
This page lists all of the Crime & Detective books reviewed on Nightcap Books. These books are divided into three subcategories – Crime Fiction, Police Procedural, and Private Detectives. Lists are ordered by book title.
Crime Fiction
Crime Fiction books have a plot that revolves around a crime. The protagonist is usually a law enforcement professional (police officer, FBI Agent, etc.). These books often have side stories that run parallel to the plot and may focus more on the protagonist, causing the book to not be a straight procedural.
- A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones [Book Review]
- A Good Day for Chardonnay by Darynda Jones [Book Review]
- A Hard Day for a Hangover by Darynda Jones [Book Review]
- Bending the Paw by Diane Kelly [Book Review]
- Black Coral by Andrew Mayne [Book Review]
- Cold Woods by Karen Katchur [Book Review]
- Damaged Intentions by Mike Omer [Book Review]
- Death in Shangri-La by Yigal Zur [Book Review]
- Enforcing the Paw by Diane Kelly [Book Review]
- Girls Like Us by Cristina Alger [Book Review]
- Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton [Book Review]
- No Good Deed by James Swain [Book Review]
- Passport to Death by Yigal Zur [Book Review]
- Paw of the Jungle by Diane Kelly [Book Review]
- River Bodies by Karen Katchur [Book Review]
- The Appeal by Janice Hallett [Book Review]
- The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett [Book Review]
- The Killer Collective by Barry Eisler [Book Review]
- The Other Mothers by M.M. Chouinard [Book Review]
Police Procedural
Police Procedurals have a plot that revolves around a crime. The protagonist is a law enforcement professional (police officer, FBI Agent, etc.). These books usually follow a formula – a crime is committed, investigated, and solved. The focus of the book is solving the crime, not the characters.
- A Bad, Bad Thing by Elena Forbes [Book Review]
- A Deeper Grave by Debra Webb [Book Review]
- A Killer in the Family by Gytha Lodge [Book Review]
- Blood for Blood by Victoria Selman [Book Review]
- Burning Ridge by Margaret Mizushima [Book Review]
- Catch Your Death by Kierney Scott [Book Review]
- City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita [Book Review]
- Close to Home by Robert Dugoni [Book Review]
- Cold, Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs [Book Review]
- Cross Your Heart by Kierney Scott [Book Review]
- Fatal Game by Linda Ladd [Book Review]
- Fire and Bones by Kathy Reichs [Book Review]
- Forget Me Not by Kierney Scott [Book Review]
- Her Final Hour by Carla Kovach [Book Review]
- Last Lullaby by Carol Wyer [Book Review]
- Lie Beside Me by Gytha Lodge [Book Review]
- Little Sister by Gytha Lodge [Book Review]
- Northwoods by Amy Pease [Book Review]
- Nothing to Lose by Victoria Selman [Book Review]
- Sea Storm by Andrew Mayne [Book Review]
- She Lies in Wait by Gytha Lodge [Book Review]
- Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear [Book Review]
- The Birthday by Carol Wyer [Book Review]
- The Blossom Twins by Carol Wyer [Book Review]
- The Bone Code by Kathy Reichs [Book Review]
- The Bone Hacker by Kathy Reichs [Book Review]
- The Dare by Carol Wyer [Book Review]
- The Fields by Erin Young [Book Review]
- The Sleepover by Carol Wyer [Book Review]
- Tracking Game by Margaret Mizushima [Book Review]
- Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita [Book Review]
- Watching from the Dark by Gytha Lodge [Book Review]
Private Detective
Private Detective books have a plot that revolves around a crime solved by a private detective.
Categories for books reviewed on Nightcap Books
Mystery books can be divided into multiple categories. Nightcap Books divides mysteries into Amateur Sleuths, Crime & Detective, Suspense & Thrillers, Young Adult, and Other Mysteries. Amateur sleuths is further divided into Amateur Investigator and Cozy Mystery. Crime & Detective is divided into Crime Fiction, Police Procedural, and Private Detective. Suspense & Thrillers include Domestic Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Legal Thriller, Financial Thriller, Technothriller, and Romantic Suspense. Young Adult is for mysteries with teens as the protagonists. Other Mysteries is for books that do not fall in one of the above mentioned categories. These include Historical Mystery and Paranormal Mystery.