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

Rules of Prey Summary

by John Sandford 1989 479 pages

Blood Work Summary

by Michael Connelly 1998 498 pages

The Mysterious Mr. Quin Summary

The Mysterious Mr. Quin

by Agatha Christie 1930 396 pages

I, Alex Cross Summary

by James Patterson 2009 400 pages

Cards on the Table Summary

Cards on the Table

by Josh Lanyon 2007 95 pages

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One Summary

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One

How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry

by William K. Black 1995 352 pages

The Broker Summary

by John Grisham 2005 422 pages

Dead Simple Summary

by Peter James 2005 336 pages

Purple Cane Road Summary

Purple Cane Road

by James Lee Burke 2000 387 pages

by Shantel Tessier 2022 329 pages

The Affair Summary

by Lee Child 2011 427 pages

The Racketeer Summary

by John Grisham 2012 340 pages

The Cruelest Month Summary

The Cruelest Month

by Louise Penny 2007 310 pages

Mystery Thriller

A Rule Against Murder Summary

A Rule Against Murder

by Louise Penny 2008 322 pages

Killing the Dream Summary

Killing the Dream

James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Gerald Posner 1998 448 pages

American History

Education of a Felon Summary

Education of a Felon

by Edward Bunker 1999 320 pages

Tell Me Your Dreams Summary

Tell Me Your Dreams

by Sidney Sheldon 1998 384 pages

Mystery Thriller

Down to the Woods Summary

Down to the Woods

by M.J. Arlidge 2017 471 pages

Shelter Summary

by Harlan Coben 2011 288 pages

Hauptmann's Ladder Summary

Hauptmann's Ladder

A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping

by Richard T. Cahill Jr. 2014 416 pages

The Case That Never Dies Summary

The Case That Never Dies

The Lindbergh Kidnapping

by Lloyd C. Gardner 2004 480 pages

To Hell on a Fast Horse Summary

To Hell on a Fast Horse

Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West

by Mark Lee Gardner 2010 518 pages

Public Enemies Summary

America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34

by Bryan Burrough 2004 640 pages

The Ultimate Evil Summary

The Ultimate Evil

by Maury Terry 1987 538 pages

Five Families Summary

The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires

by Selwyn Raab 2005 784 pages

That Night Summary

by Nidhi Upadhyay 2021 288 pages

Hatchet Island Summary

by Paul Doiron 2022 320 pages

Mystery Thriller

by Mario Puzo 2001 369 pages

No One Saw It Coming Summary

No One Saw It Coming

by Susan Lewis 2023 376 pages

Mystery Thriller

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