Women sleuths Books

How do you stop a killer you can't even see?It's been two years since Detective Marissa Ambrose nearly lost her life working the Couple's Killer case, but time hasn't stopped the vivid nightmares. She still carries the heavy guilt of her partner's death,...

Get ready for a quirky whodunit novel that delivers heart-pounding excitement from the first chapter. Another Foot in the Grave has all the elements you'd expect from a first-rate murder mystery: kidnapping, gruesome killings, and a detective heroine...

David Monroe is the would-be beneficiary of his father's multimillion-dollar enterprise. Avaricious and sadistic, Mr. Monroe creates an evil plot to secure his inheritance by using another human being to sow his seed and bear the children his barren wife...

Congressional staffer and amateur sleuth Kit Marshall hopes to reconnect with her hippie-turned-techie brother, but the reunion gets complicated when the body of a high-ranking government official is found at the United States Botanic Garden. Solving the...

It’s December in Copper Bluff, and from hillside to hallowed hall, everyone is merry—or will be as soon as semester break arrives. Students are studying, professors are grading, and Emmeline Prather is anticipating the university-sponsored...

As collections curator for Old World Wisconsin, Chloe Ellefson delights in losing herself in antiques and folk traditions-and forgetting her messy love life. But her peace is destroyed when her ex-boyfriend unexpectedly turns up, followed by a break-in...

Sir Jasper's Tenant Volume 1 is a novel written by Mary Elizabeth Braddon and originally published in 1865. The story follows the lives of two young women, Clara and Lucy, who become tenants of Sir Jasper, a wealthy landowner. As they settle into their...

Five rich women have diied in June and July in Torbay (known as the English Riviera), one each summer for the last five years. Is there a holiday murderer on the loose? Now, as the sixth midsummer approaches and the area starts to fill up with its annual...

In the desert landscape of northern Baja, a vacation turns deadly when a family man is brutally murdered on the peaceful pickleball courts of San Amaro. Detective Sergeant Julia Garcia is thrust into a web of lies, deceit, and hidden motives. As the...

Death in the Baja, A San Amaro Mystery (Book One)Julia Garcia is the first woman sergeant in the San Amaro State Police. She is also the most educated officer on the force, with aspirations of someday becoming the station comandante. But solving petty...

Following a tragedy in her hometown, Phoenix Gerard decides to start fresh in New York. Despite the fact there is a serial killer running rampant in the city, the move comes with little to no challenges. That is until her beloved roommate goes missing...

As you probably know, cats are no mean singers. In fact we can probably compete with your most popular songbirds out there when it comes to belting out a tune. So when Odelia was tasked to write an article about Tab Fitch, the well-known pop star, it was...

The day had finally arrived when Odelia was about to give birth to a new member of the family. Unfortunately the day had also arrived that Gran decided to adopt a dog and gift him to Chase. And if that wasn't bad enough, two murders took place that...

Sara Mason joins in searching for Huxley's MIA brother's remains in the Vietnam jungle. She is joined by her friend Esmerelda.Later in Hawaii, Sara learns that a six-year-old neighborhood girl had gone missing ten years earlier. Something odd is going on...

A week-long stay in a creepy Connecticut mansion is replete with hidden passageways, disappearing corpses, and quirky inheritance recipients.  And if that's not enough to make for hair-raising moments on the secluded, storm-bound estate, how...

"Themes of conserving our past, pursuing our passions and bringing the truth to light all shine through in this thriller... this is a story readers will thoroughly enjoy." - Anthony AvilaBank teller Claire Bennett's life changes when she wins...

Η ζωή της ταμίας της τράπεζας Κλερ Μπένετ αλλάζει όταν κερδίζει το λαχείο και αγοράζει ένα αρχαίο σπίτι στο ειδυλλιακό νησί της Φουερτεβεντούρα.  Αφού μετακομίζει στο ήσυχο χωριό της ενδοχώρας του νησιού, η Κλερ έρχεται αντιμέτωπη με ένα...

Sara Mason and love interest, Huxley Keane, follow a trail of clues in an attempt to match a bullet-scarred key found in the Vietnam jungle.An apartment key was given to Rocky, Huxley's brother, by his fiancée. If sweet Emma Ellis kept a matching key all...

Ein gefährlicher Fall für Anne KirschOberkommissarin Anne Kirsch gibt sich alle Mühe, sich an die Vorschriften zu halten. Sie hat im Dienst bereits einmal zu oft ihre Kompetenzen überschritten und darf sich keinen Fehltritt mehr leisten. Als im Sauerland...

Hauptkommissarin Vera Fox hat die Nase voll: Sie schmeißt ihre Karriere bei der Polizei in Wiesbaden hin.Doch in ihrer letzten Arbeitswoche bekommt sie noch einen Mordfall auf den Tisch, der sie nicht mehr loslässt. Ein Architekt wird in einer nebligen...

"Aurelia - Im Kampf auf Liebe und Tod"Altersempfehlung: ab 18 JahreAurelia, der Engel der Liebe, ist fassungslos, denn um sie herum sucht sich ein Gewalttäter Opfer unter ihren Freunden. Allerdings schleicht sich bei ihren Überlegungen ein leiser Zweifel...

Grand Deception exposes the highly confidential and secret lives of the World's top two political leaders. When it is discovered that the Presidents may be targeted by adversaries who want to destroy the World's balance of power, a countdown begins. If...

Sheila Lowe "wins readers over with her well-developed heroine and the wealth of fascinating detail" (Booklist) in this captivating mystery set in Hollywood, where forensic handwriting expert Claudia Rose knows that despite the words it forms, a pen will...

Meet Melody Shore, a sassy, calamity-prone millennial who leaves her legal secretary career in Pittsburgh to work as a funeral assistant. She's trying her best to send the dearly departed off to a "peaceful rest" back in her hometown of Pleasantview...

Kennedy Romero is not a murderer. Why is she the only one who believes that? Well, her and her best friend believe it. And, yes, she knows it's a little coincidental that she arrived in Vegas the same day her best friend's husband was killed. But she...

April May needs a new hobby-something other than finding dead bodies!There's more to life than running a tearoom and baking tasty treats. As the weather cools and fewer tourists visit, April decides to explore a new hobby. She joins a painting class, is...

The atmosphere of New Orleans suggests evil spirits have a role in a man's death...A young man is found dead on the street in New Orleans. He's an agricultural inspector with the state and has a loving mother and son. Is this just another case of...

A CEO found dead in a Mount Etna crater. . .  American CEO Randy Chen of a natural supplements company is found dead in the crater of Mount Etna, an apparent victim of a fall down the steep hillside of the crater. Italian authorities ruled his death...

Vengeance knows no bounds.How far would you go?Life is never simple, especially with a last name like Riot. Recently returned from their wedding trip, Bel and Riot are looking forward to settling into their new partnership and family. But their first day...

USA Today bestselling author Connie Shelton introduces her most delightful cozy mystery series yet—with a little romance, a little magic and a lot of chocolate!When she's not baking her delectable pastries Samantha Sweet breaks into houses for...

A Murder Mystery of Unlikely Bonds and Unrelenting PerilInner city architect Sarah Rohann takes on four street kids as apprentices creating an extraordinary makeshift family. But when Kevin, the newest apprentice, mysteriously disappears, Sarah's world...

IN BOOK 7 OF THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN SERIES:With foes in high places, what's a girl to do to put food on the table—let alone stay alive? If you're housewife assassin Donna Stone, you accept a Hollywood producer's offer to turn your life...

A nationwide tour. A popstar in the crosshairs. Touring with the band just got deadly.After battling breast cancer, island pop singer and single mom Ava thought she could handle anything her concert tour threw her way. But when tragedy strikes her album...

The Anthony Award-winning fourth book in the Accidental Alchemist Mystery Series by USA Today bestselling author Gigi Pandian. A perilous painting leads Zoe Faust and Dorian Robert-Houdin on an alchemical adventure in Portland, Oregon, in search of...

The third book in the Anthony Award-winning Accidental Alchemist Mystery Series by USA Today bestselling author Gigi Pandian. An unsolved crime from 1942. A dangerous secret linked to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. And a woman threatening to expose...

Reporter Mary Fanning finds the body on the bed, poisoned. Mary Fanning finds the body on the bed in the house next door. Smart, tough and inquisitive, she covers the murder trial as the first woman reporter for the Kansas Daily Tribune. Amid the...

OVER 100,000 COPIES SOLD, GRAB THE BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES READERS ARE RAVING ABOUT! Ginger Mallowan embodies everything the 1980s stand for, from big hair to power suits to "Material Girl"...until her son disappears during a beach walk one night...

A drug-dealing defendant. A stricken infant. A deadly new strain of murder.After lonely months spent writing her true crime novel, Michele Lopez Hanson reconnects with her community by offering pro-bono legal counsel. When an open-and-closed drug case...

Don't miss the first book in the Anthony Award-winning Accidental Alchemist Mystery Series by USA Today bestselling author Gigi Pandian. A chance for a new beginning in Portland, Oregon. A stowaway from Paris who needs help deciphering an ancient book...

A murder, missing loot from a famous heist, and an ancient book that could spell life or death for alchemist Zoe Faust's favorite gargoyle. Don't miss the second book in the Anthony Award-winning Accidental Alchemist Mystery Series by USA Today...

TO FIND A MISSING GIRL AND CATCH A KILLER A FEARLESS AMATEUR SLEUTH MUST FACE LIFE-THREATENING TERROR AND BETRAYAL. Angkor, Cambodia: Home of the world-renown temples made famous in the Tomb Raider movie. Also home to a people still recovering from...

In Gemmas malerischem englischen Tearoom herrscht ungewohnte Stille, und sie kann sich nicht erklären, warum - bis sie von der trendigen neuen „Tea Bar" erfährt, die am anderen Ende des Dorfes eröffnet hat. Zu ihrem Entsetzen muss sie bald feststellen,...

Sonia yearns for sharp objects and blood. But now that she’s rehabilitating herself as a “normal” mother and mathematics teacher, it’s time to stop dreaming about slicing people’s throats.While being the wife of...