Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths

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A Familiar Tail: A Witch's Cat Myster...

Delia James

Magic and meows meet in the first enchanting Witch's Cat mystery!  Unlucky-in-love artist Annabelle Britton decides that a visit to the seaside town of  Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is the perfect way to get over her problems. But whe...

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Published: Feb 2016

In Big Trouble: A Tess Monaghan Novel...

Laura Lippman

Tess Monaghan has learned the hard way how to survive on the streets of Baltimore—first as a fearless investigative reporter and lately as a p.i. But a new case is about to take her way out of her element. What begins with a tantal...

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Published: Feb 2012

Bodice of Evidence

Nancy J. Parra

The author of Engaged in Murder returns with her second Perfect Proposals Mystery. This time Pepper Pomeroy discovers that shopping for the dream wedding dress can be a nightmare… Pepper's new wedding proposal planning business, Pe...

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Published: Jun 2015

Boiled Over

Barbara Ross

For Julia Snowden, the Founder's Day summer celebration in Busman's Harbor, Maine, means helping her family's clambake company to prepare an authentic taste of New England seafood. Any Mainer will tell you that a real clambake needs...

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Published: May 2014

Lost Books and Old Bones: A Scottish ...

Paige Shelton

Paige Shelton's Lost Books and Old Bones is a delightful new mystery featuring bookseller and amateur sleuth Delaney Nichols, set in Edinburgh, Scotland. *INCLUDING A BONUS STORY, A CHRISTMAS TARTAN, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PRINT!*Welco...

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Published: Dec 2018

The Julius House (Aurora Teagarden My...

Charlaine Harris

Love at first sight turns into newlywed bliss for former librarian Aurora Teagarden— until violence cuts the honeymoon short.Wealthy businessman Martin Bartell gives Roe exactly what she wants for their wedding: Julius House. But bo...

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Published: Jun 2008

How to Murder a Millionaire

Nancy Martin

When her tax-evading parents flee town, leaving her with a fortune in unpaid property taxes, former socialite Nora Blackbird takes a job as the society page columnist for a Philadelphia paper, but her new career brings her face to fa...

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Published: Oct 2002

The Chocolate Cat Caper

Joanna Carl

After accepting a job supplying chocolate from her aunt's luxury chocolate business to a party for unpopular defense attorney Clemintine Ripley, Lee McKinney's takes on a new job as detective when someone adds cyanide to a chocolate c...

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Published: Mar 2002

Guilty as Sin

Tami Hoag

A cold-blooded kidnapper has been playing a twisted game with a terrified Minnesota town. Now a respected member of the community sits in jail, accused of a chilling act of evil. But then another boy disappears, triggering panic in ti...

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Published: Jan 1997

Chile Death: A China Bayles Mystery

Susan Wittig Albert

China Bayles attends a chili cookoff where a womanizing judge dies of an allergic reaction to peanuts. And since everyone knows peanuts don't belong in a bowl of Texas chili, China knows something suspicious is afoot. Includes chili r...

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Published: Oct 1999

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (No. ...

Alexander McCall Smith

The eighth installment in the universally beloved, internationally bestselling series.In the life of Mma Ramotswe – a woman duly proud of her fine traditional build – there is rarely a dull moment, and in her newest round ...

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Published: Mar 2008

Dead Certain

Mariah Stewart

Three devious prisoners vow murderous revenge.Now the second is free.With her stalker captured, antiques dealer Amanda Crosby can finally sleep at night. Having worked hard to put the nightmare behind her, Amanda has vowed to never be...

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Published: Jun 2004

Looking for Peyton Place

Barbara Delinsky

One woman’s environmental crusade makes her unpopular with the locals in this novel by the bestselling author of THE SUMMER I DARED. Novelist Annie Barnes returns to the hometown she loathes, Middle River, whose goings-on were f...

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Published: Jun 2006

A Crazy Little Thing Called Death: A ...

Nancy Martin

Nora Blackbird has made the society pages yet again. The impoverished Philadelphia heiress has agreed to wed Mick Abruzzo, son of New Jersey's most notorious mobster-if he can survive the Blackbird Curse. Anytime a Blackbird sister re...

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Published: Mar 2008

The Good Daughter: A Novel

Karin Slaughter

Two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint.One runs for her life. One is left behind . . .The stunning new novel from the international #1 bestselling author—a searing, spellbinding blend of cold-case thriller and psychological...

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Published: Apr 2018

The Diva Runs Out of Thyme: A Domesti...

Krista Davis

Gracious living can be murder. First in an all-new mystery series— includes delicious recipes and great tips on entertaining!Few can compete with Natasha Smith when it comes to entertaining, but her childhood rival, Sophie Winston, ...

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Published: Oct 2008

Crime School

Carol O'Connell

New York City policewoman Kathy Mallory investigates the murder of a prostitute named Sparrow, a woman who had taken her in many years ago only to betray her, as part of a crime that seems to mimic one that happened two decades earlie...

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Published: Aug 2003

Final Appeal

Lisa Scottoline

p Grace Rossi is starting over after a divorce, and a part-time job with a federal appeals court sounds perfect. But she doesn't count on being assigned to an explosive death penalty appeal. Nor does she expect ardor in the court in t...

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Published: Feb 2000

Sympathy for the Devil (Madeline Bean...

Jerrilyn Farmer

Madeline Bean, caterer to the stars, is in the middle of the biggest job of her new career: a Halloween party for notorious producer Bruno Huntley, complete with an eerie fortuneteller who is astonishingly accurate, and exotic food th...

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Published: May 1998

Witch Hunt: An Ophelia and Abby Myste...

Shirley Damsgaard

Small-town librarian Ophelia Jensen is finally starting to embrace her lot as one of the 'chosen'—a psychic and folk magick practitioner, a.k.a. a witch. Expert loving guidance from her magickally adept grandmother Abby helps&#...

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Published: Jun 2007

Crewel World (Needlecraft Mystery)

Monica Ferris

When Betsy's sister is murdered in her own needlecraft store, Betsy takes over the shop and the investigation. But to find the murderer, she'll have to put together a list of motives and suspects to figure out this killer's pattern of...

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Published: Mar 1999

Rough Justice

Lisa Scottoline

Criminal lawyer Marta Richter is hours away from winning an acquittal for her client, millionaire businessman Elliot Steere, on trial for the murder of a homeless man who had tried to carjack him. But as the jury begins deliberations,...

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Published: Mar 1999

A Wedding to Die For: A Yellow Rose M...

Leann Sweeney

When Texas heiress-turned-private detective Abby Rose accepts the case of a bride-to-be looking for her birth mother before her wedding, the inexperienced investigator is suddenly in over her head when murder interrupts the reception ...

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Published: Jan 2005

Keepsake Crimes (Scrapbooking Mystery...

Laura Childs

Scraooking shop owner Carmela Bertrand turns sleuth when her estranged husband is accused of murdering a powerful New Orleans businessman, and amidst clippings, patterns, and pictures finds a clue that will prove his innocence. Origin...

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Published: May 2003

The Diva Takes the Cake (A Domestic D...

Krista Davis

The Domestic Diva has some wedding advice: Keep the food...lose the groom. Sophie's sister Hannah is getting married. But when the groom's ex-wife is found hanging from a tree, the Domestic Diva fears her sister is about to wed a kill...

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Published: Jun 2009

Hanging By A Thread

Monica Ferris

The whole town of Excelsior, Minnesota, hates and avoids Foster Johns, who is believed to be a murderer, the perpetrator of a five-year-old unsolved crime. Then Betsy Devonshire comes to town to open a needlework shop and hires Foster...

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Published: Jan 2003

Evil Eclairs: A Donut Shop Mystery (D...

Jessica Beck

Donut shop owner Suzanne Hart admits her sweet treats don't exactly qualify as health food. But does she really deserve to be labeled a "killer" by local radio jockey Lester Moorefield? The annoying host is urging citizens t...

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Published: Apr 2011

Mumbo Gumbo: A Madeline Bean Novel (M...

Jerrilyn Farmer

Hired to replace a missing L.A. TV show writer, Madeline Bean takes on a quirky staff and every one of its humourous responsibilities while concentrating her efforts on finding the missing writer and uncovering the mystery behind his ...

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Published: Jan 2004

Yankee Doodle Dead (Death on Demand M...

Carolyn G. Hart

The most delectable sleuthing couple since Nick met Nora, Annie and Max Darling manage to find quite a bit of murder in their allegedly safe and serene South Carolina island resort town. After all, murder is Annie's business--well so...

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Published: Aug 1999

The Right Attitude to Rain

Alexander McCall Smith

The delectable new installment in the bestselling and already beloved adventures of Isabel Dalhousie and her no-nonsense housekeeper, Grace.When friends from Dallas arrive in Edinburgh and introduce Isabel to Tom Bruce – a bigwi...

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Published: Jul 2007
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