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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

The Other People
Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen
The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York
The Memory Ward
rekt
The Fifteen: Murder, Retribution, and the Forgotten Story of Nazi POWs in America
Code Name: Pale Horse—How I Went Undercover to Expose America's Nazis
Blood and Muscle
Death at Horsey Mere (DS Ashley Knight #4)
Mind Maze (The Crowne Conspiracy #2)
Teufels Tanz (Mordgruppe, #3)
The Game
Bad for You
Døde sjæle synger ikke (Afdeling Q, #11)
The Get Off (Angel Dare #3)
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    The Guest List
    You Killed Me First
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    Hidden Pictures
    The Summer Guests (The Martini Club, #2)
    Keep It in the Family
    Home Is Where the Bodies Are
    Lethal Prey (Lucas Davenport #35; Virgil Flowers #16)
    A Flicker in the Dark
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    The Girl on the Train
    In Cold Blood
    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
    The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
    The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
    A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
    The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
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