Crime

The crime genre includes the broad selection of books on criminals and the court system, but the most common focus is investigations and sleuthing. Mystery novels are usually placed into this category, although there is a separate division for "crime". Hard Case Crime is one example.

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American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land
The Secrets She Keeps
Last Breath (Good Daughter #0.5)
A Game of Ghosts (Charlie Parker, #15)
Let the Dead Speak (Maeve Kerrigan, #7)
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Fifty Fifty (Detective Harriet Blue, #2)
Blame
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The Fallen
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