Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths

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The Unbidden Truth (Barbara Holloway ...

Kate Wilhelm

When Louise Braniff discreetly hands Barbara Holloway a large retainer and asks for a complete anonymity, the Oregon attorney is both intrigued and suspicious. The woman, a respected music professor, is a member of a group that sponso...

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Published: Oct 2005

Die Like an Eagle: A Meg Langslow Mys...

Donna Andrews

Baseball is America's favorite pastime. But Little League is a whole 'nother story for Meg and her husband Michael, who is the coach of their twin sons' team, the Caerphilly Eagles. As Team Mom, Meg is getting more than she bargained ...

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Published: May 2017

Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch (Au...

Nancy Atherton

Nancy Atherton's follow-up to her recent New York Times bestseller sees the sleepy village of Finch set aflutter by a bewitching mystery from its past Last year, the otherworldly sleuth's devoted fans secured a place on the New York T...

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Published: Mar 2013

Knit, Purl, Die

Anne Canadeo

In the second Black Sheep Knitting book, a recently married friend of the fold is found dead in her pool so the circle hurries to unravel the mystery.

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Published: Dec 2009

The Tale of Applebeck Orchard (The Co...

Susan Wittig Albert

After his haystack was torched, Mr. Harmsworth barricaded a common path through his orchard. But witnesses-both human and animal-claim a ghost perpetrated the deed. And the ghost has a message that Miss Potter hopes to figure out.

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Published: Sep 2010

Murder with Ganache: A Key West Food ...

Lucy Burdette

Hayley Snow, the food critic for Key Zest magazine, has her plate heaped high with restaurant reviews, doughnut and sticky bun tastings, and an article on the Hemingway cats. But this week she's also in charge of her best friend's wed...

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Published: Feb 2014

Wrong Side of the Paw

Laurie Cass

As Laurie Cass continues the national bestselling Bookmobile Cat mystery series, librarian Minnie Hamilton is happy to take her bookmobile for a spin with her rescue cat, Eddie—but her tenacious tabby always seems to find trouble......

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Published: Jul 2017

A Gift of Bones: A Sarah Booth Delane...

Carolyn Haines

Sarah Booth Delaney might need a Christmas miracle to solve her latest killer case. . .The holidays are just around the corner and Sarah Booth and Tinkie are preparing for a merry celebration. Sarah Booth busies herself decking the ha...

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Published: Oct 2019

Destroyer Angel: An Anna Pigeon Novel...

Nevada Barr

Anna Pigeon, a ranger for the U.S. Park Services, sets off on vacation—an autumn canoe trip in the to the Iron Range in upstate Minnesota. With Anna is her friend Heath, a paraplegic; Heath's fifteen-year-old daughter, Elizabeth;�...

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Published: Apr 2014

Hindsight (Kendra Michaels)

Iris Johansen

Investigator Kendra Michaels -- once blind and known for her sharp skills -- puts her life on the line to catch a killer in this electrifying novel from the #1 NYT bestselling and Edgar Award-winning duo. Dr. Kendra Michaels, blind f...

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Published: Aug 2020

A Distant View of Everything: An Isab...

Alexander McCall Smith

When a matchmaker begins to question her latest match, Isabel Dalhousie is called upon to help. A new baby brings an abundance of joy to Isabel and her husband, Jamie—but almost-four-year-old Charlie is none too keen on his newborn...

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Published: Aug 2018

The Novel Habits of Happiness (Isabel...

Alexander McCall Smith

Isabel Dalhousie, the insatiably curious Edinburgh sleuth and philosopher, takes on a case unlike any she's had before: a six-year-old boy has been experiencing vivid recollections of a past life. His visions include a perfect descrip...

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Published: Aug 2016

Trace

Patricia Cornwell

Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to her old office in the 13th thriller to star the fan-favorite medical examiner. Five years ago, Scarpetta was fired from her position as Chief Medical Examiner of Richmond, Virginia. Currently based in Flor...

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Published: Jun 2005

Ghost Of A Chance (bk I) (Chintz'n Ch...

Yasmine Galenorn

The arrival of an otherwordly apparation bearing a note stating "I was murdered by my husband but nobody knows. Help me." sends Emerald, teashop owner and resident witch, on a dangerous journey fraught with death, deceit, an...

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Published: Mar 2009

Slay It With Flowers

Kate Collins

When her bride-to-be cousin's wedding party begins to disappear, resulting in murder, floral designer, bridesmaid, and occasional sleuth Abby Knight teams up with her family, a sexy bar owner, and her assistant to find the truth and t...

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Published: Mar 2005

Night of the Loving Dead (Pepper Mart...

Casey Daniels

Introducing sleuth Pepper Martin... And now, in her fourth hip, quirky mystery, she's all ours. Pepper Martin, heiress-turnedcemetery- tour-guide, often has her hands full with two hotties and the ghosts who won't let her rest—or wo...

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Published: Jan 2009

Wicked Charms: A Lizzy and Diesel Nov...

Janet Evanovich

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLizzy and Diesel are back in an all-new wicked adventure from Janet Evanovich and Emmy Award–winning co-author Phoef Sutton. Before he was murdered and mummified nearly a century ago, notorious bootlegger C...

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Published: Apr 2016

The Sky Is Falling

Sidney Sheldon

Like a certain real-life American clan, the members of the powerful Winthrop family are accomplished, glamorous--and prone to untimely death. Five Winthrops have died in accidents over the course of a single year. Washington anchorwom...

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Published: Jul 2001

The Deadly Dance: An Agatha Raisin My...

M. C. Beaton

Frustrated by a series of small jobs after opening her own detective agency, Agatha Raisin steamrolls through a first promising case and places the fledgling agency's reputation on the line by alienating her friends and flirting with ...

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Published: Jan 2006

The Bonesetter's Daughter

Amy Tan

’Ruth Young suspects that something is terribly wrong with her mother. As a child, Ruth was constantly subjected to her mothers disturbing notions about curses and ghosts and to her repeated threats to kill herself. But now LuLi...

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Published: Jan 2006

Another Thing to Fall

Laura Lippman

The California dream weavers have invaded Charm City with their cameras, their stars, and their controversy. . . . When private investigator Tess Monaghan literally runs into the crew of the fledgling TV series Mann of Steel while ...

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Published: Mar 2009

The Full Cupboard of Life

Alexander McCall Smith

The latest novel in Alexander McCall Smith's widely acclaimed 'The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series continues the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to 'help...

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Published: Apr 2004

Murder in the Marais (Aimee Leduc Inv...

Cara Black

The first book in this projected series of mysteries set in Paris features 34-year-old Aimee Leduc, a French-American private investigator who specializes in computer forensics. The novel opens as Aimee carries out a routine assignmen...

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Published: Jul 2003

No Good Deeds: A Tess Monaghan Novel ...

Laura Lippman

In the ninth novel featuring spunky reporter-turned-private investigator Tess Monaghan, a homeless street hood brought home by Tess's boyfriend turns out to have crucial information on a murder case. When Tess relays this information ...

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Published: Jul 2006

Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon

Nancy Atherton

Lori's peaceful English village is being overrun by a rowdy and mischievous Renaissance fairLori Shepherd loves living in the small English village of Finch, but as her eighth summer in the town approaches she finds herself wishing fo...

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Published: Jan 2010

Fatlands: A Hannah Wolfe Crime Novel ...

Sarah Dunant

Chaperoning a rebellious teenager around London as part of what seems to be a boring but well-paying job, Hannah is unaware of the death threats her charge's research scientist father has been receiving, until violence erupts among an...

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Published: Jul 2004

Two Cooks A-Killing: An Angie Amalfi ...

Joanne Pence

Homicidefor theHolidaysNothing could drag chef Angie Amalfi away from San Francisco and her beloved policeman fiancé Paavo Smith -- except for a job preparing the banquet her all-time favorite soap opera characters will consume d...

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Published: Nov 2003

Widow's Tears (China Bayles)

Susan Wittig Albert

Herbalist and ex-lawyer China Bayles is "in a class with lady sleuths V. I. Warshawski and Stephanie Plum" (Publishers Weekly).  In Widow's Tears, a haunted house may hold the key to solving the murder of one of China's fri...

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Published: Apr 2014

Life Sentences

Laura Lippman

Author Cassandra Fallows has achieved remarkable success by baring her life on the page. Her two widely popular memoirs continue to sell briskly, acclaimed for their brutal, unexpurgated candor about friends, family, lovers—and her...

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Published: Mar 2010

Death in Duplicate

Valerie Wolzien

DOUBLE THE LOVE, DOUBLE THE DEATHSusan Henshaw and her husband, Jeb, are the proud grandparents of beautiful twins, and their daughter and son-in-law are temporarily moving into the Henshaws’ Connecticut home with their tiny bun...

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Published: Mar 2005
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