50 Books like A New Lease on Death

Inheritance

by Nora Roberts

A cursed Maine manor, seven murdered brides, and a witch waiting for the eighth.

4.26

77k+

🖤 Gothic Romance 🏚️ Haunted Manor 🩸 Generational Curse 👥 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers

Inheritance 91%

A cursed Maine manor, seven murdered brides, and a witch waiting for the eighth.

by Nora Roberts 2023

4.26

77k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance 🏚️ Haunted Manor 🩸 Generational Curse 👥 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers

The Corpse in the Closet

by Lucy Score • 2021

A psychic helps solve a glamorous murder. The killer's reply: a glitter bomb and a countdown.

4.25

38k+

🏚️ Paranormal Cozy 🔮 Psychic Detective 👻 Reluctant Psychic 💕 Established Relationship 😂 Comedic Mystery

The Corpse in the Closet 95%

A psychic helps solve a glamorous murder. The killer's reply: a glitter bomb and a countdown.

by Lucy Score 2021

4.25

38k+ ratings

🏚️ Paranormal Cozy 🔮 Psychic Detective 👻 Reluctant Psychic 💕 Established Relationship 😂 Comedic Mystery

Crazy Spooky Love

by Josie Silver • 2025

A psychic opens a ghost-busting agency, only to face her TV ex at a haunted mansion.

3.56

4k+

🔍 Ghost Hunting Agency 🔮 Psychic Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal

Crazy Spooky Love 94%

A psychic opens a ghost-busting agency, only to face her TV ex at a haunted mansion.

by Josie Silver 2025

3.56

4k+ ratings

🔍 Ghost Hunting Agency 🔮 Psychic Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal

Midlife Bounty Hunter

by Shannon Mayer • 2020

A forty-one-year-old divorcee interviews for a bounty hunter job: a gauntlet of monsters and magic.

4.28

21k+

👩‍🦳 Midlife Heroine 🏙️ Magical Savannah 👻 Supernatural Bounty 🫂 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

Midlife Bounty Hunter 92%

A forty-one-year-old divorcee interviews for a bounty hunter job: a gauntlet of monsters and magic.

by Shannon Mayer 2020

4.28

21k+ ratings

👩‍🦳 Midlife Heroine 🏙️ Magical Savannah 👻 Supernatural Bounty 🫂 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

Love & Curse Making

by Kelly St. Clare • 2022

A cupid matchmaker cursed never to be touched falls for the detective investigating her.

4.21

4k+

🎭 Paranormal Rom-Com 💔 Love Curse 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🕵️ Detective Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Love & Curse Making 92%

A cupid matchmaker cursed never to be touched falls for the detective investigating her.

by Kelly St. Clare 2022

4.21

4k+ ratings

🎭 Paranormal Rom-Com 💔 Love Curse 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🕵️ Detective Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Under the Whispering Door

by T.J. Klune • 2021

A cold lawyer dies and falls for the kind ferryman at a tea shop between worlds.

4.11

327k+

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief Processing 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy 👻 Ghost Romance

Under the Whispering Door 92%

A cold lawyer dies and falls for the kind ferryman at a tea shop between worlds.

by T.J. Klune 2021

4.11

327k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief Processing 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy 👻 Ghost Romance

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

by Elle Cosimano • 2021

A novelist is mistaken for a hitwoman, and the target turns up dead in her garage.

3.99

243k+

🏠 Suburban Noir 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🙈 Reluctant Criminal 🫣 Crime Cover-Up 😂 Comic Thriller

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It 92%

A novelist is mistaken for a hitwoman, and the target turns up dead in her garage.

by Elle Cosimano 2021

3.99

243k+ ratings

🏠 Suburban Noir 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🙈 Reluctant Criminal 🫣 Crime Cover-Up 😂 Comic Thriller

False Value

by Ben Aaronovitch • 2020

A suspended police wizard goes undercover at a tech firm and finds the code is haunted.

4.10

27k+

🕵️ Magical Detective 🕶️ Undercover Mission 👻 Haunted Technology 🫂 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

False Value 92%

A suspended police wizard goes undercover at a tech firm and finds the code is haunted.

by Ben Aaronovitch 2020

4.10

27k+ ratings

🕵️ Magical Detective 🕶️ Undercover Mission 👻 Haunted Technology 🫂 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

by Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2023

A lonely widow finds a dead man and turns the suspects into family.

4.02

209k+

🖤 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👵 Meddling Protagonist 🌱 Grief And Healing 🤝 Unlikely Friendships

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers Summary

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers 91%

A lonely widow finds a dead man and turns the suspects into family.

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2023

4.02

209k+ ratings

🖤 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👵 Meddling Protagonist 🌱 Grief And Healing 🤝 Unlikely Friendships

Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

by Gracie Ruth Mitchell • 2023

A romance writer returns home, moves in with her former crush, and finds a vanishing body.

3.99

7k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🕵️‍♀️ Small-Town Secrets 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Roommates To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy-Sunshine

Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder 91%

A romance writer returns home, moves in with her former crush, and finds a vanishing body.

by Gracie Ruth Mitchell 2023

3.99

7k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🕵️‍♀️ Small-Town Secrets 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Roommates To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy-Sunshine

Shadowland

by Jenny Carroll • 2000

She helps the dead cross over. Her bedroom ghost won't leave. Her school ghost wants revenge.

4.04

71k+

👻 Supernatural Calling 💕 Ghost Love Interest 😡 Vengeful Spirit 👨‍👩‍👦 Blended Family 💅 Snarky Heroine

Shadowland 91%

She helps the dead cross over. Her bedroom ghost won't leave. Her school ghost wants revenge.

by Jenny Carroll 2000

4.04

71k+ ratings

👻 Supernatural Calling 💕 Ghost Love Interest 😡 Vengeful Spirit 👨‍👩‍👦 Blended Family 💅 Snarky Heroine

Among the Living

by Jordan Castillo Price • 2006

A psychic detective's gift fails just as a soul-devouring killer stalks Chicago's gay men.

3.93

11k+

🕵️ Psychic Detective 📋 Paranormal Procedural 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Detective 💔 Hurt/Comfort 🤝 Found Family

Among the Living 91%

A psychic detective's gift fails just as a soul-devouring killer stalks Chicago's gay men.

by Jordan Castillo Price 2006

3.93

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Psychic Detective 📋 Paranormal Procedural 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Detective 💔 Hurt/Comfort 🤝 Found Family

Hidden

by Fern Michaels • 2021

A psychic's battered table hides a dead man's will, and the disinherited heirs are closing in.

4.01

18k+

🔮 Psychic Sleuth 🏠 Found Family 💕 Psychic Romance 🏘️ Small Town Mystery ☀️ Light Suspense

Hidden 91%

A psychic's battered table hides a dead man's will, and the disinherited heirs are closing in.

by Fern Michaels 2021

4.01

18k+ ratings

🔮 Psychic Sleuth 🏠 Found Family 💕 Psychic Romance 🏘️ Small Town Mystery ☀️ Light Suspense

The Body in the Backyard

by Lucy Score • 2024

A psychic and her PI boyfriend protect her ex-husband after a corpse lands in his backyard.

4.14

24k+

🕵️‍♀️ Psychic Sleuth 💔 Ex-Husband In Trouble 🏠 Chaotic Found Family 🕶️ Protective PI 😂 Laugh-Out-Loud

The Body in the Backyard 93%

A psychic and her PI boyfriend protect her ex-husband after a corpse lands in his backyard.

by Lucy Score 2024

4.14

24k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Psychic Sleuth 💔 Ex-Husband In Trouble 🏠 Chaotic Found Family 🕶️ Protective PI 😂 Laugh-Out-Loud

Spirited Situation

by Louisa Masters • 2022

A medium's dream job at a haunted estate has one snag: his one-night stand works there.

4.13

4k+

💕 Paranormal Rom-Com 🏠 Found Family 🔥 One-Night Stand To Lovers 👁️ Ghost Medium ☕ Cozy Paranormal

Spirited Situation 92%

A medium's dream job at a haunted estate has one snag: his one-night stand works there.

by Louisa Masters 2022

4.13

4k+ ratings

💕 Paranormal Rom-Com 🏠 Found Family 🔥 One-Night Stand To Lovers 👁️ Ghost Medium ☕ Cozy Paranormal

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club

by Gloria Chao

Three women learn they share a boyfriend. Their revenge night ends over his dead body.

3.56

16k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 😈 Revenge Comedy 💕 Found Family 💬 Banter And Bonding 🎙️ True Crime Satire

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club 91%

Three women learn they share a boyfriend. Their revenge night ends over his dead body.

by Gloria Chao 2025

3.56

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 😈 Revenge Comedy 💕 Found Family 💬 Banter And Bonding 🎙️ True Crime Satire

In the Market for Murder

by T.E. Kinsey • 2015

A farmer dies in his pie. A lady sleuth and her maid sift village grudges for the poisoner.

4.12

17k+

🕵️ Lady Detective Duo 👒 Edwardian Mystery 🏘️ Village Secrets 🍄 Poison Murder 🏡 Quirky Village

In the Market for Murder 91%

A farmer dies in his pie. A lady sleuth and her maid sift village grudges for the poisoner.

by T.E. Kinsey 2015

4.12

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Lady Detective Duo 👒 Edwardian Mystery 🏘️ Village Secrets 🍄 Poison Murder 🏡 Quirky Village

Death by Dumpling

by Vivien Chien • 2018

Lana Lee's lunch delivery kills the property manager of Asia Village, making her the prime suspect.

3.65

14k+

🍜 Restaurant Setting 🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Detective 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🤫 Family Secrets 💞 Slow Burn Romance

Death by Dumpling 91%

Lana Lee's lunch delivery kills the property manager of Asia Village, making her the prime suspect.

by Vivien Chien 2018

3.65

14k+ ratings

🍜 Restaurant Setting 🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Detective 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🤫 Family Secrets 💞 Slow Burn Romance

Murder by Cheesecake

by Rachel Ekstrom Courage • 2025

A wedding to plan, a corpse in the freezer, and four older friends suspected of murder.

3.54

16k+

🕵️ Senior Sleuths 🔍 Amateur Investigation 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Mistaken Identity 👯 Older Women Friendship

Murder by Cheesecake 91%

A wedding to plan, a corpse in the freezer, and four older friends suspected of murder.

by Rachel Ekstrom Courage 2025

3.54

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Senior Sleuths 🔍 Amateur Investigation 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Mistaken Identity 👯 Older Women Friendship

Happy Medium

by Sarah Adler • 2024

Faking an exorcism goes wrong when the ghost is real and the farmer sees through her con.

3.67

20k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👻 Meddling Ghost 🌤️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🌾 Rural Romance 🏡 Cozy Paranormal

Happy Medium 91%

Faking an exorcism goes wrong when the ghost is real and the farmer sees through her con.

by Sarah Adler 2024

3.67

20k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👻 Meddling Ghost 🌤️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🌾 Rural Romance 🏡 Cozy Paranormal

The Bride Wore Constant White

by Shelley Adina • 2018

Two sisters hunt a killer in the steampunk West when their mail-order bride friend is murdered.

4.09

351

🤠 Steampunk Western 👰 Mail-Order Bride 👥 Found Family 👻 Ghostly Clues ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Bride Wore Constant White 91%

Two sisters hunt a killer in the steampunk West when their mail-order bride friend is murdered.

by Shelley Adina 2018

4.09

351 ratings

🤠 Steampunk Western 👰 Mail-Order Bride 👥 Found Family 👻 Ghostly Clues ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

Soul Searching

by Lyla Sage • 2025

A broke medium returns to her haunted hometown and the quiet upholsterer who anchors her there.

3.65

45k+

👻 Ghost Romance 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Wounded Healers 🫂 Found Family

Soul Searching 91%

A broke medium returns to her haunted hometown and the quiet upholsterer who anchors her there.

by Lyla Sage 2025

3.65

45k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Wounded Healers 🫂 Found Family

Greenglass House

by Kate Milford • 2014

At Greenglass House, a boy's holiday becomes a puzzle when a ghost and map reveal secrets.

3.99

29k+

❄️ Wintry Mystery 👻 Ghostly Mystery 🔍 Kid Detective Duo 🎭 Secret Identities 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Greenglass House 91%

At Greenglass House, a boy's holiday becomes a puzzle when a ghost and map reveal secrets.

by Kate Milford 2014

3.99

29k+ ratings

❄️ Wintry Mystery 👻 Ghostly Mystery 🔍 Kid Detective Duo 🎭 Secret Identities 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Dead Witch Walking

by Kim Harrison • 2004

A witch quits the force, gets marked for death, and must take down a crime lord.

4.04

130k+

🧙‍♀️ Witch Protagonist 💕 Found Family 🧛 Vampire Partner 😏 Snarky Narrator 🎯 Bounty Hunter

Dead Witch Walking 91%

A witch quits the force, gets marked for death, and must take down a crime lord.

by Kim Harrison 2004

4.04

130k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Witch Protagonist 💕 Found Family 🧛 Vampire Partner 😏 Snarky Narrator 🎯 Bounty Hunter

Love at First Fright

by Nadia El-Fassi • 2025

A ghost-seeing novelist and the actor cast in her film wage war on a haunted set.

3.61

3k+

🏚️ Cozy Ghost Romance 🎬 Celebrity Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎥 Forced Proximity ⛓️ D/S Dynamics

Love at First Fright 91%

A ghost-seeing novelist and the actor cast in her film wage war on a haunted set.

by Nadia El-Fassi 2025

3.61

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Cozy Ghost Romance 🎬 Celebrity Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎥 Forced Proximity ⛓️ D/S Dynamics

The Thursday Murder Club

by Richard Osman • 2020

Four retirees in a quiet retirement village trade cold cases for a live murder investigation.

3.85

804k+

🧓 Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Cold Case Reopened 🤝 Unlikely Partnership 🫂 Found Family Ensemble 💬 Witty Mystery

The Thursday Murder Club 91%

Four retirees in a quiet retirement village trade cold cases for a live murder investigation.

by Richard Osman 2020

3.85

804k+ ratings

🧓 Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Cold Case Reopened 🤝 Unlikely Partnership 🫂 Found Family Ensemble 💬 Witty Mystery

Murder at the Bookstore

by Sue Minix

When a mystery writer's pen surfaces at her friend's murder scene, the police have only one suspect.

3.26

7k+

📚 Cozy Bookshop Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ✍️ Writer As Detective 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌳 Southern Small Town

Murder at the Bookstore 90%

When a mystery writer's pen surfaces at her friend's murder scene, the police have only one suspect.

by Sue Minix 2023

3.26

7k+ ratings

📚 Cozy Bookshop Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ✍️ Writer As Detective 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌳 Southern Small Town

The Screaming Staircase

by Jonathan Stroud • 2013

A psychic joins a ghost-hunting agency and must survive a night in England's most haunted house.

4.25

76k+

🕵️ Ghost Hunting 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 💕 Found Family 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🔍 Cold Case Murder

The Screaming Staircase 92%

A psychic joins a ghost-hunting agency and must survive a night in England's most haunted house.

by Jonathan Stroud 2013

4.25

76k+ ratings

🕵️ Ghost Hunting 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 💕 Found Family 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🔍 Cold Case Murder

The Maid

by Nita Prose • 2022

A hotel maid discovers a dead guest, and her social awkwardness makes her the prime suspect.

3.75

719k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Quirky Narrator

The Maid 92%

A hotel maid discovers a dead guest, and her social awkwardness makes her the prime suspect.

by Nita Prose 2022

3.75

719k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Quirky Narrator

The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant

by Drew Hayes • 2014

A vampire who'd rather do taxes than bite necks must save his girlfriend from his sire.

3.84

18k+

🦇 Vampire Comedy 💼 Reluctant Vampire 🫂 Found Family ☕ Everyday Supernatural 📋 Supernatural Bureaucracy

The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant Summary

The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant 91%

A vampire who'd rather do taxes than bite necks must save his girlfriend from his sire.

by Drew Hayes 2014

3.84

18k+ ratings

🦇 Vampire Comedy 💼 Reluctant Vampire 🫂 Found Family ☕ Everyday Supernatural 📋 Supernatural Bureaucracy

Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors

by Annette Marie • 2020

A psychic con man caught by magic police must help an agent track his empath ex-friend.

4.22

7k+

👮 Magic Police 🎭 Con Artist Hero 🤝 Reluctant Partners 💕 Slow-Burn Romance 🏦 Magical Heist

Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors Summary

Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors 91%

A psychic con man caught by magic police must help an agent track his empath ex-friend.

by Annette Marie 2020

4.22

7k+ ratings

👮 Magic Police 🎭 Con Artist Hero 🤝 Reluctant Partners 💕 Slow-Burn Romance 🏦 Magical Heist

The Dead Romantics

by Ashley Poston • 2022

A romance ghostwriter who has stopped believing in love meets the ghost of her handsome editor.

3.91

268k+

👻 Ghost Romance ⚰️ Funeral Home Setting ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🏡 Small Town Return 🎪 Eccentric Family

The Dead Romantics 91%

A romance ghostwriter who has stopped believing in love meets the ghost of her handsome editor.

by Ashley Poston 2022

3.91

268k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance ⚰️ Funeral Home Setting ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🏡 Small Town Return 🎪 Eccentric Family

Seeing Other People

by Emily Wibberley • 2025

A support group for the haunted: she's dodging a date's ghost, he still lives with his dead fiancée.

3.91

3k+

👻 Ghost Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal 💕 Second Chance At Love

Seeing Other People 90%

A support group for the haunted: she's dodging a date's ghost, he still lives with his dead fiancée.

by Emily Wibberley 2025

3.91

3k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal 💕 Second Chance At Love

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective

by Jo Nichols • 2025

A Santa Barbara cottage community turns amateur detective when murder lands in their hedge.

3.74

5k+

🫂 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuths ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity 🖤 Outsider Redemption 🤫 Cover Up

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective Summary

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective 90%

A Santa Barbara cottage community turns amateur detective when murder lands in their hedge.

by Jo Nichols 2025

3.74

5k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuths ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity 🖤 Outsider Redemption 🤫 Cover Up

One for the Money

by Janet Evanovich • 1994

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

4.05

581k+

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance 💬 Witty Banter 😄 Dark Humor

One for the Money 90%

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

by Janet Evanovich 1994

4.05

581k+ ratings

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance 💬 Witty Banter 😄 Dark Humor

The Bad Weather Friend

by Dean Koontz • 2024

A mysterious crate, a ruined life, and a protector's warning: a secret order targets the nice.

3.88

40k+

🛡️ Supernatural Protector 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 😈 Darkly Humorous 🎭 Offbeat Horror 🌃 Contemporary Fantasy

The Bad Weather Friend 90%

A mysterious crate, a ruined life, and a protector's warning: a secret order targets the nice.

by Dean Koontz 2024

3.88

40k+ ratings

🛡️ Supernatural Protector 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 😈 Darkly Humorous 🎭 Offbeat Horror 🌃 Contemporary Fantasy

Love's a Witch

by Tricia O'Malley • 2025

Back in her magical hometown, a cursed witch collides with the leader who wants her gone.

3.84

8k+

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Magic 👯 Sister Witches 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Love's a Witch 90%

Back in her magical hometown, a cursed witch collides with the leader who wants her gone.

by Tricia O'Malley 2025

3.84

8k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Magic 👯 Sister Witches 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Belladonna

by Adalyn Grace • 2022

A deathless orphan hunts a poisoner through a haunted manor, with Death as her dangerous ally.

3.94

182k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🖤 Death And The Maiden 💀 Death Personified ☠️ Poison Mystery 👻 Spirit Communication

Belladonna 90%

A deathless orphan hunts a poisoner through a haunted manor, with Death as her dangerous ally.

by Adalyn Grace 2022

3.94

182k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🖤 Death And The Maiden 💀 Death Personified ☠️ Poison Mystery 👻 Spirit Communication

Whiskey Rebellion

by Liliana Hart • 2011

A broke teacher's stripping gig ends with a dead principal and a detective who can't look away.

3.94

12k+

🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Sleuth 😂 Comedic Mystery 💥 Disaster Protagonist ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Whiskey Rebellion 90%

A broke teacher's stripping gig ends with a dead principal and a detective who can't look away.

by Liliana Hart 2011

3.94

12k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Sleuth 😂 Comedic Mystery 💥 Disaster Protagonist ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Storm Front

by Jim Butcher • 2000

When magic kills, a wizard detective faces a crime lord, a vampire, and a rogue sorcerer.

3.97

383k+

🕵️ Occult Detective 🥃 Hardboiled Fantasy 🌃 Supernatural Noir 🕯️ Demon Summoning 🧛 Vampire Politics

Storm Front 92%

When magic kills, a wizard detective faces a crime lord, a vampire, and a rogue sorcerer.

by Jim Butcher 2000

3.97

383k+ ratings

🕵️ Occult Detective 🥃 Hardboiled Fantasy 🌃 Supernatural Noir 🕯️ Demon Summoning 🧛 Vampire Politics

A Fate Unknown

by Sinclair Kelly • 2021

A ghost with no memory haunts a house. Five men arrive. One feels what she feels.

4.15

2k+

👻 Ghost Romance 💕 Why Choose Romance 🔮 Fated Mates 🤔 Amnesia Trope 🫂 Found Family

A Fate Unknown 92%

A ghost with no memory haunts a house. Five men arrive. One feels what she feels.

by Sinclair Kelly 2021

4.15

2k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 💕 Why Choose Romance 🔮 Fated Mates 🤔 Amnesia Trope 🫂 Found Family

We Solve Murders

by Richard Osman

A bodyguard is framed with her own blood when her influencer clients are killed around the world.

4.05

197k+

🕵️ Unlikely Sleuths ⚖️ Framed For Murder 💬 Witty Banter 🌍 International Intrigue ❤️ Found Family

We Solve Murders 90%

A bodyguard is framed with her own blood when her influencer clients are killed around the world.

by Richard Osman 2024

4.05

197k+ ratings

🕵️ Unlikely Sleuths ⚖️ Framed For Murder 💬 Witty Banter 🌍 International Intrigue ❤️ Found Family

Good Spirits

by B.K. Borison • 2025

A grumpy Ghost of Christmas Past falls for the messy antiques dealer he's supposed to haunt.

3.97

143k+

👻 Ghost Love Interest 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💞 Mutual Healing 🎄 Holiday Magic

Good Spirits 90%

A grumpy Ghost of Christmas Past falls for the messy antiques dealer he's supposed to haunt.

by B.K. Borison 2025

3.97

143k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Love Interest 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💞 Mutual Healing 🎄 Holiday Magic

Skulduggery Pleasant

by Derek Landy • 2007

A twelve-year-old inherits a skeleton detective and a secret war over an ancient relic.

4.18

73k+

🔍 Occult Detective 🗝️ Secret Magical World 🗿 Ancient Artifact Quest 💬 Witty Banter 🖤 Dark Humor

Skulduggery Pleasant 90%

A twelve-year-old inherits a skeleton detective and a secret war over an ancient relic.

by Derek Landy 2007

4.18

73k+ ratings

🔍 Occult Detective 🗝️ Secret Magical World 🗿 Ancient Artifact Quest 💬 Witty Banter 🖤 Dark Humor

Death of a Gossip

by M.C. Beaton • 1985

A gossip columnist joins a Highland fishing school. She's found strangled. Everyone wanted her dead.

3.64

22k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👮 Small Town Constable 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 💌 Secrets And Blackmail

Death of a Gossip 90%

A gossip columnist joins a Highland fishing school. She's found strangled. Everyone wanted her dead.

by M.C. Beaton 1985

3.64

22k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👮 Small Town Constable 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 💌 Secrets And Blackmail

The Morning Show Murders

by Al Roker • 2009

A TV chef becomes the prime suspect when his producer is poisoned outside his Manhattan restaurant.

3.36

1k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🍳 Culinary Cozy 🎯 Framed For Murder 🎭 Secret Identity 💬 Witty Banter

The Morning Show Murders 90%

A TV chef becomes the prime suspect when his producer is poisoned outside his Manhattan restaurant.

by Al Roker 2009

3.36

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🍳 Culinary Cozy 🎯 Framed For Murder 🎭 Secret Identity 💬 Witty Banter

Twenties Girl

by Sophie Kinsella • 2009

Her business dead, heart broken, Lara's great-aunt returns as a ghost demanding a missing necklace.

3.86

177k+

👻 Light Paranormal 🎷 1920s Nostalgia 🔍 Family Secrets 🧭 Quarter-Life Crisis 💔 Lost Love

Twenties Girl 90%

Her business dead, heart broken, Lara's great-aunt returns as a ghost demanding a missing necklace.

by Sophie Kinsella 2009

3.86

177k+ ratings

👻 Light Paranormal 🎷 1920s Nostalgia 🔍 Family Secrets 🧭 Quarter-Life Crisis 💔 Lost Love

Bitten

by Kelley Armstrong • 2001

A rogue werewolf's attacks force the only female werewolf back to her pack and possessive ex.

4.02

106k+

🐺 Werewolf Pack Politics 💔 Second Chance Romance 🌕 Reluctant Werewolf 💞 Fated Mates 🖤 Alpha Hero

Bitten 90%

A rogue werewolf's attacks force the only female werewolf back to her pack and possessive ex.

by Kelley Armstrong 2001

4.02

106k+ ratings

🐺 Werewolf Pack Politics 💔 Second Chance Romance 🌕 Reluctant Werewolf 💞 Fated Mates 🖤 Alpha Hero

Happy Bloody Christmas

by Jo Middleton • 2024

Her boss dead in her larder, a hungover mother must catch a killer before Christmas.

3.78

7k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎄 Christmas Cozy 🖤 Dark Humor 🗣️ Wry Narrator 🏘️ English Village

Happy Bloody Christmas 90%

Her boss dead in her larder, a hungover mother must catch a killer before Christmas.

by Jo Middleton 2024

3.78

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎄 Christmas Cozy 🖤 Dark Humor 🗣️ Wry Narrator 🏘️ English Village

Apple Cider Slaying

by Julie Anne Lindsey • 2019

Winnie planned a cider shop. A body in the press makes Granny the prime suspect instead.

3.96

4k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🍎 Family Business 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🤗 Found Family

Apple Cider Slaying 90%

Winnie planned a cider shop. A body in the press makes Granny the prime suspect instead.

by Julie Anne Lindsey 2019

3.96

4k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🍎 Family Business 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🤗 Found Family

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