Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths

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The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle (Chocoholi...

Joanna Carl

Hollywood comes to Michigan when a film producer decides to turn a local author's romance novel into a blockbuster. Although the movie mogul's chocolate labrador is charming, Lee McKinney thinks the producer's talk is a bunch of sweet...

Paperback
Published: Dec 2004

Monday Mourning: A Novel (Reichs, Ka...

Kathy Reichs

Journeying to wintry Montreal to testify at a murder trial, forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan discovers three skeletons in the basement of a pizza parlor and realizes that she has stumbled into a crime from the past. By the author...

Abridged CD
Published: Jun 2004

Shades of Earl Grey (A Tea Shop Myste...

Laura Childs

While attending a high society engagement party, Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is steeped in mystery when the groom meets with disaster and the wedding ring, a family heirloom from the crown of Marie Antoinette, vanishes. O...

Paperback
Published: Jan 2003

Death By Pantyhose (Jaine Austen Myst...

Laura Levine

Freelance writer Jaine Austen has never been able to resist the siren call of an Eskimo Pie, just like she can't resist renewing her romance with Andrew, an old crush. With her bank account hitting new lows, she's also just agreed to ...

Paperback
Published: May 2008

Knock Off (A Finley Anderson Tanner M...

Rhonda Pollero

Get ready for a rollicking, wickedly fun new mystery series from USA Today Bestselling Author Rhonda Pollero, featuring the most delicious sleuth ever to solve the crime, get the guy, and save a bundle on discount Gucci, all at the sa...

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Published: Feb 2008

Getting Old Is Murder (Dell Mystery)

Rita Lakin

As a serial killer stalks the senior citizens of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, seventy-five-year-old Gladdy Gold and a group of eccentric retirees match wits with a handsome young police detective as they launch their own investigation to...

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Published: Oct 2005

Death by Diamonds (A Vintage Magic My...

Annette Blair

Madeira Cutler loves her Vintage Magic boutique, but the 'visions' she gets from the garments can be hard to handle, especially when she knows the owner. At first she's thrilled to receive a package containing the beautifully bejewele...

Paperback
Published: Jul 2010

Anything Goes: A Grace and Favor Myst...

Jill Churchill

They Have Inherited a Lovely Upstate Mansion. . .The crash of 1929 has ended the party for high-living New Yorkers Lily Brewster and her brother Robert and takes them from the upper echelons of the idle rich and deposits them to the l...

Paperback
Published: Jun 1999

A Royal Pain (A Royal Spyness Mystery...

Rhys Bowen

1930s London. Poor Lady Georgiana—thirty-fourth in line to the throne—has nothing to serve her Bavarian princess houseguest, even though the Queen of England has requested that she entertain her. Then there's the matter of the bod...

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Published: Jul 2009

Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter (Dixi...

Blaize Clement

While going to the home of a vacationing client in Sarasota, Florida, professional pet-sitter Dixie Hemingway, a former sheriff's deputy, stumbles upon a traumatized cat and the corpse of a mysterious intruder, sending Dixie on a sear...

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Published: Jan 2007

Framed in Lace (Needlecraft Mystery)

Monica Ferris

Second in the new series for mystery and needlework fans, this book offers a free cross-stitch pattern and a good yarn. When a skeleton is discovered aboard a historic ferry, the only evidence is a piece of lace-like fabric. But once ...

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Published: Oct 1999

Dead on Arrival

Lori Avocato

Normally, insurance fraud investigator Pauline Sokol likes to keep her feet firmly on the ground. But her latest undercover assignment has the aero-phobic ex-nurse flying high—as she takes off to ground a land-and-air ambulance...

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Published: Jul 2007

Nip, Tuck, Dead: A Pauline Sokol Myst...

Lori Avocato

Ex-nurse-turned-insurance investigator Pauline Sokol enlists the help of her cross-dressing friend Goldie in order to gain entry into the posh plastic surgery 'spa' Highcliff Manor, but her case becomes complicated when the spouse of ...

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Published: Dec 2006

Keepsake Crimes (Scrapbooking Mystery...

Laura Childs

Scraooking shop owner Carmela Bertrand turns sleuth when her estranged husband is accused of murdering a powerful New Orleans businessman, and amidst clippings, patterns, and pictures finds a clue that will prove his innocence. Origin...

Paperback
Published: May 2003

Perfect Sax

Jerrilyn Farmer

At first, the dazzling Jazz Ball and charityauction for L.A.'s prestigious WoodburnSchool of Music promises to be eventplanner Madeline Bean's greatest triumph to date -- both professionally and personally -- until everything goes str...

Paperback
Published: Feb 2005

Sit, Stay, Slay (Kendra Ballantyne, P...

Linda O. Johnston

Fired from her toney L.A. law firm, attorney Kendra Ballantyne embarks on a new career as a freelance pet-sitter, only to discover that her client list is growing smaller every day, and teams up with sexy detective Jeff Hubbard to unc...

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Published: Jan 2005

Terror on Tuesday (Lois Meade Mysteri...

Ann Purser

Working-class mum and housecleaner Lois Meade plies her sleuthing skills once again after discovering a dead body--dressed in a suit of armor--in a chapel.

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Published: Aug 2004

Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet (Ag...

M. C. Beaton

Investigating the mysterious "accidental" death of a vet, former London public-relations executive Agatha Raisin teams up with James Lacey, a retired military man, and finds surprising mixed feelings in the village about the...

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Published: Sep 1994

Mallets Aforethought (Home Repair Is ...

Sarah Graves

Agreeing to help refurbish Eastport's disreputable old Harlequin House, a one-time hideout for wounded gangsters, do-it-yourself expert Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree and her friend, Ellie White, uncover the skeleton of a notorious ...

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Published: Oct 2004

Morality for Beautiful Girls

Alexander McCall Smith

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency published in 1998, introduced the world to the one and only Precious Ramotswe, the engaging and sassy owner of Botswana's only detective agency. Tears of the Giraffe took us further into this world, ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Apr 2003

False Premises (Domestic Bliss Myster...

Leslie Caine

Delighted by her new client, free-spending Laura Smith, until she discovers that the antiques she had acquired at Laura's behest have been replaced with fakes, interior designer Erin Gilbert suddenly finds her career interrupted by mu...

Paperback
Published: Jun 2005

Photo Finished

Laura Childs

When her late-night "Crop Till You Drop" session is interrupted by the murder of a neighboring shop owner, scraooking queen Carmela Bertrand finds herself, as well as her customers, under the scrutiny of the police, forcing ...

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Published: Jan 2004

Highlights To Heaven (Bad Hair Day My...

Nancy J. Cohen

When a dead body, with excellent highlights, is discovered in her neighbor's home, all signs lead professional hair stylist Marla Shore to the Heavenly Hair Salon where she discovers a link between the murder and the exotic pet trade....

Paperback
Published: Oct 2004

New Year's Eve Murder (Lucy Stone Mys...

Leslie Meier

Winning mother/daughter makeovers in Manhattan from Jolie magazine, Lucy Stone and her daughter Elizabeth, immersed in the glamour of haute couture, witness a murder that casts a negative light on several high-style fashionistas and p...

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Published: Nov 2006

Polished Off (Charlotte Larue Mysteri...

Barbara Colley

While cleaning a wealthy client's mansion, Charlotte LaRue, owner of Maid-for-a-Day, finds herself knee-deep in mystery when she stumbles upon an urn containing human bones, a grisly discovery that puts a damper on her nephew's weddin...

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Published: Dec 2004

Unscrewed

Lois Greiman

Cocktail-waitress-turned-psychologist Christina McMullen comes to the aid of L.A. homicide detective Jack Rivera when he is accused of killing his beautiful former girlfriend, who had left him for his wealthy father, launching her own...

Paperback
Published: Jan 2007

Foxy Roxy

Nancy Martin

Big truck, big dog, big hair. Bad attitude.Roxy Abruzzo, bestseller Nancy Martin's latest creation, is the sexy, streetwise niece of a Pittsburgh crime boss, and she's trying to stay on the straight and narrow . . . most of the time.�...

Paperback
Published: Jan 2011

2nd Chance

James Patterson

2nd Chance reconvenes the Women's Murder Club, four friends (a detective, a reporter, an assistant district attorney, and a medical examiner) who used their networking skills, feminine intuition, and professional wiles to solve a b...

Abridged CD
Published: Feb 2006

Bitch Factor

Chris Rogers

Tough-as-nails Houston bounty hunter Dixie Flannigan trails bail jumping Parker Dann after he is accused of killing a child in a drunk-driving car accident, but when she catches up to him in North Dakota, a blizzard strikes--allowing ...

Paperback
Published: Nov 1998

Poisoned by Gilt

Leslie Caine

Green with envyTo the newly formed design team of Steve Sullivan and Erin Gilbert, it seemed like a great idea: a competition to design and build the most earth-friendly home in Crestview, Colorado. But who would have dreamed that som...

Paperback
Published: Jun 2008
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