🧩 Riddle Mystery

Mysteries built around enigmatic puzzles and cryptic clues, where the detective must decode layered meanings and hidden messages to unravel the truth.

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 89%

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

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2007

Four extraordinary kids ace a strange test, then infiltrate an academy built on mind control.

4.20

177k+

🧩 Puzzle Box Mystery 🕵️ Spy School Adventure 🖤 Found Family

The Mysterious Benedict Society 89%

Four extraordinary kids ace a strange test, then infiltrate an academy built on mind control.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2007

4.20

177k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Box Mystery 🕵️ Spy School Adventure 🖤 Found Family

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 88%

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 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

The Alcatraz Escape

by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman • 2018

An escape-room game on Alcatraz pits puzzle whiz Emily Crane against an unknown saboteur.

4.28

3k+

🔐 Escape Room Puzzles 📖 Literary Puzzles 🔢 Code Breaking

The Alcatraz Escape 88%

An escape-room game on Alcatraz pits puzzle whiz Emily Crane against an unknown saboteur.

by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman 2018

4.28

3k+ ratings

🔐 Escape Room Puzzles 📖 Literary Puzzles 🔢 Code Breaking

Truly, Devious

by Maureen Johnson • 2018

A secluded academy. A 1930s kidnapping. A true-crime-obsessed teen. Then murder returns to campus.

3.88

184k+

🔍 Teen Detective 🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline Mystery

Truly, Devious 88%

A secluded academy. A 1930s kidnapping. A true-crime-obsessed teen. Then murder returns to campus.

by Maureen Johnson 2018

3.88

184k+ ratings

🔍 Teen Detective 🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline Mystery

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories

by Gigi Pandian • 2018

A locked room, a dead curator, a vanished artifact: a historian hunts truth behind a family curse.

3.92

299

🔐 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Historian Detective

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories Summary

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories 88%

A locked room, a dead curator, a vanished artifact: a historian hunts truth behind a family curse.

by Gigi Pandian 2018

3.92

299 ratings

🔐 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Historian Detective

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2008

Their mentor kidnapped, four children follow his riddles around the world, pursued by his evil twin.

4.21

61k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🖤 Found Family 🧠 Kids Outsmarting Adults

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey Summary

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey 88%

Their mentor kidnapped, four children follow his riddles around the world, pursued by his evil twin.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2008

4.21

61k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🖤 Found Family 🧠 Kids Outsmarting Adults

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! 88%

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

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

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

by Chris Grabenstein • 2013

An eccentric game-maker locks twelve kids in his library and dares them to escape.

4.12

62k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 📚 Library Adventure 🤝 Team Competition

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Summary

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 88%

An eccentric game-maker locks twelve kids in his library and dares them to escape.

by Chris Grabenstein 2013

4.12

62k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 📚 Library Adventure 🤝 Team Competition

Book Scavenger

by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman • 2015

Twelve-year-old Emily must crack a coded Poe book: the last game her hero left behind.

4.14

18k+

📚 Books About Books 🕵️ Literary Scavenger Hunt 🔐 Coded Messages

Book Scavenger 88%

Twelve-year-old Emily must crack a coded Poe book: the last game her hero left behind.

by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman 2015

4.14

18k+ ratings

📚 Books About Books 🕵️ Literary Scavenger Hunt 🔐 Coded Messages

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

The Christmas Jigsaw Murders 88%

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

Death Note

by NisiOisiN • 2006

A suspended FBI agent, a series of impossible murders, and a private detective who knows too much.

4.25

15k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Genius Killer 🔪 Serial Killer

Death Note 88%

A suspended FBI agent, a series of impossible murders, and a private detective who knows too much.

by NisiOisiN 2006

4.25

15k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Genius Killer 🔪 Serial Killer

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

One False Note

by Gordon Korman • 2008

Amy and Dan chase Mozart's trail across Europe, hunted by relatives who want them dead.

3.90

55k+

🗺️ Global Treasure Hunt 👫 Orphaned Siblings 👁️ Secret Societies

One False Note 88%

Amy and Dan chase Mozart's trail across Europe, hunted by relatives who want them dead.

by Gordon Korman 2008

3.90

55k+ ratings

🗺️ Global Treasure Hunt 👫 Orphaned Siblings 👁️ Secret Societies

Marble Hall Murders

by Anthony Horowitz • 2025

An editor accepts a mystery manuscript, then its murders begin happening to the author's family.

4.25

33k+

🪞 Meta Mystery 🧩 Fair Play Mystery 📚 Literary Mystery

Marble Hall Murders 88%

An editor accepts a mystery manuscript, then its murders begin happening to the author's family.

by Anthony Horowitz 2025

4.25

33k+ ratings

🪞 Meta Mystery 🧩 Fair Play Mystery 📚 Literary Mystery

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2019

Four young operatives must break into an island prison before thirteen villains free the mastermind.

4.12

9k+

🧩 Puzzle Adventure 🏠 Found Family 🧠 Telepathic Abilities

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages Summary

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages 87%

Four young operatives must break into an island prison before thirteen villains free the mastermind.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2019

4.12

9k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Adventure 🏠 Found Family 🧠 Telepathic Abilities

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+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Inheritance Mystery 🍵 Cozy Mystery Energy

The Secret of the Old Clock 87%

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

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Inheritance Mystery 🍵 Cozy Mystery Energy

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

Greenglass House 87%

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

The Secret Seven

by Enid Blyton • 2006

A children's secret club investigates a midnight van and discovers a racehorse hidden in a cellar.

3.9

12k+

🕵️ Secret Club Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 🌙 Nighttime Adventures

The Secret Seven 87%

A children's secret club investigates a midnight van and discovers a racehorse hidden in a cellar.

by Enid Blyton 2006

3.9

12k+ ratings

🕵️ Secret Club Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 🌙 Nighttime Adventures

Crimenes imperceptibles

by Guillermo Martínez • 2003

An Oxford math student discovers his landlady’s murder opens a killer’s mathematical puzzle.

3.37

10k+

🧮 Mathematical Mystery 🏛️ Oxford Academia 🔍 Serial Killer Puzzle

Crimenes imperceptibles 87%

An Oxford math student discovers his landlady’s murder opens a killer’s mathematical puzzle.

by Guillermo Martínez 2003

3.37

10k+ ratings

🧮 Mathematical Mystery 🏛️ Oxford Academia 🔍 Serial Killer Puzzle

The Final Problem

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte • 2023

An actor famous for playing a sleuth is stranded on an island with a locked-room killer.

3.65

10k+

🧩 Locked-Room Mystery 🕵️ Holmesian Pastiche 🎭 Meta Fiction

The Final Problem 87%

An actor famous for playing a sleuth is stranded on an island with a locked-room killer.

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2023

3.65

10k+ ratings

🧩 Locked-Room Mystery 🕵️ Holmesian Pastiche 🎭 Meta Fiction

Think of a Number

by John Verdon • 2010

Letters predict his thoughts, then murder. A retired detective decodes a staged crime scene.

3.88

40k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Reluctant Investigator

Think of a Number 87%

Letters predict his thoughts, then murder. A retired detective decodes a staged crime scene.

by John Verdon 2010

3.88

40k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Reluctant Investigator

Spartan Gold

by Clive Cussler • 2009

A sunken sub in a swamp puts the Fargos on the trail of Napoleon's lost wine.

3.86

17k+

🗺️ Treasure Hunt 👑 Napoleonic Mystery 💑 Adventuring Couple

Spartan Gold 87%

A sunken sub in a swamp puts the Fargos on the trail of Napoleon's lost wine.

by Clive Cussler 2009

3.86

17k+ ratings

🗺️ Treasure Hunt 👑 Napoleonic Mystery 💑 Adventuring Couple

The Grandest Game

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2024

A dancer must solve an island escape room alongside the heir she blames for her father's death.

3.94

80k+

🔐 Escape Room 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏝️ Isolated Island

The Grandest Game 87%

A dancer must solve an island escape room alongside the heir she blames for her father's death.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2024

3.94

80k+ ratings

🔐 Escape Room 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏝️ Isolated Island

The Escape Game

by Marissa Meyer • 2026

A teen returns to the reality show where her sister died, only to find the killer already inside.

3.80

8k+

📺 Reality Tv Mystery 🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🫂 Found Family

The Escape Game 87%

A teen returns to the reality show where her sister died, only to find the killer already inside.

by Marissa Meyer 2026

3.80

8k+ ratings

📺 Reality Tv Mystery 🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🫂 Found Family

Estudio en escarlata / La señal de los cuatro

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 2005

Pearls, a locked room murder, and lost treasure pull Holmes and Watson into a foggy hunt.

4.13

11k+

🕵️ Victorian Mystery 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 💰 Treasure Hunt

Estudio en escarlata / La señal de los cuatro Summary

Estudio en escarlata / La señal de los cuatro 87%

Pearls, a locked room murder, and lost treasure pull Holmes and Watson into a foggy hunt.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 2005

4.13

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Victorian Mystery 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 💰 Treasure Hunt

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

Don't Let Go 87%

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

The Beautiful Mystery

by Louise Penny • 2012

The choirmaster lies dead inside a locked monastery. Gamache's only suspects: the brothers who sing.

4.20

92k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏔️ Isolated Community 🎵 Music As Obsession

The Beautiful Mystery 87%

The choirmaster lies dead inside a locked monastery. Gamache's only suspects: the brothers who sing.

by Louise Penny 2012

4.20

92k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏔️ Isolated Community 🎵 Music As Obsession

Poirot's Early Cases

by Agatha Christie • 1974

A meticulous Belgian refugee reads the souls of English killers in 18 early cases.

3.91

17k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities

Poirot's Early Cases 87%

A meticulous Belgian refugee reads the souls of English killers in 18 early cases.

by Agatha Christie 1974

3.91

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities

A Line to Kill

by Anthony Horowitz • 2021

An island literary festival, a murdered sponsor, and every writer had a reason to kill him.

3.94

47k+

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Detective Duo 📖 Meta Mystery

A Line to Kill 87%

An island literary festival, a murdered sponsor, and every writer had a reason to kill him.

by Anthony Horowitz 2021

3.94

47k+ ratings

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Detective Duo 📖 Meta Mystery

The Final Gambit

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2022

Before her fortune, Avery Grambs must solve a dead man's puzzle to save her kidnapped uncle.

4.10

477k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 📜 Inheritance Drama 💰 Wealthy Family Secrets

The Final Gambit 87%

Before her fortune, Avery Grambs must solve a dead man's puzzle to save her kidnapped uncle.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2022

4.10

477k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 📜 Inheritance Drama 💰 Wealthy Family Secrets

Bad Blood

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2016

The serial killers who hold her mother captive have a new target: everyone Cassie loves.

4.37

162k+

🔍 Teen Criminal Profilers 🫂 Found Family 🕯️ Cult Investigation

Bad Blood 87%

The serial killers who hold her mother captive have a new target: everyone Cassie loves.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2016

4.37

162k+ ratings

🔍 Teen Criminal Profilers 🫂 Found Family 🕯️ Cult Investigation

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret

by Benjamin Stevenson • 2024

His ex-wife wakes bloodied beside her dead partner, and a Christmas magic show hides the killer.

3.68

47k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Fair Play Whodunit 🤝 Group Conspiracy

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret Summary

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret 87%

His ex-wife wakes bloodied beside her dead partner, and a Christmas magic show hides the killer.

by Benjamin Stevenson 2024

3.68

47k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Fair Play Whodunit 🤝 Group Conspiracy

Death of a Gentle Lady

by M.C. Beaton • 2008

A village adores its genteel newcomer. A constable distrusts her. Then she is found strangled.

3.84

7k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🗝️ Family Secrets

Death of a Gentle Lady 87%

A village adores its genteel newcomer. A constable distrusts her. Then she is found strangled.

by M.C. Beaton 2008

3.84

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🗝️ Family Secrets

Death of a Nurse

by M.C. Beaton • 2016

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

3.80

6k+

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit

Death of a Nurse 87%

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

by M.C. Beaton 2016

3.80

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit

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

The Mystery of the Yellow Room 87%

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

The Murders at Fleat House

by Lucinda Riley • 2022

A boarding school death draws a detective into old secrets someone is still killing to protect.

4.10

47k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🩹 Wounded Detective

The Murders at Fleat House 87%

A boarding school death draws a detective into old secrets someone is still killing to protect.

by Lucinda Riley 2022

4.10

47k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🩹 Wounded Detective

The Stand

by Stephen King • 1978

Ten strangers are lured to an island and killed one by one, following a nursery rhyme.

4.35

853k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🎶 Nursery Rhyme Murders

The Stand 87%

Ten strangers are lured to an island and killed one by one, following a nursery rhyme.

by Stephen King 1978

4.35

853k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🎶 Nursery Rhyme Murders

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

by Robin Stevens • 2022

A ten-year-old spy hunts a Nazi in a manor. Then a murder makes everyone suspect.

4.15

2k+

🔍 Child Sleuths 🇬🇧 Wartime England 🏛️ Country House Mystery

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity Summary

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 87%

A ten-year-old spy hunts a Nazi in a manor. Then a murder makes everyone suspect.

by Robin Stevens 2022

4.15

2k+ ratings

🔍 Child Sleuths 🇬🇧 Wartime England 🏛️ Country House Mystery

Death Beside the Seaside

by T.E. Kinsey • 2019

A seaside holiday turns lethal when a scientist vanishes from a hotel packed with spies.

4.26

11k+

🕰️ Edwardian Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Cozy 🌊 Seaside Mystery

Death Beside the Seaside 87%

A seaside holiday turns lethal when a scientist vanishes from a hotel packed with spies.

by T.E. Kinsey 2019

4.26

11k+ ratings

🕰️ Edwardian Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Cozy 🌊 Seaside Mystery

The Mystery of Locked Rooms

by Lindsay Currie • 2024

Facing foreclosure, three escape-room prodigies hunt treasure inside a legendary abandoned funhouse.

3.92

3k+

🧩 Escape Room Puzzles 💰 Hidden Treasure 🫂 Found Family

The Mystery of Locked Rooms 87%

Facing foreclosure, three escape-room prodigies hunt treasure inside a legendary abandoned funhouse.

by Lindsay Currie 2024

3.92

3k+ ratings

🧩 Escape Room Puzzles 💰 Hidden Treasure 🫂 Found Family

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

Kill Joy 87%

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

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

by Agatha Christie • 1920

A wealthy matriarch is poisoned in her locked bedroom, and a Belgian detective finds only motives.

4.00

516k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🏡 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle

The Mysterious Affair at Styles 87%

A wealthy matriarch is poisoned in her locked bedroom, and a Belgian detective finds only motives.

by Agatha Christie 1920

4.00

516k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🏡 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

Silent Parade

by Keigo Higashino • 2018

A suspected child killer walks free, then turns up dead. An entire neighborhood stands mute.

3.92

7k+

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Consulting Detective 🕯️ Vigilante Justice

Silent Parade 87%

A suspected child killer walks free, then turns up dead. An entire neighborhood stands mute.

by Keigo Higashino 2018

3.92

7k+ ratings

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Consulting Detective 🕯️ Vigilante Justice

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