Crime
489 Crime reviews on The Bookish Elf. Crime here most often crosses with Mystery Thriller, Psychological Thriller and Horror. The authors we review most are James Patterson and Shari Lapena.
The 10 best Crime books we’ve reviewed
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Shadows of Leningrad by Kay Williams returns to Kate Hennessey in 1991 New York, where a brutal attack on her mentor forces her to run his film production and his investigation at once. Grounded…
The Confessor by Noah Christopher opens the Logan Hollister series with a killer who forces liars to write their own confessions and a wealthy LAPD detective who cannot stay away from the work. Alternating…
Debbie Berlin's Devil's Tango, book two of The Third Estate series, delivers cinematic espionage with heart. A whispered secret drags Sophie Allard into a shadow war beside assassin Kai Lovac, where evidence vanishes and…
The Matryoshka Murders by Kay Williams drops an American documentary filmmaker into 1991 Leningrad, where a missing girl and an accidental piece of footage make her a target. Written with firsthand knowledge of that…
In A Moment’s Surrender, John Burt turns a shocking murder and a devastating secret into a profound meditation on love, grief, and human forgiveness. Set between Reno and Riverside in 1980, this psychologically rich…
Locked In a Box by Sheila Sharpe is a masterfully layered psychological thriller in which therapist Kate O'Dade confronts the repressed memories surrounding her opera-star father's death at the Met. Blending clinical authenticity, dual…
Dirty Myrtle by Kennedy Weible is a Carolina crime comedy with literary muscle. Set during Thanksgiving week in Myrtle Beach, it follows Sailor Cassidy's amateur stakeout and Officer Tusk Knight's off-the-books surveillance until both…
With The Winter Verdict by Dan Buzzetta standing as the second book in the Tom Berte Legal Thrillers after The Manipulator, and with System of Justice already announced as the third installment, this series…
The Manipulator by Dan Buzzetta transcends genre expectations through its commitment to character complexity and thematic ambition. While delivering the propulsive plotting readers expect from legal thrillers, it never sacrifices emotional authenticity for narrative…
The Pale Sovereign announces G Z Mathews as a significant new voice in literary noir. Drawing on decades of field experience in the quiet intersections of power, conflict, and humanitarian consequence, Mathews has crafted…
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best Crime books The Bookish Elf has reviewed?
Shadows of Leningrad, The Confessor, The Third Estate: Devil’s Tango, The Matryoshka Murders, A Moment’s Surrender are our highest-rated Crime reviews.
Which Crime authors do you review most?
James Patterson (10), Shari Lapena (10), Ruth Ware (8), Freida McFadden (7), Michael Connelly (7).
How many Crime books have you reviewed?
489 so far.