Carnival Mystery Books | Summaries & Audio

Joyland

by Stephen King • 2013

A heartbroken student's carnival summer job unearths a ghost story that masks an unsolved murder.

3.93

181k+

🎪 Carnival Noir 🔍 Cold Case Murder 🎭 Villainous Mentor 👻 Psychic Child 🤝 Found Family

Joyland 91%

A heartbroken student's carnival summer job unearths a ghost story that masks an unsolved murder.

by Stephen King 2013

3.93

181k+ ratings

🎪 Carnival Noir 🔍 Cold Case Murder 🎭 Villainous Mentor 👻 Psychic Child 🤝 Found Family

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo

by Franklin W. Dixon • 1967

The Hardy boys join a carnival, then chase a stuffed whale concealing a stolen idol.

3.77

2k+

🕵️ Teen Detectives 👬 Sibling Sleuths 🎭 Disguise And Deception 💎 Lost Artifact 🕶️ Vintage Detective

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo 90%

The Hardy boys join a carnival, then chase a stuffed whale concealing a stolen idol.

by Franklin W. Dixon 1967

3.77

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Detectives 👬 Sibling Sleuths 🎭 Disguise And Deception 💎 Lost Artifact 🕶️ Vintage Detective

Caraval

by Stephanie Garber • 2016

Inside a magical carnival, Scarlett's sister is the prize and every clue demands a sacrifice.

4.23

990

🎪 Magical Carnival 🧩 Game Of Riddles 👯 Sisterly Bond 🎭 Hidden Identities 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

Caraval 90%

Inside a magical carnival, Scarlett's sister is the prize and every clue demands a sacrifice.

by Stephanie Garber 2016

4.23

990 ratings

🎪 Magical Carnival 🧩 Game Of Riddles 👯 Sisterly Bond 🎭 Hidden Identities 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

Caraval

by Stephanie Garber • 2016

To rescue her sister, Scarlett enters Caraval, a game of illusions where nothing is real.

3.97

906k+

🎪 Magical Carnival ❤️ Allies To Lovers 👯 Sister Rescue 🌀 Unreliable Reality 🎭 Dark Whimsy

Caraval 89%

To rescue her sister, Scarlett enters Caraval, a game of illusions where nothing is real.

by Stephanie Garber 2016

3.97

906k+ ratings

🎪 Magical Carnival ❤️ Allies To Lovers 👯 Sister Rescue 🌀 Unreliable Reality 🎭 Dark Whimsy

The Damsel and the Daggerman

by Delilah S. Dawson • 2014

To expose a traveling carnival, a journalist takes a knife thrower's dare and becomes his undoing.

3.95

310

🎪 Carnival Setting 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Virgin Hero 🔮 Fated Mates 🎭 Dark Carnival

The Damsel and the Daggerman 89%

To expose a traveling carnival, a journalist takes a knife thrower's dare and becomes his undoing.

by Delilah S. Dawson 2014

3.95

310 ratings

🎪 Carnival Setting 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Virgin Hero 🔮 Fated Mates 🎭 Dark Carnival

The Midnight Carousel

by Fiza Saeed McLynn • 2025

An orphan, a carousel, and its finest horse: children who ride it vanish without a trace.

3.72

2k+

🎠 Cursed Object 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🔍 Obsessed Detective 🎪 Dark Carnival

The Midnight Carousel 88%

An orphan, a carousel, and its finest horse: children who ride it vanish without a trace.

by Fiza Saeed McLynn 2025

3.72

2k+ ratings

🎠 Cursed Object 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🔍 Obsessed Detective 🎪 Dark Carnival

The Christmas Jigsaw Murders

by Alexandra Benedict • 2023

A reclusive crossword setter must solve a killer's jigsaw before each piece becomes a body.

3.41

12k+

🎄 Holiday Mystery 👵 Elderly Amateur Sleuth 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Family 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Christmas

The Christmas Jigsaw Murders 88%

A reclusive crossword setter must solve a killer's jigsaw before each piece becomes a body.

by Alexandra Benedict 2023

3.41

12k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Mystery 👵 Elderly Amateur Sleuth 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Family 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Christmas

The Flaw in All Magic

by Ben S. Dobson • 2017

An expelled scholar without magic returns to campus: someone has died inside an impenetrable ward.

4.11

3k+

🔍 Magical Whodunit ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧠 Magicless Hero 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🤝 Reluctant Partners

The Flaw in All Magic 88%

An expelled scholar without magic returns to campus: someone has died inside an impenetrable ward.

by Ben S. Dobson 2017

4.11

3k+ ratings

🔍 Magical Whodunit ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧠 Magicless Hero 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🤝 Reluctant Partners

To Fetch a Thief

by Spencer Quinn • 2010

A PI and his dog discover a missing elephant’s trail leads to a deadly smuggling ring.

4.07

8k+

🐕 Canine Narrator 🎪 Circus Setting 🐘 Animal Welfare 💔 Hardboiled With Heart 😄 Lighthearted Mystery

To Fetch a Thief 87%

A PI and his dog discover a missing elephant’s trail leads to a deadly smuggling ring.

by Spencer Quinn 2010

4.07

8k+ ratings

🐕 Canine Narrator 🎪 Circus Setting 🐘 Animal Welfare 💔 Hardboiled With Heart 😄 Lighthearted Mystery

The Rise of Flynn Rider

by Jen Calonita • 2021

To become Flynn Rider, an orphan risks his circus family on a heist for a lost princess.

3.89

604

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎪 Circus Fantasy 👑 Hidden Royalty 🎭 Secret Identity 🗝️ Reluctant Thief

The Rise of Flynn Rider 87%

To become Flynn Rider, an orphan risks his circus family on a heist for a lost princess.

by Jen Calonita 2021

3.89

604 ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎪 Circus Fantasy 👑 Hidden Royalty 🎭 Secret Identity 🗝️ Reluctant Thief

Voodoo River

by Robert Crais • 1995

A TV star's adoption search leads an LA detective into a bayou full of deadly secrets.

4.18

17k+

🕵️ Hardboiled PI 🎭 Southern Noir 👤 Hidden Parentage 🌟 Famous Client 💪 Stoic Sidekick

Voodoo River 87%

A TV star's adoption search leads an LA detective into a bayou full of deadly secrets.

by Robert Crais 1995

4.18

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled PI 🎭 Southern Noir 👤 Hidden Parentage 🌟 Famous Client 💪 Stoic Sidekick

Santa Cruise

by Mary Higgins Clark • 2006

Two fugitives in Santa suits board a charity cruise, unaware the guests include amateur sleuths.

3.44

8k+

🚢 Cruise Ship Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👥 Ensemble Cast 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 😊 Lighthearted Suspense

Santa Cruise 87%

Two fugitives in Santa suits board a charity cruise, unaware the guests include amateur sleuths.

by Mary Higgins Clark 2006

3.44

8k+ ratings

🚢 Cruise Ship Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👥 Ensemble Cast 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 😊 Lighthearted Suspense

The Faire

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020

Bound to a hungry circus, she loves its beautiful monster. The ringmaster wants them dead.

4.34

3k+

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 👑 Morally Grey Heroine

The Faire 87%

Bound to a hungry circus, she loves its beautiful monster. The ringmaster wants them dead.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020

4.34

3k+ ratings

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 👑 Morally Grey Heroine

Pay the Piper

by George A. Romero • 2024

A bayou town's children vanish, and a girl's death log faces an ancient horror demanding payment.

3.58

2k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Louisiana Bayou 🌿 Folk Horror 💀 Generational Curse 👧 Child Protagonist

Pay the Piper 87%

A bayou town's children vanish, and a girl's death log faces an ancient horror demanding payment.

by George A. Romero 2024

3.58

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Louisiana Bayou 🌿 Folk Horror 💀 Generational Curse 👧 Child Protagonist

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin • 1978

Sixteen tenants learn a dead man's will named them suspects. To inherit, they must find the killer.

3.99

237k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Child Detective 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👥 Eccentric Ensemble Cast

The Westing Game 87%

Sixteen tenants learn a dead man's will named them suspects. To inherit, they must find the killer.

by Ellen Raskin 1978

3.99

237k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities 🕵️ Child Detective 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👥 Eccentric Ensemble Cast

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret

by Benjamin Stevenson • 2024

His ex-wife wakes bloodied beside her dead partner, and a Christmas magic show hides the killer.

3.68

47k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Fair Play Whodunit 🤝 Group Conspiracy 🩸 Framed For Murder 🎩 Stage Magic

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret Summary

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret 87%

His ex-wife wakes bloodied beside her dead partner, and a Christmas magic show hides the killer.

by Benjamin Stevenson 2024

3.68

47k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Fair Play Whodunit 🤝 Group Conspiracy 🩸 Framed For Murder 🎩 Stage Magic

The Friend of the Family

by Dean Koontz • 2026

Bought as a toddler for a carnival freak show, she is freed by filmmakers who want a daughter.

4.26

14k+

🏠 Found Family 🎪 Carnival Freak Show 💫 Supernatural Healing 🌿 Outsider Protagonist 🖤 Quiet Horror

The Friend of the Family 87%

Bought as a toddler for a carnival freak show, she is freed by filmmakers who want a daughter.

by Dean Koontz 2026

4.26

14k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🎪 Carnival Freak Show 💫 Supernatural Healing 🌿 Outsider Protagonist 🖤 Quiet Horror

Bacchanal

by Veronica G. Henry • 2021

A young outcast who speaks with animals finds refuge in a traveling carnival that devours children.

3.83

11k+

🌍 African Mythology 🎪 Traveling Carnival 🖤 Found Family 🦁 Animal Communication 😈 Demonic Bargain

Bacchanal 87%

A young outcast who speaks with animals finds refuge in a traveling carnival that devours children.

by Veronica G. Henry 2021

3.83

11k+ ratings

🌍 African Mythology 🎪 Traveling Carnival 🖤 Found Family 🦁 Animal Communication 😈 Demonic Bargain

The Rabbit Factor

by Antti Tuomainen • 2020

An actuary inherits his brother's failing adventure park and the criminals who own its debts.

3.78

6k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 🎪 Absurdist Crime 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🧊 Emotionally Repressed 🎨 Opposites Attract

The Rabbit Factor 87%

An actuary inherits his brother's failing adventure park and the criminals who own its debts.

by Antti Tuomainen 2020

3.78

6k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 🎪 Absurdist Crime 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🧊 Emotionally Repressed 🎨 Opposites Attract

Cirque Obscurum

by K.A. Knight • 2024

Bleeding in the attic, a wife's circus card summons four monstrous men offering love and vengeance.

3.97

3k+

🖤 Dark Carnival Romance 🎪 Supernatural Circus 💕 Why Choose Romance 💪 Survivor Heroine 🫂 Found Family

Cirque Obscurum 87%

Bleeding in the attic, a wife's circus card summons four monstrous men offering love and vengeance.

by K.A. Knight 2024

3.97

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Carnival Romance 🎪 Supernatural Circus 💕 Why Choose Romance 💪 Survivor Heroine 🫂 Found Family

Hallowe'en Party

by Agatha Christie • 1969

A drowned girl, a Halloween party, a boast about murder: Poirot uncovers a village's buried crimes.

3.56

107k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🐺 Girl Who Cried Wolf 👁️ Child Witness 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🎃 Halloween Mystery

Hallowe'en Party 87%

A drowned girl, a Halloween party, a boast about murder: Poirot uncovers a village's buried crimes.

by Agatha Christie 1969

3.56

107k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🐺 Girl Who Cried Wolf 👁️ Child Witness 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🎃 Halloween Mystery

A Drop of Corruption

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2025

A memory-augmented sleuth pursues an impossible locked-room killer in a city of leviathans and lies.

4.47

50k+

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🕵️ Sherlockian Duo 🩸 Body Horror 🌧️ Noir Atmosphere

A Drop of Corruption 87%

A memory-augmented sleuth pursues an impossible locked-room killer in a city of leviathans and lies.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2025

4.47

50k+ ratings

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🕵️ Sherlockian Duo 🩸 Body Horror 🌧️ Noir Atmosphere

The Pilo Family Circus

by Will Elliott • 2009

A clown drags a man into a nightmarish circus where face paint awakens his inner monster.

3.81

4k+

🤡 Evil Clowns 🎪 Circus Horror 👤 Split Identity 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Fantasy

The Pilo Family Circus 87%

A clown drags a man into a nightmarish circus where face paint awakens his inner monster.

by Will Elliott 2009

3.81

4k+ ratings

🤡 Evil Clowns 🎪 Circus Horror 👤 Split Identity 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Fantasy

The Word is Murder

by Anthony Horowitz • 2017

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

3.92

104k+

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

The Word is Murder 87%

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

by Anthony Horowitz 2017

3.92

104k+ ratings

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

The Book of Speculation

by Erika Swyler • 2015

A waterlogged circus ledger maps a family's drowning curse, with his sister next in line.

3.61

39k+

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🎪 Circus Misfits 🔮 Tarot Lore 👥 Sibling Caretakers 💧 Drowning Motif

The Book of Speculation 87%

A waterlogged circus ledger maps a family's drowning curse, with his sister next in line.

by Erika Swyler 2015

3.61

39k+ ratings

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🎪 Circus Misfits 🔮 Tarot Lore 👥 Sibling Caretakers 💧 Drowning Motif

A Deadly Episode

by Anthony Horowitz • 2026

A novelist and his detective investigate a murder on the set of their own book's adaptation.

4.02

11k+

🪞 Meta Mystery 🕵️ Detective Duo 🎬 Film Set Mystery 📝 False Confession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

A Deadly Episode 87%

A novelist and his detective investigate a murder on the set of their own book's adaptation.

by Anthony Horowitz 2026

4.02

11k+ ratings

🪞 Meta Mystery 🕵️ Detective Duo 🎬 Film Set Mystery 📝 False Confession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

Murder on Sex Island

by Jo Firestone • 2025

An undercover detective on a reality dating show finds the missing star dead in her bathtub.

3.50

6k+

🎥 Reality Tv Murder 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Dark Comedy 🏝️ Tropical Island

Murder on Sex Island 87%

An undercover detective on a reality dating show finds the missing star dead in her bathtub.

by Jo Firestone 2025

3.50

6k+ ratings

🎥 Reality Tv Murder 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Dark Comedy 🏝️ Tropical Island

Wonderland

by Jennifer Hillier • 2015

Four missing boys. A seaside amusement park. A disgraced deputy who won't stop asking questions.

4.06

44k+

🎡 Amusement Park Horror 💀 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🎭 Female Predator

Wonderland 87%

Four missing boys. A seaside amusement park. A disgraced deputy who won't stop asking questions.

by Jennifer Hillier 2015

4.06

44k+ ratings

🎡 Amusement Park Horror 💀 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🎭 Female Predator

Death of a Nurse

by M.C. Beaton • 2016

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

3.80

6k+

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit 💰 Inheritance Plot 🌊 Coastal Mystery

Death of a Nurse 87%

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

by M.C. Beaton 2016

3.80

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit 💰 Inheritance Plot 🌊 Coastal Mystery

The Clown

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020

A living circus steals Cora's pain. The puppeteer who rules it wants her soul.

4.24

4k+

🎪 Hungry Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🎭 Found Family

The Clown 87%

A living circus steals Cora's pain. The puppeteer who rules it wants her soul.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020

4.24

4k+ ratings

🎪 Hungry Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🎭 Found Family

The Imposter's Inheritance

by C.J. Archer • 2020

When a magical coronet disappears, a watch magician follows the clues into London's secret trade.

4.04

8k+

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔍 Married Sleuths 💎 Magical Heist 🫂 Found Family 👑 Secret Heir

The Imposter's Inheritance 87%

When a magical coronet disappears, a watch magician follows the clues into London's secret trade.

by C.J. Archer 2020

4.04

8k+ ratings

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔍 Married Sleuths 💎 Magical Heist 🫂 Found Family 👑 Secret Heir

Jazz Funeral

by Julie Smith • 1993

When a JazzFest producer is murdered, his teenage half-sister runs into the New Orleans night.

3.85

2k+

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🎷 Southern Noir 👮‍♀️ Police Procedural 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Teen 🎭 Hidden Identity

Jazz Funeral 87%

When a JazzFest producer is murdered, his teenage half-sister runs into the New Orleans night.

by Julie Smith 1993

3.85

2k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🎷 Southern Noir 👮‍♀️ Police Procedural 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Teen 🎭 Hidden Identity

Such Charming Liars

by Karen M. McManus • 2024

A jewel heist at a billionaire's birthday party becomes a murder trap for a teenage grifter.

3.72

24k+

🎭 Heist Gone Wrong 🃏 Con Artist Family 🫂 Found Family 🎉 Murder At A Party 🗝️ Dark Family Secrets

Such Charming Liars 87%

A jewel heist at a billionaire's birthday party becomes a murder trap for a teenage grifter.

by Karen M. McManus 2024

3.72

24k+ ratings

🎭 Heist Gone Wrong 🃏 Con Artist Family 🫂 Found Family 🎉 Murder At A Party 🗝️ Dark Family Secrets

Three Bags Full

by Leonie Swann • 2005

A shepherd murdered. A flock of sheep. And a village full of secrets only they can uncover.

3.55

28k+

🐑 Animal Detectives 🐏 Animal Narrators 🏘️ Village Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery ✨ Whimsical Mystery

Three Bags Full 87%

A shepherd murdered. A flock of sheep. And a village full of secrets only they can uncover.

by Leonie Swann 2005

3.55

28k+ ratings

🐑 Animal Detectives 🐏 Animal Narrators 🏘️ Village Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery ✨ Whimsical Mystery

Framed!

by James Ponti • 2016

The FBI's youngest asset notices everything. A museum heist exposes his best friend's hidden past.

4.38

9k+

🕵️ Child Detective 🖼️ Art Heist Mystery 🔍 Observation And Logic 👫 Partner Sleuths 👶 Search For Birth Family

Framed! 87%

The FBI's youngest asset notices everything. A museum heist exposes his best friend's hidden past.

by James Ponti 2016

4.38

9k+ ratings

🕵️ Child Detective 🖼️ Art Heist Mystery 🔍 Observation And Logic 👫 Partner Sleuths 👶 Search For Birth Family

Bury Your Past

by J.M. Dalgliesh • 2019

After a Norfolk storm unearths a skeleton, a pendant leads detectives into arson and buried secrets.

4.20

14k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 👮 British Police Procedural 🌊 Coastal Noir 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Secrets

Bury Your Past 87%

After a Norfolk storm unearths a skeleton, a pendant leads detectives into arson and buried secrets.

by J.M. Dalgliesh 2019

4.20

14k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 👮 British Police Procedural 🌊 Coastal Noir 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Secrets

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories

by Gigi Pandian • 2018

A locked room, a dead curator, a vanished artifact: a historian hunts truth behind a family curse.

3.92

299

🔐 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Historian Detective 🎩 Stage Magician ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories Summary

The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories 87%

A locked room, a dead curator, a vanished artifact: a historian hunts truth behind a family curse.

by Gigi Pandian 2018

3.92

299 ratings

🔐 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Historian Detective 🎩 Stage Magician ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Contortionist

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020

A carnival erased her pain. Now its puppeteer will never let her go.

3.89

6k+

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💊 Chronic Pain 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Sentient Setting

The Contortionist 87%

A carnival erased her pain. Now its puppeteer will never let her go.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020

3.89

6k+ ratings

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💊 Chronic Pain 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Sentient Setting

The Mystery Guest

by Nita Prose • 2023

The Head Maid's fingerprints are on the poisoned teacup that killed a famous mystery author.

3.79

163k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🏨 Hotel Mystery 🖊️ Author Murder 🧐 Quirky Detective 🔑 Family Secrets

The Mystery Guest 86%

The Head Maid's fingerprints are on the poisoned teacup that killed a famous mystery author.

by Nita Prose 2023

3.79

163k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🏨 Hotel Mystery 🖊️ Author Murder 🧐 Quirky Detective 🔑 Family Secrets

Pretty as a Picture

by Elizabeth Little • 2020

A film editor on an island shoot discovers the star posed dead, mirroring the real murder.

3.48

9k+

🎬 Film Set Mystery 📼 True Crime Critique 🔍 Amateur Detective 😬 Anxious Protagonist 👥 Found Family

Pretty as a Picture 86%

A film editor on an island shoot discovers the star posed dead, mirroring the real murder.

by Elizabeth Little 2020

3.48

9k+ ratings

🎬 Film Set Mystery 📼 True Crime Critique 🔍 Amateur Detective 😬 Anxious Protagonist 👥 Found Family

An Obvious Fact

by Craig Johnson • 2016

A suspicious wreck at Sturgis draws a Wyoming sheriff into outlaw bikers and ghost guns.

4.26

15k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🌄 Rural Noir 🕵️ Undercover Agent 🏍️ Biker Gang Crime ⭐ Stoic Lawman

An Obvious Fact 86%

A suspicious wreck at Sturgis draws a Wyoming sheriff into outlaw bikers and ghost guns.

by Craig Johnson 2016

4.26

15k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🌄 Rural Noir 🕵️ Undercover Agent 🏍️ Biker Gang Crime ⭐ Stoic Lawman

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night

by Sophie Hannah • 2023

Trapped in a crumbling Norfolk house at Christmas, Poirot hunts a killer who targets happy men.

3.68

12k+

👑 Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗝️ Family Secrets

Hercule Poirot's Silent Night 86%

Trapped in a crumbling Norfolk house at Christmas, Poirot hunts a killer who targets happy men.

by Sophie Hannah 2023

3.68

12k+ ratings

👑 Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗝️ Family Secrets

Death Beside the Seaside

by T.E. Kinsey • 2019

A seaside holiday turns lethal when a scientist vanishes from a hotel packed with spies.

4.26

11k+

🕰️ Edwardian Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Cozy 🌊 Seaside Mystery 👯 Lady Detective Duo 🏠 Found Family

Death Beside the Seaside 86%

A seaside holiday turns lethal when a scientist vanishes from a hotel packed with spies.

by T.E. Kinsey 2019

4.26

11k+ ratings

🕰️ Edwardian Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Cozy 🌊 Seaside Mystery 👯 Lady Detective Duo 🏠 Found Family

Hothouse Orchid

by Stuart Woods • 2009

Exiled to Florida, a CIA officer hunts a serial killer as her abuser runs the police.

3.95

7k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 👤 Corrupt Authority Figure 🤝 Survivor Solidarity 🎭 Hidden Identity

Hothouse Orchid 86%

Exiled to Florida, a CIA officer hunts a serial killer as her abuser runs the police.

by Stuart Woods 2009

3.95

7k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 👤 Corrupt Authority Figure 🤝 Survivor Solidarity 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie • 1922

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

3.84

72k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏙️ Post-Wwi London

The Secret Adversary 86%

Penniless in London, two friends stumble into a conspiracy of spies, impostors, and a stolen treaty.

by Agatha Christie 1922

3.84

72k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤝 Crime Solving Duo 💕 Partners To Lovers 🏙️ Post-Wwi London

Death at the Sign of the Rook

by Kate Atkinson • 2024

A stolen painting leads to a snowbound manor where a murder mystery weekend is no game.

3.71

26k+

🏠 Country House Mystery 🖼️ Art Heist 👑 Aristocratic Decay 🎭 Ensemble Cast ❄️ Snowbound Tension

Death at the Sign of the Rook 86%

A stolen painting leads to a snowbound manor where a murder mystery weekend is no game.

by Kate Atkinson 2024

3.71

26k+ ratings

🏠 Country House Mystery 🖼️ Art Heist 👑 Aristocratic Decay 🎭 Ensemble Cast ❄️ Snowbound Tension

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker

by Patricia Meredith • 2021

A beheading forces a masked thief and a detective to hunt a killer in a Spokane mansion.

4.06

190

🔍 Historical Whodunit 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Masked Thief 👥 Detective Duo ⚙️ Eccentric Inventor

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker Summary

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker 86%

A beheading forces a masked thief and a detective to hunt a killer in a Spokane mansion.

by Patricia Meredith 2021

4.06

190 ratings

🔍 Historical Whodunit 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Masked Thief 👥 Detective Duo ⚙️ Eccentric Inventor

City of Lies

by Lian Tanner • 2011

A thief chases kidnappers into a city where lies reshape reality and a festival hides secrets.

4.03

2k+

🗡️ Thief Protagonist 🎪 Truth-Bending Festival 🐾 Animal Companions 🏃 Rescue Mission 📖 Stories Within Stories

City of Lies 86%

A thief chases kidnappers into a city where lies reshape reality and a festival hides secrets.

by Lian Tanner 2011

4.03

2k+ ratings

🗡️ Thief Protagonist 🎪 Truth-Bending Festival 🐾 Animal Companions 🏃 Rescue Mission 📖 Stories Within Stories

Legendary

by Stephanie Garber • 2018

She enters a magical game to unmask its master, but a cursed prince wants more.

4.09

474k+

🎪 Dark Carnival Fantasy 🎭 Deadly Magical Game 💍 Fake Engagement 🖤 Villain Love Interest ✨ Fated Mates

Legendary 86%

She enters a magical game to unmask its master, but a cursed prince wants more.

by Stephanie Garber 2018

4.09

474k+ ratings

🎪 Dark Carnival Fantasy 🎭 Deadly Magical Game 💍 Fake Engagement 🖤 Villain Love Interest ✨ Fated Mates

I Hear the Sirens in the Street

by Adrian McKinty • 2013

A headless body, a rare poison, and a detective out of place in the Troubles.

4.07

10k+

🖤 Irish Noir ☘️ Sectarian Divide 🕵️ Outsider Detective 🕸️ Conspiracy Thriller 👑 Wealthy Family Secrets

I Hear the Sirens in the Street 86%

A headless body, a rare poison, and a detective out of place in the Troubles.

by Adrian McKinty 2013

4.07

10k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir ☘️ Sectarian Divide 🕵️ Outsider Detective 🕸️ Conspiracy Thriller 👑 Wealthy Family Secrets

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