Women sleuths Books

  Twenty-eight year old Carmen Karlaff, owner of a native grass and wildflower seed farm in northwestern Minnesota is surprised when her employees find a dead body in her big bluestem field. Her best friend, Jessica, is accused of the murder...

Would you buy a "cursed" diamond? New York diamond dealer Max Rosen would. He doesn't believe in curses. But that was before the wife of the famous jeweler who sold him a supposedly "cursed" gem ended up dead. Soon, Max's...

In October of 2016, Allen Parkman was a charismatic Republican candidate for committeeman in Corville Township, New Jersey. Right in the middle of the campaign season, he was lured to the porch of a house in a run-down section of town, where he was shot...

Crime reporter Evie Hartley was at the height of her career, but a series of ethical missteps cost her everything. Now, she's working for a small-town newspaper's culture section, trying to prove to everyone, especially herself, that she's able to do her...

More than fireworks are exploding at North Pole Beach when Nico's mother, Jingle Belle Kringle, comes to visit, spoiling all their Christmas in July festivities.Mrs. North knows her eccentric mother-in-law can be a handful, but even she cannot foresee...

No longer a Seattle cop, Halley Brown formed her own private investigator agency. Her latest client, the fabulous gender-bending performance artist Phoenix, wants her to investigate the serial killer Dancer in Darkness.Dancer's latest victim? A drag...

Unearthed Skeletal Remains Follow Marital Bliss in Domesticated Spirits, a Cozy Historical Mystery by Alice Duncan-1926, Pasadena, California-Sam and Daisy's marital bliss is tempered when Lou Prophet's mangled old cat digs up bones in the couple's...

The last thing Samantha Powers expected to do on her first official trip as a travel writer was help solve a murder. Samantha ("Sam") Powers, a 34-year-old investigative reporter, has returned to her hometown of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, to take...

Researching for her book on 19th-century virtuoso pianist Clara Schumann and her eight children, Professor Megan Crespi encounters startling hatred or praise for them and for Clara's composer husband Robert. These strong reactions come in the form of...

In 1984 SYLVIA JENSEN was a heavy drinker having an affair with Norton, an atomic veteran and fellow activist in the nuclear disarmament movement. In 2019, at seventy-seven and with her activist days behind her, Sylvia is protecting her hard-won recovery...

What do knitters Permelia O’Brien and Betty Fitzandreu have in common besides a love of knitting? Both have been betrayed by their husbands.Permelia moved to town when her husband left her for a much younger woman. Her new apartment is over the...

Three more delightful holiday mini-mysteries from Lynn Cahoon’s New York Times bestselling Tourist Trap series, together for the first time! Sunny South Cove, California, is the perfect spot for Jill Gardner and her store, Coffee,...

As townspeople celebrate their annual Halloween Shocktoberfest barn dance, a panicked black stallion bursts through the open barn doors. Everyone cheers at seeing the rider dressed like Brom Bones of the Sleepy Hollow legend. However, when Doctor Tullah...

The murder of a San Francisco sex worker puts a female detective on the trail of a geopolitical conspiracy against America in this international thriller.What begins as the simple murder of a sex worker becomes so much more as Insp. Kate Dawson follows...

A San Francisco detective must stop a deadly conspiracy from terrorizing the city through the subway system.When a BART car arrives at its destination with twenty-four dead passengers, detective Kate Dawson must find out who is responsible. Her...

When a woman dies under mysterious circumstances aboard Air Force One, a San Francisco detective uncovers presidential conspiracies and cover-ups.When Insp. Kate Dawson is called in the wee hours of the morning, she had no idea what would be waiting for...

A San Francisco detective puts her life on the line to stop a doomsday cult from stoking the fires of Armageddon in this tense thriller.When Det. Kate Dawson is called to investigate a mass murder, she has no idea how grim and disturbing the situation...

Hope falters. Sanity begins to fracture... Blank, staring eyes and dismembered limbs fill Kyra's vision.After the horror of the Carmichael District, Kyra continues her search, but avoiding the Mire's psychotic killer grows ever more difficult. Now,...

It's election year 2020, never has an election been more critical for the American people. Maverick Johnson Malone, yes her parent's really did that to her, named her after the character from Top Gun and Magic Johnson, two cultural icons trending at the...

The final confrontation between sibling and sibling in Abstreuse is about to begin...Kyra finally has a straight line to her brother's location. She can finally see the end of her journey when she may be able to bring him out of this dark city. If only...

DODGED THE BULLET is a quirky mystery about Harley Dodge who unknowingly sets off a chain of events via revenge on her ex-husband, Dickie Trollop that leads to murder, kidnapping, a shortage of chocolate and a hillbilly past she would much rather forget...

Money. Mansions. Mayhem. A deadly combination.Mercy jumps at the chance to work close to home. No traveling. No dingy hotel rooms. No problem. When an eccentric millionaire hires her to care for his sick grandson, she doesn't hesitate to say yes. No...

A scrumptious cake plus a murderous main course = the perfect birthday celebration. Lydia Everett is turning 40 and all your favorite Honey Pot neighbors are invited. The food is epic and the friendly conversation is even better.  Until...

HARLEY DODGE is at it again. Stuck to the hillbilly hills of Boolee, West Virginia, she does her best to forget her roots, her freakish talent or that Dickie Trollops' partner in crime was just found murdered in his Amarillo, Texas home.And now, her...

On again, off again, ON AGAIN-Jolie Tucker and Mick Meiser are giving their relationship another try. Things seem to be working out for them so far, and love is on the menu all over Leavensport! An unexpected pregnancy with a surprising partner, a...

Hart's GirlsOur Kids Are NOT For Sale!The profitable trafficking industry puts children in all neighborhoods at risk, especially prevalent along the I75 corridor. FBI Special Agent Reggie Casse and U. S. Marshal Shae Montgomery are determined to stop...

Will Scarlet be able to piece together clues to solve the murder before it's too late? Or will she find herself playing a dangerous game with a killer? When a bad case of writer's block prevents Scarlet from wrapping up a successful detective series, she...

Pride is in full swing in the Royal City. Colour, visitors and music crowd the streets as people come to enjoy the festivities. Perhaps the only thing that could bring down the mood is a dead body. When a member of the local LGBT community turns up dead...

When information becomes misinformation, how much of what you see should you believe? Wanted for a murder she didn't commit and on the run from the FBI and Metro, Special Agent Ellie Conway has to protect an actor with close ties to Delta A from a...

How unlucky can the Bleich family be? Four out of five murdered on the same day ... the obvious link being the Heathcote Diamonds, reputed to be cursed. SSA Ellie Conway is not having a great time either: she is shot when all she wanted was a good cup of...

Swiss homicide detective Angeline Devereux arrives on the scene of a murder in gloomy Lindenhof Park. The victim's lifeless body is found shoved inside the wooden box normally home to the oversized wooden chess pieces for the outdoor chessboard...

Getting married can be murder...especially when the matron of honor is found dead under the cake table in this humorous cozy mystery.Weddings always make hairstylist Marla Shore shed a tear of joy, especially when she attends her friend Jill's reception...

Identical twins Ida McNair and Oleen Johnson have discovered that their husbands are up to no good. As they navigate a betrayal as deep as the Grand Canyon, they become entangled in a murder mystery when a dead man falls on them at the French-Canadian...

From a secluded boarding school in Central Pennsylvania, where the action begins, to the Southern Utah Wilderness where it concludes, Rare as Earth is as entertaining as it is educational. Jake Goddard and Susan Brand take us on another thrill ride...

It's all about the search for love and life purpose...Blue Lady's MISSION under FIRE is Book 3 in the Angelica Mason Series. (There are four books in the series.) Book 5, Blue Lady's SEARCH for LOVE will be available in the Spring of 2023). The books...

Chloe Jacobs's world is shattered when she loses her parents to a deadly car accident. When U.S. Marshals show up at her home Chloe discovers her entire life has been a series of lies kept buried by her parents. Her family has been members of the Witness...

When a local rancher's body is discovered in Tuzigoot National Monument, Doug and Jill Fletcher are dispatched to investigate the suspicious death. Horseshoe prints where the body was found point the investigation toward the dozens of local ranches and...

A champion barrel racer disappears from her trailer on the eve of the Black Hills Roundup. Two hundred miles away, female remains are discovered at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Doug and Jill Fletcher, assigned to investigate the...

Christmas blooms in Sugarwood in the form of a brightly lit tree in town square, colourful ornaments, and a snowstorm. It's just Audra Clemmings' luck that she literally stumbles over the local butcher in Miss Lavinia's shop. Then a witch doctor arrives...