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  • Clue Krewe by Jana Deleon

    Clue Krewe by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Beckett Rousseau is the firstborn son of one of New Orleans’ most prominent families. He’s the quintessential golden boy—great looks, money, and a political career in his future—until his wife murders him. Or at least that’s what everyone thinks.Athena Durand is still reeling from her murder conviction but now that it’s overturned, she’s at a loss on how to proceed with her life...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Charmed Forces by Camilla Chafer

    Charmed Forces by Camilla Chafer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Private Investigator Lexi Graves is pleased to clear up her latest assignment. It’s a simple case of misguided suspicion after all.Then her brother, Detective Daniel Graves, turns up on her doorstep, alone, blood-spattered, and almost entirely incoherent...
  • If She Ran by H.K. Christie

    If She Ran by H.K. Christie

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three months. Three missing women. One PI determined to discover the truth.Back from break, PI Martina Monroe clears the air with her boss at Drakos Security & Investigations and is ready to jump right into solving cold cases for the CoCo County Sheriff’s Department...
  • Trapper Road by Rachel Caine, Carrie Ryan

    Trapper Road by Rachel Caine, Carrie Ryan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes danger comes from the most unexpected places.Gwen Proctor has always been willing to do anything it takes to protect her kids. But there are some things even she can’t protect them from. When a violent incident at Connor’s school brings the press to Gwen’s doorstep, she agrees to take a case out of town hoping to keep her family out of the crushing media spotlight...
  • COMEBACK GIRL: part 5 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    COMEBACK GIRL: part 5 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive!From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! (now a Hallmark Channel movie) and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of comedy, suspense, and romance. Home is where the hurt is. In COMEBACK GIRL, a young novelist estranged from her family is forced to return to her small hometown for a family emergency, and deal with the ghosts of her past...
  • COMEBACK GIRL: part 3 of 6  (Kindle Single) by Stephanie Bond

    COMEBACK GIRL: part 3 of 6 (Kindle Single) by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive! From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! (now a Hallmark Channel movie) and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of comedy, suspense, and romance. Home is where the hurt is...
  • Mission: Possible by Camilla Chafer

    Mission: Possible by Camilla Chafer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After PI Lexi Graves is approached to investigate an accident which has left the homeowner, Sophie Takahashi, in a coma, she quickly realizes the case isn't quite as clear cut as first appears. For one thing, Sophie's injuries are inconsistent with her supposed accident. Secondly, her husband is suspicious she might not be who she says she is...
  • In the Line of Ire by Camilla Chafer

    In the Line of Ire by Camilla Chafer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Private Investigator Lexi Graves receives an expensive bag from her new husband, she’s delighted… for all of five seconds. That’s exactly how long it takes her to realize it’s a fake. Then another fake bag turns up, along with an outraged mall manager that is desperate to find the culprit before the mall’s impeccable reputation for selling quality goods is tarnished...
  • Burned by Her Devotion by Melinda Leigh

    Burned by Her Devotion by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In the second Rogue Vows novella, the town of Solitude, Oregon, will learn that good TV makes for terrible reality. When Chase Ryan, a popular crime TV star, turns up dead, the entire town of Solitude is shaken—but the show isn’t over yet. The confessed murderer is violently abducted on the way to the county jail, and now Detective Seth Harding must find both the killer and the kidnapper...
  • Murder Al Dente by Nancy Skopin

    Murder Al Dente by Nancy Skopin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “An intuitive detective, a kidnapped child, and an assassin with a heart of gold …”In Murder Al Dente, PI Nicoli “Nikki” Hunter once again gets herself in hot water when she’s hired by a multimillionaire boat owner, (and sex toy manufacturer,) to find out who’s trying to kill him. Nikki has barely begun her investigation when he’s found dead aboard his mega yacht...
  • 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...
  • Dagger in the Dahlias by Dale Mayer

    Dagger in the Dahlias by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Riches to rags. … Chaos quiets. … Crime is circling. … And cold cases never cease …After almost a month in picturesque Kelowna, Doreen Montgomery still can’t keep her notoriety to a minimum or her nose out of other people’s business. Now those suffering from the loss of a loved one seek her out, wanting her help...
  • Revenge in Paradise by Deborah Brown

    Revenge in Paradise by Deborah Brown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a man of questionable character’s corpse is found at The Cottages, beaten to death with Madison’s own gardening tools, she and her partner, Fab, set out to prove that the man’s abused girlfriend did not kill him. Along the way, Madison finds herself behind bars twice, held hostage in a mansion, and running from flying bullets...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • A Deeper Fear by Allison Brennan

    A Deeper Fear by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid’s husband, Sean Rogan, is in a dark place after being held captive. He won’t talk about it with anyone, not even Lucy. She’s hoping a conference in Sacramento, which includes family and the unveiling of a highly sought after drone Sean’s been working on, will help him heal...
  • Birthday Cake and Bodies by Agatha Frost

    Birthday Cake and Bodies by Agatha Frost

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The 9th book in the BESTSELLING Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery series!When Julia gathered Barker's family at Peridale Manor for his surprise birthday party, she did not expect it to result in murder! Minutes before the celebration is scheduled to begin, Barker's nephew, Luke, is found strangled in his bed, putting an end to Julia's dream of a quiet family get together...
  • Lowcountry Bookshop by Susan M. Boyer, Loretta Rawlins

    Lowcountry Bookshop by Susan M. Boyer, Loretta Rawlins

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Between an epic downpour and a King Tide, the historic streets of Charleston are flooded-and dangerous. A late night tragic accident along the Lower Battery leads Liz Talbot straight to her next case. Who's the client? Well, now, therein lies the first puzzle. When the police arrive at the scene of the accident, Poppy Oliver claims she's only trying to help...
  • Exercise Is Murder by Bruce Hammack

    Exercise Is Murder by Bruce Hammack

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    How does a blind man solve a murder? Former Houston homicide detective Steve Smiley is faced with a dilemma. His college roommate, attorney Ned Logan, is found at the bottom of his exercise pool. The cops think it’s an accident. Steve’s instinct tells him it’s not. But how to prove it? He needs eyes…and a driver. Heather McBlythe is starting over, again...
  • Macarons and Mayhem by Agatha Frost

    Macarons and Mayhem by Agatha Frost

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Excitement blossoms through Peridale when a prestigious gardening magazine picks the village as the spotlight for their next issue, but that joy quickly turns to dread when members of the local gardening society, The Peridale Green Fingers, start dying one by one after their obituaries are sent to The Peridale Post the day before their murders...
  • A Fine and Bitter Snow by Dana Stabenow

    A Fine and Bitter Snow by Dana Stabenow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Change never comes easy so when the news breaks that the new administration oil might be drilling for oil soon in a wildlife preserve in southeastern Alaska, home to P.I. Kate Shugak, battle lines are quickly drawn across the community...
  • Til Death by Annette Dashofy

    Til Death by Annette Dashofy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When one of Chief Pete Adams’ first murder convictions is overturned, he and County Detective Wayne Baronick are assigned to reinvestigate the case. As new theories about the murder surface, Pete begins to question not only the original suspect’s guilt, but his own investigative skills from the days when he first took over the Vance Township Police Department...
  • COMEBACK GIRL: part 4 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    COMEBACK GIRL: part 4 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive! From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! (now a Hallmark Channel movie) and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of comedy, suspense, and romance. Home is where the hurt is...
  • Killer in the Kiwis by Dale Mayer

    Killer in the Kiwis by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Riches to rags. ... Chaos again. ... Winning is important, ... at least for some!Doreen is overwhelmed with joy when she sees all the volunteers who show up to help get her deck addition built. Most of the men are cops, friends of Corporal Mack Moreau’s, and are happy to help Mack’s special friend and the lady who has helped solve so many crimes for them with a spot of home renovation...
  • The House of Lies by Debra Burroughs

    The House of Lies by Debra Burroughs

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Debra Burroughs... P.I. Emily Parker and sexy police detective Colin Andrews are back, along with their close circle of friends. The House of Lies is Book 7 and you are in for another exciting and dangerous murder mystery with a thrilling dose of romance. Emily is fighting to clear the prime murder suspect while Colin is working to put him in jail...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Adverse Possession by Jenna Bennett

    Adverse Possession by Jenna Bennett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Savannah Martin’s real estate career has been an uphill battle. As far as Savannah is concerned, her personal zenith was getting Aislynn Turner and Kylie Mitchell into their dream home, a Victorian cottage in the hip and happening historic district of East Nashville, last January.That was six months ago, and now the dream has turned sour...
  • 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...
  • Snow Blind by Lori G. Armstrong

    Snow Blind by Lori G. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The frigid winter months are mighty slow in the PI biz for Julie Collins and her partner, Kevin Wells—until the duo is hired by a young woman to investigate problems at her grandfather’s assisted living facility, where they encounter lax security, unqualified healthcare personnel, and a shady senior volunteer organization...
  • Paradise Valley Mysteries Boxed Set 2 by Debra Burroughs

    Paradise Valley Mysteries Boxed Set 2 by Debra Burroughs

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This boxed set contains The Pursuit of Lies: Book 4, The Betrayal of Lies: Book 5, The Harbor of Lies: Book 6 - plus a BONUS Short Story, The Color of Lies (best read after reading Book 4). Emily Parker is a sassy young private investigator in the affluent small town of Paradise Valley, who has been uncovering clues that her late husband was not who he said he was...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Handyman Homicide by Libby Howard

    The Handyman Homicide by Libby Howard

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The new campground comes with a body. Sassy Letouroux is not normally an impulsive woman, but when the campground that held so many childhood memories comes up for sale, she throws caution to the wind and buys it—sight unseen.Arriving with her 85 year old mother and her bloodhound, Elvis, Sassy realizes there’s a lot to do before the campground will be ready for the spring rush of guests...
  • Countdown by Fern Michaels

    Countdown by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the second episode of a spectacular new series from New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels, the men in the Sisterhood's lives join forces to protect the underdog and see justice served. . . It takes a special kind of man to love and be loved by one of the Sisterhood. The women's escapades have brought them worldwide fame and created a bond among their menfolk too...
  • Murder on the Menu by Nancy Skopin

    Murder on the Menu by Nancy Skopin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Private Investigator Nicoli “Nikki” Hunter has lost enthusiasm for the bar and restaurant surveys that pay the bills but no longer challenge her. When the brutal murder of socialite, (and stripper), Laura Howard lands on her desk, she finally encounters a case worthy of her talent.Murder on the Menu is the first in a series of mysteries featuring Nikki Hunter...
  • What You Don't See by Tracy Clark

    What You Don't See by Tracy Clark

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Vonda Allen’s vanity magazine has taken the Windy City by storm, and now she’s on her way to building a one-woman media empire. Everybody adores her—except the people who work for her. But who’s sending her flowers with death threats?   As Vonda’s bodyguard, off-duty cop Ben Mickerson could use some backup—and no one fits the bill better than his ex-partner, Cass Raines...
  • Cut and Run by Allison Brennan

    Cut and Run by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three years ago, authorities assumed that the Albright family fled the country to avoid prosecution for embezzlement. But when their remains are discovered after a recent storm, the FBI is called in to investigate — and find the youngest child, whose body wasn't found with the others...
  • Murder Undeniable by Anita Waller

    Murder Undeniable by Anita Waller

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Looking for a gripping and addictive cozy mystery to enjoy this winter? Katerina Rowe, a Deacon at the church in the sleepy village of Eyam, has a fulfilled life. She is happily married to Leon and her work is rewarding. But everything changes when she discovers the body of a man and a badly beaten woman, Beth, in the alleyway behind her husband’s pharmacy...
  • The Braque Connection by Estelle Ryan

    The Braque Connection by Estelle Ryan

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Forged masterpieces. Hidden messages. A desperate swan song.When world-renowned nonverbal communication expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard wakes up in an unknown location, drugged and kidnapped, it pushes the limits of her autism coping skills.For the last year, Russian philanthropist and psychopath Tomasz Kubanov has been studying Genevieve just as she and her team have been studying him...
  • The Fox and O'Hare Series 3-Book Bundle: The Heist, The Chase, The Job by Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg

    The Fox and O'Hare Series 3-Book Bundle: The Heist, The Chase, The Job by Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From Janet Evanovich, the acclaimed creator of Stephanie Plum, and Lee Goldberg, author and television writer for Monk, comes a series of New York Times bestselling novels that “mix the humor from Evanovich and Goldberg’s books with the intricate cons seen in the best episodes of Mission: Impossible” (Library Journal)...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Murder Flambé by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Murder Flambé by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A charming Parisian brasserie, a buried secret and a winding labyrinth of clues come together to form a terrifying triumvirate of mystery and shocking desire in the seventh An American in Paris Mystery . The American owner of a popular Left Bank eatery is arrested for his wife’s murder...
  • Accidental Lawyer: A humorous peek into Baltimore's legal Community by Kim Hamilton

    Accidental Lawyer: A humorous peek into Baltimore's legal Community by Kim Hamilton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Set in the brilliant and diverse city of Baltimore, Accidental Lawyer, is a humorous, often irreverent portrayal of the dubious practice of personal injury law.Jessica Snow has a crisp new law degree, a grinding ambition, and a pesky moral compass that is often at odds with her new job as an ambulance chaser...
  • Shades of Murder by Lauren Carr

    Shades of Murder by Lauren Carr

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Question: What do you get the man with everything? Answer: When that man is the heir of the late mystery writer Robin Spencer, retired homicide detective Mac Faraday, you get him cold case to solve. In Shades of Murder, Mac Faraday is once again the heir to an unbelievable fortune. This time the benefactor is a stolen art collector...
  • The Betrayal of Lies by Debra Burroughs

    The Betrayal of Lies by Debra Burroughs

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Murder and mayhem are afoot! Feisty private eye, Emily Parker, is finally moving forward in her relationship with the hunky police detective--that is, until a new friend suddenly goes missing. Suspicions are flying that one of Emily's closest girlfriends may be involved...
  • The Harbor of Lies, a Romantic Suspense Novel by Debra Burroughs

    The Harbor of Lies, a Romantic Suspense Novel by Debra Burroughs

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From NY Times bestselling author Debra Burroughs comes Book 6 in the wildly popular Paradise Valley Mystery series. The captivating romance between sassy private-eye Emily Parker and sexy police detective Colin Andrews has been filled with mystery, danger, and intrigue. He’s finally convinced her to marry him—if only they can make it to the altar unscathed...
  • Dead Even by Annelise Ryan

    Dead Even by Annelise Ryan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In Sorenson, Wisconsin, a local bigshot is found with a pool cue through the heart—and Mattie Winston must untangle a web of lies to sink a killer . . . In her previous career as a nurse, Mattie Winston’s job was to keep death at bay. Now, as a medicolegal investigator, she’s required to study death intimately—to figure out causes and timing, and help deduce whether it was natural or suspicious...
  • Smoke over Owl Creek by Caren Hahn

    Smoke over Owl Creek by Caren Hahn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Valerie Fisher came to Owl Creek looking for a fresh beginning. What she finds could tear the small town apart.After her husband's tragic death, Val returns to her childhood home with her seven-year old daughter, hoping to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. But the sleepy logging community isn't as safe as it once was...
  • Murder à la Mode by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Murder à la Mode by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With the wine harvest behind them, things had just started to calm down for Maggie and Laurent in their French village of Saint-Buvard when a team of food industry entrepreneurs and celebrity judges arrives to put on a contest to decide in a blind taste test which country makes the best chocolate éclairs—the Brits, the Americans, the Germans or the French...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  mystery  fiction  contemporary  book  adult
  • Enchanted Bones by Carolyn Haines

    Enchanted Bones by Carolyn Haines

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In Carolyn Haines's Enchanted Bones, PI Sarah Booth Delaney comes to the rescue in a short mystery set in Zinnia, Mississippi, that will delight fans and new readers alike...
  • Storm Warning by Allison Brennan

    Storm Warning by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An e-short story by New York Times bestseller Allison Brennan introduces readers to the world of Lucy Kincaid leading up to the release of the next in the series, NOTHING TO HIDE (4/30/2019). FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid and her colleague Nate are racing a hurricane, but the storm is the least of their worries..
  • Not One Clue by Lois Greiman

    Not One Clue by Lois Greiman

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    L.A. psychologist Christina McMullen’s relationship with Detective Jack Rivera is heating up—until a client threatens to put a damper on their sparks. Chrissy has been counseling Micky Goldenstone to face the secrets from his past, but she had no idea that they would lead to a dangerous confrontation with a criminal even the police can’t protect her from...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  law-enforcement  suspense  adult  book  comedy
  • 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...
  • Just Deserts by Jinx Schwartz

    Just Deserts by Jinx Schwartz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hetta Coffey is a woman with a yacht, and she's not afraid to use it. As a self employed engineering consultant with a penchant of oddball-read: shady- projects, she has a way of attracting trouble. With her floating home drydocked for repairs in Mexico, Hetta needs a place to live and a job to pay the boatyard...
  • A Field of Poppies by Sharon Sala

    A Field of Poppies by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two families. One secret. Separated by a river and twenty years of lies. Five minutes changed Poppy Sadler’s life forever. Tick. The hospital called. Her mother’s battle with cancer was finally over. Tock. The police showed up at her door. Her father’s body has just been pulled from the River. Tick. Murdered. Tick, Tock. Five minutes and a secret is coming undone...
  • Extra Dirty by Mia Gold

    Extra Dirty by Mia Gold

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    EXTRA DIRTY is book #2 in the Ruby Steele Mystery, which begins with ON THE ROCKS (Book #1).Ruby Steele, 30, beautiful, fit, seems just like any other ex-pat hiding out in the Bahamas and playing local bartender. But unruly patrons find out the hard way: Ruby is a mixed-martial-arts pro, and not one you’d want to cross.A 40-something female tourist seeks out Ruby, desperate for her help...
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