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)

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

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

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

Crime of Fashion (Busybodies Collection, #3)

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

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

The Shell House Detectives (Shell House Detectives #1)

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

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

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Amateur Sleuth Books

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)

Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce, #5)

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce, #2)

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)

The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club, #2)

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)

The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)

The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

Death by Dumpling (Noodle Shop Mystery, #1)

Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

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Lists

The Hanged Man's Noose by Judy Penz Sheluk

Amateur Sleuth With an Edge

27 books — 55 voters

The Slush Pile Brigade by Samuel Marquis

The Woman From Death Row by Peter Hogenkamp

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

Dysfunctional Sleuths

155 books — 84 voters

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie

A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie

Cozy Mysteries at the Boston Athenaeum (fiction)

92 books — 29 voters

Cozy Mysteries with Psychic Sleuths, Mediums & Mind Readers

1 book — 1 voter

S'Mores Can Be Deadly by Violetta Armour

Ed Lynskey's Mystery Books

18 books — 20 voters

Raiders of the Lost Corset by Ellen Byerrum

Fashionable Mysteries

50 books — 37 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Amateur Sleuth”

“ It’s quite a good idea. Only for heaven’s sake don’t be like that mug in the detective story who confides all his best ideas to a friendly sort of character who turns out to be the murderer in Chapter Sixteen. ”
― Martin Edwards Michael Gilbert, Smallbone Deceased

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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? ”
― Noorilhuda, Catharsis

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