50 Books like Murder by Cheesecake

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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

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 91%

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

The Body in the Library

by Agatha Christie • 2018

A corpse in a colonel's library draws Miss Marple into a village's hidden web of lies.

3.76

1k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👵 Elderly Detective 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Body in the Library 91%

A corpse in a colonel's library draws Miss Marple into a village's hidden web of lies.

by Agatha Christie 2018

3.76

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👵 Elderly Detective 🎭 Mistaken Identity

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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 92%

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 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 91%

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

A New Lease on Death

by Olivia Blacke • 2024

A lonely ghost teams up with her apartment's new tenant to solve a neighbor's murder.

3.63

4k+

👻 Paranormal Cozy 🔎 Ghost Sleuth 🤝 Odd Couple 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 💬 Witty Banter

A New Lease on Death 91%

A lonely ghost teams up with her apartment's new tenant to solve a neighbor's murder.

by Olivia Blacke 2024

3.63

4k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Cozy 🔎 Ghost Sleuth 🤝 Odd Couple 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 💬 Witty Banter

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

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 91%

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

Cocaine Blues

by Kerry Greenwood • 1989

A poisoned heiress draws a detective into 1920s Melbourne, where high society hides a cocaine ring.

3.84

30k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🤝 Found Family 🎩 High Society Crime 🧪 Poison Investigation 🥂 Roaring Twenties

Cocaine Blues 91%

A poisoned heiress draws a detective into 1920s Melbourne, where high society hides a cocaine ring.

by Kerry Greenwood 1989

3.84

30k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🤝 Found Family 🎩 High Society Crime 🧪 Poison Investigation 🥂 Roaring Twenties

How to Age Disgracefully

by Clare Pooley • 2024

A lonely seventy-year-old makes her first friends as their community center faces the wrecking ball.

4.11

67k+

🖤 Found Family 🖤 Older Protagonists 🖤 Quirky Ensemble 🖤 Heartwarming Humor 🖤 Secret Criminal Past

How to Age Disgracefully 91%

A lonely seventy-year-old makes her first friends as their community center faces the wrecking ball.

by Clare Pooley 2024

4.11

67k+ ratings

🖤 Found Family 🖤 Older Protagonists 🖤 Quirky Ensemble 🖤 Heartwarming Humor 🖤 Secret Criminal Past

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

Dial A for Aunties

by Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2021

A wedding photographer kills her blind date. Her meddling aunties know where to hide a body.

3.68

121k+

💕 Romantic Comedy 🕵️ Crime Comedy 💞 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👩‍👧 Meddling Relatives 🏠 Family Obligation

Dial A for Aunties 92%

A wedding photographer kills her blind date. Her meddling aunties know where to hide a body.

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2021

3.68

121k+ ratings

💕 Romantic Comedy 🕵️ Crime Comedy 💞 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👩‍👧 Meddling Relatives 🏠 Family Obligation

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 92%

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

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 91%

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

The Life We Bury

by Allen Eskens • 2014

A college student races to prove a dying veteran's innocence before cancer closes the case forever.

4.09

212k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 📁 Cold Case Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 👴 Intergenerational Bond 🌲 Small-Town Minnesota

The Life We Bury 91%

A college student races to prove a dying veteran's innocence before cancer closes the case forever.

by Allen Eskens 2014

4.09

212k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 📁 Cold Case Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 👴 Intergenerational Bond 🌲 Small-Town Minnesota

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

Weekend Warriors

by Fern Michaels • 2003

Her daughter's killer walks free on diplomatic immunity, so she recruits wronged women for revenge.

4.08

15k+

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Rape Revenge 🕯️ Secret Society 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤝 Trauma Bonding

Weekend Warriors 90%

Her daughter's killer walks free on diplomatic immunity, so she recruits wronged women for revenge.

by Fern Michaels 2003

4.08

15k+ ratings

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Rape Revenge 🕯️ Secret Society 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤝 Trauma Bonding

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 90%

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

The Night in Question

by Susan Fletcher • 2024

After her care home manager's window plunge, an 87-year-old sleuth unearths a death-haunted past.

4.02

3k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏡 Retirement Home 👵 Elderly Protagonist ❤️ Late-Life Romance 🤫 Hidden Identities

The Night in Question 92%

After her care home manager's window plunge, an 87-year-old sleuth unearths a death-haunted past.

by Susan Fletcher 2024

4.02

3k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏡 Retirement Home 👵 Elderly Protagonist ❤️ Late-Life Romance 🤫 Hidden Identities

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 92%

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

The Satsuma Complex

by Bob Mortimer

Dream date, dead mate, fake cops: a legal assistant's life pivots on a corn-cob USB stick.

3.68

75k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Comic Crime 😐 Deadpan Humor 🎯 MacGuffin Chase 🚨 Police Corruption

The Satsuma Complex 91%

Dream date, dead mate, fake cops: a legal assistant's life pivots on a corn-cob USB stick.

by Bob Mortimer 2022

3.68

75k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Comic Crime 😐 Deadpan Humor 🎯 MacGuffin Chase 🚨 Police Corruption

Game of Cones

by Cynthia Baxter • 2020

A storm-trapped ice cream shop owner must solve a heiress's murder at a remote resort.

3.75

182

🍦 Culinary Cozy 🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏔️ Isolated Setting 🔐 Family Secrets

Game of Cones 90%

A storm-trapped ice cream shop owner must solve a heiress's murder at a remote resort.

by Cynthia Baxter 2020

3.75

182 ratings

🍦 Culinary Cozy 🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏔️ Isolated Setting 🔐 Family Secrets

Broke-Ass Women's Club

by Sharon Sala • 2021

One husband, four wives, zero money. Their only asset is a house and each other.

4.26

935

🏠 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 🌱 Starting Over 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🌼 Midlife Transitions

Broke-Ass Women's Club 90%

One husband, four wives, zero money. Their only asset is a house and each other.

by Sharon Sala 2021

4.26

935 ratings

🏠 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 🌱 Starting Over 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🌼 Midlife Transitions

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

Suburban Dicks

by Fabian Nicieza • 2021

An Indian clerk's murder pulls a pregnant ex-profiler into her suburb's sixty-year cover-up.

3.91

5k+

🏘️ Suburban Murder Mystery 🤰 Mom Detective 🕵️ Unlikely Detective Duo 🤫 Small Town Conspiracy 🎭 Satirical Mystery

Suburban Dicks 90%

An Indian clerk's murder pulls a pregnant ex-profiler into her suburb's sixty-year cover-up.

by Fabian Nicieza 2021

3.91

5k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Murder Mystery 🤰 Mom Detective 🕵️ Unlikely Detective Duo 🤫 Small Town Conspiracy 🎭 Satirical Mystery

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 90%

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

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

Cards on the Table

by Agatha Christie • 1936

Poirot joins four killers for bridge. Their host is dead before the last card is dealt.

3.96

75k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Suspects 🧠 Psychological Detection 🎩 Eccentric Detective 📝 False Confession

Cards on the Table 90%

Poirot joins four killers for bridge. Their host is dead before the last card is dealt.

by Agatha Christie 1936

3.96

75k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Suspects 🧠 Psychological Detection 🎩 Eccentric Detective 📝 False Confession

Killers of a Certain Age

by Deanna Raybourn • 2022

Four aging female assassins discover their retirement cruise is a trap set by their own agency.

3.85

122k+

🗡️ Female Assassins 👵 Older Heroines 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎯 Hunters Hunted 😈 Dark Comedy

Killers of a Certain Age 90%

Four aging female assassins discover their retirement cruise is a trap set by their own agency.

by Deanna Raybourn 2022

3.85

122k+ ratings

🗡️ Female Assassins 👵 Older Heroines 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎯 Hunters Hunted 😈 Dark Comedy

The Fairfleet Affair

by K.H. Saxton • 2023

After their mentor vanishes during an eclipse, two kid detectives follow his trail of museum clues.

4.06

185

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 👑 Hidden Heir 🏛️ Museum Setting 🎨 Art Forgery

The Fairfleet Affair 90%

After their mentor vanishes during an eclipse, two kid detectives follow his trail of museum clues.

by K.H. Saxton 2023

4.06

185 ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 👑 Hidden Heir 🏛️ Museum Setting 🎨 Art Forgery

Scandal in Babylon

by Barbara Hambly • 2021

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

3.77

469

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot 👪 Found Family 🎷 Jazz Age

Scandal in Babylon 90%

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

by Barbara Hambly 2021

3.77

469 ratings

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot 👪 Found Family 🎷 Jazz Age

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

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 92%

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

by Al Roker 2009

3.36

1k+ ratings

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