returns 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

An Inside Job

A lagoon body pulls a retired spy into a Vatican conspiracy over a lost Leonardo.

by Daniel Silva 2025 410 pages

4.40

27k+ ratings

🎨 Art World Thriller ⛪ Vatican Intrigue 🖼️ Lost Masterpiece 🕵️ Retired Spy Returns 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

The 24th Hour

by James Patterson • 2024

An Olympian and her husband murdered. Four women hunt the killer through a family's darkest secrets.

4.08

35k+

🚔 Police Procedural ⚖️ Legal Thriller 👥 Found Family 👭 Female Friendship 🔒 Family Secrets

The 24th Hour

An Olympian and her husband murdered. Four women hunt the killer through a family's darkest secrets.

by James Patterson 2024 346 pages

4.08

35k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural ⚖️ Legal Thriller 👥 Found Family 👭 Female Friendship 🔒 Family Secrets

The Parrot's Perch

by Karen Keilt • 2019

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

4.23

334

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Abuse

The Parrot's Perch

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

by Karen Keilt 2019 290 pages

4.23

334 ratings

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Abuse

What a Way to Go

by Bella Mackie • 2024

Impaled on a lake spike at his own party: a financier's death exposes his family's secrets.

3.36

32k+

🖤 Dark Comedy 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🎭 Social Satire 📱 True Crime Obsession

What a Way to Go

Impaled on a lake spike at his own party: a financier's death exposes his family's secrets.

by Bella Mackie 2024 376 pages

3.36

32k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Comedy 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🎭 Social Satire 📱 True Crime Obsession

A Renegade History of the United States

by Thaddeus Russell • 2010

America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.

3.81

1k+

📚 Revisionist History 👇 History From Below 🚔 Social Control 💋 Sexual Politics 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Whiteness

A Renegade History of the United States

America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.

by Thaddeus Russell 2010 400 pages

3.81

1k+ ratings

📚 Revisionist History 👇 History From Below 🚔 Social Control 💋 Sexual Politics 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Whiteness

Dark Escapes

by Effie Campbell • 2023

A forced mafia bride seduces her captor, escapes, and becomes the enforcer's desperate obsession.

3.77

2k+

🥀 Mafia Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🚗 Forced Proximity 🔗 Captive Captor

Dark Escapes

A forced mafia bride seduces her captor, escapes, and becomes the enforcer's desperate obsession.

by Effie Campbell 2023 308 pages

3.77

2k+ ratings

🥀 Mafia Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🚗 Forced Proximity 🔗 Captive Captor

Rebooting Justice

by Benjamin H. Barton • 2017

Justice is too expensive for most Americans. The surprising cure: fewer lawyers and smarter systems.

3.90

🏛️ Access To Justice ⚖️ Legal System Reform 🔗 Criminal Justice Reform 💻 Technology And Law 📜 Occupational Licensing

Rebooting Justice

Justice is too expensive for most Americans. The surprising cure: fewer lawyers and smarter systems.

by Benjamin H. Barton 2017 242 pages

3.90

29 ratings

🏛️ Access To Justice ⚖️ Legal System Reform 🔗 Criminal Justice Reform 💻 Technology And Law 📜 Occupational Licensing

The Night in Question

by Susan Fletcher • 2024

After her care home manager's window plunge, an 87-year-old sleuth unearths a death-haunted past.

4.02

3k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏡 Retirement Home 👵 Elderly Protagonist ❤️ Late-Life Romance 🤫 Hidden Identities

The Night in Question

After her care home manager's window plunge, an 87-year-old sleuth unearths a death-haunted past.

by Susan Fletcher 2024 384 pages

4.02

3k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏡 Retirement Home 👵 Elderly Protagonist ❤️ Late-Life Romance 🤫 Hidden Identities

Spartan Gold

by Clive Cussler • 2009

A sunken sub in a swamp puts the Fargos on the trail of Napoleon's lost wine.

3.86

16k+

🗺️ Treasure Hunt 👑 Napoleonic Mystery 💑 Adventuring Couple 💀 Mafia Pursuit 🧩 Ancient Riddles

Spartan Gold

A sunken sub in a swamp puts the Fargos on the trail of Napoleon's lost wine.

by Clive Cussler 2009 384 pages

3.86

16k+ ratings

🗺️ Treasure Hunt 👑 Napoleonic Mystery 💑 Adventuring Couple 💀 Mafia Pursuit 🧩 Ancient Riddles

The Rape of Nanking

by Iris Chang • 1997

The Japanese army turned Nanking into a mass grave, then the government erased the crime.

4.26

55k+

⚔️ Japanese Militarism 🌏 Sino-Japanese War ⚖️ War Crimes 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🚺 Rape As Weapon Of War

The Rape of Nanking

The Japanese army turned Nanking into a mass grave, then the government erased the crime.

by Iris Chang 1997 290 pages

4.26

55k+ ratings

⚔️ Japanese Militarism 🌏 Sino-Japanese War ⚖️ War Crimes 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🚺 Rape As Weapon Of War

Keres

by Sadie Kincaid • 2024

A woman seduces two mafia bodyguards to destroy the trafficking ring that stole her childhood.

4.18

19k+

🖤 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔺 Polyamorous Triad 🏠 Found Family 🗡️ Revenge Quest

Keres

A woman seduces two mafia bodyguards to destroy the trafficking ring that stole her childhood.

by Sadie Kincaid 2024 346 pages

4.18

19k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔺 Polyamorous Triad 🏠 Found Family 🗡️ Revenge Quest

Our Culture, What's Left of It

by Theodore Dalrymple • 2005

Abandoning moral judgment doesn't liberate the strong; it abandons the weak. A prison doctor's case.

4.14

1k+

🇬🇧 British Decline 📰 Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Moral Relativism 🏛️ Welfare State 🔒 Criminal Justice

Our Culture, What's Left of It

Abandoning moral judgment doesn't liberate the strong; it abandons the weak. A prison doctor's case.

by Theodore Dalrymple 2005 356 pages

4.14

1k+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Decline 📰 Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Moral Relativism 🏛️ Welfare State 🔒 Criminal Justice

Almost Surely Dead

by Amina Akhtar • 2024

Nearly pushed onto subway tracks, a pharmacist finds her face plastering her attacker's walls.

3.68

21k+

🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🌫️ Jinn Folklore 👁️ Cultural Horror 👤 Stalker Thriller 🔮 Unreliable Reality

Almost Surely Dead

Nearly pushed onto subway tracks, a pharmacist finds her face plastering her attacker's walls.

by Amina Akhtar 2024 298 pages

3.68

21k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🌫️ Jinn Folklore 👁️ Cultural Horror 👤 Stalker Thriller 🔮 Unreliable Reality

Sutton Asylum

by Kinsley Kincaid • 2023

Two murderous twin lovers rule a gothic asylum until staff try to tear them apart.

3.21

2k+

🚫 Taboo Romance 🏚️ Asylum Horror 🖤 Trauma Bond 💘 Obsessive Love 👥 Twisted Family

Sutton Asylum

Two murderous twin lovers rule a gothic asylum until staff try to tear them apart.

by Kinsley Kincaid 2023 179 pages

3.21

2k+ ratings

🚫 Taboo Romance 🏚️ Asylum Horror 🖤 Trauma Bond 💘 Obsessive Love 👥 Twisted Family

The Mars Room

by Rachel Kushner • 2018

She killed her stalker. Now a women's prison will take everything else.

3.43

49k+

🏚️ Prison Fiction 💔 Motherhood And Loss 🫂 Found Family 🏙️ Gritty Realism 🌁 San Francisco

The Mars Room

She killed her stalker. Now a women's prison will take everything else.

by Rachel Kushner 2018 338 pages

3.43

49k+ ratings

🏚️ Prison Fiction 💔 Motherhood And Loss 🫂 Found Family 🏙️ Gritty Realism 🌁 San Francisco

Freestyle

by Bea Paige • 2020

At her elite academy, a street dancer faces the four men she loved and left behind.

3.99

13k+

💔 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Found Family 💃 Dance Battles 💫 Second Chance 🔪 Criminal Underworld

Freestyle

At her elite academy, a street dancer faces the four men she loved and left behind.

by Bea Paige 2020 362 pages

3.99

13k+ ratings

💔 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Found Family 💃 Dance Battles 💫 Second Chance 🔪 Criminal Underworld

Splinter Cell

by David Michaels • 2004

A spy uncovers a supergun plot and learns the arms dealers are holding his daughter hostage.

3.89

13k+

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🌐 Global Conspiracy 🕶️ Lone Operative 🎭 Dual Identities 🕵️ Covert Operations

Splinter Cell

A spy uncovers a supergun plot and learns the arms dealers are holding his daughter hostage.

by David Michaels 2004 355 pages

3.89

13k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🌐 Global Conspiracy 🕶️ Lone Operative 🎭 Dual Identities 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Hunter

by Tana French • 2024

In rural Ireland, a retired cop discovers the teen he mentors is lying to murder detectives.

4.07

74k+

🖤 Rural Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🏠 Found Family 🔍 Small Town Secrets 👴 Retired Detective

The Hunter

In rural Ireland, a retired cop discovers the teen he mentors is lying to murder detectives.

by Tana French 2024 467 pages

4.07

74k+ ratings

🖤 Rural Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🏠 Found Family 🔍 Small Town Secrets 👴 Retired Detective

Follow the Money

by Dan Bongino • 2020

A Cambridge dinner, a monitored phone call, and the trap that felled a national security advisor.

4.36

500+

🕵️ Deep State 🏛️ Political Corruption 📰 Media Bias 🔍 Intelligence Agencies 🗳️ Election Interference

Follow the Money

A Cambridge dinner, a monitored phone call, and the trap that felled a national security advisor.

by Dan Bongino 2020 210 pages

4.36

500+ ratings

🕵️ Deep State 🏛️ Political Corruption 📰 Media Bias 🔍 Intelligence Agencies 🗳️ Election Interference

The Lost Painting

by Jonathan Harr • 2005

A lost Caravaggio, a Dublin Jesuit home, and the restorer who trusted his eye.

3.87

35k+

🖼️ Lost Masterpieces 🎨 Caravaggio 🔍 Provenance Research 🖌️ Art Restoration 🏛️ Baroque Art

The Lost Painting

A lost Caravaggio, a Dublin Jesuit home, and the restorer who trusted his eye.

by Jonathan Harr 2005

3.87

35k+ ratings

🖼️ Lost Masterpieces 🎨 Caravaggio 🔍 Provenance Research 🖌️ Art Restoration 🏛️ Baroque Art

Public Enemies

by Bryan Burrough • 2004

The FBI built its legend chasing petty killers, beating suspects, and inventing the Ma Barker myth.

3.98

6k+

🏚️ Great Depression Era 🕵️ Fbi History 🔨 Myth Debunking 📖 Revisionist History 📰 Media And Crime

Public Enemies

The FBI built its legend chasing petty killers, beating suspects, and inventing the Ma Barker myth.

by Bryan Burrough 2004 640 pages

3.98

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Great Depression Era 🕵️ Fbi History 🔨 Myth Debunking 📖 Revisionist History 📰 Media And Crime

The Gemini Contenders

by Robert Ludlum • 1976

A vault of documents could destroy Christianity. His family was massacred for it. He hunts them.

3.91

14k+

🔍 WWII Espionage ✝️ Religious Conspiracy 👨‍👦‍👦 Generational Secrets ⚔️ Brothers In Conflict 🏛️ Secret Monastic Order

The Gemini Contenders

A vault of documents could destroy Christianity. His family was massacred for it. He hunts them.

by Robert Ludlum 1976 411 pages

3.91

14k+ ratings

🔍 WWII Espionage ✝️ Religious Conspiracy 👨‍👦‍👦 Generational Secrets ⚔️ Brothers In Conflict 🏛️ Secret Monastic Order

The Woods

by Harlan Coben • 2007

Twenty years after his sister vanished, a prosecutor finds a body from camp that reopens everything.

4.06

100k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🪦 Buried Family Secrets 👧 Missing Sister 🏕️ Summer Camp Past

The Woods

Twenty years after his sister vanished, a prosecutor finds a body from camp that reopens everything.

by Harlan Coben 2007 404 pages

4.06

100k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🪦 Buried Family Secrets 👧 Missing Sister 🏕️ Summer Camp Past

Crime & Punishment

by Russell Marks • 2015

Prison punishes disadvantage, not crime. The alternatives that reduce reoffending work elsewhere.

4.08

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🇦🇺 Australian Politics 🤝 Restorative Justice 🧠 Therapeutic Jurisprudence 💰 Justice Reinvestment

Crime & Punishment

Prison punishes disadvantage, not crime. The alternatives that reduce reoffending work elsewhere.

by Russell Marks 2015 226 pages

4.08

49 ratings

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🇦🇺 Australian Politics 🤝 Restorative Justice 🧠 Therapeutic Jurisprudence 💰 Justice Reinvestment

Deep Zone

by Tim Green • 2011

A 12-year-old caught between the mob and the FBI must win a football championship to survive.

4.44

2k+

🏈 Youth Football Drama 🛡️ Witness Protection 👫 Orphaned Siblings 🌅 Guilt And Redemption 🐊 Swamp Survival

Deep Zone

A 12-year-old caught between the mob and the FBI must win a football championship to survive.

by Tim Green 2011 272 pages

4.44

2k+ ratings

🏈 Youth Football Drama 🛡️ Witness Protection 👫 Orphaned Siblings 🌅 Guilt And Redemption 🐊 Swamp Survival

The Clinic

by Cate Quinn • 2024

An undercover agent poses as an addict in a luxury rehab where her sister was murdered.

3.51

39k+

🏥 Luxury Rehab 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🖤 Female Sociopath 🕵️‍♀️ Undercover Patient 👯 Sisterly Bond

The Clinic

An undercover agent poses as an addict in a luxury rehab where her sister was murdered.

by Cate Quinn 2024 448 pages

3.51

39k+ ratings

🏥 Luxury Rehab 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🖤 Female Sociopath 🕵️‍♀️ Undercover Patient 👯 Sisterly Bond

Hermosa Rendición

by Vanesa Osorio • 2020

A traumatized student and a Barcelona playboy ignite as the ex who broke her turns killer.

3.64

500+

🎓 College Romance 💔 Traumatized Heroine 👤 Stalker Ex 🔪 Serial Killer Plot 🫂 Found Family

Hermosa Rendición

A traumatized student and a Barcelona playboy ignite as the ex who broke her turns killer.

by Vanesa Osorio 2020

3.64

500+ ratings

🎓 College Romance 💔 Traumatized Heroine 👤 Stalker Ex 🔪 Serial Killer Plot 🫂 Found Family

The Summer House

by James Patterson • 2020

Four Rangers framed for a small-town massacre. The case is flawless. The sheriff made it so.

4.23

59k+

🎖️ Military Investigation 🏘️ Small-Town Corruption 🩸 Framed For Murder 💪 Military Brotherhood 🕵️ Cover-Up Conspiracy

The Summer House

Four Rangers framed for a small-town massacre. The case is flawless. The sheriff made it so.

by James Patterson 2020 448 pages

4.23

59k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Investigation 🏘️ Small-Town Corruption 🩸 Framed For Murder 💪 Military Brotherhood 🕵️ Cover-Up Conspiracy

The Alibi

by Sandra Brown • 1999

In Charleston, a prosecutor becomes the alibi for a one-night stand now his murder suspect.

4.05

28k+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🚫 Wrongfully Accused ❤️ Loving The Suspect 💰 Blackmail Plot 🔥 Steamy Suspense

The Alibi

In Charleston, a prosecutor becomes the alibi for a one-night stand now his murder suspect.

by Sandra Brown 1999 592 pages

4.05

28k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🚫 Wrongfully Accused ❤️ Loving The Suspect 💰 Blackmail Plot 🔥 Steamy Suspense

Murder by Cheesecake

by Rachel Ekstrom Courage • 2025

A wedding to plan, a corpse in the freezer, and four older friends suspected of murder.

3.54

15k+

🕵️ Senior Sleuths 🔍 Amateur Investigation 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Mistaken Identity 👯 Older Women Friendship

Murder by Cheesecake

A wedding to plan, a corpse in the freezer, and four older friends suspected of murder.

by Rachel Ekstrom Courage 2025 332 pages

3.54

15k+ ratings

🕵️ Senior Sleuths 🔍 Amateur Investigation 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Mistaken Identity 👯 Older Women Friendship

Hit Men

by Fredric Dannen • 1990

Payola never died. It just got a commission, a territory, and a threat of violence.

3.96

500+

🎵 Music Business 💵 Payola 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Organized Crime 🏢 Corporate Power

Hit Men

Payola never died. It just got a commission, a territory, and a threat of violence.

by Fredric Dannen 1990 432 pages

3.96

500+ ratings

🎵 Music Business 💵 Payola 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Organized Crime 🏢 Corporate Power

Kasacja

by Remigiusz Mróz • 2015

A defense attorney and her apprentice take on a double-murder case the mafia has already rigged.

3.87

10k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🇵🇱 Polish Crime 🕴️ Organized Crime 🤝 Mentor And Protege ⚖️ Courtroom Drama

Kasacja

A defense attorney and her apprentice take on a double-murder case the mafia has already rigged.

by Remigiusz Mróz 2015 496 pages

3.87

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 🇵🇱 Polish Crime 🕴️ Organized Crime 🤝 Mentor And Protege ⚖️ Courtroom Drama

The Last Man

by Vince Flynn • 2012

Mitch Rapp races to find a kidnapped spymaster whose secrets could destroy the CIA.

4.37

41k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔫 Rogue Agent 🎭 Double Agent 🌑 Shadow Operations 🗡️ Assassin Antihero

The Last Man

Mitch Rapp races to find a kidnapped spymaster whose secrets could destroy the CIA.

by Vince Flynn 2012 448 pages

4.37

41k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔫 Rogue Agent 🎭 Double Agent 🌑 Shadow Operations 🗡️ Assassin Antihero

I Have Some Questions for You

by Rebecca Makkai • 2023

At her old boarding school, a film professor reopens a 1995 murder and questions the conviction.

3.59

100k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction ✊ Racial Injustice 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

I Have Some Questions for You

At her old boarding school, a film professor reopens a 1995 murder and questions the conviction.

by Rebecca Makkai 2023 438 pages

3.59

100k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction ✊ Racial Injustice 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Some People Need Killing

by Patricia Evangelista • 2023

The president told police to kill. The crowd cheered. A journalist reports the dead and asks why.

4.20

10k+

🇵🇭 Philippine History 💊 Drug War ⚰️ Extrajudicial Killings 👮 Police Violence 🛡️ Impunity

Some People Need Killing

The president told police to kill. The crowd cheered. A journalist reports the dead and asks why.

by Patricia Evangelista 2023 428 pages

4.20

10k+ ratings

🇵🇭 Philippine History 💊 Drug War ⚰️ Extrajudicial Killings 👮 Police Violence 🛡️ Impunity

Blind Ambition

by John W. Dean • 1976

At 31, Nixon's counsel ran the Watergate cover-up. Then he told prosecutors everything.

4.04

1k+

🏛️ Presidential Scandals 🤐 Political Cover-Ups 📢 Whistleblowers 📖 White House Memoirs 🇺🇸 Nixon Era

Blind Ambition

At 31, Nixon's counsel ran the Watergate cover-up. Then he told prosecutors everything.

by John W. Dean 1976 614 pages

4.04

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Scandals 🤐 Political Cover-Ups 📢 Whistleblowers 📖 White House Memoirs 🇺🇸 Nixon Era

Reliquary

by Douglas Preston • 1997

When headless corpses surface in New York, the trail dives underground, where a mutant cult breeds.

4.04

50k+

🧬 Genetic Horror 🏚️ Underground Society 🦴 Body Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Reliquary

When headless corpses surface in New York, the trail dives underground, where a mutant cult breeds.

by Douglas Preston 1997 464 pages

4.04

50k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Horror 🏚️ Underground Society 🦴 Body Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Gone Tonight

by Sarah Pekkanen • 2023

A nurse discovers her mother's early dementia hides a stolen identity and a killer closing in.

3.82

36k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Hidden Identity 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond

Gone Tonight

A nurse discovers her mother's early dementia hides a stolen identity and a killer closing in.

by Sarah Pekkanen 2023 338 pages

3.82

36k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Hidden Identity 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond

All Souls

by Michael Patrick MacDonald • 1999

His mother buried four sons. Southie's code demanded no one ask why.

4.09

13k+

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Boston History 🍀 Irish American 🚌 Busing Crisis 🤫 Code Of Silence

All Souls

His mother buried four sons. Southie's code demanded no one ask why.

by Michael Patrick MacDonald 1999 263 pages

4.09

13k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Boston History 🍀 Irish American 🚌 Busing Crisis 🤫 Code Of Silence

If You Tell a Lie

by Lucinda Berry • 2024

Their camp photo destroyed an innocent coach. Twenty-six years later, someone is hunting them down.

3.49

44k+

🏕️ Summer Camp Secrets ⚖️ False Accusation 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🩸 Crime Cover-Up 🤫 Pact Of Silence

If You Tell a Lie

Their camp photo destroyed an innocent coach. Twenty-six years later, someone is hunting them down.

by Lucinda Berry 2024 255 pages

3.49

44k+ ratings

🏕️ Summer Camp Secrets ⚖️ False Accusation 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🩸 Crime Cover-Up 🤫 Pact Of Silence

It's Behind You

by Kathryn Foxfield • 2021

A reality show traps five teens in haunted caves where the body count isn't scripted.

3.63

4k+

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📺 Reality Tv Gone Wrong 🔪 Final Girl 🕳️ Claustrophobic Horror

It's Behind You

A reality show traps five teens in haunted caves where the body count isn't scripted.

by Kathryn Foxfield 2021 352 pages

3.63

4k+ ratings

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📺 Reality Tv Gone Wrong 🔪 Final Girl 🕳️ Claustrophobic Horror

Sins of Betrayal

by Juniper Nyx • 2023

A sheltered woman is trapped between an outlaw biker's obsession and her family's deadly secrets.

3.95

1k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive 🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Found Family 🧬 Generational Trauma

Sins of Betrayal

A sheltered woman is trapped between an outlaw biker's obsession and her family's deadly secrets.

by Juniper Nyx 2023 422 pages

3.95

1k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive 🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Found Family 🧬 Generational Trauma

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