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.
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New Releases Tagged "Amateur Sleuth"

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The Blackout Murders (Homefront Sleuths #1)
An Irish Bookshop Murder (Mercy McCarthy Mystery, #1)
The Judas Monk Murders
The Harvest Festival Murders (Homefront Sleuths, #6)
The Antique Hunter's Death on the Red Sea (Antique Hunter’s, #2)
The Shell House Detectives (Shell House Detectives #1)
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Death at a Scottish Wedding (A Scottish Isle Mystery, #2)
The Beach Hut Murders (The Charity Shop Detective Agency, #2)
An American in Scotland (A Scottish Isle Mystery, #1)
Murder in the Scottish Highlands (Ally McKinley Mystery #1)
Murder at Little Minton (Miss Busby #1)
Death on a Scottish Train (A Scottish Isle Mystery, #4)
A Death on Corfu (Minnie Harper, #1)
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 Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #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)
Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2)
The Maid (Molly the Maid, #1)
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How do you circumvent a mind bent upon lying to get away from the truth?
Noorilhuda, Catharsis

Lisa  Bush
Night cloaked the sky. Venus hovered overhead surrounded by traces of stars. The temperature must have dropped, as tears stung Ada’s eyes. She wiped them away with a bare hand. She hadn’t bothered with her gloves or her hood. There was no need to. As Ada navigated across the cul-de-sac, towards her home, silhouetted against the night, she felt no cold. She felt nothing at all.
Lisa Bush, City Hall

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