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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
by (shelved 4 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.26 — 341,470 ratings — published 1926
Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce, #5)
by (shelved 4 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.16 — 39,694 ratings — published 2013
Explosive Eighteen (Stephanie Plum, #18)
by (shelved 4 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.98 — 85,152 ratings — published 2011
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.90 — 123,145 ratings — published 2024
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.02 — 189,276 ratings — published 2023
The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.36 — 340,898 ratings — published 2021
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.86 — 754,534 ratings — published 2020
Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.95 — 164,516 ratings — published 2016
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.00 — 500,764 ratings — published 1920
A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.75 — 65,854 ratings — published 2016
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock, #1)
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avg rating 3.87 — 40,408 ratings — published 2016
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.04 — 87,497 ratings — published 1994
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.89 — 623,160 ratings — published 2013
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.82 — 178,244 ratings — published 2009
The Secret of Shadow Ranch (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.95 — 22,617 ratings — published 1931
The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.98 — 83,601 ratings — published 1930
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
by (shelved 3 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.27 — 69,972 ratings — published 1905
Not Quite Dead Yet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.08 — 97,873 ratings — published 2025
Murder in the Drawing Room (Cleopatra Fox, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,502 ratings — published 2021
Welcome to Murder Week (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.63 — 7,619 ratings — published 2025
The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.36 — 266,220 ratings — published 2022
Schemes & Scandals (A Rip Through Time, #3.5)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,067 ratings — published 2024
The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.41 — 9,383 ratings — published 2024
Drinks and Sinkholes (The Weary Dragon Inn, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.73 — 2,256 ratings — published 2023
How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.79 — 114,026 ratings — published 2024
Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.06 — 64,452 ratings — published 2020
Corpse at Captain's Seat (Secrets and Scrabble, #8)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.06 — 823 ratings — published 2024
Murder at the Piccadilly Playhouse (Cleopatra Fox, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.96 — 7,905 ratings — published 2021
Sugar Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #6)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.73 — 21,623 ratings — published 2004
Lemon Meringue Pie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.87 — 23,931 ratings — published 2003
Peach Cobbler Murder (Hannah Swensen, #7)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.92 — 19,940 ratings — published 2005
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.68 — 71,406 ratings — published 2000
Fudge Cupcake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.91 — 23,931 ratings — published 2004
Sprinkles and Sea Serpents (Sugar Shack Witch Mysteries, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.84 — 6,944 ratings — published 2020
Witch's Block (The Accidental Medium, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,997 ratings — published 2022
Slaying at the Saloon (Nightmare, Arizona #3)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,519 ratings — published
Drowning at the Diner (Nightmare, Arizona #2)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,888 ratings — published 2023
Whispers in the Wisteria (Lovely Lethal Gardens #23)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.47 — 559 ratings — published 2023
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.12 — 303,333 ratings — published 1937
Homicide at the Haunted House (Nightmare, Arizona #1)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,994 ratings — published 2023
Board to Death (Board Game Shop, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.05 — 1,954 ratings — published 2023
Curiosity Thrilled the Cat (Magical Cats Mystery #1)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.94 — 7,912 ratings — published 2011
Mother-Daughter Murder Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.56 — 109,770 ratings — published 2023
The Poisoner's Ring (A Rip Through Time, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.10 — 8,986 ratings — published 2023
Vandals and Yule Scandals (Mitzy Moon Mysteries, #21)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.71 — 709 ratings — published
Whiskers and Lies (Magical Cats Mystery #14)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,598 ratings — published 2022
Scones and Tombstones (Mitzy Moon Mysteries, #20)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.63 — 814 ratings — published
The Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 3.79 — 74,672 ratings — published 2021
Blades and Bridesmaids (Mitzy Moon #19)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.67 — 818 ratings — published
Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off (Beacon Bakeshop, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as sleuth)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,592 ratings — published 2021
“Benjamin Munro was his name. She mouthed the syllables silently, Benjamin James Munro, twenty-six years old, late of London. He had no dependents, was a hard worker, a man not given to baseless talk. He'd been born in Sussex and grown up in the Far East, the son of archaeologists. He liked green tea, the scent of jasmine, and hot days that built towards rain.
He hadn't told her all of that. He wasn't one of those pompous men who bassooned on about himself and his achievements as if a girl were just a pretty-enough face between a pair of willing ears. Instead, she'd listened and observed and gleaned, and, when the opportunity presented, crept inside the storehouse to check the head gardener's employment book. Alice had always fancied herself a sleuth, and sure enough, pinned behind a page of Mr. Harris's careful planting notes, she'd found Benjamin Munro's application. The letter itself had been brief, written in a hand Mother would have deplored, and Alice had scanned the whole, memorizing the bits, thrilling at the way the words gave depth and color to the image she'd created and been keeping for herself, like a flower pressed between pages. Like the flower he'd given her just last month. "Look, Alice"- the stem had been green and fragile in his broad, strong hand- "the first gardenia of the season.”
― The Lake House
He hadn't told her all of that. He wasn't one of those pompous men who bassooned on about himself and his achievements as if a girl were just a pretty-enough face between a pair of willing ears. Instead, she'd listened and observed and gleaned, and, when the opportunity presented, crept inside the storehouse to check the head gardener's employment book. Alice had always fancied herself a sleuth, and sure enough, pinned behind a page of Mr. Harris's careful planting notes, she'd found Benjamin Munro's application. The letter itself had been brief, written in a hand Mother would have deplored, and Alice had scanned the whole, memorizing the bits, thrilling at the way the words gave depth and color to the image she'd created and been keeping for herself, like a flower pressed between pages. Like the flower he'd given her just last month. "Look, Alice"- the stem had been green and fragile in his broad, strong hand- "the first gardenia of the season.”
― The Lake House
“Satisfied, Sundae trotted to a bush near the lake, dug vigorously for some seconds and pulled out a bone deliciously covered in mud and bits of vegetation. She took her prize to a still-sunny patch of grass and began to gnaw at it. Two magpies, their greyish necks identifying them as juveniles, landed on a nearby branch. Sundae paused, eyes flicking up to stare at the birds, then returned to attend to the bone. One of the magpies swooped down and landed on the lawn a couple of metres away from the dog. Sunny’s top lip trembled up in the prelude of a snarl. The magpie approached the dog. Sundae’s body tensed, lip furling up further, eyes focused on the agitator. The magpie inched closer. When it was half a metre away, Sundae launched. The bird flew back to the branch next to its companion. Then both birds threw their heads back and let out a rollicking call; it sounded like laughter. Rumbling a growl, Sundae returned to her bone, casting baleful glares at the birds as she gnawed.
Saskia and Tania chuckled.
“For all of my life, I have watched the magpies and dogs of Woodgrove play this game,” Tania said. “And every time I see it, I have to laugh.”
― The Forest: A thrilling international crime novel
Saskia and Tania chuckled.
“For all of my life, I have watched the magpies and dogs of Woodgrove play this game,” Tania said. “And every time I see it, I have to laugh.”
― The Forest: A thrilling international crime novel
