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

Close to Death Summary

by Anthony Horowitz 2024 419 pages

Mystery Thriller

Deeper Than the Dead Summary

Deeper Than the Dead

by Debra Webb 2024 392 pages

Mystery Thriller

Crosshairs Summary

by James Patterson 2024 400 pages

The Wrong Sister Summary

The Wrong Sister

by Claire Douglas 2024 400 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Ghost Orchid Summary

The Ghost Orchid

by Jonathan Kellerman 2024 304 pages

Echo Road Summary

by Kendra Elliot 2024 332 pages

Long Time Gone Summary

by Charlie Donlea 2024 344 pages

Mystery Thriller

Girl, Missing Summary

by Dreda Say Mitchell 2024 358 pages

Mystery Thriller

Middletide Summary

by Sarah Crouch 2024 288 pages

Mystery Thriller

Moonflower Murders Summary

Moonflower Murders

by Anthony Horowitz 2020 608 pages

Mystery Thriller

My Sister, the Serial Killer Summary

My Sister, the Serial Killer

by Oyinkan Braithwaite 2018 226 pages

The Hunting Party Summary

The Hunting Party

by Lucy Foley 2018 406 pages

Mystery Thriller

Then She Was Gone Summary

Then She Was Gone

by Lisa Jewell 2017 359 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Woman in Cabin 10 Summary

The Woman in Cabin 10

by Ruth Ware 2016 341 pages

Mystery Thriller

In a Dark, Dark Wood Summary

In a Dark, Dark Wood

by Ruth Ware 2015 308 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Silkworm Summary

by Robert Galbraith 2014 464 pages

Dark Places Summary

by Gillian Flynn 2009 424 pages

Mystery Thriller

Dark Places Summary

by Gillian Flynn 2009 424 pages

Mystery Thriller

In the Woods Summary

by Tana French 2007 429 pages

Watching You Summary

by Lisa Jewell 2018 320 pages

Mystery Thriller

Lethal White Summary

by Robert Galbraith 2018 650 pages

I Am Watching You Summary

I Am Watching You

by Teresa Driscoll 2017 301 pages

Mystery Thriller

Stillhouse Lake Summary

Stillhouse Lake

by Rachel Caine 2017 301 pages

Mystery Thriller

A Stranger in the House Summary

A Stranger in the House

by Shari Lapena 2017 305 pages

Mystery Thriller

Scarlet Angel Summary

by S.T. Abby 2016 139 pages

Paint It All Red Summary

Paint It All Red

by S.T. Abby 2016 177 pages

Career of Evil Summary

by Robert Galbraith 2015 609 pages

Finders Keepers Summary

Finders Keepers

by Stephen King 2015 434 pages

My Sister's Grave Summary

My Sister's Grave

by Robert Dugoni 2014 410 pages

I Am Pilgrim Summary

by Terry Hayes 2013 612 pages

Joyland Summary

by Stephen King 2013 285 pages

The Lincoln Lawyer Summary

The Lincoln Lawyer

by Michael Connelly 2005 404 pages

Shutter Island Summary

by Dennis Lehane 2003 369 pages

We Need to Talk About Kevin Summary

We Need to Talk About Kevin

by Lionel Shriver 2003 400 pages

Tell No One Summary

by Harlan Coben 2001 370 pages

Mystery Thriller

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief Summary

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief

by Bill Mason 2004 384 pages

Murder on Lake Garda Summary

Murder on Lake Garda

by Tom Hindle 2024 464 pages

Locked In Summary

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2023 512 pages

The Cartel Summary

by Don Winslow 2015 616 pages

Society of Lies Summary

Society of Lies

by Lauren Ling Brown 2024 384 pages

Mystery Thriller

This Book Kills Summary

This Book Kills

by Ravena Guron 2023 357 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

Diary Of A Murderer Summary

Diary Of A Murderer

And Other Stories

by Young-ha Kim 2019 200 pages

Dongri To Dubai Summary

Dongri To Dubai

Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia

by S. Hussain Zaidi 2012 378 pages

There Is No Ethan Summary

There Is No Ethan

How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

by Anna Akbari 2024 304 pages

The Art Thief Summary

A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

by Michael Finkel 2023 224 pages

College Girl, Missing Summary

College Girl, Missing

The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight

by Shawn Cohen 2024 272 pages

A Great Deliverance Summary

A Great Deliverance

by Elizabeth George 1988 413 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Shadow Murders Summary

The Shadow Murders

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2021 464 pages

The Keeper of Lost Causes Summary

The Keeper of Lost Causes

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2007 400 pages

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