50 Books like Thanksgiving Past

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

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

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 93%

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

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

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

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

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

Deeper Than the Dead

by Debra Webb • 2024

Her stepmother's murder pulls a cop on the brink home to a cave with four other bodies.

4.04

24k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⏳ Cold Case Murder 🏡 Hometown Return 🕯️ Buried Family Secrets 🔥 Old Flame Investigation

Deeper Than the Dead 91%

Her stepmother's murder pulls a cop on the brink home to a cave with four other bodies.

by Debra Webb 2024

4.04

24k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets ⏳ Cold Case Murder 🏡 Hometown Return 🕯️ Buried Family Secrets 🔥 Old Flame Investigation

The Quaker Café

by Brenda Bevan Remmes • 2015

Her father's death forces Maggie Kendall to unearth the racial sins her Southern town long buried.

3.68

5k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔍 Family Secrets ☕ Cozy Cafe Setting 🤝 Interracial Friendship 👤 Hidden Parentage

The Quaker Café 91%

Her father's death forces Maggie Kendall to unearth the racial sins her Southern town long buried.

by Brenda Bevan Remmes 2015

3.68

5k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔍 Family Secrets ☕ Cozy Cafe Setting 🤝 Interracial Friendship 👤 Hidden Parentage

Summer of Grace

by Shani Struthers • 2021

Three friends, one golden summer, and the girl who vanished. Ten years later, Jules has to know why.

4.18

439

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case 🤝 Found Family ✨ Enigmatic Outsider ⏳ Dual Timeline

Summer of Grace 91%

Three friends, one golden summer, and the girl who vanished. Ten years later, Jules has to know why.

by Shani Struthers 2021

4.18

439 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case 🤝 Found Family ✨ Enigmatic Outsider ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Holiday Cottage

by Sarah Morgan • 2024

She invented a family to survive the holidays, then finds them at a Cotswolds cottage, waiting.

4.04

18k+

🫂 Found Family 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Family Estrangement 🎄 Cozy Holiday ✨ Redemptive

The Holiday Cottage 91%

She invented a family to survive the holidays, then finds them at a Cotswolds cottage, waiting.

by Sarah Morgan 2024

4.04

18k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Family Estrangement 🎄 Cozy Holiday ✨ Redemptive

Vanishing Girls

by Lisa Regan • 2018

A suspended detective chases a whispered name into a town where girls vanish into silence.

4.19

29k+

🏛️ Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🔗 Abducted Women 🤫 Conspiracy Of Silence

Vanishing Girls 91%

A suspended detective chases a whispered name into a town where girls vanish into silence.

by Lisa Regan 2018

4.19

29k+ ratings

🏛️ Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👮‍♀️ Female Detective 🔗 Abducted Women 🤫 Conspiracy Of Silence

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 91%

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

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 93%

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

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

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 92%

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

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 91%

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

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

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

The Ghostwriter

by Julie Clark • 2025

Returning to write her dying father's memoir, a disgraced author finds a murder confession.

4.04

95k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🔐 Family Secrets 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Estranged Father Daughter 🎞️ Archival Mystery

The Ghostwriter 91%

Returning to write her dying father's memoir, a disgraced author finds a murder confession.

by Julie Clark 2025

4.04

95k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🔐 Family Secrets 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Estranged Father Daughter 🎞️ Archival Mystery

All Good People Here

by Ashley Flowers • 2022

A journalist returns home to a child's disappearance that echoes her best friend's unsolved murder.

3.82

344k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🤫 Small Town Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏠 Hometown Return 🌾 Midwest Gothic

All Good People Here 91%

A journalist returns home to a child's disappearance that echoes her best friend's unsolved murder.

by Ashley Flowers 2022

3.82

344k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🤫 Small Town Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏠 Hometown Return 🌾 Midwest Gothic

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

New Girl in the Falls

by Elle Gray • 2023

A grieving FBI agent takes shelter as a small-town sheriff, but a killer's obsession follows.

4.40

12k+

🔪 Serial Killer 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Police Procedural 🌲 Pacific Northwest 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

New Girl in the Falls 90%

A grieving FBI agent takes shelter as a small-town sheriff, but a killer's obsession follows.

by Elle Gray 2023

4.40

12k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Police Procedural 🌲 Pacific Northwest 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

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 92%

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 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 92%

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

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 92%

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

Agony Hill

by Sarah Stewart Taylor • 2024

In 1960s Vermont, a grieving detective questions a farmer's barn-fire death the town calls suicide.

3.83

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets 🕵️ Haunted Detective 🌲 Rural Isolation

Agony Hill 90%

In 1960s Vermont, a grieving detective questions a farmer's barn-fire death the town calls suicide.

by Sarah Stewart Taylor 2024

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets 🕵️ Haunted Detective 🌲 Rural Isolation

The Last to Vanish

by Megan Miranda • 2022

Six vanishings, one mountain inn. A journalist's brother arrives, and the manager digs for answers.

3.54

86k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Missing Persons ❄️ Cold Case ⛰️ Appalachian Trail 🏨 Isolated Inn

The Last to Vanish 90%

Six vanishings, one mountain inn. A journalist's brother arrives, and the manager digs for answers.

by Megan Miranda 2022

3.54

86k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🔍 Missing Persons ❄️ Cold Case ⛰️ Appalachian Trail 🏨 Isolated Inn

The Christmas Boutique

by Jennifer Chiaverini • 2019

Two rival quilters must set aside years of bad blood to save their town's Christmas Boutique.

3.68

5k+

🧵 Quilting Community 🪡 Crafting As Healing 🤝 Rivals To Friends 🏡 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town Ensemble

The Christmas Boutique 90%

Two rival quilters must set aside years of bad blood to save their town's Christmas Boutique.

by Jennifer Chiaverini 2019

3.68

5k+ ratings

🧵 Quilting Community 🪡 Crafting As Healing 🤝 Rivals To Friends 🏡 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town Ensemble

Jazz Funeral

by Julie Smith • 1993

When a JazzFest producer is murdered, his teenage half-sister runs into the New Orleans night.

3.85

2k+

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🎷 Southern Noir 👮‍♀️ Police Procedural 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Teen 🎭 Hidden Identity

Jazz Funeral 90%

When a JazzFest producer is murdered, his teenage half-sister runs into the New Orleans night.

by Julie Smith 1993

3.85

2k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🎷 Southern Noir 👮‍♀️ Police Procedural 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Teen 🎭 Hidden Identity

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

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 90%

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

Don't Let Go

by Harlan Coben • 2017

Fifteen years after his twin died, a cop's missing girlfriend reappears at a murder scene.

4.05

82k+

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🚀 Cold War Mystery 👤 Missing Persons 🕯️ Secret Society

Don't Let Go 90%

Fifteen years after his twin died, a cop's missing girlfriend reappears at a murder scene.

by Harlan Coben 2017

4.05

82k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🚀 Cold War Mystery 👤 Missing Persons 🕯️ Secret Society

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

One Lost Soul

by J.M. Dalgliesh • 2019

A teen found dead on a Norfolk beach draws a detective into her family's long-held lies.

4.08

24k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 English Seaside 🎭 Victim's Double Life 🔒 Controlling Family

One Lost Soul 90%

A teen found dead on a Norfolk beach draws a detective into her family's long-held lies.

by J.M. Dalgliesh 2019

4.08

24k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 English Seaside 🎭 Victim's Double Life 🔒 Controlling Family

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 92%

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

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

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 91%

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 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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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

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Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery

by Jenny Colgan • 2016

A baker's quiet holiday is upended by a friend's secret and a father she's never known.

3.68

22k+

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Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery Summary

Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery 90%

A baker's quiet holiday is upended by a friend's secret and a father she's never known.

by Jenny Colgan 2016

3.68

22k+ ratings

🎄 Festive Romance 🍞 Bakery Love Story 🫂 Found Family 💔 Friendship Tested 🌊 Seaside Village

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+

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Murder by Cheesecake 90%

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

Middle of the Night

by Riley Sager • 2024

His best friend vanished. Three decades later, a haunting on his childhood street demands answers.

3.67

191k+

🕵️ Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Thriller 👻 Ghost Mystery 🤫 Accidental Death Cover-Up 😞 Childhood Guilt

Middle of the Night 90%

His best friend vanished. Three decades later, a haunting on his childhood street demands answers.

by Riley Sager 2024

3.67

191k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case 🏘️ Suburban Thriller 👻 Ghost Mystery 🤫 Accidental Death Cover-Up 😞 Childhood Guilt

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?

by Nicci French • 2024

A mother of four vanishes before Christmas, and for thirty years her village stays silent.

3.96

22k+

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Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? Summary

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? 90%

A mother of four vanishes before Christmas, and for thirty years her village stays silent.

by Nicci French 2024

3.96

22k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 👤 Missing Woman 🔒 Family Secrets ⏳ Dual Timeline

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 90%

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

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