A Flicker in the Dark
Psychologist Chloe Davis faces copycat disappearances in Baton Rouge twenty years after her father confessed to murders.
3,074-word summary · 14 min read
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The Silence of the Lambs
Clarice Starling seeks Hannibal Lecter's help to catch Buffalo Bill before Catherine Martin runs out of time.
2,616-word summary · 12 min read
The Maid
Hotel maid Molly Gray finds a dead guest and must use her eye for detail to clear herself.
2,031-word summary · 9 min read
The Inmate
A nurse takes a prison job and faces the ex who she helped convict for murder years ago.
2,060-word summary · 9 min read
The Cuckoo's Calling
Broke detective Strike and temp Robin investigate a supermodel's fatal fall in London.
2,006-word summary · 9 min read
One for the Money
Janet Evanovich's One for the Money fully retold: Stephanie Plum's first bounty hunt, Morelli on a murder charge, Ranger, Lula, Ramirez, and why Trenton still…
2,339-word summary · 10 min read
Good Girl, Bad Blood
Pip swears off sleuthing, then podcasts a missing friend case that tests fame and cost.
2,011-word summary · 9 min read
Artemis Fowl
Twelve-year-old crime heir Artemis Fowl kidnaps fairy officer Holly Short for gold, triggering a siege at Fowl Manor with time-stops, trolls, and a shifting…
2,692-word summary · 12 min read
The Secret History
A California outsider joins six classics students whose Greek rite ends in murder.
2,735-word summary · 12 min read
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Shot and buried, Lisbeth Salander survives to face trial and the secret Section that destroyed her life.
1,923-word summary · 9 min read
The Firm
Young lawyer Mitch joins a Memphis firm with great pay, then learns clients die and the FBI watches.
2,079-word summary · 9 min read
None of This Is True
Podcaster Alix meets birthday-twin Josie, whose dark past becomes the series that consumes them both.
1,992-word summary · 9 min read