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The Murder Book Summary

The Murder Book

by Jonathan Kellerman 2002 614 pages

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Summary

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

by Wendy Mass 2006 304 pages

Realistic Fiction

The Narrows Summary

by Michael Connelly 2004 436 pages

The Darwin Affair Summary

The Darwin Affair

by Timothy Mason 2019 384 pages

Historical Fiction

Dear Killer Summary

by Katherine Ewell 2014 362 pages

The Family Chao Summary

The Family Chao

by Lan Samantha Chang 2022 303 pages

And Then There Were None Summary

And Then There Were None

A Mystery Play in Three Acts

by Agatha Christie 1944 95 pages

Agatha Christie

The Breach Summary

by Patrick Lee 2009 372 pages

Science Fiction

The Screaming Staircase Summary

The Screaming Staircase

by Jonathan Stroud 2013 440 pages

The Altar Girl Summary

by Orest Stelmach 2015 256 pages

Mystery Thriller

She Didn't See It Coming Summary

She Didn't See It Coming

by Shari Lapena 2025 352 pages

Mystery Thriller

by Cyn Balog 2017 277 pages

The Mercy Chair Summary

The Mercy Chair

by M.W. Craven 2024 485 pages

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

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest Summary

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

by Stieg Larsson 2007 566 pages

The Turn of the Screw Summary

The Turn of the Screw

by Henry James 1898 121 pages

The Astrology House Summary

The Astrology House

by Carinn Jade 2024 307 pages

Mystery Thriller

Last Days Summary

by Adam L.G. Nevill 2012 531 pages

Absolute Friends Summary

Absolute Friends

by John Le Carré 2003 456 pages

Memories of Midnight Summary

Memories of Midnight

by Sidney Sheldon 1990 404 pages

Two Dead Wives Summary

by Adele Parks 2023 400 pages

Shadow of A Doubt Summary

Shadow of A Doubt

by William J. Coughlin 1991 418 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Push Summary

by Ashley Audrain 2021 307 pages

Mystery Thriller

Thanksgiving Past Summary

Thanksgiving Past

by Kathi Daley 2020 126 pages

When a Killer Calls Summary

When a Killer Calls

by John E. Douglas 2022 336 pages

A Deadly Influence Summary

A Deadly Influence

by Mike Omer 2021 443 pages

Mystery Thriller

Saint X Summary

by Alexis Schaitkin 2020 343 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Ghost Woods Summary

The Ghost Woods

by C.J. Cooke 2022 408 pages

by Leonie Swann 2009 416 pages

The Mountains Wild Summary

The Mountains Wild

by Sarah Stewart Taylor 2020 416 pages

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Summary

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

by Charlie Adhara 2020 268 pages

The Grownup Summary

by Gillian Flynn 2014 64 pages

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages Summary

Talking With Psychopaths and Savages

by Christopher Berry-Dee 2019 288 pages

The Twelve Apostles Summary

The Twelve Apostles

by William J. Coughlin 1984 400 pages

The Body in the Dales Summary

The Body in the Dales

by J.R. Ellis 2017 321 pages

The Mystery of the Yellow Room Summary

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

by Gaston Leroux 1907 192 pages

Purple Cane Road Summary

Purple Cane Road

by James Lee Burke 2000 387 pages

Under the Trestle Summary

Under the Trestle

The 1980 Disappearance of Gina Renee Hall & Virginia’s First “No Body” Murder Trial.

by Ron Peterson Jr. 2018 334 pages

No One Saw It Coming Summary

No One Saw It Coming

by Susan Lewis 2023 376 pages

3 Days to Live Summary

by James Patterson 2023 400 pages

What Wild Women Do Summary

What Wild Women Do

by Karma Brown 2023 320 pages

Historical Fiction

Suicide Forest Summary

by Jeremy Bates 2014 440 pages

The Sun Down Motel Summary

The Sun Down Motel

by Simone St. James 2020 327 pages

Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Summary

Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 304 pages

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou Summary

The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou

by Eleni Kyriacou 2023 409 pages

Historical Fiction

by Douglas Preston 1995 480 pages

by Robert Crais 2012 341 pages

Paper Money Summary

by Ken Follett 1977 261 pages

The Lavender Garden Summary

The Lavender Garden

by Lucinda Riley 2012 403 pages

Historical Fiction

The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty Summary

The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty

by Vendela Vida 2015 224 pages

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