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The Bone Woman
by Clea Koff • 2001
At 23, she exhumed mass graves in Rwanda. The bones held evidence no killer could silence.
4.02
3k+
The Bone Woman Summary
The Bone Woman 92%
At 23, she exhumed mass graves in Rwanda. The bones held evidence no killer could silence.
by Clea Koff 2001
4.02
3k+ ratings
Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective
by Robert Mann • 2006
A forensic anthropologist reads the stories bones tell: who died, how, and at whose hands.
3.91
851
Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Summary
Forensic Detective Forensic Detective Forensic Detective 92%
A forensic anthropologist reads the stories bones tell: who died, how, and at whose hands.
by Robert Mann 2006
3.91
851 ratings
Forensics
by Val McDermid • 2014
How maggots, burn patterns, and DNA turn invisible traces into courtroom proof.
4.09
13k+
Forensics Summary
Forensics 91%
How maggots, burn patterns, and DNA turn invisible traces into courtroom proof.
by Val McDermid 2014
4.09
13k+ ratings
Forensics for Dummies
by D.P. Lyle • 2004
From fingerprints to DNA: the real science of crime solving, minus the TV myths.
4.07
578
Forensics for Dummies Summary
Forensics for Dummies 91%
From fingerprints to DNA: the real science of crime solving, minus the TV myths.
by D.P. Lyle 2004
4.07
578 ratings
The Art of Political Murder
by Francisco Goldman • 2007
Bishop Gerardi proved the Army's guilt. Two days later he was dead, his garrison floor mopped.
4.15
1k+
The Art of Political Murder Summary
The Art of Political Murder 91%
Bishop Gerardi proved the Army's guilt. Two days later he was dead, his garrison floor mopped.
by Francisco Goldman 2007
4.15
1k+ ratings
How to Solve a Crime
by Professor Angela Gallop • 2022
DNA gets headlines, but fiber and pollen close cases: a life in forensic science.
3.59
277
How to Solve a Crime Summary
How to Solve a Crime 90%
DNA gets headlines, but fiber and pollen close cases: a life in forensic science.
by Professor Angela Gallop 2022
3.59
277 ratings
Forensics
by D.P. Lyle • 2008
How bodies decompose, how DNA really works, and the forensic mistakes crime writers keep making.
4.34
375
Forensics Summary
Forensics 90%
How bodies decompose, how DNA really works, and the forensic mistakes crime writers keep making.
by D.P. Lyle 2008
4.34
375 ratings
Written in Blood
by Colin Wilson • 1989
How science replaced luck and torture in crime detection, from arsenic tests to DNA.
3.92
233
Written in Blood Summary
Written in Blood 90%
How science replaced luck and torture in crime detection, from arsenic tests to DNA.
by Colin Wilson 1989
3.92
233 ratings
Traces
by Patricia Wiltshire • 2019
Pollen on a shoe, spores on a corpse: how a forensic ecologist reads nature's invisible evidence.
3.60
3k+
Traces Summary
Traces 90%
Pollen on a shoe, spores on a corpse: how a forensic ecologist reads nature's invisible evidence.
by Patricia Wiltshire 2019
3.60
3k+ ratings
The Secret History of the Rape Kit
by Pagan Kennedy • 2025
Marty Goddard invented the rape kit. The Chicago PD gave the credit to a male sergeant.
3.89
10k+
The Secret History of the Rape Kit Summary
The Secret History of the Rape Kit 90%
Marty Goddard invented the rape kit. The Chicago PD gave the credit to a male sergeant.
by Pagan Kennedy 2025
3.89
10k+ ratings
Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer
by Michael Mansfield • 2009
A radical barrister's four-decade brief against the British legal system's claim to justice.
4.01
157
Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer Summary
Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer 90%
A radical barrister's four-decade brief against the British legal system's claim to justice.
by Michael Mansfield 2009
4.01
157 ratings
We Are Bellingcat
by Eliot Higgins • 2021
A jobless blogger proved that public data can expose war crimes, hit squads, and missile launchers.
4.12
6k+
We Are Bellingcat Summary
We Are Bellingcat 90%
A jobless blogger proved that public data can expose war crimes, hit squads, and missile launchers.
by Eliot Higgins 2021
4.12
6k+ ratings
Fear Is Just a Word
by Azam Ahmed • 2023
When the Zetas took her daughter, a mother became a detective and hunted every killer herself.
3.93
2k+
Fear Is Just a Word Summary
Fear Is Just a Word 90%
When the Zetas took her daughter, a mother became a detective and hunted every killer herself.
by Azam Ahmed 2023
3.93
2k+ ratings
"I Have Nothing to Hide"
by Heidi Boghosian • 2021
Mass surveillance survives on one belief: privacy is for wrongdoers. Twenty myths keep it expanding.
3.64
191
"I Have Nothing to Hide" Summary
"I Have Nothing to Hide" 89%
Mass surveillance survives on one belief: privacy is for wrongdoers. Twenty myths keep it expanding.
by Heidi Boghosian 2021
3.64
191 ratings
Not for Sale
by David Batstone • 2007
Slavery never ended. Thirty million people are still in chains, in the country next door.
4.24
2k+
Not for Sale Summary
Not for Sale 89%
Slavery never ended. Thirty million people are still in chains, in the country next door.
by David Batstone 2007
4.24
2k+ ratings
Manifest Injustice
by Barry Siegel • 2013
The clemency board voted unanimously to free him. Then the governor, facing reelection, said no.
4.10
178
Manifest Injustice Summary
Manifest Injustice 89%
The clemency board voted unanimously to free him. Then the governor, facing reelection, said no.
by Barry Siegel 2013
4.10
178 ratings
The Basics of Digital Forensics
by John Sammons • 2011
From crime scene to courtroom: the core tools and techniques for extracting digital evidence.
3.95
118
The Basics of Digital Forensics Summary
The Basics of Digital Forensics 89%
From crime scene to courtroom: the core tools and techniques for extracting digital evidence.
by John Sammons 2011
3.95
118 ratings
The Power of Women
by Denis Mukwege • 2021
A Nobel surgeon proves wartime rape is military strategy. The survivors showed him the remedy.
4.71
2k+
The Power of Women Summary
The Power of Women 89%
A Nobel surgeon proves wartime rape is military strategy. The survivors showed him the remedy.
by Denis Mukwege 2021
4.71
2k+ ratings
Manifesting Justice
by Valena E. Beety • 2022
Wrongful convictions target women and queer people differently. A legal method to fight back.
4.33
126
Manifesting Justice Summary
Manifesting Justice 89%
Wrongful convictions target women and queer people differently. A legal method to fight back.
by Valena E. Beety 2022
4.33
126 ratings
Stiff
by Mary Roach • 2003
Every car you drive was safety-tested on a human cadaver. That is only the beginning.
4.06
245k+
Stiff Summary
Stiff 89%
Every car you drive was safety-tested on a human cadaver. That is only the beginning.
by Mary Roach 2003
4.06
245k+ ratings
The Prosecutor
by Nazir Afzal • 2020
He reversed the decision on the Rochdale gangs. Then he had to prove they were guilty.
4.42
1k+
The Prosecutor Summary
The Prosecutor 89%
He reversed the decision on the Rochdale gangs. Then he had to prove they were guilty.
by Nazir Afzal 2020
4.42
1k+ ratings
Unmasked
by Paul Holes • 2022
A forensic scientist obsessed with a rapist's cold case file; 24 years later, DNA caught him.
4.09
30k+
Unmasked Summary
Unmasked 89%
A forensic scientist obsessed with a rapist's cold case file; 24 years later, DNA caught him.
by Paul Holes 2022
4.09
30k+ ratings
Bête noire
by Éric Dupond-Moretti • 2012
In French courts, judges shield their own, experts peddle junk, and acquittals mean war.
3.80
186
Bête noire Summary
Bête noire 89%
In French courts, judges shield their own, experts peddle junk, and acquittals mean war.
by Éric Dupond-Moretti 2012
3.80
186 ratings
The Tyranny of Good Intentions
by Paul Craig Roberts • 2000
Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.
4.06
127
The Tyranny of Good Intentions Summary
The Tyranny of Good Intentions 89%
Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.
by Paul Craig Roberts 2000
4.06
127 ratings
What the Dead Know
by Barbara Butcher • 2023
The New York City death investigator who learned to read a body before her own life.
4.17
9k+
What the Dead Know Summary
What the Dead Know 89%
The New York City death investigator who learned to read a body before her own life.
by Barbara Butcher 2023
4.17
9k+ ratings
The Sing Sing Files
by Dan Slepian • 2024
The system keeps innocent people in. A journalist's twenty years inside Sing Sing reveal how.
4.46
3k+
The Sing Sing Files Summary
The Sing Sing Files 89%
The system keeps innocent people in. A journalist's twenty years inside Sing Sing reveal how.
by Dan Slepian 2024
4.46
3k+ ratings
Nothing to Hide
by Daniel J. Solove • 2011
Sacrificing privacy for security is a false bargain; the real cost is liberty itself.
3.85
182
Nothing to Hide Summary
Nothing to Hide 88%
Sacrificing privacy for security is a false bargain; the real cost is liberty itself.
by Daniel J. Solove 2011
3.85
182 ratings
The Profiler
by Pat Brown • 2010
Exposing the DC sniper case and a staged suicide by reading crime scenes the FBI refuses to.
3.08
2k+
The Profiler Summary
The Profiler 88%
Exposing the DC sniper case and a staged suicide by reading crime scenes the FBI refuses to.
by Pat Brown 2010
3.08
2k+ ratings
The Locust Effect
by Gary A. Haugen • 2013
Poverty's root cause is violence, not economics. The aid industry has been fixing the wrong problem.
4.32
2k+
The Locust Effect Summary
The Locust Effect 88%
Poverty's root cause is violence, not economics. The aid industry has been fixing the wrong problem.
by Gary A. Haugen 2013
4.32
2k+ ratings
The Franklin Scandal
by Nick Bryant • 2008
A credit union fronted a child-trafficking ring. The cover-up is better documented than the crime.
4.30
926
The Franklin Scandal Summary
The Franklin Scandal 88%
A credit union fronted a child-trafficking ring. The cover-up is better documented than the crime.
by Nick Bryant 2008
4.30
926 ratings
The Secret Barrister
by The Secret Barrister • 2018
A barrister reveals how criminal courts became an assembly line, and who pays the price.
3.88
23k+
The Secret Barrister Summary
The Secret Barrister 88%
A barrister reveals how criminal courts became an assembly line, and who pays the price.
by The Secret Barrister 2018
3.88
23k+ ratings
The Grim Sleeper
by Christine Pelisek • 2016
He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.
3.92
1k+
The Grim Sleeper Summary
The Grim Sleeper 88%
He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.
by Christine Pelisek 2016
3.92
1k+ ratings
Blind Injustice
by Mark Godsey • 2017
How good people convict the innocent: a former prosecutor on the cognitive traps built in justice.
4.39
345
Blind Injustice Summary
Blind Injustice 88%
How good people convict the innocent: a former prosecutor on the cognitive traps built in justice.
by Mark Godsey 2017
4.39
345 ratings
Linguistic Fingerprints
by Roger J. Kreuz • 2023
The hidden patterns in your words identify you better than fingerprints: stylometry reads them.
3.50
20
Linguistic Fingerprints Summary
Linguistic Fingerprints 88%
The hidden patterns in your words identify you better than fingerprints: stylometry reads them.
by Roger J. Kreuz 2023
3.50
20 ratings
Just Mercy
by Bryan Stevenson • 2014
Alabama framed a black man for murder: one Harvard lawyer came south to fight it.
4.62
265k+
Just Mercy Summary
Just Mercy 88%
Alabama framed a black man for murder: one Harvard lawyer came south to fight it.
by Bryan Stevenson 2014
4.62
265k+ ratings
Post-Mortem
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell • 1990
A medical examiner tracks a serial strangler as a saboteur in her office buries the case.
4.03
261k+
Post-Mortem Summary
Post-Mortem 88%
A medical examiner tracks a serial strangler as a saboteur in her office buries the case.
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell 1990
4.03
261k+ ratings
Killing the Dream
by Gerald Posner • 1998
No government plot, no mob hit. A racist drifter's meticulous path to a Memphis balcony.
4.09
220
Killing the Dream Summary
Killing the Dream 88%
No government plot, no mob hit. A racist drifter's meticulous path to a Memphis balcony.
by Gerald Posner 1998
4.09
220 ratings
Copaganda
by Alec Karakatsanis • 2025
The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.
4.49
582
Copaganda Summary
Copaganda 88%
The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.
by Alec Karakatsanis 2025
4.49
582 ratings
The Natashas
by Victor Malarek • 2011
Post-Soviet women became a global commodity. The traffickers who trade them wear badges, not masks.
3.90
958
The Natashas Summary
The Natashas 88%
Post-Soviet women became a global commodity. The traffickers who trade them wear badges, not masks.
by Victor Malarek 2011
3.90
958 ratings
Profit and Punishment
by Tony Messenger • 2021
When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.
4.26
658
Profit and Punishment Summary
Profit and Punishment 88%
When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.
by Tony Messenger 2021
4.26
658 ratings
Unusually Cruel
by Marc Morjé Howard • 2017
Ten times the prisoners of Europe, and not because of crime: four forces behind American punishment.
4.39
41
Unusually Cruel Summary
Unusually Cruel 88%
Ten times the prisoners of Europe, and not because of crime: four forces behind American punishment.
by Marc Morjé Howard 2017
4.39
41 ratings
The Innocent Man
by John Grisham • 2006
Ada, Oklahoma. Two men condemned for murder. Twelve years later, DNA pointed to the real killer.
3.87
85k+
The Innocent Man Summary
The Innocent Man 88%
Ada, Oklahoma. Two men condemned for murder. Twelve years later, DNA pointed to the real killer.
by John Grisham 2006
3.87
85k+ ratings
Hauptmann's Ladder
by Richard T. Cahill Jr. • 2014
The Lindbergh case retried: a ladder, a money trail, and doubts the execution never settled.
4.17
125
Hauptmann's Ladder Summary
Hauptmann's Ladder 88%
The Lindbergh case retried: a ladder, a money trail, and doubts the execution never settled.
by Richard T. Cahill Jr. 2014
4.17
125 ratings
Doing Justice
by Preet Bharara • 2019
Every charging decision is a moral wager. A former U.S. Attorney lays out the odds.
4.27
6k+
Doing Justice Summary
Doing Justice 88%
Every charging decision is a moral wager. A former U.S. Attorney lays out the odds.
by Preet Bharara 2019
4.27
6k+ ratings
The Dark Side of the Mind
by Kerry Daynes • 2019
A forensic psychologist spends her career studying stalkers, until one starts hunting her.
4.02
8k+
The Dark Side of the Mind Summary
The Dark Side of the Mind 88%
A forensic psychologist spends her career studying stalkers, until one starts hunting her.
by Kerry Daynes 2019
4.02
8k+ ratings
Framed
by John Grisham • 2024
The innocent confess. Eyewitnesses err. Science is fudged. The system buries its mistakes.
4.10
28k+
Framed Summary
Framed 88%
The innocent confess. Eyewitnesses err. Science is fudged. The system buries its mistakes.
by John Grisham 2024
4.10
28k+ ratings
Insane
by Alisa Roth • 2018
Jails hold more people with mental illness than hospitals. Incarceration makes them sicker.
4.07
1k+
Insane Summary
Insane 88%
Jails hold more people with mental illness than hospitals. Incarceration makes them sicker.
by Alisa Roth 2018
4.07
1k+ ratings
Very Bad People
by Patrick Alley • 2022
How three friends followed war-zone timber to European ports and brought down a dictator.
4.05
799
Very Bad People Summary
Very Bad People 88%
How three friends followed war-zone timber to European ports and brought down a dictator.
by Patrick Alley 2022
4.05
799 ratings
Tangled Up in Blue
by Rosa Brooks • 2021
A law professor joined the police. The training is built to save officers, not the public.
4.06
2k+
Tangled Up in Blue Summary
Tangled Up in Blue 88%
A law professor joined the police. The training is built to save officers, not the public.
by Rosa Brooks 2021
4.06
2k+ ratings
College Girl, Missing
by Shawn Cohen • 2024
She vanished after a night of partying, barefoot on the security footage. The witnesses went silent.
3.54
18k+
College Girl, Missing Summary
College Girl, Missing 88%
She vanished after a night of partying, barefoot on the security footage. The witnesses went silent.
by Shawn Cohen 2024
3.54
18k+ ratings
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