🔍 Fantasy Murder Mystery

A body drops in an enchanted world, and the detective must untangle clues complicated by magic, curses, and suspects who can literally vanish into thin air.

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 🩸 Body Horror 🌧️ Noir Atmosphere

A Drop of Corruption 92%

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 🩸 Body Horror 🌧️ Noir Atmosphere

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 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🤝 Reluctant Partners

The Flaw in All Magic 92%

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 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🤝 Reluctant Partners

The Raven Scholar

by Antonia Hodgson • 2025

Her rival murdered, a scholar becomes both suspect and reluctant contender for an empire's throne.

4.38

61k+

🖤 Dark Academia 👑 Political Intrigue 💔 Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Deadly Tournament 🎭 Impostor Ruler

The Raven Scholar 91%

Her rival murdered, a scholar becomes both suspect and reluctant contender for an empire's throne.

by Antonia Hodgson 2025

4.38

61k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 👑 Political Intrigue 💔 Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Deadly Tournament 🎭 Impostor Ruler

Turn Coat

by Jim Butcher • 2009

Harry Dresden hides his worst enemy from the White Council. The real traitor is still inside.

4.44

113k+

🕵️ Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔪 Framed For Murder 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🎭 Hidden Traitor

Turn Coat 91%

Harry Dresden hides his worst enemy from the White Council. The real traitor is still inside.

by Jim Butcher 2009

4.44

113k+ ratings

🕵️ Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔪 Framed For Murder 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🎭 Hidden Traitor

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 💀 Necromantic Gift 🐱 Cat Companion

Terrier 91%

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 💀 Necromantic Gift 🐱 Cat Companion

The Conductors

by Nicole Glover • 2021

A star-cursed corpse. A seamstress hunting a killer in magical Reconstruction-era Philadelphia.

3.69

4k+

⭐ Celestial Magic System 🔍 Historical Mystery 👫 Married Investigators 🫂 Found Family 📜 Reconstruction Era

The Conductors 90%

A star-cursed corpse. A seamstress hunting a killer in magical Reconstruction-era Philadelphia.

by Nicole Glover 2021

3.69

4k+ ratings

⭐ Celestial Magic System 🔍 Historical Mystery 👫 Married Investigators 🫂 Found Family 📜 Reconstruction Era

The Imposter's Inheritance

by C.J. Archer • 2020

When a magical coronet disappears, a watch magician follows the clues into London's secret trade.

4.04

8k+

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔍 Married Sleuths 💎 Magical Heist 🫂 Found Family 👑 Secret Heir

The Imposter's Inheritance 90%

When a magical coronet disappears, a watch magician follows the clues into London's secret trade.

by C.J. Archer 2020

4.04

8k+ ratings

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔍 Married Sleuths 💎 Magical Heist 🫂 Found Family 👑 Secret Heir

The Justice of Kings

by Richard Swan • 2022

A truth-compelling justiciar's murder inquiry unearths a conspiracy that threatens the empire.

4.00

17k+

🏛️ Legal Fantasy 💀 Necromantic Investigation 🏚️ Crumbling Empire ⛪ Corrupt Clergy ⚔️ Siege Warfare

The Justice of Kings 90%

A truth-compelling justiciar's murder inquiry unearths a conspiracy that threatens the empire.

by Richard Swan 2022

4.00

17k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Fantasy 💀 Necromantic Investigation 🏚️ Crumbling Empire ⛪ Corrupt Clergy ⚔️ Siege Warfare

City of Stairs

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2014

A spy investigates a murdered historian in a city where dead gods are reawakening.

4.10

41k+

🏚️ Fallen Gods 🌍 Post-Colonial Fantasy 🚪 Hidden City ✨ Divine Artifacts ⚔️ Rebel Insurgency

City of Stairs 90%

A spy investigates a murdered historian in a city where dead gods are reawakening.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2014

4.10

41k+ ratings

🏚️ Fallen Gods 🌍 Post-Colonial Fantasy 🚪 Hidden City ✨ Divine Artifacts ⚔️ Rebel Insurgency

Shadows of Self

by Brandon Sanderson • 2015

A lawman hunts the shapeshifter destroying his city while the god he serves withholds the truth.

4.26

212k+

🎯 Flintlock Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Mystery 🌃 Noir Atmosphere 🙏 Divine Manipulation 💎 Hard Magic System

Shadows of Self 90%

A lawman hunts the shapeshifter destroying his city while the god he serves withholds the truth.

by Brandon Sanderson 2015

4.26

212k+ ratings

🎯 Flintlock Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Mystery 🌃 Noir Atmosphere 🙏 Divine Manipulation 💎 Hard Magic System

Paladin's Hope

by T. Kingfisher • 2021

A lich-doctor and berserker paladin follow a killer into an ancient maze built to destroy.

4.18

24k+

🕵️ Murder Mystery Fantasy 🏚️ Dungeon Crawl Fantasy ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Paladin's Hope 90%

A lich-doctor and berserker paladin follow a killer into an ancient maze built to destroy.

by T. Kingfisher 2021

4.18

24k+ ratings

🕵️ Murder Mystery Fantasy 🏚️ Dungeon Crawl Fantasy ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Rogue Crown

by A.K. Mulford • 2022

A crown-prophesied exile returns to a grieving court, where a masked princess and a poison await.

3.88

4k+

🧚 Fae Court Intrigue 🔍 Murder Mystery Fantasy 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🎭 Secret Identity 🔮 Prophecy And Fate

The Rogue Crown 90%

A crown-prophesied exile returns to a grieving court, where a masked princess and a poison await.

by A.K. Mulford 2022

3.88

4k+ ratings

🧚 Fae Court Intrigue 🔍 Murder Mystery Fantasy 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🎭 Secret Identity 🔮 Prophecy And Fate

The Silverblood Promise

by James Logan • 2024

A disgraced gambler hunts his father's killer in a city of merchant princes and ancient powers.

3.96

8k+

🕵️ Fantasy Mystery ⚔️ Disgraced Nobleman 🗡️ Criminal Underworld 💕 Found Family 🩸 Blood Oath

The Silverblood Promise 90%

A disgraced gambler hunts his father's killer in a city of merchant princes and ancient powers.

by James Logan 2024

3.96

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Fantasy Mystery ⚔️ Disgraced Nobleman 🗡️ Criminal Underworld 💕 Found Family 🩸 Blood Oath

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 🔍 Supernatural Whodunit ⚰️ Serial Killer

White Night 90%

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 🔍 Supernatural Whodunit ⚰️ Serial Killer

A Dance of Shadows

by David Dalglish • 2012

Veldaren's vigilante cowed its thieves. A killer, a crusader, and invaders now burn it all down.

4.12

4k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Assassin Protagonist 🌙 Vigilante Justice 🏙️ City Of Thieves 🔀 Shifting Alliances

A Dance of Shadows 90%

Veldaren's vigilante cowed its thieves. A killer, a crusader, and invaders now burn it all down.

by David Dalglish 2012

4.12

4k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Assassin Protagonist 🌙 Vigilante Justice 🏙️ City Of Thieves 🔀 Shifting Alliances

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter

by Alexis Hall • 2019

A sorceress and her ex-soldier flatmate hunt a blackmailer through a city of shifting realities.

3.75

4k+

🕵️ Holmesian Fantasy 💜 Sapphic Mystery 🏠 Found Family 🌀 Eccentric Detective 🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter Summary

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter 90%

A sorceress and her ex-soldier flatmate hunt a blackmailer through a city of shifting realities.

by Alexis Hall 2019

3.75

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Holmesian Fantasy 💜 Sapphic Mystery 🏠 Found Family 🌀 Eccentric Detective 🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy

The Tainted Cup

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2024

Trees erupt from a corpse. A blindfolded detective tracks the spores to a dynasty's buried atrocity.

4.29

96k+

🧬 Biopunk Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🦠 Engineered Contagion 💰 Corrupt Gentry 🏛️ Living Architecture

The Tainted Cup 90%

Trees erupt from a corpse. A blindfolded detective tracks the spores to a dynasty's buried atrocity.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2024

4.29

96k+ ratings

🧬 Biopunk Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🦠 Engineered Contagion 💰 Corrupt Gentry 🏛️ Living Architecture

Dead Beat

by Jim Butcher • 2005

Blackmailed by a vampire, Dresden must stop necromancers from devouring Chicago's dead on Halloween.

4.41

135k+

🕵️ Wizard Detective 💀 Dark Necromancy 🧚 Faerie Bargains 😏 Snarky Protagonist 🧟 Zombie Mayhem

Dead Beat 90%

Blackmailed by a vampire, Dresden must stop necromancers from devouring Chicago's dead on Halloween.

by Jim Butcher 2005

4.41

135k+ ratings

🕵️ Wizard Detective 💀 Dark Necromancy 🧚 Faerie Bargains 😏 Snarky Protagonist 🧟 Zombie Mayhem

The Ambassador's Mission

by Trudi Canavan • 2010

To learn forbidden magic, a magician's son follows an ambassador into a slave-holding land.

3.93

23k+

📚 Magical Academia 🏛️ Political Fantasy 👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bond 🗝️ Secret Magical Society 🔍 Murder Investigation

The Ambassador's Mission 90%

To learn forbidden magic, a magician's son follows an ambassador into a slave-holding land.

by Trudi Canavan 2010

3.93

23k+ ratings

📚 Magical Academia 🏛️ Political Fantasy 👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bond 🗝️ Secret Magical Society 🔍 Murder Investigation

Death and Other Occupational Hazards

by Veronika Dapunt • 2025

Death takes a sabbatical as a London paralegal, only to discover deaths outside the cosmic plan.

3.78

3k+

📋 Cosmic Bureaucracy 💀 Personified Death 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Rivalry 💫 Immortal Becomes Mortal 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

Death and Other Occupational Hazards Summary

Death and Other Occupational Hazards 89%

Death takes a sabbatical as a London paralegal, only to discover deaths outside the cosmic plan.

by Veronika Dapunt 2025

3.78

3k+ ratings

📋 Cosmic Bureaucracy 💀 Personified Death 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Rivalry 💫 Immortal Becomes Mortal 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

City of Blades

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2016

A war-traumatized general investigates a vanished agent in a city where the dead gods still hunger.

4.21

20k+

🪖 Military Fantasy 🎖️ Retired Soldier Returns 👻 Haunted By War ⚱️ Dead Gods' Relics 🔪 Ritual Murder Mystery

City of Blades 89%

A war-traumatized general investigates a vanished agent in a city where the dead gods still hunger.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2016

4.21

20k+ ratings

🪖 Military Fantasy 🎖️ Retired Soldier Returns 👻 Haunted By War ⚱️ Dead Gods' Relics 🔪 Ritual Murder Mystery

A Local Habitation

by Seanan McGuire • 2010

Inside a fae tech company, a changeling PI hunts a killer who steals victims' memories.

3.90

21k+

🕵️ Fae Detective 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🌗 Changeling Protagonist 👑 Fae Politics 🧠 Memory Theft

A Local Habitation 89%

Inside a fae tech company, a changeling PI hunts a killer who steals victims' memories.

by Seanan McGuire 2010

3.90

21k+ ratings

🕵️ Fae Detective 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🌗 Changeling Protagonist 👑 Fae Politics 🧠 Memory Theft

The Toymaker's Curse

by C.J. Archer • 2021

A stolen spell entangles a Victorian watchmaker in a murder and a conspiracy to control magic.

4.09

6k+

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ⚙️ Magical Artisans 🔍 Married Sleuths 🕰️ Clockwork Magic

The Toymaker's Curse 89%

A stolen spell entangles a Victorian watchmaker in a murder and a conspiracy to control magic.

by C.J. Archer 2021

4.09

6k+ ratings

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ⚙️ Magical Artisans 🔍 Married Sleuths 🕰️ Clockwork Magic

Play of Shadows

by Sebastien de Castell • 2024

Fleeing a duelist, a failed actor takes refuge in a theater where the dead speak.

4.28

1k+

🎭 Theatrical Fantasy ✨ Performance Magic 👥 Found Family 🐇 Reluctant Hero 🖤 Slow-Burn Romance

Play of Shadows 89%

Fleeing a duelist, a failed actor takes refuge in a theater where the dead speak.

by Sebastien de Castell 2024

4.28

1k+ ratings

🎭 Theatrical Fantasy ✨ Performance Magic 👥 Found Family 🐇 Reluctant Hero 🖤 Slow-Burn Romance

Nevermore

by Keith R.A. DeCandido • 2007

Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.

3.84

8k+

🕵️ Supernatural Procedural 🖤 Gothic Horror Mystery 📚 Literary Murders 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🎓 Academic Villain

Nevermore 89%

Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.

by Keith R.A. DeCandido 2007

3.84

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Supernatural Procedural 🖤 Gothic Horror Mystery 📚 Literary Murders 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🎓 Academic Villain

The Physicians of Vilnoc

by Lois McMaster Bujold • 2020

A sorcerer and his demon must find what spreads a deadly fever inside a military fort.

4.31

5k+

🩺 Medical Mystery 👹 Demon Companion 🦠 Disease Outbreak 🏡 Domestic Fantasy ✨ Magical Healing

The Physicians of Vilnoc 89%

A sorcerer and his demon must find what spreads a deadly fever inside a military fort.

by Lois McMaster Bujold 2020

4.31

5k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Mystery 👹 Demon Companion 🦠 Disease Outbreak 🏡 Domestic Fantasy ✨ Magical Healing

The Alloy of Law

by Brandon Sanderson • 2011

A gunslinging lord must hunt a phantom gang that stole his fiancée from a wedding dinner.

4.19

294k+

🚂 Flintlock Fantasy 🎩 Reluctant Nobleman 🤠 Buddy Adventure 🚆 Train Heist 💬 Witty Banter

The Alloy of Law 89%

A gunslinging lord must hunt a phantom gang that stole his fiancée from a wedding dinner.

by Brandon Sanderson 2011

4.19

294k+ ratings

🚂 Flintlock Fantasy 🎩 Reluctant Nobleman 🤠 Buddy Adventure 🚆 Train Heist 💬 Witty Banter

The Wind Through the Keyhole

by Stephen King • 2012

Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.

4.13

95k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤠 Weird West 🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt 🗡️ Orphan's Quest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Wind Through the Keyhole 89%

Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.

by Stephen King 2012

4.13

95k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤠 Weird West 🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt 🗡️ Orphan's Quest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Invocations

by Krystal Sutherland • 2024

Three desperate women hunt a serial killer who carves spells from the bodies of witches.

4.06

13k+

🕯️ Occult Murder Mystery 📚 Dark Witch Academia 🖤 Found Family Coven ☠️ Necromancy Quest 🌙 Sapphic Dark Fantasy

The Invocations 89%

Three desperate women hunt a serial killer who carves spells from the bodies of witches.

by Krystal Sutherland 2024

4.06

13k+ ratings

🕯️ Occult Murder Mystery 📚 Dark Witch Academia 🖤 Found Family Coven ☠️ Necromancy Quest 🌙 Sapphic Dark Fantasy

Dire Straits

by Helen Harper • 2014

Framed for a daemon's murder, a PI discovers escaping the vampires means becoming one.

3.84

4k+

🕵️ Noir Urban Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Politics 🏃 Framed For Murder 🧛 Reluctant Vampire 😈 Bloodlust Struggle

Dire Straits 89%

Framed for a daemon's murder, a PI discovers escaping the vampires means becoming one.

by Helen Harper 2014

3.84

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Noir Urban Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Politics 🏃 Framed For Murder 🧛 Reluctant Vampire 😈 Bloodlust Struggle

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 🧓 Reluctant Mentor ✨ Corrupting Magic

Proven Guilty 89%

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 🧓 Reluctant Mentor ✨ Corrupting Magic

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 🔮 Reluctant Medium 🌑 Dark Apprentice

Ghost Story 89%

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 🔮 Reluctant Medium 🌑 Dark Apprentice

The Lies of Locke Lamora

by Scott Lynch • 2006

Locke Lamora's gang cons Camorr's wealthy. A masked killer hunts the crime lords who protect them.

4.30

347k+

🏦 Fantasy Heist 🖤 Found Family 💀 Revenge Quest 🎭 Con Artist Hero 🃏 Darkly Comic

The Lies of Locke Lamora 89%

Locke Lamora's gang cons Camorr's wealthy. A masked killer hunts the crime lords who protect them.

by Scott Lynch 2006

4.30

347k+ ratings

🏦 Fantasy Heist 🖤 Found Family 💀 Revenge Quest 🎭 Con Artist Hero 🃏 Darkly Comic

The Widow's Fate

by Jeff Wheeler • 2023

A dying royal poisoner must find a missing widow before civil war breaks out.

4.59

2k+

🏰 Political Intrigue 🔍 Fantasy Mystery 💕 Slow-Burn Romance ⚖️ Morally Grey 🕊️ Redemption Arc

The Widow's Fate 89%

A dying royal poisoner must find a missing widow before civil war breaks out.

by Jeff Wheeler 2023

4.59

2k+ ratings

🏰 Political Intrigue 🔍 Fantasy Mystery 💕 Slow-Burn Romance ⚖️ Morally Grey 🕊️ Redemption Arc

A Dance of Death

by David Dalglish • 2011

Framed for slaughter, a vigilante hunts his dark mirror through a port city on the brink of war.

4.06

7k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Assassin With A Conscience 🏛️ Political Conspiracy ⚔️ Human Elf Conflict 🔪 Framed For Murder

A Dance of Death 89%

Framed for slaughter, a vigilante hunts his dark mirror through a port city on the brink of war.

by David Dalglish 2011

4.06

7k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Assassin With A Conscience 🏛️ Political Conspiracy ⚔️ Human Elf Conflict 🔪 Framed For Murder

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 ✨ Soul Magic 🕵️ Supernatural Noir

Small Favor 89%

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 ✨ Soul Magic 🕵️ Supernatural Noir

Storm Front

by Jim Butcher • 2000

When magic kills, a wizard detective faces a crime lord, a vampire, and a rogue sorcerer.

3.97

383k+

🕵️ Occult Detective 🥃 Hardboiled Fantasy 🌃 Supernatural Noir 🕯️ Demon Summoning 🧛 Vampire Politics

Storm Front 89%

When magic kills, a wizard detective faces a crime lord, a vampire, and a rogue sorcerer.

by Jim Butcher 2000

3.97

383k+ ratings

🕵️ Occult Detective 🥃 Hardboiled Fantasy 🌃 Supernatural Noir 🕯️ Demon Summoning 🧛 Vampire Politics

Rosemary and Rue

by Seanan McGuire • 2009

A dying faerie's curse binds a changeling PI to find her killer or die.

3.78

40k+

🖤 Urban Fantasy Noir 🔍 Fae Mystery 🌓 Changeling Protagonist 👑 Fae Politics 🌿 Hidden Fae World

Rosemary and Rue 89%

A dying faerie's curse binds a changeling PI to find her killer or die.

by Seanan McGuire 2009

3.78

40k+ ratings

🖤 Urban Fantasy Noir 🔍 Fae Mystery 🌓 Changeling Protagonist 👑 Fae Politics 🌿 Hidden Fae World

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 🔍 Undercover Mission 🏙️ Corrupt City

Bloodhound 89%

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 🔍 Undercover Mission 🏙️ Corrupt City

Fool's Assassin

by Robin Hobb • 2014

A retired assassin's peace ends with a dead messenger and an aging wife's impossible pregnancy.

4.43

68k+

🏡 Domestic Fantasy 📖 Character Driven Fantasy 🗡️ Retired Assassin 🕯️ Prophesied Child 🤝 Found Family

Fool's Assassin 89%

A retired assassin's peace ends with a dead messenger and an aging wife's impossible pregnancy.

by Robin Hobb 2014

4.43

68k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Fantasy 📖 Character Driven Fantasy 🗡️ Retired Assassin 🕯️ Prophesied Child 🤝 Found Family

The Last Soul Among Wolves

by Melissa Caruso • 2025

Old friends at a haunted mansion. A childhood blood oath. Only one walks out alive.

4.17

1k+

🎭 Deadly Inheritance Game 🏚️ Trapped Together Curse 👻 Gothic Haunted Mansion ✨ Gods Playing Mortals ⚡ Dark Wish Bargain

The Last Soul Among Wolves 89%

Old friends at a haunted mansion. A childhood blood oath. Only one walks out alive.

by Melissa Caruso 2025

4.17

1k+ ratings

🎭 Deadly Inheritance Game 🏚️ Trapped Together Curse 👻 Gothic Haunted Mansion ✨ Gods Playing Mortals ⚡ Dark Wish Bargain

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù • 2016

A dark cultivator reborn as a weakling must solve murders with his rigid former captor.

4.55

33k+

🏯 Cultivation Fantasy 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔍 Investigative Duo 💀 Forbidden Magic

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Summary

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation 89%

A dark cultivator reborn as a weakling must solve murders with his rigid former captor.

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2016

4.55

33k+ ratings

🏯 Cultivation Fantasy 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔍 Investigative Duo 💀 Forbidden Magic

The Murder at Redmire Hall

by J.R. Ellis • 2018

A lord performs a locked-room vanishing act on television and reappears stabbed in the back.

4.28

15k+

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🏰 Country House Murder 🔍 Classic Whodunit 🖤 Family Secrets 💀 Revenge Plot

The Murder at Redmire Hall 89%

A lord performs a locked-room vanishing act on television and reappears stabbed in the back.

by J.R. Ellis 2018

4.28

15k+ ratings

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🏰 Country House Murder 🔍 Classic Whodunit 🖤 Family Secrets 💀 Revenge Plot

The Tyranny of Faith

by Richard Swan • 2023

A cursed imperial justicar. His clerk scours a crumbling empire and the afterlife for a cure.

4.26

8k+

⚖️ Legal Fantasy 🕳️ Cosmic Horror Fantasy ⛪ Corrupt Theocracy 👨‍🏫 Mentor And Apprentice 📜 Forbidden Magic

The Tyranny of Faith 89%

A cursed imperial justicar. His clerk scours a crumbling empire and the afterlife for a cure.

by Richard Swan 2023

4.26

8k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Fantasy 🕳️ Cosmic Horror Fantasy ⛪ Corrupt Theocracy 👨‍🏫 Mentor And Apprentice 📜 Forbidden Magic

High Stakes

by Helen Harper • 2014

A reluctant vampire investigator hunts a serial killer framing her people for his crimes.

4.09

3k+

🧛‍♀️ Reluctant Vampire 🔍 Vampire Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Mystery 🩸 Vampire Prejudice 🤝 Found Family

High Stakes 89%

A reluctant vampire investigator hunts a serial killer framing her people for his crimes.

by Helen Harper 2014

4.09

3k+ ratings

🧛‍♀️ Reluctant Vampire 🔍 Vampire Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Mystery 🩸 Vampire Prejudice 🤝 Found Family

Season of Storms

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Framed and swordless, a witcher navigates treacherous mages and a crumbling kingdom to survive.

3.97

74k+

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Season of Storms 89%

Framed and swordless, a witcher navigates treacherous mages and a crumbling kingdom to survive.

by Andrzej Sapkowski 2013

3.97

74k+ ratings

⚔️ Sword And Sorcery 🐺 Monster Hunting 🏫 Wizard Academia 🔗 Framed For A Crime 🔮 Forbidden Magic

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by Sarah Henning • 2024

Two sisters impersonate witch heiresses at a dinner party; murder traps them inside with the killer.

3.63

2k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🧙 Witch Family Politics 🎭 Hidden Identity 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🫂 Found Family

The Lies We Conjure 89%

Two sisters impersonate witch heiresses at a dinner party; murder traps them inside with the killer.

by Sarah Henning 2024

3.63

2k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🧙 Witch Family Politics 🎭 Hidden Identity 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🫂 Found Family

Crucible of Chaos

by Sebastien de Castell • 2023

A scarred magistrate enters a storm-wracked abbey where poisoned monks war over murdered gods.

4.05

929

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Crucible of Chaos 89%

A scarred magistrate enters a storm-wracked abbey where poisoned monks war over murdered gods.

by Sebastien de Castell 2023

4.05

929 ratings

🕵️ Fantasy Mystery ⚖️ Legal Fantasy 🏚️ Corrupt Monastery 🩸 Forbidden Ritual ✨ Manmade Gods

Una marea oscura y letal

by Allison Saft • 2024

Two rival scholars hunt the source of magic, trapped together on an expedition with a murderer.

3.49

19k+

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Una marea oscura y letal 89%

Two rival scholars hunt the source of magic, trapped together on an expedition with a murderer.

by Allison Saft 2024

3.49

19k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🌿 Folkloric Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Whodunit 💜 Sapphic Rivals

Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds

by G.P. Taylor • 2007

Guests combust at his hotel. A golden-fingered boy races a secret society for cursed diamonds.

3.99

197

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Plot 💎 Cursed Treasure Quest ⚡ Apprentice Magician 🌊 Gothic Seaside

Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds Summary

Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds 89%

Guests combust at his hotel. A golden-fingered boy races a secret society for cursed diamonds.

by G.P. Taylor 2007

3.99

197 ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Plot 💎 Cursed Treasure Quest ⚡ Apprentice Magician 🌊 Gothic Seaside

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