Women sleuths Books

Book three of the Shandra Higheagle Native American Mystery SeriesPassion... Secrets... Murder...The dead body of an illicit neighbor and an old necklace sends potter Shandra Higheagle on a chase to find a murderer. Visions from her dead grandmother...

A storm is bearing down on Foggy Point, Washington, promising strong winds, flooding and power outages. Harriet Truman and the Loose Threads quilt group are sewing flannel rag quilts and making plastic tarps from grocery bags for the denizens of a local...

Harriet Truman returns to Foggy Point thinking she's just going to see to her aunt Beth's customers while the lady takes a European cruise. Instead, she discovers she now owns both business and house, whether she wanted to or not. Still, she's stuck...

After three years of studying with the Empress Bykoda, Jemeryl has learned all that the elderly sorcerer can teach her and is ready to return to Lyremouth. However, before she leaves, Bykoda reveals a grim secret - an oracle of death, and asks her to...

Graduate student Monica Bauer is working in a lab where a new drug to treat brain tumors is being tested. She is also visiting a young man who was shot in the head in Vietnam, searching for ways to connect with him. When lab rats are slaughtered and the...

'OHHH SNAP!!! This book was GOOD!!... incredibly twisted, fascinating and had mind-blowing shocking revelations!... I was literally yelling into my Kindle!... Just WOW!! What an ending to an amazing read!!' Heidi Lynn's Book Reviews, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐One hot...

On the night of the great Chartist uprising and march to Newport, South Wales, in November 1839, a man with a very different agenda is on the prowl.He is a thief, who by chance has come across an unusual, potentially priceless item, that could bring him...

In a world where everyone has something to hide, even the most unexpected places hold dark truths.When a daring challenge leads Tony Flaner and his companions to the secluded corners of northern Wyoming, they find themselves disconnected from the digital...

"It's times like these when a gal's got her ex-husband hiding inches away from her new boyfriend and a murdered man in rigor on the floor beside her that being good at lying would sure come in handy." ~ HOW TO KILL A KINGPIN Gina Malone, aka the...

A CRAFTY KILLER'S BLAME GAME Refereeing homeowner association spats over acceptable mulch color was never part of Kylee Kane's post-Coast Guard retirement plans. The irate combatants are trying the security consultant's patience when gunfire erupts...

Rip and Rapella Ripple are staying in the Rest 'n Peace RV Park in Buffalo, Wyoming. They find the park's name ironic after one of its owners is found dead in the forest. While trying to capture a wildlife photo with Rapella's new...

In the deep waters off the coast of Beaufort, South Carolina, corpses are turning up faster than dolphins chasing a shrimp boat . . .When federal agricultural investigator Carolina Slade's best friend is suspected of embezzlement and fraud in a...

Anyone for tea and crumpets . . . and murder? Caro Lamont, amateur sleuth and well-respected animal therapist to Laguna Beach's pampered pets, works with office mate and tech wizard, Graham Cash, whose beloved Scottish Fold tabby cat, Toria, is purported...

When Julia Maltby, a wide-eyed girl of British stock, leaves New York to return to her ancestral castle on a remote island off the coast of Northumberland, she is seeking romance and adventure; but finds more than she bargained for. The British...

A homeless cat. A diamond bracelet in the moonlight. A corpse buried in the dunes. Strolling on the beach one moonlit evening, Trixie Montgomery stumbles on a body buried in the sand. Full time historical writer and part time amateur sleuth, she waves...

Skye Southerland and Honey Truelove are back in an all-new adventure!  Having cleared their names in the Sylvia Landmark murder, these southern girls, along with Honey’s cousin Ginger, are back at work in Skye’s interior design firm,...

Literature Professor and amateur sleuth Kate Fansler is taking a well-earned sabbatical with her new husband, Reed. However, her martini filled evenings are soon interrupted by a desperate appeal from her former and beloved Theban School to cover classes...

Jeremiah Cuthbert (JC) and Susan, the Shelby amateur sleuth couple, are at it again in the high mountains of Colorado. JC, mustered back into the Navy and given a commission, along with his very talented and charming wife, have been sent there as they...

Although tall, thin, blond and gorgeous, Breken Annersen suffers from body dysmorphic disorder. She's got a 'glamour job' at an international gossip magazine, but dreams of a Pulitzer. All Brek WANTS on her Paris assignment is some dirt on a few starlets...

Grace has always led a very normal life. She lives in beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah. She is single, works at a bank with her best friend, and goes to church on Sunday. She also spends time with her brother, who is the only one of her family members who...

A gripping mystery novel by L.M. Nesbitt about a young woman's investigation into her friend's suspicious death, uncovering a dark underworld of crime and corruption.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of...

Arabella Beaumont, courtesan, adventuress, and sleuth, romps her way through Regency London into a dangerous affair of blackmail...Arabella Beaumont is the fortunate possessor of one of England's most celebrated bodies-with a formidable business brain to...

In November 2019, the Sydney suburb of Rosetown is shocked by the violent murder of 11 year old Jacob Turner in broad daylight. As Detective Sergeant Phoebe Wilson investigates, more and more questions surface. Details of the murder begin to...

Gillian Jones is a thirty-three-year-old probation officer. A few years previous, she survived a car accident that shattered her ankle and her first marriage. Now she's remarried and walking again and life would be perfect-if only she could get pregnant...

Homicide Detective Regina Jackson is faced with an investigation into the murder of a young crackhead named Short Stuff who grew up in the same neighborhood as she. As the investigation unfolds, she is forced to face some disturbing realities about her...

Paige Smith is back-the detective hero for people who aren't cut out to be detective heroes. For the editor of the Arlington weekly Spectator, one front-row seat for a hair-raising scoop had been enough for a lifetime, thank you. All he wanted now was...

.She was going to kill him. But what seemed like a brilliant idea a few hours ago did not look so good now. She was not a criminal, was she? She'd never killed before. Ever. And she meant not even a spider or a cockroach or a mosquito, although they were...

"Sleuth Amy Elizabeth Fletcher, ahead of her time in forensic criminal investigation in late Victorian England, takes the reader through the minute and rich details of each fascinating case. You are not likely to forget this unique cast of characters...

Can a woman who doesn't remember her past trust a man who can't put the past behind him?Amanda Cross finds herself in a hospital bed, unsure of how she got there or, worse yet, who she is after an attack left her near death and with amnesia. Three people...

An eerie beauty settles over Tiger Tail Island, a wild refuge along Florida's Gulf Coast. But treachery and violence are woven throughout the island's history. The latest death is that of treasure hunter Timothy Hart, who discovered, and then took to his...

The last thing practical, no-nonsense 36-year-old New Orleans schoolteacher Nettie Dunbar expects when she gives fourth-grader Anthony detention is having the business end of a gun jammed into her face. But that's just one surprise that awaits Nettie...

Forensic Special Investigator Amy Elizabeth Fletcher of the Metropolitan Police joined forces with Detective Inspector Thomas Dundas between 1898 and 1901 to solve seven of the most baffling and bizarre crimes ever committed in London and East Anglia...

Vermont dairy farmer Ruth encounters beekeepers, Abenaki Indians, a strangled professor, and dark secrets from the past in this hair-raising tale."Penetrating, economical, and generously plotted."--Kirkus Reviews"The story is intricate and fascinating,...

Amy Page, a middle-aged American widow and food columnist from Charleston, South Carolina, is in Paris to write a cookbook. Her lengthy stay in the City of Lights suddenly takes an unexpected turn when a cab driver is murdered in front of her building on...

In the quaint town of Ledstow, Esther lives a good distance from her nosy parents, talks to anyone who will listen about musicals, and jams on her ukulele. But when murder comes to her workplace, everyone is a suspect.When her best friend is taken in for...

Being a reveller is such a drain...Someone is supping upon young noblemen and it's up to Hannah and Wycliff to investigate. If only they could agree on how the men are being drained of their life's blood. Is it a vampyre, known for their impeccable...

Sarah, the only child of Rev. and Mrs. Cranston Estey, was betrothed to Connor McLagen of the affluent McLagen family. The McLagens were socially revered, although there were rumours of nefarious underpinnings to their substantial wealth, and the...

Murder and Mischief with Lady Amanda Golightly Follow the exploits of the eccentric Lady Amanda Golightly and her loyal friend Hugo as they stumble upon murder and mayhem whilst navigating English country life.In Strangeways to Oldham, Amanda discovers a...

With one hand on the slippery torch, Aileen steeled herself. A moment later, she pulled the rough wooden door open. 'Hell-' Her words died in her mouth and what came out was a terrifying scream. Who is the most criminal of them all?Aileen...

After the cards were dealt, one player didn't make the cut.At a local poker tournament, a player is murdered after the first game day. A suspect is booked for the murder, but something doesn't add up.To root out the real killer, Niki joins the tournament...