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ENGLISHGood Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girls Guide To Murder, #2)
EnglishDeadly Little Secrets: The Minister, His Mistress, and a Heartless Texas Murder
EnglishPaddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster
EnglishBind, Torture, Kill
EnglishThe Last Temptation: Book 3 (Tony Hill and Carol Jordan)
EnglishScam Me If You Can Paperback – 27 August 2019
EnglishFear No Truth: A Faith Mcclellan Novel: 1 (Faith Mcclellan, 1) 
EnglishTo the Tome of Murder: 7 (Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery) New on BookR
EnglishThree Bedrooms, One Corpse (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries)New
EnglishA Bone to Pick (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries)New
EnglishFancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks Paperback – 2 May 2024New
EnglishLast Bus to Woodstock: The First Case in the Classic Inspector Morse SeriesNew
EnglishRed Queen: A Novel: 1 (Antonia Scott, 1)New
EnglishHe Walks Among Us: A Chilling Alaskan Mystery: 2 (True Crime Junkies) Paperback – 23 January 2024New
EnglishMURDER AT THE SERPENTINE BRIDGE: A Wrexford & Sloane Historical Mystery: 6 (Wrexford & Sloane Mysteries, 6)New
EnglishTell No Lies: A Faith McClellan Novel: 6 (The Faith McClellan, 6) Paperback – Import, 25 July 2023NewMore crime reads
EnglishThe Hillside Stranglers
EnglishLike LionsENGLISHGood Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girls Guide To Murder, #2)
EnglishNo Sin Unpunished: A Faith McClellan Novel: 3 (Faith McClellan, 3) Paperback – Import, 2 March 2021
EnglishThe Black Hand: The Story of Rene "Boxer" Enriquez and His Life in the Mexican Mafia
EnglishIn the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance
EnglishGHETTOSIDE A TRUE STORY OF MURDER IN AMEEnglishBind, Torture, KillAll crime books
EnglishThree Bedrooms, One Corpse (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries)EnglishA Bone to Pick (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries)EnglishFancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks Paperback – 2 May 2024EnglishLast Bus to Woodstock: The First Case in the Classic Inspector Morse SeriesEnglishRed Queen: A Novel: 1 (Antonia Scott, 1)EnglishHe Walks Among Us: A Chilling Alaskan Mystery: 2 (True Crime Junkies) Paperback – 23 January 2024EnglishMURDER AT THE SERPENTINE BRIDGE: A Wrexford & Sloane Historical Mystery: 6 (Wrexford & Sloane Mysteries, 6)EnglishTell No Lies: A Faith McClellan Novel: 6 (The Faith McClellan, 6) Paperback – Import, 25 July 2023
EnglishThe Fifth Witness Paperback – 20 July 2023
EnglishWho She Was: 9 (Martina Monroe) Paperback – Import, 30 June 2023
EnglishTrue Crime Storytime Volume 6: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories to Keep You Up All Night Paperback – 5 June 2023
EnglishMaking Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family Paperback – 7 March 2023
EnglishMy Darkest Prayer: A Novel
EnglishHERONS CRY: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel: 2
EnglishThe Lazarus Heist: Based on the No 1 Hit podcast Paperback – Import, 9 June 2022
EnglishGangster State Paperback – 24 May 2022
EnglishWhat Can't Be Seen (Dr. Gretchen White Book 2)
EnglishTrue Crime Storytime Volume 2: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories to Keep You Up All Night Paperback – 22 December 2021
EnglishFatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors: And Other True Cases: Volume 16 (Ann Rule's Crime Files, 16) Paperback – 31 August 2021
EnglishBeneath Devil's Bridge: A Novel
EnglishThe Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires: A Novel Paperback – 25 May 2021EnglishNo Sin Unpunished: A Faith McClellan Novel: 3 (Faith McClellan, 3) Paperback – Import, 2 March 2021
EnglishTHE BOBBY GIRLS' SECRETS Paperback – 9 February 2021
EnglishDark Highway (Jessica Shaw Book 3)
EnglishMisjudged: 1 (Sam Johnstone, 1) Paperback – 10 November 2020
EnglishA Dangerous Man: 18 (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike)
EnglishThe Right Sort of Man: A Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery: 1 Paperback – 28 July 2020
EnglishThe Summer House: The dark and twisty summer thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling authorENGLISHGood Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girls Guide To Murder, #2)EnglishLike Lions
EnglishDead Ringer: A gripping crime thriller with a killer twist: 1 (DI Chilcott) Paperback – Import, 14 March 2020
EnglishBad Memory (Jessica Shaw Book 2)
EnglishBitter Harvest Paperback – 5 September 2019EnglishScam Me If You Can Paperback – 27 August 2019
EnglishSERIAL KILLER TRIVIA Paperback – 22 July 2019
EnglishCold Cold Ground: A Child Bride: 1 (Detective Sean Duffy: The Troubles Trilogy, 1)
EnglishThe Turn of the Key: From the author of The It Girl, read a gripping psychological thriller that will leave you wanting more
EnglishWolfhunter River (Stillhouse Lake Book 3)
EnglishTHE PUNISHMENT SHE DESERVES: AN INSPECTOR LYNLEY NOVEL: 17 Paperback – 7 March 2019
EnglishA Merciful Fate (Mercy Kilpatrick Book 5)
EnglishJustice Lost (Darren Street Book 3)
EnglishSirens Paperback – 28 December 2017
EnglishThe House: The BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick Paperback – 2 November 2017EnglishThe Hillside Stranglers
EnglishThree Bedrooms, One Corpse (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries Book 3)
EnglishA Bone to Pick (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries Book 2)
EnglishJustice Burning (Darren Street Book 2)
EnglishThe Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
EnglishDaisy in Chains Paperback – 6 October 2016
EnglishThe Night Stalker: The Disturbing Life and Chilling Crimes of Richard Ramirez
EnglishTrials of the Century: A Decade-by-Decade Look at Ten of America's Most Sensational Crimes Paperback – Import, 26 July 2016
EnglishThe Nature of the Beast: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel: 11
EnglishThe Nature of the Beast: thrilling and page-turning crime fiction from the author of the bestselling Inspector Gamache novels (Chief Inspector Gamache)
EnglishOne of Us
EnglishFall From Grace: Her husband is missing . . . in this BREATHTAKING THRILLER Paperback – 14 August 2014
EnglishThe Last Refuge
EnglishRake: A Novel Paperback – 13 May 2014
EnglishDeath Comes to Pemberley
EnglishJust One Evil Act: A Page-Turning Mystery Featuring Thomas Lynley, now appearing on BBC1 and iPlayer (Inspector Lynley Book 15)
EnglishBuried (A Bone Secrets Novel Book 3)EnglishThe Last Temptation: Book 3 (Tony Hill and Carol Jordan)EnglishDeadly Little Secrets: The Minister, His Mistress, and a Heartless Texas Murder
EnglishThe Third Victim (FBI Profiler 2)
EnglishPeople Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo--and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up
EnglishThe Sentry: A Joe Pike Novel (Joe Pike series Book 3)
EnglishChosen to Die: A completely addictive crime thriller novel with a stunning twist from the bestselling author (Montana Mysteries Book 2)
EnglishIn the Shadow of Gotham: 1 (Detective Simon Ziele, 1)
EnglishGo Down Together
EnglishThe Black Ice (Harry Bosch Book 2)
EnglishThe Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life
EnglishThe Poet (Jack Mcevoy 1)EnglishThe Black Hand: The Story of Rene "Boxer" Enriquez and His Life in the Mexican Mafia
EnglishLast Bus to Woodstock: The First Case in the Classic Inspector Morse Series
EnglishThe Overlook (Harry Bosch Book 13)
EnglishA Question of Blood: The number one bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS (Inspector Rebus Book 14)
EnglishBangkok Haunts Paperback – 2 June 2008EnglishBind, Torture, Kill
EnglishThe Mephisto Club: (Rizzoli & Isles series 6) Paperback – 27 August 2007
EnglishAngels Fall (Old Edition) Paperback – 14 May 2007
EnglishThe American Boy
EnglishEcho Park (Harry Bosch Series)EnglishPaddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster
EnglishVendetta: 3 (Sisterhood)
EnglishDevil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
EnglishLast Dance, Last Chance: And Other True Cases: Volume 8 (Ann Rule's Crime Files, 8)
EnglishCareless Whispers: The Award-Winning True Account of the Horrific Lake Waco Murders (St. Martin's True Crime Classics)
EnglishIn A Dry Season Paperback – 24 October 2002EnglishFear No Truth: A Faith Mcclellan Novel: 1 (Faith Mcclellan, 1) EnglishTo the Tome of Murder: 7 (Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery) EnglishIn the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and DeliveranceEnglishGHETTOSIDE A TRUE STORY OF MURDER IN AME
engBody of Evidence (Kay Scarpetta, #2)
EnglishMindhunter: Inside the FBI Elite Serial Crime Unit (Now A Netflix Series) Paperback – 2 November 2017
EnglishWhat’s Killing America: Inside the Radical Left's Tragic Destruction of Our Cities
EnglishUncle John's True Crime: A Classic Collection of Crooks, Cops, and Capers (Uncle John's Bathroom Readers)
EnglishThe Bundy Secrets: Hidden Files on America's Worst Serial Killer Paperback – 1 January 2017
EnglishSwamp Sniper: 3 (Miss Fortune Mysteries) Paperback – Import, 1 October 2013
EnglishTheir Cold Hearts: An absolutely addictive and gripping crime thriller with a heart-stopping twist: 13 (Detective Gina Harte) Paperback – Import, 19 April 2023
EnglishThe Last Devil To Die: The Thursday Murder Club 4 Paperback – 14 September 2023
EnglishProdigal Father, Pagan Son: Growing Up Inside the Dangerous World of the Pagans Motorcycle ClubWhy read crimes
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Crime questions, answered
What are the best crime books for beginners?
Start with Scam Me If You Can Paperback – 27 August 2019 by Frank Abagnale, then explore the most-read shelf above.
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