Criminal Underdogs Books | Summaries & Audio

The Art of Making Money

by Jason Kersten • 2009

His counterfeits were nearly flawless. The people in his life were not.

4.01

2k+

💵 Counterfeiting 🕴️ Organized Crime 🧑‍🏫 Criminal Mentorship 🏚️ Poverty And Crime 🔬 Technical Obsession

The Art of Making Money 88%

His counterfeits were nearly flawless. The people in his life were not.

by Jason Kersten 2009

4.01

2k+ ratings

💵 Counterfeiting 🕴️ Organized Crime 🧑‍🏫 Criminal Mentorship 🏚️ Poverty And Crime 🔬 Technical Obsession

The Hot Rock

by Donald E. Westlake • 1970

After stealing a priceless emerald, a crew of thieves chases the vanishing stone across New York.

3.95

7k+

💰 Heist Caper 💎 Cursed Treasure 🧠 Reluctant Mastermind 👥 Found Family 🖤 Dark Comedy

The Hot Rock 87%

After stealing a priceless emerald, a crew of thieves chases the vanishing stone across New York.

by Donald E. Westlake 1970

3.95

7k+ ratings

💰 Heist Caper 💎 Cursed Treasure 🧠 Reluctant Mastermind 👥 Found Family 🖤 Dark Comedy

The Big Con

by David W. Maurer • 1940

The con man's only real partner is the mark's greed. A 1940 study of American swindlers.

3.82

1k+

🎭 Con Artistry 🔍 Criminal Subcultures 🗣️ Criminal Language 🧠 Social Engineering 🎪 Psychology Of Deception

The Big Con 87%

The con man's only real partner is the mark's greed. A 1940 study of American swindlers.

by David W. Maurer 1940

3.82

1k+ ratings

🎭 Con Artistry 🔍 Criminal Subcultures 🗣️ Criminal Language 🧠 Social Engineering 🎪 Psychology Of Deception

Education of a Felon

by Edward Bunker • 1999

A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.

4.14

2k+

⛓️ Prison Memoir 💰 Career Criminal 🔪 Prison Survival 🔄 Recidivism 🧒 Juvenile Injustice

Education of a Felon 87%

A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.

by Edward Bunker 1999

4.14

2k+ ratings

⛓️ Prison Memoir 💰 Career Criminal 🔪 Prison Survival 🔄 Recidivism 🧒 Juvenile Injustice

L'instinct de mort

by Jacques Mesrine • 1984

From mourning a dead songbird to mastering the prison break: the gangster France could never hold.

4.31

422

🔓 Prison Escapes 📝 Criminal Memoir 🗼 French Underworld 💼 Organized Crime ⚔️ Algerian War

L'instinct de mort 87%

From mourning a dead songbird to mastering the prison break: the gangster France could never hold.

by Jacques Mesrine 1984

4.31

422 ratings

🔓 Prison Escapes 📝 Criminal Memoir 🗼 French Underworld 💼 Organized Crime ⚔️ Algerian War

Hard Landing

by Stephen Leather • 2004

An undercover cop gets close to a prison kingpin, but his family is targeted on the outside.

4.06

6k+

🕵️ Deep Cover 🚔 Prison Drama 💣 Tactical Action 👨‍👦 Family In Peril ⚖️ Morally Ambiguous Hero

Hard Landing 87%

An undercover cop gets close to a prison kingpin, but his family is targeted on the outside.

by Stephen Leather 2004

4.06

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Deep Cover 🚔 Prison Drama 💣 Tactical Action 👨‍👦 Family In Peril ⚖️ Morally Ambiguous Hero

Dead I Well May Be

by Adrian McKinty • 2003

Betrayed by his crime boss, an Irish immigrant must survive a Mexican prison and plan his revenge.

3.95

5k+

🍀 Irish Crime 🎯 Revenge Quest 🔓 Prison Break 🕶️ Hard-Boiled 🏙️ New York Mob

Dead I Well May Be 87%

Betrayed by his crime boss, an Irish immigrant must survive a Mexican prison and plan his revenge.

by Adrian McKinty 2003

3.95

5k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Crime 🎯 Revenge Quest 🔓 Prison Break 🕶️ Hard-Boiled 🏙️ New York Mob

Profit and Punishment

by Tony Messenger • 2021

When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.

4.26

658

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔗 Mass Incarceration ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 💰 Policing Poverty 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Profit and Punishment 86%

When courts depend on fines to stay open, the poor become the revenue.

by Tony Messenger 2021

4.26

658 ratings

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔗 Mass Incarceration ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 💰 Policing Poverty 🔍 Investigative Journalism

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+

🏛️ Criminal Justice 💔 Systemic Failure 💷 Austerity Politics 🕵️ Insider Expose 🚪 Access To Justice

The Secret Barrister 86%

A barrister reveals how criminal courts became an assembly line, and who pays the price.

by The Secret Barrister 2018

3.88

23k+ ratings

🏛️ Criminal Justice 💔 Systemic Failure 💷 Austerity Politics 🕵️ Insider Expose 🚪 Access To Justice

The Last Chance Lawyer

by William Bernhardt • 2019

A disgraced lawyer's case: a woman framed for murder, a nine-year-old girl bound for traffickers.

4.27

5k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🫂 Found Family 🔒 Wrongful Accusation 💼 Underdog Lawyer

The Last Chance Lawyer 86%

A disgraced lawyer's case: a woman framed for murder, a nine-year-old girl bound for traffickers.

by William Bernhardt 2019

4.27

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🫂 Found Family 🔒 Wrongful Accusation 💼 Underdog Lawyer

If Tomorrow Comes

by Sidney Sheldon • 1985

Her mother dead, her freedom stolen, Tracy Whitney emerges from prison as an unstoppable con artist.

4.08

71k+

🏛️ Wrongful Conviction 🔒 Prison Survival 🔪 Female Revenge 💎 Heist Caper ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers

If Tomorrow Comes 86%

Her mother dead, her freedom stolen, Tracy Whitney emerges from prison as an unstoppable con artist.

by Sidney Sheldon 1985

4.08

71k+ ratings

🏛️ Wrongful Conviction 🔒 Prison Survival 🔪 Female Revenge 💎 Heist Caper ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers

Blacktop Wasteland

by S.A. Cosby • 2020

An ex-wheelman's last heist goes bloody, and a Southern crime lord demands his family as payment.

4.08

61k+

🌴 Southern Noir 💎 Heist Gone Wrong 🏎️ One Last Job 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🥃 Hard-Boiled

Blacktop Wasteland 86%

An ex-wheelman's last heist goes bloody, and a Southern crime lord demands his family as payment.

by S.A. Cosby 2020

4.08

61k+ ratings

🌴 Southern Noir 💎 Heist Gone Wrong 🏎️ One Last Job 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🥃 Hard-Boiled

The Lies of Locke Lamora

by Scott Lynch • 2006

Locke Lamora's gang cons Camorr's wealthy. A masked killer hunts the crime lords who protect them.

4.30

347k+

🏦 Fantasy Heist 🖤 Found Family 💀 Revenge Quest 🎭 Con Artist Hero 🃏 Darkly Comic

The Lies of Locke Lamora 86%

Locke Lamora's gang cons Camorr's wealthy. A masked killer hunts the crime lords who protect them.

by Scott Lynch 2006

4.30

347k+ ratings

🏦 Fantasy Heist 🖤 Found Family 💀 Revenge Quest 🎭 Con Artist Hero 🃏 Darkly Comic

Todo arde (Todo arde, #1)

by Juan Gómez-Jurado • 2022

Betrayed by a banker, a mother recruits two outcasts for a casino heist against corrupt elites.

3.83

16k+

🏦 Heist Thriller 🫂 Found Family 💀 Revenge Plot 🏛️ Corrupt Elite 😏 Dark Humor

Todo arde (Todo arde, #1) 86%

Betrayed by a banker, a mother recruits two outcasts for a casino heist against corrupt elites.

by Juan Gómez-Jurado 2022

3.83

16k+ ratings

🏦 Heist Thriller 🫂 Found Family 💀 Revenge Plot 🏛️ Corrupt Elite 😏 Dark Humor

The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing

by Matt Taibbi • 2018

A drug dealer's business playbook: lessons in risk, financial discipline, and knowing when to quit.

3.95

337

🏴 Criminal Enterprise 📊 Street Economics ⚠️ Risk Management 📖 Business Memoirs 🔄 Counterintuitive Business

The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing Summary

The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing 86%

A drug dealer's business playbook: lessons in risk, financial discipline, and knowing when to quit.

by Matt Taibbi 2018

3.95

337 ratings

🏴 Criminal Enterprise 📊 Street Economics ⚠️ Risk Management 📖 Business Memoirs 🔄 Counterintuitive Business

Rogue Lawyer

by John Grisham • 2015

From a bulletproof van, a cynical lawyer defends the indefensible as enemies close in.

3.81

91k+

🏛️ Criminal Defense ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🚬 Cynical Antihero 🔗 Corrupt Legal System 🚫 Wrongful Conviction

Rogue Lawyer 86%

From a bulletproof van, a cynical lawyer defends the indefensible as enemies close in.

by John Grisham 2015

3.81

91k+ ratings

🏛️ Criminal Defense ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🚬 Cynical Antihero 🔗 Corrupt Legal System 🚫 Wrongful Conviction

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 🖼️ Stolen Art 🔐 Family Secrets

Simply Lies 86%

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 🖼️ Stolen Art 🔐 Family Secrets

The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told

by Mark Paul • 2020

Three gamblers bet their lives on a filly at 50-1, then face a cartel to collect.

4.03

3k+

🐎 Horse Racing 🏆 Underdog Sports 📚 Narrative Nonfiction 🎲 High-Stakes Gambling 🌮 Mexican Cartel

The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told Summary

The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told 86%

Three gamblers bet their lives on a filly at 50-1, then face a cartel to collect.

by Mark Paul 2020

4.03

3k+ ratings

🐎 Horse Racing 🏆 Underdog Sports 📚 Narrative Nonfiction 🎲 High-Stakes Gambling 🌮 Mexican Cartel

The Satsuma Complex

by Bob Mortimer • 2022

Dream date, dead mate, fake cops: a legal assistant's life pivots on a corn-cob USB stick.

3.68

75k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Comic Crime 😐 Deadpan Humor 🎯 MacGuffin Chase 🚨 Police Corruption

The Satsuma Complex 86%

Dream date, dead mate, fake cops: a legal assistant's life pivots on a corn-cob USB stick.

by Bob Mortimer 2022

3.68

75k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Comic Crime 😐 Deadpan Humor 🎯 MacGuffin Chase 🚨 Police Corruption

No Plan B

by Lee Child • 2022

A staged suicide in Colorado drags Jack Reacher into a private prison's dark conspiracy.

3.97

65k+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller ⛓️ Prison Corruption 🐺 Lone Wolf Protagonist 🎖️ Former Military Hero ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

No Plan B 86%

A staged suicide in Colorado drags Jack Reacher into a private prison's dark conspiracy.

by Lee Child 2022

3.97

65k+ ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller ⛓️ Prison Corruption 🐺 Lone Wolf Protagonist 🎖️ Former Military Hero ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Judge & Jury

by James Patterson • 2006

When a mob trial bombing kills her son, a juror becomes the hunter.

4.01

52k+

🔫 Organized Crime ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🌍 International Manhunt 💔 Parental Revenge 🤝 Unlikely Duo

Judge & Jury 86%

When a mob trial bombing kills her son, a juror becomes the hunter.

by James Patterson 2006

4.01

52k+ ratings

🔫 Organized Crime ⚖️ Legal Thriller 🌍 International Manhunt 💔 Parental Revenge 🤝 Unlikely Duo

Artemis

by Andy Weir • 2017

A porter and smuggler on the moon takes a job sabotaging harvesters that goes violently wrong.

3.68

335k+

🚀 Hard Sci-Fi 🌕 Lunar City 💰 Heist Gone Wrong 🏭 Corporate Sabotage 🛠️ Working Class Hero

Artemis 86%

A porter and smuggler on the moon takes a job sabotaging harvesters that goes violently wrong.

by Andy Weir 2017

3.68

335k+ ratings

🚀 Hard Sci-Fi 🌕 Lunar City 💰 Heist Gone Wrong 🏭 Corporate Sabotage 🛠️ Working Class Hero

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 🔍 Fbi Investigations 💻 Criminal Technology

Dark Wire 86%

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 🔍 Fbi Investigations 💻 Criminal Technology

Le ripou des Hells

by Éric Thibault • 2023

A celebrated anti-gang cop sold police secrets to the Hells Angels. His buyer kept the tapes.

4.03

🕴️ Organized Crime 🏍️ Biker Gangs 👮 Police Corruption 🕵️ Undercover Operations 📰 Investigative Journalism

Le ripou des Hells 86%

A celebrated anti-gang cop sold police secrets to the Hells Angels. His buyer kept the tapes.

by Éric Thibault 2023

4.03

59 ratings

🕴️ Organized Crime 🏍️ Biker Gangs 👮 Police Corruption 🕵️ Undercover Operations 📰 Investigative Journalism

Homeboyz

by Alan Sitomer • 2007

His sister killed by gangs, a teen genius must choose between revenge and saving a boy.

4.34

2k+

🔫 Gang Drama ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🧑‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor 🏠 Found Family 💔 Broken Home

Homeboyz 86%

His sister killed by gangs, a teen genius must choose between revenge and saving a boy.

by Alan Sitomer 2007

4.34

2k+ ratings

🔫 Gang Drama ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🧑‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor 🏠 Found Family 💔 Broken Home

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief

by Bill Mason • 2004

Rooftop break-ins, close calls, a family at home: inside the double life of a master jewel thief.

3.86

1k+

💎 Jewel Heists 🐱 Cat Burglary 🏃‍♂️ Fugitive Life 🧠 Psychology Of Crime 🎲 Addiction To Risk

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief Summary

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief 86%

Rooftop break-ins, close calls, a family at home: inside the double life of a master jewel thief.

by Bill Mason 2004

3.86

1k+ ratings

💎 Jewel Heists 🐱 Cat Burglary 🏃‍♂️ Fugitive Life 🧠 Psychology Of Crime 🎲 Addiction To Risk

Juvenile Delinquency

by Larry J. Siegel • 2004

Youth crime stems from biology, poverty, and a system caught between punishment and rehabilitation.

3.73

109

🏛️ Juvenile Justice 📚 Criminological Theory 🔍 Youth Crime 🏙️ Urban Crime 📈 Life Course Criminology

Juvenile Delinquency 86%

Youth crime stems from biology, poverty, and a system caught between punishment and rehabilitation.

by Larry J. Siegel 2004

3.73

109 ratings

🏛️ Juvenile Justice 📚 Criminological Theory 🔍 Youth Crime 🏙️ Urban Crime 📈 Life Course Criminology

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

by Maurice Leblanc • 1907

A debonair thief turns detective, solving the mysteries the French police cannot crack.

3.85

17k+

🎩 Gentleman Thief 🗼 Belle Epoque Paris 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🔎 Criminal Sleuth 💎 Heist Stories

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief 86%

A debonair thief turns detective, solving the mysteries the French police cannot crack.

by Maurice Leblanc 1907

3.85

17k+ ratings

🎩 Gentleman Thief 🗼 Belle Epoque Paris 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🔎 Criminal Sleuth 💎 Heist Stories

The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison

by Jeffrey H. Reiman • 1979

The justice system ignores corporate harm and targets the poor. That failure is its real job.

3.94

589

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔍 Critical Criminology 💰 Class And Inequality 🏢 White-Collar Crime 🔒 Mass Incarceration

The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison Summary

The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison 86%

The justice system ignores corporate harm and targets the poor. That failure is its real job.

by Jeffrey H. Reiman 1979

3.94

589 ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔍 Critical Criminology 💰 Class And Inequality 🏢 White-Collar Crime 🔒 Mass Incarceration

The Art Thief

by Michael Finkel • 2023

History's most prolific art thief never stole for money. He stole to possess beauty itself.

3.92

103k+

🖼️ Art Theft 🎨 Aesthetic Obsession 🧠 Collector Psychology 🕵️ Amateur Criminals 💔 Love And Crime

The Art Thief 86%

History's most prolific art thief never stole for money. He stole to possess beauty itself.

by Michael Finkel 2023

3.92

103k+ ratings

🖼️ Art Theft 🎨 Aesthetic Obsession 🧠 Collector Psychology 🕵️ Amateur Criminals 💔 Love And Crime

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

by Elle Cosimano • 2021

A novelist is mistaken for a hitwoman, and the target turns up dead in her garage.

3.99

243k+

🏠 Suburban Noir 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🙈 Reluctant Criminal 🫣 Crime Cover-Up 😂 Comic Thriller

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It 86%

A novelist is mistaken for a hitwoman, and the target turns up dead in her garage.

by Elle Cosimano 2021

3.99

243k+ ratings

🏠 Suburban Noir 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🙈 Reluctant Criminal 🫣 Crime Cover-Up 😂 Comic Thriller

Punishment Without Crime

by Alexandra Natapoff • 2018

Thirteen million people are swept through local courts each year, and no one is watching.

4.16

441

🏛️ Misdemeanor Courts 💰 Cash Bail 🧾 Fines And Fees 🔗 Debtors Prisons ⛓️ Collateral Consequences

Punishment Without Crime 86%

Thirteen million people are swept through local courts each year, and no one is watching.

by Alexandra Natapoff 2018

4.16

441 ratings

🏛️ Misdemeanor Courts 💰 Cash Bail 🧾 Fines And Fees 🔗 Debtors Prisons ⛓️ Collateral Consequences

Dongri To Dubai

by S. Hussain Zaidi • 2012

Gold smugglers, Bollywood dreams, and the constable's son who became a global terrorist.

3.95

11k+

🏙️ Mumbai Underworld 🕵️ Organized Crime History 👑 Dons And Kingpins 🤝 Ethnic Gangs 📦 Smuggling Networks

Dongri To Dubai 86%

Gold smugglers, Bollywood dreams, and the constable's son who became a global terrorist.

by S. Hussain Zaidi 2012

3.95

11k+ ratings

🏙️ Mumbai Underworld 🕵️ Organized Crime History 👑 Dons And Kingpins 🤝 Ethnic Gangs 📦 Smuggling Networks

Hokus Pokus

by Fern Michaels • 2007

Blackmailed for running a secret escape network, a Supreme Court justice turns to exiled vigilantes.

4.28

7k+

💥 Vigilante Justice 💪 Women Vigilantes 🖤 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 😂 Humorous Suspense

Hokus Pokus 86%

Blackmailed for running a secret escape network, a Supreme Court justice turns to exiled vigilantes.

by Fern Michaels 2007

4.28

7k+ ratings

💥 Vigilante Justice 💪 Women Vigilantes 🖤 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 😂 Humorous Suspense

Life or Death

by Michael Robotham • 2014

A day before freedom, a convict escapes into Texas to keep a promise worth any price.

4.10

13k+

🔓 Prison Escape 🔍 Manhunt 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 💰 Missing Loot 💀 Dying Wish

Life or Death 86%

A day before freedom, a convict escapes into Texas to keep a promise worth any price.

by Michael Robotham 2014

4.10

13k+ ratings

🔓 Prison Escape 🔍 Manhunt 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 💰 Missing Loot 💀 Dying Wish

Catch Me If You Can

by Frank W. Abagnale • 1980

Fake Pan Am pilot, fake doctor, fake lawyer. Real FBI manhunt. He was 19.

4.04

63k+

🎭 Con Artists 🪪 Impersonation 🖋️ Forgery 🗣️ Social Engineering ⛓️ Prison Survival

Catch Me If You Can 86%

Fake Pan Am pilot, fake doctor, fake lawyer. Real FBI manhunt. He was 19.

by Frank W. Abagnale 1980

4.04

63k+ ratings

🎭 Con Artists 🪪 Impersonation 🖋️ Forgery 🗣️ Social Engineering ⛓️ Prison Survival

Last Chance in Texas

by John Hubner • 2005

At a Texas juvenile prison, violent offenders reenact their crimes. Only one in ten reoffends.

4.29

828

⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🔄 Offender Rehabilitation 🫂 Restorative Justice 📚 Correctional Education 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

Last Chance in Texas 86%

At a Texas juvenile prison, violent offenders reenact their crimes. Only one in ten reoffends.

by John Hubner 2005

4.29

828 ratings

⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🔄 Offender Rehabilitation 🫂 Restorative Justice 📚 Correctional Education 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

Dawood's Mentor

by S. Hussain Zaidi • 2019

The wrestler who built the Dawood empire, then pulled off the Mumbai mafia's only clean break.

4.00

275

🏙️ Mumbai Underworld 💼 Organized Crime 🚢 Smuggling Operations 🔫 Gang Warfare 🤝 Underworld Loyalty

Dawood's Mentor 86%

The wrestler who built the Dawood empire, then pulled off the Mumbai mafia's only clean break.

by S. Hussain Zaidi 2019

4.00

275 ratings

🏙️ Mumbai Underworld 💼 Organized Crime 🚢 Smuggling Operations 🔫 Gang Warfare 🤝 Underworld Loyalty

The Black Hand

by Chris Blatchford • 2008

He was the Mexican Mafia's most brutal enforcer. Then he became its greatest target.

4.08

2k+

🇲🇽 Mexican Mafia 🕴️ Organized Crime ⛓️ Prison Gangs 🚪 Gang Defection 🕵️ Criminal Informants

The Black Hand 86%

He was the Mexican Mafia's most brutal enforcer. Then he became its greatest target.

by Chris Blatchford 2008

4.08

2k+ ratings

🇲🇽 Mexican Mafia 🕴️ Organized Crime ⛓️ Prison Gangs 🚪 Gang Defection 🕵️ Criminal Informants

The Racketeer

by John Grisham • 2012

A wrongfully jailed lawyer trades a judge's murderer for his freedom and a new face.

3.90

118k+

⚖️ Courtroom Showdown 🏛️ Corrupt Judge ⛓️ Wrongful Imprisonment 🛡️ Witness Protection 🏴‍☠️ Hidden Treasure

The Racketeer 86%

A wrongfully jailed lawyer trades a judge's murderer for his freedom and a new face.

by John Grisham 2012

3.90

118k+ ratings

⚖️ Courtroom Showdown 🏛️ Corrupt Judge ⛓️ Wrongful Imprisonment 🛡️ Witness Protection 🏴‍☠️ Hidden Treasure

American Kingpin

by Nick Bilton • 2017

One man, one laptop, a billion in drugs. The manhunt that started with an envelope.

4.41

55k+

💻 Dark Web Marketplaces 🕵️ Internet Crime 🏢 Criminal Startups 🔍 Digital Forensics 🧠 Founder Psychology

American Kingpin 86%

One man, one laptop, a billion in drugs. The manhunt that started with an envelope.

by Nick Bilton 2017

4.41

55k+ ratings

💻 Dark Web Marketplaces 🕵️ Internet Crime 🏢 Criminal Startups 🔍 Digital Forensics 🧠 Founder Psychology

Pure Murder

by Corey Mitchell • 2008

Two girls, one shortcut, six boys. What happened in that Houston park rewrote Texas law.

3.97

1k+

🩸 Gang Violence ⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🗣️ Victims' Rights 🔍 Criminal Investigations 📜 Legal Precedent

Pure Murder 86%

Two girls, one shortcut, six boys. What happened in that Houston park rewrote Texas law.

by Corey Mitchell 2008

3.97

1k+ ratings

🩸 Gang Violence ⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🗣️ Victims' Rights 🔍 Criminal Investigations 📜 Legal Precedent

Criminal (In)Justice

by Rafael A. Mangual • 2022

Two percent of counties produce half the murders. Decarceration makes those places deadlier.

4.13

222

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔒 Mass Incarceration 👮 Policing Reform 🔪 Violent Crime 🚪 Decarceration Debate

Criminal (In)Justice 86%

Two percent of counties produce half the murders. Decarceration makes those places deadlier.

by Rafael A. Mangual 2022

4.13

222 ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔒 Mass Incarceration 👮 Policing Reform 🔪 Violent Crime 🚪 Decarceration Debate

Take Down

by Fern Michaels • 2014

After a defective drug kills children, a team's FBI heist forces the company to pay.

4.35

2k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ Heist Crew 💼 Corporate Thriller 💀 Revenge Thriller 📜 Legal Thriller

Take Down 86%

After a defective drug kills children, a team's FBI heist forces the company to pay.

by Fern Michaels 2014

4.35

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ Heist Crew 💼 Corporate Thriller 💀 Revenge Thriller 📜 Legal Thriller

Six of Crows

by Leigh Bardugo • 2015

A crime lord recruits five dangerous outcasts to break into a fortress no one escapes.

4.45

1.2M+

🗡️ Fantasy Heist 🖤 Found Family 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Slow Burn Romance 🌃 Criminal Underworld

Six of Crows 86%

A crime lord recruits five dangerous outcasts to break into a fortress no one escapes.

by Leigh Bardugo 2015

4.45

1.2M+ ratings

🗡️ Fantasy Heist 🖤 Found Family 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Slow Burn Romance 🌃 Criminal Underworld

Roses Are Red

by James Patterson • 2000

When tellers' families are murdered after each heist, Alex Cross sees the robberies are a diversion.

4.10

77k+

🧠 Criminal Mastermind 💰 Bank Heists 🐈‍⬛ Cat And Mouse 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Murder

Roses Are Red 86%

When tellers' families are murdered after each heist, Alex Cross sees the robberies are a diversion.

by James Patterson 2000

4.10

77k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Mastermind 💰 Bank Heists 🐈‍⬛ Cat And Mouse 👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Murder

Smart on Crime

by Kamala Harris • 2009

Tough on crime filled prisons without making us safe; a prosecutor's case for being smart instead.

3.75

346

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🚪 Reentry Programs 🤝 Community Policing 🛡️ Victim Advocacy

Smart on Crime 86%

Tough on crime filled prisons without making us safe; a prosecutor's case for being smart instead.

by Kamala Harris 2009

3.75

346 ratings

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🚪 Reentry Programs 🤝 Community Policing 🛡️ Victim Advocacy

Red Seas Under Red Skies

by Scott Lynch • 2007

Two con artists, poisoned and trapped, must become pirates to survive the archon's deadly scheme.

4.25

162k+

🎭 Fantasy Heist 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 👥 Buddy Duo 🤝 Double Crosses 😈 Dark Humor

Red Seas Under Red Skies 86%

Two con artists, poisoned and trapped, must become pirates to survive the archon's deadly scheme.

by Scott Lynch 2007

4.25

162k+ ratings

🎭 Fantasy Heist 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 👥 Buddy Duo 🤝 Double Crosses 😈 Dark Humor

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

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 📜 Constitutional Law 🏛️ Prosecutorial Power 🔒 Government Overreach 🔗 Mass Incarceration

The Tyranny of Good Intentions 86%

Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.

by Paul Craig Roberts 2000

4.06

127 ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 📜 Constitutional Law 🏛️ Prosecutorial Power 🔒 Government Overreach 🔗 Mass Incarceration

The Other Side of Prospect

by Nicholas Dawidoff • 2022

A murder in New Haven, a false confession, and the forces that made both inevitable.

4.43

462

🏚️ Urban Decay ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Conviction 💬 False Confessions 🩸 Community Violence

The Other Side of Prospect 86%

A murder in New Haven, a false confession, and the forces that made both inevitable.

by Nicholas Dawidoff 2022

4.43

462 ratings

🏚️ Urban Decay ⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform ⛓️ Wrongful Conviction 💬 False Confessions 🩸 Community Violence

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