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 Big Con Summary

The Story of the Confidence Man

by David W. Maurer 1940 315 pages

The Accomplice Summary

by Steve Cavanagh 2022 352 pages

The Dark Side of the Mind Summary

The Dark Side of the Mind

True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist

by Kerry Daynes 2019 250 pages

Bluebird, Bluebird Summary

Bluebird, Bluebird

by Attica Locke 2017 320 pages

Mystery Thriller

Saint X Summary

by Alexis Schaitkin 2020 343 pages

Mystery Thriller

Kingpin Summary

How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground

by Kevin Poulsen 2011 288 pages

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories Summary

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories

by Agatha Christie 1950 288 pages

Glory in Death Summary

by J.D. Robb 1995 296 pages

Catch Me Summary

by Lisa Gardner 2012 400 pages

Hot Six Summary

by Janet Evanovich 2000 336 pages

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief Summary

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief

by Bill Mason 2004 384 pages

Please Tell Me Summary

by Mike Omer 2023 379 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou Summary

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

by Eleni Kyriacou 2023 409 pages

Historical Fiction

The Dope Summary

The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade

by Benjamin T. Smith 2021 464 pages

The Detective Up Late Summary

The Detective Up Late

by Adrian McKinty 2018 299 pages

The Darwin Affair Summary

The Darwin Affair

by Timothy Mason 2019 384 pages

Historical Fiction

Dear Killer Summary

by Katherine Ewell 2014 362 pages

In the Morning I'll be Gone Summary

In the Morning I'll be Gone

by Adrian McKinty 2014 326 pages

The Body in the Dales Summary

The Body in the Dales

by J.R. Ellis 2017 321 pages

Savages Summary

by Don Winslow 2010 302 pages

The Psychopath Whisperer Summary

The Psychopath Whisperer

The Science of Those Without Conscience

by Kent A. Kiehl 2014 304 pages

Cards on the Table Summary

Cards on the Table

by Josh Lanyon 2007 95 pages

by Robert Crais 2012 341 pages

Married With Malice Summary

Married With Malice

by Cora Brent 2024 396 pages

Enemies To Lovers

I Hear the Sirens in the Street Summary

I Hear the Sirens in the Street

by Adrian McKinty 2013 334 pages

American Kompromat Summary

American Kompromat

How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery

by Craig Unger 2021 368 pages

Faithful Place Summary

by Tana French 2010 400 pages

Mystery Thriller

Alex Cross's Trial Summary

Alex Cross's Trial

by James Patterson 2009 380 pages

The Secret Summary

by Lee Child 2023 400 pages

Purple Cane Road Summary

Purple Cane Road

by James Lee Burke 2000 387 pages

Black River Summary

by Nilanjana Roy 2022 368 pages

Desert Star Summary

by Michael Connelly 2022 400 pages

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages Summary

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages

by Christopher Berry-Dee 2019 288 pages

Stay Close Summary

by Harlan Coben 2012 387 pages

The Ultimate Evil Summary

The Ultimate Evil

by Maury Terry 1987 538 pages

The Hypnotist Summary

by Lars Kepler 2009 503 pages

Voodoo River Summary

by Robert Crais 1995 320 pages

Education of a Felon Summary

Education of a Felon

by Edward Bunker 1999 320 pages

Open Season Summary

by Jonathan Kellerman 2025 288 pages

The Hunter Summary

by Tana French 2024 467 pages

Mystery Thriller

Never Go Back Summary

by Lee Child 2013 400 pages

The Spider Network Summary

The Spider Network

The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History

by David Enrich 2017 528 pages

The Lazarus Heist Summary

The Lazarus Heist

From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Korea's Global Cyber War

by Geoff White 2022 304 pages

Paved in Blood Summary

by Sonja Grey 2023 317 pages

Judge & Jury Summary

by James Patterson 2006 419 pages

How to Cheat at Everything Summary

How to Cheat at Everything

A Con Man Reveals the Secrets of the Esoteric Trade of Cheating, Scams, and Hustles

by Simon Lovell 2006 456 pages

Hercule Poirot's Christmas Summary

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

by Agatha Christie 1938 335 pages

Agatha Christie

Seconds Away Summary

by Harlan Coben 2012 338 pages

Dexter in the Dark Summary

Dexter in the Dark

by Jeff Lindsay 2006 307 pages

When a Killer Calls Summary

When a Killer Calls

by John E. Douglas 2022 336 pages

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