Women sleuths Books

Reeling from a recent breakup and dreading the emptiness at home, Private Investigator JadeAanne Stone and her dog Pepper head to Mexico City at an alluring invitation. Her host, Anibal reveals he is an undercover DEA agent and enlists JadeAnne in his...

Young Woman's Body Discovered in Library Gazebo, Lou Prophet Accused in Library Spirits, a Cozy Historical Mystery by Alice Duncan-1926, Pasadena, California-When Daisy's old nemesis, Stacy Kincaid, is found murdered in the Pasadena Public Library's...

Private investigator Sloane West knows that every murder begins with a lie. Vancouver Island harbors the darkest. Under a cold moon, a brutal murder occurs, and a boy vanishes. The RCMP suspects the child is the killer, but in Old Denwick, things aren't...

M-U-R-D-E-R. Nine points in Scrabble.Nine iron--great for short golf shots. But can a golf pro and an English teacher work together to discover who killed a friend during a Scrabble game? Newly retired Jayne Marple and Arnolda "Arnie" Palmer met playing...

In Doggone Honeymoon, newlyweds Autumn and Lieutenant Ray Reed's romantic getaway quickly turns into a chilling mystery when a lifeless body interrupts their Pocono Mountains tranquil retreat. With their loyal canine companions, Chrissy and Ace, by their...

Arriving to view what will hopefully be her dream home, Thea Kozak finds her real estate agent, Ginger Stevens, tied to a chair, surrounded by fiery space heaters. Just before the woman dies, she utters the indistinct words: Bobby. So long. Safe. Sorry...

An international intrigue with psychological twists and turns!Psychologist Dr. Cory Cohen teams up again with private investigator Ben Fortuna. This time they're on a case involving an anorexic young mother and her Iranian husband, a prominent petroleum...

Harley Jean must be on the right track if someone wants to kidnap her . . .Memphis tour guide and amateur crime-solver, Harley Jean Davidson, is up to her handlebars in mystery, again. Last time, she was almost whacked by jewel thieves. Now her Aunt...

What happens when a hot property meets a cold corpse? Realtor Honey Ingersoll is thrilled to be selling Eureka Falls' biggest mansion--until her client asks for a special favor. In the estate next door, the Velveteen Vixens, a group of bikini-clad...

Brenda Hill grows up in a small town in the Adirondack Mountains called Cook's Landing. In high school, she falls for local boy Joshua Smith. Together, they make big plans to move to New York City where Brenda will attend fashion design school and Joshua...

Detective Chief Superintendent St John (pronounced Sinjun) Harcourt has been seconded from New Scotland Yard to the police force in St Albans, an old market town 20 miles north of London, to investigate the murder of a nursing assistant who has been...

When her youngest daughter leaves for college, Maggie Glass moves to Bell Harbor, Connecticut, a quaint village on the Connecticut coast, to become a criminology professor. Her adopted home envelops her with welcoming friends and New England charm. But...

Everyone's known some kind of bad neighbor: the loud, the rude, the nosy, or the accusatory. Unfortunately, Myaisha's neighbor in suburban Greensboro, a hard-drinking man named Jared, is pretty much all four, even going so far as calling Animal Control...

FBI special agent Gwen Harrison is resting in an unidentified rehab facility after being shot by two assassins. Immobilized, she suggests that the Bureau permit Special Agent Karen Wilken to join her in seeking the perpetrators. Karen (a UCLA-trained...

Secrets hiding on the tundra...In the dawning of summer, the rugged landscape of rural Alaska sets the stage for a tale of determination and dark secrets. Headstrong Bunny O'Kelly arrives on the sprawling expanses of Buck Miller's horse ranch with the...

The Spilled Ink Mysteries are cozy mystery with a nod to the golden age of female sleuth, amateur detective, 'who dun it', fiction.Catherine Everwood, a librarian with a nose for uncovering hidden secrets, finds herself plunged into a world of intrigue...

Abby Anderson the sheriff of Digger's Cove is looking forward to a good weekend. Things are quiet in town. She is going to spend time with her girlfriend Merry Jo. They have decided to officially move in together. She is up for re-election but Abby is...

In a sea of bachelors, Penelope's dance card is a clue to murder. Dallas 1924In the wake of her husband's untimely demise, Penelope Van Keesler is coerced into attending a lavish ball by her meddling mother. With their family's fortune teetering on the...

Poitiers, France, 1979 Edith Bonelli is the leading detective at the Bonelli Agency, yet the patriarchal standards of her profession in the late 70s have relegated her to the role of her father Stéfano's timid assistant, though he is internationally...

An innocent has never looked so guilty...When a girl is found dead at an all-night house party, the sheriff accuses Gina's son, Jacob, of being the murderer.Despite the evidence stacked up against him, Gina is determined to find the real killer and bring...

A case of an accidental fall in the suburbs of Washington D.C. Rosetta believes there is more than the police have discovered. She's opened her own detective agency so her and her daughter can find out what really happened.

Join attorney Alanna Stone as she returns home despite her determination to never set foot on Mackinac Island again. Once again in close proximity to Jonathan Covington, her first love, she vows to protect her privacy and her heart from the man who still...

In 1930s Liverpool, England when a wealthy widow's life is put in danger and a mysterious amulet holds the key to the culprit, Jessie Harper and George Jenkins of the Dale Street Private Investigations Agency must use their wits and the help of Khan, a...

In "The Final Reflection: Shadows of Justice," Detective Ian Mercer faces the darkest case of his career, set against the chilling backdrop of Willow's End. Tasked with solving what initially appears to be a simple suicide on Willow's Bridge, Mercer's...

Halloween, the night of ghosts and goblins, witches and zombies, disguise and illusion, is the perfect canvas for a killer to cloak his handiwork in plain sight. While taking a friend's son trick or treating, Melinda Stark and Indie Porter, best...

FBI Agent Megan Raines is investigating her first major case, a horrific serial killer in Omaha, Nebraska.The Midwest Madman has been killing for years, but he doesn't just kill his victims, he tortures them slowly.Megan and her partner, James, work with...

In A Conventional Murder, we meet Rebecca Bauer, a hotel manager who is a magnet for trouble, mystery, and murder. Before she was accused by the hotel owner of taking bribes, she had thought that her life was almost perfect. She was a respected manager...

Juliana Anderson es una joven detective con dos años en el cargo. Seguir con el legado familiar y dedicarse a atrapar criminales es su ambición profesional, aunque en ocasiones no sabe cómo complementarla con sus deseos de formar una familia y ser madre...

When an overflying drone caught world-famous star of the silver screen George Calhoun cheating on his wife, the silver fox desperately tried to get his hands on the footage. Unfortunately the drone belonged to my human's dad, who now found himself at the...

I have a confession to make. I've never been a big fan of diamonds or other gems. Frankly I don't see the attraction. Okay, so they're nice to look at, but when your tummy is rumbling, jewels aren't going to feed you, are they? No, give me a nice bowl of...

I have never claimed to possess any particular musical talent. In fact I think it's rare for a cat to stake a claim to fame based on musical ability alone (a certain Broadway musical notwithstanding). So when Harriet suggested a joint performance of cat...

When Matt met Aurelia, he knew she was the one, and when he asked her to marry him and she said yes, he was the happiest man alive. Until he met her dad and discovered that her dad... was his dad, too! And so when Matt and his dad walked into Odelia's...

All I ever wanted in life was to be able to enjoy my daily naps, my daily dose of kibble and spend quality time with my friends. But lately Hampton Cove, the small town I like to call home, seems to have become the kind of crime-infested borough you hear...

Sie dachte immer, sie kenne den Tod. Sie hielt ihn für einen alten Bekannten. Jetzt weiß sie es besser.Endlich erfährt Emma die Wahrheit. Über den Mann, den sie liebte. Über eine Verschwörung. Über sich selbst.Emmas Welt bricht zusammen. Als sie endlich...

Neugier kann tödlich sein! Von ihrem Freund für eine Jüngere verlassen, kommt Kommissarin Anne Kirsch ein Mordfall gut gelegen: In Bontkirchen im Sauerland wird Jürgen Gruber erschossen aufgefunden. Bereits wenige Wochen zuvor war im selben Dorf die...

Bei seinem wichtigsten Eishockey-Spiel wird der Starspieler der Adler Mannheim vor den Augen des entsetzten Publikums erschossen. Die Mörderin wird noch vor Ort verhaftet, doch sie kannte das Opfer nicht und schweigt beharrlich. Sonderermittlerin Chris...

Achtung liebe Leser, bitte beachten Sie, dass das Buch in Erstauflage unter dem Titel Katzensitter erschienen ist. Kommissarin Hannah Bindhoffer hat in Rüsselsheim ein neues Zuhause gefunden. Auch mit Jens Hartmann, ihrem Partner bei der Kripo, versteht...

Mrs. Miller, die Witwe eines Offiziers der US Airforce, ist eine resolute, kombinierfreudige Dame mit einem unverwechselbaren Charme, mit dem sie die Herzen der Bürger der kleinen Stadt Isle of Peace im Sturm erobert hat.Ihr Interesse an Kriminalfällen...

A Seer in the City...While visiting an estate sale to pick up new items for Missing Pieces, Aly gets hit with a surprise: the elderly homeowner didn't have a heart attack--she was murdered. Aly's got the evidence in her hands, and the killer is offering...

Just when Aly thinks she understands her psychic powers, a new mystery puts them to the test. Life in Shady Grove is looking up. Aly's excited to start classes at Maloney College, she loves her job, and her unrequited crush might be starting to turn...

Aly doesn't believe in psychics. Too bad she just had a vision.Future scientists don't see things that aren't real. Aly's got enough on her plate, with finishing her degree and taking care of her nephew and starting her new job at the antique store while...

A stand-alone sequel to the page-turner hit, Killer Motives: A Hudson Valley MysteryAfter a year that turned her world upside down, Victoria Mancusio's seemingly perfect life is back intact-except for one looming loose end. And Victoria doesn't like...

When his girlfriend, Jillian Russo, washes up on the shore of the Merrimack River in Essex County, Massachusetts, Carmen Vaughn immediately finds himself the main suspect in her murder investigation. Desperate, he turns to his college professor and...

Anthracis is the debut novel in an alphabetical series featuring Maya Maguire, medical detective, in her journey as an Asian American veterinarian solving microbial mysteries.The spectacular southwestern desert is alive with Bacillus anthracis spores,...

Ivy Bradshaw has all the training in the world when it comes to soap, but there's no schooling when it comes to murder.When a missing box of lye from Ivy's store links her to a murder, Ivy will have to pull out all the stops to maintain her squeaky clean...

Isobel Amsel is wasting away in an asylum. Mad with boredom, she recklessly risks her future wandering the countryside.  When an excursion nearly turns deadly, Isobel fears one of her enemies is targeting her, but she quickly discovers something far...

Mrs. Peterson had mixed feelings about the evening she had planned to meet with her old friend Holly Hemmings. Holly was a well known author whose success novels over the years had been a constant source of entertainment for her old college friend and...

The death of Gabriel Rhodes on Halloween night sent a shock through the Santa Fe Goth community. Three months later, the fallout continues.Ellen Rosings is too busy for dead bodies. With a wedding to plan, a move to organize, and business at the Wisteria...