📚 Detective Apprenticeship

A novice sleuth learns the craft of investigation under a mentor's guidance, discovering that solving crimes demands as much self-knowledge as skill.

Beekeeping for Beginners

by Laurie R. King • 2011

1915: a despairing Holmes meets a brilliant, hunted girl who gives him a reason to live.

4.13

5k+

🕵️ Sherlock Holmes Pastiche 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🔍 Apprentice Detective

Beekeeping for Beginners 90%

1915: a despairing Holmes meets a brilliant, hunted girl who gives him a reason to live.

by Laurie R. King 2011

4.13

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Sherlock Holmes Pastiche 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🔍 Apprentice Detective

Framed!

by James Ponti • 2016

The FBI's youngest asset notices everything. A museum heist exposes his best friend's hidden past.

4.38

9k+

🕵️ Child Detective 🖼️ Art Heist Mystery 🔍 Observation And Logic

Framed! 89%

The FBI's youngest asset notices everything. A museum heist exposes his best friend's hidden past.

by James Ponti 2016

4.38

9k+ ratings

🕵️ Child Detective 🖼️ Art Heist Mystery 🔍 Observation And Logic

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo

by Franklin W. Dixon • 1967

The Hardy boys join a carnival, then chase a stuffed whale concealing a stolen idol.

3.77

2k+

🕵️ Teen Detectives 👬 Sibling Sleuths 🎭 Disguise And Deception

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo 89%

The Hardy boys join a carnival, then chase a stuffed whale concealing a stolen idol.

by Franklin W. Dixon 1967

3.77

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Detectives 👬 Sibling Sleuths 🎭 Disguise And Deception

The Silkworm

by Robert Galbraith • 2014

A missing writer is found murdered, posed exactly like the victim in his own scandalous manuscript.

4.05

296k+

🔍 Private Investigator 🖋️ Literary Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective

The Silkworm 88%

A missing writer is found murdered, posed exactly like the victim in his own scandalous manuscript.

by Robert Galbraith 2014

4.05

296k+ ratings

🔍 Private Investigator 🖋️ Literary Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective

The Case of the Missing Marquess

by Nancy Springer • 2006

Enola Holmes follows her missing mother's cipher into London, where a marquess has been kidnapped.

3.78

45k+

🕵️ Girl Detective 🎩 Victorian London 🔍 Sherlock Holmes Adjacent

The Case of the Missing Marquess Summary

The Case of the Missing Marquess 88%

Enola Holmes follows her missing mother's cipher into London, where a marquess has been kidnapped.

by Nancy Springer 2006

3.78

45k+ ratings

🕵️ Girl Detective 🎩 Victorian London 🔍 Sherlock Holmes Adjacent

Ghost Story

by Jim Butcher • 2011

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

4.25

107k+

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir

Ghost Story 88%

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

by Jim Butcher 2011

4.25

107k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir

How To Think Like Sherlock

by Daniel Smith • 2012

Most people look. Holmes noticed. Practical exercises that train your brain to do the same.

3.07

2k+

🧠 Analytical Thinking 👁️ Observation Skills 🔍 Deductive Reasoning

How To Think Like Sherlock 88%

Most people look. Holmes noticed. Practical exercises that train your brain to do the same.

by Daniel Smith 2012

3.07

2k+ ratings

🧠 Analytical Thinking 👁️ Observation Skills 🔍 Deductive Reasoning

The Magicians' Guild

by Trudi Canavan • 2001

A slum girl's stone pierces a magician's shield, making her raw magic the Guild's wanted prize.

3.95

91k+

🧙 Magical Apprenticeship ⚖️ Class Divide 👨‍🏫 Mentor Apprentice

The Magicians' Guild 88%

A slum girl's stone pierces a magician's shield, making her raw magic the Guild's wanted prize.

by Trudi Canavan 2001

3.95

91k+ ratings

🧙 Magical Apprenticeship ⚖️ Class Divide 👨‍🏫 Mentor Apprentice

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

The Fairfleet Affair 88%

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

Voodoo River

by Robert Crais • 1995

A TV star's adoption search leads an LA detective into a bayou full of deadly secrets.

4.18

17k+

🕵️ Hardboiled PI 🎭 Southern Noir 👤 Hidden Parentage

Voodoo River 88%

A TV star's adoption search leads an LA detective into a bayou full of deadly secrets.

by Robert Crais 1995

4.18

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled PI 🎭 Southern Noir 👤 Hidden Parentage

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

by Chanel Miller • 2024

A laundromat's lost socks send two lonely girls on a summer mystery through New York City.

4.18

4k+

🔍 Child Detectives 🧐 Neighborhood Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All 88%

A laundromat's lost socks send two lonely girls on a summer mystery through New York City.

by Chanel Miller 2024

4.18

4k+ ratings

🔍 Child Detectives 🧐 Neighborhood Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin • 1978

Sixteen tenants learn a dead man's will named them suspects. To inherit, they must find the killer.

3.99

237k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Child Detective

The Westing Game 88%

Sixteen tenants learn a dead man's will named them suspects. To inherit, they must find the killer.

by Ellen Raskin 1978

3.99

237k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Child Detective

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2009

Four brilliant children in hiding must outwit a villain who craves a machine that controls minds.

4.28

46k+

🏠 Found Family 🧩 Codes And Puzzles 🔮 Psychic Child

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma Summary

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma 88%

Four brilliant children in hiding must outwit a villain who craves a machine that controls minds.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2009

4.28

46k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🧩 Codes And Puzzles 🔮 Psychic Child

Lullaby Town

by Robert Crais • 1992

Elvis Cole finds a director's missing wife and son. Then the mob comes for them all.

4.16

15k+

🕵️ Private Investigator 🎬 Hollywood Underworld 🔫 Mafia Ties

Lullaby Town 88%

Elvis Cole finds a director's missing wife and son. Then the mob comes for them all.

by Robert Crais 1992

4.16

15k+ ratings

🕵️ Private Investigator 🎬 Hollywood Underworld 🔫 Mafia Ties

The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 2015

An army doctor joins a coldly brilliant detective to solve Victorian London's most baffling crimes.

4.34

4k+

🕵️ Private Detective 🧠 Eccentric Genius 🤝 Detective Duo

The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes 88%

An army doctor joins a coldly brilliant detective to solve Victorian London's most baffling crimes.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 2015

4.34

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Private Detective 🧠 Eccentric Genius 🤝 Detective Duo

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1892

Before forensics, one man solved impossible crimes through observation alone. Dr. Watson took notes.

4.30

329k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎩 Eccentric Detective 🏙️ Victorian London

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 88%

Before forensics, one man solved impossible crimes through observation alone. Dr. Watson took notes.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1892

4.30

329k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎩 Eccentric Detective 🏙️ Victorian London

The Hallmarked Man

by Robert Galbraith • 2025

A corpse in a silver vault draws Strike into London's underworld of Masonic ritual and trafficking.

4.20

73k+

🔍 Investigative Duo 🖤 Gritty Detective Noir 🔥 Slow Burn Partnership

The Hallmarked Man 88%

A corpse in a silver vault draws Strike into London's underworld of Masonic ritual and trafficking.

by Robert Galbraith 2025

4.20

73k+ ratings

🔍 Investigative Duo 🖤 Gritty Detective Noir 🔥 Slow Burn Partnership

The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie • 1922

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

3.84

72k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo

The Secret Adversary 88%

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

by Agatha Christie 1922

3.84

72k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo

Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes

by David Acord • 2011

Observation beats intelligence. Nine Holmes-tested habits for seeing what everyone else misses.

3.58

179

📚 Literary Self-Help 👁️ Observational Skills 🧩 Deductive Reasoning

Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes Summary

Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes 88%

Observation beats intelligence. Nine Holmes-tested habits for seeing what everyone else misses.

by David Acord 2011

3.58

179 ratings

📚 Literary Self-Help 👁️ Observational Skills 🧩 Deductive Reasoning

The Narrows

by Michael Connelly • 2004

A friend's murder pulls a retired cop into a cat-and-mouse game with an ex-FBI serial killer.

4.20

67k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Retired Detective

The Narrows 88%

A friend's murder pulls a retired cop into a cat-and-mouse game with an ex-FBI serial killer.

by Michael Connelly 2004

4.20

67k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Retired Detective

Ajedrez para un detective novato

by Juan Soto Ivars • 2013

A ghostwriter framed for murder is recruited by the legendary detective who framed him.

2.89

🕵️ Postmodern Noir 🔪 Serial Killer Pursuit 💔 Doomed Romance

Ajedrez para un detective novato Summary

Ajedrez para un detective novato 88%

A ghostwriter framed for murder is recruited by the legendary detective who framed him.

by Juan Soto Ivars 2013

2.89

96 ratings

🕵️ Postmodern Noir 🔪 Serial Killer Pursuit 💔 Doomed Romance

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1914

A genius who reads men from a bootprint solves London's darkest crimes, his doctor chronicling.

4.48

82k+

🔍 Classic Whodunit 🧠 Deductive Reasoning 🏙️ Victorian London

The Complete Sherlock Holmes 88%

A genius who reads men from a bootprint solves London's darkest crimes, his doctor chronicling.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1914

4.48

82k+ ratings

🔍 Classic Whodunit 🧠 Deductive Reasoning 🏙️ Victorian London

The Body in the Dales

by J.R. Ellis • 2017

A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.

4.02

30k+

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Detective Duo 🕳️ Cave Mystery

The Body in the Dales 88%

A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.

by J.R. Ellis 2017

4.02

30k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Detective Duo 🕳️ Cave Mystery

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

Skulduggery Pleasant 88%

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

Bungo Stray Dogs Light Novels, Vol. 1

by Kafka Asagiri • 2014

A by-the-book detective vets a death-obsessed partner as a shadowy bomber threatens Yokohama.

4.34

4k+

🕵️ Supernatural Detectives 🤝 Odd Couple Partners 💔 Tragic Antagonist

Bungo Stray Dogs Light Novels, Vol. 1 Summary

Bungo Stray Dogs Light Novels, Vol. 1 87%

A by-the-book detective vets a death-obsessed partner as a shadowy bomber threatens Yokohama.

by Kafka Asagiri 2014

4.34

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Supernatural Detectives 🤝 Odd Couple Partners 💔 Tragic Antagonist

The Flaw in All Magic

by Ben S. Dobson • 2017

An expelled scholar without magic returns to campus: someone has died inside an impenetrable ward.

4.11

3k+

🔍 Magical Whodunit ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧠 Magicless Hero

The Flaw in All Magic 87%

An expelled scholar without magic returns to campus: someone has died inside an impenetrable ward.

by Ben S. Dobson 2017

4.11

3k+ ratings

🔍 Magical Whodunit ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧠 Magicless Hero

Small Favor

by Jim Butcher • 2008

Wizard Harry Dresden owes Mab a favor: find a vanished crime lord before Summer's killers do.

4.43

118k+

🔍 Wizard Detective ❄️ Fae Debt 😈 Fallen Angel Villains

Small Favor 87%

Wizard Harry Dresden owes Mab a favor: find a vanished crime lord before Summer's killers do.

by Jim Butcher 2008

4.43

118k+ ratings

🔍 Wizard Detective ❄️ Fae Debt 😈 Fallen Angel Villains

Troubled Blood

by Robert Galbraith • 2020

A daughter's plea draws private detectives into a cold case that echoes a serial killer's past.

4.38

149k+

🕰️ Cold Case 🕵️ Detective Duo 🔪 Serial Killer

Troubled Blood 87%

A daughter's plea draws private detectives into a cold case that echoes a serial killer's past.

by Robert Galbraith 2020

4.38

149k+ ratings

🕰️ Cold Case 🕵️ Detective Duo 🔪 Serial Killer

Terrier

by Tamora Pierce • 2006

A shy guard-trainee hears dead souls. Her first case: a kidnapper stalking the city's poorest ward.

4.16

70k+

🔍 Fantasy Mystery 🛡️ City Guard Fantasy 👮 Rookie Cop

Terrier 87%

A shy guard-trainee hears dead souls. Her first case: a kidnapper stalking the city's poorest ward.

by Tamora Pierce 2006

4.16

70k+ ratings

🔍 Fantasy Mystery 🛡️ City Guard Fantasy 👮 Rookie Cop

The Guggenheim Mystery

by Robin Stevens • 2017

When a Kandinsky vanishes at the Guggenheim, a pattern-minded boy must clear his framed aunt.

4.07

2k+

🎨 Art Heist Mystery 🧠 Neurodivergent Detective 🔍 Kid Detective Squad

The Guggenheim Mystery 87%

When a Kandinsky vanishes at the Guggenheim, a pattern-minded boy must clear his framed aunt.

by Robin Stevens 2017

4.07

2k+ ratings

🎨 Art Heist Mystery 🧠 Neurodivergent Detective 🔍 Kid Detective Squad

Head Cases

by John McMahon • 2025

Serial killers murdered their own way. An FBI misfit must decode a killer's lethal puzzle.

4.00

16k+

🔍 Fbi Procedural 🎯 Vigilante Killer 🫂 Found Family

Head Cases 87%

Serial killers murdered their own way. An FBI misfit must decode a killer's lethal puzzle.

by John McMahon 2025

4.00

16k+ ratings

🔍 Fbi Procedural 🎯 Vigilante Killer 🫂 Found Family

In the Best Families

by Rex Stout • 1950

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

4.30

5k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo

In the Best Families 87%

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

by Rex Stout 1950

4.30

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo

The Wrong Side of Goodbye

by Michael Connelly • 2016

Harry Bosch takes a dying billionaire's plea: find the hidden child of a doomed love affair.

4.34

80k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Haunted Detective 💰 Hidden Heir

The Wrong Side of Goodbye 87%

Harry Bosch takes a dying billionaire's plea: find the hidden child of a doomed love affair.

by Michael Connelly 2016

4.34

80k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Haunted Detective 💰 Hidden Heir

The Waiting

by Michael Connelly • 2024

A stolen badge. A serial rapist unearthed by DNA. One detective chasing both off the record.

4.35

74k+

🚔 Police Procedural 📂 Cold Case Investigation 🔍 Female Detective

The Waiting 87%

A stolen badge. A serial rapist unearthed by DNA. One detective chasing both off the record.

by Michael Connelly 2024

4.35

74k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 📂 Cold Case Investigation 🔍 Female Detective

Hellbound Guilds & Other Misdirections

by Annette Marie • 2021

A psychic illusionist and a principled sorceress must survive a demon guild's scheme and attraction.

4.24

5k+

🕵️ Detective Urban Fantasy 💕 Slow Burn Romance ❤️ Partners To Lovers

Hellbound Guilds & Other Misdirections Summary

Hellbound Guilds & Other Misdirections 87%

A psychic illusionist and a principled sorceress must survive a demon guild's scheme and attraction.

by Annette Marie 2021

4.24

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Detective Urban Fantasy 💕 Slow Burn Romance ❤️ Partners To Lovers

Bloodhound

by Tamora Pierce • 2009

A guard and her scent hound pursue counterfeiters through a port ruled by a crime queen.

4.28

40k+

🕵️ Fantasy Police 💰 Counterfeit Conspiracy 🐕 Dog Companion

Bloodhound 87%

A guard and her scent hound pursue counterfeiters through a port ruled by a crime queen.

by Tamora Pierce 2009

4.28

40k+ ratings

🕵️ Fantasy Police 💰 Counterfeit Conspiracy 🐕 Dog Companion

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 🔎 Amateur Sleuth 🚔 Police Procedural

Body Language 87%

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 🔎 Amateur Sleuth 🚔 Police Procedural

Spy Ski School

by Stuart Gibbs • 2016

A teen spy must charm a crime lord's daughter at a ski resort. His best friend arrives.

4.53

12k+

🏫 Spy School 🕵️‍♂️ Young Spy Team 🎭 Undercover Friendship

Spy Ski School 87%

A teen spy must charm a crime lord's daughter at a ski resort. His best friend arrives.

by Stuart Gibbs 2016

4.53

12k+ ratings

🏫 Spy School 🕵️‍♂️ Young Spy Team 🎭 Undercover Friendship

White Night

by Jim Butcher • 2007

A killer stalks Chicago's witches. The prime suspect is wizard PI Harry Dresden's own brother.

4.38

128k+

🔮 Wizard Detective 🩸 Vampire Conspiracy 🌃 Noir Urban Fantasy

White Night 87%

A killer stalks Chicago's witches. The prime suspect is wizard PI Harry Dresden's own brother.

by Jim Butcher 2007

4.38

128k+ ratings

🔮 Wizard Detective 🩸 Vampire Conspiracy 🌃 Noir Urban Fantasy

Snatched

by Karin Slaughter • 2012

An agent hears a child's plea in an airport bathroom. He chases, they vanish, terminal seals.

4.11

25k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🚸 Child Abduction ⏳ Ticking Clock

Snatched 87%

An agent hears a child's plea in an airport bathroom. He chases, they vanish, terminal seals.

by Karin Slaughter 2012

4.11

25k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🚸 Child Abduction ⏳ Ticking Clock

Lethal White

by Robert Galbraith • 2018

A child's murder and a minister's blackmail lead Strike and Robin to one body in Westminster.

4.25

188k+

🕵️ Private Investigator 👥 Detective Duo 🧊 Cold Case Resurfaced

Lethal White 87%

A child's murder and a minister's blackmail lead Strike and Robin to one body in Westminster.

by Robert Galbraith 2018

4.25

188k+ ratings

🕵️ Private Investigator 👥 Detective Duo 🧊 Cold Case Resurfaced

Chasing Vermeer

by Blue Balliett • 2004

A stolen Vermeer, a coded letter, and two kids who see patterns where adults see coincidence.

3.72

31k+

🎨 Art History Mystery 🕵️ Child Sleuths 🧩 Puzzle Mystery

Chasing Vermeer 87%

A stolen Vermeer, a coded letter, and two kids who see patterns where adults see coincidence.

by Blue Balliett 2004

3.72

31k+ ratings

🎨 Art History Mystery 🕵️ Child Sleuths 🧩 Puzzle Mystery

The Borrowed

by Chan Ho-Kei • 2017

A dying detective answers only yes or no. His protege must solve a tycoon's murder.

4.36

6k+

🔄 Reverse Chronology 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Master Detective

The Borrowed 87%

A dying detective answers only yes or no. His protege must solve a tycoon's murder.

by Chan Ho-Kei 2017

4.36

6k+ ratings

🔄 Reverse Chronology 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Master Detective

Desperation in Death

by J.D. Robb • 2022

A murdered teen's uniform leads Eve Dallas into a secret academy that grooms girls for sale.

4.57

27k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔗 Child Trafficking 🫂 Found Family

Desperation in Death 87%

A murdered teen's uniform leads Eve Dallas into a secret academy that grooms girls for sale.

by J.D. Robb 2022

4.57

27k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔗 Child Trafficking 🫂 Found Family

The Bone Collector

by Jeffery Deaver • 1997

A forensic genius, now quadriplegic, deciphers a killer's cryptic clues as victims are buried alive.

4.20

197k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔬 Forensic Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller

The Bone Collector 87%

A forensic genius, now quadriplegic, deciphers a killer's cryptic clues as victims are buried alive.

by Jeffery Deaver 1997

4.20

197k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔬 Forensic Investigation 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller

A Drop of Corruption

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2025

A memory-augmented sleuth pursues an impossible locked-room killer in a city of leviathans and lies.

4.47

50k+

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🕵️ Sherlockian Duo

A Drop of Corruption 87%

A memory-augmented sleuth pursues an impossible locked-room killer in a city of leviathans and lies.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2025

4.47

50k+ ratings

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🕵️ Sherlockian Duo

Holmes, Marple & Poe

by James Patterson • 2024

Three private eyes with borrowed famous names chase a missing attorney into New York's underworld.

4.08

35k+

🔍 Private Investigators 📚 Detective Homage 🤝 Unlikely Trio

Holmes, Marple & Poe 87%

Three private eyes with borrowed famous names chase a missing attorney into New York's underworld.

by James Patterson 2024

4.08

35k+ ratings

🔍 Private Investigators 📚 Detective Homage 🤝 Unlikely Trio

Proven Guilty

by Jim Butcher • 2006

Fear-eating monsters attack a horror convention, and a wizard must trace them into the Winter Court.

4.39

130k+

🧙‍♂️ Wizard Detective 🕵️ Urban Fantasy Noir 👹 Fear-Eating Monsters

Proven Guilty 87%

Fear-eating monsters attack a horror convention, and a wizard must trace them into the Winter Court.

by Jim Butcher 2006

4.39

130k+ ratings

🧙‍♂️ Wizard Detective 🕵️ Urban Fantasy Noir 👹 Fear-Eating Monsters

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2012

A narcoleptic genius orphan races the director of a grim orphanage to solve a hidden treasure.

4.37

20k+

🏚️ Orphanage Mystery 🗝️ Treasure Hunt Mystery 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict Summary

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict 87%

A narcoleptic genius orphan races the director of a grim orphanage to solve a hidden treasure.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2012

4.37

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Orphanage Mystery 🗝️ Treasure Hunt Mystery 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1887

Sharing Baker Street, a reclusive genius and a war-weary doctor solve the crimes that baffle London.

4.51

218k+

🕵️ Consulting Detective 🎩 Victorian London 🔍 Classic Whodunit

The Complete Sherlock Holmes 87%

Sharing Baker Street, a reclusive genius and a war-weary doctor solve the crimes that baffle London.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887

4.51

218k+ ratings

🕵️ Consulting Detective 🎩 Victorian London 🔍 Classic Whodunit

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