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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 Phantom Prince Summary
The Phantom Prince
My Life with Ted Bundy
by Elizabeth Kendall 1981 183 pages
4.18
13.6K ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
Stillhouse Lake Summary
Stillhouse Lake
by Rachel Caine 2017 301 pages
4.11
176.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Omerta Summary
Omerta
by Mario Puzo 2000 369 pages
3.77
18.8K ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
Nightshade Summary
Nightshade
by Michael Connelly 2025 345 pages
4.20
14.9K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Death at the Sign of the Rook Summary
Death at the Sign of the Rook
by Kate Atkinson 2024 320 pages
3.76
18.2K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Judge's List Summary
The Judge's List
by John Grisham 2021 357 pages
4.14
113.9K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Gomorrah Summary
Gomorrah
by Roberto Saviano 2006 320 pages
3.80
21.5K ratings
Crime
Italy
True Crime
Girl, Missing Summary
Girl, Missing
by Dreda Say Mitchell 2024 358 pages
3.87
12.7K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
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
I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse Summary
I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse
Insider Business Tips from a Former Mob Boss
by Michael Franzese 2009 155 pages
3.89
594 ratings
Business
Crime
Biography
If Tomorrow Comes Summary
If Tomorrow Comes
by Sidney Sheldon 1985 501 pages
4.07
69.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Romance
A Fatal Grace Summary
A Fatal Grace
by Louise Penny 2006 311 pages
4.10
137.2K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Cruelest Month Summary
The Cruelest Month
by Louise Penny 2007 310 pages
4.16
112.3K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
A Mother's Reckoning Summary
A Mother's Reckoning
Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
by Sue Klebold 2016 336 pages
4.14
43.5K ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
The Parrot's Perch Summary
The Parrot's Perch
by Karen Keilt 2019 288 pages
4.27
325 ratings
Memoir
Brazil
True Crime
Dark Places Summary
Dark Places
by Gillian Flynn 2009 424 pages
3.95
805.5K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Trespasser Summary
The Trespasser
by Tana French 2016 464 pages
3.99
93.2K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
Last Night Summary
Last Night
by Luanne Rice 2024 329 pages
4.05
30.3K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Art of the Con Summary
The Art of the Con
How to Think Like a Real Hustler and Avoid Being Scammed
by R. Paul Wilson 2014 368 pages
3.91
120 ratings
Psychology
Crime
Business
Open Season Summary
Open Season
by C.J. Box 2001 278 pages
4.01
54.8K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Devil at His Elbow Summary
The Devil at His Elbow
Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty
by Valerie Bauerlein 2024 480 pages
4.47
8.5K ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
The Girl in the Spider's Web Summary
The Girl in the Spider's Web
by David Lagercrantz 2015 400 pages
3.80
165.5K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Framed Summary
Framed
Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
by John Grisham 2024 368 pages
4.13
17.7K ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
Think of a Number Summary
Think of a Number
by John Verdon 2010 432 pages
3.88
37.6K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Death Note Summary
Death Note
Another Note - The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases
by NisiOisiN 2006 176 pages
4.26
14.1K ratings
Manga
Mystery
Light Novel
Faceless Killers Summary
Faceless Killers
by Henning Mankell 1991 280 pages
3.76
77.4K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
American Drug Addict Summary
American Drug Addict
a memoir
by Brett Douglas 2018 422 pages
4.02
2.8K ratings
Memoir
Biography
Unfinished
Five Families Summary
Five Families
The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
by Selwyn Raab 2005 784 pages
4.14
6.2K ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
The 6 Summary
The 6
20 Man
by David Baldacci 2022 593 pages
4.12
91.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Future Crimes Summary
Future Crimes
by Marc Goodman 2015 393 pages
3.93
4.4K ratings
Technology
Science
Business
Hope Summary
Hope
A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland
by Amanda Berry 2015 321 pages
4.36
18.6K ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Biography
The Ministry of Fear Summary
The Ministry of Fear
by Graham Greene 1943 224 pages
3.78
7.3K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein Summary
Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein
by Bradley J. Edwards 2020 399 pages
4.30
1.0K ratings
True Crime
Law
Biography
Marching Powder Summary
Marching Powder
by Rusty Young 2003 398 pages
4.31
28.8K ratings
Travel
Biography
Crime
The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle 2015 536 pages
4.35
3.6K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
Hot Six Summary
Hot Six
by Janet Evanovich 2000 336 pages
4.19
136.0K ratings
Mystery
Humor
Chick Lit
Presumed Innocent Summary
Presumed Innocent
by Scott Turow 1987 421 pages
4.09
123.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
A Rule Against Murder Summary
A Rule Against Murder
by Louise Penny 2008 322 pages
4.21
104.0K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Canada
All Good People Here Summary
All Good People Here
by Ashley Flowers 2022 312 pages
3.83
300.8K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Punishment Without Crime Summary
Punishment Without Crime
How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal
by Alexandra Natapoff 2018 352 pages
4.16
424 ratings
Law
Politics
Social Justice
The Perfect Nanny Summary
The Perfect Nanny
by Leïla Slimani 2016 228 pages
3.40
117.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
France
The Cuckoo's Egg Summary
The Cuckoo's Egg
Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
by Clifford Stoll 1989 399 pages
4.28
15.1K ratings
History
Technology
Computers
Split Second Summary
Split Second
by David Baldacci 1979 512 pages
4.05
79.8K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Dark Horse Summary
The Dark Horse
by Craig Johnson 2009 318 pages
4.30
20.6K ratings
Mystery
Westerns
Crime
A Wanted Man Summary
A Wanted Man
by Lee Child 2012 15 pages
4.06
87.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Watching You Summary
Watching You
by Lisa Jewell 2018 320 pages
3.88
206.4K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Bones Summary
Bones
by Shantel Tessier 2022 335 pages
4.44
14.2K ratings
Dark Romance
Dark
Mafia Romance
The Billionaire's Apprentice Summary
The Billionaire's Apprentice
The Rise of The Indian-American Elite and The Fall of The Galleon Hedge Fund
by Anita Raghavan 2013 512 pages
4.17
2.0K ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
The Big Bad Wolf Summary
The Big Bad Wolf
by James Patterson 2003 400 pages
4.04
60.6K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
There Is No Ethan Summary
There Is No Ethan
How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish
by Anna Akbari 2024 304 pages
3.58
7.1K ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
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