The Whimsy Detective Agency Book Club

The Woman in the Garden

By: Jill Johnson
Narrated by: Rachel Capell
Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Every garden has its secrets… Eustacia Rose is a Professor of Botanical Toxicology with only her extensive collection of poisonous plants for company. Her life is quiet, her schedule is unchanging, and her closest friends are the specimens she tends to. But she does have one other hobby: watching her neighbors through her telescope, taking... Read more

The Christmas Jigsaw Murders

By: Alexandra Benedict
Narrated by: Sandra Duncan
Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

A puzzling new Christmas mystery from USA Today bestselling author Alexandra Benedict! Rest. In. Pieces. On 1st of December, renowned puzzle setter, loner, and Christmas curmudgeon Edie O'Sullivan finds a hand-delivered present on her doorstep. Unwrapping it, she finds a jigsaw box and, inside, six jigsaw pieces. When fitted together, the pieces... Read more

This Girl's a Killer

By: Emma C. Wells
Narrated by: Stefanie Kay
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

“Cordelia Black. Psychopathic serial killer or anti-heroine? She only targets the worst of the worst and is oh so meticulous about it. She loves her work, but she also loves her best friend and goddaughter. When these two worlds collide, her carefully maintained façade begins to unravel. Mistakes are made and Cordelia finds herself scrambling to... Read more

Kill Yours, Kill Mine

By: Katherine Kovacic
Narrated by: Jodie Harris
Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Men get away with murder all the time. Now it's our turn. Mia's grief counseling practice, The Pleiades, is named for the seven sisters from Greek mythology who were the companions of the Goddess of the Hunt—and who, in some stories, die of grief or are killed to be saved from attackers. Mia has been gathering broken women together for a radical... Read more

Tell Me What You Did

A Novel

By: Carter Wilson
Narrated by: Allyson Ryan & Patrick Zeller
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

She gets people to confess their crimes for a living. He knows she’s hiding a terrible secret. It’s time for the truth to come out…
Poe Webb, host of a popular true crime podcast, invites people to anonymously confess crimes they’ve committed to her audience. She can’t guarantee the police won’t come after her “guests,” but her show grants... Read more

A Girl Like Us

By: Anna Sophia McLoughlin
Narrated by: Allyson Morgan
Length: 11 hours 32 minutes

They say keep your friends close and your enemies closer—but when your enemies are the Sterlings, that old adage may just prove deadly. Succession meets Saltburn in a crackling locked-room thriller of inconceivable wealth, unchecked power, and the secrets poised to bring a powerful family down. It's 2004 and former reality TV star and party girl... Read more

Ward D

By: Freida McFadden
Narrated by: Leslie Howard
Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

“This is the second Freida McFadden book I have read and I found it to be okay. I don't love the juvenile writing style, leaving chapters with questions at the end, but because of this, I find that her writing allows the book to be finished very quickly. It doesn't take a lot of thought or deep thinking to read the books. I think the idea of... Read more

This Book Will Bury Me

A Novel

By: Ashley Winstead
Narrated by: Leslie Howard
Length: 13 hours 11 minutes

“True crime and mystery/thriller lovers will be hooked immediately as a college student finds herself part of a true crime podcast as a means to give her a purpose after the unexpected death of her father and her unmanageable grief. The murders and the way the amateur sleuths worked are amazing as well as very scary. Some really interesting and... Read more

What Remains of Teague House

A Mystery

By: Stacy Johns
Narrated by: Helen Laser, Gary Tiedemann & Patricia Santomasso
Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

"This mystery is impossible to put down." — Edgar-nominated author Jess Lourey
For readers of Megan Collins with the taut character study of Angie Kim comes a searing mystery that follows three siblings as they reckon with the darkness hidden within their family after multiple graves are discovered behind their childhood home.
All families are... Read more

Murder Runs in the Family

By: Tamara Berry
Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Adam Grupper, Cynthia Darlow & Liisa Avery
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Amber thought she had troubles before her grandma was arrested for murder…
Former PI-in-training Amber Winslow has decided to flee her life in the dead of night, carrying nothing but the clothes on her back. Down on her luck and with no other choice, she heads to the sunny state of Arizona to the luxury accommodations of her grandmother’s... Read more