50 Books like Game of Cones

Still Life

by Louise Penny

An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.

3.90

288k+

🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Gentleman Detective 📚 Literary Cozy 🤫 Small-Town Secrets

Still Life 93%

An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.

by Louise Penny 2005

3.90

288k+ ratings

🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Gentleman Detective 📚 Literary Cozy 🤫 Small-Town Secrets

The Golden Spoon

by Jessa Maxwell • 2023

A storm strands a baking competition at a remote manor, turning rivalry into sabotage and murder.

3.47

54k+

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 🥧 Culinary Competition 👥 Secret Lineage 🎭 Predatory Mentor 🔍 Sabotage Mystery

The Golden Spoon 95%

A storm strands a baking competition at a remote manor, turning rivalry into sabotage and murder.

by Jessa Maxwell 2023

3.47

54k+ ratings

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 🥧 Culinary Competition 👥 Secret Lineage 🎭 Predatory Mentor 🔍 Sabotage Mystery

This Is Not a Game

by Kelly Mullen • 2025

Blackmailed into a mansion party, a grandmother and her granddaughter are snowed in with a killer.

3.41

6k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤫 Family Secrets ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy ❄️ Snowbound Mansion

This Is Not a Game 95%

Blackmailed into a mansion party, a grandmother and her granddaughter are snowed in with a killer.

by Kelly Mullen 2025

3.41

6k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤫 Family Secrets ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy ❄️ Snowbound Mansion

Last Night

by Luanne Rice • 2024

Her mother murdered in a blizzard, a young girl flees with a secret key and vanishes.

4.05

33k+

😰 Child In Peril 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ❄️ Snowbound Thriller 🔒 Kidnapping 💕 Sisterly Bond

Last Night 92%

Her mother murdered in a blizzard, a young girl flees with a secret key and vanishes.

by Luanne Rice 2024

4.05

33k+ ratings

😰 Child In Peril 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ❄️ Snowbound Thriller 🔒 Kidnapping 💕 Sisterly Bond

Santa Cruise

by Mary Higgins Clark • 2006

Two fugitives in Santa suits board a charity cruise, unaware the guests include amateur sleuths.

3.44

8k+

🚢 Cruise Ship Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👥 Ensemble Cast 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 😊 Lighthearted Suspense

Santa Cruise 92%

Two fugitives in Santa suits board a charity cruise, unaware the guests include amateur sleuths.

by Mary Higgins Clark 2006

3.44

8k+ ratings

🚢 Cruise Ship Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👥 Ensemble Cast 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 😊 Lighthearted Suspense

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 92%

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

The Christmas Party

by Mikayla Davids • 2022

A Christmas party reunites estranged sisters, but by midnight, a body lies on the marble floor.

3.53

13k+

🖤 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👭 Estranged Sisters 💋 Secret Affair 👶 Secret Paternity

The Christmas Party 92%

A Christmas party reunites estranged sisters, but by midnight, a body lies on the marble floor.

by Mikayla Davids 2022

3.53

13k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👭 Estranged Sisters 💋 Secret Affair 👶 Secret Paternity

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

by Benjamin Stevenson

A snowed-in family reunion turns lethal; the mystery writer knows every relative has killed before.

3.75

236k+

🎯 Fair Play Mystery 💀 Family Of Killers ❄️ Snowed-In Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone Summary

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone 92%

A snowed-in family reunion turns lethal; the mystery writer knows every relative has killed before.

by Benjamin Stevenson 2022

3.75

236k+ ratings

🎯 Fair Play Mystery 💀 Family Of Killers ❄️ Snowed-In Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

Death in the Family

by Tessa Wegert • 2020

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

3.65

5k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Death in the Family 91%

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

by Tessa Wegert 2020

3.65

5k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

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 91%

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

The Dark Hours

by David J. Gatward • 2023

A murder game, a real corpse, a blizzard. Everyone trapped inside is a suspect.

4.48

6k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🎭 Murder Game Gone Wrong 🪦 Faked Death 🔍 Multiple Suspects

The Dark Hours 91%

A murder game, a real corpse, a blizzard. Everyone trapped inside is a suspect.

by David J. Gatward 2023

4.48

6k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🎭 Murder Game Gone Wrong 🪦 Faked Death 🔍 Multiple Suspects

The Christmas Jigsaw Murders

by Alexandra Benedict • 2023

A reclusive crossword setter must solve a killer's jigsaw before each piece becomes a body.

3.41

12k+

🎄 Holiday Mystery 👵 Elderly Amateur Sleuth 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Family 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Christmas

The Christmas Jigsaw Murders 91%

A reclusive crossword setter must solve a killer's jigsaw before each piece becomes a body.

by Alexandra Benedict 2023

3.41

12k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Mystery 👵 Elderly Amateur Sleuth 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Family 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Christmas

How to Solve Your Own Murder

by Kristen Perrin

A fortune-teller's prophecy foretold her murder; now her great-niece must solve it to inherit.

3.79

132k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🧩 Inheritance Puzzle 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 📂 Cold Case Revisited 📔 Diary Clues

How to Solve Your Own Murder 91%

A fortune-teller's prophecy foretold her murder; now her great-niece must solve it to inherit.

by Kristen Perrin 2024

3.79

132k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🧩 Inheritance Puzzle 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 📂 Cold Case Revisited 📔 Diary Clues

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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

Mother-Daughter Murder Night

by Nina Simon • 2023

When her granddaughter is accused of murder, a mogul with cancer investigates in a coastal town.

3.55

117k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 📖 Character-Driven Mystery

Mother-Daughter Murder Night 91%

When her granddaughter is accused of murder, a mogul with cancer investigates in a coastal town.

by Nina Simon 2023

3.55

117k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 📖 Character-Driven Mystery

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 91%

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

Everything We Didn't Say

by Nicole Baart • 2021

To prove her brother innocent, a woman returns to the small town that drove her out.

3.75

32k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 👁️ Witness In Hiding

Everything We Didn't Say 91%

To prove her brother innocent, a woman returns to the small town that drove her out.

by Nicole Baart 2021

3.75

32k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 👁️ Witness In Hiding

Thanksgiving Past

by Kathi Daley • 2020

A Thanksgiving vanishing pulls a newcomer into a mystery tangled with her own lost past.

4.46

2k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🦃 Thanksgiving Setting ❤️ Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Thanksgiving Past 93%

A Thanksgiving vanishing pulls a newcomer into a mystery tangled with her own lost past.

by Kathi Daley 2020

4.46

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🦃 Thanksgiving Setting ❤️ Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

by Catherine Mack • 2024

A mystery novelist's Italian book tour becomes a real whodunit when her blackmailing ex is targeted.

3.45

40k+

📚 Book Tour Murder ✍️ Author Sleuth 👯‍♀️ Sisters And Secrets 🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🪞 Meta Mystery

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies Summary

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies 92%

A mystery novelist's Italian book tour becomes a real whodunit when her blackmailing ex is targeted.

by Catherine Mack 2024

3.45

40k+ ratings

📚 Book Tour Murder ✍️ Author Sleuth 👯‍♀️ Sisters And Secrets 🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🪞 Meta 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 91%

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 Unwedding

by Ally Condie • 2024

A canceled wedding, a drowned groom, a resort cut off by a storm. A woman investigates.

3.19

73k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⛈️ Trapped By Storm 💍 Wedding Gone Wrong 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🤝 Found Family

The Unwedding 91%

A canceled wedding, a drowned groom, a resort cut off by a storm. A woman investigates.

by Ally Condie 2024

3.19

73k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery ⛈️ Trapped By Storm 💍 Wedding Gone Wrong 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🤝 Found Family

Kill Joy

by Holly Jackson • 2021

At a 1920s murder mystery party, game secrets blur into real suspicions for a teen sleuth.

3.72

177k+

🎭 Meta Mystery ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy 🔍 Friends As Suspects 🕵️ Amateur Detective 💰 Rich Family Secrets

Kill Joy 91%

At a 1920s murder mystery party, game secrets blur into real suspicions for a teen sleuth.

by Holly Jackson 2021

3.72

177k+ ratings

🎭 Meta Mystery ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy 🔍 Friends As Suspects 🕵️ Amateur Detective 💰 Rich Family Secrets

Sworn to Silence

by Linda Castillo • 2009

A serial killer's signature returns to Amish country, but the police chief killed him years ago.

4.04

53k+

📋 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👻 Haunted Detective 🐴 Amish Community ❄️ Winter Isolation

Sworn to Silence 91%

A serial killer's signature returns to Amish country, but the police chief killed him years ago.

by Linda Castillo 2009

4.04

53k+ ratings

📋 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👻 Haunted Detective 🐴 Amish Community ❄️ Winter Isolation

by Eva Jurczyk • 2025

On a snowbound train, a writer faces a corpse and the woman whose life she stole.

2.97

8k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 📖 Literary Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💔 Fragile Marriage

6 91%

On a snowbound train, a writer faces a corpse and the woman whose life she stole.

by Eva Jurczyk 2025

2.97

8k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 📖 Literary Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💔 Fragile Marriage

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

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

by Ally Carter • 2024

Rival mystery writers snowed in at an English manor must solve their idol's locked-room vanishing.

3.87

153k+

❤️ Rivals To Lovers 🔐 Locked-Room Mystery ❄️ Snowed In 📚 Literary Mystery 🏰 Manor House Mystery

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year Summary

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year 92%

Rival mystery writers snowed in at an English manor must solve their idol's locked-room vanishing.

by Ally Carter 2024

3.87

153k+ ratings

❤️ Rivals To Lovers 🔐 Locked-Room Mystery ❄️ Snowed In 📚 Literary Mystery 🏰 Manor House Mystery

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 92%

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

The Library After Dark

by Ande Pliego • 2026

A locked gothic library, a blizzard, and dark fairy tales that have started killing the guests.

3.59

2k+

🔒 Gothic Locked Room 🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 🔑 Family Secrets 👧 Orphaned Heroine 👯 Sisters Divided

The Library After Dark 91%

A locked gothic library, a blizzard, and dark fairy tales that have started killing the guests.

by Ande Pliego 2026

3.59

2k+ ratings

🔒 Gothic Locked Room 🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 🔑 Family Secrets 👧 Orphaned Heroine 👯 Sisters Divided

Death at the Sign of the Rook

by Kate Atkinson • 2024

A stolen painting leads to a snowbound manor where a murder mystery weekend is no game.

3.71

26k+

🏠 Country House Mystery 🖼️ Art Heist 👑 Aristocratic Decay 🎭 Ensemble Cast ❄️ Snowbound Tension

Death at the Sign of the Rook 91%

A stolen painting leads to a snowbound manor where a murder mystery weekend is no game.

by Kate Atkinson 2024

3.71

26k+ ratings

🏠 Country House Mystery 🖼️ Art Heist 👑 Aristocratic Decay 🎭 Ensemble Cast ❄️ Snowbound Tension

The Night We Lost Him

by Laura Dave • 2024

A hotel mogul's cliffside fall reunites his estranged children. The son insists it was no accident.

3.59

128k+

🏡 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Family Secrets 👫 Estranged Siblings 🔍 Amateur Investigation ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Night We Lost Him 91%

A hotel mogul's cliffside fall reunites his estranged children. The son insists it was no accident.

by Laura Dave 2024

3.59

128k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Family Secrets 👫 Estranged Siblings 🔍 Amateur Investigation ⏳ Dual Timeline

Without a Clue

by Melissa Ferguson • 2026

Murder strikes a book cruise, forcing an assistant to suspect the seven authors she calls family.

3.66

6k+

🔍 Meta Mystery 🏠 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

Without a Clue 90%

Murder strikes a book cruise, forcing an assistant to suspect the seven authors she calls family.

by Melissa Ferguson 2026

3.66

6k+ ratings

🔍 Meta Mystery 🏠 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Murder at the Vicarage

by Agatha Christie • 1930

A tyrant colonel lies shot in the vicarage study. Everyone in the village had a reason.

4.04

219k+

🏘️ Village Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏡 English Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Murder at the Vicarage 92%

A tyrant colonel lies shot in the vicarage study. Everyone in the village had a reason.

by Agatha Christie 1930

4.04

219k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏡 English Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night

by Sophie Hannah • 2023

Trapped in a crumbling Norfolk house at Christmas, Poirot hunts a killer who targets happy men.

3.68

12k+

👑 Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗝️ Family Secrets

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night 92%

Trapped in a crumbling Norfolk house at Christmas, Poirot hunts a killer who targets happy men.

by Sophie Hannah 2023

3.68

12k+ ratings

👑 Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗝️ Family Secrets

A Killer Wedding

by Joan O'Leary

A wedding editor at an Irish castle finds a dead matriarch and a family hiding the crime.

3.56

6k+

🏰 Irish Castle 💍 Destination Wedding Thriller 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🔍 Toxic Family Secrets

A Killer Wedding 90%

A wedding editor at an Irish castle finds a dead matriarch and a family hiding the crime.

by Joan O'Leary 2025

3.56

6k+ ratings

🏰 Irish Castle 💍 Destination Wedding Thriller 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🔍 Toxic Family Secrets

A Mischief of Rats

by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett • 2023

A dead driver in an ecologist's pond exposes the killer rivalries inside a classic-car racing team.

3.84

6k+

🍃 Ecological Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👥 Closed Circle Suspects 🌳 British Countryside 🤥 False Confession

A Mischief of Rats 90%

A dead driver in an ecologist's pond exposes the killer rivalries inside a classic-car racing team.

by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett 2023

3.84

6k+ ratings

🍃 Ecological Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👥 Closed Circle Suspects 🌳 British Countryside 🤥 False Confession

All The Pretty People

by Barbara Freethy • 2022

An island wedding becomes a nightmare when the bride vanishes, mirroring a decade-old cold case.

4.02

6k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case Reopened 👧 Missing Sister 🏝️ Isolated Island

All The Pretty People 90%

An island wedding becomes a nightmare when the bride vanishes, mirroring a decade-old cold case.

by Barbara Freethy 2022

4.02

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case Reopened 👧 Missing Sister 🏝️ Isolated Island

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 90%

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

Daughter of Mine

by Megan Miranda • 2024

A drought exposes a sunken car, pulling a daughter into the secrets her detective father buried.

3.91

78k+

🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 👪 Family Secrets 🗄️ Cold Case 📜 Inheritance Drama 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Daughter of Mine 90%

A drought exposes a sunken car, pulling a daughter into the secrets her detective father buried.

by Megan Miranda 2024

3.91

78k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 👪 Family Secrets 🗄️ Cold Case 📜 Inheritance Drama 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

The Missing Half

by Ashley Flowers

Seven years after her sister vanished, a stranger arrives claiming hers disappeared the same way.

3.79

145k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 👭 Missing Sister 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🛡️ Protective Sister 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Missing Half 90%

Seven years after her sister vanished, a stranger arrives claiming hers disappeared the same way.

by Ashley Flowers 2025

3.79

145k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 👭 Missing Sister 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🛡️ Protective Sister 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories

by Gigi Pandian • 2018

A locked room, a dead curator, a vanished artifact: a historian hunts truth behind a family curse.

3.92

299

🔐 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Historian Detective 🎩 Stage Magician ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories Summary

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories 92%

A locked room, a dead curator, a vanished artifact: a historian hunts truth behind a family curse.

by Gigi Pandian 2018

3.92

299 ratings

🔐 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Historian Detective 🎩 Stage Magician ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Sanatorium

by Sarah Pearse • 2021

An avalanche traps a detective inside a former sanatorium turned hotel. The murders have started.

3.36

205k+

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🏔️ Alpine Setting ❄️ Snowbound Thriller 🔍 Detective With Trauma 🗡️ Revenge Killer

The Sanatorium 92%

An avalanche traps a detective inside a former sanatorium turned hotel. The murders have started.

by Sarah Pearse 2021

3.36

205k+ ratings

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🏔️ Alpine Setting ❄️ Snowbound Thriller 🔍 Detective With Trauma 🗡️ Revenge Killer

The Paris Apartment

by Lucy Foley • 2022

Her brother's Paris apartment is empty. The neighbors are lying. One of them knows the truth.

3.64

731k+

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Everyone Is A Suspect 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 👫 Sibling Bond

The Paris Apartment 90%

Her brother's Paris apartment is empty. The neighbors are lying. One of them knows the truth.

by Lucy Foley 2022

3.64

731k+ ratings

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Everyone Is A Suspect 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 👫 Sibling Bond

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds

by Allison Brennan • 2025

A book lover finds coded blackmail in a beach read. The writer washes up dead.

3.58

7k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📚 Books About Books 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Forced Proximity

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds 90%

A book lover finds coded blackmail in a beach read. The writer washes up dead.

by Allison Brennan 2025

3.58

7k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📚 Books About Books 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Forced Proximity

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 90%

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

Fake News & Office Blues

by Amanda M. Lee • 2022

A journalist stops a kidnapping, then uncovers a trafficking ring behind a small-town pageant.

4.74

1k+

🖋️ Journalist Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 💑 Married Sleuths 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family 😏 Snarky Protagonist

Fake News & Office Blues 90%

A journalist stops a kidnapping, then uncovers a trafficking ring behind a small-town pageant.

by Amanda M. Lee 2022

4.74

1k+ ratings

🖋️ Journalist Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 💑 Married Sleuths 👨‍👩‍👧 Meddling Family 😏 Snarky Protagonist

Murder at Holly House

by Denzil Meyrick • 2023

A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.

3.20

11k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Bumbling Detective 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Murder at Holly House 90%

A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.

by Denzil Meyrick 2023

3.20

11k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Bumbling Detective 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

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