Women Sleuths

On a midsummer's night, a stolen car packed with teenagers crashes at high speed on the southern edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. DI Jan Talantire arrives at the scene to find the victims of the crash. It appears to be a tragic accident until a worried mother turns up at the scene of the accident. Her daughter, Rhiannon, a friend of the joyriders, hasn't been seen since the previous night. The account dovetails with the statement of the householder who claimed to see a girl running near the crashed vehicle the moment he emerged.

It’s Mallory Atkinson’s first Christmas in Scotland. Victorian Scotland, that is. Also, as the twenty-first-century detective learns, Christmas really isn’t a thing in Victorian Scotland. It’s all about Hogmanay. But her boss, Dr. Duncan Gray, treats her to an early gift of tickets to the event of the season: a Charles Dickens reading. There, they bump into Lady Inglis—the lovely widow who has sent Gray sexy letters trying to entice him back to her bed.

The fire crackles gently in the grate as my partner Finn fills my glass with red wine. Looking into his sparkling blue eyes, I feel a tug on my heart. Finn is my boss, and no one can know how hard we’ve fallen for each other. We thought this lighthouse keeper’s cottage on the wild Irish coast would be the perfect secret getaway. Then there’s a knock at the door…

Step into a world of intrigue, danger, and adventure with Agatha Christie's The Man in the Brown Suit. This thrilling audiobook introduces listeners to Anne Beddingfeld, a young woman with a thirst for excitement who finds herself entangled in a mystery far beyond her imagination. When Anne witnesses a tragic accident in a London Tube station, her curiosity leads her to uncover a cryptic clue left behind by a mysterious man in a brown suit.

Actor, writer and director Mahesh Dattani is the first playwright in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award by India’s National Academy of Letters. Included here are all three of his plays featuring Uma Rao – PhD student, daughter-in-law of Bangalore's deputy commissioner of police, and wife of the superintendent. Priyanga Burford (neé Elan), stars as the intrepid sleuth, with full casts including Shiv Grewal, Saeed Jaffrey, Ajay Chhabra, Amerjit Deu and Nitin Chandra Ganatra.

È una bella giornata di sole a Cambridge, Massachusetts, ed è anche il compleanno di Kay Scarpetta, che sta per partire per una vacanza a Miami con il marito Benton Wesley. Mentre è nel patio di casa sua a controllare la brace del barbecue, Kay nota sette centesimi di rame disposti in fila sul muro del giardino. Si tratta forse di un gioco di bambini? Ma se così fosse, come mai quelle monetine sono tutte datate 1981 e risplendono come se fossero state appena coniate?

When Lily Larkin arrives on a picturesque Cornish island, she plans to find the ice cream shop from her childhood memories and indulge in a bit of nostalgia. Getting dragged into the dramas of her fellow guests at the quaint bed and breakfast wasn’t on her agenda.

Byford is the perfect English village. There’s only one problem for Bridget Gorrigan – she hates the countryside. With a passion. So why does a full on Goth from Liverpool find herself judging a baking competition in the middle of nowhere? Lucy. That’s why.

“My name is Rylee and I am a Tracker.” When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I’m the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. I’m on the FBI’s wanted list. I have a werewolf for a pet, a Witch of a best friend, and have no need for anyone else in my life.

Most folks in Exile, Texas, think Megan Leary got away with murder. Megan was acquitted of her mother's vicious killing after someone else confessed—but suspicion still shadows her fifteen years later. Now a private investigator, she's come back to help a friend look for her missing teenage daughter—and it's not just gossip that's being stirred up. Sheriff's Deputy Dan Fox wasn't sure what to think of Megan or her mysterious past when he pulled her over for speeding. But suddenly, people are dying—and Dan may have to decide whether he can put his trust in Megan to ensure both of them survive.

The Yarn Studio’s Seaside Knitters have their hands full designing new classes for vacationers, as well as testing each other’s originality by creating a single blanket together. Birdie’s teenage granddaughter is also visiting for the season. Meanwhile, the Lazy Lobster and Soup Café’s local fare is gaining newfound attention with the addition of a well-known Boston chef. It’s sure to be another beautiful, busy time in their tight-knit town… Until Birdie spots a huge blaze from her balcony one evening, frighteningly close to knitter Cass’s lobster business.

Ein Mord im alten Bergwek – der packende Auftakt zur neuen Krimireihe im Ruhrpott Knochenfunde in Zeche Ludwig IV. Als der Notruf bei Hauptkommissarin Elin Kara eingeht, weiß sie sofort, worum es geht: Das Wandernde Dutzend wurde gefunden. Zwölf Bergmänner, die vor 34 Jahren im Füllort der Zeche verschüttet wurden. Doch es sind nicht zwölf Skelette, die die Einsatzkräfte bergen – es sind dreizehn. Das dreizehnte Opfer starb durch einen Kopfschuss. Die Patrone ist noch in seinem Schädel, den der Bergmann Werner Flemming findet.

When Angela Milligan's close friend, Toni Perry, suddenly vanishes, Angela becomes convinced that something terrible has happened. However, her certainty is met with skepticism—accusations of overreacting and a lack of support from the police only serve to isolate her further.

Le autopsie possono rivelare i segreti dei DEFUNTI. E questa vittima sta inviando a Kay Scarpetta un messaggio. Mentre è impegnata nel caso di omicidio di una bambina, la anatomopatologa Kay Scarpetta viene convocata in un parco a tema abbandonato per recuperare un cadavere, ed è sconvolta nell'apprendere che la vittima è l'astrofisico Sal Giordano, vincitore di un premio Nobel e collaboratore della Casa Bianca, ma soprattutto l'uomo di cui Kay un tempo era innamorata.

In the gripping world of Maddie Castle, every fire ignites a deeper mystery. When community developer Brandon Adams faces a series of arson attacks, he enlists Maddie's help, unaware that the flames are just the beginning of a much larger intrigue. As Maddie delves into the case, she uncovers a web of environmental activism, strained family ties, and hidden agendas. But the closer Maddie gets to the truth, the more dangerous her path becomes.

If you love early rock & roll, poodle skirts, clever who-dun-its, a charming cat, and an even more charming detective, you're going to love this series. Enjoy books 1 and 2 of the 1950s Cozy Mystery series by USA Today bestselling author Lee Strauss!

Rosemary Simpson presents Book 9 in the Gilded Age Mystery series.

Magdalena desaparece un domingo lluvioso en ausencia de sus padres. Tras casarse “en broma” durante una ceremonia secreta con Enrique, este la extrae en contra de su voluntad de su casa paterna. Guiadas por Crimen y castigo de Dostoievski, sus lecturas de Sherlock Holmes y su cultura hollywoodesca, Rosa y Estefanía buscarán a su hermanita en los barrios bajos de la ciudad de México y luego en Europa, donde finalmente se reunirán.

Cuatro amigas con un tatuaje en común desaparecen sin dejar rastro. Una mujer es asesinada a golpes por su pareja. Una prostituta se suicida en extrañas circunstancias. En la primera serie negra de la aclamada Susana Martín Gijón, ambientada en una Extremadura desconocida y alejada de las postales, Annika Kaunda, una policía que no pasa desapercibida por su aspecto y su carácter indómito, tiene que desafiar a sus superiores e investigar las pocas pistas disponibles para relacionar unos misteriosos crímenes ocurridos en Mérida que parecen ocultar un terrible secreto.

Selina is a woman with a secret…and she has been hiding it for a very long time. With her nieces, she runs Luna’s, a nightclub in downtown Seattle, catering to Steampunk and Goth clientele. When someone leaves a body behind her club, she is drawn into a web of mystery and murder. Puncture marks on the body indicate a vampire might be responsible, and as more women are killed, a red rose is left by their bodies.

The third Trudy Genova mystery from award-winning author M. K. Graff brings Trudy home, leaving her New York City studio consulting job to visit her rural hometown of Schoharie, three hours north. NYPD detective Ned O'Malley accompanies Trudy, primed to meet her family, but with a secret mission to find out what really happened when her father died eleven years ago.

¿Sabrá descifrar las pistas a tiempo para salvar una vida? Durante tres años, un asesino en serie sembró el terror en Atlanta. Cuando la temperatura se elevaba hasta máximas abrasadoras, él atacaba, siempre secuestrando a dos chicas jóvenes. A una la mataba y dejaba en su cuerpo todas las pistas que los investigadores necesitaban para encontrar a la segunda, que aguardaba… presa de una muerte lenta pero segura. La salvación era posible, pero la policía siempre llegaba demasiado tarde y nunca lograron dar con el perpetrador.

In the serene town of Brevard, Sally Fowler's ordinary childhood takes a sharp turn when she stumbles upon the lifeless body of an elderly recluse while playing near the local pickleball court. Officer David Chapman, navigating the peculiar circumstances surrounding the recluse's death, uncovers clues that upend the initial assumption of a heart attack followed by a bear encounter. As the police delve deeper, a tale of hidden riches and tangled secrets unfolds.

As the hotel launches an addition to its overnight amenities on a neighboring property, Delia Sanchez MacBride, the Loring’s principal owner and hospitality manager, is haunted by premonitions of disaster. Delia’s worst fears begin to materialize when the hotel’s most macabre secret is literally unearthed, namely when the bodily remains of The Forgotten Fifty, a group of townspeople who vanished without a trace a century ago, are revealed as being buried in the Loring’s basement.

Londra, anni Venti del Novecento. Beatrice Bernabò, detta Miss Bee, è una ventenne italiana che vive nella capitale inglese da qualche anno. Insieme alle sorelle, Beatrice si è trasferita al seguito del padre Leonida, docente di italianistica all’Università. Il mandato del padre gode della protezione dell’ambasciatore italiano in UK, che non può che essere fascista. Invitata a cena dalla nobile dirimpettaia, Mrs Ashbury – vedova e madre di un unico e affascinante figlio, il conturbante Christopher detto Kit – Beatrice si trova suo malgrado in mezzo a un giallo che è al contempo un triangolo amoroso.