Showing results by publisher "Audible Studios" in Women Sleuths

Saint-Tropez hat Brigitte Bardot. Fragolin dagegen den Film- und Gesangsstar Colette Gaspard - auch wenn kaum einer weiß, dass die Diva hier geboren wurde. Schließlich hat sie das provenzalische Dorf schon in jungen Jahren verlassen. Einziger Kontakt zu ihrem Geburtsort ist ihre Zwillingsschwester Yvonne, die noch immer in Fragolin lebt. Genauso wie die Kommissarin Isabelle Bonnet.

Book restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright returns home to San Francisco to teach a bookbinding class. Unfortunately, the program director, Layla Fontaine, is a horrendous host who pitches fits and lords over her subordinates. But when Layla is found shot dead, Brooklyn is bound and determined to investigate - even as the killer tries to close the book on her for good.

With London’s streets deserted, a young flower girl is murdered. But why was she out so late on the foggiest night of the year? The inspector has no where to even begin looking for a suspect. However Mrs. Jeffries, his housekeeper, is even more accomplished at detection than she is at household management. This charming series of Victorian murder mysteries features mild-mannered Inspector Witherspoon of Scotland Yard and, more importantly, Mrs Jeffries, his housekeeper.

Medical-school-dropout police detective Richelle Dadd is...well, dead. But that won't stop her from trying to hold on to her house in a divorce battle with a bitter husband. Or keep her from digging into her own murder, to discover who put the bullet into her heart. Or from coming to terms with her Gypsy heritage. And it certainly won't stand in the way of finding out the reason she's been reanimated as a zombie assassin, no longer in control of her life.

When a talented dog handler falls flat on her face during the obedience trials, Australian Shepherd lover Janet MacPhail can hardly believe someone would actually resort to murder. As she takes care of her mother and falls for a hunky black Lab owner, the last thing Janet needs is to find out she's become a "person of interest." Nosing around for clues that might clear her good name, Janet and her friends - Australian Shepherd Jay, tabby cat Leo, and eccentric neighbor Goldie Sunshine - discover the hard way that killers don't like snoops.

On her way to meet her boyfriend’s parents, college professor Alison Bergeron stops by a coffee shop to steel her resolve. It’s a big event. Not only is it the first time she’s met NYPD detective Bobby Crawford’s entire family, but it’s coming on the heels of a wedding proposal that she has left unanswered so far. Then, as she steps into the shop, a brawl breaks out that ends in the death of Carter Wilmott, a merciless and loathed local blogger. The case couldn’t be any simpler, and Alison witnessed the whole thing, but when Wilmott’s car explodes in the aftermath, what looked to be a crime of passion becomes something far more complicated....

With no one to help her ring in the new year, Jane Lawless reluctantly agrees to accompany her good friend Cordelia Thorn to the wedding of Cordelias' estranged sister, Broadway star Octavia Thorn. Octavia getting married is no surprise - but her candidate for hubby number four certainly is. Roland Lester is a reclusive 83-year-old retired Hollywood director. No one can understand how the two met. When the bodies start to drop, Jane realizes it might not be love at all that brought the young diva and the aged director together, but something more sinister.

Jane Lawless has a knack for cooking and a talent for detection. A case gone bad has left her with a serious head injury and vulnerable enough to accept help from former lover Dr. Julia Martinsen. The TLC is welcome, if only Jane didn’t suspect the jittery Julia of hiding something. Disquieted, Jane’s check into the doctor’s past turns up chilling details. Then a shocking death and swirling danger disrupt what’s left of Jane’s recovery, and being in love with Julia doesn’t protect either of them from a killer out for more blood.

For Janet MacPhail, photographing retrievers in training is the perfect way to spend an evening. But a photo session at Twisted Lake takes a peculiar turn as Drake, her friend Tom's Labrador, fetches a blood-soaked bag holding an exotic feather and a torn $100 bill. When one of her photography students turns up dead at the lake, Janet investigates a secretive retreat center with help from Australian Shepherd Jay and her quirky neighbor Goldie.

A letter from a dead man catapults Nichelle Clarke into the biggest story of her career...if she can stay alive long enough to report it. Nichelle Clarke needs a big break. With a new job and a new boss, she's under pressure to find a story that will send papers flying off the racks - and money flying in the door. When she learns that the widow of a beloved athlete is entangled in the opioid crisis, Nichelle sets out to track her down. But the story takes a turn when her interview prospect becomes a suspect - for murder.

Being a human immune to magic helped Sophie Lawson get promoted. It's also made her a major, very reluctant player in a game that stretches beyond even the Underworld. Having handsome buttoned-down Englishman Will as her new guardian is one tempting blessing, especially since sexy fallen angel Alex is mysteriously MIA lately. But as a frightening number of demons start disappearing around the city, Sophie suspects that an Armageddon-level prophecy is about to become everyone's nightmare.

Lieutenant Eve Dallas muss in ihrem neuesten Fall ausgerechnet an einer Privatschule mit dem dubiosen Namen "Sarah Child Academy" ermitteln. Dort wurde in der Mittagspause ein junger Geschichtslehrer tot aufgefunden. In seinem Blut entdeckt man Spuren eines tödlichen Giftes. Hat ihn seine frisch Angetraute auf dem Gewissen? Oder hatte er Feinde in der Schule? Und was wissen die Schüler? Die Leiche des Lehrers ist aber nicht Eves einziges Problem.

Eve Dallas untersucht die brutale Ermordung eines jungen Liebespaares, als ihre Freundin Mavis sie um Hilfe bittet. Tandy Willowby, eine werdende Mutter aus Mavis' Geburtsvorbereitungskurs, ist spurlos verschwunden. Tandy war gerade von London in die USA ausgewandert und hat bislang nur wenige Freunde in New York. Ist sie womöglich entführt worden?

In the midst of gorgeous St. Bart's, a few days before Christmas, a Senator's daughter is found stabbed and strangled on the beach - the day after her engagement party. While the rich and famous are pouring in to celebrate the holidays, the local police are desperate to keep it quiet and not cause an uproar. But the Senator's family wants justice for their daughter, and they hire Cindy and Mattheus to solve the crime.

Mitten in der Nacht trifft bei der New Yorker Polizei der ängstliche Notruf eines kleinen Mädchens ein. Eve Dallas macht sich sofort auf den Weg, doch sie kommt zu spät: Die ganze Familie Swisher ist tot und anscheinend waren hochprofessionelle Killer am Werk, die keine Spuren hinterlassen haben. Nur ein Familienmitglied - die neunjährige Nixie - entging dem Blutbad. Als Eve das zitternde Mädchen erblickt, ist es um sie geschehen. Um jeden Preis will sie das Kind schützen, denn Nixie schwebt als einzige Augenzeugin in höchster Gefahr.

Eine persönliche Nachricht, eine tote Prostituierte und ein Tatort, der kaum blutiger sein könnte: Lieutenant Eve Dallas verfolgt einen Killer durch die Straßen von New York, der die Handschrift der brutalsten Serienmörder der Geschichte kopiert. Schnell wird klar, dass die Polizistin diesmal direkt im Fadenkreuz des Täters steht. Eine atemlose Hetzjagd beginnt, die Eve bis in die höchsten Kreise der Reichen und Mächtigen führt. Eve und der Mörder sind beide Jäger und Gejagte zugleich.

Deputy coroner Mattie Winston knows a thing or two about dead bodies. That's why she's on the case of Derrick Ames, a high school math teacher stabbed to death with a barbecue fork straight to the heart. Sure, she's turned up some motives and a few suspects, but nothing adds up. Especially when the evidence points to Ames's teenage son. Newly pregnant Mattie can't believe it, even as her own long-estranged father may be following her.

Dixie Flynn's boss wants her to write a fluff story for Father's Day. Dixie doesn't do fluff. Investigating the origins of a cryptic classified ad, crime-beat journalist Dixie Flynn finds herself entering the seedy realm of a brutal Russian mobster. Before she knows it, Dixie's simple missing-father story has turned into a violent battle of wills as she tries to help a woman escape a life and death struggle with the mob. For Dixie, the pen is mightier than the sword, but it's going to take some handy work with a pistol if she wants this story to have a happy ending.

Guia e Lucia non si capacitano che Betti sia sparita così, senza farsi sentire o rispondere al cellulare da ben due giorni. Perciò, anche se sono assorbite dall’agenzia di catering appena avviata, e in più con Guia che deve badare alla famiglia e Lucia alle prese con la traduzione dell’ennesimo poliziesco, non possono fare a meno di preoccuparsi, soprattutto da quando Betti ha perso la testa per il misterioso Raul, da loro soprannominato il Fecalomo.

Christmas has come to Lighthouse Cove, but business hasn’t slowed down for Shannon Hammer. She’s been contracted to renovate a local hotel owned by the Garrisons, a family that’s so devoted to the holidays they serve a seven-course dinner every night from Thanksgiving through Christmas. Last year’s festivities featured a train that transported guests around the breathtaking Cliffside property. This year, Shannon and her crew have been commissioned to build a Victorian-style carnival midway with games and prizes galore.