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Shadowy figures and buried secrets await in a world where determined minds piece together elusive truths, one clue at a time. Whether following seasoned detectives through crime scenes or learning the art of deductive reasoning from history's greatest sleuths, these books illuminate the fascinating science and psychology of solving life's most baffling mysteries.

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The Trespasser Summary
The Trespasser
by Tana French 2016 464 pages
3.99
93.2K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
Things We Do in the Dark Summary
Things We Do in the Dark
by Jennifer Hillier 2022 352 pages
3.95
120.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Deeper Than the Dead Summary
Deeper Than the Dead
by Debra Webb 2024 392 pages
4.05
19.3K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Forget Me Not Summary
Forget Me Not
by Stacy Willingham 2025 336 pages
3.99
8.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Thea Stilton and the Spanish Dance Mission Summary
Thea Stilton and the Spanish Dance Mission
by Thea Stilton 2013 176 pages
4.31
2.2K ratings
Childrens
Mystery
Middle Grade
Double Helix Summary
Double Helix
by Nancy Werlin 2004 250 pages
3.50
3.1K ratings
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Mystery
Holmes, Marple & Poe Summary
Holmes, Marple & Poe
by James Patterson 2024 352 pages
4.11
30.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Volume II
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1914 709 pages
4.48
81.1K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Short Stories
My Sister's Grave Summary
My Sister's Grave
by Robert Dugoni 2014 410 pages
4.10
162.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Imaginary Friend Summary
Imaginary Friend
by Stephen Chbosky 2019 705 pages
3.55
58.0K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Amazonia Summary
Amazonia
by James Rollins 2002 510 pages
4.15
34.7K ratings
Thriller
Adventure
Mystery
Ballistic Summary
Ballistic
by Mark Greaney 2011 467 pages
4.31
23.9K ratings
Thriller
Action
Espionage
No Plan B Summary
No Plan B
by Lee Child 2022 336 pages
3.98
60.6K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
The Big Bad Wolf Summary
The Big Bad Wolf
by James Patterson 2003 400 pages
4.04
60.6K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Case Study Summary
Case Study
by Graeme Macrae Burnet 2021 278 pages
3.58
10.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Psychology
Faithful Place Summary
Faithful Place
by Tana French 2010 400 pages
4.00
128.5K ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
Lemon Summary
Lemon
by Kwon Yeo-Sun 2019 176 pages
3.26
13.0K ratings
Mystery
Contemporary
Thriller
Rogue Lawyer Summary
Rogue Lawyer
by John Grisham 2015 344 pages
3.80
85.7K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Legal Thriller
The Deserter Summary
The Deserter
by Nelson DeMille 2019 544 pages
4.08
18.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Military Fiction
The Secret Supper Summary
The Secret Supper
by Javier Sierra 2004 329 pages
3.45
6.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
The Confession Summary
The Confession
by John Grisham 2010 418 pages
3.92
77.0K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Legal Thriller
Worth Dying For Summary
Worth Dying For
by Lee Child 2010 400 pages
4.22
100.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Roses Are Red Summary
Roses Are Red
by James Patterson 2000 416 pages
4.09
72.9K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories Summary
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
by Agatha Christie 1950 288 pages
3.80
19.4K ratings
Mystery
Short Stories
Crime
The Note Summary
The Note
by Alafair Burke 2025 287 pages
3.47
10.7K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Girl Who Knew Too Much Summary
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
by Amanda Quick 2017 368 pages
3.83
11.5K ratings
Romance
Mystery
Historical Fiction
The Third Option Summary
The Third Option
by Vince Flynn 2000 402 pages
4.28
49.0K ratings
Thriller
Espionage
Action
The Magnolia Palace Summary
The Magnolia Palace
by Fiona Davis 2022 340 pages
3.87
77.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
Blowback Summary
Blowback
by Brad Thor 2005 608 pages
4.19
22.1K ratings
Thriller
Action
Mystery
A Death at the Party Summary
A Death at the Party
by Amy Stuart 2023 304 pages
3.57
8.1K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Book of Cold Cases Summary
The Book of Cold Cases
by Simone St. James 2022 344 pages
3.78
124.0K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
True Crime Addict Summary
True Crime Addict
How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
by James Renner 2016 300 pages
3.66
8.3K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Memoir
The Riddle of the Sands Summary
The Riddle of the Sands
by Erskine Childers 1903 336 pages
3.63
7.4K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Espionage
Phantom Limb Summary
Phantom Limb
by Lucinda Berry 2016 260 pages
3.91
54.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House Summary
Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House
by Geronimo Stilton 2000 113 pages
4.19
9.5K ratings
Childrens
Fantasy
Middle Grade
The Girl Before Summary
The Girl Before
by J.P. Delaney 2017 341 pages
3.70
163.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Bourne Supremacy Summary
The Bourne Supremacy
by Robert Ludlum 1986 688 pages
4.11
181.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Dead Until Dark Summary
Dead Until Dark
by Charlaine Harris 2001 292 pages
3.97
554.0K ratings
Fantasy
Vampires
Paranormal
Storm Front Summary
Storm Front
by Jim Butcher 2000 372 pages
3.97
368.2K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mystery
The Society of Unknowable Objects Summary
The Society of Unknowable Objects
by Gareth Brown 2025 352 pages
4.08
1.4K ratings
Fantasy
Mystery
Magical Realism
Blood Rites Summary
Blood Rites
by Jim Butcher 2004 372 pages
4.29
135.8K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mystery
Truly Madly Guilty Summary
Truly Madly Guilty
by Liane Moriarty 2016 432 pages
3.60
309.5K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Mystery
State of the Union Summary
State of the Union
by Brad Thor 2004 560 pages
4.22
29.8K ratings
Thriller
Action
Mystery
The Hard Way Summary
The Hard Way
by Lee Child 2006 384 pages
4.20
90.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
A Lesson in Vengeance Summary
A Lesson in Vengeance
by Victoria Lee 2021 369 pages
3.53
22.4K ratings
Dark Academia
Fantasy
Young Adult
Cold Days Summary
Cold Days
by Jim Butcher 2012 515 pages
4.47
104.0K ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mystery
Executive Power Summary
Executive Power
by Vince Flynn 2003 512 pages
4.32
48.2K ratings
Thriller
Espionage
Action
Hangman Summary
Hangman
by Daniel Cole 2018 386 pages
3.96
8.5K ratings
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
Say Cheese and Die! Summary
Say Cheese and Die!
by R.L. Stine 1992 160 pages
3.79
28.5K ratings
Horror
Childrens
Middle Grade
The Nurse's Secret Summary
The Nurse's Secret
by Amanda Skenandore 2022 362 pages
4.15
32.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
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