Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths

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Devil's Rock

Gerri Hill

Two women vow to bring a killer to justice.Deputy Andrea Sullivan had hoped to leave the horrors of Los Angeles behind her, but the serial murders of college students in peaceful, picturesque Sedona is her nightmare case to solve. The...

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Published: Dec 2010

The Walkers of Dembley (Agatha Raisin...

M. C. Beaton

After six months in London, Agatha Raisin returns to her beloved Cotswold village—and her dashing neighbor, James Lacey. Well, sort of. James might not be so interested in Agatha. But soon enough, Agatha becomes consumed by her othe...

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Published: Aug 2009

Tall Tail: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

Rita Mae Brown

In this fast-paced mystery by Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her animal friends seek to solve a whodunit rooted in eighteenth-century Virginia—uncovering a shocki...

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Published: May 2017

Home of the Braised

Julie Hyzy

With the pressure of an upcoming state dinner that could make or break the president's foreign policy, White House executive chef Olivia Paras has precious little time to focus on her wedding plans-or to catch a murderer…  Tensions ...

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Published: Jan 2014

Kissing Christmas Goodbye (Agatha Rai...

M. C. Beaton

Agatha Raisin is bored. Her detective agency in the Cotswolds is thriving, but she'll scream if she has to deal with another missing cat or dog. Only two things seem to offer potential excitement: Christmas, and her ex, James Lacey. T...

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Published: Nov 2008

A Killing in the Hills (Bell Elkins)

Julia Keller

In A Killing in the Hills, a powerful, intricate debut from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Julia Keller, a mother and a daughter try to do right by a town and each other before it's too late.What's happening in Acker's Gap, West ...

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Published: Jun 2013

The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café (No....

Alexander McCall Smith

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency often helps people find things they have lost. But they have never had to help a client find herself—until now, in this latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith's best-selling and beloved serie...

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Published: Jun 2015

Murder in Morningside Heights (A Gasl...

Victoria Thompson

Midwife Sarah Brandt and private detective Frank Malloy return to investigate a death in the field of higher learning in this Gaslight Mystery from the national bestselling author of Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue...  After spending h...

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Published: May 2017

Murder on Amsterdam Avenue: A Gasligh...

Victoria Thompson

From the national bestselling author of Murder in Morningside Heights, midwife Sarah Brandt and former police detective Frank Malloy investigate a murder in the secretive, high-society world of nineteenth-century New York City . . . ...

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Published: May 2016

Dressed to Keel: A Darcy Cavanaugh My...

Candy Calvert

When a ship steward is murdered, Darcy Cavanaugh’s amateur sleuthing turns deadly serious. She’s barely had time to think before her friend Marie is declared a suspect and is taken off the ship for questioning. Suddenly ...

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Published: May 2006

The Interior

Lisa See

“See paints a fascinating portrait of a complex and enigmatic society, in which nothing is ever quite as it appears, and of the people, peasant and aristocrat alike, who are bound by its subtle strictures.”–San Diego...

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Published: Dec 2007

Foul Play at the Fair (Celebration Ba...

Shelley Freydont

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Published: Sep 2012

Stirring the Plot (A Cookbook Nook My...

Daryl Wood Gerber

3rd in nationally bestselling Cookbook Nook Mystery seriesHalloween in Crystal Cove, California, is a big deal, involving a spooky soiree where the Winsome Witches, a fund-raising group, gather to open up their purse strings and trade...

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Published: Sep 2014

Dying to Read

Lorena McCourtney

Cate Kinkaid is just dipping her toe into the world of private investigating until one of the many resumes she has floating around lands her a real job. All she has to do is determine that a particular woman lives at a particular addr...

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Published: Aug 2012

Checked Out: A Dead-End Job Mystery

Elaine Viets

PI Helen Hawthorne goes undercover at a local library to find a painting and solve a murder in the national bestselling mystery series.Wealthy socialite Elizabeth Cateman Kingsley has hired Helen to find a missing John Singer Sargent ...

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Published: May 2016

The House of Unexpected Sisters: No. ...

Alexander McCall Smith

Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma  Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associa...

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Published: May 2018

Frankly My Dear, I'm Dead

Livia J. Washburn

No one is surprised when feisty Delilah Dickinson opens her own literary travel agency in Atlanta after her divorce. But during her first group's tour of an old plantation modelled after Tara from 'Gone with the Wind' - complete with ...

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Published: Oct 2009

Murder on the Poet's Walk (A Book Ret...

Ellery Adams

For bibliophiles who want to get away from it all, Virginia’s book-themed resort Storyton Hall offers the perfect escape. And in the latest witty installment from New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams, a killer inspired...

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Published: Sep 2022

Eyes

Joanne Fluke

Dear Reader, In the early 1990s, I published a suspense novel called Eyes under the name Chris Hunter. Now I'm thrilled that it's available again with a striking new cover! A mild-mannered car salesman…a womanizing bartender…a bel...

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Published: Apr 2016

Mummy Dearest: A Claire Malloy Myster...

Joan Hess

Claire Malloy—a single, widowed mother of a teenage daughter and a bookseller in Farberville, Arkansas—has finally said 'I do' to her swain, Peter Rosen of the local police department. Now they are on their honeymoon in Luxor, Egy...

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Published: Feb 2009

To the Land of Long Lost Friends: No....

Alexander McCall Smith

In the latest book in the widely beloved No. 1 Ladies\' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe takes on a case for a childhood acquaintance and finds that family relationships are always a tricky proposition—even for Botswan...

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Published: Sep 2020

Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun (An An...

Lois Winston

A debut mystery featuring innovative crafts projectsWhen Anastasia Pollack's husband permanently cashes in his chips at a roulette table in Vegas, her comfortable middle-class life is suddenly kaput. She's left with two teenage sons, ...

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Published: Jan 2011

Cold Judgment

Joanne Fluke

The Perfect CureOn the surface they are beautiful and talented. But few know of the harrowing darkness inside each of them, how close they are to losing their tenuous grip on sanity. Dr. Elias is their only hope. But he's dying. And h...

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Published: Nov 2014

Dead in the Doorway: A House-Flipper ...

Diane Kelly

Dead in the Doorway is the second in a delightful cozy series from Diane Kelly set in Nashville―where the real estate market is to die for.A HOUSE WITH GOOD BONES. . .Whitney Whitaker has scored the perfect piece of real estate: a r...

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Published: Mar 2020

Stillwater Island: An absolutely grip...

Gregg Olsen

"Mommy, I'm scared." Marlena's precious boy lies with his little arm thrown over her thigh. It's pitch-black, and she can hear seagulls. She realises they must be near water, and a new panic rises in her. At 2 a.m. one ic...

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Published: Dec 2021

A Lie for a Lie (Ministry is Murder M...

Emilie Richards

When the ex-wife of a local celebrity is charged with his murder, minister's wife Aggie Sloan-Wilcox seeks divine inspiration to help clear her name.

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Published: Feb 2009

Putting on the Dog

Cynthia Baxter

A charity dog show has Jessica hitting the road with her faithful one-eyed Dalmatian, Lou, and her tailless Westie, Max, for the palatial summer estates of Long Island's fabled East End. When she arrives, the posh seaside community is...

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Published: Aug 2004

Right Attitude to Rain (Isabel Dalhou...

Alexander McCall Smith

When friends from Dallas arrive in Edinburgh and introduce Isabel Dalhousie to Tom Bruce--a bigwig at home in Texas--several confounding situations unfurl at once. Isabel is certain of the ethical basis for a little sleuthing now and ...

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Published: Sep 2006

A Brisket, A Casket: A Deadly Deli My...

Delia Rosen

Murder-s on the menu in this savory debut.Gwen (nee Katz) Silver heard the brisket at her uncle-s Jewish deli, Murray the Pastrami Swami-the only one of its kind in Nashville, Tennessee-was -to die for.- But she didn-t realize that me...

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Published: Oct 2010

Old Maid's Puzzle: A Quilting Mystery...

Terri Thayer

Thirty-year-old techie Dewey Pellicano is trying to make a go of Quilter Paradiso, the quilt shop she inherited from her mother. But she's facing a patchwork of problems—fierce competition, an uncooperative employee (who also happen...

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Published: Sep 2008
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