Women Sleuths category: 16954 books

Marcia Muller is, as Sue Grafton pointed out, the creator of the modern female private eye story, and Sharon McCone is one of the finest and most sensitive of all current sleuths. Sharon came upon the scene in 1977 with Edwin of the Iron Shoes, the first of fifteen novels and fifteen short stories...

A gorgeous Norwegian Forest Cat, a cat café, a food critic, and … murder! The small town of Gold Leaf Valley is aflutter with a food critic's arrival. His online column has made him famous in this part of Northern California, but not everyone is pleased he's in town. When café owners...

Lauren and Zoe sign up for advanced latte art class. What they didn't bargain on was … murder! Cat café owner, Lauren Crenshaw, and her cousin, Zoe, attend their first advanced latte art class, excited to learn intricate designs. But when their world-famous instructor is murdered, they decide...

Includes a 2015 Derringer Award winning short story: "The Kaluki Kings of Queens."Come meet the relatives. As diverse in theme and mood as the city itself, these stories take us from from the explosive excitement of the New York City Marathon to a secret cellar in Queens, from the warmth of an immigrant...

Start a new cozy series that will make  you laugh out loud. Georgie Kaye lives every day as if it were a gift, because to her it is. She beat cancer, against all predictions, and is following her life's dream to draw portraits of the fur babies of the world. Along the way, with her twin sister...

When the body of an animal lover and relative of Fannie's is found in the snow near the den of Punxsutawney Phil, Solitude's three sleuths suspect foul play. Their investigation takes many twists and turns as they confront some of their area's more unsavory characters in the pursuit of justice. This is the 21st in the Amish Country Murder Mystery Series.

The holidays are in full swing in the western Pennsylvania village of Solitude. Then a beloved member of the community dies suddenly and unexpectedly during a sleigh ride to a festively decorated covered bridge. Suspicions and fear abound as the police aided by sleuths Fannie and Dana seek justice...

Everybody seems to be thrilled when a Hollywood screenwriter comes to Solitude to gather information that will result in a fictionalized film based on the crime solving successes of Fannie, Dana and Sharon. The stylish author's visit is cut short when she is found strangled on a popular bike...

In New York Times bestselling author Denise Swanson’s “slightly zany”* new mystery series, Devereaux Sinclair loves running her old-fashioned store in her small Missouri hometown. If only murder didn’t keep landing on her doorstep… Dev’s five-and-dime may be doing well, but her...

Mystery lovers have descended on Pine Hills for this year’s book club competition, to be held at Krissy Hancock’s bookstore café. But the killer in their midst seems determined to outwit all the armchair sleuths—and send Krissy to the remainder bin forever. ** ** Just before two dueling book...

Spookie is a quaint village often cloaked in fog and filled with mysteries. The usual eccentric characters are here for their fourth murder mystery and the case is one which really hits close to home this time for Myrtle, the town's Perry Como singing and wagon-pulling bag lady. Her sister Evelyn,...

First in a delicious series: Five friends and dancers on a Russian river cruise discover it takes legwork to solve a murder. It’s never too late to kick up your heels. Just ask Tina, Janice, Pat, Mary Louise, and Gini—a.k.a. the Happy Hoofers. After posting a video of their tap-dancing...

"Endlessly amusing."--Kirkus Reviews Small-town sleuths Brandy and Vivian Borne--with their trusty shih tzu, Sushi--head for a Big Apple comics convention to sell a rare 1940s Superman drawing. When an intruder breaks into their hotel suite, their madcap Manhattan misadventure is...

“This series is hilarious!” —RT Book Reviews Includes a Bonus Story “Savvy sleuths come in small packages…” Pepe, aspiring P.I. Geri Sullivan’s muy clever Chihuahua, has stopped talking. But why now, with Geri’s best friend Brad missing and her ditzy sister in grave danger? Geri’s...