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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...
  • The Girl and the Twisted End by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Twisted End by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A horrific beginning.Ends with the most unexpected twist...Marie was young, beautiful, and vibrant.Her life was cruelly taken from her.Her murderer still roams this world, potentially looking for a new prey...
  • The Girl and the 7 Deadly Sins by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the 7 Deadly Sins by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Pride. Greed. Lust. Envy. Gluttony. Wrath. Sloth.The sins that make us our own worst enemy.And at any given time, we all could fall victim to them.Fighting those demons at times seems impossible.Especially when they come to life…FBI agent Emma Griffin has seen her share of dark and twisted murders.When she's called onto a new case, Emma finds herself baffled and horrified by the crime scene...
  • The Girl and the Midnight Murder by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Midnight Murder by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It was just another ordinary night.And an ordinary meal to accompany it.A glass of wine, a plate of chicken.And the sound of the ticking clock. But then, the unexpected feeling of disorientation seeps in.Cheryl suddenly felt dizzy and nauseous...Then something far more unexpected happened.And in an instant an ordinary night turned into a night full of incomprehensible mysteries...
  • The Lullaby Man by Anni Taylor

    The Lullaby Man by Anni Taylor

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A decade ago, The Lullaby Man preyed upon young girls in Tallman's Valley. He stole into their lives, whispered in their ears, spoke of love...But only the girls themselves ever knew about him. Abby Wakeland was fourteen then. Now twenty-four, she's found the courage to tell her mother--Senior Detective Kate Wakeland--about what happened...
  • 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...
  • Missing Persons by James Patterson, Adam Hamdy

    Missing Persons by James Patterson, Adam Hamdy

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In Afghanistan, a US Special Forces pilot is shot down during a covert mission.In New York, a mother is forced to flee with her two young children.A wealthy businessman approaches Jack Morgan, head of Private - the world's largest investigation agency - with a desperate plea to track down his daughter and grandchildren, who have disappeared without a trace...
  • The Spike by Matthew Iden

    The Spike by Matthew Iden

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Retired DC homicide cop Marty Singer witnesses a horrific murder and the family of the victim hires him to find the killer. But when he peels back the cover on the case, Marty discovers a rotten core of corruption, graft, and violence that runs from the lowest city street to the top of the political food chain...
  • 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...
  • Home Stretch by Jenna Bennett

    Home Stretch by Jenna Bennett

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The end is near. The end of Savannah’s pregnancy, that is. Less than a month to go, and she’ll be the mother of what will surely be the most adorable baby boy or baby girl in the world. But before that, there’s Thanksgiving with the Martins to get through. Not to mention a little spot of murder at the group home where Mrs. Jenkins, Savannah’s grandmother-in-law, lives...
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    crime  female-mc  humor  law-enforcement  suspense  adult  book  cozy
  • 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 Blood Road by Stuart MacBride

    The Blood Road by Stuart MacBride

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Some things just won’t stay buried…Logan McRae’s personal history is hardly squeaky clean, but now that he works for Professional Standards it’s his job to police his fellow officers.When Detective Inspector Bell turns up dead in the driver’s seat of a crashed car it’s a shock to everyone. Because Bell died two years ago, they buried him. Or they thought they did...
  • 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...
  • Hey You, Pretty Face by Linda Coles

    Hey You, Pretty Face by Linda Coles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An abandoned baby. Three girls stolen in the night. Two connected cases?London, Winter, 1999. When an abandoned newborn baby is discovered, DC Jack Rutherford becomes involved.Covering the holiday period almost singlehandedly, resources are at breaking point and he’s pushed to his limit...
  • The Blind Trust by Colin Conway

    The Blind Trust by Colin Conway

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A quiet death in a small town. A double homicide in the big city. Only a murderer knows they’re connected. Whitman County Sheriff Tom Jessup wants a nice, safe county. Unfortunately, things are about to get deadly. A seemingly normal death points Jessup north where he finds Detectives Quinn Delaney and Marci Burkett investigating a double murder...
  • 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...
  • Law of Five by Robin Mahle

    Law of Five by Robin Mahle

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The nationwide manhunt for a killer begins and the media quickly dubs him the “Highway Hunter.” Bodies left roadside on display with horrific markings; a calling card. But this case is miles away from Katie Reid and her life with Detective Marshall Avery.That is, until she gets the call from her old friend and reporter, Marc Aguilar, who believes that the killer could be coming their way...
  • Tell No One / Gone For Good by Harlan Coben

    Tell No One / Gone For Good by Harlan Coben

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben comes an unforgettable duet of classic novels—two top-notch thrillers filled with the author’s signature storytelling genius.TELL NO ONEFor Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams...
  • Broken by Martina Cole

    Broken by Martina Cole

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    DI Kate Burrows thought she'd never face a killer like the Grantley Ripper again. But she was wrong. One by one, children are being abandoned. Thankfully, they're rescued from harm. Then one victim is not so lucky, and Kate knows she's in a race against time to save lives. As a parent herself, Kate's finding the case tough and she needs the support of her lover, Patrick Kelly, more than ever...
  • Beyond Good & Evil by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

    Beyond Good & Evil by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He slips through the unlocked window. Creeps down the hall. A shadow standing in the bedroom doorway. Will you wake when death comes ripping? A string of brutal home invasion murders terrifies Dade County Florida. The killer strikes in the dead of the night, savages innocent people in their beds, wipes out entire families. Skewering them with his blade. Butchering them beyond recognition. Raw...
  • Born in a Burial Gown by M.W. Craven

    Born in a Burial Gown by M.W. Craven

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Detective Inspector Avison Fluke is a man on the edge. He has committed a crime to get back to work, concealed a debilitating illness and is about to be made homeless. Just as he thinks things can’t get any worse, the body of a young woman is found buried on a wet, Cumbrian building site. Shot once in the back of the head, execution style, it is a cold, calculated murder...
  • 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...
  • The Clockmaker's Secret by Jack Benton

    The Clockmaker's Secret by Jack Benton

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A buried clock holds the key to a decades-old mystery. On holiday to escape the nightmares of his last case, disgraced soldier turned private detective John “Slim” Hardy comes upon something buried in the peat on Bodmin Moor. Unfinished and water-damaged but still ticking, the old clock provides a vital clue to an unsolved missing-persons case...
  • What She Left by H.K. Christie

    What She Left by H.K. Christie

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She’s on her last chance. When the bodies start piling up, she’ll need to save more than her job.Martina Monroe is a single bad day away from losing it all. Stuck catching insurance fraudsters and cheating spouses due to a DUI, the despondent PI yearns to return to more fulfilling gigs...
  • 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...
  • Bad Debt by Jenna Bennett

    Bad Debt by Jenna Bennett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When every member of a rural Sweetwater family is murdered in their beds, Maury County sheriff Bob Satterfield calls on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for help...
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    crime  female-mc  humor  law-enforcement  suspense  adult  book  cozy
  • High Heels and Handguns (A Kate Howard Novel, Book One) by Lisa Heartman

    High Heels and Handguns (A Kate Howard Novel, Book One) by Lisa Heartman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For Kate Howard, former Army Special Forces Sergeant, life as a one-woman personal protection detail comes with challenges. Wearing civilian camouflage while guarding high-profile clients is a dangerous game of rock, paper, hollow point...
  • Ice Into Ashes by John Carson

    Ice Into Ashes by John Carson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Time is a healer….unless you’re the one doing the killing…DCI James Craig is heading home to Fife for a family funeral after the discovery of his wife's uncle's lifeless body at home, having fallen down the stairs. The incident was classified as a Sudden Death, attributing it to the man's advanced age and fragility. Case officially closed...
  • 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...
  • No Way Out by Allison Brennan

    No Way Out by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From Allison Brennan, the New York Times bestselling author of Cut and Run, comes a new e-novella, No Way Out: FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid faces her worst fear when her husband goes missing Nine years ago, mercenary Kane Rogan and photojournalist Siobhan Walsh risked their lives to rescue Hestia Juarez, a thirteen-year-old girl being forced to marry a much older man to expand her father’s crime family...
  • Inmate 1577 by Alan Jacobson, Christina Traister

    Inmate 1577 by Alan Jacobson, Christina Traister

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    National Bestselling Author Alan Jacobson brings back renowned FBI Profiler Karen Vail in an intelligent thriller that bridges time and space. When an elderly woman is found raped and brutally murdered in San Francisco, Vail heads west to team up with SFPD Inspector Lance Burden and her former task force colleague, Detective Roxxann Dixon...
  • The Dead Man by Joel Goldman

    The Dead Man by Joel Goldman

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    If you like John Grisham's twists and turns and James Patterson's page-turning thrills, you'll love Joel Goldman's The Dead Man, the second book in the Jack Davis Thriller series! "A masterful blend of rock-solid detective work and escalating dread. The Dead Man is both a top-notch thriller and a heart-rendering story of loss, courage and second chances. I loved it...
  • The Dead Tracks by Tim Weaver

    The Dead Tracks by Tim Weaver

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "The Dead Tracks" is the second in the David Raker series from Tim Weaver. A serial killer more terrifying than you could ever imagine...Seventeen-year-old Megan Carver was an unlikely runaway. A straight - a student from a happy home, she studied hard and rarely got into trouble. Six months on, she's never been found. Missing persons investigator David Raker knows what it's like to grieve...
  • 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...
  • Missing Time Murders by Stacy M. Jones

    Missing Time Murders by Stacy M. Jones

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An elusive killer targets couples in the dead of night – murdering the women and leaving men with their memories wiped clean. Private investigator Riley Sullivan faces her toughest case yet, and this time it’s personal. Her friend and business partner, Cooper Deagnan, is a suspect when he wakes to find a dead woman next to him in his bed. The murder pits Cooper against his friend, Det...
  • 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...
  • Treasure State by C.J. Box, Christina Delaine

    Treasure State by C.J. Box, Christina Delaine

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    * Running time: 10 hours, 30 minutes *The return of Cassie Dewell 'TREASURE STATE', the latest in the series that inspired ABC hit series 'Big Sky', finds Cassie in Montana on the trail of a con man.C.J. Box's newest Cassie Dewell novel, the highly anticipated follow-up to 'The Bitterroots', is full of more twists and turns than the switchbacks through the Anaconda Range.©2022 C.J...
  • The Perfect Getaway by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    The Perfect Getaway by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One by one the guests at the Misty Pines Ski Lodge are dropping dead…After an action-packed year of fighting crime, FBI Agent Olivia Knight is ready for a relaxing getaway with her partner Brock.But trouble has a way of finding her everywhere...Her arrival at the ski lodge is welcomed by chaos with the death of a female guest...
    Categorized as:
    crime  female-mc  investigator  suspense  adult  book  fiction  mystery
  • Hollywood Jury by M.Z. Kelly

    Hollywood Jury by M.Z. Kelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hollywood Jury, the tenth book in the Hollywood Alphabet Series Thrillers, finds Detective Kate Sexton and her canine partner Bernie continuing their assignment in Section One, an elite homicide unit that works out of Hollywood Station. Kate’s job quickly becomes more stressful than she could ever imagine when a deranged serial killer begins a murderous spree on college campuses...
  • 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...
  • Fortuitous Justice by Dennis Carstens

    Fortuitous Justice by Dennis Carstens

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    WHEN THEY THROW THE BOOKAT YOU, WHO YOU GONNA CALL? You’d better call top Minneapolis criminal defense attorney Marc Kadella.Fixer Burt Chayson had well and truly fixed it this time. About to be charged in a vote-buying scandal, he was overheard declaring that if he went down, he’d take some people with him...
    Categorized as:
    crime  humor  hard-boiled  pulp  investigator  thriller  mystery  legal
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