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

Troubled Blood Summary

by Robert Galbraith 2020 944 pages

The Girl on the Train Summary

The Girl on the Train

by Paula Hawkins 2015 336 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop Summary

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

by Erle Stanley Gardner 1936 250 pages

The Street Lawyer Summary

The Street Lawyer

by John Grisham 1998 384 pages

We Solve Murders Summary

We Solve Murders

by Richard Osman 2024 400 pages

Mystery Thriller

Murder in the Family Summary

Murder in the Family

by Cara Hunter 2023 466 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Couple Next Door Summary

The Couple Next Door

by Shari Lapena 2016 308 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Whisper Man Summary

The Whisper Man

by Alex North 2019 355 pages

The Sign of Four Summary

The Sign of Four

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1890 129 pages

Good Girl, Bad Blood Summary

Good Girl, Bad Blood

by Holly Jackson 2020 413 pages

The Kind Worth Killing Summary

The Kind Worth Killing

by Peter Swanson 2015 320 pages

Psychological Thriller

All the Colors of the Dark Summary

All the Colors of the Dark

by Chris Whitaker 2024 608 pages

Historical Fiction

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Summary

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson 2005 480 pages

The Family Upstairs Summary

The Family Upstairs

by Lisa Jewell 2019 340 pages

Mystery Thriller

Before I Go to Sleep Summary

Before I Go to Sleep

by S.J. Watson 2011 359 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Paris Apartment Summary

The Paris Apartment

by Lucy Foley 2022 360 pages

Mystery Thriller

Killing Floor Summary

by Lee Child 1997 474 pages

Perfume Summary

The Story of a Murderer

by Patrick Süskind 1985 263 pages

Historical Fiction

One for the Money Summary

One for the Money

by Janet Evanovich 1994 320 pages

Jar of Hearts Summary

by Jennifer Hillier 2018 311 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Devil in the White City Summary

The Devil in the White City

by Erik Larson 2003 496 pages

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Summary

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

by Olga Tokarczuk 2009 274 pages

Literary Fiction

Persuader Summary

by Lee Child 2003 496 pages

Kill for Me, Kill for You Summary

Kill for Me, Kill for You

by Steve Cavanagh 2023 340 pages

Mystery Thriller

Butler to the World Summary

Butler to the World

How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything

by Oliver Bullough 2022 288 pages

The Mindf*ck Series Summary

The Mindf*ck Series

by S.T. Abby 2016 638 pages

Hit Men Summary

Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business

by Fredric Dannen 1990 432 pages

Ragdoll Summary

by Daniel Cole 2017 384 pages

The Girl Who Played With Fire Summary

The Girl Who Played With Fire

by Stieg Larsson 2006 503 pages

The Chalk Man Summary

by C.J. Tudor 2018 280 pages

Presumed Innocent Summary

Presumed Innocent

by Scott Turow 1987 421 pages

Life Lessons Summary

by Kaje Harper 2011 276 pages

The Naturals Summary

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2013 308 pages

The Good Girl Summary

by Mary Kubica 2014 352 pages

Mystery Thriller

Bad Blood Summary

Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

by John Carreyrou 2018 339 pages

Into the Water Summary

by Paula Hawkins 2017 386 pages

Mystery Thriller

Something in the Water Summary

Something in the Water

by Catherine Steadman 2018 342 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Return of Ellie Black Summary

The Return of Ellie Black

by Emiko Jean 2024 299 pages

Mystery Thriller

No Plan B Summary

by Lee Child 2022 336 pages

The Cuckoo's Calling Summary

The Cuckoo's Calling

by Robert Galbraith 2013 456 pages

by Asako Yuzuki 2017 464 pages

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief Summary

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

by Maurice Leblanc 1907 279 pages

Sharp Objects Summary

by Gillian Flynn 2006 254 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Searcher Summary

by Tana French 2020 451 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Plea Summary

by Steve Cavanagh 2015 400 pages

The Honjin Murders Summary

The Honjin Murders

by Seishi Yokomizo 1946 189 pages

The Phantom Prince Summary

The Phantom Prince

My Life with Ted Bundy

by Elizabeth Kendall 1981 183 pages

Life or Death Summary

by Michael Robotham 2014 449 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

Dearly Devoted Dexter Summary

Dearly Devoted Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay 2005 292 pages

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