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  • Night on Fire by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

    Night on Fire by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Fire crawls up the sides of the church. The orange glow thrashes. Blackens the siding. Climbs up onto the steeple. The flames close in on the wedding party trapped inside. When a serial arsonist terrorizes Los Angeles County, FBI profiler Violet Darger heads to California to investigate. The fires keep coming faster. The body count rises, and the threat hangs over the city as thick as the smog...
  • Cold-Blooded by Lisa Regan

    Cold-Blooded by Lisa Regan

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Fourteen years ago, high school track star Sydney Adams was gunned down in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. The investigation yielded useless clues, and the case went cold. But homicide detective Augustus Knox never gave up on finding Sydney's killer...
  • The Girl in the Manor by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl in the Manor by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The sound of a blood curdling scream echoed through the manor. Her pleas ignored, her screams unheard...
  • So We Lie by Willow Rose

    So We Lie by Willow Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Eva Rae Thomas is in over her head on her first assignment as an FBI profiler in multi-million-copy bestselling author Willow Rose’s nail-biting mystery.When the mother of two, Arlene Wood, crashes her car against a tree at four in the morning, the case seems pretty straightforward.But evidence found in the remains of the car soon raises the question of whether this was really an accident...
  • Three Small Bones by Jennifer Chase

    Three Small Bones by Jennifer Chase

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Smoke curls from what’s left of the beautiful family home on the edge of the woods. The heat is unbearable as she descends the stairs to the basement, past a set of bicycles––two big, one small...
  • The Girl Next Door by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl Next Door by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sherwood is a sleepy little town. A town full of friendly faces, and even friendlier neighbors.Which is why FBI agent Emma Griffin isn't surprised when her new neighbor starts stopping by to chat.Turns out her neighbor has a dark past and secrets that made her run...
  • The Girl and the Hunt by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Hunt by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Catch me.The words that taunted FBI Agent Emma Griffin on the blood-soaked train ride from Sherwood continue to follow her.Drawn to Feathered Nest, she discovers that the horror is far from over and whoever is behind the dare has no intention of his brutal game slowing down any time soon...
  • Never Too Late by Sally Rigby

    Never Too Late by Sally Rigby

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A vicious attack. A dirty secret. And a chance for justiceEx-police officer Sebastian Clifford is quickly finding that life as a private investigator is never quiet. His doors have only been open a few weeks when DCI Whitney Walker approaches him to investigate the brutal attack that left her older brother, Rob, with irreversible brain damage...
  • Murder Served Cold by Nancy Skopin

    Murder Served Cold by Nancy Skopin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    PI Nicoli 'Nikki' Hunter is blindsided when someone close to her is murdered, and their body dumped in an alley. Detective Bill Anderson catches the homicide and, knowing Nikki, doesn't even attempt to discourage her from conducting her own investigation, which, in this case, takes a village...
  • Whatever Happened to Betsy Blake? by David B. Lyons

    Whatever Happened to Betsy Blake? by David B. Lyons

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    If your daughter went missing, how many years would it take for you to admit she’s never coming home? Betsy Blake was only four years old when she vanished outside her family home in Dublin. Her father – wracked with guilt for the past seventeen years – still can’t bring himself to admit the search is over, despite the fact his wife has moved on and police have closed off the investigation...
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    cozy  crime  hard-boiled  investigator  suspense  thriller  adult  book
  • Over The Edge by Lisa Regan

    Over The Edge by Lisa Regan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When retired Philadelphia detective turned private investigator Joselyn Rush is rear-ended, her knee-jerk response is anger, especially when the well-dressed woman driving tries to flee the scene. But as Jocelyn watches in disbelief, the woman jumps off the bridge, plunging to her death in the Schuylkill River one hundred fifty feet below...
  • Truth or Dare by M.J. Arlidge

    Truth or Dare by M.J. Arlidge

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Do you want to play the game?A crimewave sweeps through the city and no-one is safe. An arson at the docks. A carjacking gone wrong. A murder in a country park. What connects all these crimes without causes, which leave no clues?Detective Inspector Helen Grace faces the rising tide of cases which threatens to drown the city. But each crime is just a piece of a puzzle which is falling into place...
  • Past Crimes by G.K. Parks

    Past Crimes by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Eight years ago, he covered up a murder. Now Alexis Parker has to prove he didn't do it. Except, she's not convinced he isn't guilty.Ever since Alex went to work for Lucien Cross, nothing's been the same. She's always been wary of him. Now, she finally knows why.The police discovered a body and enough evidence to put Cross in a cell for the rest of his life. He won't offer an explanation...
  • Second Helping by Stephanie Bond

    Second Helping by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sisters are like chubby thighs--they stick together!The Guy sisters are ready to take their place as top-tier private investigators. The problem is, the only thing top-tier about their strip-mall agency is Octavia’s wardrobe…and the cases that come their way are less on the exciting side, and more on the eccentric side...
  • The Pier by Matt Brolly

    The Pier by Matt Brolly

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    DI Blackwell will do anything to keep her niece safe. And the bomber knows it.When a local school is the target of a bomb threat, DI Louise Blackwell finds herself embroiled in her most personal case to date...
  • Truth Kills by Nanci Rathbun

    Truth Kills by Nanci Rathbun

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can you really reinvent yourself? After a bad divorce, Angelina Bonaparte trades the life of a suburban housewife for a toned body, designer duds, a cherry-red Miata convertible, and a new career as a private investigator. When Anthony Belloni is arrested for the murder of his mistress. his pregnant wife begs Angie to clear her man...
  • Crisis of Conscience by G.K. Parks

    Crisis of Conscience by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s open season on federal agents, and Alexis Parker is the primary target.What happens when allies can't be trusted? Federal agent Alexis Parker is about to find out. After taking some personal time, Alex is back at work and embroiled in an investigation to uncover a traitor inside the Office of International Operations...
  • Warning Signs by G.K. Parks

    Warning Signs by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Secrets prove deadly in Alexis Parker's latest case...Alexis Parker is used to humdrum work assignments. Running background checks and tailing cheating spouses is common place for her and most of the private investigators at Cross Security. But she doesn't particularly enjoy digging up other people's dirt and shining a light on their nastier habits. However, it's a paycheck...
  • Misplaced Trust by G.K. Parks

    Misplaced Trust by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With the shake-up at the OIO, Alexis Parker is assigned to assist the DEA on a long-term undercover operation across the country. Being away from home might be just what Alex needs to regain some perspective, especially when Martin's been so distant lately. But this assignment might be more than either of them bargained for since the death toll continues to rise while hard evidence remains zilch...
  • The Long Game by G.K. Parks

    The Long Game by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A con artist. A serial killer. And ten million dollars. This time, everything is at stake. When a man is murdered in front of Alexis Parker, it sends the private investigator into a tailspin that leads to a case of million dollar proportions. In order to get her mind off death, Alex agrees to help Don Klassi, a Martin Technologies board member, with a personal problem...
  • Free Fall in Crimson by John D. MacDonald, Carl Hiaasen

    Free Fall in Crimson by John D. MacDonald, Carl Hiaasen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    McGee tracks killers who brutally murder an ailing millionaire. He renews unfinished adventure with Hollywood actress who leads him into a nasty nest of murderers involving a motorcycle gang, porn movies, and mad balloonists. And Mcgee relearns old lesson. Only close to the edge of death does he feel completely alive...
  • The Girl and the Deadly Express by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Deadly Express by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    On board an unstoppable train the truth of the past finally unfolds, but will it be at the expense of everyone’s life on board the deadly express?FBI agent Emma Griffin is starting to get her life back on track.But as she gets used to the changes in her career and settling into her personal life, questions about her past continue to haunt her...
  • Keeping Secrets by L.A. Dobbs

    Keeping Secrets by L.A. Dobbs

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When long-time White Rock resident Mike Donnelly is found dead at his hunting camp, it appears as if the tragic death was by his own hand. But a gut feeling tells Chief of Police Sam Mason otherwise...
  • Mimicry of Banshees by G.K. Parks

    Mimicry of Banshees by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Brains, beauty, and a past plagued with death and destruction, Alexis Parker is anything but ordinary. Her deductive skills and expert marksmanship make her deadly, but she must contend with her demons in order to overcome the irreparable damage she's endured.Ever since meeting James Martin, Alex's life has never been the same...
  • FOOD TRUCK MYSTERIES: Books 1-5 by Chloe Kendrick

    FOOD TRUCK MYSTERIES: Books 1-5 by Chloe Kendrick

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enjoy the first 5 books of the Food Truck Mysteries series in this discounted bundle.All STANDALONE, FULL LENGTH books!MURDER TO GODespite the sudden loss of her aunt, Maeve Kinkaid is thrilled when she inherits the popular food truck Dogs on the Roll. She has no idea how cutthroat the food industry can be...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  female-mc  law-enforcement  mystery
  • FOOD TRUCK MYSTERIES: Books 6-10 (A Cozy Mystery Bundle) by Chloe Kendrick

    FOOD TRUCK MYSTERIES: Books 6-10 (A Cozy Mystery Bundle) by Chloe Kendrick

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enjoy this discounted cozy mystery bundle featuring books 6-10 of the Food Truck Mysteries series! Get it FREE with Kindle Unlimited. A THIEF OF ANY MAN Maeve Kinkaid, owner of the food truck Dogs on the Roll, prides herself on her financial management skills, until she realizes that someone is pilfering small amounts from the register...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  female-mc  law-enforcement  mystery
  • The Silence at Mystery Bay by D.D. Black

    The Silence at Mystery Bay by D.D. Black

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A thousand people watched. No one saw a thing.Private investigator Thomas Austin is enjoying a relaxing holiday vacation in picturesque Port Townsend, Washington, accompanied by an intriguing new friend. But his tranquility is shattered when the nearby community of Mystery Bay is rocked by the death of a revered musician at an infamous counterculture The Rabbit Hole...
  • Trouble Brewing by G.K. Parks

    Trouble Brewing by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    While Alex and Martin prepare to return home, a storm is brewing that threatens to derail everything they’ve built.Private investigator Alexis Parker is ready to say goodbye to the sun, surf, and sand. The West Coast branch of Cross Security is finally getting off the ground, and Martin’s business in Los Angeles is coming to an end...
  • The Night Game by Stacy M. Jones

    The Night Game by Stacy M. Jones

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A series of strange burglaries. The death of a provocative shop owner. The twisted plan that ties them together. PI Riley Sullivan is faced with the daunting task of clearing a young man who has been arrested for the crimes.As Riley and her investigator partner, Cooper Deagnan, work to investigate the burglaries, they come to learn nothing has been stolen...
  • Murder Over Cocktails by Nancy Skopin

    Murder Over Cocktails by Nancy Skopin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Private Investigator Nicoli “Nikki” Hunter, has recovered from a near fatal encounter with a multiple murderer, and is happy to get back to her regular bar and restaurant surveillance jobs. Unfortunately, the universe has other plans...
  • Purview of Flashbulbs by G.K. Parks

    Purview of Flashbulbs by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hollywood - the glitz, the glamour, and a threatening stalker. Is it all just part of the limelight? Working in the private sector has its perks, but boring cases isn't one of them. The most dangerous thing about Alexis Parker's latest P.I. gig is the selection of foods at craft services, or so she's been told...
  • Intended Target by G.K. Parks

    Intended Target by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Inside the federal courthouse, a single gunshot punches a hole through the window, leaving two bodies in its wake. One of the victims is an Assistant United States Attorney. The other is juror number five. Due to the nature of the crime, the OIO is assigned to evaluate the security measures implemented by the U.S. Marshal Service...
  • Dying for a Fix by G.K. Parks

    Dying for a Fix by G.K. Parks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome back, former federal agent Alexis Parker.Alex always said it'd be a cold day in hell before she'd step foot inside the OIO again, and the blizzard conditions outside prove her declaration true. But clipping on the badge doesn't mean taking a seat behind a desk or investigating a crime scene. It means infiltrating a local drug ring led by the city's most ruthless gang, the KXDs...
  • Siren by Celina Grace

    Siren by Celina Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Simon Farraday was a respectable business man; successful, wealthy and with a loving wife and family. He was also heavily into sadomasochistic sex with virtual strangers, judging by the manner of his brutal, squalid murder...
  • Deeper Than the Dead by Debra Webb

    Deeper Than the Dead by Debra Webb

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Someone’s found the skeleton in the closet, and it’s not the only one. Wall Street Journal bestselling author Debra Webb presents an emotional new mystery. Crime analyst and newly disgraced deputy police chief Vera Boyett doesn’t visit home often, and she certainly doesn’t venture back into the cave on her family land...
  • Sharko by Franck Thilliez

    Sharko by Franck Thilliez

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    " Sharko comparait toujours les premiers jours d'une enquête à une partie de chasse. Ils étaient la meute de chiens stimulés par les cors, qui s'élancent à la poursuite du gibier. À la différence près que, cette fois, le gibier, c'était eux. " Eux, c'est Lucie Henebelle et Franck Sharko, flics aux 36 quai des Orfèvres, unis à la ville comme à la scène, parents de deux petits garçons...
  • Where All the Dead Lie by J.T. Ellison

    Where All the Dead Lie by J.T. Ellison

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Read book seven in New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison’s heart-racing, fan-favorite Taylor Jackson series! The headshot didn’t kill Nashville homicide lieutenant Taylor Jackson.But it will crack her psyche and take her to the very edge. In her showdown with the murderous Pretender, a bullet taken at close range severed the connection between Taylor’s thoughts and speech...
  • The Eleventh Hour by Anina Collins

    The Eleventh Hour by Anina Collins

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The first book in the Poppy McGuire Mystery Series! Poppy McGuire has always been a curious soul, but it's her life that's usually the topic of conversation in the small town of Sunset Ridge. But now one of the town's most important citizens has been found murdered, and everyone's life is suspect...
  • The Green Ripper by John D. MacDonald

    The Green Ripper by John D. MacDonald

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Beautiful girls always grace the Florida beaches, strolling, sailing, relaxing at the many parties on Travis McGee's houseboat, The Busted Flush. McGee was too smart--and had been around too long--for many of them to touch his heart. Now, however, there was Gretel. She had discovered the key to McGee--to all of him--and now he had something to hope for. Then, terribly, unexpectedly, she was dead...
  • The Flower Show Murder by Faith Martin, Joyce Cato

    The Flower Show Murder by Faith Martin, Joyce Cato

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Please note this book was first published as Unholy Whiff of Death under Faith Martin’s pen name Joyce Cato.Smell the roses and die!Monica Noble is thrilled to be asked to judge a neighboring village’s flower show, even if she can't tell a begonia from an azalea!Her fellow judge Vicar James Davies inhales deeply from a large bloom and drops dead in the tent...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  female-mc  law-enforcement  noir  thriller  adult  book
  • The Good Life by Martina Cole

    The Good Life by Martina Cole

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The new novel from No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Martina Cole, whose works include DANGEROUS LADY, THE TAKE, THE LIFE and REVENGE...
  • Her Last Wish by Blake Pierce

    Her Last Wish by Blake Pierce

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    FBI Agent Rachel Gift, 33, unparalleled for her ability to enter the minds of serial killers, is a rising star in the Behavioral Crimes Unit—until a routine doctor visit reveals she has but a few months left to live.Not wishing to burden others with her pain, Rachel decides, agonizing as it is, not to tell anyone—not even her boss, her partner, her husband, or her seven-year-old daughter...
  • Pale Gray for Guilt by John D. MacDonald

    Pale Gray for Guilt by John D. MacDonald

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Tush Bannon was in the wrong spot at the wrong time. His measly plot of land just so happened to sit right in the middle of a rich parcel of five hundred riverfront acres that big-money real estate interests decided they simply must have.It didn’t matter that Tush was a nice guy with a family, or that he never knew he was dealing with a criminal element...
  • The Empty Copper Sea by John D. MacDonald

    The Empty Copper Sea by John D. MacDonald

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "The professional's professional of suspense writers."THE NEW YORK TIMESVan Harder, once a hard drinker, has found religion. But that doesn't keep folks from saying he murdered his employer, Hub Lawless, whose body hasn't been found. To clear his name, and cear up the mystery, Van asks friend-in-need Travis McGee to find out what really happened...
  • Keeping Secrets by L.A. Dobbs

    Keeping Secrets by L.A. Dobbs

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When long-time White Rock resident Mike Donnelly is found dead at his hunting camp, it appears as if the tragic death was by his own hand. But a gut feeling tells Chief of Police Sam Mason otherwise...
  • All Eyes on Me by Linsey Lanier

    All Eyes on Me by Linsey Lanier

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The Las Vegas desert.A once famous pop singer lies dead.The only clue to her murder—a bizarre disfigurement.Only one thing to do.Call in Parker and Steele.To avoid the hassle of a media frenzy, the local police sergeant decides contact his old mentor, Wade Parker, and ask him to consult on the case.After nearly dying eight months ago, Miranda Steele can't wait to get back to real detective work...
  • The Drowned Boys by Stacy M. Jones

    The Drowned Boys by Stacy M. Jones

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A series of suspicious drownings all deemed accidents. A retired detective with an outlandish theory to prove. Families in eight states left without justice. PI Riley Sullivan is brought back into the worst case of her career. She and her team have two goals – prove the cases are connected and find the person responsible before they strike again.It’s not such an easy feat...
  • Dinner and a Murder by Nancy Skopin

    Dinner and a Murder by Nancy Skopin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An unrelenting PI, a former flame, and an inspired assassin ...Dinner & A Murder is the third book in a mystery series featuring Nicoli "Nikki" Hunter, a Private Investigator specializing in covert bar and restaurant surveillance. After surviving two attempts on her life, Nikki decides to do something normal for a change and attend her high school reunion...
  • Hide Me Away by Lauren Street

    Hide Me Away by Lauren Street

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ex-police officer Rileigh Bishop never wanted to come back to her hometown. But when a dead teenage girl is found with her tongue cut out, she must return. After all, that’s the same way Rileigh’s sister died.Reluctantly, she joins forces with the county sheriff to solve the brutal murder. The locals maintain a strict code of silence...
  • An Ear for Murder by Diane Weiner

    An Ear for Murder by Diane Weiner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Oboist Sara Baron agrees to cat sit for a childhood friend but instead of being greeted by a meowing fluff ball, she walks into a ransacked house and stumbles over her friend’s dead body. Frantic, she runs next door and enlists the help of a mysterious stranger who knows more than he admits...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  suspense  female-mc  mystery  fiction  audiobook
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