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 Running Grave Summary

The Running Grave

by Robert Galbraith 2023 960 pages

The Mystery of the Blue Train Summary

The Mystery of the Blue Train

by Agatha Christie 1928 317 pages

Unmasked Summary

My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

by Paul Holes 2022 288 pages

People vs. Donald Trump Summary

People vs. Donald Trump

An Inside Account

by Mark Pomerantz 2023 299 pages

Narconomics Summary

How to Run a Drug Cartel

by Tom Wainwright 2016 288 pages

The Shadow Murders Summary

The Shadow Murders

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2021 464 pages

Resurrection Walk Summary

Resurrection Walk

by Michael Connelly 2023 407 pages

The Art of the Con Summary

The Art of the Con

How to Think Like a Real Hustler and Avoid Being Scammed

by R. Paul Wilson 2014 368 pages

The Hanging Girl Summary

The Hanging Girl

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2015 512 pages

The Ink Black Heart Summary

The Ink Black Heart

by Robert Galbraith 2022 1391 pages

by Kwon Yeo-Sun 2019 176 pages

Bad Luck and Trouble Summary

Bad Luck and Trouble

by Lee Child 2007 378 pages

Strange Sally Diamond Summary

Strange Sally Diamond

by Liz Nugent 2023 384 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Night Shift Summary

The Night Shift

by Alex Finlay 2022 312 pages

Mystery Thriller

Shelter Summary

by Harlan Coben 2011 288 pages

The Girl in the Spider's Web Summary

The Girl in the Spider's Web

by David Lagercrantz 2015 400 pages

A Talent for Murder Summary

A Talent for Murder

by Peter Swanson 2024 255 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Big Empty Summary

by Robert Crais 2025 373 pages

Die Trying Summary

by Lee Child 1998 567 pages

Zero Days Summary

by Ruth Ware 2023 356 pages

Mystery Thriller

Lethal White Summary

by Robert Galbraith 2018 650 pages

The Shards Summary

by Bret Easton Ellis 2023 595 pages

The Concrete Blonde Summary

The Concrete Blonde

by Michael Connelly 1994 484 pages

The Innocent Summary

by David Baldacci 2012 422 pages

The Bullet That Missed Summary

The Bullet That Missed

by Richard Osman 2022 413 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Family Remains Summary

The Family Remains

by Lisa Jewell 2022 452 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Enemy Summary

by Lee Child 2004 496 pages

Cat & Mouse Summary

by James Patterson 1997 416 pages

Pop Goes the Weasel Summary

Pop Goes the Weasel

by James Patterson 1999 461 pages

Flaskepost fra P Summary

Flaskepost fra P

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2009 485 pages

A Mother's Reckoning Summary

A Mother's Reckoning

Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

by Sue Klebold 2016 336 pages

Finders Keepers Summary

Finders Keepers

by Stephen King 2015 434 pages

The Sins of the Fathers Summary

The Sins of the Fathers

by Lawrence Block 1976 182 pages

Hidden Bodies Summary

by Caroline Kepnes 2016 448 pages

Mystery Thriller

Punishment Without Crime Summary

Punishment Without Crime

How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal

by Alexandra Natapoff 2018 352 pages

Small Mercies Summary

by Dennis Lehane 2023 303 pages

Historical Fiction

Cockroaches Summary

by Jo Nesbø 1998 368 pages

The Reversal Summary

by Michael Connelly 2010 389 pages

I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse Summary

I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse

Insider Business Tips from a Former Mob Boss

by Michael Franzese 2009 155 pages

Magpie Murders Summary

by Anthony Horowitz 2016 477 pages

Mystery Thriller

Without Conscience Summary

Without Conscience

The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us

by Robert D. Hare 1993 236 pages

One for the Money Summary

One for the Money

by Janet Evanovich 1994 320 pages

The Black Echo Summary

by Michael Connelly 1992 482 pages

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein Summary

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein

by Bradley J. Edwards 2020 399 pages

The Sicilian Summary

by Mario Puzo 1984 416 pages

American Drug Addict Summary

American Drug Addict

by Brett Douglas 2018 422 pages

Marco Effekten Summary

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2012 505 pages

Echo Burning Summary

by Lee Child 2001 432 pages

The Devil at His Elbow Summary

The Devil at His Elbow

Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty

by Valerie Bauerlein 2024 480 pages

Future Crimes Summary

by Marc Goodman 2015 393 pages

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