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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

Tell No One Summary
Tell No One
by Harlan Coben 2001 370 pages
4.06
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
You Killed Me First Summary
You Killed Me First
by John Marrs 2025 385 pages
4.03
40k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Confidence Game Summary
The Confidence Game
Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time
by Maria Konnikova 2015 352 pages
3.65
5k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The 57 Bus Summary
The 57 Bus
A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
by Dashka Slater 2017 320 pages
4.10
41k+ ratings
LGBT
True Crime
Crime
The Whisper Man Summary
The Whisper Man
by Alex North 2019 355 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
The Power of the Dog Summary
The Power of the Dog
by Don Winslow 2005 542 pages
4.37
45k+ ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
Shutter Island Summary
Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane 2003 369 pages
4.13
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Horror
The Lincoln Lawyer Summary
The Lincoln Lawyer
by Michael Connelly 2005 404 pages
4.22
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Ghost in the Wires Summary
Ghost in the Wires
My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
by Kevin D. Mitnick 2011 413 pages
3.96
26k+ ratings
Biography
Technology
Memoir
The Kind Worth Killing Summary
The Kind Worth Killing
by Peter Swanson 2015 320 pages
3.98
200k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Along Came a Spider Summary
Along Came a Spider
by James Patterson 1993 449 pages
4.13
400k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Boy Swallows Universe Summary
Boy Swallows Universe
by Trent Dalton 2018 474 pages
4.34
92k+ ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Australia
A Study in Scarlet Summary
A Study in Scarlet
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887 123 pages
4.13
400k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
Chaos Summary
Chaos
Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
by Tom O'Neill 2019 504 pages
4.04
30k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
We Need to Talk About Kevin Summary
We Need to Talk About Kevin
by Lionel Shriver 2003 400 pages
4.08
200k+ ratings
Book Club
Thriller
Contemporary
Tangled Up in Blue Summary
Tangled Up in Blue
Policing the American City
by Rosa Brooks 2021 384 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
Social Justice
This Book Kills Summary
This Book Kills
by Ravena Guron 2023 357 pages
3.92
9k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Young Adult
If You Tell Summary
If You Tell
A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
by Gregg Olsen 2019 431 pages
3.98
300k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Book Club
Murder on the Orient Express Summary
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie 1934 274 pages
4.20
600k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
The Thursday Murder Club Summary
The Thursday Murder Club
by Richard Osman 2020 382 pages
3.87
600k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Book Club
The A.B.C. Murders Summary
The A.B.C. Murders
by Agatha Christie 1936 232 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
The Lovely Bones Summary
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold 2002 372 pages
3.86
2.4M+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Contemporary
Digital Fortress Summary
Digital Fortress
by Dan Brown 1998 510 pages
3.70
600k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
Kill for Me, Kill for You Summary
Kill for Me, Kill for You
by Steve Cavanagh 2023 340 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Hound of the Baskervilles Summary
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1902 256 pages
4.13
300k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Classics
Primal Fear Summary
Primal Fear
by William Diehl 1992 399 pages
4.24
9k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream Summary
Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream
A Forensic Psychiatrist Illuminates the Darker Side of Human Behavior
by Robert I. Simon 1996 362 pages
3.79
100+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychiatry
The Girl in Room 105 Summary
The Girl in Room 105
by Chetan Bhagat 2018 304 pages
3.57
24k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Romance
The Art of Making Money Summary
The Art of Making Money
The Story of a Master Counterfeiter
by Jason Kersten 2009 304 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
The Pelican Brief Summary
The Pelican Brief
by John Grisham 1992 400 pages
4.06
400k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Money Men Summary
Money Men
A Hot Startup, A Billion Dollar Fraud, A Fight for the Truth
by Dan McCrum 2022 352 pages
4.05
2k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Crime
Bihar Diaries Summary
Bihar Diaries
by Amit Lodha 2018 304 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Crime
India
Biography
Knife Summary
Knife
Meditations After an Attempted Murder
by Salman Rushdie 2024 209 pages
4.02
22k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
Pretty Girls Summary
Pretty Girls
by Karin Slaughter 2015 432 pages
4.02
500k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
American Kingpin Summary
American Kingpin
The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
by Nick Bilton 2017 328 pages
4.41
49k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
Just Another Missing Person Summary
Just Another Missing Person
by Gillian McAllister 2023 377 pages
3.64
83k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Talented Mr. Ripley Summary
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith 1955 271 pages
3.95
100k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
Stalling for Time Summary
Stalling for Time
My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator
by Gary Noesner 2010 372 pages
3.93
5k+ ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Biography
Defending Jacob Summary
Defending Jacob
by William Landay 2012 421 pages
4.00
300k+ ratings
Book Club
Mystery
Thriller
The Girl on the Train Summary
The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins 2015 336 pages
3.96
3.1M+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Book Club
Fake Law Summary
Fake Law
The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
by The Secret Barrister 2020 400 pages
4.20
4k+ ratings
Law
Politics
Crime
Dangerous Personalities Summary
Dangerous Personalities
An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People
by Joe Navarro 2014 242 pages
3.89
2k+ ratings
Psychology
True Crime
Self Help
The Client Summary
The Client
by John Grisham 1993 483 pages
4.06
400k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Jar of Hearts Summary
Jar of Hearts
by Jennifer Hillier 2018 311 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Minds of Billy Milligan Summary
The Minds of Billy Milligan
by Daniel Keyes 1981 374 pages
4.28
33k+ ratings
Psychology
True Crime
Biography
How to Kill Your Family Summary
How to Kill Your Family
by Bella Mackie 2021 355 pages
3.53
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
The Life We Bury Summary
The Life We Bury
by Allen Eskens 2014 304 pages
4.08
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Thriller
Murder in the Family Summary
Murder in the Family
by Cara Hunter 2023 466 pages
3.72
46k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Maid Summary
The Maid
by Nita Prose 2022 304 pages
3.76
600k+ ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Thriller
Death on the Nile Summary
Death on the Nile
by Agatha Christie 1937 352 pages
4.12
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
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