Amateur Sleuth

An amateur sleuth mystery features a protagonist who, having no professional direct ties to the police or other investigative agency, stumbles upon and sets out to solve or help solve various crimes, most notably murder. They do not receive monetary compensation for their investigation.

They are often seen in the sub-genre cozy mystery. ...more

New Releases Tagged "Amateur Sleuth"

Whose Body in the Library (Lighthouse Library Mystery #13)

Most Read This Week Tagged "Amateur Sleuth"

Mademoiselle le Sleuth (Paris Backstage Murders)

Murder at an English Pub (Sarah Vane Mysteries #1)

The Blackout Murders (Homefront Sleuths #1)

The Harvest Festival Murders (Homefront Sleuths, #6)

The Shell House Detectives (Shell House Detectives #1)

An American in Scotland (A Scottish Isle Mystery, #1)

Death at a Scottish Wedding (A Scottish Isle Mystery, #2)

The Beach Hut Murders (The Charity Shop Detective Agency, #2)

Death at the Dog Show (The Charity Shop Detective Agency, #3)

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Amateur Sleuth Books

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)

The Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club, #1)

How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #1)

A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, #1)

A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #1)

Bruno, Chief of Police (Bruno, Chief of Police, #1)

Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #1)

Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce, #5)

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce, #2)

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Lists

Jersey Shore Mystery Books

7 books — 4 voters

Murder in a Scottish Shire by Traci Hall

Murder in a Scottish Garden by Traci Hall

Kilt at the Highland Games by Kaitlyn Dunnett

Scottish Cozy Mysteries (contemporary)

130 books — 5 voters

Murder at Christmas in Honeysuckle Grove by Denise Jaden

Murder in the Crew Quarters by Denise Jaden

Cross-Series Cozy Mysteries

2 books — 1 voter

Best Novels with a Gay Romance and Crime Solving Plot/Subplot

806 books — 600 voters

The Slush Pile Brigade by Samuel Marquis

The Woman From Death Row by Peter Hogenkamp

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Dysfunctional Sleuths

170 books — 123 voters

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Dying to Go (Nothing to Gush About) by Marcy Blesy

Guidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.

Senior Sleuths and Retired Detectives

27 books — 7 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Amateur Sleuth”

“ Around her the world stopped. Everything other than life and death dissolved in the background. In that moment, it was only her touching the pale, waxen skin of a relative stranger. ”
― Lisa Bush, City Hall

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“ Remember what I told you about family secrets.” People will kill to keep them, she thought now as she looked at Marianne McGraw. The woman’s rocking didn’t change as Nikki stepped deeper into the room. ”
― B.J. Daniels, Dark Horse

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