Kindle eBooks > Crime, Thriller & Mystery > Mystery  

Monthly median sales (top 30)
£15,739
  The median book price
£2.99
Bestseller's daily sales
842
50th book's daily sales
52
Average number of pages per book
358
Monopoly/Olygopoly detected
No

Performance tracking

Competitiveness
Volume sales
Book price
Volatility
New releases
Self published

Matching KDP categories

fiction > mystery & detective > international mystery & crime
75.0%
fiction > mystery & detective > general
33.33%

Best selling keywords  

Median title & subtitle length is 15 words:

  • All the Colours of the Dark: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller – ‘a wonderful book’ (Richard Osman)
  • Holmes Is Missing: The follow-up to the Sunday Times bestselling mystery thriller (Holmes, Margaret & Poe Book 2)
  • After That Night: The gripping crime suspense thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author (The Will Trent Series, Book 11)
  • The Impossible Thing: A joyful, captivating new mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling crime author
  • The Blue Hour: The addictive Sunday Times bestselling psychological thriller from the author of The Girl on the Train
  • Indie success
  • 10%
  • Volatility
  • 95%
  • New releases
  • 30%
  • KDP Select
  • 36.67%

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#2

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>Chris Whitaker

 61889

#12

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>James Patterson

 8028

#14

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>Karin Slaughter

 12339

#194

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>Robert Enright

 2655

#205

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>Lee Child

 27635

#227

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>John Grisham

 86053

Front-page bestsellers:

  Book title Author Publisher Absolute rank Monthly sales volume Price Amazon stars Amazon reviews
1   All the Colours of the Dark: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller – ‘a wonderful book’ (Richard Osman) Chris Whitaker Orion 2 £29,022 £0.99 61,889
2   Holmes Is Missing: The follow-up to the Sunday Times bestselling mystery thriller (Holmes, Margaret & Poe Book 2) James Patterson Penguin 12 £115,439 £7.99 8,028
3   After That Night: The gripping crime suspense thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author (The Will Trent Series, Book 11) Karin Slaughter HarperCollins 14 £78,996 £5.99 12,339
4   The Impossible Thing: A joyful, captivating new mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling crime author Belinda Bauer Transworld Digital 19 £85,013 £7.99 228
5   The Blue Hour: The addictive Sunday Times bestselling psychological thriller from the author of The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins Transworld Digital 20 £91,877 £8.99 4,289
6   The Psychopath Next Door Mark Edwards Thomas & Mercer 25 £8,372 £1.00 8,989
7   THE FELLS an absolutely gripping British crime thriller full of twists (Detectives Donovan & Young Book 1) CATH STAINCLIFFE Joffe Books crime thriller and cozy mystery 53 £9,583 £1.99 3,227
8   The Mother: The relentlessly gripping, utterly unmissable Sunday Times bestselling thriller - guaranteed to keep you up all night T.M. Logan Zaffre 58 £27,841 £5.99 7,486
9   Deadly Care: A Frank Marshal Crime Thriller Book 3 (Marshal of Snowdonia) Simon McCleave Stamford Publishing 61 £13,646 £2.99 109
10   DETECTIVE JACK HARRIS BOOKS 1–9: nine gripping mysteries full of twists (British Crime Thriller Box Sets Book 1) JOHN DEAN The Book Folks crime thrillers, A Joffe Books company 66 £4,379 £0.99 29
11   Deceived By The Light (DI Bob Willis Book 1) Damien Boyd Thomas & Mercer 84 £3,948 £1.00 5,927
12   The Bookseller: A BRAND NEW heart-pounding psychological thriller from NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Valerie Keogh for 2025 Valerie Keogh Boldwood Books 93 £3,742 £0.99 869
13   In Plain Sight (Detective Karen Hart Book 10) D. S. Butler Thomas & Mercer 107 £3,500 £1.00 5,232
14   House Rules: the powerful must-read story of a mother's unthinkable choice by the number one bestselling author of A Spark of Light Jodi Picoult Hodder & Stoughton 125 £3,187 £0.99 11,071
15   A Dead Man on Staffin Beach: A D.I. Duncan McAdam Mystery (The Misty Isle Book 5) J M Dalgliesh Hamilton Press 142 £8,874 £2.99 4,957

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