Most Read This Week In 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)

Crime of Fashion (Busybodies Collection, #3)

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

The Antique Hunter's Death on the Red Sea (Antique Hunter's, #2)

The Vanilla Killer (The Charity Shop Detective Agency #4)

An Irish Bookshop Murder (Mercy McCarthy Mystery, #1)

The Tomb of the Chatelaine (Heathcliff Lennox, #6)

A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #6)

A Traitor in Whitehall (Evelyne Redfern, #1)

A Fiancée's Guide to First Wives and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #4)

Murder by Candlelight (The Val & Arbie Mysteries, #1)

The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg (A Domestic Diva Mystery, #18)

Old Habits (Albert Smith's Mystery Thrillers #1)

Murder in the Scottish Highlands (Ally McKinley Mystery #1)

A Fashionably French Murder (An American In Paris Mystery, #3)

Death at the Dinner Party (A Secret Bookcase Mystery, #3)

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

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

An English Garden Murder (Julia Bird Mysteries, #1)

An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #7)

A Murder Most French (American In Paris Mystery, #2)

Death at the Manor (Lily Adler Mystery, #3)

A Trace of Poison (Phyllida Bright Mystery, #2)

Death at Fournier Downs (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #2)

Fatal by Design (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #5)

An Act of Foul Play (Lady Hardcastle, #9)

Murder at Ashton Steeple (Heathcliff Lennox, #10)

A Counterfeit Suitor (Rosalind Thorne Mysteries, #5)

Silence of Deceit (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #3)

The Mystery of Montague Morgan (Heathcliff Lennox, #7)

Murder at the Taffy Shop (Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, #2)

A Wreath of Red Roses (Heathcliff Lennox, #9)

A Lady Compromised (Rosalind Thorne Mysteries, #4)

Death at a Scottish Christmas (A Scottish Isle Mystery, #3)

Shot Through the Book (Lighthouse Library Mystery #12)

Terror in Topaz (Harriet Gordon Mystery, #4)

The Birdcage Murders (Heathcliff Lennox, #8)

Aloha Alibi (Charlotte Gibson Mysteries #1)

Penance for the Dead (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #4)

A Murder at the Movies (A Secret Bookcase Mystery, #2)

Checking Out Crime (Bookmobile Cat Mystery, #9)

A Village Theatre Murder (Julia Bird Mysteries #7)

The Monks Hood Murders (Heathcliff Lennox, #5)

Death and Fromage (A Follet Valley Mystery, #2)

Death in Damascus (Heathcliff Lennox, #4)

Murder at Everham Hall (Marius Quin Mystery #1)

Murder at the Rusty Anchor (A Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, #6)

Murder by Invitation Only (Phyllida Bright #3)

Murder on the Farm (Malvern Farm Mystery, #1)

A Limited Edition Murder (Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery, #10)

Peking Duck and Cover (Noodle Shop Mystery, #10)

Egg Drop Dead (A Noodle Shop Mystery, #5)

Murder is a Piece of Cake (Baker Street Mystery #2)

The Whitechapel Widow (Emma Langley Victorian Mystery #1)

A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death (Baker Street Mystery #3)

A Country Wedding Murder (Julia Bird Mysteries #5)

The Stranger in the Library (Lighthouse Library Mystery #11)

Mystic Pieces (Shady Grove Psychic Mystery #1)

Miss Morton and the English House Party Murder (Miss Morton Mysteries, #1)

Put Out to Pasture (Farm to Table Mysteries, #2)

Mango, Mambo, and Murder (A Caribbean Kitchen Mystery, #1)

A Wallflower’s Guide to Viscounts and Vice (A Wallflower’s Guide #1)

Farm to Trouble (Farm to Table Mysteries, #1)

Knife Skills for Beginners (Chef Paul Delamare Mysteries, #1)

Pumpkin Spice Peril (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #12)

The Game Is a Footnote (A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, #8)

Cheddar Late Than Dead (Grilled Cheese Mysteries #3)

The Unkept Woman (Sparks & Bainbridge, #4)

Rockin' Around the Chickadee (Meg Langslow #36)

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

The Expectant Detectives (The Expectant Detectives, #1)

A Novel Disguise (A Lady Librarian Mystery #1)

The Secret of the Lost Pearls (Rosalind Thorne Mysteries, #6)

Murder on the Golden Arrow (Kitty Worthington, #1)

A Very Woodsy Murder (Golden Motel Mysteries, #1)

Dead Tired (The Expectant Detectives, #2)

Revenge in Rubies (Harriet Gordon Mystery, #2)

The Missing Diamond (The Crown Jewels Regency Mysteries, #1)

Public Anchovy #1 (Deep Dish Mysteries, #3)

Evil in Emerald (Harriet Gordon Mystery, #3)

Miss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance (Miss Morton Mysteries, #3)

What the Cat Dragged In (Cat in the Stacks #14)

The Diva Says Cheesecake! (A Domestic Diva Mystery, #15)

A Mystery in Bloom: Murder in the Marigolds (An Alice Bloom Cozy Mystery #1)

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