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

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

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Amateur Sleuth Books

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)

The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

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

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

805 books — 598 voters

The Hanged Man's Noose by Judy Penz Sheluk

Amateur Sleuth With an Edge

30 books — 39 voters

Lessons From Madame Chic by Jennifer L. Scott

The Mystic and the Missing Girl by Vikki VanSickle

Black Shadow Detective Agency by Count S. A. Olson

Top Cozy Mysteries with Tarot & Moon Magic

13 books — 8 voters

Last Exit In New Jersey by C.E. Grundler

New Jersey Sleuths

14 books — 14 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 — 105 voters

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

A Haunting at Hawthorn by Gail Grant Park

Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

Cool Female Sleuths

126 books — 65 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Amateur Sleuth”

“ Every day is an opportunity to be kinder, gentler, more loving, and more tolerant. Small kindnesses make big ripples in the pond of life. ”
― M. G. Faust, Blood Under the Oaks

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“ 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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