crime

In the dimly lit streets of St. Petersburg, the sight of a sharply dressed man with an unsteady stride was an anomaly, especially when that man was Rodion Raskolnikov. A former law student, Raskolnikov was grappling with the consequences of his hapless actions, his soul tormented by the twin demons of guilt and desperation.

In the quiet, quaint streets of Holcomb, Kansas, life seemed untouched by the unforgiving hands of change. The Clutter family, Herbert, Bonnie and their four children, were the epitome of the American Dream; successful, wholesome and utterly loved by their community. But behind the facade of tranquillity, the Clutters could not escape a gruelling fate that would leave a haunting scar - a calamity etched in the annals of American criminal history.

Beneath the starry sky of a cold winter evening in the city of Kansas, Miles Dover, a young man with boyish charm, sat in a decaying tenement reminiscing about the tragic tale of Clyde Griffiths.

In the quaint town of Black Oak, Arkansas, seven-year-old Luke Chandler lived in a simple, unpainted house with his parents and grandparents. The Chandlers were cotton farmers, a life that involved endless work and little financial reward. One day, Luke's life took an unexpected turn when the Spruills and the Latchers, migrant workers, came into town to work on the cotton fields.

In the shrouded darkness of Stockholm, a series of mysterious murders shatter the city's relative tranquility. No one had a clue about the enigmatic perpetrator, but there was someone who could possibly solve this mystery - Lisbeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo.

In the gloom of the night, Alex Cross, the distinguished detective, was seated on his sofa, engrossed in thoughts about his nemesis, Kyle Craig. The phantom threat of Craig, a serial killer also known as 'The Mastermind', had started looming over the city again. Rumours had been circulating that he had escaped custody, sending chills down the spine of Washington D.C.

Mitch McDeere, a brilliant law graduate from Harvard, had always dreamt of making it big. His dream began unfolding when the lucrative offer from Bendini, Lambert & Locke, a small but rich firm in Memphis, came knocking. But what initially seemed like a dream soon started to show its true colors. From high groundbreaking achievements, Mitch's life slowly twisted into a maze of dark corridors and echoing threats. This is a continuation of his thrilling adventure.

The once serene city of North Carthage, Missouri had transformed into a hive of curiosity and gossip, with local whispers speculating about the bizarre disappearance of Amy Elliott Dunne, the golden girl who vanished on her fifth wedding anniversary.

Doctor Dowan Purcell had been missing for weeks and nobody had a clue about his whereabouts. We had been high school friends, and his wife, Fiona, had reached out to me, a private detective, to find him. Fiona was sure that it had something to do with Purcell's second wife, Crystal, who was now handling his nursing home affairs. Fiona was convinced that Crystal had an ulterior motive.

Alex Cross was no stranger to danger. Yet, in this new adventure that echoed the thrilling pace of James Patterson's 'Cross Country', he found himself threading unknown territories, redefining his understanding of justice and mercy. His adversary this time was not just a criminal, but the chaos of an entire nation. As the matter of an international concern unfolded, Cross found himself shipped off to Nigeria, a world far removed from his comfort zone.

A sense of excitement hung in the town of Idaville as the county fair was in full swing. Yet amidst the revelry, a crime was committed; Mr. Wilson's antique watch worth thousands of dollars had been stolen from his fair stall. Immediately, the police were summoned, but the case seemed to be a dead end until Encyclopedia Brown, the only son of the Chief of Police, took interest in the case.

Under the dim moonlight, a train races down the tracks towards London. Inside one of the carriages, a woman, Anne, with a torn heart and an over-active imagination, indulges in her daily routine of imagining the lives of a couple she spies along her journey. Unbeknownst to her, this seemingly innocent tradition is about to thrust her into a whirlwind of deceit and danger.

The sun was beginning its descent into the horizon, painting the vast sky with hues of orange and crimson. Ray Strickland, a grizzled photojournalist, found himself on the sun-kissed shores of Hawaii, thrust into the heart of danger and deception.

Kyle McAvoy, a bright young lawyer fresh out of Yale Law School, found himself in an unexpected entanglement. Unbeknownst to him, Kyle's past from his college days was coming back to haunt him.