Genres : Women Sleuths

Murder travels nicely in this popular mystery series featuring expat Maggie Newberry who lives in France with her winemaker French chef husband. Enjoy the sights and smells of Provence, the Côte d'Azur and Paris as Maggie uses her amateur (and very American) sleuthing skills to detect and confront some of the vilest murderers on the continent!BOOK ONE: MURDER IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. Maggie Newberry is an advertising copywriter who’s fast on her feet and a little stunned to realize...

A former rodeo queen turned paralegal.A criminal attorney with a soft spot for lost causes.To find a missing girl, Emily and Jack will have to team up for one wild ride.“Full of heart, humor, vivid characters, and suspense. Hutchins has done it again!” — Gay Yellen, author of The Body Business
Dumped by her husband for a man, ex-rodeo queen Emily Bernal yearns for a fresh start. When a handsome local attorney named Jack offers her a gig, she's not sure...

When your first day in a new city starts with murder, there’s no easing in slowly.Margie Patenaude is brand new to Calgary—still helping her daughter settle into school—when she’s called to her very first crime scene. The murder is brutal. The setting? One of Calgary’s most beautiful parks. With a killer loose in the city’s green spaces, park-goers don’t feel safe, and Margie doesn’t have time to win over her skeptical coworkers before she proves she belongs on this team.Margie...

Blood Relative: A gripping debut crime thriller with a stunning twist (Detective Lucy Gauthier, Niagara Noir Series Book 1)Amazon Reviews:*****A great start to the series. Can't wait for the sequel!*****Lots of plot turns and twists to keep me guessing in this whodunit.*****A compelling page turner...*****A great read...an exciting story with interesting characters...*****Really enjoyed the book, great thriller! Looking forward to the next in the series. Recommend!*****Excellent book, engaging story.Who knows the lies you tell?Who knows what you are capable of?...

One fateful summer morning, Old Al, an itinerant gold prospector, is discovered dead at the abandoned Sunshine Mine.As word spreads through the community of Oresville, Colorado, a collective gasp of shock echoes. Beloved by the community, who would want to harm him? Was his demise an accident or is something darker lurking?Deputy Phoebe Korneal is summoned to lead the investigation, thrusting her into a mystery with more twists than a pretzel factory. As Phoebe works to find the cause of...

A dead womanizer. A friend suspected of murder. And a teacher turned sleuth.In Willow, Ohio, English teacher Kendra Clayton craves more than dateless nights spent grading papers. And boy does she get it when her friend Bernie's boyfriend, Jordan, a notorious womanizer, is brutally murdered, and both she and Kendra become suspects. Kendra can only save herself—and the friend she believes is innocent—by doing some investigating of her own.But between Jordan's past and present conquests—and a chain of emptied wallets...

The Librarian's Hidden HeartA Maisie Quill Love Story MysteryWhen a hidden hope chest reveals that the town's "spinster librarian" carried on a secret 50-year love affair, Maisie must uncover the truth about a romance that shaped Maple Falls' history—and learn what it means to choose love boldly.Maisie Quill's life in Maple Falls has finally found its rhythm. Her antique shop thrives, her consulting work brings closure to families across the region, and her relationship with Owen is deepening toward something...

When flamboyant senior sleuth Sadie Kramer learns the owner of Cioccolato, her favorite chocolate shop, is in trouble, she heads for the California wine country with a tote-bagged Yorkie and a slew of questions. The fourth generation Tremiato Winery promises answers, but not before a dead body turns up at the vintners’ scheduled Harvest Festival. All four Tremiato siblings have possible motives, as well as a few peripheral acquaintances, but only one could be the guilty party. As Sadie juggles...

In the latest thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, homicide detective Eve Dallas investigates a murder with a mysterious motive—and a terrifying weapon.Pediatrician Kent Abner received the package on a beautiful April morning. Inside was a cheap trinket, a golden egg that could be opened into two halves. When he pried it apart, highly toxic airborne fumes entered his body—and killed him. After Eve Dallas calls the hazmat team—and undergoes testing to reassure both her and her...

“This is an excellent book… When you start reading, be sure you don’t have to wake up early!”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Detective Meg Thorne, haunted by the years of cold cases she could not solve, retires early, in her 50s, feeling stifled by the limits of the law and determined to do whatever she has to to solve them on her own, stop these killers, and rescue any victims. Outside of the red tape, she will be free to...