🏘️ Small English Town

Novels set in the deceptively quiet villages and market towns of England, where centuries of history press close and everyone's business is everyone else's. Beneath the charm, secrets and tensions simmer.

The Murder at the Vicarage

by Agatha Christie • 1930

A tyrant colonel lies shot in the vicarage study. Everyone in the village had a reason.

4.04

219k+

🏘️ Village Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery

The Murder at the Vicarage 89%

A tyrant colonel lies shot in the vicarage study. Everyone in the village had a reason.

by Agatha Christie 1930

4.04

219k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery

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

Murder at Holly House 88%

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

Cranford

by Elizabeth Gaskell • 1853

In Cranford, the ladies rule: tea first, gossip second, and no misfortune faced without neighbors.

3.83

48k+

🏘️ Small Town Chronicle 👒 Genteel Poverty 🧶 Eccentric Spinsters

Cranford 88%

In Cranford, the ladies rule: tea first, gossip second, and no misfortune faced without neighbors.

by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853

3.83

48k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Chronicle 👒 Genteel Poverty 🧶 Eccentric Spinsters

The List of Suspicious Things

by Jennie Godfrey • 2024

A Yorkshire girl's hunt for the Ripper uncovers worse monsters: the ones her neighbors welcome home.

4.13

49k+

🕵️ Child Sleuth 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🚪 Hidden Domestic Abuse

The List of Suspicious Things 88%

A Yorkshire girl's hunt for the Ripper uncovers worse monsters: the ones her neighbors welcome home.

by Jennie Godfrey 2024

4.13

49k+ ratings

🕵️ Child Sleuth 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🚪 Hidden Domestic Abuse

A Village Affair

by Joanna Trollope • 1989

A restless village mother falls for a magnetic woman, and her carefully ordered world comes apart.

3.70

2k+

🏘️ English Village 🔥 Small Town Scandal 💍 Crumbling Marriage

A Village Affair 88%

A restless village mother falls for a magnetic woman, and her carefully ordered world comes apart.

by Joanna Trollope 1989

3.70

2k+ ratings

🏘️ English Village 🔥 Small Town Scandal 💍 Crumbling Marriage

Mrs. McGinty's Dead

by Agatha Christie • 1952

Poirot comes out of retirement when a policeman's doubt has an awkward lodger facing the gallows.

3.86

41k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ English Village 🎭 Hidden Identity

Mrs. McGinty's Dead 88%

Poirot comes out of retirement when a policeman's doubt has an awkward lodger facing the gallows.

by Agatha Christie 1952

3.86

41k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ English Village 🎭 Hidden Identity

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

Death of a Gossip 88%

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

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 88%

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 Moving Finger

by Agatha Christie • 1942

Anonymous letters torment a quiet village, but the ensuing suicide is a smokescreen for murder.

3.85

60k+

✍️ Poison Pen Letters 🏘️ Village Mystery 👁️ Outsider Narrator

The Moving Finger 88%

Anonymous letters torment a quiet village, but the ensuing suicide is a smokescreen for murder.

by Agatha Christie 1942

3.85

60k+ ratings

✍️ Poison Pen Letters 🏘️ Village Mystery 👁️ Outsider Narrator

Six Little Words

by Sally Page • 2026

A café noticeboard's Shakespeare quote sparks an art challenge uniting strangers and their secrets.

4.04

3k+

🏡 Small Town 👵 Intergenerational 💕 Found Family

Six Little Words 88%

A café noticeboard's Shakespeare quote sparks an art challenge uniting strangers and their secrets.

by Sally Page 2026

4.04

3k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town 👵 Intergenerational 💕 Found Family

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

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

by Joanna Cannon • 2016

An English avenue, summer 1976: a woman vanishes, and two ten-year-old girls go searching for God.

3.64

31k+

🔍 Small Town Secrets 👧 Child Narrator 🐐 Community Scapegoating

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep Summary

The Trouble with Goats and Sheep 88%

An English avenue, summer 1976: a woman vanishes, and two ten-year-old girls go searching for God.

by Joanna Cannon 2016

3.64

31k+ ratings

🔍 Small Town Secrets 👧 Child Narrator 🐐 Community Scapegoating

A Picture of Murder

by T.E. Kinsey • 2018

Deaths mirror a cinema troupe's witch film. An Edwardian lady and her maid investigate.

4.29

10k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 👒 Edwardian England 🏘️ Small Village Secrets

A Picture of Murder 88%

Deaths mirror a cinema troupe's witch film. An Edwardian lady and her maid investigate.

by T.E. Kinsey 2018

4.29

10k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 👒 Edwardian England 🏘️ Small Village Secrets

Excellent Women

by Barbara Pym • 1952

A clergyman’s daughter hides her feelings, until new neighbors pull her into their marital chaos.

3.91

22k+

😏 Comedy Of Manners ⛪ Church Community Life 🫣 Self-Deprecating Narrator

Excellent Women 88%

A clergyman’s daughter hides her feelings, until new neighbors pull her into their marital chaos.

by Barbara Pym 1952

3.91

22k+ ratings

😏 Comedy Of Manners ⛪ Church Community Life 🫣 Self-Deprecating Narrator

Sleeping Murder

by Agatha Christie • 1976

A newlywed's perfect house awakens a buried memory: she witnessed a murder there as a child.

4.00

54k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Cold Case 🧠 Buried Memories

Sleeping Murder 88%

A newlywed's perfect house awakens a buried memory: she witnessed a murder there as a child.

by Agatha Christie 1976

4.00

54k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Cold Case 🧠 Buried Memories

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 Dreamer

by M.C. Beaton • 2006

When a lonely artist is found dead on a Highland mountain, her severed finger points to murder.

3.89

7k+

🏘️ Scottish Village Mystery 💔 Obsessive Love 🤫 Small Town Secrets

Death of a Dreamer 87%

When a lonely artist is found dead on a Highland mountain, her severed finger points to murder.

by M.C. Beaton 2006

3.89

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Scottish Village Mystery 💔 Obsessive Love 🤫 Small Town Secrets

Murder Is Easy

by Agatha Christie • 1939

A train passenger warns a retired policeman of village murders. He scoffs. She is killed.

3.77

34k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ English Village Mystery 🔍 Sleuthing Couple

Murder Is Easy 87%

A train passenger warns a retired policeman of village murders. He scoffs. She is killed.

by Agatha Christie 1939

3.77

34k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ English Village Mystery 🔍 Sleuthing Couple

A Murder Is Announced

by Agatha Christie • 1950

The local paper predicts a murder. When neighbors gather at dusk, the shooting is real.

4.01

88k+

🕰️ Golden Age Detective 🎭 Identity Swap 💰 Inheritance Plot

A Murder Is Announced 87%

The local paper predicts a murder. When neighbors gather at dusk, the shooting is real.

by Agatha Christie 1950

4.01

88k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Detective 🎭 Identity Swap 💰 Inheritance Plot

Bury Your Past

by J.M. Dalgliesh • 2019

After a Norfolk storm unearths a skeleton, a pendant leads detectives into arson and buried secrets.

4.20

14k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 👮 British Police Procedural 🌊 Coastal Noir

Bury Your Past 87%

After a Norfolk storm unearths a skeleton, a pendant leads detectives into arson and buried secrets.

by J.M. Dalgliesh 2019

4.20

14k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 👮 British Police Procedural 🌊 Coastal Noir

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 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Death of a Bore 87%

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 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Death of a Ghost

by M.C. Beaton • 2017

Hamish Macbeth finds a corpse in a haunted castle; by morning the body has vanished.

3.78

7k+

🏘️ Highland Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💋 Femme Fatale

Death of a Ghost 87%

Hamish Macbeth finds a corpse in a haunted castle; by morning the body has vanished.

by M.C. Beaton 2017

3.78

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Highland Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💋 Femme Fatale

Nemesis

by Agatha Christie • 1971

A dead man's bequest sends Miss Marple on a coach tour to solve an unnamed murder.

3.87

46k+

🧶 Elderly Sleuth 🕰️ Cold Case ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Nemesis 87%

A dead man's bequest sends Miss Marple on a coach tour to solve an unnamed murder.

by Agatha Christie 1971

3.87

46k+ ratings

🧶 Elderly Sleuth 🕰️ Cold Case ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Still Life

by Louise Penny • 2005

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

Still Life 87%

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

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

Agony Hill 87%

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

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie • 1926

A locked study, a murdered gentleman, a vanished stepson. Hercule Poirot's retirement can wait.

4.26

353k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏠 Country House Mystery

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 87%

A locked study, a murdered gentleman, a vanished stepson. Hercule Poirot's retirement can wait.

by Agatha Christie 1926

4.26

353k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏠 Country House Mystery

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

by Agatha Christie • 1962

A fan dies drinking the cocktail meant for a movie star at a village fête.

3.96

56k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Golden Age Detection 🧶 Amateur Sleuth

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Summary

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side 87%

A fan dies drinking the cocktail meant for a movie star at a village fête.

by Agatha Christie 1962

3.96

56k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Golden Age Detection 🧶 Amateur Sleuth

The Body in the Library

by Agatha Christie • 2018

A corpse in a colonel's library draws Miss Marple into a village's hidden web of lies.

3.76

1k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

The Body in the Library 87%

A corpse in a colonel's library draws Miss Marple into a village's hidden web of lies.

by Agatha Christie 2018

3.76

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Rotten to the Core

by T.E. Kinsey • 2022

A murdered cider warden, an apple in his mouth, and a secret brotherhood's twenty-year-old crime.

4.43

7k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth Duo 🔐 Secret Society 💀 Cold Case Revenge

Rotten to the Core 87%

A murdered cider warden, an apple in his mouth, and a secret brotherhood's twenty-year-old crime.

by T.E. Kinsey 2022

4.43

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth Duo 🔐 Secret Society 💀 Cold Case Revenge

The Fatal Flying Affair

by T.E. Kinsey • 2020

A fatal parachute test draws Lady Hardcastle and her maid into a world of aviation and espionage.

4.41

8k+

🎩 Edwardian Cozy 👭 Female Sleuth Duo 🏡 English Village

The Fatal Flying Affair 87%

A fatal parachute test draws Lady Hardcastle and her maid into a world of aviation and espionage.

by T.E. Kinsey 2020

4.41

8k+ ratings

🎩 Edwardian Cozy 👭 Female Sleuth Duo 🏡 English Village

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams

by Jenny Colgan • 2012

A London nurse must sell her great-aunt's crumbling sweetshop. The village has other ideas.

3.92

13k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌱 Starting Over ⏳ Dual Timeline

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams Summary

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams 87%

A London nurse must sell her great-aunt's crumbling sweetshop. The village has other ideas.

by Jenny Colgan 2012

3.92

13k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌱 Starting Over ⏳ Dual Timeline

A Great Deliverance

by Elizabeth George • 1988

A beheading in Yorkshire, a mute confession sends two detectives into a family's darkest secrets.

4.03

52k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🎩 Aristocratic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners

A Great Deliverance 87%

A beheading in Yorkshire, a mute confession sends two detectives into a family's darkest secrets.

by Elizabeth George 1988

4.03

52k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🎩 Aristocratic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Christmas at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop

by Jenny Colgan • 2013

A village sweetshop, a wounded teacher she loves, a snowy Christmas: one crash threatens them all.

3.89

9k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏡 English Village 💔 Wounded Hero

Christmas at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop Summary

Christmas at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop 87%

A village sweetshop, a wounded teacher she loves, a snowy Christmas: one crash threatens them all.

by Jenny Colgan 2013

3.89

9k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏡 English Village 💔 Wounded Hero

Hallowe'en Party

by Agatha Christie • 1969

A drowned girl, a Halloween party, a boast about murder: Poirot uncovers a village's buried crimes.

3.56

107k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🐺 Girl Who Cried Wolf 👁️ Child Witness

Hallowe'en Party 87%

A drowned girl, a Halloween party, a boast about murder: Poirot uncovers a village's buried crimes.

by Agatha Christie 1969

3.56

107k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🐺 Girl Who Cried Wolf 👁️ Child Witness

Bournville

by Jonathan Coe • 2022

In a chocolate-maker's utopian village, one family mirrors Britain's long argument with itself.

3.78

8k+

🏡 Multi-Generational Saga 🕰️ Postwar Britain 🏛️ State Of The Nation

Bournville 87%

In a chocolate-maker's utopian village, one family mirrors Britain's long argument with itself.

by Jonathan Coe 2022

3.78

8k+ ratings

🏡 Multi-Generational Saga 🕰️ Postwar Britain 🏛️ State Of The Nation

Corn Dolls

by K.T. Galloway • 2021

A child vanishes, a corn doll appears. The therapist called in has her own missing sister.

4.30

2k+

🕵️ British Crime Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Missing Child

Corn Dolls 87%

A child vanishes, a corn doll appears. The therapist called in has her own missing sister.

by K.T. Galloway 2021

4.30

2k+ ratings

🕵️ British Crime Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Missing Child

The Last Devil to Die

by Richard Osman • 2023

After a dealer is shot, the Thursday Murder Club uncovers a priceless box worth killing for.

4.46

240k+

🏘️ Retirement Community 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 🎭 Ensemble Mystery

The Last Devil to Die 87%

After a dealer is shot, the Thursday Murder Club uncovers a priceless box worth killing for.

by Richard Osman 2023

4.46

240k+ ratings

🏘️ Retirement Community 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 🎭 Ensemble Mystery

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 87%

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

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

In the Market for Murder 87%

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

🕵️ Lady Detective Duo 👒 Edwardian Mystery 🏘️ Village Secrets

The Summer Before the War

by Helen Simonson • 2016

A Latin teacher finds purpose and impossible love in a Sussex town the summer the Great War begins.

3.79

45k+

🏘️ Edwardian Village 🏠 Home Front Drama 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

The Summer Before the War 87%

A Latin teacher finds purpose and impossible love in a Sussex town the summer the Great War begins.

by Helen Simonson 2016

3.79

45k+ ratings

🏘️ Edwardian Village 🏠 Home Front Drama 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

Sipsworth

by Simon Van Booy • 2024

An elderly widow, alone with her grief, finds an unexpected reason to care: a mouse.

4.10

28k+

🐭 Unlikely Animal Bond 👵 Elderly Protagonist 🏡 English Village

Sipsworth 87%

An elderly widow, alone with her grief, finds an unexpected reason to care: a mouse.

by Simon Van Booy 2024

4.10

28k+ ratings

🐭 Unlikely Animal Bond 👵 Elderly Protagonist 🏡 English Village

The Bullet That Missed

by Richard Osman • 2022

To save their friend from a kill ultimatum, elderly sleuths must solve a decade-old disappearance.

4.35

283k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 👴 Elderly Protagonists 📁 Cold Case Investigation

The Bullet That Missed 87%

To save their friend from a kill ultimatum, elderly sleuths must solve a decade-old disappearance.

by Richard Osman 2022

4.35

283k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 👴 Elderly Protagonists 📁 Cold Case Investigation

Land Rites

by Andy Maslen • 2021

A severed hand in a badger sett leads a haunted DI to a noble family's dark secrets.

4.39

6k+

👮 Police Procedural 🌾 Rural Crime 🔬 Forensic Investigation

Land Rites 87%

A severed hand in a badger sett leads a haunted DI to a noble family's dark secrets.

by Andy Maslen 2021

4.39

6k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🌾 Rural Crime 🔬 Forensic Investigation

Promise Me

by Jill Mansell • 2023

A carer inherits a curmudgeon's estate by moving in, then falls for the man next door.

4.14

13k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏡 Unexpected Inheritance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Promise Me 87%

A carer inherits a curmudgeon's estate by moving in, then falls for the man next door.

by Jill Mansell 2023

4.14

13k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏡 Unexpected Inheritance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Death of Yesterday

by M.C. Beaton • 2013

A dead art student in a Highland factory. One stubborn constable. A village of secrets.

3.73

7k+

🏘️ Village Secrets 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🤫 Code Of Silence

Death of Yesterday 87%

A dead art student in a Highland factory. One stubborn constable. A village of secrets.

by M.C. Beaton 2013

3.73

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Secrets 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🤫 Code Of Silence

Just the Way You Are

by Beth Moran • 2022

She bans romance to finish her bucket list. Then the forest ranger shows up.

4.26

16k+

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

Just the Way You Are 87%

She bans romance to finish her bucket list. Then the forest ranger shows up.

by Beth Moran 2022

4.26

16k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

A Fire at the Exhibition

by T.E. Kinsey • 2023

A village exhibition. Fire. Theft. Murder. Two lady sleuths dig for treasure in Edwardian England.

4.47

6k+

🔎 Village Cozy Mystery 👒 Edwardian England 👯 Female Detective Duo

A Fire at the Exhibition 87%

A village exhibition. Fire. Theft. Murder. Two lady sleuths dig for treasure in Edwardian England.

by T.E. Kinsey 2023

4.47

6k+ ratings

🔎 Village Cozy Mystery 👒 Edwardian England 👯 Female Detective Duo

Early Morning Riser

by Katherine Heiny • 2021

A teacher falls for a small-town handyman whose romantic past is the whole town.

3.57

32k+

🏘️ Small Town Life 🫂 Found Family 📋 Slice Of Life

Early Morning Riser 87%

A teacher falls for a small-town handyman whose romantic past is the whole town.

by Katherine Heiny 2021

3.57

32k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Life 🫂 Found Family 📋 Slice Of Life

Magpie Murders

by Anthony Horowitz • 2016

To find her author's killer, an editor must solve the murder in his unfinished manuscript.

3.94

170k+

📚 Nested Narrative 🏡 English Village Mystery 🕰️ Golden Age Homage

Magpie Murders 87%

To find her author's killer, an editor must solve the murder in his unfinished manuscript.

by Anthony Horowitz 2016

3.94

170k+ ratings

📚 Nested Narrative 🏡 English Village Mystery 🕰️ Golden Age Homage

We Solve Murders

by Richard Osman • 2024

A bodyguard framed for murder, a retired cop, and a famous novelist hunt the real killer.

4.05

197k+

🕵️ Witty Mystery 👴 Retired Detective 🏘️ English Village

We Solve Murders 87%

A bodyguard framed for murder, a retired cop, and a famous novelist hunt the real killer.

by Richard Osman 2024

4.05

197k+ ratings

🕵️ Witty Mystery 👴 Retired Detective 🏘️ English Village

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