Introduction

Are you writing (or just want to better understand one of the hottest trends in sleuth and detective stories? You can by checking out K-Lytics, one of the ongoing services that I use to help me understand market and genre trends. And it’s a great service that you can subscribe to monthly or annually, or just to buy a single report for a topic of interest. And this months report is the K-Lytics FEMALE DETECTIVES & SLEUTHS report.

Key Findings

Female sleuths and detectives are the hottest of the hot segments in the mystery, thriller, and suspense (MST) genre!

If you write MST with female sleuths or detectives, you’ll want to find out everything your can about what sells and why and you can do so with the K-Lytics FEMALE DETECTIVES & SLEUTHS report for only US $47!

83% (!) of the Top 100 Mystery, Thriller, Suspense best sellers on Kindle were written by women. That's up 12 percentage points from the same time two years ago. And that high market share stands the test of taking out a dozen romance/romantic suspense titles that have found their way into this bestseller list.

Combine this with the fact that Mystery, Thriller & Suspense is one of the highest-selling bestseller lists on Kindle.

No wonder female writers have come to dominate crime fiction, a genre traditionally associated with men. And books featuring strong female protagonists have played a significant part in this evolution.

Call to Action

But the book market for female detectives and sleuths is not very transparent. Once again, we took a closer look to solve the problem. This K-lytics report reveals the true top performers of this e-book market segment by analyzing more than 8,000 current titles.

FEMALE DETECTIVES & SLEUTHS 2024

This new report examines this market, sales development, top authors/publishers, "Virtual Top 100" bestseller list, top categories, keywords, leading cover art, high-selling genre clichés, Kindle Unlimited vs. Non-KU performance, and more.

As always, you will find the detailed video commentary on the download page.

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