Women sleuths Books

When an American tourist is murdered with a scone in her quaint English tearoom, Gemma must solve the mystery with the help of the nosy Old Biddies and a mischievous little tabby cat named Muesli.Armed with her insider knowledge of Oxford University, she...

City girl Poppy desperately wants to pay off her debts, quit her dead-end job, find her father... oh, and keep a plant alive. But she knows that these are just hopeless dreams--until the day a letter arrives. Suddenly, Poppy is on a train heading deep...

1931. Frances Palmer is overjoyed when her brother Robreturns to Adelaide as a racecourse veterinarian. But all is notwell on the turf, and when a man is murdered, there is only onesuspect – Rob.Frances and her boyfriend, charming night club owner...

The game of love can be murder...When shy student Wendy is found bludgeoned to death, her classmate Bridget is the chief suspect. But what turns a caring teenager into a cold-blooded killer?Private eye Emily Swanson is desperate to find out. Bridget is...

Someone is watching your every move...When Jessica's husband is arrested for fraud, her family's future is thrown into jeopardy. Then the letter arrives. Someone called The Witness claims to be watching Jessica and her children through the windows of...

She's happy with her furry friends, friendly coffee shop, and peaceful town. When she stumbles upon a suspicious death, can she expose the truth?Malvern Hills, in the heart of England. Tamsin Kernick loves life with her four-legged pals. Warm and kind,...

Death stalks MextonWhen a spate of poisonings hits the town of Mexton, DC Mel Cotton and her colleagues are left perplexed. All the deaths seem to be ingeniously planned and the police cannot see anything obvious to connect the victims.Is a vigilante at...

A TOTALLY ABSORBING HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT SOCIALITES, SPIES, AND THE KING OF ENGLAND.London, 1936.Socialite and journalist Lady Pamela pens the popular 'Agent of Influence' column, writing wittily about fashion and high society.For her latest piece, she...

Featured in Town and Country's 'Must-Read Books of Summer 2023'.There is a certain hour, in the dead of night, when the orchid's scent can put you under a spell..."From the family shops of Little Italy to the bright lights of Dreamland, Nancy...

When Mrs Mildred Cobnut of Compton Poppleford Ladies Bicycling Club suffers a fatal accident, hapless Inspector Mappin begins a murder investigation. As luck would have it, world-renowned Swiss detective, Monsieur Pascal Legrand, is staying in the...

The woman's bright blonde hair floats in the breeze. She almost looks like she could be resting on the soft green grass. But her brown eyes stare unblinking up at the sky, and the final cut across her mouth is dark with blood. Her words silenced forever....

Ihr Kopf pocht, als sie die Treppe hinaufstolpert, weg von der dröhnenden Musik und dem Lärm der Partygäste. Als sie sich auf das Bett in einem der dunklen, leeren Zimmer setzt, hört sie, wie die Tür hinter ihr abgeschlossen wird. Sie ist nicht allein.....

Amateur detective duo Flora Steele and Jack Carrington have gained a reputation for crime-solving. But will they be able to untangle the latest baffling murder in the cosy village of Abbeymead?Sussex, 1957: When Flora and Jack hear that Percy Milburn - a...

Wow... Großartig! ... Ich habe es in kürzester Zeit gelesen, weil ich es nicht aus der Hand legen konnte. Eine hervorragende Lektüre. Bonnie's Book Talk, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Als sie die Augen öffnete und ihre Umgebung erblickte, durchfuhr ein Gefühl des...

The little dog trembles and whimpers, but refuses to move. Maggie reaches further into the undergrowth, trying to tempt it out. But as she moves closer, she sees something that stops her heart-a tiny, shivering baby, wrapped in a thin, pink blanket,...

Ein nervenaufreibender, spannender Thriller, bei dem man bis zur letzten Sekunde mitfiebert. Goodreads Rezensentin, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sie öffnet die Augen und versucht, den dunklen Raum um sie herum zu erkennen. Eines weiß sie sofort - ihre Handgelenke sind...

The little girl fidgets in her seat, wringing the ends of her scarf in a rush of panic. She tugs at the car door handle but it doesn't open. Tears well in her eyes. "I want my mommy." Four years ago, six young girls were snatched from the streets of...

She stumbles into the street in a thin cotton nightdress, tripping in her haste to get away from her house. Her feet are bare, her movements frantic. "I have to get out of here," she pleads. "He's killing me." For weeks, Carolyn Tate's suspicions...

Family secrets. Disappearing informants. Can this PI prove her worth... or will she get caught in the crossfire?Jorja Knight is desperate for a fresh start. Reinventing herself after a brutal workplace shooting, she's determined to make her life as a...

Murder's a Beach!A family holiday turns deadly at Brighton Beach. When Ginger and Basil and their family check into the Brighton Beach Boutique Hotel on a lovely warm day in June of 1926, a shocking discovery upsets their plans to relax in the sun and...

Cupcakes are sweet ... but vengeance is sweeter.Every day, Baz, Peggy, Carole, and Madge get together to knit, drink tea, and dole out death to keep the streets of south-east London safe.When the ladies get wind of a recent string of attacks on young...

'I have always thought that a little uncertainty in life adds spice.' Alec StanhopeIt is London, 1965 and wealthy Alec Stanhope dies leaving behind a house of mystery and suspicion. Annabel Staple inherits from a father she thought had died in...

Feisty Catherine de Barnes - Catney to her friends - has got her eye on local doctor Linton Heath but when he keeps getting called away, she turns to online dating. Then one of her dates becomes a suspect in the murder of ex-policeman Dean Court and...

HER FATHER'S MYSTERIOUS INVENTION... A 1920s COLD CASE... CAN ALEX FOLLOW THE DOTS TO SOLVE IT?It's 1998, and Alex Martin's life is falling apart. She's fast approaching the big 3-0, with her dreams of making it as an artist in shreds. Her handsome...

A thirty-year-old secret. A forged painting. And an old enemy, out for revenge.Samantha CaineMy life is finally coming together. My boyfriend's moving home from Italy, my sister's done her treatments, and I'm starting my first consulting job with the...

Retired FBI agent Genevieve Jensen is pulled back into the world of crime when her best friend Sandra Benedict is accused of murdering her husband, Jack. As she investigates to clear Sandra's name, Genevieve discovers that nothing is as it seems in the...

Have you ever wished you could be in two places at once?Gia's second trip into the fantasy portal of Literatia involves the murder of Dr. Manette, a key character from the classic book, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, by Charles Dickens. Gia's goal is to untangle...

Minnie heads to Savannah in an attempt to leave behind some of the most difficult months of her life. She's sure a quiet vacation on the water will give her the break she needs to regain her strength, her clarity, and contemplate her next step. But...

Andrea Biscotti has a lot to juggle: She's helping pop star Madison Beech move into her newly-renovated Beach Hill estate and prepping her family's rental cottages for the start of the summer season-just a few days before Beach Hill's annual Memorial Day...

Several months after arriving home from her service as a United States Army Signal Corps operator in the Great War, Arabella Stewart is focused on saving her family's resort. The first day of the season starts with excitement and anticipation but ends...

It was supposed to be a milk run - your routine teenaged runaway case. But when the trail led Detective Emmaline Sullivan to the steps of Fernsby Manor, she found herself buried in the hidden secrets and dark lies of Ashwood's oldest, richest family...

SAVING ONE LIFE IS LIKE SAVING THE WHOLE WORLDHalf-sisters Kathryn Frasier and Cece Goldman stumble into another mystery in this second book in the Watch series. When a former acquaintance of Kathryn's is accused of murder, she and Cece go on a mission...

Someone new has taken an interest in Claire Chastain. He circles her house when she's alone and follows her on errands across town. He tours her home while she's away, leaving little things disturbingly out of place. He may even be involved in the recent...

Nasty Nevin is the bizarre second book in the Mickey Stanislawsky Mystery series presenting more unsettling crimes & characters.Murders in Peaceton, Texas have a habit of happening around important events in Detective Mickey Stanislawsky's life. This...

One murder. Four suspects. Endless motives. Can Logan untangle a web of lies before the bodies start piling up?Logan McKenna is troubled by good news. After accepting her long-time boyfriend's proposal, the talented musician worries her unexpectedly...

Meddling in bad guy business could put this sassy female sleuth on a hit list. Will her gritty persistence land her in a pair of cement overshoes? Tootsie Goldberg will happily raise hell for a good cause. So when the over fifty firecracker smells...

Sudden attacks on Maggie, our Gray Lady, escalate. Someone wants her dead.Maggie, Larry, and her team investigate the puzzling clues that point to a long ago, unsolved heist of famous works of art. As the attacks on Maggie intensify, Maggie intends to...

Christmas comes with chaos-and a murder-in the fifth book in the Down South Café cozy mystery series! Amy Flowers thinks her biggest problem is going to be creating an...

When Sonoma County Sheriff's Deputy Nick Reyes answers a call from his estranged wife who's in Mexico and in need of help finding her kidnapped brother, he enlists the help of his partner, Detective Meredith Ryan.Together, they fly out to Mexico where...

Some people can't start over.Some pasts you can't outrun.And when Rachel Hatch's past comes back to haunt her,The only thing she can do is what she does best.Fight.Rachel Hatch returns to Hawk's Landing after closing the chapter on her father's death...

Seeking answers to her father's death.Hatch finds herself in a small town outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico.Controlled by a vicious street gang.A family caught in the crossfire.Hatch sets out to make things right.The quaint town of Luna Vista, turns out...

Seeking justice for her father's murder,Leads Hatch halfway across the world.A ruthless warlord stands in the way.Hatch is forced to take a stand.And it very well could be her last.On the trail of her father's killer, Hatch finds the path leads to a...

On her nostalgic return to Tuscany, the now-widowed Leah Contarini discovers that the idyllic village where she had lived with her husband has become a quagmire of secrets. Leah is bewildered. Why is a woman screaming at a corpse? Who is the man being...

Having discovered a knack for investigation, Stefanie joins Thomas Burkhardt in Milan, Italy, on the Black Market trail of a fabulous sapphire and emerald encrusted pendant known as the Borgia Peacock, missing since it was stolen from the Milan World...

The fiery festivities of the Symphony's annual Fourth of July extravaganza feature cannons, liberty bells, and fireworks. But the noise covers gunshots which leave a shifty Board member dead and Emily Wilson's friend, KC, the prime suspect. Can Emily...

Maya Mallick, Seattle P.I., receives a call from her mother Uma, who lives in Jaipur, India. It appears that Uma's partner Neel Saha, a gemologist, has been arrested by the police on charges of stealing a rare ruby. The heirloom, an object of much...

Lucien Grey, Viscount Ware, returns to London from his family's country estate to discover his friend and fellow spy Andrew Sherbourne is a fugitive from a charge of murder. And Sherry is hiding in Lucien's townhouse with Fanny, a small child of two or...