Women sleuths Books

In a slightly alternate near-future, women are forming vigilante groups to wreak vengeance on rapists, child abusers, and murderers of women. Averil Parnell, a female Catholic priest, faces a dilemma: per the Golden Rule she should advise forgiveness,...

Winner of the 2018 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novel.On the verge of losing her laboratory, her savings, and all respect for herself, Pandora (Penny) Yee lands her first contract as scientific consult to the police department. And with seventeen...

The woman’s golden hair is spread out beneath her on the bed of leaves where she’s fallen, her beautiful blue eyes open wide. The police are calling it a random attack, but Jessie Tucker isn’t so sure –she’s seen this...

An idyllic Cornish village-but revenge is in the air and death is always closeNancy Tremayne has never felt welcome at Penleven, her husband's family home. But when Leo's father falls ill, she is forced to make a rare visit to Port Madron, a sleepy...

June 1946. London, England. A murdered man. A mysterious woman. A note in another language. Irene Holmes, daughter of the long-retired Sherlock Holmes, used her unique talents of deduction and observation to assist her childhood friend Detective Eddy...

A young woman found bleeding to death on a stranger's front lawn uses her last breath to whisper two words: I'm sorry.That's a first for reporter Kate Bennett. She's determined to find out why a murder victim felt compelled to apologize. And she's sure...

An agnostic Catholic priest and an old woman believed to be a witch become key to FBI Agent Sara Carter and her Timorese police colleague, Vincintino Cordero, unraveling the truth behind an historic mass killing, a more recent murder, and the death of a...

Caroline Steele decides to leave her calm, respectable life as a wife and mother to get another job at the University of New Mexico. She is hired as the museum shop manager at the University Art Museum.  When the body of a former Art Department...

When a crime stopper senior citizen starts to act oddly, a new business sells fake products and the New Year's Eve fireworks display disappears, Mayor Cora Mae Bingham and the Spicetown Police Chief Conrad Harris have to get involved.Cora keeps an...

One Yellow Dog, the first in Gregory C. Randall's Deputy Jordan Tynes series is a thrilling, old-fashioned murder mystery set in the contemporary west and starring a cast of unforgettable characters.After serving in Afghanistan, five Crow Indian Army...

". . . a murder mystery that is well written, well paved, and has characters just quirky enough to be believable. ~J. Lee, eBook DiscoveryWhen the rock concert Christy and Quinn are enjoying ends in a murder, the sleuthing couple are pulled into the case...

 When Jennet witnesses a man abandon four collie puppies on a country lane, she resolves to rescue them from certain death and bring the perpetrator of this outrage to justice.Her search leads her to a long-abandoned playhouse in the woods of an...

Fresh off her ex-boyfriend's Harley and determined to remake herself, Honey Ingersoll snags a job with handsome Sam Ridley, Eureka Falls' biggest realtor. She's thrilled, but her troubles are far from over.During the sale of an abandoned...

Just before Walter Egret is killed in a hit-and-run, he phoned his half-brother Sammy to report that he’d unearthed their missing father’s pocket watch, along with a pile of human bones. The project is put on hold until it can be determined...

Hollis Morgan is a survivor. She married young to flee an unloving family and ended up in prison, paying the price for her charming husband's embezzlement. After finally obtaining a California judicial pardon, Hollis has climbed the ladder from paralegal...

Murder hits the stacks when literary agent Allie Cobb investigates a fatality in the local library... Allie Cobb returns home from a book conference armed with hugs for her cat and her boyfriend, and dreams of a long, hot bath. She's also getting ready...

What do a bartender, a priest, and a librarian have in common? They all work in New York City. They're all true crime fans. And they're all dead, courtesy of a predator with a chilling approach to murder. Talbot County, Maryland Lieutenant Sam Tate is in...

Tying the knot was never so deadly…Wedding bells are ringing for location scouts Kate and Alex in a ceremony at one of England’s most elegant stately homes, but when a guest is murdered and suspicion falls on those closest to Kate, she and...

When a washed-up pop star inherits a wedding planning business, it’s all bouquets and bliss until a bride turns up dead. Paisley Sutton shot to stardom as a teenage rock sensation, but ten years later that star has fizzled out, just...

Who knew the electric vehicle industry could be so deadly? Secret Agent RJ Rox didn't expect a warm return to her old job after going rogue - but her new boss knows just which buttons to push to make life difficult.  When she's assigned to...

Dances and dinners are safer than battling monsters, right? Not in the Fae Realm...There's a murderer on the loose in the House of Dawn and I've been hired to stop them. This time I may be in over my head.The Patriarch of the House of Dawn is convinced...

Valetine's Day is supposed to be filled with love, little candy hearts, and chocolates, right? Apparently not in Po'thole (pronounced Po Ho by the natives and Pothole by anyone north of the Florida-Georgia line) and apparently not for Parker Bell, best...

A Wreath of Lilies: Miss Gascoigne mysteries book 2 - a traditional romantic cosy mystery set in the swinging 60s The Miss Gascoigne mysteries are a series of traditional amateur detective mysteries set in Britain in the 'Swinging 60s' and featuring...

Bernie's got nothing nice to say about her friend Angelica's ex-husband. In fact, Marty, is a good-for-nothing disgraziad. But who would go so far as to poison him - and then pin the murder on Angelica? When Marty Alfano, Angelica's ex-husband, turns up...

Johnny Greco threatens to spill his hometown's darkest secrets...then turns up dead. Can Bernie unravel the mystery and discover who murdered Johnny - before the killer buries the truth? Less than 24 hours after Carmine's bad seed, Johnny Greco,...

When Alice gets a haircut at Candy's salon, she doesn't expect murder to be included in the treatment... Why would someone want to poison one of Candy's hairstylists? And is the murder related to the new development project that the local conservation...

Le Garçon à la Dent de Narval : Une nouvelle avec la lieutenante Petra Jensen (Enquête n°1 du Bureau des Personnes disparues au Groenland) Lorsqu'un jeune Groenlandais est porté disparu depuis près de 12...

"My descent to the Seventh Circle of Hell began with a lawn chair."When Maggie loses a lucrative contract for her P.I. agency due to an accidental full frontal flashing, she's forced to accept the only other job on offer: one involving her nemesis, the...

Der ehemals gutbürgerlich lebende Jens Schimmelpfennig kommt auf grausame Weise ums Leben. Die gerufenen Siegburger Kriminalbeamten finden am Fundort der Leiche keine verwertbaren Spuren. Führt sie ein gefundener Teil eines Abholscheins zur Identität des...

Die rothaarige, rebellische Polizistin Cordelia Storm, akzeptiert keine Regeln - außer ihren eigenen. Canberra, Australien, wird von einem blutrünstigen Serienmörder bedroht, der keine Gnade kennt. Storm muss diesen Fall lösen, bevor noch mehr Menschen...

The swamps near New Orleans harbor more than snakes and gators... There are monsters of legend... and the spirits left behind whisper in your ear.Many changes are happening in the life of Hazel Watson... good changes... but the demands of the spirit...

After surviving an abduction and near death herself, Hazel, along with her police officer boyfriend, Tate, and Candy, are looking forward to their brand of normalcy.But the spirit of a murdered man shows up in Hazel's apartment. He's not just any man,...

The darkness of her mind keeps pulling her in, begging her to prevent a tragedy she's powerless to stop.Settling down and getting married was never something Hazel Watson saw in her future. At least, not before she'd opened her heart to the man she'd had...

They want revenge, and they'll destroy her family to get it. Kirin Lane barely escaped with her life from the mob boss who killed her mother. Now he's dead, and his family blames her and the man she loves. Sam Neal is playing a dangerous game, and...

Will Finley be able to trust herself and the guys, or will everything blow up in her face?For the past five years, I thought I knew, without a doubt, what had happened the night my life had been turned upside down. As it turned out, I might've been wrong...

In a new Hamptons Home & Garden Mystery, Meg Barrett will have to uncover the truth about a long-ago murder before a killer decides she's history . . . When decorator Meg Barrett travels to a remote mansion to help select period pieces for a new...

Fans of Marie Kondo and mysteries will love this series! Professional organizer Charlotte Adams knows that every closet hides a skeleton . . . When a grieving mother reaches out to her, professional organizer Charlotte Adams can't refuse: the...

"Not only will cozy readers be dazzled by the luxury homes, rare antiques, and killer cuisine in the Hamptons Home & Garden mysteries, but they'll also find a new favorite sleuth in interior designer Meg Barrett." -Ellery Adams, New York Times and...

"Discerning cozy mystery fans who delight in well-developed characters, rich detail, and a smart plotline will find that Kathleen Bridge's A Design to Die For is their cup of tea!"-Ellery Adams, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling...

Dead men tell no tales, but in the riveting new Nick and Nora Mystery, they sure leave a lot of clues . . . "Take my word for it-this tricky whodunit will grab you with its quirky (but believable!) characters, inventive plot, and whopping payoff."...

Nick and Nora are back in a tantalizing new mystery that's far more dangerous than a game of cat and mouse . . . Never one to turn away from a challenge-even when it goes against her better judgment-Nora Charles can hardly say no when an old friend...