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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First We Were IV
A Game of Ghosts (Charlie Parker, #15)
Let the Dead Speak (Maeve Kerrigan, #7)
The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives
Fifty Fifty (Detective Harriet Blue, #2)
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The Fallen
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The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star
Mother Panic, Volume 1: Work in Progress
Wreck
Give Me the Child
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