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

Echo Road Summary

by Kendra Elliot 2024 332 pages

Think of a Number Summary

Think of a Number

by John Verdon 2010 432 pages

The Other Side of Prospect Summary

The Other Side of Prospect

A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City

by Nicholas Dawidoff 2022 464 pages

The Devotion of Suspect X Summary

The Devotion of Suspect X

by Keigo Higashino 2005 298 pages

The Devil's Advocate Summary

The Devil's Advocate

by Steve Cavanagh 2021 403 pages

The Cruelest Month Summary

The Cruelest Month

by Louise Penny 2007 310 pages

Mystery Thriller

Notes on a Silencing Summary

Notes on a Silencing

by Lacy Crawford 2020 400 pages

A Life of Crime Summary

A Life of Crime

The Memoirs of a High Court Judge

by Harry Ognall 2017 162 pages

Death at the Sign of the Rook Summary

Death at the Sign of the Rook

by Kate Atkinson 2024 320 pages

Mystery Thriller

Smuggler Nation Summary

Smuggler Nation

How Illicit Trade Made America

by Peter Andreas 2013 472 pages

American History

Girl, Missing Summary

by Sophie McKenzie 2006 283 pages

Dreamland Summary

The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

by Sam Quinones 2015 384 pages

by Shantel Tessier 2022 335 pages

The Maid Summary

by Nita Prose 2022 304 pages

The Safety Trap Summary

The Safety Trap

A Security Expert's Secrets for Staying Safe in a Dangerous World

by Spencer Coursen 2021 368 pages

Black Mass Summary

by Dick Lehr 2000 424 pages

Dolores Claiborne Summary

Dolores Claiborne

by Stephen King 1992 388 pages

The Affair Summary

by Lee Child 2011 427 pages

Life Lessons Summary

by Kaje Harper 2011 276 pages

Worth Dying For Summary

Worth Dying For

by Lee Child 2010 400 pages

A Rule Against Murder Summary

A Rule Against Murder

by Louise Penny 2008 322 pages

How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet—and Why We're Following

by Gabrielle Bluestone 2021 352 pages

Witness 8 Summary

by Steve Cavanagh 2024 406 pages

Open Season Summary

by C.J. Box 2001 278 pages

The Hard Way Summary

by Lee Child 2006 384 pages

Not for Sale Summary

The Return of the Global Slave Trade—and How We Can Fight It

by David Batstone 2007 320 pages

Complicity Summary

by Iain Banks 1993 313 pages

The Perfect Nanny Summary

The Perfect Nanny

by Leïla Slimani 2016 228 pages

Red Dragon Summary

by Thomas Harris 1981 454 pages

The Natashas Summary

Inside the New Global Sex Trade

by Victor Malarek 2011 320 pages

The Cold Cold Ground Summary

The Cold Cold Ground

by Adrian McKinty 2012 11 pages

Marching Powder Summary

Marching Powder

by Rusty Young 2003 398 pages

While the City Slept Summary

While the City Slept

A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness

by Eli Sanders 2016 336 pages

Elizabeth Is Missing Summary

Elizabeth Is Missing

by Emma Healey 2014 320 pages

Prophet's Prey Summary

My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints

by Sam Brower 2011 336 pages

Dead Simple Summary

by Peter James 2005 336 pages

Butler to the World Summary

Butler to the World

How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything

by Oliver Bullough 2022 288 pages

Tuesday's Child Summary

Tuesday's Child

by Anya Mora 2019 310 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Watchman Summary

by Robert Crais 2007 304 pages

The Complete Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1927 1796 pages

Public Enemies Summary

America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34

by Bryan Burrough 2004 640 pages

Lethal Prey Summary

by John Sandford 2025 391 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Book of Murder Summary

The Book of Murder

A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death

by Matt Murphy 2024 320 pages

Amexica Summary

War Along the Borderline

by Ed Vulliamy 2010 368 pages

Silent No More Summary

Victim 1's Fight for Justice Against Jerry Sandusky

by Aaron Fisher 2012 218 pages

The Best New True Crime Stories Summary

The Best New True Crime Stories

Small Towns: Small Towns

by Mitzi Szereto 2020 256 pages

Murder at the Bookstore Summary

Murder at the Bookstore

by Sue Minix 2023 326 pages

Naked in Death Summary

by J.D. Robb 1995 306 pages

London Bridges Summary

by James Patterson 2004 403 pages

A Darkness More Than Night Summary

A Darkness More Than Night

by Michael Connelly 2000 470 pages

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