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

Career of Evil Summary

by Robert Galbraith 2015 609 pages

Finders Keepers Summary

Finders Keepers

by Stephen King 2015 434 pages

My Sister's Grave Summary

My Sister's Grave

by Robert Dugoni 2014 410 pages

I Am Pilgrim Summary

by Terry Hayes 2013 612 pages

Joyland Summary

by Stephen King 2013 285 pages

The Likeness Summary

by Tana French 2008 466 pages

The Lincoln Lawyer Summary

The Lincoln Lawyer

by Michael Connelly 2005 404 pages

Shutter Island Summary

by Dennis Lehane 2003 369 pages

We Need to Talk About Kevin Summary

We Need to Talk About Kevin

by Lionel Shriver 2003 400 pages

Tell No One Summary

by Harlan Coben 2001 370 pages

Mystery Thriller

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief Summary

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief

by Bill Mason 2004 384 pages

Murder on Lake Garda Summary

Murder on Lake Garda

by Tom Hindle 2024 464 pages

Locked In Summary

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2023 512 pages

The Cartel Summary

by Don Winslow 2015 616 pages

Society of Lies Summary

Society of Lies

by Lauren Ling Brown 2024 384 pages

Mystery Thriller

This Book Kills Summary

This Book Kills

by Ravena Guron 2023 357 pages

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

Diary Of A Murderer Summary

Diary Of A Murderer

And Other Stories

by Young-ha Kim 2019 200 pages

Dongri To Dubai Summary

Dongri To Dubai

Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia

by S. Hussain Zaidi 2012 378 pages

There Is No Ethan Summary

There Is No Ethan

How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

by Anna Akbari 2024 304 pages

The Art Thief Summary

A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

by Michael Finkel 2023 224 pages

by Luna Mason 342 pages

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

A Great Deliverance Summary

A Great Deliverance

by Elizabeth George 1988 413 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Shadow Murders Summary

The Shadow Murders

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2021 464 pages

The Keeper of Lost Causes Summary

The Keeper of Lost Causes

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2007 400 pages

The Absent One Summary

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2008 406 pages

Flaskepost fra P Summary

Flaskepost fra P

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2009 485 pages

Journal 64 Summary

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2010 461 pages

Marco Effekten Summary

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2012 505 pages

The Hanging Girl Summary

The Hanging Girl

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2015 512 pages

The Scarred Woman Summary

The Scarred Woman

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2017 472 pages

Victim 2117 Summary

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2019 468 pages

The Ministry of Fear Summary

The Ministry of Fear

by Graham Greene 1943 224 pages

Seduction in Death Summary

Seduction in Death

by J.D. Robb 2001 354 pages

Voodoo River Summary

by Robert Crais 1995 320 pages

Tokyo Vice Summary

An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan

by Jake Adelstein 2009 335 pages

Tokyo Noir Summary

In and Out of Japan's Underworld

by Jake Adelstein 2024 320 pages

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1892 389 pages

Bad Luck and Trouble Summary

Bad Luck and Trouble

by Lee Child 2007 378 pages

The Life We Bury Summary

The Life We Bury

by Allen Eskens 2014 304 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much Summary

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much

The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession

by Allison Hoover Bartlett 2009 274 pages

Books About Books

Saint X Summary

by Alexis Schaitkin 2020 343 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Girl in Room 105 Summary

The Girl in Room 105

by Chetan Bhagat 2018 304 pages

Mystery Thriller

Bratva Bride Summary

by T.J. Maguire 2023 425 pages

The Natashas Summary

Inside the New Global Sex Trade

by Victor Malarek 2011 320 pages

The Memoir of a Forensic Scientist and Criminal Investigator

by Patricia Wiltshire 2019 312 pages

The Body in the Dales Summary

The Body in the Dales

by J.R. Ellis 2017 321 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity Summary

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

by Robin Stevens 2022 387 pages

Historical Fiction

The Black Book Summary

by James Patterson 2017 418 pages

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