If the Knives Out movies have shown us anything, it’s that mysteries don’t have to be dark and gloomy! Try one of these funny mystery novels for a perfect blend of crime, chaos and chuckles.
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Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by Mario Giordano
Isolde Oberreiter (AKA Auntie Poldi) is a delightfully eccentric 60-year-old German expat sleuthing her way around Sicily, and every book in the Auntie Poldi series is a fun read! In this first book, Auntie Poldi’s handyman goes missing – and then turns up dead. That means it’s up to Poldi to enmesh herself in Sicilian high society and nab the murderer.
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Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
The first in a beloved series, Bad Monkey introduces Andrew Yancy: a Florida policeman with a human arm in his freezer. Yancy isn’t sure how and why the arm left its owner, and he doesn’t buy the boating-accident/shark-attack explanation he’s been given. But can he actually prove murder?
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Death of a Green-Eyed Monster by M. C. Beaton
Scotland’s most quick-witted but unambitious policeman, Sergeant Hamish Macbeth, may have finally met the woman of his dreams! As the wedding day approaches, Hamish finds himself with a new murder to investigate – and evidence that his bride to be may have some skeletons in her closet.
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Devil’s Chew Toy by Rob Osler
Seattle teacher and blogger Hayden McCall wakes up in a stranger’s bed with a black eye. Then the police come knocking. A man Hayden met the night before has gone missing – and they suspect foul play. To get answers, Hayden teams up with two of the missing man’s friends to try and solve the mystery.
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Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
After accidentally killing a blind date, Meddelin Chan turns to her mother and aunties to help dispose of the body. That’s messy enough – and then the body is inadvertently shipped in a cooler to the billionaire wedding her family is working! Can Meddy dodge murder charges and pull off an unforgettable wedding at the same time?
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Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
This hysterical novel is the first in a new series. When writer Finlay Donovan is overheard discussing the plot of her new suspense novel with her agent, she’s mistaken for a contract killer and inadvertently accepts an offer to dispose of a problem husband. She soon discovers that real-life crime is much harder to pull off than fiction!
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Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews
Mystery, romance, and family drama collide in this novel. A star reporter is about to start a new role in Washington, D.C., until the job goes up in smoke. She lands back at her family’s small-town newspaper and must run the local gossip column – until she witnesses an accident that kills a local congressman with a shady past.
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Poppy Harmon and the Backstabbing Bachelor by Lee Hollis
PI Poppy Harmon learns she’s in serious danger from an unknown stalker rumored to be posing as a bachelor on a reality series. To reveal his true identity on set before he discovers her, Poppy must go undercover and pull off the trickiest performance of her career.
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A Shot in the Dark by Lynne Truss
Two major gangs wiped each other out during the notorious Middle Street Massacre of 1951 – or did they? While Constable Twitten enjoys a night at the theatre, he finds himself seated next to a hated theatre critic who is shot dead halfway through the opening night of the new play. It seems this town still needs a police force after all!