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.
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Most Read This Week Tagged "Amateur Sleuth"

The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)
Murder at Gulls Nest (Nora Breen Investigates, #1)
One Death at a Time
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)
Murder at Little Minton (Miss Busby #1)
An Amateur Sleuth’s Guide to Murder
A Death on Corfu (Minnie Harper, #1)
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)
A Wallflower’s Guide to Viscounts and Vice (A Wallflower’s Guide #1)
Mystic Pieces (Shady Grove Psychic Mystery #1)
A Whisper of Death (Raven & Wren, #1)
A Murder at the Movies (A Secret Bookcase Mystery, #2)
The Vanilla Killer (The Charity Shop Detective Agency #4)
The Deepest Lake
Death in Damascus (Heathcliff Lennox, #4)
A Fiancée's Guide to First Wives and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #4)
A Traitor in Whitehall (Evelyne Redfern, #1)
Shot Through the Book (Lighthouse Library Mystery #12)
The Expectant Detectives (The Expectant Detectives, #1)
Death at a Scottish Wedding (A Scottish Isle Mystery, #2)
An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #7)
A Murder Most French (American In Paris Mystery, #2)
Leave the Girls Behind
Miss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance (Miss Morton Mysteries, #3)
Murder is a Piece of Cake (Baker Street Mystery, #2)
A Cast of Falcons (Nell Ward, #2)
A Generation of Vipers (Nell Ward, #4)
Death at the Dog Show (The Charity Shop Detective Agency #3)
Old Girls Behaving Badly (Old Girls #1)
The Widows’ Guide to Murder (The Widows’ Detective Club, #1)
An Act of Foul Play (Lady Hardcastle, #9)
Miss Morton and the Spirits of the Underworld
Murder at the Taffy Shop  (Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, #2)
An American in Scotland (A Scottish Isle Mystery, #1)
A Limited Edition Murder (Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery, #10)
Murder at an Irish Castle (Irish Castle Mystery #1)
Loose Lips (Ghostwriter Mystery, #2)
Death at the Dinner Party (A Secret Bookcase Mystery, #3)
A Mischief of Rats (Nell Ward, #3)
Farewell Blues (Lady Adelaide Mystery, #4)
A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death (Baker Street Mystery, #3)
Murder at Ashton Steeple (Heathcliff Lennox, #10)
The Birdcage Murders (Heathcliff Lennox, #8)
Murder in the Scottish Highlands (Ally McKinley Mystery #1)
A Wreath of Red Roses (Heathcliff Lennox, #9)
Murder at Everham Hall (Marius Quin Mystery #1)
An Excellent Thing in a Woman (Sparks and Bainbridge, #7)
A Swarm of Butterflies (Nell Ward, #6)
A Spell for Trouble (Enchanted Bay Mystery #1)
The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg (A Domestic Diva Mystery, #18)
Death at a Scottish Christmas (A Scottish Isle Mystery, #3)
Six Feet Deep Dish (Deep Dish Mysteries, #1)
I Only Read Murder (Miranda Abbott, #1)
Fondant Fumble (Cupcake Bakery Mystery, #16)
The Picture House Murders (Miss Clara Vale #1)
An English Garden Murder (Julia Bird Mysteries, #1)
Fatal Fried Rice (A Noodle Shop Mystery, #7)
A Novel Disguise (A Lady Librarian Mystery #1)
Candy Slain Murder (Country Store Mysteries, #8)
A Cyclist's Guide to Crime & Croissants
Murder on the Golden Arrow (Kitty Worthington, #1)
The Burning of Rosemont Abbey
The Monks Hood Murders (Heathcliff Lennox, #5)
The Stranger in the Library (Lighthouse Library Mystery #11)
The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds (A Dizzy Heights Mystery #1)
No Grater Crime (Country Store Mysteries, #9)
Death and Fromage (A Follet Valley Mystery, #2)
Misfortune Cookie (A Noodle Shop Mystery, #9)
Murder in the Library (Julia Bird Mysteries #2)
The Tomb of the Chatelaine (Heathcliff Lennox, #6)
A Trace of Hares (Nell Ward, #5)
Death Down the Aisle (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, #11)
Murder at the Rusty Anchor (A Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, #6)
Mrs. Plansky's Revenge
Big Shot (Country Club Murders #15)
A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #6)
Peking Duck and Cover (Noodle Shop Mystery, #10)
Murder in the Book Lover's Loft (A Book Retreat Mystery #9)
Egg Drop Dead (A Noodle Shop Mystery, #5)
The Mystery of Montague Morgan (Heathcliff Lennox, #7)
Aloha Alibi (Charlotte Gibson Mysteries #1)
Stayin' Alive (Country Club Murder #10)
Farm to Trouble (Farm to Table Mysteries, #1)
Up to No Gouda (Grilled Cheese Mysteries #1)
Death at the Manor (Lily Adler Mystery, #3)
Heathcliff Lennox - France 1918 (Heathcliff Lennox, #0.5)
Murder in Covent Garden (Miss Merrill and Aunt Violet Mysteries #4)
Knife Skills for Beginners (Chef Paul Delamare Mysteries, #1)
Cold Wind (Alaska Wild, #2)
Mystery on Hidden Lane (Eve Mallow Mystery #1)
A Royal Murder (A Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery, #9)
Put Out to Pasture (Farm to Table Mysteries, #2)
A Mystery in Bloom: Murder in the Marigolds (An Alice Bloom Cozy Mystery #1)

Edgar Allan Poe
[He] found the beast occupying his bedroom, into which it had broken from a closet adjoining, where it had been, as was thought, securely confined. Razor in hand, and fully lathered, it was sitting before a looking-glass, attempting the operation of shaving, in which it had no doubt previously watched its master through the keyhole of the closet.
Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue

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