Women Sleuths

A woman is found naked, badly beaten and barely alive in the New Mexico mountains. The shocking discovery plunges Albuquerque Detective Alyssa Wyatt into a case that will test her to the limit....

For twin sisters Isabel and Verity, the sisterhood rules were shattered when Verity had an affair with Izzy’s husband. Devastated by her sister’s betrayal, Izzy casts Verity into social Siberia. But when their mother goes missing, they are forced to come together again to find her.

‘A sparklingly delicious confection to satisfy the mystery reader’s appetite’ Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay Mysteries A PINCH OF PARANOIA It’s three days before Christmas, and detective-turned-chef Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is drafted in to cater a charity event...

‘A sparklingly delicious confection to satisfy the mystery reader’s appetite’ Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay Mysteries Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is back! When popular TV baking contest and national institution ‘The Best of British Baking Roadshow’ rolls into town...

In this engrossing, masterfully twisting new thriller from the #1 internationally bestselling author, a forensics trainee learns through a DNA test that she mysteriously disappeared as a baby thirty years ago—and her life is still in danger …

Thunder rattles the windows of the deserted hotel. Morgan spots the young girl on the floor, her dark hair fanned out and covered in shattered glass. Lightning strikes, illuminating the blood on every surface.

A TV news host sets out to uncover the truth behind a gruesome tale of sex, betrayal, and murder 20 years after the investigation was abandoned in the wake of 9/11....

Dawn Cross sits motionless in her recliner, her eyes staring sightlessly at the television screen. Death is no stranger to Silver Fern House…but when Detective Lauren Pengelly arrives at the scene, it’s clear she’s got a cold-blooded murder on her hands.

‘A sparklingly delicious confection to satisfy the mystery reader’s appetite’ Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay Mysteries The first book in a NEW cozy mystery series! Still spinning from the hustle and bustle of city life, Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is glad to be back in...

Mimi Clark was never going to win the most popular student award. The prolific tattletale seemed to cruise through university life, seeking out rule-breakers so she could bring their sins to the dean’s attention.

Three gripping crime fiction thrillers featuring DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish: Deadly Games, Fatal Justice, and Death Track....

When a much-loved Kilmarnock police constable is found beaten to death in his home, all signs point to a burglary gone wrong. But, when a second officer is slain while walking the beat, it becomes clear that something much more sinister is afoot....

May Day should mark the start of spring. But this year, it means murder... Fortunately antique store owner and amateur detective Bella Winter is on the case!

Michelina Bellsong is on a mission. She is following a missing family to the edge of America . . . to a place she never knew existed—a place of terror, wonder, and shattering revelation.

Summer has arrived along with a plethora of social events that keep Cleo and her cousins busy. Between balls, dinners, concerts and picnics, they attend the final match between two proud polo clubs....

December 1899. After the death of her beloved grandmother, Cleopatra Fox moves into the luxury hotel owned by her estranged uncle in the hopes of putting hardship and loneliness behind her....

Majestic mountain views, whisky by the fire and… a murder to solve? Join Ally McKinley at her cosy little guesthouse in the Scottish Highlands as she tackles her first puzzling case!

Secrets worth dying - and killing - for, in a novel of suspense inspired by a horrific true crime by Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestselling author Loreth Anne White....

A nightmare client. A secret jazz club. An interview with London’s hottest band. And an impostor on her heels… For Posie Parker, it’s just another day at the office!

It’s the night shift worker who finds them. Huddled in a hospital store cupboard is elderly Edith Higgins. Knifed to death. Sitting behind her is Staff Nurse Lily Frampton, a scalpel clasped in her blood-soaked hand.

Don't miss A Dangerous Train of Thought, the gripping latest installment in the Faith Martin's 1920s cosy crime series! Pre-order now. The perfect Christmas present for fans of Agatha Christie, Richard Osman and M.C. Beaton. ‘A brilliant book! The pairing of Ryder and Loveday is a stroke of...

The first audiobook in Dylan Young's Anna Gwynne series of Detective thrillers.

Danger, excitement and love - this is how the glamorous Phryne Fisher is determined to live her life in her second enticing adventure....

A brand new Nikki Galena mystery where echoes from the past haunt the twistiest, most complex investigation of her career.

Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is back to solve another Cornish murder mystery, perfect for fans of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club… 'Leitch crafts a Cornwall that I want to live in – vibrant, funny and dripping with mystery and mayhem. Brilliant’ Jonathan Whitelaw, author of The...

Mimi Clark was never going to win the most popular student award. The prolific tattletale seemed to cruise through university life, seeking out rule-breakers so she could bring their sins to the dean’s attention. She probably never thought she’d be murdered for her favorite pastime. Detective Casey certainly didn’t think her daughter, Audrey, would become the prime suspect.

Han pasado tres meses desde el intento de asesinato del doctor Grunwald, psicólogo. Tras un macabro descubrimiento en una cabaña situada a las afueras de Freidorf, Danyal Celik, de la Oficina Federal para la Protección de la Constitución, interroga a Paula Beyer sobre las dos muertes relacionadas con el caso. Su teoría es que han torturado a una de las víctimas para grabar una confesión..., aunque no hay pruebas. Nadie sabe exactamente qué ha pasado, pero todo parece señalar a la principal sospechosa de Paula en el caso de El Flautista: la profesora y psicóloga Ada Steiner.

Thunder rattles the windows of the deserted hotel. Morgan spots the young girl on the floor, her dark hair fanned out and covered in shattered glass. Lightning strikes, illuminating the blood on every surface. Following an emergency call in the middle of a fierce storm, Detective Morgan Brookes arrives at Keswick Manor, a crumbling, empty hotel in the Lake District, where she finds the dead body of a young woman. She recognises her bright blue eyes instantly.

September, 1930. Fearless detective Miss Clara Vale is bound for Berlin, but this trip is all about la mode - not murder. Clara is set to walk the runway at Berlin Fashion Week, as a favour to her designer friend Juju, with her assistant Bella in tow. Elections loom in Germany, and among Juju's friends, the Spieglers, all the talk is of the National Socialists. But trouble brews closer to home, when a shocking murder at their clothing factory points the finger at the Jewish couple's brilliant young son.

Special Agent Nikki Hunt feels her chest tighten as she looks down at the body sprawled beside the lilac bushes. This morning, her ten-year-old daughter Lacey witnessed the murder of local mother Elle Harper. Out riding her bike, Lacey saw the killer escape from the house and rushed inside to protect Elle’s daughters Maisy and Maya. Nikki promises Lacey she’ll do whatever it takes to help the poor innocent girls who now sit in her house clutching their teddies. But before she has a chance to return them to the safety of their stepfather Tim, he’s reported missing.

India, 1951. After wilfully ignoring orders, Persis Wadia, India's first female police detective, is exiled from Bombay to the wild and mountainous Naga Hills District. As India's first post-Independence election looms, and tensions rise across the country, Persis finds herself banished to the...

Fern’s dream of becoming a published author is finally coming true. After years of rejection, her debut novel has sold, and she’s ready to join the supportive online community of fellow debuts. But when she discovers her high school bully, Haven, has landed a major book deal and will be debuting alongside her, old wounds reopen.

The first audiobook in Dylan Young's Anna Gwynne series of Detective thrillers.

Mother's Day should hurt less with each passing year. For Bonnie Hunter, it only cuts deeper. The coastal bushland of her childhood is a hard place to visit at the best of times, but when two campers vanish nearby, Bonnie is dragged from her grief into a case riddled with secrets. A woman is dead, a man is missing and two families' lives have been torn apart. But is this a case of a secret affair gone wrong, or something far more sinister?

Fresh off my Voodoo-tastic vacation to New Orleans, I find myself presented with the first test of my newly discovered magic. There’s been a murder in the neighboring town of Pine Shoals and the victim has decided she’s not cut out for the spectral life and needs a gentle push into the Otherworld. As it turns out, conjuring some magic and telling a ghost to ‘go towards the light’ isn’t quite good enough, and now the hysterical ghost is stuck in some kind of limbo land. It’s up to me to solve her murder before the poor ghost goes insane—or, becomes demon food. Whichever happens first.

Consisting of books 1-3 in the critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling series of procedural crime thrillers by #1 New York Times bestselling writer Tony Lee writing as Jack Gatland, and spinning out of his bestselling DI Declan Walsh book series, this boxset is perfect for fans of J.D Kirk, L.J Ross, Ian Rankin, Alex Smith, David Gatward, Rachel McLean and Ann Cleeves, among others.

Shee McQueen grew up skip-tracing and hunting military criminals with her father, Mick, until someone put a bounty on her head, forcing her underground. Resurfacing years later, she returns to her family's hotel in Jupiter Beach, FL, to find Mick in a coma, shot by an unknown sniper.

Ein Unfall, der sich zu einer kniffligen Mordermittlung entwickelt, von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Anna Johannsen. Oberkommissarin Lea Nielsen glaubt nicht an einen gewöhnlichen Unfall, als die 25-jährige Lisa Uhlen Opfer einer Fahrerflucht wird und kurz darauf stirbt. Schnell gerät der Ex-Freund der Toten in den Fokus der Ermittlungen. Als die Polizei herausfindet, dass die Tat mit einem gestohlenen Auto begangen wurde, führt die Spur in eine ganz neue Richtung. Während Lea die Puzzleteile des Falls zusammensetzt, muss sie sich zusätzlich persönlichen Herausforderungen stellen.

When FBI-agent-turned-time-traveler Kendra Donovan is asked to investigate the suspicious death of Lady Westford, she finds herself on a harrowing journey through Regency England's most taboo traditions. Every layer she peels back uncovers more puzzles, including Lady Westford's interest in a dead woman who'd been mysteriously drained of all her blood. This isn't the first time Kendra has battled a ruthless madman . . . but one mistake, one misstep, and it may be her last.

Paris, 2011: Lily Tremaine’s hands shake as she opens the envelope addressed in her mother’s hand. The faded letter inside reveals the long-buried family secret that her mother had a twin she was separated from during the Second World War. A tear slides down Lily’s cheek, knowing the loss of a sister caused her mother so much heartbreak. And now, after all these years, her mother needs Lily to find her…

Welcome to the Wye Valley, exactly on the border of England and Wales, home to a dark legacy of murder... Nestled deep in the Black Mountains, the village of Longtown is haunted by killings both ancient and modern. When young farmer and lottery winner Eddy Davies is found dead in suspicious circumstances, Herefordshire Police find themselves handling a complicated investigation. Things aren't looking good for Davies's friend, the mysterious Autumn Wise, who is found nearby holding a shotgun...

Moored among the tranquil islands off Thailand's coast, the Aurelia's passengers are completely unaware of the danger lurking just out of sight. Patricia would happily remain oblivious, too, but that's not really how her life works. So when a couple report their teenage kids have gone missing, the ship's detective swings into action. Had she glimpsed the terror awaiting her, she might have thought twice. There's a secret to uncover, the kind people will kill to protect, and she must expose it if there is any hope of rescuing the missing teenagers.

When a receptionist is found murdered outside of her ex-husband’s home, clutching a chilling note. Sheriff Eve Wicker springs into action, interrogating the ex. But shortly after, the main suspect is found dead from an apparent suicide. And a baseball bat with his ex-wife’s blood is discovered inside his home. It looks like an open and shut case of murder-suicide. Until an odd clue leads Eve down an unimaginable rabbit hole. A twisting tunnel with deception at every turn.

Detective Emily Sinclair has spent her life chasing justice, but when her childhood best friend Ava is brutalized by men who walk free, Emily is forced to confront a hard truth: the system isn’t broken, it’s working exactly as designed. Money buys verdicts, silence, and the right to destroy lives without consequence.

DC Tina Abbott from Dorset Police’s Major Crime Investigations Team is on maternity leave, and spending some time with her mum Annie in Lyme Regis. But then after a morning swim, two members of Annie’s swimming club discover a dead body in another member's car. A body that later vanishes into thin air.

An unseen terror uses open houses to mark his victims, drawing FBI Agent Kate Wise into a web of deceit and murder. As she peels back layers of envy that cloak a community in fear, will she close in on the killer before another door opens to doom?

Psychotherapeutin Salome Liebeskind kommt sich vor wie eine Figur in einem Schachspiel: Da ist die schwierige Beziehung zu ihren Eltern in Israel, ihre verlorene Liebe – und jetzt auch noch ein Tötungsdelikt. Denn in Salomes Gemeinschaftspraxis wurde ihre Kollegin Eva brutal ermordet. War es eine Beziehungstat? War einer der Patienten der Täter? Der ermittelnde Hauptkommissar Julian Christ hält Salome für verdächtig, und sie beginnt selbst nachzuforschen. Dabei entdeckt sie, dass Eva keineswegs so korrekt war, wie es den Anschein machte.

1979 tauchte der leblose Körper einer Blumenhändlerin in den ruhigen Gewässern von Dyes Inlet auf, einer bezaubernden Flussmündung, die mit dem riesigen Puget Sound verbunden ist. Vierundvierzig Jahre später wiederholt sich die Geschichte, als innerhalb von 48 Stunden nicht nur ein, sondern zwei weitere Opfer gefunden werden, die alle genau dieselbe makabere Schnitzerei im Fleisch tragen. Da kommt Thomas Austin ins Spiel, ein Privatdetektiv mit einer Vergangenheit, die er endlich hinter sich lassen möchte.

Allison Brennan returns to her bestselling series with an edge-of-your-seat thriller that thrusts Quinn and Costa into the crosshairs of a sadistic serial killer. Three newlywed couples have disappeared from an exclusive resort in Florida, only to turn up dead soon after. With the location and...

Nach einem brutalen Angriff wird der leblose Körper einer jungen Frau an deren Bett gefesselt gefunden. Detective Morgan Brookes ist nicht vorbereitet auf das, was sie bei der weiteren Durchsuchung des Hauses entdeckt–und welche Erinnerungen an ihre eigene Kindheit dies hervorruft.