Women sleuths Books

"...Once again, Willow Rose had me running in circles trying to figure the plot out." Mads and Signe are very young when they get married. They are ready to take on the world, starting with their honeymoon to Egypt. Two years later, Mads is in a...

A heartbreaking mystery from the Queen of Plot Twists, the Multi-million-copy Bestselling Author!She thought she could keep it a secret.Just fourteen years old, Amalie thought she could take off and go to the festival with her best friend without anyone...

An electrifying novel from a multi-million-copy bestselling author.It was supposed to be a night of fun, pleasure, lust, and pain for Susanne Larsen when she agreed to meet with a stranger from a chatroom. She met him for dinner that later led to casual,...

Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2018. "A wholly absorbing gumshoe tale elevated by an extraordinary detective." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Vivid, alluring, and heart-wrenching, Alexa Padgett's A...

“Evanovich…with a dash of CSI.” – Publishers Weekly (review of Lucky Stiff)Murder Takes a HolidayFor Lucky O’Toole, living with murder is, well…murder. As the Chief Problem Solver for the Babylon, Las...

Even long memories fade, but murder never dies.Elizabeth "E.M." Danniher has been among TV journalism's elite. But divorcing her network exec husband ends not only her marriage but her career, and she's banished to tiny KWMT-TV in Sherman, Wyoming, to...

She's a prosecutor chasing demons. He's wrestling them. Will they find proof of innocence? Or will the demons win?Four and a half years ago, Maggie Frye served as special prosecutor in a remote mountain county in Commonwealth of Virginia v. J.D. Carson...

FREE BONUS STORY - This edition includes Saline Solution: An Ian Thompson StoryJustice is a matter of perspective.A pleasant Sunday dinner at an Italian restaurant takes a nasty turn for Detective Erin O'Reilly when the waiter slits the throat of a...

“Midnight Louie is the funniest, hairiest, hard-boiled PI on the planet!” —Janet Evanovich“This extraordinarily unique mystery takes a delightfully unexpected twist and blends both of Douglas’s mystery series (Midnight...

When the skeletal remains of her childhood best friend are discovered fifteen years after she disappeared, Detective Carrie Shatner is forced to open up old wounds and confront parts of her past to uncover a killer. 

When Abby receives a plea for help from her old college friend Nikki, she's inclined to ignore it. Nikki was always a drama queen and besides, how much danger can she be in as she spends her time surrounded by a circle of her 'nearest and dearest.' But...

It's not a vacation until there's a murder.Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie are finally off to Florida on the vacation they've always talked about. Days filled with white sand, turquoise water, and fruity drinks are the only thing on the agenda. But when...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the bayou...Jadyn St. James is excited to start her job as game warden in Mudbug, Louisiana, and hopes it is the beginning of a new and improved life. She expected to run across any number of odd...

Shandra Higheagle is digging up clay for her renowned pottery when she scoops up a boot attached to a skeleton. She calls in Weippe County detective Ryan Greer. The body is decades old and discovered to be Shandra's employee's old flame. Ryan...

Running a private eye firm in Firefly Bay would be so much easier if I didn't have a dozen elderly ghosts dogging my every step. All I really want is to solve my cases, enjoy my coffee in peace, date super-hot cop Captain Cowboy Hot Pants, or, as he...

The Robin Hood of Private DetectivesGeorgia Garside. Foul-mouthed Private Investigator. Ex-contorionist.Out of her depth. In over her head.Caught up in the war between a wealthy industrialist and the ex-sugar babe who can't take a hint.A laugh-out-loud...

A PAST WELL HIDDEN...At a reunion of Spitfire pilots from the Battle of Britain, Georgia and Peter Marsh discover that a murder, as yet unsolved, took place in the 1970s, and make it their mission to uncover the truth of the matter.The victim was popular...

Vampire party crashers. Lives in the balance. Can Laramie resist the temptation of blood, or will she feed on her guests?Laramie Harper is throwing a Halloween shindig at The Madam two weeks after changing into a vampire. It is imperative that the party...

The BRAND NEW instalment in the Martha Miller Mysteries from bestselling author Catherine Coles!Winteringham Village 1947As a thank you for her previous brilliant crime solving, amateur sleuth, Martha Miller is guest of honour at the Winteringham Country...

She lay in the frosted grass behind Frozen Falls. Her eyes were wide open, and the wind blew her hair, ash-blond locks reflecting the blue sky. Her face, beautiful even in death, was pale, as if the bitter cold from the mountain had drained the color...

Who killed Abraham and Esther Downing in the 1970s?What is the significance of the seven tiny skeletons unearthed in the garden of Downing's cottage?And why does no-one care?As DCI Kath Fortune and her cold case team deep dive into their second...

Neighborhood busybodies Marilyn and Jack are just settling into retirement in a small California town when their peaceful routine is disrupted: an irksome young neighbor dies under mysterious circumstances. The incident brings together a small, unlikely...

"A new cozy mystery series set in a quaint New England town with a quirky cast of characters, historical tidbits and a newspaper reporter who always finds herself in the middle of murders"Just as her journalism career in the city is taking off, Piper...

A space station that's not supposed to exist. A murder. Her family's secret. Special Agent Zenobia Batiste, Office of Special Investigations, is used to solving mysteries. Now she has one of her own. When a murder is committed on Crius, a secret space...

SHE'S FUN. She's smart. She's gorgeous......Oh, and she's a real badass when she needs to be. She's Kori Briggs, super spy, and if you haven't spent any time with her yet, what the heck are you waiting for??In this third book of the A.P. Rawls...

Murder has a way of finding Kim Jackson, even in the small mining town of Creede, Colorado. Forced to leave Durango behind and move on, Kim is now working in Creede's tax accounting office, trying not to get attached. Her life is simple and quiet until...

A diamond store owner goes into anaphylactic shock after eating nuts.Who is the woman in the Belgian restaurant that the Americans provide with CPR? Was it just a severe nut allergy, or something sinister? If you know you have an allergy to nuts, why...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ... one of the best books I've read this year!What if you thought your husband was a murderer?The man you loved, the man who gave you two beautiful children and a perfect life.What if no one believed you?Laurie Davis is the mother of two...

November 1928, New York City. No one can keep a secret like high society - especially when that secret is murder.There are two things Penelope Harris would rather do than get involved with another murder-sing opera and flirt with Thom Lund. When two...

This story doesn't have just one murder; it has TWO murders...Once again, Anna charms readers with her witty and candid commentary. This was definitely a juicier case than the last one. - Sandra's Book ReviewsIn this second installment of The Anna Romano...

Elise Edwards in a cocoon of routine designed to protect her from the outside world. When her brother is murdered, she's forced to confront her past.Working with her nemesis to investigate the murder, she uncovers shocking secrets... including her...

Baltimore, 1910. Dr. Sarah Kennecott does not believe in ghosts. But when her dead sister appears in a dream and correctly forecasts a murder, Sarah must find the killer. At the center of the mystery is a spiritual medium with hidden motives and a...

 Each book in the Northern Michigan Asylum Series is a stand alone novel.The sprawling Kerry Manor has stood abandoned for nearly a century.But that hasn’t kept the darkness at bay. Stories about the cursed house trickle out. Violent deaths,...

"A truly gifted writer who has proven herself a master of the mystery/suspense genre, Alice Duncan's "Bruised Spirits" is another uncompromisingly entertaining read from cover to cover . . ." ~ Midwest Book Reviews--1920s,...

Blend holiday sugar and spice with a heaping spoonful of angry ghosts, then bring to a boil with one psychic detective...Ghost talker Evie Malcolm's family converges on her eccentric Victorian home for a warm and welcoming family Christmas, but the...

Dreamwalker, sheriff’s consultant, and amateur sleuth Baxley Powell is called upon to help investigate a suspicious fire. A meth cook is dead, but the homicide investigation leads to more than a drug supply chain. Someone is pulling the strings...

Chocolate should not be associated with sudden death. Claire is only guiding readers to the sites of mystery books; she isn't responsible for the body in the chocolate factory. She doesn't want to discover murder in the city of York or any part of...

Aimee Machado is thrilled to be starting her first job as a forensic librarian at the medical center in the town of Timbergate, north of Sacramento, California. Her ebullient mood is somewhat dampened by her recent breakup with her former live-in...

Michele "Micky" Knight, a New Orleans PI, meets an out-of-town team of investigators who are working a human trafficking case. They want someone local to show them around. It sounds easy, and a woman with smiling green eyes is asking. But it stays easy...

I See Things is a fast-paced thriller with lots of twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the very last page.Homicide Detectives Catherine Delaney and Cody O'Dell get a call from a woman who says she's had a vision of a dark-haired teenager...

In The Man in the Brown Suit Anne Beddingfeld’s chance witnessing of a man being killed in a subway station leads her to become involved in a world of diamond thieves, murderers, and political intrigue where she and mystery readers meet the...

“Deliciously devious and absolutely delightful, these marvelous stories will keep you captivated! Sweeter than sweet tea on the surface, but with smartly sinister secrets only a true southern writer can provide. What a joy to read!”...

A family in turmoil. A country in crisis. All debts must be settled. As gripping as Søren Sveistrup's TV series, David Hewson's crime thriller The Killing 3 is inspired by the Danish hit The Killing.

As gripping as Søren Sveistrup's TV series, David Hewson's crime thriller The Killing 2 is inspired by the Danish hit The Killing.

The Black Mendicant is a novel written by French author Paul Feval and originally published in 1848. The story follows the adventures of a mysterious man known only as the Black Mendicant, who roams the streets of Paris in disguise, helping those in need...

Out of the dust left behind by a multitudinous hordeof supremely beautiful, talented, wealthy and blessedprotagonists steps a different heroine--a woman wholabors under her own unique adversity and managesto re-invent herself in a most extraordinary...