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  • Swamp Spies by Jana Deleon

    Swamp Spies by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Things have reached a critical point in the Middle East. Carter agreed to serve as a consultant for his old Force Recon unit but for reasons unknown to his friends and family, jumped from the command center and into the field. Now he’s MIA, and Fortune is the only one who can put together a rescue mission that has any chance of being successful...
  • Concealed Cargo: Children for Sale by Jodi Burnett

    Concealed Cargo: Children for Sale by Jodi Burnett

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Special Agent Clay Jennings and his K9 partner, Ranger, take to the streets of Denver to fight human trafficking, he is shocked by the inordinate number of stolen innocents who’ve been forced into the sex trade. With each new face, his resolve to help these children escape their personal horror grows stronger...
  • A Streak of Bad Cluck by Ellen Riggs

    A Streak of Bad Cluck by Ellen Riggs

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With hens like these, who needs enemies?Ivy is finally starting to feel at home on Runaway Farm and she’s even settled the feathers of a formerly feisty neighbor with frequent gourmet food bribes. Unless the nosy neighbor has an ulterior motive, that is. She’s as sly as Ivy’s runaway sow.New guests descend on the inn and Ivy puts the mayhem of recent weeks behind her...
  • Danger Signs by Fiona Quinn

    Danger Signs by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Her choice is arranged marriage . . . or death . . .Kira al-Attiyah's hope for a bright future in the U.S. died along with her father. Now, royal family tradition demands she marry. Refusing? Not an option. Especially since honor killing isn’t just urban legend. She knew what she had to do. She just never expected her intended to be a terrorist . .
  • Revenge in the Roses by Dale Mayer

    Revenge in the Roses by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Riches to rags. ... Bullets start flying. ... Rage is rising, ... especially for some!When the journey to Rosemoor for a celebratory evening turns deadly, Doreen’s life is flipped on her head. She can only watch in horror as Mack is shot right in front of her. Horrified, she vows to solve this case and fast, before the shooter realizes he failed and comes back for a second attempt...
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    animals  cats  cozy  dogs  law-enforcement  adult  amateur-sleuth  book
  • Dangerous Choice by Barbara Freethy

    Dangerous Choice by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In Dangerous Choice, Special Agent Diego Rivera must choose between duty and love, loyalty and betrayal, and between his ideals and the agency he serves… Don't miss this new thrilling, chilling, romantic suspense by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy...
  • Dark Side of the Moo by Ellen Riggs

    Dark Side of the Moo by Ellen Riggs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sweet life on the farm turns sour when a guest mooves on to greener pastures. Permanently.Ivy was happy to put her old life at Flordale Corporation behind her, but with a recent murder tarnishing her new inn’s reputation she can’t afford to be choosy about paying guests. So when her former teammates from HR ask to hold their retreat at Runaway Farm and Inn, she throws down the welcome mat...
  • Fear the Reaper by Fiona Quinn

    Fear the Reaper by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Everything was going according to plan…until it fell apart in the most spectacular way… Ex-SEAL Ryan “Reaper” Hamilton is well on his way to having it all. His marriage to Kate is finally on solid ground, and his goal of being a K9 trainer with Iniquus’s Cerberus team is within reach...
  • 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...
  • Mean Girl Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Mean Girl Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author, Leslie Langtry comes the next assassin-in-suburbia Merry Wrath Mystery...The Halloween Parade is coming up, and former CIA agent-turned-suburbanite Merry Wrath’s Girl Scout Troop hopes to repeat a 1st place trophy for the 3rd year in a row...
  • Another One Bites the Crust by H.Y. Hanna

    Another One Bites the Crust by H.Y. Hanna

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Champagne and ball gowns, fairy lights and music… Oxford summer balls are one of the highlights of the calendar and tearoom sleuth Gemma Rose is looking forward to taking a break and slipping into something gorgeous for the evening...
  • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Liliana Hart

    Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What do an art forger, a missing clown and a dead cop have in common? Nothing except for Addison Holmes.Addison is back and better than ever. Err...or at least better than she was. She has the P.I. license to prove it and a stack full of cases to solve. But the biggest mystery is Nick. She knows he's keeping something important from her regarding one of her cases...
  • Dogcatcher in the Rye by Ellen Riggs

    Dogcatcher in the Rye by Ellen Riggs

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Turning a hobby farm into a quaint country inn is a piece of cake compared to solving a murder.Ivy Galloway may not know an alpaca from a llama, but nothing’s going to stop her from pursuing her dream of opening a farm-themed inn in her hometown of Clover Grove. Not after what she went through to rescue Keats, her brilliant border collie, and flee the big city...
  • Justice by Jodi Burnett

    Justice by Jodi Burnett

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A US Marshal K9 ThrillerUS Deputy Marshal Caitlyn Reed, and her K9 partner, Renegade, are tasked with guarding a federal judge in an obscure court in north-western Wyoming. What should be a boring assignment soon explodes into an all-out catastrophe when a killer makes several attempts on the judge’s life...
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    animals  dogs  crime  law-enforcement  cats  female-mc  cozy  mystery
  • Handcuffs in the Heather by Dale Mayer

    Handcuffs in the Heather by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Riches to rags. ... Everything is under control, ... until it isn’t. And Doreen’s in the middle of it!The four boxes of files Doreen inherited from journalist Bridgeman Solomon have already helped her solve one crime, and Doreen hopes they’ll continue to assist her as she sticks her nose into future cases...
  • Mascots Are Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Mascots Are Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes the funniest high school reunion you've ever attended!"Welcome Back to Who’s There, Iowa, Who-rish, to your 10 Year Reunion!”A 10 year high school reunion happens only once, and to many, they can be a nightmare of revisiting past slights, humiliating moments and the class paste-eater—aka Officer Kevin Dooley...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  dogs  animals  cats  law-enforcement  espionage  crime  female-mc
  • The Body on the Barstool by Lolli Powell

    The Body on the Barstool by Lolli Powell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    2016 WISHING SHELF INDEPENDENT BOOK AWARDS BRONZE WINNER!New Yorker Erica "Ricki" Fontaine's n'er-do-well uncle has dropped dead and left her a dive bar in a small Ohio River town. With a lousy apartment, less-than-promising job prospects, and even worse romantic ones, the inheritance comes at just the right time. Ricki packs up her cat and heads for the Buckeye State...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  cats  animals  mystery  fiction  contemporary  humor
  • Meerkats and Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Meerkats and Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Just as Merry Wrath’s former career as a CIA agent seems to be fading into a distant memory, the agent turned Girl Scout troop leader discovers that her beloved little suburban ranch house may not be what it seems. When a masked gunman breaks in to demand the return of "Nye," she fears that she may not have been the first spy to live there...
  • Mosquito Bite Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Mosquito Bite Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a killer summer camping trip!In her career as a spy, Merry Wrath had her share of camping trips—from glamping in a yurt at Oktoberfest with drug lord Carlos the Armadillo to an awkward team building campout in the backyard of a Yakuza mob boss who thought “trust falls” should have lethal consequences...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  dogs  animals  cats  law-enforcement  female-mc  mystery  murder
  • Make Believe Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Make Believe Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a former CIA agent turned Girl Scout troop leader and a laugh-out-loud mystery! Merry Wrath’s summer plans didn’t originally include an unexpected visit from her old friend, Hilly—a quirky CIA assassin who’s been forced by HR to take her first vacation in…forever...
  • Mad Money Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Mad Money Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes another madcap Merry Wrath mystery that will leave you laughing til it hurts!When Merry Wrath inherits an urn of cremains, she isn’t sure which is more surprising—that she was now the owner of a body or the fact that her family’s mythical Aunt June actually existed...
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    cozy  dogs  animals  cats  law-enforcement  espionage  crime  female-mc
  • Maltese Vulture Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Maltese Vulture Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes the latest laugh-out-loud mystery about big trouble in a small town...What's better than one King Vulture? Two, of course!Merry Wrath, former CIA turned Girls Scout troop leader, is over the moon when her wacky taxidermist sisters-in-law present her with a stuffed King Vulture named Nellie Lou...
  • Mind-Bending Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Mind-Bending Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes the latest laugh-out-loud Merry Wrath adventure!Former CIA agent and current suburbanite Merry Wrath knows she’s having a bad day when she wakes up wearing someone else's clothes in a locked room with a dead body and a dozen copies of the book, Boats of the Midwest...
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    cozy  dogs  animals  cats  law-enforcement  espionage  crime  female-mc
  • Macho Man Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Macho Man Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes the latest hilarious Merry Wrath Mystery, where Merry's past with the CIA comes back to haunt her in a very lively way in small town Iowa!Just when you thought it was safe to come out of the water…Who expects to come home and find an angry Chechen strong man in their front yard? That’s what former CIA turned suburbanite Merry Wrath discovers...
  • 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...
  • Map Skills Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Map Skills Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author, Leslie Langtry comes the next laugh-out-loud Merry Wrath Mystery...Summer is moving fast for ex-CIA Agent turned Girl Scout troop leader, Merry Wrath. Wedding plans are underway, with the groom's twin sisters on a mission to decorate the festivities with taxidermized animals and a full troop of flower girls with terrible taste in dresses...
  • Motto for Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Motto for Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author, Leslie Langtry comes another hilarious Merry Wrath Mystery... For ex-CIA Agent turned Girl Scout troop leader, Merry Wrath, planning a wedding is infinitely more terrifying than the time she was a mole in Carlos the Armadillo’s drug cartel...
  • Movie Night Murder by Leslie Langtry, Bailey Carr

    Movie Night Murder by Leslie Langtry, Bailey Carr

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today best-selling author Leslie Langtry comes the latest laugh-out-loud Merry Wrath Mystery.Merry Wrath has seen dangers galore in her former job as a CIA field agent. But nothing has prepared her for this - an overnight Mommy and Me lock-in with her Girl Scout troop, complete with movies, dodgeball, four cats, a baby, and a dead body...
  • Mud Run Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Mud Run Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author, Leslie Langtry comes the next laugh-out-loud Merry Wrath Mystery...Ex-CIA Agent turned small town Girl Scout leader, Merry Wrath, thinks she has her hands full getting her troop ready for the Mud Run out at scout camp. But a trip to the movies, where she sees her whole career played out on the big screen, turns her world from little girls to great big lies...
  • 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...
  • Marshmallow S'More Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Marshmallow S'More Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From national bestselling author, Leslie Langtry comes the latest Merry Wrath Mystery that will leave you dying of laughter...What could be better for former CIA agent turned Girl Scout leader Merry Wrath than taking twelve little girls to Washington DC for a bit of summer fun? Almost anything...
  • Marshal by Jodi Burnett

    Marshal by Jodi Burnett

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The U.S. Marshals service seeks a K9 Unit for their elite strike team tasked with hunting down America's most wanted criminals. Caitlyn Reed and her K9 partner, Renegade, are called up to the varsity to face this harrowing challenge. Has she bitten off more than she can handle?Moose Creek Sheriff Colt Branson finds himself in the foray as a part of the U.S...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  law-enforcement  cozy  cats  animals  mystery  fiction  murder
  • Sticky Sweet by Connie Shelton

    Sticky Sweet by Connie Shelton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Sweet’s Sweets Bakery MysteryIt’s here -- USA Today bestselling author Connie Shelton’s newest Samantha Sweet cozy mystery...
  • 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...
  • Pistols and Poinsettias by Bruce Hammack

    Pistols and Poinsettias by Bruce Hammack

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Steve isn’t celebrating Christmas…he’s trying to survive it.Blind PI Steve Smiley loathes Christmas—too many memories. When his partner secures an invitation for them to teach at a mystery writers’ conference in Miami, what promises to be a welcome early December escape turns into a tidal wave of mysteries to solve...
  • Rocky Start by Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer

    Rocky Start by Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rose Malone’s landlord and employer has just died and now she has no idea if she has a job or if she and her daughter, Poppy, have a place to live, and that’s on top of the arrest warrant that’s been out for her for nineteen years. Then a stranger shows up and tries to throw her out. It just isn’t the week to do that...
  • Gun in the Gardenias by Dale Mayer

    Gun in the Gardenias by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A new cozy mystery series from USA Today best-selling author Dale Mayer. Follow gardener and amateur sleuth Doreen Montgomery—and her amusing and mostly lovable cat, dog, and parrot—as they catch murderers and solve crimes in lovely Kelowna, British Columbia...
  • 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...
  • Condos and Corpses by Angela K. Ryan

    Condos and Corpses by Angela K. Ryan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Condos and Corpses is Book One in the Sapphire Beach Cozy Mystery Series.A condo on the Florida Gulf Coast. A humanitarian worker with a passion for jewelry making. A murder next door.Connie can think of no other option but to sell the beach front condo she recently inherited from her beloved aunt, but a murder in the apartment next door stalls her plans...
  • In Trouble with the Claw by Eryn Scott

    In Trouble with the Claw by Eryn Scott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Could Lou be falling right into the killer’s trap?Louisa’s first fall in Button is everything she hoped it would be: corn mazes, pumpkin patches, quirky town traditions, and beautiful foliage. The only unexpected thing: a dead body found in a pile of fall leaves.When Lou starts getting clues about the murder, she’s wary, to say the least...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  animals  crime  female-mc  mystery  contemporary  fiction  book
  • Mystery Night Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Mystery Night Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes the next Merry Wrath mystery about one former CIA agent turned Girl Scout Troop leader who is playing the deadly game of her life! Mrs. Gable in the Conservatory with a noose? It was supposed to be a fun weekend of pretend murder...
  • Musket Ball Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Musket Ball Murder by Leslie Langtry

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a Civil War reenactment, a missing body, and one ex-CIA agent turned Girl Scout Troop leader with hilarious results! Merry Wrath has a problem. Her Girl Scout Troop co-leader has signed them up to participate in a Civil War reenactment based on the little-known Battle of Idiot Creek...
  • Maverick by Jodi Burnett

    Maverick by Jodi Burnett

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Maverick will release sooner than the posted date! Stay tuned.Small Town Thriller!While on a run in the mountains, K9 Renegade finds a red high-heeled shoe. He and his handler, Deputy Caitlyn Reed, locate its twin — on the foot of a dead woman floating face down in Moose Lake...
  • Fatal, Family, Album by Joanna Campbell Slan

    Fatal, Family, Album by Joanna Campbell Slan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. Two FBI agents come looking for Kiki's nanny, Brawny-- And suddenly, the Detweiler household is turned upside down. Kiki and her husband Detweiler must ask themselves the toughest questions they'll ever face: Can we trust this person with our kids? The answer might say more about them than it does about Brawny...
  • 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...
  • Every Word by Ellie Marney

    Every Word by Ellie Marney

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rachel is still getting used to the idea of Mycroft being her boyfriend when he disappears to London with Professor Walsh. They're investigating the carjacking death of the rare books conservator, which appears to be linked to the theft of a Shakespeare First Folio from the Bodleian Library...
  • Round Up the Usual Peacocks by Donna Andrews

    Round Up the Usual Peacocks by Donna Andrews

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times, bestselling author Donna Andrews first introduced us to Meg Langslow as a crime-solving bridesmaid. In her 31st mystery, Round Up the Usual Peacocks, Meg returns to her roots, juggling cold cases and wedding guests. Kevin, Meg's cyber-savvy nephew who lives in the basement, comes to her with a problem...
  • The Fast and the Furriest by Sofie Ryan

    The Fast and the Furriest by Sofie Ryan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sarah Grayson and her trusty companion, Elvis, race to tail the right suspects in the fifth installment of the New York Times bestselling Second Chance Cat Mysteries.Sarah Grayson owns Second Chance, a shop that sells lovingly refurbished items, in the charming town of North Harbor, Maine. But she couldn't run the store without the help of her right-hand man, Mac--or her dashing rescue cat, Elvis...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  cats  animals  female-mc  mystery  fiction  audiobook  murder
  • Deadly Ever After by Eva Gates

    Deadly Ever After by Eva Gates

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Librarian Lucy's wedding is at stake when a murder interrupts her engagement celebrations. To make it down the aisle, she'll have to find the killer to save the date in the 8th book in the Lighthouse Library mysteries.They're getting married! Lucy Richardson and Connor McNeil have announced their engagement...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  dogs  animals  cats  crime  female-mc  romance  mystery
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