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.

The Twelve-Mile Straight
Bluebird, Bluebird
After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search
Beauty: The End (Hate Story, #2)
Disappeared
The Missing Girls (DI Robyn Carter, #3)
The Essence of Malice (Amory Ames Mystery #4)
The Taste of Blue Light
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
The Devouring (Billy Boyle World War II, #12)
The Mitford Murders (Mitford Murders #1)
A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars
The Body in the Marsh
The Arsonist
Monster in the Closet (Romantic Suspense, #19; Baltimore, #5)

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  • Don't Let Go
    The Cuban Affair
    The Couple Next Door
    Haunted (Michael Bennett, #10)
    The Girl on the Train
    Deep Freeze (Virgil Flowers, #10)
    Camino Island
    Cold Harbor (Gibson Vaughn, #3)
    Her Last Goodbye (Morgan Dane #2)
    The Late Show (Renée Ballard, #1)
    Friend Request
    Close to Home (Tracy Crosswhite, #5)
    Say You're Sorry (Morgan Dane, #1)
    Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1)
    The Last Move
    Token Huntress by Kia Carrington-RussellThe Law of Attraction by N.M. SilberBeatless by Amber L.  JohnsonCircle of Five by Jan RaymondIt's a Fugly Life by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
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    255 books — 346 voters

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    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
    The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)
    Gone Girl
    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium, #3)
    The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
    The Girl on the Train
    And Then There Were None
    In Cold Blood
    Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
    A Study in Scarlet
    The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
    Dark Places
    The Godfather
    In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
    Sharp Objects

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