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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

Most Read This Week Tagged "Amateur Sleuth"

The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)
Murder at Gulls Nest (Nora Breen Investigates, #1)
The Beach Hut Murders (The Charity Shop Detective Agency, #2)
The Antique Hunter's Death on the Red Sea (Antique Hunter's, #2)
Murder at Little Minton (Miss Busby #1)
Crime of Fashion (Busybodies Collection, #3)
One Death at a Time
Murder by Candlelight (The Val & Arbie Mysteries, #1)
Leave the Girls Behind
An Irish Bookshop Murder (Mercy McCarthy Mystery, #1)
Old Habits (Albert Smith's Mystery Thrillers #1)
A Wreath of Red Roses (Heathcliff Lennox, #9)
The Whitechapel Widow (Emma Langley Victorian Mystery #1)
The Vanilla Killer (The Charity Shop Detective Agency #4)
A Traitor in Whitehall (Evelyne Redfern, #1)
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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)
Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce, #5)
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce, #2)
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)
The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)
The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)
The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
Death by Dumpling (Noodle Shop Mystery, #1)
The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)
A Dead Husband (Jessica Huntington, #1)
Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)
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Lists

The Slush Pile Brigade by Samuel MarquisThe Woman From Death Row by Peter HogenkampThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
Dysfunctional Sleuths
157 books — 88 voters
Front Page Fatality by LynDee WalkerKiller Hair by Ellen ByerrumRaiders of the Lost Corset by Ellen ByerrumDesigner Knockoff by Ellen ByerrumDesigner Dirty Laundry by Diane Vallere
Fashionable Mysteries
50 books — 37 voters

Revenge at Ravenswick by Kelly OliverWrap It Up! by Bonnie HardyCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersA Haunting at Hawthorn by Gail Grant ParkMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Cool Female Sleuths
117 books — 69 voters
S'Mores Can Be Deadly by Violetta ArmourPelham Fell Here by Ed LynskeyLake Charles by Ed LynskeyA Mother's Love by Hazel EggletonQuiet Anchorage by Ed Lynskey
Ed Lynskey's Mystery Books
18 books — 15 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Amateur Sleuth”

“ It’s quite a good idea. Only for heaven’s sake don’t be like that mug in the detective story who confides all his best ideas to a friendly sort of character who turns out to be the murderer in Chapter Sixteen. ”
― Martin Edwards Michael Gilbert, Smallbone Deceased
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“ He also knew the language of The Klingons, but the army had no use for it. ”
― Noorilhuda, Catharsis
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Groups Tagged "Amateur Sleuth"

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