Crime

Dark alleys and courtrooms, prison cells and forensics labs set the stage for gripping tales of justice and injustice, where detectives, lawyers, and criminals clash in society's shadows. These stories and investigations expose the underbelly of human nature, from sophisticated financial fraud to brutal murders, while exploring the complex machinery of law enforcement and criminal justice that shapes our world.

Crime Book Summaries

Death of a Gossip Summary

Death of a Gossip

by M.C. Beaton 1985 179 pages

Filthy Savage Summary

by Lilian Harris 2025 443 pages

Joy Moody Is Out of Time Summary

Joy Moody Is Out of Time

by Kerryn Mayne 2024 352 pages

Mystery Thriller

Sister, Butcher, Sister Summary

Sister, Butcher, Sister

by K.D. Aldyn 2025 368 pages

Mystery Thriller

Her First Mistake Summary

Her First Mistake

by Kendra Elliot 2025 343 pages

Gunmetal Lily Summary

by Rebecca Royce 2022 251 pages

Vicious Little Darling Summary

Vicious Little Darling

by Teresa Wolf 2024 234 pages

The Contract Summary

by Rina Saint 2024 224 pages

Grotesque Summary

by Natsuo Kirino 2007 480 pages

Japanese Literature

Murder at Twilight Summary

Murder at Twilight

by Fleur Hitchcock 2018 256 pages

Black Widows Summary

by Cate Quinn 2021 419 pages

Mystery Thriller

Dirty Weekend Summary

by Helen Zahavi 2000 200 pages

Mafiosa Summary

by Catherine Doyle 2017 400 pages

Heads You Lose Summary

by Bea Paige 2022 376 pages

The Self-Made Widow Summary

The Self-Made Widow

by Fabian Nicieza 2022 400 pages

Mystery Thriller

Vendetta Summary

by Catherine Doyle 2015 352 pages

A Beautiful Couple Summary

A Beautiful Couple

by Leslie Wolfe 2024 372 pages

Mystery Thriller

What Remains of Teague House Summary

What Remains of Teague House

by Stacy Johns 2025 432 pages

Psychos Summary

by Sheridan Anne 2021 440 pages

Pretty Little Threats Summary

Pretty Little Threats

by Daria Quinn 2025 434 pages

Enemies To Lovers

Confident Women Summary

Confident Women

Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion

by Tori Telfer 2021 352 pages

Safe and Sound Summary

by Fern Michaels 2018 167 pages

Prayers for Rain Summary

Prayers for Rain

by Dennis Lehane 2000 375 pages

Roses of May Summary

by Dot Hutchison 2017 302 pages

Dead Man's Isle Summary

Dead Man's Isle

by Caroline Peckham 2021 594 pages

Todo muere Summary

by Juan Gómez-Jurado 2024 648 pages

Spanish Literature

The President Is Missing Summary

The President Is Missing

by Bill Clinton 2018 513 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Silencer Summary

by Cora Rose 2024 304 pages

Death of a Maid Summary

Death of a Maid

by M.C. Beaton 2007 256 pages

Crimen y castigo 1 Summary

Crimen y castigo 1

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 2006 360 pages

Russian Literature

Bought by Santa Summary

Bought by Santa

by B. Lybaek 2024 375 pages

The Willow Pattern Summary

The Willow Pattern

by Robert van Gulik 1979 192 pages

Historical Fiction

Pretty Lost Dolls Summary

Pretty Lost Dolls

by Ker Dukey 2016 274 pages

Sidetracked Summary

by S.T. Abby 2016 115 pages

His Enforcer Summary

by Cora Rose 2025 316 pages

Enemies To Lovers

The Twelve Days of Murder Summary

The Twelve Days of Murder

by Andreina Cordani 2023 384 pages

The Cross Summary

by Steve Cavanagh 2015 173 pages

Ruining Dahlia Summary

by C.R. Jane 2022 534 pages

Pretty New Doll Summary

Pretty New Doll

by Ker Dukey 2017

The Red Shore Summary

by William Shaw 2025 376 pages

The Given Day Summary

by Dennis Lehane 2008 704 pages

Historical Fiction

The Murder Rule Summary

The Murder Rule

by Dervla McTiernan 2022 295 pages

The Broken Places Summary

The Broken Places

by Mia Sheridan 2024 344 pages

Romantic Suspense

Missing You Summary

by Harlan Coben 2014 399 pages

Truth and Justice Summary

Truth and Justice

by Fern Michaels 2020 368 pages

Mystery Thriller

Hundreds Summary

by Pepper Winters 2017 300 pages

Corn Dolls Summary

by K.T. Galloway 2021 204 pages

When the Evil Waits Summary

When the Evil Waits

by M.J. Lee 2021 312 pages

Dollars Summary

by Pepper Winters 2017 300 pages

Scarred Regrets Summary

Scarred Regrets

by Adelaide Forrest 2021 484 pages

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