Oliver Twist
An orphan flees the workhouse for London's thieves, and Dickens indicts a cruel society.
2,763-word summary · 12 min read
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In the Woods
A detective investigates a girl's murder in the woods where his own friends vanished twenty years earlier.
2,773-word summary · 12 min read
The Pelican Brief
Law student Darby Shaw writes a brief on murdered justices and becomes a target, fleeing with a reporter.
2,994-word summary · 13 min read
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Hastings reunites with refugee Poirot at Styles Court after Emily Inglethorp is poisoned in her locked room.
2,856-word summary · 13 min read
The Godfather
Vito Corleone and son Michael navigate mafia wars, loyalty, and power in Puzo's crime saga.
2,950-word summary · 13 min read
The Family Upstairs
Libby Jones inherits a Chelsea mansion and a past tied to a cult house, two runaways, and a baby left waiting.
3,300-word summary · 15 min read
The Client
Eleven-year-old Mark Sway learns a mob secret in Memphis and hires lawyer Reggie Love for one dollar.
2,536-word summary · 11 min read
Pretty Girls
Estranged sisters Claire and Lydia reunite after a murder exposes snuff films, their sister Julia's fate, and a killer near Lydia's daughter.
2,498-word summary · 11 min read
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Born with a perfect nose in 1738 Paris, Grenouille masters perfume craft then murders young women in Grasse to bottle the ultimate scent.
2,561-word summary · 11 min read
As Good As Dead
Pip faces online threats and a stalker as she investigates a serial case in the trilogy finale.
2,962-word summary · 13 min read
Along Came a Spider
Detective Alex Cross hunts Gary Soneji after two children vanish from a Washington school and a Lindbergh echo grows.
2,523-word summary · 11 min read
A Study in Scarlet
Watson meets Holmes in Baker Street, a Brixton body bears the word Rache, and a Utah revenge tale explains it.
2,208-word summary · 10 min read