Women sleuths Books

Lawyer Drew Brauner's dream job with the Rose Creek historical amphitheater has devolved into wrangling contentious cats-and those cats have claws. The leading man is a disaster waiting to happen, with more enemies than the...

In 1819 England, Alexandra Sinclair and her new husband, Benedict Nash, Viscount Litton, are celebrating their marriage at an outdoor reception. The celebration abruptly ends when children and their dogs discover a woman's body in the adjacent woods. The...

Talent Scout Found Murdered in Hollywood Angels, a Historical Cozy Mystery from Alice DuncanLos Angeles, California, January 1927Mercy Allcutt's friend, Lulu LaBelle, has an unwelcomed encounter with an alleged talent scout, producer, and director in the...

Cynthia Lambert has mysteriously vanished. The police have not found her body and it appears their investigation is going nowhere. Cynthia's friend, Joanie Gray hires PI Tracey Marks to find out what happened to Cynthia. Joanie is adamant that Cynthia...

When a Woman Mysteriously Disappears From an Orange Grove Mansion, Daisy Gumm Majesty, Sam Rotondo, and the Ever Crotchety Lou Prophet Launch A Search in Exercised Spirits, a Cozy Historical Mystery by Alice Duncan-1925, Pasadena, California-Already...

Blood in the Yellowstone is Gregory C. Randall's explosive new installment in the Deputy Jordan Tynes modern western series.Jordan Tynes is a tough and determined woman who is used to being in charge. As the acting sheriff of Park County, Montana, she's...

A LAUGH-OUT-LOUD MYSTERY FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS AT EVERY CORNER.Hard-hitting editor Carolyn Neville and her assistant Stephen Ames are on a mission to protect a writer's legacy when his favorite book is in the works to be turned into a movie.Carolyn's...

Carolyn Neville decides that her old friend Marvin should update his true-crime bestseller Darkness at Dawn for its 50th anniversary. Her skeptical boss agrees-on the condition that she'll quit if it doesn't sell.Marvin goes to the mountain...

When a big Seattle pharmaceutical company's "miracle" drug kills several people, a dedicated researcher blows the whistle.Pressed to come up with an instant bestseller about the case, book editor Carolyn Neville and her sidekick Stephen Ames are stunned...

Few people accused of murder are as unlikable as Veronica Turner's client. So to give her the best defense, Veronica is going to need help from her favorite true crime podcast. But when she meets the newest sound tech for "Murder by the Bay" she is...

In a tale of suspense that travels from Southcentral Pennsylvania to Africa to the iconic Woodstock Festival of 1969, Dead of Summer embroils Alexa Williams in the dangerous world of sex trafficking.With help from friends, family, and her yoga...

Traveling secretary Hattie Davish is taking her singular talents to Washington, D.C., to help Sir Arthur Windom-Greene research his next novel. But in the winding halls of the nation's capital, searching for the truth can sometimes lead to murder . . ...

** Finalist in the 2019 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. **Sharon and Ryan Salazar get caught up in another puzzling mystery when Sharon joins the committee to help plan her twentieth high-school reunion.The fun of planning begins to unravel, however,...

Maxine wants to find her long-lost sister. Cartel kingpin Lotto wants to find Maxine and the two-million dollars her ex-husband skimmed. In a motorhome with boyfriend Jeff, Jeff's young daughter, and a kitten, the foursome embarks on a cross-continent...

Family can be murderA quilting conference brings Harriet Truman face-to-face with a past she had been happy to forget. Then she learns the quilter staying at Aiden Jalbert's house is an old flame whose real agenda might not involve needle and thread.Then...

A marauding monkey, a mysterious murder, middle-aged hula maidens, and mugs full of Mai Tai's. Just another day in Tiki Goddess Paradise . . . Crime-solving sleuth Em Johnson and her Uncle Louie, owner of the famous Tiki Goddess Bar on Kauai, head for...

Em and the Hula Maidens are on the case . . . Em Johnson is prepping for the biggest catering gig she's ever booked, this time at the world famous Tiki Goddess Bar. Then she hears Kiki Godwin has just been released from the psych ward at Kukuoloko. If...

A big city detective. A lowcountry murder.Peace, safety, a place to grieve and heal. After her husband is murdered by the Russian mob, Boston detective Callie Jean Morgan comes home to her family's cottage in South Carolina. There, she can keep their...

She’s Named After A Motorcycle. Her Dad’s An Elvis Impersonator. Her Mom Talks To Spirit Guides. Someone’s Kidnapped The Family Dog—Named King, in Elvis’s Honor. There’s a Ransom Note.And Then Things Really Get Weird. Memphis tour guide, Harley Jean...

A bribery case gone wrong leads a woman into the deep, dank Carolina Lowcountry on a manhunt.Carolina Slade, a by-the-book federal county manager in the coastal Lowcountry of South Carolina, reports an attempted bribe only to find herself a key player in...

Everyone in the small seaside village of Taviscombe is looking forward to the festival. So is Mrs. Sheila Malory-that is, until the unpleasant Adrian Palgrove joins the planning committee. Mrs. Malory, an avid reader of nineteenth century literature, is...

Leaving the majestic Rocky Mountains, her husband and home, Frances was seeking solace in a dream job as a part-time landscaper and full-time author with a free place to live just one-half block from Coronado Beach. She will find herself caught up in a...

The Intrigues Of A Poisoner And Captain Coutanceau is a novel written by Emile Gaboriau and originally published in 1885. The story revolves around the character of Captain Coutanceau, a naval officer who becomes embroiled in a complex web of intrigue...

Who would think that the life of a probation officer supervisor could be so exciting? "Killer Storm" features the adventures of Jo Spence, a forty-year-old, coffee-addicted, dog-loving lesbian whose desk job suddenly places her in the middle of...

When classical pianist Ally Carpenter goes missing during a night out with friends, the implications stretch far beyond her disappearance. Veteran detective, Senior Sergeant Susan Prescott, believes that sexual predators may have abducted Ally. However,...

A professional hitman, going by the name of Judas, is hired by an elite but shady corporation. Stumbling through his assignment, he falls for the beautiful and telepathic detective whose mission is clear: Sara has begun her next hunt. Time seems to stand...

Art teacher Amanda returns home to find her husband, Mathew, murdered. The police have no leads and the only clue is a missing photograph album. Amanda soon learns that her husband had been taking out loans against her home, leaving her in negative...

After a strange and alarming phone call from her elderly uncle Pete gets abruptly cut off, kindergarten teacher Betsy McGovern returns to her hometown of Eagle Point, Maine. She soon learns that her beloved uncle Pete and godmother, Lily Mae Warren, the...

Vigilante or psychopath, who is murdering men in Belle Ridge? Lita Anders, a New York journalist, leaves Manhattan with her five year old daughter and returns to her hometown, an old New Jersey suburb of Manhattan, where mansions meet Greenwich Village...

After the death of her two brothers, Dakota Lee Ramsay sought quiet and solitude to heal from her losses. Changing her career, she became an elder caregiver in a quiet assisted-living facility. Two shootings and a murder later, it looked as though she...

In a single moment, Grace Duet's life changed forever. After a near fatal car crash left a gaping hole in her memory, Grace wakes up in a strange town, with a husband she can't remember and a killer hot on her trail.Positive that she has forgotten a...

New York City, 2004. Shortly after New York City rocker Tommy Peterson of The Winding Roads accepts an award at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame gala at The Waldorf-Astoria, the guitar legend is found brutally murdered the next day inside his recording...

In the late 1880s, Murial Robertson has the unusual job of being a part of her father's security detail. While trying to gain public support to make Arizona a state, the Senator receives a peculiar letter threatening his life and signed by "The Serpent."...

Since Charlie's sister was killed, Charlie has dedicated herself to being the perfect guardian for her niece - even if it means the painful sacrifice of moving back to the hometown she'd wanted to leave for good. Her sister was murdered by her boyfriend...

Who is the Blade Man and why has this mysterious loner been attacking Mainland Public Transport bus drivers? And who is trying to burn MPT down? The company's president suspects an inside job and orders security officer Casey Holland to launch an...

Elise Golden can't take it anymore! The flat above hers is being renovated, and she can't stand the banging overhead—not to mention all the dirt, dust and danger disrupting their peaceful small-town courtyard. When one of the contractors is badly...

Avril 1284 – Récemment veuve et désormais dame d'honneur de la reine Eleanor d'Angleterre qui s'apprête à donner naissance à son seizième enfant, Catrin n'avait jamais imaginé revenir un jour au Pays...

Who knew a New Year's trip to Budapest could be so deadly? The tour must go on - even with a killer in their midst...Recent divorcee Lana Hansen needs a break. Her luck has run sour for going on a decade, ever since she got fired from her favorite job as...

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis KrimiDer zwölfte Fall der Kommissarin Thekla SommerNach dem Tod eines gut gebuchten Fotomodels passieren einige Morde unter Zuhilfenahme eins sehr seltenen Mordinstruments.Sind es Werke neidischer Kolleginnen aus der gleichen Branche,...

Schock in Saint-Tropez.Der Nationalfeiertag ist den Franzosen heilig. Die Leute feiern mit Paraden und mit Feuerwerk. Sie tanzen und sind stolz auf ihre Nation. Um so schockierender, wenn eine junge Frau tot auf einer neu eingeweihten Statue in...

An unexpected call from Riverton, Manitoba in 2007 forced Janet Berg to confront the life and death of her father, Daniel. He was found shot dead in a field with a shotgun and the forty-year-old scientist needed to explain why. From her home in Seattle,...

Karla Bell and I are not friends. We don't even like each other. But when she gets tangled up in a murder investigation, I agree to help her stitch together the clues and find the real killer.I'm not doing it to help Karla. I'm doing it because if Karla...

"Trust me, Megan," said my best friend. "This spa weekend will be dead relaxing."I didn't think she meant it literally, but here we are, trapped in a remote, luxury retreat with a killer. But we don't know who the killer is. Or if they plan to kill...

Some secrets aren't meant to be told.Police Chief Mark Friessen and his wife, social worker Billy Jo McCabe, keep a watchful eye on their small island town in the Pacific Northwest. As the couple comes to grips with the fact that a hub of crime run by...

A small-town yarn store owner joins forces with her well-meaning and quirky family and friends to solve crimes. This charming cozy mystery series will entertain crafters, pet lovers, and foodies alike.Download The Knitorious Murder Mystery Books 10 - 12...

Our journey begins under the gaze of The Faery Godmother by cover artist Ashley Rose Goentoro. We step into a ghost story 'Man with Golden Helmet' by feature author Renée Sarojini Saklikar. Dawn Lo in 'Little Snowflake Girls' and Weiwei Xu in 'Chimera'...