Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives
Coachwhip Publications The Adventures of Madame Storey: Volume 8
£17.63
Soho Press Inc Birds of a Feather
Book SynopsisThe second Maisie Dobbs mysteryJacqueline Winspear’s marvelous debut, Maisie Dobbs, won her fans from around the world and raised her intuitive, intelligent, and resourceful heroine to the ranks of literature’s favorite sleuths. Birds of a Feather, its follow-up, finds psychologist and private investigator Maisie Dobbs on another dangerously intriguing adventure in London “between the wars.” It is the spring of 1930, and Maisie has been hired to find a runaway heiress. But what seems a simple case at the outset soon becomes increasingly complicated when three of the heiress’s old friends are found dead. Is there a connection between the woman’s mysterious disappearance and the murders? Who would want to kill three seemingly respectable young women? As Maisie investigates, she discovers that the answers lie in the unforgettable agony of the Great War.
£15.16
Soho Press Inc Protected By The Shadows: An Inspector Irene Huss
Book SynopsisWith gang violence escaling in Goteborg, Sweden, the Organized Crimes Unit pairs with the Violent Crimes Unit to help defuse the situation. But could there be a mole on the force?
£21.24
Soho Press Inc For Time And All Eternities: A Linda Wallheim
Book SynopsisThe Mormon church may have disavowed the polygamy it became so infamous for in the 19th century, but for some Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints, 'plural marriage' isn't just ancient history.
£11.77
Soho Press Inc The Bishop's Wife
Book SynopsisIn the Mormon community of Draper, Utah, seemingly perfect families have deadly secrets.
£8.54
Kensington Publishing Twisted Threads
Book SynopsisReturning to the quaint coastal town of Harbor Haven, Maine--a place she once called home--Angie Curtis finds her memories aren''t all quite pleasant ones. . .After leaving a decade ago, Angie has been called back to Harbor Haven by her grandmother, Charlotte, who raised her following her mother''s disappearance when she was a child. Her mother has been found, and now the question of her whereabouts has sadly become the mystery of her murder.The bright spot in Angie''s homecoming is reuniting with Charlotte, who has started her own needlepointing business with a group called Mainely Needlepointers. But when a shady business associate of the stitchers dies suddenly under suspicious circumstances, Charlotte and Angie become suspects. As Angie starts to weave together clues, she discovers that this new murder may have ties to her own mother''s cold case. . .
£7.59
Kensington Publishing Tails, You Lose
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£7.59
Kensington Publishing Look Both Ways
Book SynopsisIn Salem, Massachusetts, there are secret everywhere--even in the furniture. . .When Lee Barrett spots the same style oak bureau she once had as a child on the WICH-TV show, Shopping Salem, she rushes to the antiques shop and buys the piece. Just like the beloved bureau she lost in a fire, this one has secret compartments. It also comes with an intriguing history--it was purchased in an estate sale from a home where a famous local murder took place.The day after the bureau is delivered, Lee returns to the antiques shop and finds the owner dead. The police suspect the shop owner''s unscrupulous business partner, but Lee wonders if the murder is connected to her new furniture. At least part of the answer may be revealed through a mirror in the bureau, tarnished and blackened, allowing Lee to tap into her psychic visions. Using this bureau of investigation, Lee may be able to furnish her policeman beau with the evidence needed to catch the killer--before the next one to be shut up is her. . .
£9.93
Kensington Publishing Murder in an Irish Village
Book SynopsisIn the small village of Kilbane, County Cork, Ireland, Naomi?s Bistro has always been a warm and welcoming spot to visit with neighbors and share a cup o? tea. But murder has a way of killing business . . . Nowadays Siobhán O?Sullivan, along with her five siblings, runs the family bistro named for their mother. It?s been a rough year for the O?Sullivans, but it?s about to get rougher. One morning, as they?re opening the bistro, they discover a man seated at a table with a pair of hot pink barber scissors protruding from his chest. With the local garda suspecting the O?Sullivans, and their business in danger of being shunned, it?s up to feisty redheaded Siobhán to solve the crime and save her beloved brood. ?If Janet Evanovich and Maeve Binchy wrote a book together,Murder in an Irish Villagewould be the result. This one isdelicious fun.??Laurien Berenson, author ofLive and Let Growl ?A smart whodunnit in an idyllic locale. I dare you not to be charmed by sleuth Siobhán and her siblings, the O?Sullivan Six.??Barbara Ross, author ofFogged Inn
£7.99
Kensington Publishing Flipped For Murder
Book SynopsisIn this freshly baked series, author Maddie Day lifts the lid on a small town in southern Indiana, where a newcomer is cooking up a new start--until a murderer muddles the recipe...Nursing a broken heart, Robbie Jordan is trading in her life on the West Coast for the rolling hills of southern Indiana. After paying a visit to her Aunt Adele, she fell in love with the tiny town of South Lick. And when she spots a For Sale sign on a rundown country store, she decides to snap it up and put her skills as a cook and a carpenter to use. Everyone in town shows up for the grand re-opening of Pans ‘n Pancakes, but when the mayor''s disagreeable assistant is found dead, Robbie realizes that not all press is good press. With all eyes on her, she''ll have to summon her puzzle-solving skills to clear her name, unscramble the town''s darkest secrets, and track down a cold-blooded killer--before she''s the next to die...Advance praise for Flipped for Murder “What a terrific debut! This deliciously clever cozy—set in a deceptively charming little town—is fresh, intelligent, and delightful. A winner!” —Hank Phillippi RyanAgatha, Anthony, Macavity, and Mary Higgins Clark award winning author“You’ll flip for this mouth-watering new series. Maddy Day serves up a tasty mystery with a side of scenic country charm.”—Leslie Budewitz, two-time Agatha Award winning author of the Food Lovers’ Village Mysteries
£7.59
Kensington Publishing Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes
Book SynopsisIn an old Victorian in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Amish country, Daisy Swanson and her aunt Iris serve soups, scones, and soothing teas to tourists and locals—but a murder in their garden has them in hot water . . . Daisy, a widowed mom of two teenagers, is used to feeling protective—so when Iris started dating the wealthy and not-quite-divorced Harvey Fitz, she worried . . . especially after his bitter ex stormed in and caused a scene at the party Daisy’s Tea Garden was catering. Then there was the gossip she overheard about Harvey’s grown children being cut out of his will. Daisy didn’t want her aunt to wind up with a broken heart—but she never expected Iris to wind up a suspect in Harvey’s murder. Now the apple bread and orange pekoe is on the back burner while the cops treat the shop like a crime scene—and Daisy hopes that Jonas Groft, a former detective from Philadelphia, can help her clear her aunt’s name and bag the real killer before things boil over . . . Includes delicious recipes for Iris’s Lemon Tea Cakes and more!
£7.59
Akashic Books,U.S. The Devil's Song
Book SynopsisThere's a killer on the loose in Mission County, Pennsylvania... whose next victim might be the prosecuting attorney.
£14.36
Small Beer Press Available Dark
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£12.34
Small Beer Press Hard Light
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£12.34
Stephen F. Austin State University Press Playing the Angel
Book SynopsisBy day, Tiff Proulx works as a living statue, posing as the Statue of Liberty for the French Quarter’s tourist trade in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. By night, she descends into the darkness costumed as the Angel of Mercy, defending and protecting the storm refugees from the thugs who pock the city’s wayward streets. But her acts of heroism are no accident: Tiff’s days as an innocent college student came to an abrupt end after a National Guardsman, pretending to be a Good Samaritan, raped her during the height of the storm’s fury.Tiff’s skills as a living statue include extraordinary stealth and an uncanny ability to render herself completely motionless. Using these “powers,” she transforms herself into a vigilante hero, combing the Quarter to fight evil and injustice, as well as to hunt down the man who plunged her life into despair during the storm’s darkest hours.
£16.16
Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc. A Fool and His Honey: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Book SynopsisAurora Teagarden should be used to surprises by now. Yet when a local handyman begins dancing naked in her yard, she's thrown for a loop and suspects it could be a bad omen of unwelcome events to come. When her husband's niece, Regina, appears in Lawrenceton with a baby in tow and evading questions, tensions escalate. It's not much longer before Regina's husband is found murdered and Regina herself has disappeared, leaving both her baby and a large amount of money behind.Traveling north to Ohio seeking relatives to care for the abandoned child, and accompanied by a friend of Regina's who seems to know more than he's letting on, Roe and Martin search for clues that will point them to Regina's location and why she abandoned her baby. There's a killer at large and Roe, snowed in in rural Ohio, will have to peel back the layers of secrets to find the truth before more people die.
£13.95
Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc. Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
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£14.24
Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc. The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
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£18.28
Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc. Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
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£16.19
Turner Publishing Company Dressed to Die: A Lindsay Chamberlain Novel
Book SynopsisSome skeletons just won't stay hidden. No one knows that better than University of Georgia archaeologist Lindsay Chamberlain. Still, she is shocked when a skeleton dressed in its Sunday best falls out of a packing crate that had been stored in a kudzu-covered shed on her grandfather's farm for more than sixty years. When other crates are discovered, each containing a stash of valuable artifacts, Lindsay begins to wonder. Could her beloved grandfather, a prominent archaeologist, have been a thief, a looter-even a murderer? As Lindsay struggles with these troubling questions, she helps a local private investigator locate the wooded grave of Shirley Foster, a missing faculty member. Lindsay is sucked into the investigation, which leads to more questions that answers. Why did Shirley Foster lie to the world about her life? Who wanted her dead? Secrets and lies loom large in Lindsay's life, both professional and personal, as she struggles to find solutions to the mysteries. When artifacts disappear from the university and she and her students are threatened, the stakes are raised. With her job, her reputation, and her life on the line, Lindsay must find a thief and a killer before the police assume she is ultimately responsible.
£21.24
She Writes Press Last Seen: A Dr. Pepper Hunt Mystery
Book Synopsis"Readers will grow enamored with these characters and the dark twisty plot." —Redbook Psychologist and police consultant Dr. Pepper Hunt, struggling to deal with the murder of her husband, leaves the private practice they shared and relocates to Wyoming. There, in the stark landscape of the high desert, there is nothing to remind her of everything she lost and left behind. Then her new patient, Kimi Benally, goes missing in a Wyoming blizzard after her last therapy session—making Pepper the last person to see her. She knows the secrets Kimi shared in therapy hold clues to her mysterious disappearance, and she joins forces with Detective Beau Antelope to try to discover what’s happened to her. But as she follows the trail of Kimi’s obsession with the past, Pepper begins to fear the worst for her missing patient—and her own haunted memories surface.Trade Review2017 Beverly Hills Book Award Winner in Mystery 2018 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist in Mystery “The projected first in a series, Last Seen makes the southwest landscape and culture an integral part of the story. This self-sufficient community is one that readers will be intrigued to visit again.” —Booklist “Readers will grow enamored with these characters and the twisty dark plot – so much so, they may forget about BLL completely.” —Redbook, “6 Books to Cure Your Big Little Lies Withdrawals” “A missing person tale with a strong setting and cast of characters…Doucette’s auspicious first novel puts a welcome focus on the players instead of transgressive twists.” —Kirkus Reviews “Readers will devour this page-turning mystery, full of enthralling characters, sinister plots, and an ending that you won't expect.” —Buzzfeed, “8 Thrillers You Will Devour this Summer” Included in “Top 10 Thrillers for Fans of Gillian Flynn" list —Culturalist “Author J.L. Doucette gives readers a keen sense of Wyoming winters, three-dimensional characters, and taut, descriptive writing. An enthusiastic welcome to Dr. Pepper Hunt!” —Linda Barnes, Edgar Award-winning author of the Carlotta Carlyle mystery series “There’s a detective named Antelope, at least two registered sex offenders, a scoundrel in pricey ski gear, his lying mistress, and tellingly, his missing wife. At the middle of this many-sided mess is Dr. Pepper Hunt, psychologist—clear-eyed, intelligent, beautiful, brave. You’ll fall in love with Pepper and with J. L. Doucette’s subtle, immersive, beguiling tale.” —Bryan Gruley, Anthony, Barry and Strand Award-winning author of the Starvation Lake Mystery series “With clear, crackling prose, at times breathtaking, and characters so real that I felt flesh and bone back on that wild western landscape, mingling with the people and inhabiting their world. Combine Doucette’s voice and prose with a story that haunts and intrigues again and again, and we know we are in the hands of a very talented writer. I loved these characters. I loved the terrain. I never wanted to leave. This is the kind of writing that stays with me long after the novel is finished.” —Diane Les Becquets, author of Breaking Wild “Last Seen is a tantalizing psychological thriller in which J. L. Doucette masterfully weaves a chilling plot around a cast of complex, well-drawn characters led by psychologist, Dr. Pepper Hunt, a woman running from her own nightmare past. As the tiny Wyoming town searches its frigid horizons for a missing local woman, Dr. Hunt and Detective Antelope spark some warmth in an investigation all their own. A suspenseful ride that will keep you turning pages to the very end!” —Michelle Cox, award-winning author of A Girl Like You and A Ring of Truth, from the A Henrietta and Detective Howard series
£12.34
She Writes Press Murder Under the Fig Tree: A Palestine Mystery
Book SynopsisHamas has taken power in Palestine, and the Israeli government is rounding up threats. When Palestinian policewoman Rania Bakara finds herself thrown in prison, though she has never been part of Hamas, her friend Chloe flies in from San Francisco to get her out. Chloe begs an Israeli policeman named Benny for help—and Benny offers Rania a way out: investigate the death of a young man in a village near her own. The young man’s neighbors believe the Israeli army killed him; Benny believes his death might not have been so honorable. Initially, Rania refuses; she has no interest in helping the Israelis. But she is released anyway, and returns home to find herself without a job and suspected of being a traitor. Searching for redemption, she launches an investigation into the young man’s death that draws her into a Palestinian gay scene she never knew existed. With Chloe and her Palestinian Australian lover as guides, Rania explores a Jerusalem gay bar, meets with a lesbian support group, and plunges deep into the victim’s world, forcing her to question her beliefs about love, justice, and cultural identity.Trade Review2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Finalist in Multicultural Fiction & Mystery 2017 Foreword Indies Bronze Winner in Adult Fiction—Multicultural 2017 Foreword Indies Finalist in Adult Fiction—Mystery 2018 Lambda Literary Award Finalist in Lesbian Mystery "Raphael draws on her experience as a human rights worker in Palestine to capture the Occupied Territories’ intertwined grit and beauty. That, and a cast of thoughtfully developed characters will appeal to readers interested in complex political situations, such as fans of Parker Bilal’s Makana mysteries." —Booklist "Murder Under the Fig Tree is a beautifully written and layered novel that takes on the complexities and ambiguities of Palestinian life; it’s also a damn good mystery that convincingly demonstrates a crime novel can also be fine literature." —Michael Nava, author of Lay Your Sleeping Head Praise for Murder Under the Bridge, Palestine Mystery Series #1: “One of the best mysteries I’ve read in a long time . . . Kate Raphael writes great women characters and does a fantastic job of portraying the realities of Palestinian life as background to a gripping story.” —Starhawk, best-selling author of The Fifth Sacred Thing and The Spiral Dance “A stunning mystery novel by a talented new writer. Anyone picking up the book will be drawn in by Rania and Chloe, a dynamic, realistic pair of women sleuths. Raphael’s experience in the Middle East adds convincing detail to this compassionate and suspenseful tale. An outstanding addition to the global mystery field. More, please!” —Sujata Massey, author of The Sleeping Dictionary “Raphael thoroughly captures the tension of life on the West Bank by setting a murder in a location marked by daily violence. Substantial yet humanly flawed female protagonists give depth to both the mystery . . . and the political and social turmoil of the region.” —Library Journal starred review "I was such a fan of Kate Raphael's gripping and luminous first novel, Murder Under the Bridge, that I could not wait to get my hands on Murder Under the Fig Tree. Once again, Raphael has delivered a powerful, textured, boldly imagined, and brilliantly executed portrait of Palestine and Israel that is also a wicked pleasure to read. There are no characters in fiction quite like Rania and Chloe. Not to be missed!" —Carolina de Robertis, author of The Invisible Mountain and The Gods of Tango
£12.34
Felony & Mayhem The Glass Mask: Todd & Georgine #2
Book SynopsisIn Skeleton Key, readers were introduced to Georgine Wyeth, a widowed young mother in California who stumbled across a body and walked-she emphatically did not fall-into the arms of Todd McKinnon, a pulp novelist living in the community where the murder took place. It's now a few years later, and the couple are taking a car trip with Georgine's daughter, Barbie. On their way home they stop for what they fondly imagine will be a brief visit with a most peculiar family, only to be sucked into the family's extremely peculiar mystery, involving a disappeared husband, a dead old lady, and mysterious footsteps in the night. First published in 1944, Glass Mask is a fascinating mix of old-fashioned puzzle-mystery and a startlingly modern sensibility-that allows Todd and Georgine to travel together, for example, without the benefit of wedding rings. It's a delight.
£10.99
Felony & Mayhem Mortal Sins
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£10.99
Felony & Mayhem The Congo Venus
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£10.99
Felony & Mayhem All Roads Lead to Whitechapel
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£12.34
Felony & Mayhem All Roads Lead to Whitechapel
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£18.04
Felony & Mayhem No One Notices the Boys
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£18.04
Felony & Mayhem No One Notices the Boys
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£12.34
Felony & Mayhem Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Weird Sisters
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£18.04
Felony & Mayhem Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Weird Sisters
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£12.34
Restless Books The Simple Art of Killing a Woman
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£14.24
Bloomsbury Publishing USA The Case of the Wandering Scholar
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£15.30
Sunstone Press The Kokoschka Capers: A Megan Crespi Mystery Series Novel
£18.00
Launch Point Press Lesbians on the Loose: Crime Writers on the Lam
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£14.36
Seventh Street Books The Body in Griffith Park: An Anna Blanc Mystery
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£13.56
Booklocker.com Glass Houses
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£13.95
Mill City Press, Inc. Tyranny Begins
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£10.35
Henery Press Abstract Aliases
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£15.15
Henery Press Dash Away All
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£21.56
Bold Strokes Books Secrets of the Last Castle
£13.77
Bold Strokes Books The Deep End
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£12.82
Bold Strokes Books Whereabouts Unknown
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£16.11
Bold Strokes Books Death on the Water
£14.72
Morgan James Publishing llc Lily Barlow Book One: The Mystery of Jane Dough
Book SynopsisLily Barlow has one goal in life: to get out of her hometown. But after her father’s heart attack, Lily returns home from college to get the family business running, while simultaneously searching for the identity of a murder victim.After pausing her plans and returning to sleepy Marshall, Virginia, 21-year-old Lily Barlow is determined to keep this visit short and sweet. Rather than temporarily moving back home, Lily opts to rent a room from Miss Delphine Walker, a senior who grows flowers and mutters about the murderous intentions of the human heart.Lily’s return prompts Jack Turner, her best friend since kindergarten, to ask if they can be more, just as Lily begins investigating the identity of an unidentified murder victim. Fancying herself a southern-fried version of Stephanie Plum, Lily dodges Jack’s romantic advances as she dives into the mystery with exuberance and good intentions.Told in a sometimes sweet, sometimes snarky southern accent, Lily Barlow Book One: the Mystery of Jane Dough delivers romance, comedy and mystery in a joyride of contemporary fiction. Readers will laugh out loud at this fast-paced tale complete with relatable characters, quaint small-town setting and loads of southern charm.
£13.49
Wicked Son The Deadly Scrolls
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£21.60
Wicked Son The Hyena Murders
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£21.60
Wicked Son The Deadly Scrolls
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£15.30
