Women Sleuths category: 16954 books

A priest and a rabbi walk into a lesbian bar… If something is unjust in San Francisco's Mission District, the Reverend Alma Lee will face it down. She leads her vibrant church of St. Giles' with compassion and sass. Her busy days involve match-making, meddling, and saving the city's beloved...

As friends, the boisterous and brash American Beryl couldn’t be less alike than the prim and proper British Edwina. But as sleuths in an England recovering from the Great War, they’re the perfect match . . . 1920: Flying in the face of convention, legendary American adventuress Beryl Helliwell...

"Cozy adventure for mystery buffs." --Library Journal Murder's a showstopper… The fancy-footed Happy Hoofers--Tina, Janice, Pat, Mary Louise, and Gini-- are kicking off Carnival by entertaining posh guests at the most elegant hotel in Rio de Janeiro. Stunning beaches and...

Murder upstages a Kelling family theatrical production—and Boston’s art sleuths are on the case. “The screwball mystery is Charlotte MacLeod’s cup of tea” (Chicago Tribune).   Producing a Gilbert & Sullivan opera requires a special kind of madness, and the Kelling family is large...

Christmas crimes hit close to home for Boston’s favorite art sleuths. “Charlotte MacLeod’s mysteries are witty and full of humor” (Maine Crime Writers). The angry old men of the Comrades of the Convivial Codfish club celebrate yuletide doing what they do best: eating, drinking, and...

Family ties draw Boston’s art sleuths into an island murder mystery in this “unalloyed pleasure” from the international bestselling author (Publishers Weekly). Though a few years past sixty, Sarah Kelling’s Aunt Emma is as vigorous as a girl of twenty-two. She sings, she dances, and...

A Domestic Bliss Mystery #8“Sparkles with charm, design lore, and a sleuth with a great mantra. Cozy fans will embrace the Domestic Bliss series.” —Carolyn Hart, Edgar Award-winning author of Letters from Home“TREND: For killer decorating tips, pick up Death by Inferior Design…advice is woven...

Susan travels to Southeast Ohio to assist in the grand opening of a Slimmers Weight Loss center. There she meets Jo, Pepper, and Jackie - local sleuths from Two Sisters and a Journalist . When a murder is committed on Susan’s doorstep, Jo is the one to find the body. Susan can’t believe the trouble...

Three books in the Lake Forest Witches mystery series boxed up for your enjoyment. Meows, Magic & Murder Petunia Patterson's life was turned upside down when she discovered a body in her new neighbor, Noah Becker's back yard. It's bad enough that her cat, Pansy, had gotten into his house—especially...

USA Today Bestseller. Senior snoop, Agnes Barton, has taken up residence in a Winnebago at a campground in East Tawas, Michigan. It’s not the ideal place for a woman of seventy-two to live, but she’s making do. She had planned to start a detective agency with partner in crime, Eleanor Mason,...

Agnes Barton and Eleanor Mason’s most riveting case yet. For years Agnes and Eleanor longed to be taken seriously by law enforcement for their investigative skills, and when they’re deputized to enter Westbrook Prison as undercover inmates they finally have their chance. Westbrook’s...

Agnes and Eleanor thought they’d relax in the sun ... and possibly joke about Martha, who volunteers to lead the Bonfire Girls on their first camping trip after the leader Peggy Hughes is injured. That is until Martha enlists the help of her mother and friends! The detective duo might have...

When a video of Agnes and Eleanor solving a mystery is leaked online, director Roman Douglas hopes to profit from their success and make a movie about them showcasing Tawas as the next Cabot Cove. Production trucks are soon rolling into town and setting up at Tawas Point for the opening scene,...

There’s nothing like going to bingo and scarfing down junk food, unless something dreadful happens like a woman dying complements of poisoned lemonade. Agnes Barton arrives late for bingo when she arrives in Redwater, and immediately is in investigative role as she assists Kimberly Steele....