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.

One of Us Is Lying
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
Roses of May (The Collector #2)
Shadow Man
The Long Drop
Not a Sound
I'll Eat When I'm Dead
You Will Pay
Heat Storm (Nikki Heat, #9)
Forbidden Promises (The O'Malleys, #4)
G-Man (Bob Lee Swagger, #10)
What My Body Remembers
Exit Strategy (Nick Mason, #2)
Crime Song (Frank Marr #2)
Finding Mighty

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  • The Girl on the Train
    Dead Certain
    16th Seduction (Women's Murder Club, #16)
    Silent Child
    The Hate U Give
    A Merciful Death (Mercy Kilpatrick #1)
    The Couple Next Door
    Roses of May (The Collector #2)
    Golden Prey (Lucas Davenport, #27)
    The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
    The Trapped Girl (Tracy Crosswhite #4)
    In a Dark, Dark Wood
    One Perfect Lie
    A Criminal Defense
    My Sister's Grave (Tracy Crosswhite, #1)
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    One for the Money by Janet EvanovichHard Eight by Janet EvanovichDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieThe Quiche of Death by M.C. BeatonDiners, Dives & Dead Ends by Terri L. Austin
    Cozy Crimes
    356 books — 202 voters

    Stormbreaker by Anthony HorowitzI'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally CarterPoint Blank by Anthony HorowitzScorpia by Anthony HorowitzEagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz
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    Shadow Roll by Ki LongfellowGood Dog, Bad Dog by Ki LongfellowThe Girl in the Next Room by Ki LongfellowCaught Stealing by Charlie HustonAll That Glitters by Michael  Murphy
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    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
    Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
    A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
    Dark Places
    The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2)
    The Godfather
    In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
    The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
    Sharp Objects
    The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
    The Silence of the Lambs  (Hannibal Lecter, #2)

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