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Dear Killer Summary
Dear Killer
by Katherine Ewell 2014 362 pages
3.47
4k+ ratings
Young Adult
Mystery
Thriller
Provenance Summary
Provenance
How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art
by Laney Salisbury 2009 327 pages
3.93
6k+ ratings
Art
True Crime
History
The Banker’s Wife Summary
The Banker’s Wife
by Cristina Alger 2018 341 pages
3.90
20k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Best New True Crime Stories Summary
The Best New True Crime Stories
Small Towns: Small Towns
by Mitzi Szereto 2020 256 pages
3.29
340 ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
The Caesars Palace Coup Summary
The Caesars Palace Coup
How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Corruption of the Private Equity Industry
by Max Frumes 2021 460 pages
4.05
3k+ ratings
Business
Finance
History
Notes on a Silencing Summary
Notes on a Silencing
A Memoir
by Lacy Crawford 2020 400 pages
4.24
9k+ ratings
Memoir
True Crime
Feminism
Black Mass Summary
Black Mass
Whitey Bulger, the FBI and a Devil's Deal
by Dick Lehr 2000 448 pages
3.82
8k+ ratings
True Crime
History
Crime
Venomous Kiss Summary
Venomous Kiss
by T.L. Smith 2025 386 pages
3.64
11k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Dark
Razor Sharp Summary
Razor Sharp
by Fern Michaels 2009 307 pages
4.24
4k+ ratings
Mystery
Romance
Thriller
The Fort Bragg Cartel Summary
The Fort Bragg Cartel
Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces
by Seth Harp 2025 357 pages
4.06
9k+ ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
Los señores del narco Summary
Los señores del narco
by Anabel Hernández 2010 592 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
Crime
The Doorman Summary
The Doorman
by Chris Pavone 2025 388 pages
3.87
14k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Walk the Blue Line Summary
Walk the Blue Line
Real Cops, True Stories
by James Patterson 2023 353 pages
4.19
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Biography
Crime
The Secrets We Keep Summary
The Secrets We Keep
by Lily Wildhart 2023 383 pages
3.93
3k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Dark
Why Choose
Raiders and Rebels Summary
Raiders and Rebels
The Golden Age of Piracy
by Frank Sherry 1986 399 pages
4.24
282 ratings
History
Pirates
True Crime
The Jury Summary
The Jury
by Fern Michaels 2005 320 pages
4.27
10k+ ratings
Mystery
Romance
Suspense
Todo arde (Todo arde, #1) Summary
Todo arde (Todo arde, #1)
by Juan Gómez-Jurado 2022 592 pages
3.83
15k+ ratings
Thriller
Spanish Literature
Crime
Psychos Summary
Psychos
by Sheridan Anne 2021 388 pages
4.10
9k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Dark
Romance
While the City Slept Summary
While the City Slept
A Love Lost to Violence and a Wake-Up Call for Mental Health Care in America
by Eli Sanders 2016 322 pages
3.98
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Mental Health
Cruel Malady Summary
Cruel Malady
A Necrosis of the Mind
by Trisha Wolfe 2023 542 pages
3.81
500+ ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Dark
The Grim Sleeper Summary
The Grim Sleeper
The Lost Women of South Central
by Christine Pelisek 2016 325 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
Hard Landing Summary
Hard Landing
by Stephen Leather 2004 376 pages
4.06
6k+ ratings
Thriller
Crime
Action
Written in Blood Summary
Written in Blood
A History of Forensic Detection
by Colin Wilson 1989 544 pages
3.92
233 ratings
True Crime
History
Crime
Days of Rage Summary
Days of Rage
America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence
by Bryan Burrough 2015 608 pages
3.98
2k+ ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Sixth Wicked Child Summary
The Sixth Wicked Child
by J.D. Barker 2019 626 pages
4.48
37k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Unintended Consequences Summary
Unintended Consequences
by Stuart Woods 2013 320 pages
3.95
6k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Suspense
Todo muere (Todo arde, #3) Summary
Todo muere (Todo arde, #3)
by Juan Gómez-Jurado 2024 648 pages
3.85
6k+ ratings
Thriller
Crime
Spanish Literature
The Silencer Summary
The Silencer
by Cora Rose 2024 304 pages
3.95
6k+ ratings
M M Romance
Dark
Dark Romance
Bad City Summary
Bad City
Peril and Power in the City of Angels
by Paul Pringle 2022 305 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Journalism
The Silent Wife Summary
The Silent Wife
by Karin Slaughter 2020 496 pages
4.23
82k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Purple Cane Road Summary
Purple Cane Road
by James Lee Burke 2000 387 pages
4.17
8k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Mystery Thriller
The Devil's Vengeance Summary
The Devil's Vengeance
by Bella J. 2021 262 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Dark
Mafia Romance
Senseless Summary
Senseless
by Ronald Malfi 2025 432 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Big Sleep Summary
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler 1939 231 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Classics
Crime
I am Dressed in Sin Summary
I am Dressed in Sin
by C.M. Stunich 2021 540 pages
4.41
4k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Dark
Twelve Summary
Twelve
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2017 144 pages
3.79
79k+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Thriller
Sleep Tight Summary
Sleep Tight
by J.H. Markert 2024 336 pages
3.64
25k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
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
1k+ ratings
History
True Crime
American History
Flaggermusmannen Summary
Flaggermusmannen
by Jo Nesbø 1997 339 pages
3.55
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
We Begin at the End Summary
We Begin at the End
by Chris Whitaker 2020 384 pages
4.18
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Thriller
Smuggler Nation Summary
Smuggler Nation
How Illicit Trade Made America
by Peter Andreas 2013 472 pages
3.96
214 ratings
History
American History
Economics
None of the Above Summary
None of the Above
The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed, and the Criminalization of Educators
by Shani Robinson 2019 272 pages
3.94
190 ratings
Education
History
Crime
Games People Play Summary
Games People Play
by Owen Mullen 2017 334 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
Hatchet Island Summary
Hatchet Island
by Paul Doiron 2022 320 pages
4.05
5k+ ratings
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Suspense
Forensics Summary
Forensics
A Guide for Writers
by D.P. Lyle 2008 448 pages
4.34
375 ratings
Writing
Reference
Science
Killing the Dream Summary
Killing the Dream
James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Gerald Posner 1998 448 pages
4.09
220 ratings
History
American History
True Crime
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
3.79
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Westerns
The Art of a Lie Summary
The Art of a Lie
by Laura Shepherd-Robinson 2025 304 pages
4.08
5k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
The Death Club Summary
The Death Club
by Caroline Peckham 2021 606 pages
4.25
12k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Dark
Romance
Long Shadows Summary
Long Shadows
by David Baldacci 2022 498 pages
4.41
60k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
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