It’s certainly not surprising, but I am a huge cozy mystery reader, and one of the many things I love about cozy mysteries is the amateur sleuth. The idea that just a regular, say librarian, can solve a mystery is so appealing. I also love getting an inside look at the different careers sleuths have. There is a wide variety! I’ve started a list with a few I really enjoy.

The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams (featured job: Bibliotherapist, Nora Pennington’s special talent—prescribing the perfect novel to ease a person’s deepest pain and lighten their heaviest burden.) 

The Plot is Murder by V. M. Burns (featured job: Mystery bookstore owner, Samantha Washington) 

The Body in the Bookstore (A Secret Bookcase Mystery Book 1) by Ellie Alexander (featured job: bookseller and event planner, Annie Murray)

Murder Past Due (Cat in the Stacks #1) by Miranda James (featured job: Librarian, Charlie Harris)

Take the Honey and Run (A Bee Keeping Mystery #1) by Jennie Marts (featured job: Mystery Writer, Bailey Briggs) 

The Catalogued Corpse: Doro Banyon Cozy Historical Mysteries by D.S. Lang (featured job: College librarian, Doro Banyon)

Live, Local, and Dead (Vermont Radio Mystery #1) by Nikki Knight (featured job: radio DJ, Jaye Jordan) 

#FollowMe for Murder (Trending Topic Mysteries #1) by Sarah E. Burr (featured job: blogger, Coco Cline)

Arsenic and Adobo (Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery #1) by Mia P. Manansala (featured job: restaurateur, Lila Macapagal)

A Deadly Inside Scoop (Ice Cream Parlor Mystery #1) by Abby Collette (featured job, owner & operator of an ice cream parlor, Bronwyn “Win” Crewse)

Murder on the Page (A Literary Dining Mystery) by Daryl Wood Gerber (featured job, chef & owner of pop-up dining establishment, Allie Catt) 

Murder A La Mode (Coffee & Cream Café Mystery #1) by Lena Gregory (featured job: operator of ice cream shop, Danika Delaney)

Cheddar Off Dead (Cheese Shop Mystery #1) by Korina Moss (featured job: cheesemonger, Willa Bauer)

Plantation Shudders (Cajun Country Mystery #1) by Ellen Byron (featured job: owner of historic Cajun B&B, Maggie Crozat) 

Resort to Murder (Northwood Mysteries #1) by Annie McEwen (featured job: interior designer & helping family run their resort, Emily Cooper)

An Escape Goat (A Zen Goat Mystery #1) by Janna Rollins (featured job: owner and instructor, Goat Yoga Center and Retreat space, Callie)