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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 Lincoln Lawyer Summary
The Lincoln Lawyer
by Michael Connelly 2005 404 pages
4.22
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Shutter Island Summary
Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane 2003 369 pages
4.13
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Horror
We Need to Talk About Kevin Summary
We Need to Talk About Kevin
by Lionel Shriver 2003 400 pages
4.08
200k+ ratings
Contemporary
Thriller
Horror
Tell No One Summary
Tell No One
by Harlan Coben 2001 370 pages
4.07
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief Summary
Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief
by Bill Mason 2004 384 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Biography
Crime
True Crime
Murder on Lake Garda Summary
Murder on Lake Garda
by Tom Hindle 2024 464 pages
3.49
6k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Locked In Summary
Locked In
by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2023 512 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
The Cartel Summary
The Cartel
by Don Winslow 2015 616 pages
4.36
36k+ ratings
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
Society of Lies Summary
Society of Lies
by Lauren Ling Brown 2024 384 pages
3.55
37k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
This Book Kills Summary
This Book Kills
by Ravena Guron 2023 357 pages
3.94
8k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Young Adult
The Sing Sing Files Summary
The Sing Sing Files
One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice
by Dan Slepian 2024 224 pages
4.55
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
Diary Of A Murderer Summary
Diary Of A Murderer
And Other Stories
by Young-ha Kim 2019 200 pages
3.73
10k+ ratings
Short Stories
Thriller
Mystery
Dongri To Dubai Summary
Dongri To Dubai
Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia
by S. Hussain Zaidi 2012 378 pages
3.95
10k+ ratings
Crime
India
History
There Is No Ethan Summary
There Is No Ethan
How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish
by Anna Akbari 2024 304 pages
3.60
6k+ ratings
True Crime
Memoir
Crime
The Art Thief Summary
The Art Thief
A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
by Michael Finkel 2023 224 pages
3.96
60k+ ratings
True Crime
Art
History
College Girl, Missing Summary
College Girl, Missing
The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight
by Shawn Cohen 2024 272 pages
3.60
11k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mystery
A Great Deliverance Summary
A Great Deliverance
by Elizabeth George 1988 413 pages
4.04
50k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Shadow Murders Summary
The Shadow Murders
by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2021 464 pages
4.04
11k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Keeper of Lost Causes Summary
The Keeper of Lost Causes
by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2007 400 pages
4.00
84k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
The Absent One Summary
The Absent One
by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2008 406 pages
3.88
42k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Flaskepost fra P Summary
Flaskepost fra P
by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2009 485 pages
4.04
37k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Journal 64 Summary
Journal 64
by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2010 461 pages
4.06
26k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Marco Effekten Summary
Marco Effekten
by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2012 505 pages
3.88
20k+ ratings
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
The Hanging Girl Summary
The Hanging Girl
by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2015 512 pages
3.90
18k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
The Scarred Woman Summary
The Scarred Woman
by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2017 472 pages
3.92
16k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Victim 2117 Summary
Victim 2117
by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2019 468 pages
3.99
12k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Ministry of Fear Summary
The Ministry of Fear
by Graham Greene 1943 224 pages
3.78
7k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Thriller
Lethal Vows Summary
Lethal Vows
by T.L. Smith 2023 301 pages
3.74
15k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Mafia Romance
Saint X Summary
Saint X
by Alexis Schaitkin 2020 343 pages
3.39
28k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
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