🕵️ Unlikely Sleuths

A group of improbable investigators pools their disparate skills and stumbles toward the truth. Their collective amateurism becomes a surprisingly effective tool for solving what baffles the experts.

The Satsuma Complex

by Bob Mortimer • 2022

Dream date, dead mate, fake cops: a legal assistant's life pivots on a corn-cob USB stick.

3.68

75k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Comic Crime 😐 Deadpan Humor

The Satsuma Complex 89%

Dream date, dead mate, fake cops: a legal assistant's life pivots on a corn-cob USB stick.

by Bob Mortimer 2022

3.68

75k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Comic Crime 😐 Deadpan Humor

The Mystery Guest

by Nita Prose • 2023

The Head Maid's fingerprints are on the poisoned teacup that killed a famous mystery author.

3.79

163k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🏨 Hotel Mystery 🖊️ Author Murder

The Mystery Guest 88%

The Head Maid's fingerprints are on the poisoned teacup that killed a famous mystery author.

by Nita Prose 2023

3.79

163k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🏨 Hotel Mystery 🖊️ Author Murder

Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead

by Elle Cosimano • 2022

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

3.96

124k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 😂 Humorous Mystery 🤝 Partner In Crime

Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead 88%

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

by Elle Cosimano 2022

3.96

124k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 😂 Humorous Mystery 🤝 Partner In Crime

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

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 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

Coming in Hot

by Deany Ray • 2023

A grandma and granddaughter fleeing a biker gang find a corpse in their Florida retirement village.

3.95

14k+

🏘️ Retirement Community Mystery 👵 Intergenerational Duo 🛡️ Witness Protection

Coming in Hot 88%

A grandma and granddaughter fleeing a biker gang find a corpse in their Florida retirement village.

by Deany Ray 2023

3.95

14k+ ratings

🏘️ Retirement Community Mystery 👵 Intergenerational Duo 🛡️ Witness Protection

The Maid

by Nita Prose • 2022

A hotel maid discovers a dead guest, and her social awkwardness makes her the prime suspect.

3.75

719k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family

The Maid 88%

A hotel maid discovers a dead guest, and her social awkwardness makes her the prime suspect.

by Nita Prose 2022

3.75

719k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

The Thursday Murder Club

by Richard Osman • 2020

Four retirees in a quiet retirement village trade cold cases for a live murder investigation.

3.85

804k+

🧓 Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Cold Case Reopened 🤝 Unlikely Partnership

The Thursday Murder Club 88%

Four retirees in a quiet retirement village trade cold cases for a live murder investigation.

by Richard Osman 2020

3.85

804k+ ratings

🧓 Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Cold Case Reopened 🤝 Unlikely Partnership

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

Suburban Dicks

by Fabian Nicieza • 2021

An Indian clerk's murder pulls a pregnant ex-profiler into her suburb's sixty-year cover-up.

3.91

5k+

🏘️ Suburban Murder Mystery 🤰 Mom Detective 🕵️ Unlikely Detective Duo

Suburban Dicks 88%

An Indian clerk's murder pulls a pregnant ex-profiler into her suburb's sixty-year cover-up.

by Fabian Nicieza 2021

3.91

5k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Murder Mystery 🤰 Mom Detective 🕵️ Unlikely Detective Duo

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 88%

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

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 88%

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 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

A Deadly Episode

by Anthony Horowitz • 2026

A novelist and his detective investigate a murder on the set of their own book's adaptation.

4.02

11k+

🪞 Meta Mystery 🕵️ Detective Duo 🎬 Film Set Mystery

A Deadly Episode 88%

A novelist and his detective investigate a murder on the set of their own book's adaptation.

by Anthony Horowitz 2026

4.02

11k+ ratings

🪞 Meta Mystery 🕵️ Detective Duo 🎬 Film Set Mystery

Murder by Cheesecake

by Rachel Ekstrom Courage • 2025

A wedding to plan, a corpse in the freezer, and four older friends suspected of murder.

3.54

16k+

🕵️ Senior Sleuths 🔍 Amateur Investigation 🫂 Found Family

Murder by Cheesecake 88%

A wedding to plan, a corpse in the freezer, and four older friends suspected of murder.

by Rachel Ekstrom Courage 2025

3.54

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Senior Sleuths 🔍 Amateur Investigation 🫂 Found Family

One for the Money

by Janet Evanovich • 1994

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

4.05

581k+

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance

One for the Money 88%

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

by Janet Evanovich 1994

4.05

581k+ ratings

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice

by Elle Cosimano • 2024

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

3.90

64k+

🎭 Comedic Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🤝 Partners In Crime

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice 88%

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

by Elle Cosimano 2024

3.90

64k+ ratings

🎭 Comedic Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🤝 Partners In Crime

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 88%

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

Jazz Funeral

by Julie Smith • 1993

When a JazzFest producer is murdered, his teenage half-sister runs into the New Orleans night.

3.85

2k+

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🎷 Southern Noir 👮‍♀️ Police Procedural

Jazz Funeral 88%

When a JazzFest producer is murdered, his teenage half-sister runs into the New Orleans night.

by Julie Smith 1993

3.85

2k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🎷 Southern Noir 👮‍♀️ Police Procedural

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

by Holly Jackson • 2019

To prove a dead boy innocent, Pip reopens his girlfriend's murder. The killer is watching.

4.28

1.8M+

🕵️ Amateur Detective 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📁 Cold Case Reopened

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder 88%

To prove a dead boy innocent, Pip reopens his girlfriend's murder. The killer is watching.

by Holly Jackson 2019

4.28

1.8M+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Detective 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📁 Cold Case Reopened

The Morning Show Murders

by Al Roker • 2009

A TV chef becomes the prime suspect when his producer is poisoned outside his Manhattan restaurant.

3.36

1k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🍳 Culinary Cozy 🎯 Framed For Murder

The Morning Show Murders 88%

A TV chef becomes the prime suspect when his producer is poisoned outside his Manhattan restaurant.

by Al Roker 2009

3.36

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🍳 Culinary Cozy 🎯 Framed For Murder

Simply Lies

by David Baldacci • 2023

A fake call lures a single mother to a hidden corpse and the perfect murder frame.

3.96

59k+

🎯 Framed Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🛡️ Witness Protection

Simply Lies 88%

A fake call lures a single mother to a hidden corpse and the perfect murder frame.

by David Baldacci 2023

3.96

59k+ ratings

🎯 Framed Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🛡️ Witness Protection

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 Impossible Fortune

by Richard Osman • 2025

A car bomb and a missing man pull a grieving ex-spy toward a fortune sealed underground.

4.26

141k+

👵 Retiree Sleuths 🤝 Found Family 🔢 Codes And Ciphers

The Impossible Fortune 88%

A car bomb and a missing man pull a grieving ex-spy toward a fortune sealed underground.

by Richard Osman 2025

4.26

141k+ ratings

👵 Retiree Sleuths 🤝 Found Family 🔢 Codes And Ciphers

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club

by Gloria Chao • 2025

Three ex-girlfriends plot revenge, then find his body and a crime scene full of their DNA.

3.56

16k+

🧶 Cozy Mystery Energy 😈 Revenge Comedy 🎙️ Podcast Mystery

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club 88%

Three ex-girlfriends plot revenge, then find his body and a crime scene full of their DNA.

by Gloria Chao 2025

3.56

16k+ ratings

🧶 Cozy Mystery Energy 😈 Revenge Comedy 🎙️ Podcast Mystery

Mother-Daughter Murder Night

by Nina Simon • 2023

When her granddaughter is accused of murder, a mogul with cancer investigates in a coastal town.

3.55

117k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🔒 Family Secrets

Mother-Daughter Murder Night 88%

When her granddaughter is accused of murder, a mogul with cancer investigates in a coastal town.

by Nina Simon 2023

3.55

117k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🔒 Family Secrets

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 88%

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

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

A New Lease on Death

by Olivia Blacke • 2024

A lonely ghost teams up with her apartment's new tenant to solve a neighbor's murder.

3.63

4k+

👻 Paranormal Cozy 🔎 Ghost Sleuth 🤝 Odd Couple

A New Lease on Death 88%

A lonely ghost teams up with her apartment's new tenant to solve a neighbor's murder.

by Olivia Blacke 2024

3.63

4k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Cozy 🔎 Ghost Sleuth 🤝 Odd Couple

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

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 88%

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

The Life We Bury

by Allen Eskens • 2014

A college student races to prove a dying veteran's innocence before cancer closes the case forever.

4.09

212k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 📁 Cold Case Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

The Life We Bury 88%

A college student races to prove a dying veteran's innocence before cancer closes the case forever.

by Allen Eskens 2014

4.09

212k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 📁 Cold Case Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

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

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

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 87%

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

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

Sworn to Silence

by Linda Castillo • 2009

A serial killer's signature returns to Amish country, but the police chief killed him years ago.

4.04

53k+

📋 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👻 Haunted Detective

Sworn to Silence 87%

A serial killer's signature returns to Amish country, but the police chief killed him years ago.

by Linda Castillo 2009

4.04

53k+ ratings

📋 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 👻 Haunted Detective

Black Bear Alibi

by J.C. Fuller • 2019

A staged bear attack hides a murder on an island where everyone knows the killer.

4.15

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Black Bear Alibi 87%

A staged bear attack hides a murder on an island where everyone knows the killer.

by J.C. Fuller 2019

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun

by Elle Cosimano • 2023

A novelist and her sidekick hunt a hitman inside a police academy to cancel a Russian mob debt.

3.83

86k+

🎭 Comedic Thriller 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🃏 Mistaken Identity

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun 87%

A novelist and her sidekick hunt a hitman inside a police academy to cancel a Russian mob debt.

by Elle Cosimano 2023

3.83

86k+ ratings

🎭 Comedic Thriller 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🃏 Mistaken Identity

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 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

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

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

by Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2023

A lonely widow finds a dead man and turns the suspects into family.

4.02

209k+

🖤 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👵 Meddling Protagonist

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers Summary

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers 87%

A lonely widow finds a dead man and turns the suspects into family.

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2023

4.02

209k+ ratings

🖤 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👵 Meddling Protagonist

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 Man Who Died Twice

by Richard Osman • 2021

A dead man's letter pulls four elderly sleuths into stolen diamonds and a mafia manhunt.

4.35

362k+

🕵️ Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Retired Spy 💕 Found Family

The Man Who Died Twice 87%

A dead man's letter pulls four elderly sleuths into stolen diamonds and a mafia manhunt.

by Richard Osman 2021

4.35

362k+ ratings

🕵️ Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Retired Spy 💕 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

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