🧩 Inheritance Puzzle

Mysteries where a bequest comes with conditions, riddles, or hidden clues that heirs must unravel to claim their legacy. Part treasure hunt, part family drama, these stories turn inheritance into an intellectual game.

The Hawthorne Legacy

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2021

A teenage heiress hunts for a missing son whose survival could prove he is her father.

4.18

637k+

🔍 Missing Heir 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 💰 Billionaire Family

The Hawthorne Legacy 89%

A teenage heiress hunts for a missing son whose survival could prove he is her father.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2021

4.18

637k+ ratings

🔍 Missing Heir 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 💰 Billionaire Family

The Final Gambit

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2022

Before her fortune, Avery Grambs must solve a dead man's puzzle to save her kidnapped uncle.

4.10

477k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 📜 Inheritance Drama 💰 Wealthy Family Secrets

The Final Gambit 89%

Before her fortune, Avery Grambs must solve a dead man's puzzle to save her kidnapped uncle.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2022

4.10

477k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 📜 Inheritance Drama 💰 Wealthy Family Secrets

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

by Agatha Christie • 1938

An old tyrant gathers his bitter heirs for Christmas, then turns up murdered inside a locked room.

3.98

110k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 💔 Dysfunctional Family

Hercule Poirot's Christmas 88%

An old tyrant gathers his bitter heirs for Christmas, then turns up murdered inside a locked room.

by Agatha Christie 1938

3.98

110k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 💔 Dysfunctional Family

The Brothers Hawthorne

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2023

Jameson enters a secret club where members bet secrets, and his own father holds the cards.

3.90

170k+

🏛️ Inheritance Mystery 🔐 Family Secrets 🎭 Secret Society

The Brothers Hawthorne 88%

Jameson enters a secret club where members bet secrets, and his own father holds the cards.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2023

3.90

170k+ ratings

🏛️ Inheritance Mystery 🔐 Family Secrets 🎭 Secret Society

Death in the Family

by Tessa Wegert • 2020

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

3.65

5k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets

Death in the Family 88%

A traumatized detective, a missing man, and a storm-trapped family with secrets worth killing for.

by Tessa Wegert 2020

3.65

5k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🚔 Police Procedural 🏠 Family Secrets

The Secret of the Old Clock

by Carolyn Keene • 1930

Teen detective Nancy Drew tracks a missing will hidden in a clock to outwit a greedy family.

3.97

85k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Inheritance Mystery 🍵 Cozy Mystery Energy

The Secret of the Old Clock 88%

Teen detective Nancy Drew tracks a missing will hidden in a clock to outwit a greedy family.

by Carolyn Keene 1930

3.97

85k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📜 Inheritance Mystery 🍵 Cozy Mystery Energy

How to Solve Your Own Murder

by Kristen Perrin • 2024

A fortune-teller's prophecy foretold her murder; now her great-niece must solve it to inherit.

3.79

132k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 📂 Cold Case Revisited

How to Solve Your Own Murder 88%

A fortune-teller's prophecy foretold her murder; now her great-niece must solve it to inherit.

by Kristen Perrin 2024

3.79

132k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 📂 Cold Case Revisited

Dumb Witness

by Agatha Christie • 1937

A matriarch's fatal fall and a long-lost letter send Poirot hunting a killer among her heirs.

3.92

50k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Mystery 📜 Contested Will

Dumb Witness 88%

A matriarch's fatal fall and a long-lost letter send Poirot hunting a killer among her heirs.

by Agatha Christie 1937

3.92

50k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Mystery 📜 Contested Will

The clocks [by] Agatha Christie

by Agatha Christie • 1963

A corpse. Four stopped clocks. A typist who was never supposed to be there.

3.73

43k+

🪑 Armchair Detective 💰 Inheritance Scheme 🕰️ Staged Crime Scene

The clocks [by] Agatha Christie 88%

A corpse. Four stopped clocks. A typist who was never supposed to be there.

by Agatha Christie 1963

3.73

43k+ ratings

🪑 Armchair Detective 💰 Inheritance Scheme 🕰️ Staged Crime Scene

Games Untold

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2024

A wealthy heir disappears in Prague, leaving a trail of clues for his puzzle-loving partner.

4.03

51k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 💘 Slow Burn Romance 💎 Wealthy Heirs

Games Untold 88%

A wealthy heir disappears in Prague, leaving a trail of clues for his puzzle-loving partner.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2024

4.03

51k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 💘 Slow Burn Romance 💎 Wealthy Heirs

A Murder Is Announced

by Agatha Christie • 1950

The local paper predicts a murder. When neighbors gather at dusk, the shooting is real.

4.01

88k+

🕰️ Golden Age Detective 🎭 Identity Swap 💰 Inheritance Plot

A Murder Is Announced 87%

The local paper predicts a murder. When neighbors gather at dusk, the shooting is real.

by Agatha Christie 1950

4.01

88k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Detective 🎭 Identity Swap 💰 Inheritance Plot

One False Note

by Gordon Korman • 2008

Amy and Dan chase Mozart's trail across Europe, hunted by relatives who want them dead.

3.90

55k+

🗺️ Global Treasure Hunt 👫 Orphaned Siblings 👁️ Secret Societies

One False Note 87%

Amy and Dan chase Mozart's trail across Europe, hunted by relatives who want them dead.

by Gordon Korman 2008

3.90

55k+ ratings

🗺️ Global Treasure Hunt 👫 Orphaned Siblings 👁️ Secret Societies

Death of a Gentle Lady

by M.C. Beaton • 2008

A village adores its genteel newcomer. A constable distrusts her. Then she is found strangled.

3.84

7k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🗝️ Family Secrets

Death of a Gentle Lady 87%

A village adores its genteel newcomer. A constable distrusts her. Then she is found strangled.

by M.C. Beaton 2008

3.84

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🗝️ Family Secrets

The Mother-in-Law

by Sally Hepworth • 2019

Daughter-in-law finds mother-in-law dead; murder. Suspects: her husband, his sister, herself.

3.96

205k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔍 Family Secrets

The Mother-in-Law 87%

Daughter-in-law finds mother-in-law dead; murder. Suspects: her husband, his sister, herself.

by Sally Hepworth 2019

3.96

205k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔍 Family Secrets

After the Funeral

by Agatha Christie • 1953

A relative cries murder at a funeral, then turns up dead. Poirot steps in.

3.92

51k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 English Country House 💰 Inheritance Drama

After the Funeral 87%

A relative cries murder at a funeral, then turns up dead. Poirot steps in.

by Agatha Christie 1953

3.92

51k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 English Country House 💰 Inheritance Drama

At Bertram's Hotel

by Agatha Christie • 1965

Miss Marple checks into a London hotel where the old-world perfection hides a criminal enterprise.

3.71

48k+

🔍 Classic Whodunit 👵 Amateur Sleuth 💰 Inheritance Scheme

At Bertram's Hotel 87%

Miss Marple checks into a London hotel where the old-world perfection hides a criminal enterprise.

by Agatha Christie 1965

3.71

48k+ ratings

🔍 Classic Whodunit 👵 Amateur Sleuth 💰 Inheritance Scheme

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

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

The Body in the Library

by Agatha Christie • 2018

A corpse in a colonel's library draws Miss Marple into a village's hidden web of lies.

3.76

1k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

The Body in the Library 87%

A corpse in a colonel's library draws Miss Marple into a village's hidden web of lies.

by Agatha Christie 2018

3.76

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

The Fairfleet Affair

by K.H. Saxton • 2023

After their mentor vanishes during an eclipse, two kid detectives follow his trail of museum clues.

4.06

185

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 👑 Hidden Heir

The Fairfleet Affair 87%

After their mentor vanishes during an eclipse, two kid detectives follow his trail of museum clues.

by K.H. Saxton 2023

4.06

185 ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 👑 Hidden Heir

The Maid's Secret

by Nita Prose • 2025

A hotel maid's TV appraisal reveals a Fabergé egg; fame attracts a thief who steals it.

3.86

53k+

🧹 Maid Protagonist 🔐 Locked-Room Mystery 💰 Inheritance Mystery

The Maid's Secret 87%

A hotel maid's TV appraisal reveals a Fabergé egg; fame attracts a thief who steals it.

by Nita Prose 2025

3.86

53k+ ratings

🧹 Maid Protagonist 🔐 Locked-Room Mystery 💰 Inheritance Mystery

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

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

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1892

Before forensics, one man solved impossible crimes through observation alone. Dr. Watson took notes.

4.30

329k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎩 Eccentric Detective 🏙️ Victorian London

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 87%

Before forensics, one man solved impossible crimes through observation alone. Dr. Watson took notes.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1892

4.30

329k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🎩 Eccentric Detective 🏙️ Victorian London

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

by Chris Grabenstein • 2013

An eccentric game-maker locks twelve kids in his library and dares them to escape.

4.12

62k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 📚 Library Adventure 🤝 Team Competition

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Summary

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 87%

An eccentric game-maker locks twelve kids in his library and dares them to escape.

by Chris Grabenstein 2013

4.12

62k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 📚 Library Adventure 🤝 Team Competition

The Sign of Four

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1890

A locked room corpse. A missing fortune. A one-legged fugitive. Holmes chases them down the Thames.

3.88

181k+

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🔎 Deductive Reasoning 💎 Treasure Hunt

The Sign of Four 87%

A locked room corpse. A missing fortune. A one-legged fugitive. Holmes chases them down the Thames.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1890

3.88

181k+ ratings

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🔎 Deductive Reasoning 💎 Treasure Hunt

A Pocket Full of Rye

by Agatha Christie • 1953

Rye in a dead man's pocket: a killer at a country house follows a nursery rhyme.

3.94

55k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🐦 Nursery Rhyme Murders

A Pocket Full of Rye 87%

Rye in a dead man's pocket: a killer at a country house follows a nursery rhyme.

by Agatha Christie 1953

3.94

55k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🐦 Nursery Rhyme Murders

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2008

Their mentor kidnapped, four children follow his riddles around the world, pursued by his evil twin.

4.21

61k+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🖤 Found Family 🧠 Kids Outsmarting Adults

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey Summary

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey 87%

Their mentor kidnapped, four children follow his riddles around the world, pursued by his evil twin.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2008

4.21

61k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🖤 Found Family 🧠 Kids Outsmarting Adults

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

The Christmas Jigsaw Murders 86%

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

Estudio en escarlata / La señal de los cuatro

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 2005

Pearls, a locked room murder, and lost treasure pull Holmes and Watson into a foggy hunt.

4.13

11k+

🕵️ Victorian Mystery 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 💰 Treasure Hunt

Estudio en escarlata / La señal de los cuatro Summary

Estudio en escarlata / La señal de los cuatro 86%

Pearls, a locked room murder, and lost treasure pull Holmes and Watson into a foggy hunt.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 2005

4.13

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Victorian Mystery 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 💰 Treasure Hunt

A Rule Against Murder

by Louise Penny • 2008

A remote lodge, a storm, a killer statue: Chief Inspector Gamache investigates a family's secrets.

4.21

110k+

🏚️ Country House Mystery ✍️ Literary Mystery 👪 Family Reunion Murder

A Rule Against Murder 86%

A remote lodge, a storm, a killer statue: Chief Inspector Gamache investigates a family's secrets.

by Louise Penny 2008

4.21

110k+ ratings

🏚️ Country House Mystery ✍️ Literary Mystery 👪 Family Reunion Murder

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2012

A narcoleptic genius orphan races the director of a grim orphanage to solve a hidden treasure.

4.37

20k+

🏚️ Orphanage Mystery 🗝️ Treasure Hunt Mystery 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict Summary

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict 86%

A narcoleptic genius orphan races the director of a grim orphanage to solve a hidden treasure.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2012

4.37

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Orphanage Mystery 🗝️ Treasure Hunt Mystery 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

They Do It With Mirrors

by Agatha Christie • 1952

A friend's unease pulls Miss Marple to a crumbling manor, where a staged outburst masks a murder.

3.78

47k+

🏠 Country House Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery

They Do It With Mirrors 86%

A friend's unease pulls Miss Marple to a crumbling manor, where a staged outburst masks a murder.

by Agatha Christie 1952

3.78

47k+ ratings

🏠 Country House Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🕰️ Golden Age Mystery

The Murder at Redmire Hall

by J.R. Ellis • 2018

A lord performs a locked-room vanishing act on television and reappears stabbed in the back.

4.28

15k+

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🏰 Country House Murder 🔍 Classic Whodunit

The Murder at Redmire Hall 86%

A lord performs a locked-room vanishing act on television and reappears stabbed in the back.

by J.R. Ellis 2018

4.28

15k+ ratings

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🏰 Country House Murder 🔍 Classic Whodunit

The Mysterious Benedict Society

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2007

Four extraordinary kids ace a strange test, then infiltrate an academy built on mind control.

4.20

177k+

🧩 Puzzle Box Mystery 🕵️ Spy School Adventure 🖤 Found Family

The Mysterious Benedict Society 86%

Four extraordinary kids ace a strange test, then infiltrate an academy built on mind control.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2007

4.20

177k+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Box Mystery 🕵️ Spy School Adventure 🖤 Found Family

Death Comes as the End

by Agatha Christie • 1944

When a concubine threatens an Egyptian family's inheritance, she is the first to die.

3.84

29k+

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🏛️ Ancient Egypt 💰 Inheritance Murder Plot

Death Comes as the End 86%

When a concubine threatens an Egyptian family's inheritance, she is the first to die.

by Agatha Christie 1944

3.84

29k+ ratings

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🏛️ Ancient Egypt 💰 Inheritance Murder Plot

Sparkling Cyanide

by Agatha Christie • 1945

Letters claim his wife was murdered, so a widower restages the fatal dinner party.

3.92

43k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🍷 Dinner Party Murder 💔 Love Triangle

Sparkling Cyanide 86%

Letters claim his wife was murdered, so a widower restages the fatal dinner party.

by Agatha Christie 1945

3.92

43k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🍷 Dinner Party Murder 💔 Love Triangle

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma

by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2009

Four brilliant children in hiding must outwit a villain who craves a machine that controls minds.

4.28

46k+

🏠 Found Family 🧩 Codes And Puzzles 🔮 Psychic Child

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma Summary

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma 86%

Four brilliant children in hiding must outwit a villain who craves a machine that controls minds.

by Trenton Lee Stewart 2009

4.28

46k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🧩 Codes And Puzzles 🔮 Psychic Child

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

by Agatha Christie • 1920

A wealthy matriarch is poisoned in her locked bedroom, and a Belgian detective finds only motives.

4.00

516k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🏡 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle

The Mysterious Affair at Styles 86%

A wealthy matriarch is poisoned in her locked bedroom, and a Belgian detective finds only motives.

by Agatha Christie 1920

4.00

516k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🏡 Country House Murder 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle

Peril at End House

by Agatha Christie • 1932

A bullet through an heiress's hat lures Poirot from retirement into a web of staged accidents.

4.02

86k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏡 Country House Mystery 📜 Inheritance Plot

Peril at End House 86%

A bullet through an heiress's hat lures Poirot from retirement into a web of staged accidents.

by Agatha Christie 1932

4.02

86k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏡 Country House Mystery 📜 Inheritance Plot

Daughter of Mine

by Megan Miranda • 2024

A drought exposes a sunken car, pulling a daughter into the secrets her detective father buried.

3.91

78k+

🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 👪 Family Secrets 🗄️ Cold Case

Daughter of Mine 86%

A drought exposes a sunken car, pulling a daughter into the secrets her detective father buried.

by Megan Miranda 2024

3.91

78k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 👪 Family Secrets 🗄️ Cold Case

Marble Hall Murders

by Anthony Horowitz • 2025

An editor accepts a mystery manuscript, then its murders begin happening to the author's family.

4.25

33k+

🪞 Meta Mystery 🧩 Fair Play Mystery 📚 Literary Mystery

Marble Hall Murders 86%

An editor accepts a mystery manuscript, then its murders begin happening to the author's family.

by Anthony Horowitz 2025

4.25

33k+ ratings

🪞 Meta Mystery 🧩 Fair Play Mystery 📚 Literary Mystery

Sunburned

by Katherine Wood • 2025

At her billionaire ex's island, a PI hunts a blackmailer; a deadly dive makes her suspect.

3.72

2k+

🕵️ Locked Room Mystery 💰 Wealthy Suspects ⏳ Past Comes Back

Sunburned 86%

At her billionaire ex's island, a PI hunts a blackmailer; a deadly dive makes her suspect.

by Katherine Wood 2025

3.72

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Locked Room Mystery 💰 Wealthy Suspects ⏳ Past Comes Back

Spartan Gold

by Clive Cussler • 2009

A sunken sub in a swamp puts the Fargos on the trail of Napoleon's lost wine.

3.86

17k+

🗺️ Treasure Hunt 👑 Napoleonic Mystery 💑 Adventuring Couple

Spartan Gold 86%

A sunken sub in a swamp puts the Fargos on the trail of Napoleon's lost wine.

by Clive Cussler 2009

3.86

17k+ ratings

🗺️ Treasure Hunt 👑 Napoleonic Mystery 💑 Adventuring Couple

by Agatha Christie • 1957

From a passing train, a friend sees murder. No corpse appears. Miss Marple must prove it.

3.97

78k+

🏠 Country House Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💰 Inheritance Plot

4 86%

From a passing train, a friend sees murder. No corpse appears. Miss Marple must prove it.

by Agatha Christie 1957

3.97

78k+ ratings

🏠 Country House Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💰 Inheritance Plot

A Killer Wedding

by Joan O'Leary • 2025

When a wedding matriarch is murdered, a journalist must expose the family's secrets before silenced.

3.56

6k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💰 Wealthy Family Secrets ♟️ Family Power Games

A Killer Wedding 86%

When a wedding matriarch is murdered, a journalist must expose the family's secrets before silenced.

by Joan O'Leary 2025

3.56

6k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💰 Wealthy Family Secrets ♟️ Family Power Games

The Final Problem

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte • 2023

An actor famous for playing a sleuth is stranded on an island with a locked-room killer.

3.65

10k+

🧩 Locked-Room Mystery 🕵️ Holmesian Pastiche 🎭 Meta Fiction

The Final Problem 86%

An actor famous for playing a sleuth is stranded on an island with a locked-room killer.

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2023

3.65

10k+ ratings

🧩 Locked-Room Mystery 🕵️ Holmesian Pastiche 🎭 Meta Fiction

The Heiress

by Rachel Hawkins • 2024

He inherited the estate of a mother who married four times and buried every husband.

3.83

185k+

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 🔍 Domestic Suspense 🕷️ Deadly Matriarch

The Heiress 86%

He inherited the estate of a mother who married four times and buried every husband.

by Rachel Hawkins 2024

3.83

185k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 🔍 Domestic Suspense 🕷️ Deadly Matriarch

Poirot's Early Cases

by Agatha Christie • 1974

A meticulous Belgian refugee reads the souls of English killers in 18 early cases.

3.91

17k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities

Poirot's Early Cases 86%

A meticulous Belgian refugee reads the souls of English killers in 18 early cases.

by Agatha Christie 1974

3.91

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identities

Curtain

by Agatha Christie • 1975

Poirot, dying at Styles, hunts a killer who has never wielded a weapon: only words.

4.10

51k+

🏠 Country House Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle 🎭 Master Manipulator

Curtain 86%

Poirot, dying at Styles, hunts a killer who has never wielded a weapon: only words.

by Agatha Christie 1975

4.10

51k+ ratings

🏠 Country House Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Puzzle 🎭 Master Manipulator

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

Such Charming Liars 86%

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

The Grandest Game

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2024

A dancer must solve an island escape room alongside the heir she blames for her father's death.

3.94

80k+

🔐 Escape Room 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏝️ Isolated Island

The Grandest Game 86%

A dancer must solve an island escape room alongside the heir she blames for her father's death.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2024

3.94

80k+ ratings

🔐 Escape Room 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏝️ Isolated Island

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