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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

The Running Grave Summary
The Running Grave
by Robert Galbraith 2023 960 pages
4.60
98.4K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
The Outsider Summary
The Outsider
by Stephen King 2018 561 pages
4.01
352.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Franklin Scandal Summary
The Franklin Scandal
A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal
by Nick Bryant 2008 650 pages
4.27
765 ratings
True Crime
History
Conspiracy Theories
The Likeness Summary
The Likeness
by Tana French 2008 466 pages
4.06
173.4K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Shelter Summary
Shelter
by Harlan Coben 2011 288 pages
3.96
33.2K ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Thriller
The Green Mile Summary
The Green Mile
by Stephen King 1996 592 pages
4.49
346.5K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Thriller
The Life We Bury Summary
The Life We Bury
by Allen Eskens 2014 304 pages
4.08
175.1K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Thriller
Along Came a Spider Summary
Along Came a Spider
by James Patterson 1993 449 pages
4.13
477.8K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Summary
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson 2005 480 pages
4.17
3.4M ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Confidence Game Summary
The Confidence Game
Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time
by Maria Konnikova 2015 352 pages
3.65
5.8K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Magpie Murders Summary
Magpie Murders
by Anthony Horowitz 2016 477 pages
3.95
152.8K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Last Devil to Die Summary
The Last Devil to Die
by Richard Osman 2023 421 pages
4.48
191.1K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Edge Summary
The Edge
by David Baldacci 2023 417 pages
4.34
51.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
If You Tell Summary
If You Tell
A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
by Gregg Olsen 2019 431 pages
3.98
327.0K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Book Club
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief Summary
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief
by Maurice Leblanc 1907 279 pages
3.80
33.2K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
All the Sinners Bleed Summary
All the Sinners Bleed
by S.A. Cosby 2023 338 pages
4.21
88.8K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Mystery of the Blue Train Summary
The Mystery of the Blue Train
by Agatha Christie 1928 317 pages
3.87
76.7K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Classics
A World of Curiosities Summary
A World of Curiosities
by Louise Penny 2022 390 pages
4.45
74.6K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Canada
The Art of Making Money Summary
The Art of Making Money
The Story of a Master Counterfeiter
by Jason Kersten 2009 304 pages
4.01
1.5K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
The Client Summary
The Client
by John Grisham 1993 483 pages
4.06
456.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Defending Jacob Summary
Defending Jacob
by William Landay 2012 421 pages
4.00
307.3K ratings
Book Club
Mystery
Thriller
The Butcher and the Wren Summary
The Butcher and the Wren
by Alaina Urquhart 2022 242 pages
3.75
96.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
A Great Deliverance Summary
A Great Deliverance
by Elizabeth George 1988 413 pages
4.03
50.6K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Mystery Guest Summary
The Mystery Guest
by Nita Prose 2023 293 pages
3.80
139.5K ratings
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Thriller
The Shards Summary
The Shards
by Bret Easton Ellis 2023 595 pages
4.00
36.1K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
Criminology Summary
Criminology
by Tim Newburn 2007 1048 pages
4.12
232 ratings
Crime
Psychology
Academic
The Gift of Fear Summary
The Gift of Fear
Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
by Gavin de Becker 1997 352 pages
4.18
48.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
True Crime
The Maid Summary
The Maid
by Nita Prose 2022 304 pages
3.76
658.0K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Thriller
Dangerous Personalities Summary
Dangerous Personalities
An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People
by Joe Navarro 2014 242 pages
3.89
2.7K ratings
Psychology
True Crime
Self Help
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison Summary
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice
by Jeffrey H. Reiman 1979 288 pages
3.93
568 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Social Justice
Finders Keepers Summary
Finders Keepers
by Stephen King 2015 434 pages
4.07
175.5K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Cartel Summary
The Cartel
by Don Winslow 2015 616 pages
4.36
37.3K ratings
Crime
Thriller
Historical Fiction
The Innocent Summary
The Innocent
by Harlan Coben 2005 503 pages
4.01
43.7K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Money Men Summary
Money Men
A Hot Startup, A Billion Dollar Fraud, A Fight for the Truth
by Dan McCrum 2022 352 pages
4.05
2.7K ratings
Business
Finance
Crime
Career of Evil Summary
Career of Evil
by Robert Galbraith 2015 609 pages
4.22
221.7K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
The Black Book Summary
The Black Book
by James Patterson 2017 418 pages
4.28
41.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Cartel Summary
The Cartel
by Ashley Antoinette 2009 278 pages
4.54
10.8K ratings
Urban
Crime
African American
The Butterfly Garden Summary
The Butterfly Garden
by Dot Hutchison 2016 288 pages
4.09
249.9K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
The Minds of Billy Milligan Summary
The Minds of Billy Milligan
by Daniel Keyes 1981 374 pages
4.28
33.1K ratings
Psychology
True Crime
Biography
After That Night Summary
After That Night
by Karin Slaughter 2023 432 pages
4.25
65.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
In the Woods Summary
In the Woods
by Tana French 2007 448 pages
3.79
424.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Inside the Criminal Mind Summary
Inside the Criminal Mind
by Stanton E. Samenow 1984 288 pages
3.79
2.3K ratings
Psychology
True Crime
Crime
Without Conscience Summary
Without Conscience
The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
by Robert D. Hare 1993 236 pages
4.06
13.0K ratings
Psychology
True Crime
Science
Darkly Dreaming Dexter Summary
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
by Jeff Lindsay 2004 288 pages
3.90
212.8K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Holly Summary
Holly
by Stephen King 2023 449 pages
4.08
160.6K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Rainmaker Summary
The Rainmaker
by John Grisham 1995 419 pages
4.01
203.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Legal Thriller
Say Nothing Summary
Say Nothing
A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
by Patrick Radden Keefe 2018 441 pages
4.47
141.7K ratings
History
True Crime
Ireland
The Black Ice Summary
The Black Ice
by Michael Connelly 1993 439 pages
4.13
90.5K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
The Brass Verdict Summary
The Brass Verdict
by Michael Connelly 2008 422 pages
4.22
90.5K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Marco Effekten Summary
Marco Effekten
by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2012 505 pages
3.88
20.6K ratings
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
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