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Books like Guidebook to Murder

If you loved Guidebook to Murder by Lynn Cahoon, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Amateur Sleuth, Cozy, Women Sleuths, and Mystery & Detective.

Amateur Sleuth Cozy Women Sleuths Mystery & Detective Fiction

Top related books to Guidebook to Murder

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

A Story to Kill — Lynn Cahoon

A Story to Kill

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

The Kielbasa Killer — Geri Krotow

The Kielbasa Killer

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

Murder in the Margins — Margaret Loudon

Murder in the Margins

Margaret Loudon

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

Needled to Death — Maggie Sefton

Needled to Death

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

Christmas Candy Corpse — Rosemarie Ross

Christmas Candy Corpse

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

Murder with Earl Grey Tea — Karen Rose Smith

Murder with Earl Grey Tea

Karen Rose Smith

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

Devil’s Food — Kerry Greenwood

Kerry Greenwood

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

Paws and Effect — Leighann Dobbs

Paws and Effect

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

The Last Devil to Die — Richard Osman

The Last Devil to Die

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

Bait and Witch — Angela M. Sanders

Angela M. Sanders

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

Mulch Ado about Murder — Edith Maxwell

Mulch Ado about Murder

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

Evil by the Sea — Kathleen Bridge

Evil by the Sea

Kathleen Bridge

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

Murder in Merino — Sally Goldenbaum

Murder in Merino

Sally Goldenbaum

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

Key Lime Pie Murder — Joanne Fluke

Key Lime Pie Murder

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

The Cat, the Mill and the Murder A Cats in Trouble Mystery — Leann Sweeney

The Cat, the Mill and the Murder A Cats in Trouble Mystery

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

Paper Cuts An Enchanting Cozy Mystery — Ellery Adams

Paper Cuts An Enchanting Cozy Mystery

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

The Accidental Alchemist An Accidental Alchemist Mystery — Gigi Pandian

The Accidental Alchemist An Accidental Alchemist Mystery

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

No Paw to Stand On — Laurie Cass

No Paw to Stand On

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

Murder in Style — Veronica Heley

Murder in Style

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

End of Story A Novel — A. J. Finn

End of Story A Novel — A. J. Finn

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

British Manor Murder — Leslie Meier

British Manor Murder

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

To Fudge or Not to Fudge — Nancy Coco

To Fudge or Not to Fudge

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

The Stranger Vanishes — Wendy Corsi Staub

The Stranger Vanishes

Wendy Corsi Staub

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

Killer Research — Jenn McKinlay

Killer Research

Themes: Amateur Sleuth • Cozy • Women Sleuths

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Amateur Sleuth, Cozy, Women Sleuths — the same threads that run through Guidebook to Murder by Lynn Cahoon. Among the authors featured: Lynn Cahoon, Geri Krotow, Margaret Loudon, Maggie Sefton, and others.

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Tuesday Night Survivors’ Club — Lynn Cahoon

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Deep Fried Revenge — Lynn Cahoon

Deep Fried Revenge

Hospitality and Homicide — Lynn Cahoon

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