Private investigators and detectives Books

Someone's heart is missing, and all fingers point to Forever as the thief. When psychic witch and donut connoisseur Forever Jackson has a strange premonition about one of her customers, she isn't quite sure what to do. Her talents are strictly relegated...

The Valentine Ball, the glittering social event of 1932 Boston. Who would want to spoil a debutante cotillion with a murder? Nurse Aggie Burnside goes to Boston to assist her cousin Amanda with the final touches on the dazzling debutante presentation to...

Aggie is hired to be a private nurse to an ailing millionaire's wife. But she's not the one who dies. The couple is ensconced in a mansion in the small town to evade their enemies in the city. The marriage is anything but happy and she grows attached to...

large printClint is in Chiriqui Grande for supplies. It is moonrise, a beautiful golden full moon – with a small red spot.Osorio says it is the dead man's moon because of that red spot.It turns out it really was

Large printClint receives a call from Rico Hernandez, police, The Darien. He says Dave said to call. There is a body of a man known to hang around with drug dealers and mafia types."How was he killed?""Tortured several ways, then executed...

Cover Art © Roger Kopman. People often ask me, "How did Louie Bertrand become a famous Paris sleuth?" For our first interview, Louie Bertrand agreed to meet me at a café at one o'clock in the afternoon for "le petit dejeuner." This should...

A horn blaresA crashSomebody screamsWhen a carnival train crashes in front of Summer Meadows's house, she does what comes naturally - she acts without thinking and volunteers to lead an elephant to the fairground. The animal's trainer follows close...

Large print"I was passing by on the road and saw them there by the rock. I watched a few seconds, but they were dead still."Well, I saw there was a Squirrel Cuckoo in that bush, so figured they were watching it. They spook easy."The cuckoo...

Charles Bentley, a professor at prestigious Opal College, is forced into retirement when the college hires Garrison Underwood, an academic star from England, to teach Bentley's courses in American literature. Not only does this Englishman take his...

Cover Art © Roger Kopman. People often ask me, "How did Mrs. Duchesney become a famous Paris sleuth?" I tell them it should have been easy to predict that Francine Robinsworth Duchesney would find success doing something unexpected of a young woman...

Sid Langdon is hired by a young girl, Felicia Weberley, to find her father, who she believes has gone in search of a family legend, a dazzling sapphire known as the Nourdon Blue, looted from the home of a wealthy English merchant during the unrest of the...

Large printClint is visiting friends in Culantro on his way to Quebrada Tula when Rigo, a student at the university, says his only problem lately is dead aunts. He is practicing English. Clint asks what could be the problem with dead ants? Sweep them out...

Large printOmar is in the cantina talking with a semi-pretty hippie type girl who seems a bit spaced out. She writes weird poetry and likes adventure. She is going kite riding tomorrow.Omar says that's not safe along the coast. She could end up a bloody...

Detective Sam - The Mysterious Death of Selena MartinThis is a thrilling murder mystery story. The story follows Detective Sam Taylor as he investigates the case of Selena Martin's suspicious death. In the book, Detective Sam gathers evidence and...

Broken and disillusioned after nearly dying at the hands of a serial killer, freelance writer John Standard flees his home in Portland, Oregon, for the tropical haven of Zihuatanejo, Mexico, only to find himself reluctantly drafted into the search for...

A series of perplexing murders leaves investigators puzzled. A man is shot in front of witnesses, but no one sees the gunman. When a similar murder occurs, fear of a serial killer grows. Private investigator Niki Dupre, a former student of one victim,...

Cuando la escritora, Ruth Finlay y su vecina Doris Cleaver visitan un mercado de antigüedades y objetos de colección en la pequeña ciudad de Myrtle Bay, encuentran mucho más de lo que esperaban.Después de encontrar a su antiguo entrenador de tenis...

Linda O'Neill runs the wildest Game Night parties in Colorado. The problem is, her guests are beginning to die.But who is committing the Game Night murders? Is it the BFF with the nasty jealous streak, the squeaky-clean new boyfriend, or the peculiar...

Todos adoran la Librería Teresa, una pequeña y acogedora tienda en el este de Tennessee. A Garnet Stone le encanta trabajar allí tanto como leer libros. Trabaja duro para evitar que la gata entrometida de la tienda se meta en problemas mientras...

Cuando por última vez, Ebony Makepeace empacó algunas cosas en una bolsa de mano y cerró la puerta de su apartamento en el norte de Melbourne, luchó por creer que estaba muerta. Pero cuando vio a sus padres, a su mejor amiga y a su ex novio llorando en...

Ebony Makepeace has had enough. Still living in Bradley's townhouse on the Altona foreshore, she is struggling to build a new life for herself.When tentacles of drama again wrap themselves around Bradley Culley and his family, Ebony feels as if she is...

Ein Juwelen-Dieb geht um in Leer. Aber Vorsicht: Veronika will ihre Kette zurückEin weiterer humorvoller Kriminalfall in OstfrieslandDas ostfriesische Leer wird von einer Überfallserie auf Juweliere heimgesucht. Bei einem Raub sind Veronika und...

Ein Mörder im Haus? Bibliothekarin Alice ermittelt.Der charmante Cosy Crime für Fans der Serie Only Murders in the BuildingMan wünscht niemandem etwas Schlechtes, aber für ihre herrische Vermieterin Mrs. Cunningham würde die...

Die Kronzeugin beschützen oder die Liebe wagen? Gregor Grotolowsky musste vor zehn Jahren, als er noch Polizist war, eine Entscheidung treffen. Diese holt ihn heute als Privatermittler ein: Nach einem Anschlag liegt er bewegungsunfähig im Krankenhaus in...

Lesbian fiction's funniest odd couple is back, investigating tall tales, extinct creatures, and a crumbling house filled with secrets, in this offbeat Australian romantic mystery. Partners in love, life, and earnest museum appreciation, Margaret...

Step into Moonhaven, Vermont, with the captivating "Mystic Moonhaven Mysteries" series. Join Harper Nightshade, a bookstore owner with hidden witchy talents, as she solves enchanting mysteries in this picturesque town. Each story is set against the...

A luxury island retreat. A serial killer on the prowl. A race against death.In a remote island hotel off the wild Oregon Coast, seven strangers gather for a writers' retreat.Among them is Asha Kade, a private investigator with a haunted past. Hired by an...

Cheese and wine are a match made in Heaven. Too bad murder is also on the menu.Brianna West adores her busy cheese-themed café that serves Roquefort Danishes and camembert crackers on quaint Driftwood Island. To celebrate her new small but vibrant...

From USA Today Bestselling Author, P.D. Workman!Too many missing menZachary Goldman, PI is deeply flawed, unable to overcome much of his traumatic past, yet he is always ready to defend the underdog and right injustices.When Pat asked him to look into...

The time has come for Riley Cannon, one of the bestselling novelists in history, to end her beloved series, but little do her readers know the major twist she is planning to deliver . . . if she can stay alive long enough to write it.Understanding that...

When her best friend's son is murdered, Kitty Feliz uncovers a racist scheme involving drug gangs, police corruption and gentrification through the deliberate blighting of Black communities.Spanning two cities-Portland, Oregon, and New Orleans-Usurpation...

Enjoy this small town paranormal cozy mystery with an amateur sleuth by award-winning author Ada Bell.Much Ado About MurderWhen the local college announces the spring play, Aly's roommate Amy proposes trying out together. Amy's a drama major, so it...

It's June 2020, and on top of the Covid shutdowns and racial justice revolution, Billie Knight's dad just died. She soon realizes he wasn't the one who hurt her when she was a kid-but then who the hell was? Billie, a fifty-year-old muralist and art...

The first in the Alphabet Soup Mysteries and opening night is here!One recipe is included in each book!Opening night of Chef Jessica Vasquez's new restaurant: The Crock Pot. With the media spotlighting the opening on the evening news and food bloggers...

Submerged beneath layers of history lies a long-ago buried secret.During the pandemic lockdown, Iris Pearl impulsively relocates her dulling marriage across the country in a bid to revive it. But renovating their Prerevolutionary Pennsylvania homestead...

"The dialogue is ear perfect and effortlessly carries the plot..."-Ambrose Clancy, Editor, The Shelter Island ReporterWhoDunIt Mystery Writing Competition, 2nd Place 2023.Meet the unorthodox crime fighting crew of Comfort Cottages Assisted Living...

"Intelligently written...an engaging and gripping plot..."- Zack Lynn, Author of Undead Reckoning.Meet Digger Sharma, wisecracking half-Irish, half-Indian gumshoe. As he deftly patrols his usual beat in the City of Angels, Digger attempts to solve two...

A gray hat hacker. A dark-hearted crime boss.Baltimore isn't big enough for both of them.C.T. Ferguson uses his illicit digital skills as a private investigator. When a teenaged boy wants to find his missing brother, C.T. takes the case.He soon discovers...

C.T. Ferguson has a case. Just one. It's how he works.Then devastating personal news leaves him shattered.Now he's burning the candle at both ends. His new investigation is one he never wanted and couldn't imagine. It emerged from a lie over a decade old...

Coops neuer Kunde ist seit fünfundzwanzig Jahren tot.Trotz ihres Reichtums und Erfolgs ist die Familie Covington von einer Tragödie heimgesucht worden. Vor fünfundzwanzig Jahren drohten schreckliche Unfälle ihr Geschäft und ihren Lebensunterhalt zu...

Ein ermordeter Geschäftspartner.Einhundert Millionen Dollar.Ein Klient, der seine Unschuld beteuert.Coops Klient ist ein renommierter Wissenschaftler in der Pharmaindustrie. Der Tatvorwurf lautet Mord an seinem Geschäftspartner, und hundert Millionen...

Ein ermordeter Musikmogul.Eine aufgeblasene Witwe.Um einen Killer zur Strecke zu bringen, wird er Nashville in die Knie zwingen.***Gold-Medal-Mystery-Gewinner bei den Global eBook Awards***Als Privatdetektiv Cooper Coop Harrington den Plattenfirmenmogul...

Amanda Clarke possesses the rarest, most powerful form of magic: the ability to see and manipulate time itself.If only she knew how to use it. All she gets are vague impressions, little intuitions that compel her to act.When she pays a visit to her...

A gay high-society wedding. A stolen book of spells. A love-threatening lie.Can a witch avoid a murder rap without revealing the supernatural truth? Cosmo Saville guiltily hides a paranormal secret from his soon-to-be husband. Thanks to a powerful...

Who would dare steal from homeless people, especially at Christmas! Mary Holbrook and Sandy Warner are volunteering at Heaven Sent, a homeless shelter, and discover it has been the scene of some thefts. The Heist Ladies decide to investigate. At the...

When rum collectors collide ...When mixologist Pepper Revelle joins the Bohemia Bartenders for what promises to be an entertaining, rum-soaked tiki convention in sultry South Florida, she expects divine ukuleles, sublime swizzles and a chance to know...