Genres : Women Sleuths

FBI Agent Ella Dark has studied serial killers from the time she could read, devastated by the murder of her own father, and has gained an encyclopedic knowledge of murderers. But when victims are found murdered in the Pacific Northwest, their bodies strung up high in the branches of Redwood trees, Ella finds everything she’s known to be put to the test. Is she wrong?“A masterpiece of thriller and mystery.”—Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐GIRL, TAKEN (An...

She thought she'd buried her old life. Then she turned the photograph over.Six months after her divorce, former investigative journalist Julia Mercer comes to Sand Dollar Cove to disappear—to drink her coffee on the sand at dawn, to stop being the woman who couldn't let anything go.The little Cape Cod beach town is exactly what she needs: lighthouse and dune grass, a café that knows your order, and seven women past fifty who pull an eighth chair into their morning...

A dead body. A terrible secret. And a past that threatens the living. Private investigator Iris Raines thought she’d seen everything—until she was staring into the face of a dead woman who looked exactly like her. The discovery sends Iris into a maze of hidden identities, long-buried secrets, and a conspiracy that stretches back decades. Someone is searching for a treasure connected to the past, and they’re willing to kill to get it. Now Iris isn’t just on the case—she’s...

Some hometowns welcome you back. Others still think you're a killer.Forty-five years ago, Myrtle Glubber left Muscatine with a broken heart and a cloud of suspicion hanging over her. Returning for her class reunion should have been a chance to reconnect with old friends. Instead, Myrtle discovers many of her former classmates still believe she murdered her best friend.Determined to clear her name once and for all, Myrtle follows a trail of forgotten clues leading from the legendary Blue Angel...

Book 2 of the USA TODAY BESTSELLING Death by Chocolate Series.Rodney Bradford comes into Lindsay's restaurant, offers to buy her small house for double its value, eats her brownies, and drops dead on the sidewalk in front.Next her almost-ex-husband offers to sign the divorce papers, but only if she'll give him her small, old house and take his big, new house instead.Suddenly everybody wants Lindsay's house. Is there oil under the basement, plans to bring the railroad through, pirate treasure...

In a town submerged with secrets and corruption, there are those who seek the truth…Seka Torlak, now a journalism cadet, relocates to the tranquil town of Riverwood in 1998, seeking a fresh start. However, her peace is short-lived when she stumbles upon a cold case involving the murder of a former Vietnam Vet. Driven by a grieving mother's plea for justice, Seka begins to uncover a web of secrets that this seemingly idyllic town has buried deep.In her quest for...

A chocoholic comes to Death by Chocolate, praises Lindsay’s desserts and intimidates her ex, Rickhead. The mysterious man is her new best friend. She gives him a complimentary box of desserts. After he’s gone, she finds a small brass key under his plate. Surely he’ll return for more chocolate and the key.But he’s murdered, and the Death by Chocolate box leads police to Lindsay. Is his death connected to the blonde in four-inch heels who demands to talk to Lindsay...

From USA Today bestselling author and genealogist Eliza Watson!It’s been a rough year for 26-year-old Mags Murray. First she learns that her dad isn’t her biological father, a secret her mother took to her grave three years earlier. Then her beloved Irish grandmother passes away at Christmas while Mags is visiting her from the States. Now Mags must host her grandmother’s wake and sell her cottage. A cottage filled with cherished memories. A cottage Mags inherited but her odd jobs...

A sequel to the award-winning political mystery The History Teacher". . . COMPELLING . . . " — KIRKUS REVIEWSA Warhol protégé, a Manhattan murder and a long-hidden truth It is February 1987. Seal Larsen is a photographer, denizen of New York’s downtown scene and the subject of one of Andy Warhol’s short films. When she dies in a suspicious fall from the 15th floor of her Manhattan apartment building, her friend and neighbor, Emma Quinn, is determined to find...

Love Kinsey Millhone's grit, Stephanie Plum's humor, or Spenser's wry take on academia? Check out the Doctor Rowena Halley series! "Brilliantly-written and highly entertaining, a must read…" The Prairies Book Review Doctor Rowena Halley needs a job. But it may cost her more than she’s bargained for. During one of the worst years on record in the academic job market, newly-minted PhD Rowena Halley has, against all odds, gotten a job. For one semester. At poverty wages. In New Jersey....