🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Mysteries driven by curious, resourceful protagonists who aren't detectives by profession but can't resist pulling at a loose thread. The charm lies in watching an outsider outthink the professionals.

What She Saw

by Mary Burton

A true crime writer digs into the 1994 festival where four women vanished, including her mother.

4.00

48k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 😐 Detached Protagonist ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏔️ Rural Mountain Town

What She Saw

A true crime writer digs into the 1994 festival where four women vanished, including her mother.

by Mary Burton 2025

4.00

48k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 😐 Detached Protagonist ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏔️ Rural Mountain Town

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 👫 Sibling Bond 🔥 Slow Burn Mystery

The Paris Apartment

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 👫 Sibling Bond 🔥 Slow Burn Mystery

My Killer Vacation

by Tessa Bailey • 2022

A beach house corpse and a grumpy bounty hunter turn her vacation into a steamy mystery.

3.58

144k+

🏖️ Vacation Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌊 Beach Town 🛡️ Protective Hero

My Killer Vacation

A beach house corpse and a grumpy bounty hunter turn her vacation into a steamy mystery.

by Tessa Bailey 2022

3.58

144k+ ratings

🏖️ Vacation Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌊 Beach Town 🛡️ Protective Hero

The Secret of the Old Clock

by Carolyn Keene • 1930

Teen detective Nancy Drew tracks a missing will hidden in a clock to outwit a greedy family.

3.97

85k+

📜 Inheritance Mystery 🍵 Cozy Mystery Energy 🕰️ Hidden Will 🗝️ Secret Compartment 🌟 Wholesome Adventure

The Secret of the Old Clock

Teen detective Nancy Drew tracks a missing will hidden in a clock to outwit a greedy family.

by Carolyn Keene 1930

3.97

85k+ ratings

📜 Inheritance Mystery 🍵 Cozy Mystery Energy 🕰️ Hidden Will 🗝️ Secret Compartment 🌟 Wholesome Adventure

The Sun Down Motel

by Simone St. James • 2020

A haunted motel swallowed her aunt. She takes the night shift, and the ghosts know why.

3.99

195k+

🕯️ Supernatural Mystery 🚺 Feminist Horror 🕰️ Dual Timeline 📋 Unsolved Disappearance 🔪 Serial Killer Mystery

The Sun Down Motel

A haunted motel swallowed her aunt. She takes the night shift, and the ghosts know why.

by Simone St. James 2020

3.99

195k+ ratings

🕯️ Supernatural Mystery 🚺 Feminist Horror 🕰️ Dual Timeline 📋 Unsolved Disappearance 🔪 Serial Killer Mystery

The Ministry of Fear

by Graham Greene • 1943

Winning a cake at a Blitz fête plunges a guilt-ridden man into a deadly spy conspiracy.

3.78

8k+

🕵️‍♂️ Wartime Espionage 💣 Blitz London 🧠 Amnesia Thriller 😔 Guilt-Ridden Hero 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Ministry of Fear

Winning a cake at a Blitz fête plunges a guilt-ridden man into a deadly spy conspiracy.

by Graham Greene 1943

3.78

8k+ ratings

🕵️‍♂️ Wartime Espionage 💣 Blitz London 🧠 Amnesia Thriller 😔 Guilt-Ridden Hero 🎭 Mistaken Identity

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 ❄️ Snowbound Thriller 🔒 Kidnapping 💕 Sisterly Bond 🎨 Hidden Art

Last Night

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 ❄️ Snowbound Thriller 🔒 Kidnapping 💕 Sisterly Bond 🎨 Hidden Art

Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead

by Elle Cosimano • 2022

A single-mom novelist finds a hit on her ex. She and her nanny hunt the anonymous buyer.

3.96

124k+

😂 Humorous Mystery 🤝 Partner In Crime 🎪 Madcap Caper 💔 Ex-Husband Chaos 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead

A single-mom novelist finds a hit on her ex. She and her nanny hunt the anonymous buyer.

by Elle Cosimano 2022

3.96

124k+ ratings

😂 Humorous Mystery 🤝 Partner In Crime 🎪 Madcap Caper 💔 Ex-Husband Chaos 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

High Five

by Janet Evanovich • 1999

Broke bounty hunter Stephanie Plum hunts her missing uncle and finds crime-scene photos in his desk.

4.18

137k+

😂 Comedic Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 👮 Cop Love Interest 👵 Eccentric Grandmother 🔪 Stalker Threat

High Five

Broke bounty hunter Stephanie Plum hunts her missing uncle and finds crime-scene photos in his desk.

by Janet Evanovich 1999

4.18

137k+ ratings

😂 Comedic Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 👮 Cop Love Interest 👵 Eccentric Grandmother 🔪 Stalker Threat

What a Way to Go

by Bella Mackie • 2024

Impaled on a lake spike at his own party: a financier's death exposes his family's secrets.

3.36

32k+

🖤 Dark Comedy 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🎭 Social Satire 📱 True Crime Obsession 📉 Riches To Ruin

What a Way to Go

Impaled on a lake spike at his own party: a financier's death exposes his family's secrets.

by Bella Mackie 2024

3.36

32k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Comedy 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🎭 Social Satire 📱 True Crime Obsession 📉 Riches To Ruin

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+

🏡 Retirement Home 👵 Elderly Protagonist ❤️ Late-Life Romance 🤫 Hidden Identities 🌿 English Countryside

The Night in Question

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

🏡 Retirement Home 👵 Elderly Protagonist ❤️ Late-Life Romance 🤫 Hidden Identities 🌿 English Countryside

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice

by Elle Cosimano • 2024

Finlay Donovan combs Atlantic City for a stolen Aston Martin to save her nanny's kidnapped crush.

3.90

64k+

🎭 Comedic Mystery 🤝 Partners In Crime 💕 Ride Or Die Friendship 👩‍👧 Single Mom Protagonist 💘 Detective Love Interest

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice

Finlay Donovan combs Atlantic City for a stolen Aston Martin to save her nanny's kidnapped crush.

by Elle Cosimano 2024

3.90

64k+ ratings

🎭 Comedic Mystery 🤝 Partners In Crime 💕 Ride Or Die Friendship 👩‍👧 Single Mom Protagonist 💘 Detective Love Interest

Tres ratones ciegos (La ratonera)

by Agatha Christie • 1950

A snowbound guesthouse traps newlyweds and their guests with a killer following a nursery rhyme.

3.79

21k+

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Golden Age Detective 💔 Revenge Motive 🎭 Hidden Identities 🏰 English Country House

Tres ratones ciegos (La ratonera)

A snowbound guesthouse traps newlyweds and their guests with a killer following a nursery rhyme.

by Agatha Christie 1950

3.79

21k+ ratings

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Golden Age Detective 💔 Revenge Motive 🎭 Hidden Identities 🏰 English Country House

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 🔍 Toxic Family Secrets 🪞 Matriarch's Final Act

A Killer Wedding

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 🔍 Toxic Family Secrets 🪞 Matriarch's Final Act

I Have Some Questions for You

by Rebecca Makkai • 2023

At her old boarding school, a film professor reopens a 1995 murder and questions the conviction.

3.59

143k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction ✊ Racial Injustice ⏳ Dual Timelines

I Have Some Questions for You

At her old boarding school, a film professor reopens a 1995 murder and questions the conviction.

by Rebecca Makkai 2023

3.59

143k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction ✊ Racial Injustice ⏳ Dual Timelines

Not What She Seems

by Yasmin Angoe • 2024

Her grandfather's murder pulls a disgraced academic back to a Southern town hiding a killer.

3.74

20k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕵🏾 Cold Case 🔪 Sociopathic Killer 🎭 Hidden Identity 🌫️ Small Town Secrets

Not What She Seems

Her grandfather's murder pulls a disgraced academic back to a Southern town hiding a killer.

by Yasmin Angoe 2024

3.74

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕵🏾 Cold Case 🔪 Sociopathic Killer 🎭 Hidden Identity 🌫️ Small Town Secrets

The Maid

by Nita Prose • 2022

A socially awkward maid finds a dead guest; her literal mind makes her a suspect.

3.74

730k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Lead 🏨 Hotel Setting ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🏛️ Courtroom Drama 💛 Found Family

The Maid

A socially awkward maid finds a dead guest; her literal mind makes her a suspect.

by Nita Prose 2022

3.74

730k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Lead 🏨 Hotel Setting ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🏛️ Courtroom Drama 💛 Found Family

The Ice Princess

by Camilla Läckberg • 2010

A body in a frozen bathtub pulls a biographer into her Swedish hometown's thirty-year silence.

3.76

91k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 🩸 Generational Trauma 🐌 Slow-Burn Mystery

The Ice Princess

A body in a frozen bathtub pulls a biographer into her Swedish hometown's thirty-year silence.

by Camilla Läckberg 2010

3.76

91k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 🩸 Generational Trauma 🐌 Slow-Burn Mystery

Death of a Bore

by M.C. Beaton • 2005

A pompous writer mocks a Highland village then dies. Hamish Macbeth doubts it was suicide.

3.85

7k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🕵️ Loner Detective 🐾 Animal Companions 🤫 Small Town Secrets

Death of a Bore

A pompous writer mocks a Highland village then dies. Hamish Macbeth doubts it was suicide.

by M.C. Beaton 2005

3.85

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🕵️ Loner Detective 🐾 Animal Companions 🤫 Small Town Secrets

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 👥 Ensemble Cast 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 😊 Lighthearted Suspense 💕 Found Family

Santa Cruise

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 👥 Ensemble Cast 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 😊 Lighthearted Suspense 💕 Found Family

Murder on Sex Island

by Jo Firestone

An undercover detective on a reality dating show finds the missing star dead in her bathtub.

3.50

6k+

🎥 Reality Tv Murder 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Dark Comedy 🏝️ Tropical Island 😅 Self-Deprecating Narrator

Murder on Sex Island

An undercover detective on a reality dating show finds the missing star dead in her bathtub.

by Jo Firestone 2025

3.50

6k+ ratings

🎥 Reality Tv Murder 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Dark Comedy 🏝️ Tropical Island 😅 Self-Deprecating Narrator

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

by Amanda Quick • 2017

Fleeing murder, a secretary discovers a starlet's body at a Hollywood hotel run by an ex-magician.

3.83

12k+

🎬 1930s Hollywood 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Wounded Hero 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Magician Hero

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

Fleeing murder, a secretary discovers a starlet's body at a Hollywood hotel run by an ex-magician.

by Amanda Quick 2017

3.83

12k+ ratings

🎬 1930s Hollywood 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Wounded Hero 🫂 Found Family 🎩 Magician Hero

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

by Gaston Leroux • 2006

A young reporter arrives at an isolated chateau to solve an attack inside a locked room.

3.65

15k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Hidden Identity 🏰 Isolated Estate ⚖️ Framed Innocent

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

A young reporter arrives at an isolated chateau to solve an attack inside a locked room.

by Gaston Leroux 2006

3.65

15k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Hidden Identity 🏰 Isolated Estate ⚖️ Framed Innocent

Murder by the Book

by Amie Schaumberg • 2025

A professor deciphers a killer's staged literary deaths before she becomes his final masterpiece.

3.41

816

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Academic Mystery 🎭 Staged Crime Scenes 📖 Literary References 🏛️ College Campus

Murder by the Book

A professor deciphers a killer's staged literary deaths before she becomes his final masterpiece.

by Amie Schaumberg 2025

3.41

816 ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Academic Mystery 🎭 Staged Crime Scenes 📖 Literary References 🏛️ College Campus

The Altar Girl

by Orest Stelmach • 2015

Abducted after a funeral, a financial analyst must solve a crime rooted in her family's wartime past

3.59

4k+

🖼️ Stolen Art 🤫 Family Secrets 👫 Sibling Loyalty 🎖️ WWII Aftermath 🕶️ Organized Crime

The Altar Girl

Abducted after a funeral, a financial analyst must solve a crime rooted in her family's wartime past

by Orest Stelmach 2015

3.59

4k+ ratings

🖼️ Stolen Art 🤫 Family Secrets 👫 Sibling Loyalty 🎖️ WWII Aftermath 🕶️ Organized Crime

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+

😂 Comedic Mystery 💥 Disaster Protagonist ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Small Town Scandals

Whiskey Rebellion

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

😂 Comedic Mystery 💥 Disaster Protagonist ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Small Town Scandals

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 🤫 Family Secrets

Thanksgiving Past

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 🤫 Family Secrets

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+

📚 Books About Books 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds

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

by Allison Brennan 2025

3.58

7k+ ratings

📚 Books About Books 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 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 🏔️ Isolated Setting 🔐 Family Secrets 💔 Sibling Rivalry

Game of Cones

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 🏔️ Isolated Setting 🔐 Family Secrets 💔 Sibling Rivalry

Body Language

by A.K. Turner • 2020

A mortuary tech who reads the dead defies the police to prove her teacher was murdered.

3.96

6k+

🔬 Forensic Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 👭 Female Detective Duo 💀 Punk Heroine 🇬🇧 London Setting

Body Language

A mortuary tech who reads the dead defies the police to prove her teacher was murdered.

by A.K. Turner 2020

3.96

6k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 👭 Female Detective Duo 💀 Punk Heroine 🇬🇧 London Setting

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