Books like Murder Can Upset Your Mother by Selma Eichler

Christopher, a boy with Asperger’s syndrome, discovers that his neighbor’s dog has been murdered and sets out to solve the mystery with his unique analytical skills.

Hard‑boiled detective Sam Spade races to recover a priceless, gem‑encrusted statuette while double‑crosses and danger creep from every corner.

A charming and clever women detective, Precious Ramotswe, solves mysteries in Botswana's small town of Midsomin, South Africa, from 1986 to 1997, facing dangers and love in the process. The novel is beloved by readers worldwide for its clever dialogue and characters who are as flawed as the rest of us. The book is a bestseller and has been translated into 45 languages, including Polish, German, and Japanese, among others. It was also voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement.

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec investigates a surprising death in the quiet village of Three Pines, uncovering a sinister truth beneath the seeming hunting accident.

Full‑figured private investigator Desiree Shapiro is reluctantly pulled into a double‑murder mystery when her friend’s fiancée and her twin sister are shot in a posh New York condo, forcing Desiree to navigate actors, ex‑lovers, and New York’s gritty underbelly to uncover the truth.

Baker Hannah Swensen’s carrot cake becomes the centerpiece of a family gathering gone wrong when Uncle Gus is murdered with an ice pick. Spurred by her cat’s odd behavior, Hannah must sift through suspects to uncover the killer before her own recipe becomes a deadly threat.

In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950--and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia's family calls home. A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath. For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw. "I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn't. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire life."To Flavia the investigation is the stuff of science: full of possibilities, contradictions, and connections. Soon her father, a man raising his three daughters alone, is seized, accused of murder. And in a police cell, during a violent thunderstorm, Colonel de Luce tells his daughter an astounding story--of a schoolboy friendship turned ugly, of a priceless object that vanished in a bizarre and brazen act of thievery, of a Latin teacher who flung himself to his death from the school's tower thirty years before. Now Flavia is armed with more than enough knowledge to tie two distant deaths together, to examine new suspects, and begin a search that will lead her all the way to the King of England himself. Of this much the girl is sure: her father is innocent of murder--but protecting her and her sisters from something even worse....An enthralling mystery, a piercing depiction of class and society, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is a masterfully told tale of deceptions--and a rich literary delight.From the Hardcover edition.

During Christmas, Hannah Swensen, baker and amateur sleuth, delivers her famous plum pudding to a wedding, then investigates the murder of her eccentric neighbor Larry Jaeger in the village green.

New York's plus-size PI, Desiree Shapiro, discovers that her latest would-be client is harder to say no to than a second--make that a third--slice of Little Angie's pizza. There have already been two attempts to kill charismatic pharmaceutical exec Gordon Curry, and he wants Desiree to prevent number three. Fearful of accepting the responsibility for someone's life--or death-- Desiree prefers to take cases after the body has been carted away. However, the charming Curry wins her over. He even supplies her with the name of the disgruntled ex- employee who, he is convinced, is the only one who could possibly want to do him in. But before Desiree has the chance to follow up, Curry is shot to death. What's more, she learns that the ex-employee--her sole suspect--committed suicide two months earlier! With a tough case like this on her hands, Desiree needs to get cracking... but not before she polishes off that pizza.

When a wealthy uncle nears death and a favored nephew is murdered, a new heir enlists Manhattan PI Desiree Shapiro to uncover the truth—only to discover that the family’s hidden motives may threaten her life and inheritance.

Pugilist private investigator Desiree Shapiro is hired by a crime boss to uncover the killer of his protege, venturing into New Jersey’s underbelly while balancing a literal and figurative recipe for justice.

Private investigator Desiree Shapiro takes on a murder case in a New York apartment building, confronting a cook‑dressed suspect and a string of killings while juggling her own love life.

Private investigator Desiree Shapiro investigates the mysterious murder of a stand‑up dog trainer whose death triggered a double tragedy: the loss of a kidney donor and the suicide of his brother.

Big‑hearted private investigator Desiree Shapiro follows a twisted trail of murder, drugs, and subway tracks to uncover the truth behind her ex‑boyfriend’s new wife’s death.

After a mischievous slip at a swap meet, Brandy Borne’s accidental encounter with tycoon Wesley Sinclair III turns deadly when his wife Vanessa is murdered; Brandy, her mother Vivian, and their shih tzu Sushi team up to uncover the truth in this cozy, antique‑filled mystery.