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.

Fragments of the Lost
The Other Twin
Edge of Darkness (Romantic Suspense, #20; Cincinnati, #4)
Now We Are Dead
No Saints in Kansas
Consent (The Loan Shark Duet, #2)
Final Fall (Lock & Mori, #3)
The Vanishing Box (Stephens & Mephisto Mystery, #4)
Hell to Pay (Detective Kay Hunter #4)
Free Hostage
The Birthday Girl
Her Best Friend
Red Russia
The Ghosts of Galway
Dying Breath (Detective Lucy Harwin, #2)

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  • The Consul's Daughter by Mark  Knowles
    The Consul's Daughter: A red-blooded crime thriller based on true events
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    Release date: Nov 04, 2017
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    Giveaway dates: Nov 18 - Dec 17, 2017

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  • Sherlock by Steven Moffat
    Sherlock: The Blind Banker (Sherlock, #2)
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    Release date: Oct 10, 2017
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  • Death on Turtle Island by Martha  Fischer
    Death on Turtle Island
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    Release date: Jul 19, 2015
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  • The Midnight Line (Jack Reacher, #22)
    Hardcore Twenty-Four (Stephanie Plum, #24)
    End Game (Will Robie, #5)
    The Rooster Bar
    Two Kinds of Truth (Harry Bosch, #20; Harry Bosch Universe, #29)
    The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
    Don't Let Go
    The Couple Next Door
    The Girl on the Train
    The People vs. Alex Cross (Alex Cross #25)
    The Cuban Affair
    The Child Finder
    Friend Request
    The Cop Who Stole Christmas (Tall, Hot & Texan, #2)
    Sweet Little Lies
    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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    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieAngels & Demons by Dan BrownRebecca by Daphne du MaurierIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
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    The Book of Paul by Richard  LongHeavy Duty People by Iain ParkeA Reason to Live by Matthew IdenHeavy Duty Trouble by Iain ParkeHeavy Duty Attitude by Iain Parke
    Crime Books That Should Be Movies
    316 books — 326 voters

    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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    Author of The Fact of a Body

    Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of THE FACT OF A BODY: A Murder and a Memoir, which will be published by Flatiron Books (Macmillan) in May 2017. It is also forthcoming from publishers internationally. A National Endowment for the Arts fellow and Rona Jaffe Award recipient, she has twice been a fellow at both MacDowell and Yaddo. Her essays appear in The New York Times, Oxford American, Iowa Review, and many other publications, and were recognized “notable” in Best American Essays 2013, 2015, and 2016.

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