Read Amateur Detective Stories - Updated July 2026 - Inkitt

Amateur Detective Stories

Refine by tag:

Amateur Detective
Amateur Sleuth
Violence/Murders
Mystery; Suspense; Thriller; Murder; Crime; Sci Fi; Paranormal; Lesbian; Alt Reality;
Attempted Murder
Science Fiction Thriller

Popular

All time

Create New List

The Dropout Detective

Sometimes the path to finding yourself means losing your identity first. Sophie Dayton's university life is going perfectly fine until she suddenly finds herself kicked out of her dorm and sleepin...

Create New List

The Spying Cat

It's 1893, and Kitty’s eleven cousins - her adoptive siblings - have all moved out. She only has Sherlock Holmes for company, until Cousin Joey returns from America alongside his dashing benefactor...

Create New List

City of the Night Sword

"She knew right then and there, during her engagement party, that she wanted to kill herself." All across Fukuoka City in southern Japan, people are committing suicide, seemingly with no warning o...

Create New List

The Tic Tac Toe Killer

One twisted mind is intent on involving everyone in his own sinister version of a seemingly innocent game. Victims are discovered with a gruesome three by three grid carved into their chests, and t...

Create New List

The Shadow Figure

There are many places people tend to think of where serial killers tend to slaughter their victims, but rarely do people ever think of a murder mystery within a local high school. In this story, th...

Create New List

A Mellow Reach Market Mystery

The Saturday market in Mellow Reach smells like warm bread and fresh basil—the kind of place where neighbors argue about tomato prices and mean nothing by it. Sticky cobblestones. Chipped enamel mu...

Create New List

Wolves in the Woods (Canterbury Tales, 4)

[Book 4 of the Canterbury Tales] After events of the last month, Albert Altham, Lord Canterbury, and his family have decided to take a well-deserved vacation to Italy. However, they have not even ...

Galatea Stories

Newest Amateur Detective Stories

Related to Amateur Detective

Discover Other Stories