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. ...more

  • Death at Rosevine by Bruce  Chilvers
    Death at Rosevine (Nick Palmer, Private Investigator, #1)
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    Release date: Jan 25, 2024
    More than 30 years ago a shy young girl swallowed poison beside a lake. A few weeks later Sir Mark Buchanan shot himself in his study at Rosevine Hous ...more
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    Format: Kindle book

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    Availability: 100 copies available, 1345 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Jun 24 - Jul 21, 2024

    Countries available: U.S.

  • Identity Unknown by Patricia Cornwell
    Identity Unknown
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    Release date: Oct 15, 2024
    We're giving away 20 galleys! ...more
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    Format: Print book

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    Availability: 20 copies available, 8327 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Jun 24 - Jul 21, 2024

    Countries available: U.S.

  • Spirit Crossing by William Kent Krueger
    Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20)
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    Release date: Aug 20, 2024
    A disappearance and a dead body put Cork O’Connor’s family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twentieth book in the New York Times bestselling serie ...more
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    Availability: 100 copies available, 5977 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Jul 09 - Jul 23, 2024

    Countries available: U.S.

  • The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienThe Thief by Megan Whalen TurnerArtemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
    Thieves
    655 books — 1,382 voters
    Running With Scissors by Augusten BurroughsInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren  HoughGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
    Unsettling Memoirs & Biographies
    507 books — 376 voters

    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
    Best Crime & Mystery Books
    7,118 books — 16,160 voters
    Caught Stealing by Charlie HustonThe Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockAll That Glitters by Michael  MurphyBeautiful, Naked & Dead by Josh StallingsWinter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
    Best Noir of the 21st Century
    232 books — 437 voters


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