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 Art of Making Money Summary

The Art of Making Money

The Story of a Master Counterfeiter

by Jason Kersten 2009 304 pages

None of the Above Summary

None of the Above

The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed, and the Criminalization of Educators

by Shani Robinson 2019 272 pages

by Kwon Yeo-Sun 2019 176 pages

Amexica Summary

War Along the Borderline

by Ed Vulliamy 2010 368 pages

The Secret Adversary Summary

The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie 1922 266 pages

The Power of the Dog Summary

The Power of the Dog

by Don Winslow 2005 542 pages

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2015 378 pages

Listen for the Lie Summary

Listen for the Lie

by Amy Tintera 2024 352 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Midnight Feast Summary

The Midnight Feast

by Lucy Foley 2024 354 pages

Mystery Thriller

How to Solve Your Own Murder Summary

How to Solve Your Own Murder

by Kristen Perrin 2024 358 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Hunter Summary

by Tana French 2024 467 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Wrong Daughter Summary

The Wrong Daughter

by Dandy Smith 2024 353 pages

Mystery Thriller

A Talent for Murder Summary

A Talent for Murder

by Peter Swanson 2024 255 pages

Mystery Thriller

Think Twice Summary

by Harlan Coben 2024 368 pages

If Something Happens to Me Summary

If Something Happens to Me

by Alex Finlay 2024 324 pages

Mystery Thriller

None of This Is True Summary

None of This Is True

by Lisa Jewell 2023 390 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Last Devil to Die Summary

The Last Devil to Die

by Richard Osman 2023 421 pages

Mystery Thriller

I Have Some Questions for You Summary

I Have Some Questions for You

by Rebecca Makkai 2023 438 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Mystery Guest Summary

The Mystery Guest

by Nita Prose 2023 293 pages

Mystery Thriller

Strange Sally Diamond Summary

Strange Sally Diamond

by Liz Nugent 2023 384 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Running Grave Summary

The Running Grave

by Robert Galbraith 2023 960 pages

The Spy Coast Summary

by Tess Gerritsen 2023 341 pages

Mystery Thriller

All the Sinners Bleed Summary

All the Sinners Bleed

by S.A. Cosby 2023 341 pages

Mystery Thriller

Just Another Missing Person Summary

Just Another Missing Person

by Gillian McAllister 2023 377 pages

Mystery Thriller

Small Mercies Summary

by Dennis Lehane 2023 303 pages

Historical Fiction

After That Night Summary

After That Night

by Karin Slaughter 2023 432 pages

The Maid Summary

by Nita Prose 2022 304 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Maid Summary

by Nita Prose 2022 304 pages

Mystery Thriller

A Flicker in the Dark Summary

A Flicker in the Dark

by Stacy Willingham 2022 357 pages

Mystery Thriller

All Good People Here Summary

All Good People Here

by Ashley Flowers 2022 312 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Bullet That Missed Summary

The Bullet That Missed

by Richard Osman 2022 413 pages

Mystery Thriller

Five Survive Summary

by Holly Jackson 2022 391 pages

The Family Remains Summary

The Family Remains

by Lisa Jewell 2022 452 pages

Mystery Thriller

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone Summary

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

by Benjamin Stevenson 2022 371 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Overnight Guest Summary

The Overnight Guest

by Heather Gudenkauf 2022 316 pages

Mystery Thriller

Notes on an Execution Summary

Notes on an Execution

by Danya Kukafka 2022 306 pages

Mystery Thriller

Girl, Forgotten Summary

Girl, Forgotten

by Karin Slaughter 2022 400 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Ink Black Heart Summary

The Ink Black Heart

by Robert Galbraith 2022 1391 pages

Counterfeit Summary

by Kirstin Chen 2022 288 pages

The Boys from Biloxi Summary

The Boys from Biloxi

by John Grisham 2022 464 pages

Historical Fiction

The Butcher and the Wren Summary

The Butcher and the Wren

by Alaina Urquhart 2022 242 pages

What Happened to the Bennetts Summary

What Happened to the Bennetts

by Lisa Scottoline 2022 391 pages

Mystery Thriller

A World of Curiosities Summary

A World of Curiosities

by Louise Penny 2022 390 pages

The Night Shift Summary

The Night Shift

by Alex Finlay 2022 312 pages

Mystery Thriller

As Good As Dead Summary

As Good As Dead

by Holly Jackson 2021 500 pages

Billy Summers Summary

by Stephen King 2021 517 pages

Kill Joy Summary

by Holly Jackson 2021 130 pages

The Sanatorium Summary

by Sarah Pearse 2020 390 pages

Mystery Thriller

Broken Bayou Summary

by Jennifer Moorhead 2024 265 pages

Mystery Thriller

Holmes, Marple & Poe Summary

Holmes, Marple & Poe

by James Patterson 2024 352 pages

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