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

The Doorman

by Chris Pavone • 2025

A Manhattan doorman in debt opens his tower to armed robbers. Old secrets turn the heist lethal.

3.85

15k+

🖋️ Literary Thriller 💰 Heist Thriller 💔 Unhappy Marriage 🔥 Illicit Affair ⚖️ Class Tension

The Doorman

A Manhattan doorman in debt opens his tower to armed robbers. Old secrets turn the heist lethal.

by Chris Pavone 2025 388 pages

3.85

15k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Thriller 💰 Heist Thriller 💔 Unhappy Marriage 🔥 Illicit Affair ⚖️ Class Tension

Twelve

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2017

Teen profilers must prove a girl on a lighthouse ledge: three suicides are murder.

3.79

85k+

🕵️ Teen Profilers 🔪 Killer Profiling 🫂 Found Family 🌟 Gifted Misfits 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Twelve

Teen profilers must prove a girl on a lighthouse ledge: three suicides are murder.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2017 144 pages

3.79

85k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Profilers 🔪 Killer Profiling 🫂 Found Family 🌟 Gifted Misfits 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Bad Little Bride

by Meagan Brandy

To claim power, a mafia princess marries her father's enemy. The contract becomes her prison.

3.79

9k+

🖤 Mafia Arranged Marriage 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔒 Forced Proximity 🔫 Criminal Underworld

Bad Little Bride

To claim power, a mafia princess marries her father's enemy. The contract becomes her prison.

by Meagan Brandy

3.79

9k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Arranged Marriage 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔒 Forced Proximity 🔫 Criminal Underworld

Reaper

by Chelle Rose • 2025

The mafia killer who couldn't kill her now can't let her go.

3.99

500+

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 🔗 Captor Captive Dynamics 💀 Obsessive Anti Hero 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🏚️ Forced Proximity

Reaper

The mafia killer who couldn't kill her now can't let her go.

by Chelle Rose 2025 253 pages

3.99

500+ ratings

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 🔗 Captor Captive Dynamics 💀 Obsessive Anti Hero 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🏚️ Forced Proximity

The Mysterious Mr. Quin

by Agatha Christie • 1930

At country house parties, a quiet gentleman and a spectral stranger reconstruct buried crimes.

3.74

17k+

👀 Armchair Detective 🏠 Country House Mystery 📚 Golden Age Mystery 🔮 Supernatural Sleuthing 🥂 Secrets At A House Party

The Mysterious Mr. Quin

At country house parties, a quiet gentleman and a spectral stranger reconstruct buried crimes.

by Agatha Christie 1930 396 pages

3.74

17k+ ratings

👀 Armchair Detective 🏠 Country House Mystery 📚 Golden Age Mystery 🔮 Supernatural Sleuthing 🥂 Secrets At A House Party

Traces

by Patricia Wiltshire • 2019

Pollen on a shoe, spores on a corpse: how a forensic ecologist reads nature's invisible evidence.

3.60

3k+

🔬 Forensic Science 🌿 Forensic Ecology 🔍 Trace Evidence 🗺️ Environmental Profiling 🌻 Palynology

Traces

Pollen on a shoe, spores on a corpse: how a forensic ecologist reads nature's invisible evidence.

by Patricia Wiltshire 2019 312 pages

3.60

3k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Science 🌿 Forensic Ecology 🔍 Trace Evidence 🗺️ Environmental Profiling 🌻 Palynology

Mine

by Aubrey Dark • 2014

A fake wife walks into a surgeon's office. He's an assassin who can't stop watching her.

3.76

2k+

🖤 Dark Captivity Romance 😈 Villain Love Interest ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔥 Obsessed Hero 🔪 Forced To Kill

Mine

A fake wife walks into a surgeon's office. He's an assassin who can't stop watching her.

by Aubrey Dark 2014 233 pages

3.76

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Captivity Romance 😈 Villain Love Interest ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔥 Obsessed Hero 🔪 Forced To Kill

Operator Down

by Brad Taylor • 2018

A missing Mossad agent draws Pike Logan into an African coup powered by stolen nuclear triggers.

4.32

5k+

🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Espionage Fiction 🎯 Covert Ops ☢️ Nuclear Threat 🏛️ Political Coup

Operator Down

A missing Mossad agent draws Pike Logan into an African coup powered by stolen nuclear triggers.

by Brad Taylor 2018 450 pages

4.32

5k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Espionage Fiction 🎯 Covert Ops ☢️ Nuclear Threat 🏛️ Political Coup

Random in Death

by J.D. Robb • 2024

A lethal needle kills a teen in a crowd; Eve Dallas hunts a predator who strikes randomly.

4.46

27k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🚺 Misogynist Violence 💰 Privileged Killer

Random in Death

A lethal needle kills a teen in a crowd; Eve Dallas hunts a predator who strikes randomly.

by J.D. Robb 2024 368 pages

4.46

27k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🚺 Misogynist Violence 💰 Privileged Killer

In the Morning I'll be Gone

by Adrian McKinty • 2014

1983 Northern Ireland. A disgraced detective must solve a locked-room murder to catch an IRA bomber.

4.25

9k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🗳️ Political Thriller 🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🥃 Disgraced Detective 🏃‍♂️ Manhunt

In the Morning I'll be Gone

1983 Northern Ireland. A disgraced detective must solve a locked-room murder to catch an IRA bomber.

by Adrian McKinty 2014 326 pages

4.25

9k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🗳️ Political Thriller 🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🥃 Disgraced Detective 🏃‍♂️ Manhunt

Enemy of the State

by Kyle Mills • 2017

Framed by a Saudi spymaster, Mitch Rapp is hunted by the agencies he once called allies.

4.33

21k+

🏛️ Political Espionage 🎯 Framed Agent 🔫 Rogue Operative ⚔️ Counterterrorism 👁️ Paranoid Thriller

Enemy of the State

Framed by a Saudi spymaster, Mitch Rapp is hunted by the agencies he once called allies.

by Kyle Mills 2017 388 pages

4.33

21k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Espionage 🎯 Framed Agent 🔫 Rogue Operative ⚔️ Counterterrorism 👁️ Paranoid Thriller

Russian Roulette

by Michael Isikoff • 2018

Putin ordered it, WikiLeaks delivered it, and Trump's team kept taking the meetings.

4.20

6k+

🇺🇸 Election Interference 🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🐻 Putin's Russia 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 💻 Cyber Warfare

Russian Roulette

Putin ordered it, WikiLeaks delivered it, and Trump's team kept taking the meetings.

by Michael Isikoff 2018

4.20

6k+ ratings

🇺🇸 Election Interference 🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🐻 Putin's Russia 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 💻 Cyber Warfare

The Missing Cryptoqueen

by Jamie Bartlett • 2022

A fake cryptocurrency, a hidden Bitcoin fortune, and the woman who vanished onto the Mediterranean.

4.20

1k+

🪙 Cryptocurrency Scams 💸 Financial Fraud 🔺 Multi-Level Marketing 🃏 Ponzi Schemes 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Missing Cryptoqueen

A fake cryptocurrency, a hidden Bitcoin fortune, and the woman who vanished onto the Mediterranean.

by Jamie Bartlett 2022 320 pages

4.20

1k+ ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency Scams 💸 Financial Fraud 🔺 Multi-Level Marketing 🃏 Ponzi Schemes 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Perfect Stranger

by A.J. Carter • 2024

A blind date pulls a grieving mother to a lake house hiding her daughter's fate.

4.11

1k+

🕵️ Psychological Thriller 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💔 Family Betrayal 😰 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Book Club Thriller

The Perfect Stranger

A blind date pulls a grieving mother to a lake house hiding her daughter's fate.

by A.J. Carter 2024 350 pages

4.11

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Psychological Thriller 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💔 Family Betrayal 😰 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Book Club Thriller

The Secret of Heaven

by Felix Alexander • 2016

Framed for murder, an amnesiac professor deciphers clues to a gospel that a secret order hunts.

3.83

377

🕯️ Religious Conspiracy 🏛️ Secret Society 🏃 Amnesiac Fugitive 📜 Forbidden Manuscript 🔍 Cryptic Clues

The Secret of Heaven

Framed for murder, an amnesiac professor deciphers clues to a gospel that a secret order hunts.

by Felix Alexander 2016 394 pages

3.83

377 ratings

🕯️ Religious Conspiracy 🏛️ Secret Society 🏃 Amnesiac Fugitive 📜 Forbidden Manuscript 🔍 Cryptic Clues

Fake

by Tate James • 2020

Three enemies secretly married her. Now a stalker's obsession makes them her only protection.

4.34

52k+

🖤 Romantic Suspense 👥 Why Choose Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Boyfriend 🔒 Forced Proximity

Fake

Three enemies secretly married her. Now a stalker's obsession makes them her only protection.

by Tate James 2020 436 pages

4.34

52k+ ratings

🖤 Romantic Suspense 👥 Why Choose Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Boyfriend 🔒 Forced Proximity

The Body in the Dales

by J.R. Ellis • 2017

A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.

4.02

30k+

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Detective Duo 🕳️ Cave Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ✉️ Blackmail

The Body in the Dales

A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.

by J.R. Ellis 2017 321 pages

4.02

30k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Detective Duo 🕳️ Cave Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ✉️ Blackmail

Bones

by Chelle Rose • 2024

A desperate thief wakes in a mafia heir's basement cage. He offers one way out: marriage.

3.98

1k+

🖤 Mafia Captivity 💍 Forced Marriage ⛓️ Captor To Lover 🔪 Obsessive Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Bones

A desperate thief wakes in a mafia heir's basement cage. He offers one way out: marriage.

by Chelle Rose 2024 236 pages

3.98

1k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Captivity 💍 Forced Marriage ⛓️ Captor To Lover 🔪 Obsessive Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Butler to the World

by Oliver Bullough • 2022

How post-imperial Britain became a concierge service for oligarchs, criminals, and tax dodgers.

3.98

3k+

🏝️ Offshore Finance 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💰 Financial Crime

Butler to the World

How post-imperial Britain became a concierge service for oligarchs, criminals, and tax dodgers.

by Oliver Bullough 2022 288 pages

3.98

3k+ ratings

🏝️ Offshore Finance 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💰 Financial Crime

Fractured Secrets

by Haley Jenner • 2023

Penniless and alone, she seeks her mafia half-brothers in New York. The Don claims her.

4.06

4k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🎭 Hidden Identity ☠️ Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma Healing

Fractured Secrets

Penniless and alone, she seeks her mafia half-brothers in New York. The Don claims her.

by Haley Jenner 2023

4.06

4k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🎭 Hidden Identity ☠️ Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma Healing

The Protector

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2016

A former sniper guards a defiant heiress, and her fierce independence threatens his armor.

3.81

20k+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🎖️ Military Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Damaged Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Protector

A former sniper guards a defiant heiress, and her fierce independence threatens his armor.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2016 384 pages

3.81

20k+ ratings

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🎖️ Military Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Damaged Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Secret History of the Rape Kit

by Pagan Kennedy • 2025

Marty Goddard invented the rape kit. The Chicago PD gave the credit to a male sergeant.

3.89

10k+

⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔬 Forensic Science 🛡️ Sexual Assault Advocacy 📜 Inventor Erasure 🚔 Police Corruption

The Secret History of the Rape Kit

Marty Goddard invented the rape kit. The Chicago PD gave the credit to a male sergeant.

by Pagan Kennedy 2025 237 pages

3.89

10k+ ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔬 Forensic Science 🛡️ Sexual Assault Advocacy 📜 Inventor Erasure 🚔 Police Corruption

The Catalpa Rescue

by Peter FitzSimons • 2019

Six Irish prisoners, one American whaler, and a flag that dared the British Empire to fire.

4.30

500+

🇮🇪 Irish Rebellion 🇦🇺 Penal Colony Escapes 🔓 Prison Breaks ⛵ High Seas Adventure 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Catalpa Rescue

Six Irish prisoners, one American whaler, and a flag that dared the British Empire to fire.

by Peter FitzSimons 2019 559 pages

4.30

500+ ratings

🇮🇪 Irish Rebellion 🇦🇺 Penal Colony Escapes 🔓 Prison Breaks ⛵ High Seas Adventure 🕵️ Covert Operations

Nature Girl

by Carl Hiaasen • 2006

A single mom baits the telemarketer who insulted her into a Florida ecotour he cannot escape.

3.68

27k+

🐊 Florida Crime Caper 🌿 Eco-Satire 🎯 Revenge Comedy 🎪 Misfit Ensemble 🖤 Dark Comedy

Nature Girl

A single mom baits the telemarketer who insulted her into a Florida ecotour he cannot escape.

by Carl Hiaasen 2006 306 pages

3.68

27k+ ratings

🐊 Florida Crime Caper 🌿 Eco-Satire 🎯 Revenge Comedy 🎪 Misfit Ensemble 🖤 Dark Comedy

The Birdcage Murders

by Karen Baugh Menuhin • 2022

Diamond dust kills a lord. The dinner guests all lost someone in a massacre twelve years ago.

4.55

3k+

🏚️ Closed Circle Mystery 🎩 Golden Age Whodunit 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth Duo ⚖️ Collective Revenge 💋 Femme Fatale

The Birdcage Murders

Diamond dust kills a lord. The dinner guests all lost someone in a massacre twelve years ago.

by Karen Baugh Menuhin 2022 278 pages

4.55

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Closed Circle Mystery 🎩 Golden Age Whodunit 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth Duo ⚖️ Collective Revenge 💋 Femme Fatale

Soulless Saint

by Elena Lawson • 2023

A scarred survivor catches the obsession of two criminal brothers while a rival gang hunts her.

4.29

2k+

💀 Gangland Romance 👬 Shared By Brothers 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩸 Secret Parentage 👑 Reluctant Heiress

Soulless Saint

A scarred survivor catches the obsession of two criminal brothers while a rival gang hunts her.

by Elena Lawson 2023 388 pages

4.29

2k+ ratings

💀 Gangland Romance 👬 Shared By Brothers 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩸 Secret Parentage 👑 Reluctant Heiress

The Current

by Tim Johnston • 2019

A frozen river swallows a car, one friend drowns, and the survivor unearths a cold case.

3.64

8k+

❄️ Wintry Atmosphere 🕵️ Cold Case 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🚗 Road Trip Gone Wrong 📖 Literary Suspense

The Current

A frozen river swallows a car, one friend drowns, and the survivor unearths a cold case.

by Tim Johnston 2019 352 pages

3.64

8k+ ratings

❄️ Wintry Atmosphere 🕵️ Cold Case 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🚗 Road Trip Gone Wrong 📖 Literary Suspense

The Seventh Function of Language

by Laurent Binet • 2015

After Barthes is killed, a detective and a scholar hunt a manuscript that weaponizes language.

3.76

6k+

📚 Literary Thriller 🔒 Secret Society 👥 Odd Couple Detectives 🧠 Real-Life Figures 🎭 Academic Satire

The Seventh Function of Language

After Barthes is killed, a detective and a scholar hunt a manuscript that weaponizes language.

by Laurent Binet 2015 359 pages

3.76

6k+ ratings

📚 Literary Thriller 🔒 Secret Society 👥 Odd Couple Detectives 🧠 Real-Life Figures 🎭 Academic Satire

The Basics of Digital Forensics

by John Sammons • 2011

From crime scene to courtroom: the core tools and techniques for extracting digital evidence.

3.95

118

🧑‍🔬 Digital Forensics 🚨 Incident Response 💾 Data Recovery 📱 Mobile Forensics 🌐 Network Forensics

The Basics of Digital Forensics

From crime scene to courtroom: the core tools and techniques for extracting digital evidence.

by John Sammons 2011 208 pages

3.95

118 ratings

🧑‍🔬 Digital Forensics 🚨 Incident Response 💾 Data Recovery 📱 Mobile Forensics 🌐 Network Forensics

Skeletal Hearts

by J. Rose • 2023

Loved by four men, hunted by one killer: she's the only victim who survived him.

4.18

5k+

🖤 Why Choose Romance 💛 Found Family 🔥 Touch Her And Die 🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 💔 Trauma Recovery

Skeletal Hearts

Loved by four men, hunted by one killer: she's the only victim who survived him.

by J. Rose 2023 538 pages

4.18

5k+ ratings

🖤 Why Choose Romance 💛 Found Family 🔥 Touch Her And Die 🔍 Serial Killer Investigation 💔 Trauma Recovery

Delirio

by Laura Restrepo • 2004

A man finds his wife lost in madness and digs into her family's violent past.

3.97

12k+

🌀 Fractured Narrative 🏚️ Family Secrets 🩸 Inherited Trauma 💧 Mental Unraveling 🇨🇴 1980s Colombia

Delirio

A man finds his wife lost in madness and digs into her family's violent past.

by Laura Restrepo 2004 344 pages

3.97

12k+ ratings

🌀 Fractured Narrative 🏚️ Family Secrets 🩸 Inherited Trauma 💧 Mental Unraveling 🇨🇴 1980s Colombia

Sugar and Skulls

by L.M. Terry • 2020

Two bikers ride into her desert town demanding the real woman behind the sugar skull mask.

4.10

7k+

🏍️ Biker Romance 🫂 Found Family 👥 Polyamory 💀 Vigilante 🎨 Art As Therapy

Sugar and Skulls

Two bikers ride into her desert town demanding the real woman behind the sugar skull mask.

by L.M. Terry 2020 352 pages

4.10

7k+ ratings

🏍️ Biker Romance 🫂 Found Family 👥 Polyamory 💀 Vigilante 🎨 Art As Therapy

Shadow of A Doubt

by William J. Coughlin • 1991

A down-and-out lawyer in recovery defends an old flame's stepdaughter on a murder charge.

4.23

2k+

🏛️ Courtroom Drama ⚖️ Flawed Lawyer 🍷 Addiction Recovery 🎭 Manipulative Defendant 🖤 Gritty

Shadow of A Doubt

A down-and-out lawyer in recovery defends an old flame's stepdaughter on a murder charge.

by William J. Coughlin 1991 418 pages

4.23

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Courtroom Drama ⚖️ Flawed Lawyer 🍷 Addiction Recovery 🎭 Manipulative Defendant 🖤 Gritty

The Hitchhikers

by Chevy Stevens • 2025

A couple's RV trip becomes a hostage nightmare when two hitchhikers turn out to be wanted killers.

3.83

12k+

🚐 Road Trip Thriller 🔒 Hostage Survival 👁️ Dual Pov 💔 Cycle Of Abuse 🌲 Canadian Wilderness

The Hitchhikers

A couple's RV trip becomes a hostage nightmare when two hitchhikers turn out to be wanted killers.

by Chevy Stevens 2025 374 pages

3.83

12k+ ratings

🚐 Road Trip Thriller 🔒 Hostage Survival 👁️ Dual Pov 💔 Cycle Of Abuse 🌲 Canadian Wilderness

The Detective Up Late

by Adrian McKinty • 2018

A Belfast detective's final case: a missing girl, her car in a river, and no body.

4.36

3k+

🖤 Irish Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 👧 Missing Girl Case 🕰️ One Last Case 🏊 Faked Death

The Detective Up Late

A Belfast detective's final case: a missing girl, her car in a river, and no body.

by Adrian McKinty 2018 299 pages

4.36

3k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 👧 Missing Girl Case 🕰️ One Last Case 🏊 Faked Death

It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong

by Andrew P. Napolitano • 2011

Government doesn't give you your rights; it just punishes anyone who proves it.

4.26

261

🏛️ Natural Rights 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🐍 Libertarian Thought 📜 Constitutional Originalism 🇺🇸 American Founding

It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong

Government doesn't give you your rights; it just punishes anyone who proves it.

by Andrew P. Napolitano 2011 320 pages

4.26

261 ratings

🏛️ Natural Rights 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🐍 Libertarian Thought 📜 Constitutional Originalism 🇺🇸 American Founding

How to Solve a Crime

by Professor Angela Gallop • 2022

DNA gets headlines, but fiber and pollen close cases: a life in forensic science.

3.59

277

🔬 Forensic Science 🩸 Crime Scene Investigation 🧬 Forensic Dna 🔍 Trace Evidence 💻 Digital Forensics

How to Solve a Crime

DNA gets headlines, but fiber and pollen close cases: a life in forensic science.

by Professor Angela Gallop 2022 284 pages

3.59

277 ratings

🔬 Forensic Science 🩸 Crime Scene Investigation 🧬 Forensic Dna 🔍 Trace Evidence 💻 Digital Forensics

The Darwin Affair

by Timothy Mason • 2019

A detective hunting a royal assassin uncovers a conspiracy bent on destroying Charles Darwin.

3.66

10k+

🕵️ Victorian Detective 📜 Historical Conspiracy 👮 Disgraced Detective 🎭 Disfigured Villain 🌑 Gothic Undertones

The Darwin Affair

A detective hunting a royal assassin uncovers a conspiracy bent on destroying Charles Darwin.

by Timothy Mason 2019 373 pages

3.66

10k+ ratings

🕵️ Victorian Detective 📜 Historical Conspiracy 👮 Disgraced Detective 🎭 Disfigured Villain 🌑 Gothic Undertones

Life Of Crime

by Harry Ognall • 2018

A British judge on prosecuting the Ripper, freeing Stagg, and the case that still haunts him.

3.70

500+

⚖️ Criminal Justice 🏛️ English Law 🔍 High-Profile Trials 🧑‍⚖️ Judicial Ethics 🧠 Expert Testimony

Life Of Crime

A British judge on prosecuting the Ripper, freeing Stagg, and the case that still haunts him.

by Harry Ognall 2018 160 pages

3.70

500+ ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice 🏛️ English Law 🔍 High-Profile Trials 🧑‍⚖️ Judicial Ethics 🧠 Expert Testimony

Nothing Left to Lose

by Kirsty Moseley • 2013

A scarred senator's daughter gets a SWAT officer as her fake boyfriend who challenges her walls.

4.26

16k+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship 💔 Trauma Survivor Heroine 🕯️ Slow Burn Healing 🏠 Forced Proximity

Nothing Left to Lose

A scarred senator's daughter gets a SWAT officer as her fake boyfriend who challenges her walls.

by Kirsty Moseley 2013

4.26

16k+ ratings

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship 💔 Trauma Survivor Heroine 🕯️ Slow Burn Healing 🏠 Forced Proximity

Why We Love Pirates

by Rebecca Simon • 2020

How the execution of one privateer turned pirate created the outlaw myth we still sail with.

3.67

340

⚓ Maritime History 🌎 Colonial America 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🖨️ Print Culture ⚰️ Execution Spectacle

Why We Love Pirates

How the execution of one privateer turned pirate created the outlaw myth we still sail with.

by Rebecca Simon 2020 256 pages

3.67

340 ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🌎 Colonial America 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🖨️ Print Culture ⚰️ Execution Spectacle

When a Killer Calls

by John E. Douglas • 2022

FBI profiler John Douglas chased a killer who phoned a family to claim their daughter's soul.

4.04

6k+

🧠 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Murder Cases 🔬 Forensic Psychology 🕵️ Fbi Investigations 💔 Community Trauma

When a Killer Calls

FBI profiler John Douglas chased a killer who phoned a family to claim their daughter's soul.

by John E. Douglas 2022 336 pages

4.04

6k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Murder Cases 🔬 Forensic Psychology 🕵️ Fbi Investigations 💔 Community Trauma

Everything Is Lies

by Helen Callaghan • 2018

An architect returns home to a mother's suicide and a past entangled with a murderous cult.

3.80

3k+

🕵️ Cult Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🗝️ Hidden Past 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 🎭 Charismatic Cult Leader

Everything Is Lies

An architect returns home to a mother's suicide and a past entangled with a murderous cult.

by Helen Callaghan 2018 400 pages

3.80

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Cult Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🗝️ Hidden Past 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 🎭 Charismatic Cult Leader

Forget-Me-Not Bombshell

by Caroline Peckham • 2022

A Russian mafia bride discovers her gangster husband's throne is shared by three ruthless men.

4.22

12k+

🥀 Bratva Romance 💍 Forced Marriage 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💘 Why Choose 👪 Found Family

Forget-Me-Not Bombshell

A Russian mafia bride discovers her gangster husband's throne is shared by three ruthless men.

by Caroline Peckham 2022 696 pages

4.22

12k+ ratings

🥀 Bratva Romance 💍 Forced Marriage 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💘 Why Choose 👪 Found Family

Addicted to the Pain

by Rosa Lee • 2024

Four rival brothers capture their enemy's daughter, but pain and desire blur into obsession.

3.96

7k+

🖤 Captive Romance 👥 Reverse Harem 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Bonding ⛓️ Pain And Pleasure

Addicted to the Pain

Four rival brothers capture their enemy's daughter, but pain and desire blur into obsession.

by Rosa Lee 2024 352 pages

3.96

7k+ ratings

🖤 Captive Romance 👥 Reverse Harem 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Bonding ⛓️ Pain And Pleasure

The Nazi Conspiracy

by Brad Meltzer • 2023

1943 Nazi plot to kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill: the spies who saved the summit.

4.15

10k+

🕵️ Wartime Espionage 🎯 Assassination Plots 🌍 Allied Leaders 📖 Narrative Nonfiction 📜 Presidential History

The Nazi Conspiracy

1943 Nazi plot to kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill: the spies who saved the summit.

by Brad Meltzer 2023 400 pages

4.15

10k+ ratings

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Every connected device is a target. A cybersecurity veteran maps the attack surface of modern life.

4.10

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If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable

Every connected device is a target. A cybersecurity veteran maps the attack surface of modern life.

by Mikko Hypponen 2021 288 pages

4.10

2k+ ratings

🔒 Cybersecurity 🌐 Internet History 🔍 Digital Privacy ⚔️ Cyberwarfare 🎣 Social Engineering

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A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.

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1k+

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Education of a Felon

A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.

by Edward Bunker 1999 320 pages

4.14

1k+ ratings

⛓️ Prison Memoir 💰 Career Criminal 🔪 Prison Survival 🔄 Recidivism 🧒 Juvenile Injustice

Night Watcher

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3.70

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Night Watcher

She survived a masked killer as a child. Now a caller dies on her radio show.

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3.70

15k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 🔪 Final Girl 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets 😷 Masked Killer

American Dirt

by Jeanine Cummins • 2020

A bookseller flees north with her son. Her closest friend's cartel killed their family.

4.37

600k+

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American Dirt

A bookseller flees north with her son. Her closest friend's cartel killed their family.

by Jeanine Cummins 2020 459 pages

4.37

600k+ ratings

🩸 Cartel Thriller 🚂 Migrant Journey 💔 Intimate Betrayal 😢 Grief-Soaked 😱 Visceral Suspense

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