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Investigative Reporter Books

A journalist or amateur sleuth digging into a story that becomes personal.

6 books
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

by Holly Jackson

For her senior project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi reinvestigates the closed case of a local girl's murder — and the more she digs, the more the official verdict begins to fall apart.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest

by Stieg Larsson

The trilogy's explosive finale as Lisbeth Salander lies near-dead in a hospital while an institutional conspiracy closes in. Government corruption, hacker ingenuity, and relentless tension.

🔥 Adrenaline Meter⏰ Sleep? What Sleep?
The Last Thing He Told Me
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The Last Thing He Told Me

by Laura Dave

Before Hannah's husband disappears, he sends her a note: "Protect her." With only those two words, Hannah must figure out who her husband really was — and why someone wants them both gone.

A Time to Kill
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A Time to Kill

by John Grisham

A young lawyer defends a black man who killed the white men who raped his daughter — in a small Mississippi town where the KKK is watching. Legal thriller that makes you feel everything.

😭 Tissue Warning
The Da Vinci Code
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The Da Vinci Code

by Dan Brown

A symbology professor and a cryptologist race through Paris and London decoding Da Vinci paintings to uncover a secret that could shatter the foundations of Christianity. Twisty, relentless, utterly u…

🌀 Plot Twist Incoming⏰ Sleep? What Sleep?
The Lincoln Lawyer
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The Lincoln Lawyer

by Michael Connelly

Mickey Haller — the Lincoln Lawyer — takes a case that seems routine until he realizes his client may be guilty of something far worse than what he's charged with. Legal thriller perfection.

🌀 Plot Twist Incoming⏰ Sleep? What Sleep?