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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.

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The Outsider Summary
The Outsider
by Stephen King 2018 561 pages
4.01
352.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Hidden Bodies Summary
Hidden Bodies
by Caroline Kepnes 2016 448 pages
3.74
86.1K 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
Immersive
Digital Fortress
by Dan Brown 1998 510 pages
3.70
654.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Magpie Murders Summary
Magpie Murders
by Anthony Horowitz 2016 477 pages
3.95
152.8K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
Desert Star Summary
Desert Star
by Michael Connelly 2022 400 pages
4.48
78.5K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
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
Defending Jacob Summary
Defending Jacob
by William Landay 2012 421 pages
4.00
307.3K ratings
Book Club
Mystery
Thriller
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
Orphan X Summary
Orphan X
by Gregg Hurwitz 2016 367 pages
4.14
53.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
American Psycho Summary
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages
3.81
344.1K ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
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
Just Another Missing Person Summary
Just Another Missing Person
by Gillian McAllister 2023 377 pages
3.64
83.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief Summary
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief
by Maurice Leblanc 1907 279 pages
3.80
33.2K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
The Innocent Summary
The Innocent
by Harlan Coben 2005 503 pages
4.01
43.7K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Life We Bury Summary
The Life We Bury
by Allen Eskens 2014 304 pages
4.08
175.1K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Thriller
The Devotion of Suspect X Summary
The Devotion of Suspect X
by Keigo Higashino 2005 298 pages
4.17
70.9K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Japan
Along Came a Spider Summary
Along Came a Spider
by James Patterson 1993 449 pages
4.13
477.8K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Butterfly Garden Summary
The Butterfly Garden
by Dot Hutchison 2016 288 pages
4.09
249.9K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
Criminology Summary
Criminology
by Tim Newburn 2007 1048 pages
4.12
232 ratings
Crime
Psychology
Academic
A Great Deliverance Summary
A Great Deliverance
by Elizabeth George 1988 413 pages
4.03
50.6K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Shards Summary
The Shards
by Bret Easton Ellis 2023 595 pages
4.00
36.1K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
Smilla's Sense of Snow Summary
Smilla's Sense of Snow
by Peter Høeg 1992 480 pages
3.73
51.0K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
A World of Curiosities Summary
A World of Curiosities
by Louise Penny 2022 390 pages
4.45
74.6K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Canada
The Maid Summary
The Maid
by Nita Prose 2022 304 pages
3.76
658.0K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Thriller
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
Unfair Summary
Unfair
The New Science of Criminal Injustice
by Adam Benforado 2015 379 pages
4.04
1.8K ratings
Law
Psychology
Politics
The Client Summary
The Client
by John Grisham 1993 483 pages
4.06
456.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Career of Evil Summary
Career of Evil
by Robert Galbraith 2015 609 pages
4.22
221.7K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Darkly Dreaming Dexter Summary
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
by Jeff Lindsay 2004 288 pages
3.90
212.8K 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
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
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
The Cartel Summary
The Cartel
by Ashley Antoinette 2009 278 pages
4.54
10.8K ratings
Urban
Crime
African American
The Edge Summary
The Edge
by David Baldacci 2023 417 pages
4.34
51.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
The Rainmaker Summary
The Rainmaker
by John Grisham 1995 419 pages
4.01
203.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Legal 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
Mr. Mercedes Summary
Mr. Mercedes
by Stephen King 2014 437 pages
4.03
354.4K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Perfume Summary
Perfume
The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind 1985 263 pages
4.04
521.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Horror
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
Holly Summary
Holly
by Stephen King 2023 449 pages
4.08
160.6K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Black Book Summary
The Black Book
by James Patterson 2017 418 pages
4.28
41.2K 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
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
The Cartel Summary
The Cartel
by Don Winslow 2015 616 pages
4.36
37.3K ratings
Crime
Thriller
Historical Fiction
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
In the Woods Summary
In the Woods
by Tana French 2007 448 pages
3.79
424.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Before I Go to Sleep Summary
Before I Go to Sleep
by S.J. Watson 2011 359 pages
3.90
355.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Book Club
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
The Bullet That Missed Summary
The Bullet That Missed
by Richard Osman 2022 413 pages
4.37
231.4K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
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