Secret Investigation Books | Summaries & Audio

The Hallmarked Man

by Robert Galbraith • 2025

A corpse in a silver vault draws Strike into London's underworld of Masonic ritual and trafficking.

4.20

73k+

🔍 Investigative Duo 🖤 Gritty Detective Noir 🔥 Slow Burn Partnership

The Hallmarked Man 89%

A corpse in a silver vault draws Strike into London's underworld of Masonic ritual and trafficking.

by Robert Galbraith 2025

4.20

73k+ ratings

🔍 Investigative Duo 🖤 Gritty Detective Noir 🔥 Slow Burn Partnership

Cleaning the Gold

by Karin Slaughter • 2019

Undercover at Fort Knox, two men cleaning gold learn their separate missions point to one crime

3.49

25k+

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕵️ Undercover Operation 🪖 Corrupt Military

Cleaning the Gold 88%

Undercover at Fort Knox, two men cleaning gold learn their separate missions point to one crime

by Karin Slaughter 2019

3.49

25k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕵️ Undercover Operation 🪖 Corrupt Military

Lethal White

by Robert Galbraith • 2018

A child's murder and a minister's blackmail lead Strike and Robin to one body in Westminster.

4.25

188k+

🕵️ Private Investigator 👥 Detective Duo 🧊 Cold Case Resurfaced

Lethal White 88%

A child's murder and a minister's blackmail lead Strike and Robin to one body in Westminster.

by Robert Galbraith 2018

4.25

188k+ ratings

🕵️ Private Investigator 👥 Detective Duo 🧊 Cold Case Resurfaced

One Nation Under Blackmail

by Whitney Alyse Webb • 2022

Seventeen White House visits. The blackmail machine that protected Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

4.42

712

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕵️ Intelligence History 🔫 Organized Crime

One Nation Under Blackmail 88%

Seventeen White House visits. The blackmail machine that protected Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

by Whitney Alyse Webb 2022

4.42

712 ratings

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕵️ Intelligence History 🔫 Organized Crime

Don't Let Go

by Harlan Coben • 2017

Fifteen years after his twin died, a cop's missing girlfriend reappears at a murder scene.

4.05

82k+

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🚀 Cold War Mystery

Don't Let Go 88%

Fifteen years after his twin died, a cop's missing girlfriend reappears at a murder scene.

by Harlan Coben 2017

4.05

82k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🚀 Cold War Mystery

The Wrong Side of Goodbye

by Michael Connelly • 2016

Harry Bosch takes a dying billionaire's plea: find the hidden child of a doomed love affair.

4.34

80k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Haunted Detective 💰 Hidden Heir

The Wrong Side of Goodbye 88%

Harry Bosch takes a dying billionaire's plea: find the hidden child of a doomed love affair.

by Michael Connelly 2016

4.34

80k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Haunted Detective 💰 Hidden Heir

Blood Orchid

by Stuart Woods • 2002

A bullet interrupts a Florida police chief's dinner, and three developers are already dead.

4.07

12k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Organized Crime 👮‍♀️ Woman In Law Enforcement

Blood Orchid 88%

A bullet interrupts a Florida police chief's dinner, and three developers are already dead.

by Stuart Woods 2002

4.07

12k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Organized Crime 👮‍♀️ Woman In Law Enforcement

Spy Schools

by Daniel Golden • 2017

China, Cuba, and the CIA recruit on American campuses. The schools look the other way.

3.57

315

🔍 Academic Espionage 🇨🇳 Chinese Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations

Spy Schools 88%

China, Cuba, and the CIA recruit on American campuses. The schools look the other way.

by Daniel Golden 2017

3.57

315 ratings

🔍 Academic Espionage 🇨🇳 Chinese Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations

Long Shadows

by David Baldacci • 2022

A judge murdered, a blindfold sliced open at the eyes. An agent who forgets nothing investigates.

4.41

61k+

🏛️ Fbi Procedural 🕵️ Cold War Secrets 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Long Shadows 88%

A judge murdered, a blindfold sliced open at the eyes. An agent who forgets nothing investigates.

by David Baldacci 2022

4.41

61k+ ratings

🏛️ Fbi Procedural 🕵️ Cold War Secrets 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Voodoo River

by Robert Crais • 1995

A TV star's adoption search leads an LA detective into a bayou full of deadly secrets.

4.18

17k+

🕵️ Hardboiled PI 🎭 Southern Noir 👤 Hidden Parentage

Voodoo River 88%

A TV star's adoption search leads an LA detective into a bayou full of deadly secrets.

by Robert Crais 1995

4.18

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled PI 🎭 Southern Noir 👤 Hidden Parentage

The Deserter

by Nelson DeMille • 2019

Two Army investigators hunt a Delta Force deserter in Caracas, only to find themselves hunted.

4.09

20k+

🕵️ Military Investigation 🕶️ Covert Operations 🤝 Reluctant Partners

The Deserter 88%

Two Army investigators hunt a Delta Force deserter in Caracas, only to find themselves hunted.

by Nelson DeMille 2019

4.09

20k+ ratings

🕵️ Military Investigation 🕶️ Covert Operations 🤝 Reluctant Partners

The Purity of Vengeance

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2010

A cold case team uncovers a eugenics conspiracy and a vengeful elderly woman serving poison tea.

4.07

30k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕵️ Dark Historical Secrets

The Purity of Vengeance 88%

A cold case team uncovers a eugenics conspiracy and a vengeful elderly woman serving poison tea.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2010

4.07

30k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕵️ Dark Historical Secrets

Lullaby Town

by Robert Crais • 1992

Elvis Cole finds a director's missing wife and son. Then the mob comes for them all.

4.16

15k+

🕵️ Private Investigator 🎬 Hollywood Underworld 🔫 Mafia Ties

Lullaby Town 88%

Elvis Cole finds a director's missing wife and son. Then the mob comes for them all.

by Robert Crais 1992

4.16

15k+ ratings

🕵️ Private Investigator 🎬 Hollywood Underworld 🔫 Mafia Ties

Bury Your Past

by J.M. Dalgliesh • 2019

After a Norfolk storm unearths a skeleton, a pendant leads detectives into arson and buried secrets.

4.20

14k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 👮 British Police Procedural 🌊 Coastal Noir

Bury Your Past 88%

After a Norfolk storm unearths a skeleton, a pendant leads detectives into arson and buried secrets.

by J.M. Dalgliesh 2019

4.20

14k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 👮 British Police Procedural 🌊 Coastal Noir

Walk the Wire

by David Baldacci • 2020

A mutilated body in oil country. An agent who never forgets. Secrets worth killing for.

4.15

65k+

🕵️ FBI Investigation 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🧠 Damaged Detective

Walk the Wire 88%

A mutilated body in oil country. An agent who never forgets. Secrets worth killing for.

by David Baldacci 2020

4.15

65k+ ratings

🕵️ FBI Investigation 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🧠 Damaged Detective

Gone Tomorrow

by Lee Child • 2009

Ex-MP Jack Reacher witnesses a subway suicide that pulls him into a lethal Cold War conspiracy.

4.19

117k+

🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🐺 Rogue Investigator

Gone Tomorrow 88%

Ex-MP Jack Reacher witnesses a subway suicide that pulls him into a lethal Cold War conspiracy.

by Lee Child 2009

4.19

117k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🐺 Rogue Investigator

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

by Stieg Larsson • 2007

Shot and left for dead, Lisbeth Salander faces a trial rigged by spies inside the government.

4.25

781k+

⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🌨️ Nordic Noir 💻 Hacker Protagonist

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest Summary

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest 88%

Shot and left for dead, Lisbeth Salander faces a trial rigged by spies inside the government.

by Stieg Larsson 2007

4.25

781k+ ratings

⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🌨️ Nordic Noir 💻 Hacker Protagonist

Area 51

by Annie Jacobsen • 2011

The UFO at Roswell was real. The bodies were human. The secret was darker than aliens.

3.86

11k+

🔍 Cold War Espionage 👽 Ufo Mythology 📰 Investigative Journalism

Area 51 88%

The UFO at Roswell was real. The bodies were human. The secret was darker than aliens.

by Annie Jacobsen 2011

3.86

11k+ ratings

🔍 Cold War Espionage 👽 Ufo Mythology 📰 Investigative Journalism

Silent Bones

by Val McDermid • 2025

Bones beneath a motorway pull a detective into a secret club where membership is murder.

4.12

7k+

🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 🎭 Secret Society

Silent Bones 88%

Bones beneath a motorway pull a detective into a secret club where membership is murder.

by Val McDermid 2025

4.12

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Investigation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Noir 🎭 Secret Society

Unseen

by Karin Slaughter • 2013

A deadly drug raid uncovers a silent boy and a conspiracy rotting a small-town police force.

4.18

63k+

🏛️ Police Corruption 🕵️ Undercover Agent 🥃 Southern Noir

Unseen 88%

A deadly drug raid uncovers a silent boy and a conspiracy rotting a small-town police force.

by Karin Slaughter 2013

4.18

63k+ ratings

🏛️ Police Corruption 🕵️ Undercover Agent 🥃 Southern Noir

Four Shots in the Night

by Henry Hemming • 2024

The IRA's top executioner of informers was himself a British spy. A single murder pulled the thread.

4.30

2k+

💣 The Troubles 🕵️ British Intelligence 👥 Double Agents

Four Shots in the Night 88%

The IRA's top executioner of informers was himself a British spy. A single murder pulled the thread.

by Henry Hemming 2024

4.30

2k+ ratings

💣 The Troubles 🕵️ British Intelligence 👥 Double Agents

Death of a Red Heroine

by Qiu Xiaolong • 2000

A Shanghai poet-detective pursues a model worker's killer while the Party buries the truth.

3.82

6k+

🔍 Literary Mystery ✒️ Poet Detective 🏛️ Political Cover-Up

Death of a Red Heroine 88%

A Shanghai poet-detective pursues a model worker's killer while the Party buries the truth.

by Qiu Xiaolong 2000

3.82

6k+ ratings

🔍 Literary Mystery ✒️ Poet Detective 🏛️ Political Cover-Up

Big Boys' Rules

by mark-urban • 1992

Britain's covert war on the IRA: informers, bugged weapons, ambushes the state called self-defense.

3.87

326

🇮🇪 The Troubles 🪖 Counterinsurgency 🕶️ Covert Warfare

Big Boys' Rules 87%

Britain's covert war on the IRA: informers, bugged weapons, ambushes the state called self-defense.

by mark-urban 1992

3.87

326 ratings

🇮🇪 The Troubles 🪖 Counterinsurgency 🕶️ Covert Warfare

Simply Lies

by David Baldacci • 2023

A fake call lures a single mother to a hidden corpse and the perfect murder frame.

3.96

59k+

🎯 Framed Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🛡️ Witness Protection

Simply Lies 87%

A fake call lures a single mother to a hidden corpse and the perfect murder frame.

by David Baldacci 2023

3.96

59k+ ratings

🎯 Framed Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🛡️ Witness Protection

The Enemy

by Lee Child • 2004

A general's death in a motel sends MP Jack Reacher hunting for a briefcase and a conspiracy.

4.18

148k+

🪖 Military Conspiracy 🕶️ Rogue Investigator 🔍 Procedural Mystery

The Enemy 87%

A general's death in a motel sends MP Jack Reacher hunting for a briefcase and a conspiracy.

by Lee Child 2004

4.18

148k+ ratings

🪖 Military Conspiracy 🕶️ Rogue Investigator 🔍 Procedural Mystery

Hothouse Orchid

by Stuart Woods • 2009

Exiled to Florida, a CIA officer hunts a serial killer as her abuser runs the police.

3.95

7k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 👤 Corrupt Authority Figure

Hothouse Orchid 87%

Exiled to Florida, a CIA officer hunts a serial killer as her abuser runs the police.

by Stuart Woods 2009

3.95

7k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 👤 Corrupt Authority Figure

Iron Orchid

by Stuart Woods • 2005

A CIA trainee joins a manhunt for a rogue agent-turned-vigilante, but he's a ghost in the crowd.

3.97

7k+

🕵️ Rogue Spy 🐭 Cat And Mouse 🕵️‍♀️ Female Agent

Iron Orchid 87%

A CIA trainee joins a manhunt for a rogue agent-turned-vigilante, but he's a ghost in the crowd.

by Stuart Woods 2005

3.97

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Rogue Spy 🐭 Cat And Mouse 🕵️‍♀️ Female Agent

The Mercy Chair

by M.W. Craven • 2024

A ritual stoning in Cumbria draws a detective into a cult that made torture feel like salvation.

4.55

8k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cult Investigation 🖤 Traumatized Detective

The Mercy Chair 87%

A ritual stoning in Cumbria draws a detective into a cult that made torture feel like salvation.

by M.W. Craven 2024

4.55

8k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔍 Cult Investigation 🖤 Traumatized Detective

Jazz Funeral

by Julie Smith • 1993

When a JazzFest producer is murdered, his teenage half-sister runs into the New Orleans night.

3.85

2k+

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🎷 Southern Noir 👮‍♀️ Police Procedural

Jazz Funeral 87%

When a JazzFest producer is murdered, his teenage half-sister runs into the New Orleans night.

by Julie Smith 1993

3.85

2k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🎷 Southern Noir 👮‍♀️ Police Procedural

The City & the City

by China Miéville • 2009

A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.

3.90

80k+

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Noir Detective 🏙️ Overlapping Cities

The City & the City 87%

A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.

by China Miéville 2009

3.90

80k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Noir Detective 🏙️ Overlapping Cities

The English Assassin

by Daniel Silva • 2002

A spy hired to restore a painting finds murder and a conspiracy of looted art.

4.17

45k+

🕶️ Conspiracy Thriller 🖌️ Nazi Looted Art 🗡️ Assassin'S Code

The English Assassin 87%

A spy hired to restore a painting finds murder and a conspiracy of looted art.

by Daniel Silva 2002

4.17

45k+ ratings

🕶️ Conspiracy Thriller 🖌️ Nazi Looted Art 🗡️ Assassin'S Code

I, Alex Cross

by James Patterson • 2009

His niece's murder leads Alex Cross to a secret club where powerful men kill for silence.

4.06

50k+

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕯️ Secret Society 🎭 Double Life

I, Alex Cross 87%

His niece's murder leads Alex Cross to a secret club where powerful men kill for silence.

by James Patterson 2009

4.06

50k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕯️ Secret Society 🎭 Double Life

The Keeper of Lost Causes

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2007

A washed-up cop unearths a cold case: a politician who vanished from a ferry five years ago.

4.01

95k+

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 👮 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation

The Keeper of Lost Causes 87%

A washed-up cop unearths a cold case: a politician who vanished from a ferry five years ago.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2007

4.01

95k+ ratings

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 👮 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation

Dark Alliance

by Gary Webb • 1998

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

4.30

2k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations

Dark Alliance 87%

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

by Gary Webb 1998

4.30

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations

Cat Among the Pigeons

by Agatha Christie • 1959

Hidden in a tennis racquet, a kingdom's jewels bring murder to an English boarding school.

3.86

52k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 💎 Hidden Fortune

Cat Among the Pigeons 87%

Hidden in a tennis racquet, a kingdom's jewels bring murder to an English boarding school.

by Agatha Christie 1959

3.86

52k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 💎 Hidden Fortune

The Bones She Buried

by Lisa Regan • 2019

Detective Josie Quinn finds her boyfriend's mother suffocated with soil. The killer is family.

4.36

11k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Murder 📁 Cold Case

The Bones She Buried 87%

Detective Josie Quinn finds her boyfriend's mother suffocated with soil. The killer is family.

by Lisa Regan 2019

4.36

11k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Murder 📁 Cold Case

The Absent One

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2008

A cold-case detective hunts a fugitive who could expose a cabal of wealthy boarding-school alumni.

3.89

49k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🏫 Boarding School Secrets

The Absent One 87%

A cold-case detective hunts a fugitive who could expose a cabal of wealthy boarding-school alumni.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2008

3.89

49k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🏫 Boarding School Secrets

Ironwood

by Michael Connelly • 2026

A Catalina stakeout kills a deputy. The detective in charge chases a killer wearing a badge.

4.41

21k+

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

Ironwood 87%

A Catalina stakeout kills a deputy. The detective in charge chases a killer wearing a badge.

by Michael Connelly 2026

4.41

21k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

UFOs

by Leslie Kean • 2010

Pilots, generals, and radar confirm UFOs are real. The U.S. government still says they aren't.

4.02

3k+

🛸 Ufology 🔒 Government Secrecy 📰 Investigative Journalism

UFOs 87%

Pilots, generals, and radar confirm UFOs are real. The U.S. government still says they aren't.

by Leslie Kean 2010

4.02

3k+ ratings

🛸 Ufology 🔒 Government Secrecy 📰 Investigative Journalism

I Hear the Sirens in the Street

by Adrian McKinty • 2013

A headless body, a rare poison, and a detective out of place in the Troubles.

4.07

10k+

🖤 Irish Noir ☘️ Sectarian Divide 🕵️ Outsider Detective

I Hear the Sirens in the Street 87%

A headless body, a rare poison, and a detective out of place in the Troubles.

by Adrian McKinty 2013

4.07

10k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir ☘️ Sectarian Divide 🕵️ Outsider Detective

The Last Coyote

by Michael Connelly • 1995

Suspended, a detective reopens his mother's cold case and stirs a cover-up someone still kills for.

4.26

86k+

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case 🐺 Lone Wolf Detective

The Last Coyote 87%

Suspended, a detective reopens his mother's cold case and stirs a cover-up someone still kills for.

by Michael Connelly 1995

4.26

86k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case 🐺 Lone Wolf Detective

The Running Grave

by Robert Galbraith • 2023

A private eye infiltrates a rural cult where one wrong word could trap her forever.

4.59

113k+

🔍 Cult Infiltration 👥 Detective Partners 🧠 Psychological Control

The Running Grave 87%

A private eye infiltrates a rural cult where one wrong word could trap her forever.

by Robert Galbraith 2023

4.59

113k+ ratings

🔍 Cult Infiltration 👥 Detective Partners 🧠 Psychological Control

Backwater Justice

by Fern Michaels • 2024

A missing girl from a family-run Oregon town, a covert sisterhood of vigilantes moves in.

4.42

4k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Missing Persons 💊 Drug Trade

Backwater Justice 87%

A missing girl from a family-run Oregon town, a covert sisterhood of vigilantes moves in.

by Fern Michaels 2024

4.42

4k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Missing Persons 💊 Drug Trade

Dragnet Nation

by Julia Angwin • 2014

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

3.68

659

🛡️ Digital Surveillance 🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Mass Surveillance

Dragnet Nation 87%

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

by Julia Angwin 2014

3.68

659 ratings

🛡️ Digital Surveillance 🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Mass Surveillance

Little Boy Blue

by M.J. Arlidge • 2016

A detective's secret life cracks open when the murder victim is her former dominator.

4.19

16k+

🕵️ Police Procedural ⛓️ Bdsm Subculture 🪤 Framed Protagonist

Little Boy Blue 87%

A detective's secret life cracks open when the murder victim is her former dominator.

by M.J. Arlidge 2016

4.19

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Police Procedural ⛓️ Bdsm Subculture 🪤 Framed Protagonist

The Patience of the Spider

by Andrea Camilleri • 2004

A wounded Sicilian detective tracks a missing student as her family's buried resentments surface.

4.04

7k+

🍋 Sicilian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🌿 Meditative Mystery

The Patience of the Spider 87%

A wounded Sicilian detective tracks a missing student as her family's buried resentments surface.

by Andrea Camilleri 2004

4.04

7k+ ratings

🍋 Sicilian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🌿 Meditative Mystery

The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie • 1922

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

3.84

72k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo

The Secret Adversary 87%

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

by Agatha Christie 1922

3.84

72k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo

The Secret Hours

by Mick Herron • 2023

A retired spy is ambushed in Devon while a bumbling inquiry unearths his lethal Berlin secret.

4.25

22k+

🥶 Cold War Espionage 📋 Bureaucratic Intrigue 🔫 Retired Spy Pulled Back

The Secret Hours 87%

A retired spy is ambushed in Devon while a bumbling inquiry unearths his lethal Berlin secret.

by Mick Herron 2023

4.25

22k+ ratings

🥶 Cold War Espionage 📋 Bureaucratic Intrigue 🔫 Retired Spy Pulled Back

Dark Wire

by Joseph Cox • 2024

The FBI secretly ran the encrypted phone company that criminals trusted, and read every message.

3.98

3k+

🕵️ Organized Crime 🔐 Encryption 🎣 Sting Operations

Dark Wire 87%

The FBI secretly ran the encrypted phone company that criminals trusted, and read every message.

by Joseph Cox 2024

3.98

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Organized Crime 🔐 Encryption 🎣 Sting Operations

The King's Deception

by Steve Berry • 2013

An ex-agent's London errand turns lethal: the pickpocket he's escorting holds a Tudor secret.

4.00

15k+

🏰 Tudor Intrigue 🕯️ Secret Society 📖 Alternate History

The King's Deception 87%

An ex-agent's London errand turns lethal: the pickpocket he's escorting holds a Tudor secret.

by Steve Berry 2013

4.00

15k+ ratings

🏰 Tudor Intrigue 🕯️ Secret Society 📖 Alternate History

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