A body, a village, and someone thoroughly unqualified to investigate who does it anyway. Nobody here is in real danger - that's the whole point.
The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death
M.C. Beaton
The Marlow Murder Club
Robert Thorogood
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith
Death and Croissants
Ian Moore