Women Sleuths

A festive invitation from an old family friend, the promise of gingerbread at the village inn, snowy walks on the Cornish coast with Gladstone the bulldog. But wait, is that a body on the beach....

The New York Times best-selling author of The Winter People returns to the woods of Vermont to tell the story of a husband and wife who don't simply move into a haunted house - they build one....

M.J., her partner Gilley, and their client, the wealthy, de-lish Dr. Steven Sable, are at his family's lodge, where his grandfather allegedly jumped to his death from the roof-although Sable says it was foul play....

Death has come twice to Ravenbank, a remote community in England’s Lake District, each time on Halloween....

Kate Alice Marshall's What Lies in the Woods is a thrilling novel about friendship, secrets, and betrayal—and the courage to face the past.

The complete BBC Radio adaptations of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency featuring Botswana's only female private detective agency, run by the irrepressible Precious Ramotswe....

It's the day of the Christchurch Dog Show. The whole town is aquiver with excitement. The ladies of the Charity Shop Detective Agency are hoping to make lots of new furry friends.

FBI Agent Ella Dark, 29, is given her big chance to achieve her life’s dream: to join the Behavioral Crimes Unit. Ella has a hidden obsession: She has studied serial killers from the time she could read, devastated by the murder of her own sister....

From USA Today bestselling author Debra Webb comes another heart-pounding thriller featuring investigator Finley O’Sullivan, this time taking on a cold case that could uncover new dangers....

The Ivory family is no different. From the outside of their gated estate, one would see a beautiful, wealthy family. But the more perfect they seem, it only shows how many imperfections they are trying to bury.

As the 19th century draws to a close, reporter Emma Cross is sent by the Newport Observer to cover an elite house party at Rough Point....

Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they've just moved....

Detective Anna Travis is up for promotion, but with her boss DCI James Langton accusing her of professional misconduct, this latest case could make or break her. Shortly after the announcement of a tell-all memoir, a young film star is found dead....

Step into a world of intrigue, danger, and adventure with Agatha Christie's The Man in the Brown Suit.

Once the thriving attraction of rural Vermont, the Tower Motel now stands in disrepair, alive only in the memories of Amy, Piper, and Piper's kid sister, Margot....

Elizabeth Roffe, only child of one of the world's richest men, has it all; beauty, intelligence, innocence and youth.....

After seven long years in prison, Colt Hudson is finally returning to Blake County, Georgia. But in his hometown, he's treated like just another criminal. The scion of a tight-knit southern clan, Colt's family is deeply involved in one of the most dangerous meth operations in Georgia....

Greetings from Monchac, Louisiana. Home to fifty-seven souls and the world's only floating stationery store! When Mila Breaux's LA dreams go up in smoke, she'll move her cozy lettering shop down to bayou country, and pile her pens and paper onto her late uncle's houseboat.

Miriam has never exactly seen eye-to-eye with her sister. But when a body's dumped on the doorstep of a Women's Institute meeting and all signs point to Rainbow, Miriam knows her sister's being framed....

Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private detective husband Frank discover that the cure is worse than the disease when they investigate the death of a promising young woman in this atmospheric, riveting mystery....

Hanson died quickly—with a knife in his back. Carole was next—covered with acid and tortured to death. Now it's Judd's turn—a New York pschoanalyst, he'd known them both. Two faceless executioners on a murderous mission, searching for a secret which is unknown to Judd.

Death at a beauty pageant turns Tita Rosie's Kitchen upside down in the latest entry of this witty and humorous cozy-mystery series by Mia P. Manansala....

It's almost summer in Southbourne, and the ladies of the Charity Shop Detective Agency are ready for another season of sun, sea, and... murder....

Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private investigator husband, Frank, must stop a killer lurking among a young family in the newest installment of the USA Today bestselling Gaslight Mysteries....

When a body is discovered, bled dry on a beach, the sleepy seaside town of Weston-super-Mare wakes up to a nightmare. For Detective Inspector Louise Blackwell, recently transferred to the town she last saw as a child, it’s her first case on the job....

Die SOKO Nürnberg/Fürth in einem hochexplosiven Fall. Als eine Bombendrohung gegen ein Nürnberger Kaufhaus eingeht und ein Mann tot in der Konzernzentrale in Fürth aufgefunden wird, steht Kommissarin Jeannette Dürer vor einem Rätsel: Wer könnte den Tod des Managers gewollt haben? Teile der Belegschaft? Eine Geliebte? Oder hatte der Täter womöglich ganz andere Motive.

All Kate was supposed to do at this swing-dance lesson was master the triple step, which seemed like a breeze . . . when she wasn’t pregnant with twins. But now a dead body has lindy-hopped its way off the studio’s roof, clutching a cryptic note with a dire warning: if the studio goes ahead with the upcoming 1950s-themed benefit dance, one of the attendees will die on the dance floor.

Willkommen im Kallebad, einem idyllischen Freibad in Wiesbaden, wo die Sonne scheint, das Wasser glitzert und Geheimnisse verbirgt. Als der ehemalige Bademeister Klaus tot im Babybecken aufgefunden wird, wird schnell klar, dass dieser Vorfall mehr ist als ein tragischer Unfall. Madita Berg, leidenschaftliche Freibadschwimmerin und Hobby-Detektivin, kann es nicht lassen und stürzt sich in die Ermittlungen. Gemeinsam mit Kommissar Per Stein und seiner Kollegin Kira Kollermann deckt sie ein Netz aus Lügen, Drogenhandel und verborgenen Motiven auf.

È una fredda sera di un maggio che non cede il passo alla primavera quando il corpo senza vita di una giovane donna viene trovato in un bosco di Blavy. Per l’ispettrice Piera Jantet della questura di Aosta si tratta di un lampante caso di omicidio, ma le evidenze si fermano qua: nessun nome, nessuna traccia e, soprattutto, nessun movente. Il vicequestore Pezzolari però è stato chiaro: una settimana per arrivare in fondo alla faccenda, non un giorno in più! Fortuna che Piera Jantet non è certo tipo da lasciarsi scoraggiare da tempi stretti e ostacoli apparentemente insormontabili.

A man is found dead, lying at the bottom of the stairs to his flat, his body blocking the door of the elderly woman who lives downstairs. The worried landlord who finds the body seeks advice from his friend's wife—now Detective Inspector Ariadne Moralis. Something in his demeanour hints at a hidden secret. When it becomes apparent that the body has been moved, it is clear the man's death was not an accident.

Ein Doppelmord. Eine fehlende Leiche. Ein freier Fall in den Tod. Gibt es eine Verbindung zwischen den drei Fällen? Detective Sheridan Holler ermittelt. Ein kalter Novembertag in Liverpool: Im Zentrum der Stadt stürzt sich eine Frau von der Dachterrasse eines Restaurants. Kurz darauf werden am nahen Crosby Beach zwei Leichen gefunden: eine Frau, gefesselt an eine Statue, und ein Mann, bis zum Hals im Sand eingegraben – beide ertrunken. Es sind die Eltern von Daniel Parks, der vor neun Monaten ermordet wurde. Daniels Vater wurde des Mordes verdächtigt, aber von den Geschworenen freigesprochen.

Signe Brask is having a hard time with her new boss. In an attempt to humiliate her, he has sent her to Klitmøller, where she will work as a substitute patrol officer. But it doesn't take long before Signe faces a new case. The priest's young, beautiful wife has disappeared without a trace, and it turns out that beneath the surface there is a fierce religious war simmering in the small community of fishermen and surfers. The investigation with the local officer Dennis is difficult and is further complicated by the fact that Signe is confronted with her own past.

¿Sabrá descifrar las pistas a tiempo para salvar una vida? Durante tres años, un asesino en serie sembró el terror en Atlanta. Cuando la temperatura se elevaba hasta máximas abrasadoras, él atacaba, siempre secuestrando a dos chicas jóvenes. A una la mataba y dejaba en su cuerpo todas las pistas que los investigadores necesitaban para encontrar a la segunda, que aguardaba… presa de una muerte lenta pero segura. La salvación era posible, pero la policía siempre llegaba demasiado tarde y nunca lograron dar con el perpetrador.

È una bella giornata di sole a Cambridge, Massachusetts, ed è anche il compleanno di Kay Scarpetta, che sta per partire per una vacanza a Miami con il marito Benton Wesley. Mentre è nel patio di casa sua a controllare la brace del barbecue, Kay nota sette centesimi di rame disposti in fila sul muro del giardino. Si tratta forse di un gioco di bambini? Ma se così fosse, come mai quelle monetine sono tutte datate 1981 e risplendono come se fossero state appena coniate?

Private detective and new mom Kate Connolly is no stranger to solving crimes with a baby on her hip. But in just a few months, she’ll have three babies, and her to-do list has never been longer. When someone shoots rival PI Vicente Domingo, Kate jumps to take the case. Is the would-be murderer someone Vicente’s been investigating recently? Or does it have something to do with a shadowy secret from Vicente’s past?

היא עדיין רווקה בת 30, כפי שהיתה לפני עשרים שנה בדיוק. היא עדיין גרה בבאר שבע וכותבת במקומון, עונדת עגילי פלסטיק זולים, מדשדשת ברגליה הגדולות מזירת פשע אחת לאחרת, מסתבכת בתעלומות בלשיות שאיש לא הטיל עליה לחקור. מתחת לחזותה הגמלונית והאטומה-לכאורה מסתתר מוח חד וחריף, שממשיך להפתיע את עמיתיה ויריביה. ואחרי ששת רבי-המכר שכתבה עליה שולמית לפיד - אין ספק שליזי בדיחי היא האנטי-גיבורה הכובשת ביותר בספרות הבלש העברית.

Greetings from Monchac, Louisiana. Home to fifty-seven souls and the world's only floating stationery store! When Mila Breaux's LA dreams go up in smoke, she'll move her cozy lettering shop down to bayou country, and pile her pens and paper onto her late uncle's houseboat. But the discovery of human bones just feet from her new store will rock the foundations of the sleepy swamp town. It will be up to Mila and a quirky band of characters to get to the bottom of things before it is too late!

Voor de fans van M.J. Arlidge, Robert Bryndza en Lisa Regan. De vijfjarige Cally wacht met smart tot ze het geluid van de voordeur en de vertrouwde stem van haar moeder hoort. Maar wanneer de deur eindelijk wordt geopend, is het niet haar moeder die binnenkomt. Er staan twee rechercheurs op de stoep en ze hebben slecht nieuws. Haar moeder wordt vermist. Docent Annabel Braddock is voor het laatst gezien in de plaatselijke pub met haar beste vriendin Jennifer. Maar niemand kan haar ondervragen, aangezien ze kort na Annabels verdwijning is aangereden en in coma ligt.

Londra, anni Venti del Novecento. Beatrice Bernabò, detta Miss Bee, è una ventenne italiana che vive nella capitale inglese da qualche anno. Insieme alle sorelle, Beatrice si è trasferita al seguito del padre Leonida, docente di italianistica all’Università. Il mandato del padre gode della protezione dell’ambasciatore italiano in UK, che non può che essere fascista. Invitata a cena dalla nobile dirimpettaia, Mrs Ashbury – vedova e madre di un unico e affascinante figlio, il conturbante Christopher detto Kit – Beatrice si trova suo malgrado in mezzo a un giallo che è al contempo un triangolo amoroso.

Before everything fell apart, Ruby Foster had been enjoying a completely normal day. Then again, normal was relative in Tempest, Texas. As a supernatural safe haven where paranormal beings lived together in the open, normal meant expecting the unexpected. But she didn't think anyone could have imagined a rogue, lunch-hour robbery at the local diner. Attacking a room full of supernaturals should have been a death sentence but somehow the thieves managed to incapacitate them all and steal more than just the money in the till.