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 Blackout Murders (Homefront Sleuths #1)

The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

The Harvest Festival Murders (The Homefront Sleuths Cozy Mystery Series Book 6)

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

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

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

Crime of Fashion (Busybodies Collection, #3)

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'll Be Home for Mischief (Christmas Tree Farm Mystery, #5)

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

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

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

The Shell House Detectives (Shell House Detectives #1)

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

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

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

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

Aloha Alibi (Charlotte Gibson Mysteries #1)

Murder at the Charity Ball (Miss Underhay #11)

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

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

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

The Expectant Detectives (The Expectant Detectives, #1)

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

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

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

A Village Fete Murder (Julia Bird Mysteries #3)

Murder in the Library (Julia Bird Mysteries #2)

A Traitor in Whitehall (Evelyne Redfern, #1)

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

Rockin' Around the Chickadee (Meg Langslow #36)

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

Murder at Everham Hall (Marius Quin Mystery #1)

The Whitechapel Widow (Emma Langley Victorian Mystery #1)

Murder at Ashton Steeple (Heathcliff Lennox, #10)

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

Murder in the Bookshop (Miss Merrill and Aunt Violet Mysteries, #1)

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

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

Dogged by Death (A Furry Friends Mystery, #1)

Pumpkin Spice Peril (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #12)

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

Between a Flock and a Hard Place (Meg Langslow, #35)

Chapter and Curse (Cambridge Bookshop, #1)

The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds (A Dizzy Heights Mystery #1)

Fatal by Design (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #5)

Murder at Millars Hotel (Lady Ellen Investigates #1)

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

Murder Under the Mistletoe (Maybridge Murder Mysteries #2)

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

Murder at the Beauty Pageant (Miss Underhay #12)

Mrs. Plansky's Revenge (Mrs. Plansky #1)

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

Bayou Book Thief (Vintage Cookbook Mystery, #1)

An Old Money Murder in Mayfair (High Society Lady Detective, #5)

Six Stunning Sirens (Kitchen Witch Mysteries, #6)

To the Tome of Murder (Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery, #7)

Death from High Places (Lord Edgington Investigates, #1.5)

A Mumbai Murder Mystery (Temple Hill Mystery #1)

Murder by Invitation Only (Phyllida Bright #3)

The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime (A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, #10)

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

Silence of Deceit (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #3)

The Diva Delivers on a Promise (A Domestic Diva Mystery, #16)

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

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

Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow! (Meg Langslow, #34)

Fondant Fumble (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #16)

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

The Pantomime Murders (Miss Clara Vale #2)

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

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

Murder at Beacon Rock (Gilded Newport Mysteries #10)

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

The Picture House Murders (Miss Clara Vale #1)

The Birdcage Murders (Heathcliff Lennox, #8)

The Hurtwood Village Murders (Marius Quin Mystery #2)

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“ I ask you, what would you do if you could erase one bad memory and retain all that was beautiful in your life? Would you not move heaven and earth - and get loads of therapy - to have that? ”
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