Genres : Women Sleuths

A dead womanizer. A friend suspected of murder. And a teacher turned sleuth.In Willow, Ohio, English teacher Kendra Clayton craves more than dateless nights spent grading papers. And boy does she get it when her friend Bernie's boyfriend, Jordan, a notorious womanizer, is brutally murdered, and both she and Kendra become suspects. Kendra can only save herself—and the friend she believes is innocent—by doing some investigating of her own.But between Jordan's past and present conquests—and a chain of emptied wallets...

The Librarian's Hidden HeartA Maisie Quill Love Story MysteryWhen a hidden hope chest reveals that the town's "spinster librarian" carried on a secret 50-year love affair, Maisie must uncover the truth about a romance that shaped Maple Falls' history—and learn what it means to choose love boldly.Maisie Quill's life in Maple Falls has finally found its rhythm. Her antique shop thrives, her consulting work brings closure to families across the region, and her relationship with Owen is deepening toward something...

When flamboyant senior sleuth Sadie Kramer learns the owner of Cioccolato, her favorite chocolate shop, is in trouble, she heads for the California wine country with a tote-bagged Yorkie and a slew of questions. The fourth generation Tremiato Winery promises answers, but not before a dead body turns up at the vintners’ scheduled Harvest Festival. All four Tremiato siblings have possible motives, as well as a few peripheral acquaintances, but only one could be the guilty party. As Sadie juggles...

In the latest thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, homicide detective Eve Dallas investigates a murder with a mysterious motive—and a terrifying weapon.Pediatrician Kent Abner received the package on a beautiful April morning. Inside was a cheap trinket, a golden egg that could be opened into two halves. When he pried it apart, highly toxic airborne fumes entered his body—and killed him. After Eve Dallas calls the hazmat team—and undergoes testing to reassure both her and her...

“This is an excellent book… When you start reading, be sure you don’t have to wake up early!”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Detective Meg Thorne, haunted by the years of cold cases she could not solve, retires early, in her 50s, feeling stifled by the limits of the law and determined to do whatever she has to to solve them on her own, stop these killers, and rescue any victims. Outside of the red tape, she will be free to...

Lady Eliza Winter hates London. This is her third season in the city and she's still ringless and undesired. Rumors from her childhood scare off any eligible bachelors, so she is just trying to make it through her loveless summer with her only friend, Penelope to keep the future spinster company. When Penelope misses their weekly tea date with Eliza, Eliza never expects it's for such a sinister reason. Eliza discovers Penelope has disappeared from London and the police won't...

Tequila is a terrible way to go…The young woman who’d ordered the double shot margarita took it with wide eyes and a thumbs up as she sampled it through the straw, walking back toward her table in the sand on wobbling platform sandals unsuited to the footing. I grinned and moved on to my next order while Pika expertly cracked two bottles of icy beer and slid them across the polished wooden bar toward the waiting men, one of whom...

"Absolutely hilarious! I want more Lucie!" -- Denise Swanson, New York Times Bestselling AuthorDog walking seemed like an innocent job… but the mob has its paws in everything.Lucie Rizzo, investment banker. Status: unemployed.It’s a hard fall from grace for Lucie to move back in with her mother until she lands on her feet again. Everything she did before was to get as far away as possible from her mob-infested family.Still, Lucie’s determined to make things work. She begins with a...

FBI Special Agent Faith Bold, hospitalized and haunted by her encounter with a serial killer, is ready to retire—when Turk, a K9 German Shepherd, himself traumatized, comes into her life. When a new serial killer strikes, leaving his victims at the bottom of isolated wells, Faith, this time with Turk at her side, will stop at nothing to hunt him down and save the next victim before it is too late.“A masterpiece of thriller and mystery.”—Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto...

From Hollywood, California, to Heywood, Arizona, trouble follows her...After her husband’s brutal killing and her fall from the Hollywood elite, the disgraced Samantha Rathbone moves to Heywood hoping to forget her past and live a quiet life of anonymity as Sam Jones.When she takes a job at the local herbal shop, Sage Advice, and the owner is found murdered, Sam is pushed back into the unwanted spotlight when she becomes the number one suspect. As she wades through ugly family...