🔎 Unlikely Investigators

A group of amateurs, misfits, or ordinary people takes on the work of uncovering truth that professionals have missed or abandoned. Their lack of credentials becomes an unlikely asset.

The Satsuma Complex

by Bob Mortimer • 2022

Dream date, dead mate, fake cops: a legal assistant's life pivots on a corn-cob USB stick.

3.68

75k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Comic Crime 😐 Deadpan Humor

The Satsuma Complex 89%

Dream date, dead mate, fake cops: a legal assistant's life pivots on a corn-cob USB stick.

by Bob Mortimer 2022

3.68

75k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Comic Crime 😐 Deadpan Humor

A Great Deliverance

by Elizabeth George • 1988

A beheading in Yorkshire, a mute confession sends two detectives into a family's darkest secrets.

4.03

52k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🎩 Aristocratic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners

A Great Deliverance 88%

A beheading in Yorkshire, a mute confession sends two detectives into a family's darkest secrets.

by Elizabeth George 1988

4.03

52k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🎩 Aristocratic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners

The Silkworm

by Robert Galbraith • 2014

A missing writer is found murdered, posed exactly like the victim in his own scandalous manuscript.

4.05

296k+

🔍 Private Investigator 🖋️ Literary Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective

The Silkworm 88%

A missing writer is found murdered, posed exactly like the victim in his own scandalous manuscript.

by Robert Galbraith 2014

4.05

296k+ ratings

🔍 Private Investigator 🖋️ Literary Noir 🕵️ Hardboiled Detective

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

Framed! 88%

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

The Thursday Murder Club

by Richard Osman • 2020

Four retirees in a quiet retirement village trade cold cases for a live murder investigation.

3.85

804k+

🧓 Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Cold Case Reopened 🤝 Unlikely Partnership

The Thursday Murder Club 88%

Four retirees in a quiet retirement village trade cold cases for a live murder investigation.

by Richard Osman 2020

3.85

804k+ ratings

🧓 Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Cold Case Reopened 🤝 Unlikely Partnership

The Bullet That Missed

by Richard Osman • 2022

To save their friend from a kill ultimatum, elderly sleuths must solve a decade-old disappearance.

4.35

283k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 👴 Elderly Protagonists 📁 Cold Case Investigation

The Bullet That Missed 88%

To save their friend from a kill ultimatum, elderly sleuths must solve a decade-old disappearance.

by Richard Osman 2022

4.35

283k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 👴 Elderly Protagonists 📁 Cold Case Investigation

Holmes, Marple & Poe

by James Patterson • 2024

Three private eyes with borrowed famous names chase a missing attorney into New York's underworld.

4.08

35k+

🔍 Private Investigators 📚 Detective Homage 🤝 Unlikely Trio

Holmes, Marple & Poe 88%

Three private eyes with borrowed famous names chase a missing attorney into New York's underworld.

by James Patterson 2024

4.08

35k+ ratings

🔍 Private Investigators 📚 Detective Homage 🤝 Unlikely Trio

A New Lease on Death

by Olivia Blacke • 2024

A lonely ghost teams up with her apartment's new tenant to solve a neighbor's murder.

3.63

4k+

👻 Paranormal Cozy 🔎 Ghost Sleuth 🤝 Odd Couple

A New Lease on Death 88%

A lonely ghost teams up with her apartment's new tenant to solve a neighbor's murder.

by Olivia Blacke 2024

3.63

4k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Cozy 🔎 Ghost Sleuth 🤝 Odd Couple

Troubled Blood

by Robert Galbraith • 2020

A daughter's plea draws private detectives into a cold case that echoes a serial killer's past.

4.38

149k+

🕰️ Cold Case 🕵️ Detective Duo 🔪 Serial Killer

Troubled Blood 88%

A daughter's plea draws private detectives into a cold case that echoes a serial killer's past.

by Robert Galbraith 2020

4.38

149k+ ratings

🕰️ Cold Case 🕵️ Detective Duo 🔪 Serial Killer

Lethal White

by Robert Galbraith • 2018

A child's murder and a minister's blackmail lead Strike and Robin to one body in Westminster.

4.25

188k+

🕵️ Private Investigator 👥 Detective Duo 🧊 Cold Case Resurfaced

Lethal White 88%

A child's murder and a minister's blackmail lead Strike and Robin to one body in Westminster.

by Robert Galbraith 2018

4.25

188k+ ratings

🕵️ Private Investigator 👥 Detective Duo 🧊 Cold Case Resurfaced

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

The Mystery Guest 88%

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

The Maid

by Nita Prose • 2022

A hotel maid discovers a dead guest, and her social awkwardness makes her the prime suspect.

3.75

719k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family

The Maid 88%

A hotel maid discovers a dead guest, and her social awkwardness makes her the prime suspect.

by Nita Prose 2022

3.75

719k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family

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

Death Beside the Seaside 88%

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

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 88%

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 Hallmarked Man

by Robert Galbraith • 2025

A corpse in a silver vault draws Strike into London's underworld of Masonic ritual and trafficking.

4.20

73k+

🔍 Investigative Duo 🖤 Gritty Detective Noir 🔥 Slow Burn Partnership

The Hallmarked Man 88%

A corpse in a silver vault draws Strike into London's underworld of Masonic ritual and trafficking.

by Robert Galbraith 2025

4.20

73k+ ratings

🔍 Investigative Duo 🖤 Gritty Detective Noir 🔥 Slow Burn Partnership

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

Pretty as a Picture 88%

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

Lullaby Town

by Robert Crais • 1992

Elvis Cole finds a director's missing wife and son. Then the mob comes for them all.

4.16

15k+

🕵️ Private Investigator 🎬 Hollywood Underworld 🔫 Mafia Ties

Lullaby Town 88%

Elvis Cole finds a director's missing wife and son. Then the mob comes for them all.

by Robert Crais 1992

4.16

15k+ ratings

🕵️ Private Investigator 🎬 Hollywood Underworld 🔫 Mafia Ties

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

Mystery of the Whale Tattoo 87%

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

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

We Solve Murders

by Richard Osman • 2024

A bodyguard framed for murder, a retired cop, and a famous novelist hunt the real killer.

4.05

197k+

🕵️ Witty Mystery 👴 Retired Detective 🏘️ English Village

We Solve Murders 87%

A bodyguard framed for murder, a retired cop, and a famous novelist hunt the real killer.

by Richard Osman 2024

4.05

197k+ ratings

🕵️ Witty Mystery 👴 Retired Detective 🏘️ English Village

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

The Secret Adversary 87%

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

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

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

Bungo Stray Dogs Light Novels, Vol. 1

by Kafka Asagiri • 2014

A by-the-book detective vets a death-obsessed partner as a shadowy bomber threatens Yokohama.

4.34

4k+

🕵️ Supernatural Detectives 🤝 Odd Couple Partners 💔 Tragic Antagonist

Bungo Stray Dogs Light Novels, Vol. 1 Summary

Bungo Stray Dogs Light Novels, Vol. 1 87%

A by-the-book detective vets a death-obsessed partner as a shadowy bomber threatens Yokohama.

by Kafka Asagiri 2014

4.34

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Supernatural Detectives 🤝 Odd Couple Partners 💔 Tragic Antagonist

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

The Flaw in All Magic 87%

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

In the Market for Murder

by T.E. Kinsey • 2015

A farmer dies in his pie. A lady sleuth and her maid sift village grudges for the poisoner.

4.12

17k+

🕵️ Lady Detective Duo 👒 Edwardian Mystery 🏘️ Village Secrets

In the Market for Murder 87%

A farmer dies in his pie. A lady sleuth and her maid sift village grudges for the poisoner.

by T.E. Kinsey 2015

4.12

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Lady Detective Duo 👒 Edwardian Mystery 🏘️ Village Secrets

Body Language

by A.K. Turner • 2020

A mortuary tech who reads the dead defies the police to prove her teacher was murdered.

3.96

6k+

🔬 Forensic Mystery 🔎 Amateur Sleuth 🚔 Police Procedural

Body Language 87%

A mortuary tech who reads the dead defies the police to prove her teacher was murdered.

by A.K. Turner 2020

3.96

6k+ ratings

🔬 Forensic Mystery 🔎 Amateur Sleuth 🚔 Police Procedural

The City & the City

by China Miéville • 2009

A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.

3.90

80k+

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Noir Detective 🏙️ Overlapping Cities

The City & the City 87%

A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.

by China Miéville 2009

3.90

80k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Noir Detective 🏙️ Overlapping Cities

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

Suburban Dicks

by Fabian Nicieza • 2021

An Indian clerk's murder pulls a pregnant ex-profiler into her suburb's sixty-year cover-up.

3.91

5k+

🏘️ Suburban Murder Mystery 🤰 Mom Detective 🕵️ Unlikely Detective Duo

Suburban Dicks 87%

An Indian clerk's murder pulls a pregnant ex-profiler into her suburb's sixty-year cover-up.

by Fabian Nicieza 2021

3.91

5k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Murder Mystery 🤰 Mom Detective 🕵️ Unlikely Detective Duo

Coming in Hot

by Deany Ray • 2023

A grandma and granddaughter fleeing a biker gang find a corpse in their Florida retirement village.

3.95

14k+

🏘️ Retirement Community Mystery 🕵️ Unlikely Sleuths 👵 Intergenerational Duo

Coming in Hot 87%

A grandma and granddaughter fleeing a biker gang find a corpse in their Florida retirement village.

by Deany Ray 2023

3.95

14k+ ratings

🏘️ Retirement Community Mystery 🕵️ Unlikely Sleuths 👵 Intergenerational Duo

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 Wrong Side of Goodbye

by Michael Connelly • 2016

Harry Bosch takes a dying billionaire's plea: find the hidden child of a doomed love affair.

4.34

80k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Haunted Detective 💰 Hidden Heir

The Wrong Side of Goodbye 87%

Harry Bosch takes a dying billionaire's plea: find the hidden child of a doomed love affair.

by Michael Connelly 2016

4.34

80k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Haunted Detective 💰 Hidden Heir

One for the Money

by Janet Evanovich • 1994

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

4.05

581k+

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance

One for the Money 87%

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

by Janet Evanovich 1994

4.05

581k+ ratings

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance

A Picture of Murder

by T.E. Kinsey • 2018

Deaths mirror a cinema troupe's witch film. An Edwardian lady and her maid investigate.

4.29

10k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 👒 Edwardian England 🏘️ Small Village Secrets

A Picture of Murder 87%

Deaths mirror a cinema troupe's witch film. An Edwardian lady and her maid investigate.

by T.E. Kinsey 2018

4.29

10k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 👒 Edwardian England 🏘️ Small Village Secrets

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

Death of a Bore

by M.C. Beaton • 2005

A pompous writer mocks a Highland village then dies. Hamish Macbeth doubts it was suicide.

3.85

7k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Death of a Bore 87%

A pompous writer mocks a Highland village then dies. Hamish Macbeth doubts it was suicide.

by M.C. Beaton 2005

3.85

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

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

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

A Line to Kill

by Anthony Horowitz • 2021

An island literary festival, a murdered sponsor, and every writer had a reason to kill him.

3.94

47k+

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Detective Duo 📖 Meta Mystery

A Line to Kill 87%

An island literary festival, a murdered sponsor, and every writer had a reason to kill him.

by Anthony Horowitz 2021

3.94

47k+ ratings

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Detective Duo 📖 Meta Mystery

Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead

by Elle Cosimano • 2022

A single-mom novelist finds a hit on her ex. She and her nanny hunt the anonymous buyer.

3.96

124k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 😂 Humorous Mystery 🤝 Partner In Crime

Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead 87%

A single-mom novelist finds a hit on her ex. She and her nanny hunt the anonymous buyer.

by Elle Cosimano 2022

3.96

124k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 😂 Humorous Mystery 🤝 Partner In Crime

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

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

In the Best Families

by Rex Stout • 1950

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

4.30

5k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo

In the Best Families 87%

His client killed, Wolfe fakes his disappearance and goes undercover inside a crime empire.

by Rex Stout 1950

4.30

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔍 Private Detective 🤝 Detective Duo

The Body in the Dales

by J.R. Ellis • 2017

A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.

4.02

30k+

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Detective Duo 🕳️ Cave Mystery

The Body in the Dales 87%

A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.

by J.R. Ellis 2017

4.02

30k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Detective Duo 🕳️ Cave Mystery

Ghost Story

by Jim Butcher • 2011

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

4.25

107k+

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir

Ghost Story 87%

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

by Jim Butcher 2011

4.25

107k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir

Death in the Cards

by Mia P. Manansala • 2025

Blamed for a classmate's disappearance, a teen tarot reader joins the family detective agency.

3.70

2k+

🕵️ Teen Detective 🃏 Tarot Readings 🫂 Found Family

Death in the Cards 87%

Blamed for a classmate's disappearance, a teen tarot reader joins the family detective agency.

by Mia P. Manansala 2025

3.70

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Teen Detective 🃏 Tarot Readings 🫂 Found Family

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter

by Alexis Hall • 2019

A sorceress and her ex-soldier flatmate hunt a blackmailer through a city of shifting realities.

3.75

4k+

🕵️ Holmesian Fantasy 💜 Sapphic Mystery 🏠 Found Family

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter Summary

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter 87%

A sorceress and her ex-soldier flatmate hunt a blackmailer through a city of shifting realities.

by Alexis Hall 2019

3.75

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Holmesian Fantasy 💜 Sapphic Mystery 🏠 Found Family

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective

by Jo Nichols • 2025

A Santa Barbara cottage community turns amateur detective when murder lands in their hedge.

3.74

5k+

🫂 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuths ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective Summary

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective 87%

A Santa Barbara cottage community turns amateur detective when murder lands in their hedge.

by Jo Nichols 2025

3.74

5k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuths ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity

Corn Dolls

by K.T. Galloway • 2021

A child vanishes, a corn doll appears. The therapist called in has her own missing sister.

4.30

2k+

🕵️ British Crime Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Missing Child

Corn Dolls 87%

A child vanishes, a corn doll appears. The therapist called in has her own missing sister.

by K.T. Galloway 2021

4.30

2k+ ratings

🕵️ British Crime Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🔍 Missing Child

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

by Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2023

A lonely widow finds a dead man and turns the suspects into family.

4.02

209k+

🖤 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👵 Meddling Protagonist

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers Summary

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers 87%

A lonely widow finds a dead man and turns the suspects into family.

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2023

4.02

209k+ ratings

🖤 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👵 Meddling Protagonist

Flaggermusmannen

by Jo Nesbø • 1997

Drunk and adrift in Sydney, a Norwegian detective hunts a serial killer in aboriginal myth.

3.55

132k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

Flaggermusmannen 87%

Drunk and adrift in Sydney, a Norwegian detective hunts a serial killer in aboriginal myth.

by Jo Nesbø 1997

3.55

132k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson • 2005

A disgraced journalist and a hacker reopen a forty-year-old disappearance on a dynastic island.

4.18

3.5M+

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 87%

A disgraced journalist and a hacker reopen a forty-year-old disappearance on a dynastic island.

by Stieg Larsson 2005

4.18

3.5M+ ratings

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 📁 Cold Case Mystery 🔍 Serial Killer Hunt

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