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23 Books About a Character Accused of a Crime

"A favorite tropes in mystery/thriller/ok any fiction is when a character is accused of a crime (falsely or not falsely) and has to defend his honor, even if he has no honor to defend. Will justice prevail? Did the character actually do it? Just how unreliable is this narrator, anyway?"
Here's a list of Book Riot reader's favorite books about a character accused of a crime, how many of these have you read?
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And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
1
Agatha Christie
Burial Rites (Hannah Kent)
Burial Rites
2
Hannah Kent
The Confession
The Confession
3
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
4
Alexandre Dumas
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
5
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter (Tom Franklin)
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
6
Tom Franklin
Dear Daughter (Elizabeth Little)
Dear Daughter
7
Elizabeth Little
Deathwatch (Robb White)
Deathwatch
8
Robb White
Dolores Claiborne (Stephen King)
Dolores Claiborne
9
Stephen King
Exit Strategy (L.F.Falconer)
Exit Strategy
10
L.F.Falconer
Gilt Hollow (Lorie Langdon)
Gilt Hollow
11
Lorie Langdon
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
12
Gillian Flynn
The Green Mile (Stephen King)
The Green Mile
13
Stephen King
House Rules (Jodi Picoult)
House Rules
14
Jodi Picoult
Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
Invitation to a Beheading
15
Vladimir Nabokov
Kindness for Weakness (Shawn Goodman)
Kindness for Weakness
16
Shawn Goodman
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
17
Ernest J. Gaines
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Crime (Tamar Myers)
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Crime
18
Tamar Myers
The Paying Guests (Sarah Waters)
The Paying Guests
19
Sarah Waters
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
20
Albert Camus
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
21
Thomas Hardy
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
22
Harper Lee
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
23
Franz Kafka
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