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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"

This Changes Everything
The Blackout Murders (Homefront Sleuths #1)
The Best Little Motel in Texas
Murder at the Spirit Lounge (Nora Breen Investigates, #2)
The Harvest Festival Murders (Homefront Sleuths, #6)
Murder at an English Pub (Sarah Vane Mysteries #1)
The Shell House Detectives (Shell House Detectives #1)
The Judas Monk Murders
Murder by Candlelight (The Val & Arbie Mysteries, #1)
An American in Scotland (A Scottish Isle Mystery, #1)
Whose Body in the Library (Lighthouse Library Mystery #13)
Death on a Scottish Train (A Scottish Isle Mystery, #4)
The Widows’ Guide to Murder (The Widows’ Detective Club, #1)
The Cloak and Dagger Club (A Cloak and Dagger Club Mystery, #1)
Eat, Pray, Hex (Crescent Moon Mysteries, #1)
Murder at the Bookstore (The Bookstore Mystery #1)
The Vanilla Killer (The Charity Shop Detective Agency, #4)
Death at a Scottish Wedding (A Scottish Isle Mystery, #2)
The Ravenkeeper's Daughter (Field & Greystone, #1)
Murder in the Scottish Highlands (Ally McKinley Mystery #1)
Death at a Scottish Christmas (A Scottish Isle Mystery, #3)
Murder at Millars Hotel (Lady Ellen Investigates #1)
A Murder Most French (American In Paris Mystery, #2)
The Beach Hut Murders (The Charity Shop Detective Agency, #2)
Death at Fournier Downs (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #2)
The Missing Diamond (The Crown Jewels Regency Mysteries, #1)
Murder is a Piece of Cake (Baker Street Mystery #2)
Shot Through the Book (Lighthouse Library Mystery #12)
An Amateur Sleuth’s Guide to Murder
Death at the Dog Show (The Charity Shop Detective Agency, #3)
Murder by Invitation Only (Phyllida Bright #3)
Secret Lives (Secret Lives Mysteries, #1)
A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #6)
An English Garden Murder (Julia Bird Mysteries, #1)
A Fiancée's Guide to First Wives and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #4)
Farm to Trouble (Farm to Table Mysteries, #1)
Flirting with Murder
All Aboard for Murder (Golden Motel Mystery #3)
The Antique Hunter's Death on the Red Sea (Antique Hunter’s, #2)
A Murder at the Movies (A Secret Bookcase Mystery, #2)
A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death (Baker Street Mystery #3)
Murder Under the Mistletoe (Maybridge Murder Mysteries #2)
The Expectant Detectives (The Expectant Detectives, #1)
Murder at Ashton Steeple (Heathcliff Lennox, #10)
Death and Fromage (A Follet Valley Mystery, #2)
We Had a Hunch
Old Girls Behaving Badly (Old Girls #1)
Penance for the Dead (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #4)
Farewell Blues (Lady Adelaide Mysteries Book 4)
Silence of Deceit (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #3)
A Whisper of Death (Raven & Wren, #1)
Leave the Girls Behind
Murder at the Rusty Anchor (A Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, #6)
Fatal by Design (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #5)
An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #7)
Murder at Everham Hall (Marius Quin Mystery #1)
Murder in the Book Lover's Loft (Book Retreat Mysteries, #9)
A Cast of Falcons (Nell Ward, #2)
Trouble Afoot at The Three Hounds Bakery (Doxies & Donuts Mystery #1)
A Daughter's Guide to Mothers and Murder (A Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #8)
Aloha Alibi (Charlotte Gibson Mysteries #1)
A Fashionably French Murder (An American In Paris Mystery, #3)
A Swarm of Butterflies (Nell Ward, #6)
A Body in 3B (A Murder at the Morrisey Mystery, #1)
A Wreath of Red Roses (Heathcliff Lennox, #9)
Murder Uncorked (Cece Barton Mystery, #1)
A Trace of Poison (Phyllida Bright Mystery, #2)
Clouds in My Coffee (The Country Club Murders, #3)
Icing on the Murder (Baker Street Mystery #4)
For Duck's Sake (Meg Langslow, #37)
The Whitechapel Widow (Emma Langley Victorian Mystery #1)
Death at the Dinner Party (A Secret Bookcase Mystery, #3)
The Deepest Lake
Murder in the Bookshop (Miss Merrill and Aunt Violet Mysteries, #1)
Lost Hours (Alaska Wild, #5)
The Busy Body (Ghostwriter Mystery, #1)
Murder in an Irish Castle (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, #12)
A Doomful of Sugar (Maple Syrup Mysteries, 1)
Murder in a Teacup (Tea By the Sea, #2)
Taken to the Grave (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #7)
Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime (Miss Sharp Investigates, #2)
A Village Theatre Murder (Julia Bird Mysteries #7)
A Death on Corfu (Minnie Harper, #1)
The Library Murders (Flora Steele, #8)
Murder at the Blarney Bash (Beacon Bakeshop, #5)
A Traitor in Whitehall (Evelyne Redfern, #1)
Mrs. Plansky's Revenge (Mrs. Plansky #1)
The Birdcage Murders (Heathcliff Lennox, #8)
The Mystery of Montague Morgan (Heathcliff Lennox, #7)
A Mischief of Rats (Nell Ward, #3)
Death Down the Aisle (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, #11)
Murder on the Golden Arrow (Kitty Worthington, #1)
No Parm No Foul (Grilled Cheese Mysteries #2)
The Tomb of the Chatelaine (Heathcliff Lennox, #6)
Put Out to Pasture (Farm to Table Mysteries, #2)
Five Golden Wings (Meg Langslow Mysteries, #38)
The Devil in the Details (A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, #11)
Solid Gold Murder (A Golden Motel Mystery, #2)
Perfect Storm (Alaska Wild, #6)
A Very Woodsy Murder (Golden Motel Mysteries, #1)

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― Noorilhuda, Catharsis
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