Books with Crime or Criminal Activity

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Updated July 2, 2025
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Don't let the devil ride : a novel
Atkins, Ace
Paper Book
'An instant Southern noir classic' S.A. Cosby 'Full of wily humour and epic bad behavior, this is an ebullient, rollicking ride you don't dare miss' Megan Abbott Hell is empty... and Addison McKellar's husband is missing. Addison...
In cold blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences
Capote, Truman
Ebook
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The most famous true crime novel of all time "chills the blood and exercises the intelligence" (The New York Review of Books)--and haunted its author long after he finished writing it. On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb,...
Bad blood : secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup
Carreyrou, John
Paper Book
Age of vice
Kapoor, Deepti
Paper Book
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED OPRAH DAILY PICK FOR 2023'Ill-fated love and toxic family power struggles provide emotional drive for this big dynastic saga' JAKE ARNOTT, GUARDIAN 'Huge, epic, immersive and absorbing . . . certain to be a book of the year' LEE CHILD, NEW YORK TIMES...
Under the banner of heaven : a story of violent faith
Krakauer, Jon.
Ebook
The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America
Larson, Erik.
Ebook
'An irresistible page-turner that reads like the most compelling, sleep defying fiction' TIME OUT One was an architect. The other a serial killer. This is the incredible story of these two men and their realization of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, and its amazing...
Confident women : swindlers, grifters, and shapeshifters of the feminine persuasion
Telfer, Tori
Paper Book
A thoroughly entertaining and darkly humorous roundup of history's notorious but often forgotten female con artists and their bold, outrageous scams--by the acclaimed author of Lady Killers. From Elizabeth Holmes and Anna Delvey to Frank Abagnale and Charles...
Harlem shuffle
Whitehead, Colson
Paper Book
'Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked...'To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her...

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