Women Detectives

The Mrs. Holmes mystery series distinguishes itself by offering stories that can be enjoyed in just a few minutes. It is the ideal series for fans of cozy mysteries, thrill-seekers, busy people, and those who prefer quick reads over lengthy 50,000-word novels. Opening this book quickly turns into a whirlwind of intrigue with “Slumber, Sneakers, and Stardust: Mrs. Holmes and the Mall Mystery.” On the busiest shopping day of the year, known as Black Friday, a mysterious man with a soldier-like vibe enters a mattress store and lies down. However, when he fails to wake up, the cozy ...

After accidentally killing the Grand High Witch of Edinburgh, enchantress investigator Elle Chambers is a marked woman. The coven wants vengeance. The magical world is watching. And Elle is once again caught in the crosshairs of supernatural politics. On the run with werewolf legal advisor Ferguson Black, Elle finds herself drawn to London on a dangerous new case involving a threat to the royals. But London holds its own perils, and Elle must navigate a city steeped in witch-hunting history while staying one step ahead of those who want her dead. Complicating matters, her partnership with ...

A Celebratory Luncheon Ends with a Deadly Shot… Event planner Ivy Schaeffer is no stranger to high-profile events, but when hired to plan a luncheon for Matthew Glover’s mayoral comeback, she expects political tension—not murder. Beneath the applause and polished speeches, discontent brews, culminating in a gunshot that silences Matthew for good. The detective insists Ivy stay out of it, but Matthew’s widow has other plans, enlisting Ivy to uncover the truth buried beneath political facades. With her sharp-witted partner Phyllis and their ever-observant feline sidekick, Fable, Ivy ...

In Midcoast Maine, Jamie Flint and her K-9 team search for the cognitively challenged son of a local animal hoarder, while recently licensed private investigator Jack Juarez looks into a murder related to the case. Unfortunately, each new clue Jack finds in the investigation seems to lead him back to a suspect police already have in their sights: Jamie's son. Meanwhile, Jamie fights to save a critically ill pit bull pulled from the hoarder's home who could hold the key to the woman's dark secrets.

Two dead fathers. Siblings as close as folded paper. Keeping secrets and confessing lies. DI Heather is back solving crimes on the Beechwood Estate. The selective community spirit is still alive and kicking, with a lot of rotten apples festering amongst the good. Born gangster Frankie Thompson’s counterfeit operation is about to tumble, but who will do the time? Homophobia is still rife. But is DI Heather’s marriage to Gareth one of inconvenience now that she’s considering a second time around relationship with her old boss Martha Moss? From the writer of Jamie’s Story. Gripping and...

Find romance and mystery in the heart of New Orleans, on a cruise up the Mississippi River, and in a small mid-western town with a long-forgotten mystery of its own. Enjoy the first two books from the Secrets of the River Series Box Set including After Night Falls and Midnight in Darkness. AFTER NIGHT FALLS Tragedy, secrets, and heartache. It’s been the story of her life for years. Abigail knew that she should be afraid of him…but she wasn’t. Not even when he told her who he was…and why he was there. She’d taken a job on the cruise ship years ago with the thought that if she was ...

Isabella joins a coven... But there are no witches in it. When Isabella's friend Emma changes her religion, Isabella is happy she's found something she can believe in. Until she learns Emma thinks she's a witch. Magic doesn't work that way and now she's worried her friend is being taken advantage of. Isabella is desperate to find out who is killing members of the coven - desperate enough to hunt him down on her own. What will it take for her to capture a witch older and stronger than her, and is she willing to pay that price? *** For fans of Amanda M. Lee, Annabel Chase, and Leighann Dobbs,...

The long-awaited seventh novel in the popular Roger and Suzanne mystery series is the second novel starring prize-winning dog Juliet as a featured character. Suzanne, with a lot of help from Bruce, enters Juliet and her puppy Romeo in several local hunt tests. Naturally, Suzanne finds a dead body at the hunt test venue her first time handling Romeo. Roger, recruited at the scene by an old friend from the local Sheriff’s Department, is asked to help in the murder investigation. It looks like an impossible case to solve. Roger launches a complex, multifaceted investigation, picks up a ...

Mo Maguire is a private investigator who aspires to be a comedienne. While performing on the Edinburgh fringe she learns that her father’s killer, Billy Harris, has been released from prison and is threatening her life. Confronting Billy leads Mo into the London and international underworld and she begins to discover more about the death of her father.

'A great book. I loved it.' - Joy Ellis, million-selling author of The Fens series. Dropzone (DS Jason Smith &DC Harriet Taylor #2) by Stewart Giles From #1 best-selling author: Stewart Giles comes book 2 in the very popular DS Jason Smith and DC Harriet Taylor series. Brandon Stone is doing his first Accelerated Free Fall Skydive. He has done the training and his instructors are with him so nothing can go wrong…. Can it? A double malfunction and Brandon is staring death in the face. A very rare accident. Or is it? Smith is returning to work after 3 months recovering from injuries at the ...

When Patrol Officer Lauren Starkly finds an unconscious teenage girl posed as a corpse, she learns that the offense mirrors two other recent assaults. The attack is intensely personal to Lauren—the girl is her daughter’s close friend. Lauren feels compelled to do some off-duty investigation. The perpetrator is intelligent and methodical, and essentially invisible. But Lauren has uncanny detection skills, and routinely finds evidence missed by the detectives. She earns official trouble for her effort, but the warnings from her superiors don’t keep her from tugging at elusive clues. As ...

Penelope makes a fast break from her old life to the picturesque town of Bath, Maine. But the excitement halts when a dead body is found near her dumpster. Divorcee', Penelope, starts a new chapter in the town known for it’s boutiques. But when handyman Ricky’s body is found behind her shop, the old cliche, shop ‘til you drop, suddenly becomes a literal reality. Her curiosity piqued over the unsolved murder, she sets out to unearth the truth, with her bite-sized sidekick, Teo the Teacup Chihuahua, in tow. When town gossip reveals Ricky’s shady past and his recent argument with Harry...

It is 1921 and Mary Russell—Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology—is on the verge of acquiring a sizable inheritance. Independent at last, with a passion for divinity and detective work, her most baffling mystery may now involve Holmes and the burgeoning of a deeper affection between herself and the retired detective.

A vicious killer is walking free, hiding in plain sight...When a violent crime spree erupts in small town Garnerville, Police Chief Sidney Becker puts her four person force on high alert. It starts with the vicious killing of a beekeeper in what appears to be a burglary gone horribly wrong. But the next morning a scantily clad woman is found murdered in her home. Bee-related evidence found planted on her body connects the two homicides. Becker’s team is now looking for a killer who is extremely knowledgeable about bees. As the investigation digs deeper, dark secrets of a sexual nature ...

"The combination of devious plotting with religious reflection and self-deprecating wit is unique in today's cozy field, and it's one that deserves plenty of plaudits." Criminal Element on the Max Tudor series A Murder at Morehead Mews is a novella starring Magdalene Duchateau, an amateur sleuth at large in between-the-wars London - although Magdalene would bristle at the suggestion she is an amateur. The story appeared originally in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and was nominated for a 2020 Derringer Award. It was also shortlisted for the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Award.

They’re coming for her. And they won’t stop until she’s silenced. Whistleblower Alison James has nowhere left to run. Running from her past, her aptitude for numbers has both gotten her into trouble and saved her. But now there’s another kind of trouble brewing in the Lucky Ace Casino. Her winning streak at blackjack hasn’t gone unnoticed and Owen Rockford, head of casino security, has been dogging her every move. She wants to cut and run, but not when it means sacrificing the only friend she’s had in a long time. Owen Rockford has his own demons from his past military life and ...

Hitch a harrowing ride down the most dangerous streets in Chicago as your driver, author Jan Glaz, sits behind the wheel of a Yellow Cab prior to GPS technology, cell phones, and ride-sharing Apps. In an era when all manner of unidentified strangers hailed a car with the swipe of their hand from hundreds of city-licensed cabs roaming the streets without protective shields, at all hours of the day and night. A diary is an accurate witness. From her journal she captures the essence of a bygone era in her book Chic-a-Go (Chicago). Her encounters with criminals, weird riders, police chases and ...

He's snarky, but ever since Jameson became Isabella's familiar, he's had her back. Now it's time for her to return the favor. She promised to rescue his sister from a fraternity stronghold. The only problem is, she'll need help from her sorority. That's right, the women who hate her. In a desperate attempt to get the witches to work together, Hope asked a highly-regarded witch, Inanna, to train Isabella and her group. Isabella's pretty sure the Geneva Convention was violated in her training but it doesn't matter. Inanna was found dead on the library steps. The warning is clear, but a ...

Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel. An imposing, isolated getaway spot high up in the Swiss Alps is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But Elin's taken time off from her job as a detective, so when her estranged brother, Isaac, and his fiancée, Laure, invite her to celebrate their engagement at the hotel, Elin really has no reason not to accept.

Earth’s oceans are so vast, not even merfolk have explored everywhere. And for good reason. An unexpected call from the CIA seems initially like a routine job, but Agent Michaels has a surprise for her. At a nondescript Agency warehouse, Alex discovers something she never imagined possible and soon finds herself on the way to Atlantis, deep on the ocean floor halfway around the world. Worse, the denizens of the fabled city are locked in a desperate fight for survival against an adversary older than human civilization... and they’re losing. If Alex gets caught up in the undersea war, she...