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Shadowy figures and buried secrets await in a world where determined minds piece together elusive truths, one clue at a time. Whether following seasoned detectives through crime scenes or learning the art of deductive reasoning from history's greatest sleuths, these books illuminate the fascinating science and psychology of solving life's most baffling mysteries.

Mystery Book Summaries

Storm Front Summary
Storm Front
by Jim Butcher 2000 372 pages
3.97
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Urban Fantasy
Mystery
The Client Summary
The Client
by John Grisham 2005 496 pages
4.05
400k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
An Autobiography Summary
An Autobiography
by Agatha Christie 2010 587 pages
4.11
11k+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
Memoir
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes Summary
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes
Life Lessons from the Master Detective
by David Acord 2011 212 pages
3.58
100+ ratings
Mystery
Self Help
History
Mastermind Summary
Mastermind
How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
by Maria Konnikova 2013 288 pages
3.54
8k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
How To Think Like Sherlock Summary
How To Think Like Sherlock
by Daniel Smith 2013 192 pages
3.06
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mystery
Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Summary
Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective
by Robert Mann 2007 272 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
True Crime
Science
Crime
True Crime Addict Summary
True Crime Addict
How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
by James Renner 2016 304 pages
3.67
7k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Memoir
The Innocent Man Summary
The Innocent Man
by John Grisham 2007 448 pages
3.85
78k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mystery
Forensics for Dummies Summary
Forensics for Dummies
by D.P. Lyle 2019 400 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
True Crime
Reference
Science
The Lost Painting Summary
The Lost Painting
The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
by Jonathan Harr 2005 271 pages
3.85
33k+ ratings
Art
History
Art History
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 322 pages
3.99
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mental Illness
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 400 pages
4.3
500+ ratings
True Crime
Law
Crime
Sherlock Holmes and the Needle's Eye Summary
Sherlock Holmes and the Needle's Eye
The World's Greatest Detective Tackles the Bible's Ultimate Mysteries
by Len Bailey 2013 311 pages
3.62
100+ ratings
Mystery
Christian
Historical Fiction
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
by Andrew Lycett 2007 577 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Biography
History
Mystery
Mystery Summary
Mystery
A Seduction, A Strategy, A Solution
by Jonah Lehrer 2021 240 pages
3.87
100+ ratings
Psychology
Writing
Mystery
How to Write a Damn Good Thriller Summary
How to Write a Damn Good Thriller
A Step-by-Step Guide for Novelists and Screenwriters
by James N. Frey 2018 728 pages
3.8
100+ ratings
Writing
How To
Mystery
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror Summary
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
by Robert Louis Stevenson 2003 224 pages
3.92
100k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Verity Summary
Verity
by Colleen Hoover 2021 333 pages
4.31
3M+ ratings
Thriller
Romance
Mystery
The Bad Beginning Summary
The Bad Beginning
by Lemony Snicket 2000 162 pages
4.01
500k+ ratings
Young Adult
Fantasy
Childrens
Trust Summary
Trust
by Hernan Diaz 2022 416 pages
3.82
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Historical
The Secret History Summary
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt 1992 576 pages
4.17
800k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
Contemporary
Murder on the Orient Express Summary
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie 2011 184 pages
4.20
600k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Shining Summary
The Shining
by Stephen King 1978 512 pages
4.28
1.5M+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
Misery Summary
Misery
by Stephen King 1988 384 pages
4.23
700k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The da Vinci Code Summary
The da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
3.92
2.4M+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
The Silence of the Lambs Summary
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris
4.25
500k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Silent Patient Summary
The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides 2019 336 pages
4.18
2.5M+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Godfather Summary
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo
4.39
400k+ ratings
Classics
Crime
Thriller
Angels & Demons Summary
Angels & Demons
by Dan Brown 2006 736 pages
3.94
3.2M+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Digital Fortress Summary
Digital Fortress
by Dan Brown
3.70
600k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
How to Sell a Haunted House Summary
How to Sell a Haunted House
by Grady Hendrix 2023 432 pages
3.67
100k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
The Bourne Identity Summary
The Bourne Identity
by Robert Ludlum 2005 576 pages
4.05
400k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Espionage
The Outsider Summary
The Outsider
by Stephen King 2018 576 pages
4.01
300k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Green Mile Summary
The Green Mile
by Stephen King 1996 592 pages
4.48
300k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Thriller
Where the Crawdads Sing Summary
Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens 2018 379 pages
4.38
3.2M+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Romance
The Day of the Jackal Summary
The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth
4.27
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
We Were Liars Summary
We Were Liars
by E. Lockhart
3.66
1.2M+ ratings
Young Adult
Mystery
Contemporary
Pretty Little Liars Summary
Pretty Little Liars
by Sara Shepard 2006 304 pages
3.85
200k+ ratings
Young Adult
Mystery
Contemporary
Pretty Girls Summary
Pretty Girls
by Karin Slaughter 2015 688 pages
4.03
500k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
These Violent Delights Summary
These Violent Delights
by Chloe Gong 2020 464 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Retellings
Bird Box Summary
Bird Box
by Josh Malerman 2014 272 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Dystopia
The Butterfly Garden Summary
The Butterfly Garden
by Dot Hutchison 2016 288 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
My Killer Vacation Summary
My Killer Vacation
by Tessa Bailey
3.61
100k+ ratings
Romance
Mystery
Contemporary
Snow Falling on Cedars Summary
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson 1995 460 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
The Girl in the Spider's Web Summary
The Girl in the Spider's Web
by David Lagercrantz 2015 416 pages
3.80
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Summary
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley 2009 386 pages
3.82
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
The Bourne Supremacy Summary
The Bourne Supremacy
by Robert Ludlum 2004 688 pages
4.11
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Suspense
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Summary
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
by Stuart Turton
3.81
400k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Fantasy
Death on the Nile Summary
Death on the Nile
by Agatha Christie
4.12
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
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