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 Mars Room Summary

by Rachel Kushner 2018 338 pages

Literary Fiction

Rogue Lawyer Summary

by John Grisham 2015 344 pages

These Monstrous Deeds Summary

These Monstrous Deeds

by T.J. Hamel 2021 456 pages

The Mysterious Mr. Quin Summary

The Mysterious Mr. Quin

by Agatha Christie 1930 396 pages

A Deadly Influence Summary

A Deadly Influence

by Mike Omer 2021 443 pages

Mystery Thriller

Lullaby Town Summary

by Robert Crais 1992 296 pages

Death of an Earl Summary

Death of an Earl

by G.G. Vandagriff 2021 257 pages

Historical Fiction

The Last Policeman Summary

The Last Policeman

by Ben H. Winters 2012 316 pages

Science Fiction

The Confession Summary

by John Grisham 2010 418 pages

Forensics Summary

What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime

by Val McDermid 2014 310 pages

Tourist Season Summary

by Carl Hiaasen 1986 404 pages

Death of a Red Heroine Summary

Death of a Red Heroine

by Qiu Xiaolong 2000 482 pages

Memories of Midnight Summary

Memories of Midnight

by Sidney Sheldon 1990 404 pages

The Dark Hours Summary

by David J. Gatward 2023 306 pages

Absolute Friends Summary

Absolute Friends

by John Le Carré 2003 456 pages

Under the Trestle Summary

Under the Trestle

The 1980 Disappearance of Gina Renee Hall & Virginia’s First “No Body” Murder Trial.

by Ron Peterson Jr. 2018 334 pages

No One Saw It Coming Summary

No One Saw It Coming

by Susan Lewis 2023 376 pages

The Desert and the Sea Summary

The Desert and the Sea

977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

by Michael Scott Moore 2018 480 pages

Walk the Wire Summary

by David Baldacci 2020 432 pages

The Complete Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1914 709 pages

Shot All to Hell Summary

Shot All to Hell

Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape

by Mark Lee Gardner 2013 320 pages

American History

The Overlook Summary

by Michael Connelly 2007 225 pages

The Devil's Star Summary

The Devil's Star

by Jo Nesbø 2003 528 pages

The Narrows Summary

by Michael Connelly 2004 436 pages

The Murders in the Rue Morgue Summary

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

by Edgar Allan Poe 1841 38 pages

The Pirates of Somalia Summary

The Pirates of Somalia

Inside Their Hidden World

by Jay Bahadur 2011 300 pages

The Hate Next Door Summary

The Hate Next Door

Undercover within the New Face of White Supremacy

by Matson Browning 2023 368 pages

A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four Summary

A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four

by Arthur Conan Doyle 2003 192 pages

Body Language Summary

by A.K. Turner 2020 384 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

3 Days to Live Summary

by James Patterson 2023 400 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

The Mystery of the Yellow Room Summary

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

by Gaston Leroux 1907 192 pages

The Murder Book Summary

The Murder Book

by Jonathan Kellerman 2002 614 pages

Unmasked Summary

Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy

by Andy Ngo 2021 320 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

Talk to Me Summary

by Heather Long 2024 306 pages

Provenance Summary

How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art

by Laney Salisbury 2009 327 pages

Midnight in Mexico Summary

Midnight in Mexico

A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness

by Alfredo Corchado 2013 304 pages

Down to the Woods Summary

Down to the Woods

by M.J. Arlidge 2017 471 pages

Thief of Souls Summary

by Brian Klingborg 2021 304 pages

Mystery Thriller

Sacrifice Summary

by Paul Finch 2013 432 pages

Everything Is Lies Summary

Everything Is Lies

by Helen Callaghan 2018 400 pages

Gravity Summary

by Tess Gerritsen 1983 342 pages

Science Fiction

The Case That Never Dies Summary

The Case That Never Dies

The Lindbergh Kidnapping

by Lloyd C. Gardner 2004 480 pages

The Christmas Jigsaw Murders Summary

The Christmas Jigsaw Murders

by Alexandra Benedict 2023

Hatchet Island Summary

by Paul Doiron 2022 320 pages

Mystery Thriller

Land Rites Summary

by Andy Maslen 2021 347 pages

Paper Money Summary

by Ken Follett 1977 261 pages

by Leonie Swann 2009 416 pages

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