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Grave Peril Summary

by Jim Butcher 2001 378 pages

House Rules Summary

by Jodi Picoult 2010 532 pages

Autistic Spectrum Disorder

A Secret Kept Summary

by Tatiana de Rosnay 2009 303 pages

Historical Fiction

Storm Front Summary

by Jim Butcher 2000 372 pages

Summer Knight Summary

by Jim Butcher 2002 446 pages

The Austere Academy Summary

The Austere Academy

by Lemony Snicket 2000 221 pages

The Client Summary

by John Grisham 1993 483 pages

Agatha Christie Summary

Agatha Christie

An Autobiography

by Agatha Christie 1977 560 pages

Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes Summary

Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes

Life Lessons from the Master Detective

by David Acord 2011 208 pages

Where'd You Go, Bernadette Summary

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

by Maria Semple 2012 330 pages

Mastermind Summary

How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes

by Maria Konnikova 2013 273 pages

How To Think Like Sherlock Summary

How To Think Like Sherlock

by Daniel Smith 2012 192 pages

Forensic Detective Summary

Forensic Detective

How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases

by Robert Mann 2006 272 pages

True Crime Addict Summary

True Crime Addict

How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray

by James Renner 2016 300 pages

The Innocent Man Summary

The Innocent Man

Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

by John Grisham 2006 360 pages

Forensics for Dummies Summary

Forensics for Dummies

by D.P. Lyle 2004 356 pages

The Lost Painting Summary

The Lost Painting

The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece

by Jonathan Harr 2005 320 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

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

Unmasked Summary

My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

by Paul Holes 2022 288 pages

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 240 pages

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 576 pages

Mystery Summary

A Seduction, A Strategy, A Solution

by Jonah Lehrer 2021 256 pages

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 2010 306 pages

And Then There Were None Summary

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie 1939 264 pages

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 1886 224 pages

A Study in Scarlet Summary

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887 123 pages

by Colleen Hoover 2018 336 pages

The Bad Beginning Summary

The Bad Beginning

by Lemony Snicket 1999 162 pages

by Hernan Diaz 2022 402 pages

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

The Thursday Murder Club Summary

The Thursday Murder Club

by Richard Osman 2020 382 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Exchange Summary

by John Grisham 2023 338 pages

Fresh Water for Flowers Summary

Fresh Water for Flowers

by Valérie Perrin 2018 476 pages

Remarkably Bright Creatures Summary

Remarkably Bright Creatures

by Shelby Van Pelt 2022 368 pages

Magical Realism

The Secret History Summary

The Secret History

by Donna Tartt 1992 559 pages

Murder on the Orient Express Summary

Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie 1934 274 pages

Mystery Thriller

by Stephen King 1986 1116 pages

The Shining Summary

by Stephen King 1977 497 pages

by Stephen King 1987 370 pages

The da Vinci Code Summary

The da Vinci Code

by Dan Brown 2003 489 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Housemaid Is Watching Summary

The Housemaid Is Watching

by Freida McFadden 2024 364 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Silence of the Lambs Summary

The Silence of the Lambs

by Thomas Harris 1988 421 pages

Middle of the Night Summary

Middle of the Night

by Riley Sager 2024 367 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Silent Patient Summary

The Silent Patient

by Alex Michaelides 2019 336 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Godfather Summary

by Mario Puzo 1969 448 pages

High Five Summary

by Janet Evanovich 1999 336 pages

by Colleen Hoover 2020 305 pages

Hell Bent Summary

by Leigh Bardugo 2023 481 pages

The Shadow of the Wind Summary

The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 2001 487 pages

Historical Fiction

Angels & Demons Summary

Angels & Demons

by Dan Brown 2000 736 pages

Mystery Thriller

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