Women sleuths Books

Who is the Chameleon Killer? When you are having a really bad day, drink deep, abuse everyone around you, pass out and try again tomorrow. Trouble is; every day is bad in Rupert Fletcher's world. He threatens his ex-wife, mocks his girlfriend, abuses his...

1862. A group of brides from Australia have arrived in British Columbia, and love is in the air - until their new-found happiness in the prospectors’ town “Run’s End” is shattered when the hotel-owner is murdered. To make matters...

12 Years ago, 14 year old Sally Mitchell went missing. Last week the body of a teenage girls was found in Cuddieford Woods dressed in Sally's clothes - but it's not Sally's body. Now the police are questioning the last person to see Sally alive as they...

Murder, blackmail, and a maze. Eliza Thomson Investigates...An anonymous victim, a missing murder weapon, and a trail back to Moreton-on-Thames.An unexpected finding disrupts the church day out to Hampton Court Palace, the former home of King Henry VIII...

A captain's dinner to die for...Rachel Jacobi-Prince and Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe are delighted to be invited to dine at the captain's table. A pleasant dinner, shared with Marjorie's son and troublesome daughter-in-law, becomes less palatable when the...

A captain's dinner to die for...Rachel Jacobi-Prince and Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe are delighted to be invited to dine at the captain's table. A pleasant dinner, shared with Marjorie's son and troublesome daughter-in-law, becomes less palatable when the...

"If Jack Reacher were a woman, he'd be Charlie Fox." Lee ChildCharlie Fox has quit her job in close protection, been turned out of her apartment, and is apparently out of luck.House-sitting in rural New Jersey has to be the pits-TV and TV dinners. A...

A field trip ends in disaster when Morgan Iverson falls down a gulley and into a cold case. She wants to learn enough geology to keep the family rock shop in business, but suddenly the only knowledge she needs is how to survive a night in the mountains...

Business at the Rock of Ages is as dead as the fossils cluttering the shop’s dusty shelves. Morgan Iverson, recently widowed and jobless, expects managing the family rock shop for two weeks will be more vacation than work. When she arrives in...

Murder by Pins and Needles by Ardelle Holden... chronicles two decades of the life and death of love, loyalty and betrayal.It all started when Grace, Samantha's mother-in-law, found a beautiful Attic Windows quilt in a thrift store, and gave it to Sam...

<b><i>Could anything keep the memory of murder and terror buried in the cellar of Samantha's mind?<i><b><p>Anticipating a romantic weekend at the cottage with Ben, Samantha couldn't know she would soon join the legions of...

Venice 1947. Countess Pesaro De Bonfili is searching for the legitimate heirs of Raffaele and Sylvia Mustaki, a couple who did not survive Nazi camps. Two researchers from a Venetian law firm travel to a displaced people camp in Germany to meet Leah...

Michael Friedan was found murdered in his South Carolina home holding evidence that his daughter's husband was cheating on her. A murder, a motive and an arrest-it should have been a simple case...but it wasn't.Enter Dr. Susan Kemper, psychologist and...

A cross between Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and a Cheers bartender, Sally Witherspoon, a fifty-something accountant turned biker-bar owner, loves solving puzzles. Up to now, she has focused on helping neighbors and friends find lost jewelry, lost pets,...

It's springtime in Washington, D.C. and congressional staffer Kit Marshall has more on her plate than she can handle. With her boss campaigning for an open U.S. Senate seat, Kit is left to run the office in her absence and manage a new week long American...

Footloose Murders Glacier takes place in Montana's Glacier National Park amid the beauty of the Rocky Mountains where Molly Malone, a retired private eye and her best friend, Mortimer Sylvester, an ex-accountant for the Ukranian Mafia, are workamping...

CHARLIE SANDERS, a happily-married, middle-aged empty-nester has it all: sciatica, myopia, and a dead body on her LaZBoy.This well-loved geriatric nurse at Sunnyview Villages Retirement Community discovers the body of her tenant, Oscar, dead in the...

“Susan M. Boyer gets it. And by ‘it,’ I mean ‘the Southern voice.’ And by that I do not mean she throws “Y’all” into every other line of her dialogue. I mean she understands deep down how Southern people...

These tales of murder, mayhem, and suspense by some of today's finest crime writers will keep you up way past your bedtime!The lesbians on the loose in this collection are an entertaining mix of protagonists: cops, amateur sleuths, a PI, a judge, a...

During a performance of Beethoven’s Fidelio at the Vienna State Opera there is an explosion in the foyer just off the auditorium. Auguste Rodin’s famous 1909 bronze bust of composer/conductor Gustav Mahler has been blown up and a hate-filled...

In this fourth Sidra Smart mystery, Sid takes a bumpy road trip with her Aunt Annie. In the meantime, Boo Murphy – an old swamp-rat who prefers to spend time in her pirogue, hunting and fishing, to spending time with people – is pulled into a...

In this third book in the Megan Crespi Mystery Series, a major double portrait by the Viennese Expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka showing himself with his lover Alma Mahler has been stolen from the Basel Museum in Switzerland. Left in its place is an...

Hidden secrets and deadly lies...Following the incident that nearly killed her boyfriend, Detective Charlotte Pierce needs a weekend away with him in the quaint mountain town of Quail Lake, California. However, their trip is interrupted when a...

When a 13-year-old girl vanished, her friends have kept certain details of that night a secret. Even though she was only a teenager, this mistake continues to haunt Detective Charlotte Pierce.Twenty years later, Charlotte attends her middle school...

While curious of the world outside her Amish community, Annie Finley's love for her husband, Daniel, and their son, Jacob, is why she's content to stay. A devastating accident one stormy night changes that, propelling Annie beyond those...

In March of 1982 in Barnsfield, Massachusetts, attractive Patricia Kent turned thirty years old. She was a successful realtor and had taken over her father’s business after he suffered a debilitating stroke, which he was slowly recovering from. She...

'The Adventures of Helen Wheels - Life Began at 21' is the first book in a series, and as such, it introduces the main character, 21 years old Helen, who is an auto mechanic that spends her weekends at the local race track. Her father (and mentor) had...

A tale of estrangement and suspense, Andora Jordan struggles to balance a deteriorating marriage, a philandering husband, and the sensual attraction of her former fi ance. With her marriage in shambles, she is confronted with having to support herself...

""Aventuras de Gil Blas de Santillana V3"" es una novela picaresca escrita por el autor franc�����s Alain Rene Le Sage. La historia sigue las aventuras y desventuras de Gil Blas, un joven que se convierte en criado y luego en secretario de varios...

A thrilling mystery novel about a young woman caught up in a web of murder and intrigue. When she is given a red seal, she learns that it is the key to a mystery that will change her life forever. With danger lurking around every corner, she must use her...

Book 1 in this award-winning, endearing cozy murder mystery series. Before there was The Thursday Murder Club, there were The Fog Ladies. Fans of Richard Osman will enjoy them. Overworked, overtired, overstressed young medical intern Sarah James has no...

 After a number of years of working every waking hour as a way of dealing with the grief in her life, private investigator, SONOMA (Sonny) WHITTINGTON, takes time out and heads to England for a term of study at a university there. Those studies...

How can you determine if someone is telling the truth? Did Thalia Thalassos try to kill her cheating husband, despite her denials? Why is nurse Bryce Gilbertson giving a false name to visitors as he roams hospital hallways with a deadly syringe in his...

Beth Kincaid left her hot temper and unhappy childhood behind and created a life in the city free from untidy emotionalism, but even a tidy life has danger, especially when it falls apart. In the midst of personal disasters, Beth is called back to her...

Liz knew Jack's former girlfriend had walked out on him. What no one expected after ten years, was for her bones to be unearthed from under a tonne of concrete.As it becomes obvious that Marilyn De Beer didn't die of natural causes, Jack draws Liz into...

Surviving death twice, Lynzie is destined for mystery. In Lightning Vision, a lightning strike unveils a 50-year-old family secret.Twice in her life, Lynzie Spenser defied fate. Those close encounters with mortality were no mere coincidences...

Sadie's house-hunting journey leads her to Emerald Manor. Captivated by the Victorian beauty the moment she laid eyes on it, Sadie moves in. With her creative flair, sense of curiosity and keen eye for detail, Sadie is lured into an adventure revealing...

I don't usually suffer from a fear of small spaces but after being locked inside a box in the attic along with my fellow cats, I must confess the experience wasn't exactly a barrel of laughs. Especially when the person doing the locking up also decided...

Der vierte Sammelband der beliebten Krimi-Reihe.Saint-Tropez, der weltberühmte Ort an der Côte d'Azur, war bereits Ende der Sechziger, Anfang der Siebziger Treffpunkt des internationalen Jet-Sets. Wo die Reichen und Schönen leben und Urlaub machen, da...

Ein uriges Volksfest voller Intrigen, Erpressung, Mord - und die Ermittlerin sieht rosarotHeilpraktikerin Karin Schneider glaubt nie und nimmer, dass sich ihre zugegebenermaßen durchgeknallte Patientin umbringen wollte. Schon bald findet sie ein Motiv...

Nach ihrem gefährlichen Undercover-Einsatz im Drogenmilieu Hamburgs ist Kriminalhauptkommissarin Carlotta Voß gezwungen, aus Sicherheitsgründen ihre Dienststelle zu wechseln und kommt nach Bochum. Gleich an ihrem ersten Arbeitstag bei der Kripo Harpen...

A brewmaster-turned-teacher leaves the city behind to start over in the Middle of Nowhere.When her date is discovered trampled to death, she becomes the top suspect.Will she be able to tie small town secrets  together in time to clear her...

Professor Bay Browning has more snake problems than the Garden of Eden in this twisted mystery. The English Literature instructor is busy preparing for a new semester when a serial killer, known as Medusa, bites her quiet life in the behind. A...