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Mystery & Detective Cozy Books

Books selected for readers looking for mystery & detective cozy books.

60 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 470+ tracked lists·226% reader overlap with Amateur Sleuth Books

1. We Solve Murders
Richard Osman, Nicola Walker
Fits this list for its focus on detective and mystery.
Shelf signal: Amateur Sleuths
2. Murder Most Haunted
Emma Mason
Fits this list for its focus on detective and mystery.
Shelf signal: Amateur Sleuths
3. Murder by Memory
Olivia Waite
Fits this list for its focus on cozy and mystery.
Shelf signal: Cozy Mysteries
4. Booked for Murder
P. J. Nelson
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Cozy Bookshop Mysteries
5. Murder on the Marlow Belle
Robert Thorogood
Fits this list for its focus on cozy.
Shelf signal: Cozy Mysteries
6. The Murder at World's End
Ross Montgomery
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Cozy Mysteries
7. The Killer Question
Janice Hallett
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Amateur Sleuths
8. Murder by Cheesecake
Rachel Ekstrom Courage
Fits this list for its focus on cozy and mystery.
Shelf signal: Culinary Cozies
9. Cross Your Heart and Hope He Dies
Jenny Elder Moke
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Women Detectives
10. A Murder for Miss Hortense
Mel Pennant
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Cozy Mysteries
11. The Game Is Afoot
Aure Nash, Elise Bryant
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Cozy Mysteries
12. The Murder on the Links
Agatha Christie
Fits this list for its focus on cozy and detective.
Shelf signal: British Mystery
13. Murder Goes to Market
Daisy Bateman
Included for strong mystery alignment with this mystery & detective cozy list.
Shelf signal: Culinary Cozies
14. Death Comes to Marlow
Robert Thorogood
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Women Detectives
15. Crime and Poetry
Amanda Flower
Fits this list for its focus on mystery and shelf.
Shelf signal: Cozy Mysteries
16. The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
Ally Carter, Saskia Maarleveld
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Cozy Holiday Mysteries
17. Whose Body?
Dorothy L. Sayers
Fits this list for its focus on cozy and detective.
Shelf signal: British Mystery
18. Death Notes
Ruth Rendell, Davina Porter
Fits this list for its focus on cozy and detective.
Shelf signal: British Mystery
19. Murder on Sex Island
Jo Firestone, Random House Audio
Fits this list for its focus on detective and mystery.
Shelf signal: Amateur Sleuths
20. Murder by the Millions
Daryl Wood Gerber
Included for strong mystery alignment with this mystery & detective cozy list.
Shelf signal: Cozy Mysteries
21. History Lessons
Zoe B. Wallbrook, Jasmin Walker
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Amateur Sleuths
22. The Golden Spoon
Jessa Maxwell
Included for strong book club alignment with this mystery & detective cozy list.
Shelf signal: Culinary Cozies
23. The Queen of Poisons
Robert Thorogood
Included for strong mystery alignment with this mystery & detective cozy list.
Shelf signal: Cozy Mysteries
24. The Bullet That Missed
Fiona Shaw, Richard Osman
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Amateur Sleuths