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 Thursday Murder Club Summary

The Thursday Murder Club

by Richard Osman 2020 382 pages

The Innocent Man Summary

The Innocent Man

Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

by John Grisham 2006 360 pages

Killers of the Flower Moon Summary

Killers of the Flower Moon

The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

by David Grann 2017 359 pages

The Art of Making Money Summary

The Art of Making Money

The Story of a Master Counterfeiter

by Jason Kersten 2009 304 pages

The Kind Worth Killing Summary

The Kind Worth Killing

by Peter Swanson 2015 320 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Girl in Room 105 Summary

The Girl in Room 105

by Chetan Bhagat 2018 304 pages

The Secret Adversary Summary

The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie 1922 266 pages

Killing Floor Summary

by Lee Child 1997 474 pages

The New Science of Criminal Injustice

by Adam Benforado 2015 379 pages

The Anatomy of Violence Summary

The Anatomy of Violence

The Biological Roots of Crime

by Adrian Raine 2013 501 pages

That Night Summary

by Nidhi Upadhyay 2021 288 pages

Tell No One Summary

by Harlan Coben 2001 370 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Man in the Brown Suit Summary

The Man in the Brown Suit

by Agatha Christie 1924 381 pages

Agatha Christie

We Need to Talk About Kevin Summary

We Need to Talk About Kevin

by Lionel Shriver 2003 400 pages

Shutter Island Summary

by Dennis Lehane 2003 369 pages

The Lincoln Lawyer Summary

The Lincoln Lawyer

by Michael Connelly 2005 404 pages

The A.B.C. Murders Summary

The A.B.C. Murders

by Agatha Christie 1936 232 pages

A Time to Kill Summary

by John Grisham 1989 738 pages

The Pelican Brief Summary

The Pelican Brief

by John Grisham 1992 400 pages

The Devil in the White City Summary

The Devil in the White City

by Erik Larson 2003 496 pages

A Study in Scarlet Summary

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887 123 pages

The Whisper Man Summary

The Whisper Man

by Alex North 2019 355 pages

Mind Hunter Summary

Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

by John E. Douglas 1995 397 pages

Snakes in Suits Summary

Snakes in Suits

When Psychopaths Go to Work

by Paul Babiak 2006 352 pages

Kill for Me, Kill for You Summary

Kill for Me, Kill for You

by Steve Cavanagh 2023 340 pages

Mystery Thriller

This Book Kills Summary

This Book Kills

by Ravena Guron 2023 357 pages

The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison Summary

The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison

Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice

by Jeffrey H. Reiman 1979 288 pages

The Talented Mr. Ripley Summary

The Talented Mr. Ripley

by Patricia Highsmith 1955 271 pages

The Lovely Bones Summary

The Lovely Bones

by Alice Sebold 2002 372 pages

American Psycho Summary

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages

The Gift of Fear Summary

The Gift of Fear

Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

by Gavin de Becker 1997 352 pages

Murder in the Family Summary

Murder in the Family

by Cara Hunter 2023 466 pages

Mystery Thriller

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

Razorblade Tears Summary

Razorblade Tears

by S.A. Cosby 2021 336 pages

Mystery Thriller

by Athol Fugard 1979 232 pages

Journal 64 Summary

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2010 461 pages

Primal Fear Summary

by William Diehl 1992 399 pages

Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

by Tom O'Neill 2019 504 pages

The Confidence Game Summary

The Confidence Game

Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time

by Maria Konnikova 2015 352 pages

Criminology Summary

by Tim Newburn 2007 1048 pages

Hidden Bodies Summary

by Caroline Kepnes 2016 448 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Hound of the Baskervilles Summary

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1902 256 pages

Along Came a Spider Summary

Along Came a Spider

by James Patterson 1993 449 pages

Digital Fortress Summary

Digital Fortress

by Dan Brown 1998 510 pages

Just Another Missing Person Summary

Just Another Missing Person

by Gillian McAllister 2023 377 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Girl on the Train Summary

The Girl on the Train

by Paula Hawkins 2015 336 pages

If You Tell Summary

A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

by Gregg Olsen 2019 431 pages

The Life We Bury Summary

The Life We Bury

by Allen Eskens 2014 304 pages

Orphan X Summary

by Gregg Hurwitz 2016 367 pages

Mystery Thriller

How to Kill Your Family Summary

How to Kill Your Family

by Bella Mackie 2021 355 pages

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