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

Moneyland Summary

Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule the World and How To Take It Back

by Oliver Bullough 2018 305 pages

Pop Goes the Weasel Summary

Pop Goes the Weasel

by James Patterson 1999 461 pages

Strange Sally Diamond Summary

Strange Sally Diamond

by Liz Nugent 2023 384 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Enemy Summary

by Lee Child 2004 496 pages

The Reversal Summary

by Michael Connelly 2010 389 pages

The Sanatorium Summary

by Sarah Pearse 2020 390 pages

Mystery Thriller

Lethal White Summary

by Robert Galbraith 2018 650 pages

Camino Island Summary

by John Grisham 2017 290 pages

A Stranger in the House Summary

A Stranger in the House

by Shari Lapena 2017 305 pages

Mystery Thriller

People vs. Donald Trump Summary

People vs. Donald Trump

An Inside Account

by Mark Pomerantz 2023 299 pages

The Sing Sing Files Summary

The Sing Sing Files

One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice

by Dan Slepian 2024 224 pages

by Kwon Yeo-Sun 2019 176 pages

Girl, Missing Summary

by Sophie McKenzie 2006 283 pages

by James Patterson 2006 393 pages

Unhinged Summary

by Onley James 2021 304 pages

Treasure Islands Summary

Treasure Islands

Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens

by Nicholas Shaxson 2011 272 pages

Moonflower Murders Summary

Moonflower Murders

by Anthony Horowitz 2020 608 pages

Mystery Thriller

Without Fail Summary

by Lee Child 2002 14 pages

The Key Man Summary

The True Story of How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale

by Simon Clark 2021 352 pages

1st to Die Summary

by James Patterson 2001 424 pages

Dark Places Summary

by Gillian Flynn 2009 424 pages

Mystery Thriller

Before I Go to Sleep Summary

Before I Go to Sleep

by S.J. Watson 2011 359 pages

The Chalk Man Summary

by C.J. Tudor 2018 280 pages

The Collector Summary

by John Fowles 1963 283 pages

No Plan B Summary

by Lee Child 2022 336 pages

The Last Coyote Summary

The Last Coyote

by Michael Connelly 1995 400 pages

Unmasked Summary

My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

by Paul Holes 2022 288 pages

61 Hours Summary

by Lee Child 2010 383 pages

Morally Blasphemous Summary

Morally Blasphemous

by Veronica Lancet 2021 440 pages

Jack & Jill Summary

by James Patterson 1996 466 pages

Echo Burning Summary

by Lee Child 2001 432 pages

My Sister's Grave Summary

My Sister's Grave

by Robert Dugoni 2014 410 pages

In Too Deep Summary

by Lee Child 2024 324 pages

A Spy Alone Summary

by Charles Beaumont 2023 369 pages

Doing Justice Summary

A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law

by Preet Bharara 2019 333 pages

Zero Days Summary

by Ruth Ware 2023 356 pages

Mystery Thriller

Double Cross Summary

by James Patterson 2007 389 pages

The Devotion of Suspect X Summary

The Devotion of Suspect X

by Keigo Higashino 2005 298 pages

Roses Are Red Summary

by James Patterson 2000 416 pages

The Scarred Woman Summary

The Scarred Woman

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2017 472 pages

One for the Money Summary

One for the Money

by Janet Evanovich 1994 320 pages

Joyland Summary

by Stephen King 2013 285 pages

The Sins of the Fathers Summary

The Sins of the Fathers

by Lawrence Block 1976 182 pages

Secrets in the Cellar Summary

Secrets in the Cellar

A True Story of the Austrian Incest Case that Shocked the World

by John Glatt 2009 256 pages

Black Edge Summary

Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street

by Sheelah Kolhatkar 2017 295 pages

by Matthew Blake 2024 421 pages

Echo Park Summary

by Michael Connelly 2006 405 pages

We Are Bellingcat Summary

We Are Bellingcat

Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News

by Eliot Higgins 2021 272 pages

The Ghost Orchid Summary

The Ghost Orchid

by Jonathan Kellerman 2024 304 pages

Hangman Summary

by Daniel Cole 2018 386 pages

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