Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > Traditional Detectives  

Monthly median sales (top 30)
$17,620
  The median book price
$8.99
Bestseller's daily sales
369
50th book's daily sales
15
Average number of pages per book
293
Monopoly/Olygopoly detected
Yes

Performance tracking

Competitiveness
Volume sales
Book price
Volatility
New releases
Self published

Matching KDP categories

fiction > mystery & detective > international mystery & crime
50.0%
fiction > mystery & detective > traditional british
47.43%
fiction > mystery & detective > historical
35.36%
fiction > mystery & detective > general
35.36%

Keyword requirement

detective, sleuth, mystery, thriller, suspense, british detective

Best selling keywords  

Median title & subtitle length is 10 words:

  • The Bones at Point No Point (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller Book 1)
  • Close to Death: A Novel (A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery, 5)
  • The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel (A Thursday Murder Club Mystery)
  • Buried in the Backwater (A Sheriff Elven Hallie Mystery Book 1)
  • See No Evil: A Yorkshire Murder Mystery (DCI Harry Grimm Crime Thrillers Book 17)
  • Indie success
  • 35%
  • Volatility
  • 100%
  • New releases
  • 29.41%
  • KDP Select
  • 40%

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>Agatha Christie

 31869

#175

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>D.D. Black

 8207

#434

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>Anthony Horowitz

 120

#3,985

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>M S Morris

 2449

#4,541

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>Louise Penny

 24954

#5,439

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>Louise Penny

 31314

Front-page bestsellers:

  Book title Author Publisher Absolute rank Monthly sales volume Price Amazon stars Amazon reviews
1   Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (Hercule Poirot Mysteries, 9) Agatha Christie Self published N/A $307 $10.99 31,869
2   The Bones at Point No Point (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller Book 1) D.D. Black Darkness and Light Publishing 175 $48,762 $4.99 8,207
3   Close to Death: A Novel (A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery, 5) Anthony Horowitz Self published 434 $108,780 $21.00 120
4   The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel (A Thursday Murder Club Mystery) Richard Osman (starred review) 548 $43,764 $10.49 147,580
5   Buried in the Backwater (A Sheriff Elven Hallie Mystery Book 1) Drew Strickland (January 23, 2021) 957 $12,155 $4.99 3,667
6   And Then There Were None Agatha Christie HarperAudio 960 $42,191 $17.32 43,082
7   See No Evil: A Yorkshire Murder Mystery (DCI Harry Grimm Crime Thrillers Book 17) David J. Gatward (March 30, 2024) 1,272 $10,618 $4.99 2,969
8   And Then There Were None Agatha Christie Self published 1,382 $17,115 $8.49 43,082
9   Midsummer Mysteries: Tales from the Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie HarperAudio 1,437 $11,908 $5.99 744
10   Nonna Maria and the Case of the Stolen Necklace: A Novel Lorenzo Carcaterra Bantam 1,478 $23,500 $11.99 150
11   The Grey Wolf: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, 19) Louise Penny Minotaur Books 1,499 $40,572 $21.00 0
12   The Grey Wolf: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Book 19) Louise Penny Minotaur Books 1,798 $23,418 $13.49 0
13   The Complete Sherlock Holmes: The Heirloom Collection Simon Vance Self published 2,327 $47,481 $33.25 5,742
14   A Novel Way to Kill: A 1920s Mystery Novella (Lord Edgington Investigates...) Benedict Brown Self published 2,479 $4,102 $2.99 348
15   Spoken Bones (A DI Fenella Sallow Crime Thriller Book 1) N.C. Lewis (October 15, 2021) 2,632 $3,851 $2.99 7,004

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