True Crime Book Summaries

Under the Trestle Summary
Under the Trestle
The 1980 Disappearance of Gina Renee Hall & Virginiaโ€™s First โ€œNo Bodyโ€ Murder Trial.
by Ron Peterson Jr. 2018 334 pages
4.30
1.9K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mystery
The Betrayal of Anne Frank Summary
The Betrayal of Anne Frank
A Cold Case Investigation
by Rosemary Sullivan 2022 400 pages
3.83
14.3K ratings
History
True Crime
Holocaust
Blood on the Moon Summary
Blood on the Moon
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
by Edward Steers Jr. 2001 400 pages
4.17
694 ratings
History
Civil War
American History
Cops' True Stories of the Paranormal Summary
Cops' True Stories of the Paranormal
Ghosts, UFOs, and Other Shivers
by Loren W. Christensen 2016 208 pages
3.89
746 ratings
Paranormal
True Crime
Ghosts
The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries Summary
The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries
by Colin Wilson 1984 320 pages
3.66
254 ratings
Paranormal
Mystery
History
To Hell on a Fast Horse Summary
To Hell on a Fast Horse
Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
by Mark Lee Gardner 2010 518 pages
3.78
1.7K ratings
History
Biography
Westerns
The Science of Murder Summary
The Science of Murder
The Forensics of Agatha Christie
by Carla Valentine 2021 432 pages
3.83
2.3K ratings
True Crime
Science
History
Shot All to Hell Summary
Shot All to Hell
Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape
by Mark Lee Gardner 2013 320 pages
4.03
1.0K ratings
History
True Crime
American History
The Desert and the Sea Summary
The Desert and the Sea
977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
by Michael Scott Moore 2018 480 pages
3.97
2.4K ratings
Memoir
Africa
Biography
The Hate Next Door Summary
The Hate Next Door
Undercover within the New Face of White Supremacy
by Matson Browning 2023 368 pages
4.13
397 ratings
History
Politics
True Crime
Enemy of All Mankind Summary
Enemy of All Mankind
A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
by Steven Johnson 2020 286 pages
3.89
4.2K ratings
History
Pirates
True Crime
Provenance Summary
Provenance
How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
by Laney Salisbury 2009 327 pages
3.92
6.6K ratings
Art
True Crime
History
Killing the Dream Summary
Killing the Dream
James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Gerald Posner 1998 448 pages
4.08
211 ratings
History
American History
True Crime
Midnight in Mexico Summary
Midnight in Mexico
A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness
by Alfredo Corchado 2013 304 pages
3.78
1.7K ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
Hauptmann's Ladder Summary
Hauptmann's Ladder
A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping
by Richard T. Cahill Jr. 2014 416 pages
4.15
117 ratings
True Crime
History
Crime
The Case That Never Dies Summary
The Case That Never Dies
The Lindbergh Kidnapping
by Lloyd C. Gardner 2004 480 pages
3.47
112 ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
Fear Is Just a Word Summary
Fear Is Just a Word
A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance
by Azam Ahmed 2023 384 pages
3.94
1.4K ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
The Grim Sleeper Summary
The Grim Sleeper
The Lost Women of South Central
by Christine Pelisek 2016 325 pages
3.92
1.1K ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
The Plane That Wasn't There Summary
The Plane That Wasn't There
Why We Haven't Found Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
by Jeff Wise 2015 95 pages
3.56
1.6K ratings
History
True Crime
Aviation
The Prosecutor Summary
The Prosecutor
by Nazir Afzal 2020 304 pages
4.43
1.2K ratings
Law
Memoir
Biography
You'll Never Believe Me Summary
You'll Never Believe Me
A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Things I Should Only Tell My Therapist
by Kari Ferrell 2025 288 pages
3.35
1.8K ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Biography
The Secret History of the Rape Kit Summary
The Secret History of the Rape Kit
A True Crime Story
by Pagan Kennedy 2025 237 pages
3.93
2.9K ratings
True Crime
History
Feminism
Forensics Summary
Forensics
A Guide for Writers
by D.P. Lyle 2008 448 pages
4.34
373 ratings
Writing
Science
True Crime
Perversion of Justice Summary
Perversion of Justice
The Jeffrey Epstein Story
by Julie K. Brown 2021 463 pages
4.12
2.2K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Journalism
Raiders and Rebels Summary
Raiders and Rebels
The Golden Age of Piracy
by Frank Sherry 1986 399 pages
4.21
272 ratings
History
Pirates
True Crime
World Famous Cults and Fanatics Summary
World Famous Cults and Fanatics
by Colin Wilson 2004
3.00
104 ratings
History
True Crime
Cults
The Art of Political Murder Summary
The Art of Political Murder
Who Killed the Bishop?
by Francisco Goldman 2007 396 pages
4.15
1.0K ratings
History
Politics
True Crime
The Gates of Janus Summary
The Gates of Janus
Serial Killing and Its Analysis
by Ian Brady 2001 311 pages
3.59
499 ratings
True Crime
Crime
Psychology
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