Books Like The Thursday Murder Club: Cozy, Clever Mysteries

Three older women with sharp instincts and nothing left to prove take in a child who witnessed a killing but can't speak — and decide her safety matters more than any official channel. Margaret Belle gives you the amateur-sleuth pleasures of age and wit, the warm pull of found family, and a small-town setting drawn with real affection. But there's a genuine undercurrent of danger here, because the threat is aimed at a vulnerable little girl. If you love clever older sleuths who get underestimated and then prove everyone wrong, start your next read in Orange Lake.