#Female sleuth

Jinx

Jessica Huntley

Aimee battles PTSD as well as her growing attraction to the man she saved 12 years ago, but when he is the prime suspect in a murder, can she trust him? A suspense thriller with a strong female protagonist.
Categories: Thriller
Romance Level: Low Spice
Explicit Content: Violence Language

Stacy Claflin

True crime podcaster Fleur moves into the notorious murder house. But as she uncovers a web of deadly secrets, she realizes someone is watching her every move...
Categories: Suspense
Romance Level: Low Spice

R.B. Marshall

A murder at a royal castle. A horse trainer with secrets. When Izzy Paterson is pulled into a high-stakes mystery in the Scottish Highlands, she’ll need more than just local gossip to clear her name.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

Kathryn Mykel

Who knew quilting was so dangerous? Olivia β€˜Liv’ Taylor is on a lukewarm caseβ€”the murder of famous quilting instructor and author.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

Kathryn Mykel

With all hands on deck, a mysterious quilt, and an unexpected journey ahead, Alex is ready to trust the planβ€”until a death aboard the cruise ship puts a deadly wrinkle in her quilting vacation.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

Olivia Talmont

With the clock ticking down to Christmas Eve, can Lady Harry and sidekick Luca catch the saboteur of the local fair? Or will they lose everything the village has worked for and maybe even more?
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

Chasing Nightmares: Book 2: A Lira Somers Mystery Novel

Liz Bullard

Lira is an amateurs sleuth who has dreams about people in need. This time her fiery visions draw her into a chilling mystery surrounding Lenora, the unique and quirky old woman from her past case.
Categories: Mystery
Romance Level: Low Spice
Explicit Content: Language

Kristy T Dixon

Strange noises in the attic, a murder in the morgue, and a sheriff who broke her heartβ€”Neeley’s cozy life just turned into a murder mystery.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

Mindy Killgrove

When Mama Baldwin's Cafe closes unexpectedly and Mama herself disappears, Avery, Chance, & Cubby search for answers. She never should've let Mama out of her sight.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

Mindy Killgrove

A citizen of Buenaventura Beach is poisoned. When others point the finger at Avery, Chance & Cubby scramble to find the real culprit. At the beach, the only things scarier than the sharks are the witches.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

Cathlyn Sweets

In the quirky coastal town of Seafern Cove, retired sisters Lily and Rose Parker team up with a talking rabbit to unravel a century-old mystery tied to a haunted cameo and a vanished artist.
Categories: Cozy Mystery

A Pinch of Peril (Magical papillon series # 3)

Sabine Frisch

Sarah Anderson and her enchanted Papillon, Pixie, investigate a murder at Rosewood Hollow's bookstore, racing to clear their friend Lily before Christmas, uncovering a deadly secret tied to a mysterious spice.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice
Explicit Content: Language

Fiona Tarr

Dawn Grave is a career detective who’s holding on to a dark past - one that destroys relationships and wreaks havoc on her personal life. Now her past has come back to haunt her.
Categories: Crime
Romance Level: No Spice

Sue Hollowell

One hidden witch, one fading ghost, one town of liarsβ€”and one Frenchie with main-character energy. Arabella and Marcel must outwit a murderous coven before the past writes their ending.
Categories: Cozy Mystery

Carey Lewis

Jack Haley is a conman turning himself into the police, promising to expose a Russian mobster. But Jack might be lying.
Categories: Crime
Romance Level: Low Spice

The Dark Side of Pain (An Alicia Anderson Story, Book 1)

Beverley Neilson

Police Officer Alicia Anderson's perfect life changes in an instant. Does she have the strength to claw herself back from the edge? Can she face the truth about herself, her husband, their marriage and the job?
Romance Level: Spicy
Explicit Content: Language

Lise McClendon

β€œAn extraordinary novel filled with secrets and discoveries. Finding out who you really are and what you’re made of. So many twists and turns to keep you turning the pages till the end.”
Categories: Mystery
Romance Level: Low Spice

P.D. Workman

When Officer Terry Piper is accused of murder, Erin must uncover the truth before her sweetheart ends up behind barsβ€”and Halloween turns into a nightmare.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

P.D. Workman

The fortune teller gig started as a scam, but Reg suddenly finds herself tangled up in the case of Warren Blake, a man who she thought was dead. It turns out he may still be alive, but in mortal peril.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: Low Spice

K.L. Montgomery

When murder strikes a family amusement park, custodian Cat is one of the prime suspects. Can the feral cats who keep the park clean help her solve this roller coaster of a case?
Categories: Cozy Mystery

Risky Whiskey (Bohemia Bartenders Mysteries, Book 1)

Lucy Lakestone

Mixologist Pepper Revelle joins the Bohemia Bartenders for a cocktail convention in New Orleans, only to discover deadly whiskey and chase a sneaky saboteur in this fast-paced romp. Fresh, funny mystery!
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice
Explicit Content: Language

Virginia K. Bennett

With Sugar on Roundtop is a Halloween standalone cozy mystery novella set during a haunted hike on Roundtop Mountain in New Hampshire. If you love it, go back and start the series with Catch of the Day.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

Virginia K. Bennett

This Mystery of Cozy Cove introduces you to Mackenzie, a new bakery owner on the coast of Maine, and explores her journey to becoming an amateur sleuth solving the mystery of a murdered restaurant owner.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

D.S. Lang

In small-town America, the 1920s are more rumble than roar until college librarian Doro finds a dead body. When the new campus security officer tags her as a suspect, Doro vows to crack the case.
Categories: Cozy Mystery

E Elizabeth Franklin

A nice lady buys her first business to make her dreams come true, only to be stalked and terrorized by a murderer!
Categories: Thriller
Romance Level: No Spice

Blood On Vines (The Matakana Series #1)

Madeleine Eskedahl

Four friends, a shared past, a common enemy. Will it be their shared history that sees the four friends being picked off, one-by-one?
Categories: Thriller
Explicit Content: Violence Language

Crossbones (Rikki Talen Adventure #1)

Douglas Pratt & E. Chris Ambrose

A grave, a scepter, and killers closing inβ€”Rikki Talen must outwit mercenaries chasing a centuries-old pirate fortune, or join the bones left behind in the Florida Keys .
Categories: Thriller
Explicit Content: Language

Jennifer S. Alderson

Can Carmen track down a fake painting before a real killer paints her out of the picture? "You’ve got action, adventure & a touch of comedy-along with dead body along the way. So much fun!"
Categories: Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

Chris Abernathy

Who is really catching killers in Paradise Cove? Sheila and her friends in the Paradise Cove Murder Society or Sheila's cat, Whiskers and his animal friends? This collection includes the first three mysteries.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

Erica J Whelton

Joanna thought being a medium was fun until things got very real, very fast and she was thrust into a murder investigation or be haunted by an incredibly annoying ghost.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: Low Spice

Hatty M Barrett

Meet Josie Tompkins, reluctant sleuth and even more reluctant witch. It all started with Aunt Gwen...
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: Low Spice

The Lost Lake Mysteries: Plastic House

Tricia Arnold

Two friendly neighborsβ€”a retired librarian and a handsome stranger with a pastβ€”help unravel the mystery of Plastic House.
Categories: Cozy Mystery

Patti Larsen

She used to play a detective on TV--so how did Delaine Baker end up investigating a real murder at her MIL's birthday party? Can she solve the crime before the killer makes sure she's made her last episode...?
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

Patti Larsen

Petal Morgan's been adrift most of her life. But when a chance at a job deceiving others for fun and profit comes along, she's all for it! Until she finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation...
Categories: Cozy Mystery

Cracks Like Whiplash

Karen Guyler

DI Nikki Ross can't believe it's come to this. Lose everything or test drive the next generation of British policing. Trouble is it's classified and not exactly Robocop...
Categories: Crime
Explicit Content: Language

Christine Pattle

A potential fraud. An abducted colleague. Can she find the courage to save herself and her friend from an impossible situation before it’s too late?
Categories: Thriller

The Pernicious Pixie and the Choked Word

Kelly Ethan

There’s a murder in the stacks, a pernicious pixie stalking victims and a nosy librarian turned sleuth. Let the mayhem begin. Can Xandie Meyers survive or will the monsters have her for a midnight snack?
Categories: Cozy Mystery

Dobi Cross

A murder suspect for the dead body on her dissection table, spunky surgeon-to-be Zora Smyth races to find the truth. Then more bodies drop…
Categories: Thriller
Romance Level: No Spice

Paige Cassel

Bookstore owner Helga Henderson's fresh start in Birchwood Bay takes a deadly turn when the festival director is found poisoned among her rare books.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

The Bride's Trail (The Trail Crime Thriller Series #1)

AA Abbott

Shady friends and sinister secrets. When a shy graduate finds herself framed, can she clear her name before she ends up dead?
Categories: Thriller
Romance Level: Spicy

Elizabeth Clover

The first 5 books of the Sunrise Cafe Cozy Mysteries are perfect for fans of feel-good small-town sleuthing, served with beachside charm and an adorable puppy. Pour yourself a drink and dive in!
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

Anne Shillolo

A totally addictive crime fiction series opener, with complex characters, twisty plot, and fast-paced story, as DC Holly Towns faces the deadly puzzle of a schoolgirl slaying.
Categories: Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

Phillipa Nefri Clark

When Ellie's father vanishes without a trace, nobody else in his life seems concerned. But will trusting the wrong person with the shocking truth she uncovers make her the next target?
Categories: Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

Patsy Hicks

Bread, bones, and small-town gossip... Lou’s got more to sift than flour when a skeleton turns up on her land and a killer stirs up trouble in Oak Haven.
Categories: Cozy Mystery

The Last Lies

C.C. Jameson

Police officer Kate Murphy thought she’d left her tumultuous past behind when she married Matt, but Kate will have toΒ unravel a web of liesΒ and connect the dots to regain control over her life.
Categories: Suspense
Explicit Content: Language

Lily Luchesi

New PI Paige receives an envelope of cash & mysterious clues that lead to the discovery of a cover up of paranormal proportions. Can Paige solve the mystery, or will she become a midnight snack for a monster?
Categories: Cozy Mystery

A.M. Stuart

The fourth instalment in the riveting HARRIET GORDON MYSTERIES. Harriet and Julian visit Kuala Lumpur, but murder strikes. As Inspector Curran investigates corruption, their paths collide.
Categories: Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

Susan J Bruce

Ruth is desperate for a fresh start, but a body in her shed, an inconvenient romantic attraction, and a secret reputation as a β€˜harbinger of death’ get in the way. As they do…
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: Low Spice

Jack Probyn

A cryptic symbol. A mounting body count. Somewhere in the shadows, a killer watches. And DI Broadbent’s past is catching up fast.
Categories: Thriller
Explicit Content: Violence Language

The Snowman Killer

Wendy Meadows

Sarah Garland traded homicide cases for coffee beans in a quiet Alaskan town, but her peace shatters when a grotesque snowman appears on her remote property, echoing the darkest scenes from her own novel.
Categories: Cozy Mystery

Two Drops of Chaos (Autumn Heights Series #2)

Josephine Beintema

Welcome to the town of Autumn Heights, where the leaves are colorful all year round, and the murders keep piling up...
Categories: Cozy Mystery

Josephine Beintema

From interviewing suspects and a break and enter gone wrong, Ivy is caught up in the enthusiasm of her grandmother’s friends which just might land her in jail!
Categories: Cozy Mystery

KC Bellinger

Annie Taylor is no stranger to antiques, but when she inherits cursed items, she gets tangled in a paranormal mess with only a goofy ghost to help her.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

Cruise of Misfortune

Ellen Slater

Agatha Raisin meets Knives Out in this witty cozy mystery. Unlucky detective Jane Grey must solve a murder at sea before she becomes the next suspect, amid family secrets, lies, and danger on a luxury cruise.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Explicit Content: Violence

Small Man, Big Murder (Elm Street Series Book 1)

Heather Curlee Novak

Small Man, Big Murder by Heather Curlee Novak "His wife left him. His mistress took her place. But when secrets start to unravel, both women realizeβ€”they might have more to fear than just a broken heart.”
Categories: Romantic Suspense
Romance Level: Spicy
Explicit Content: Violence Language

Kelly Brakenhoff

Cassandra’s dream position at Morton College becomes a nightmare when a student turns up dead. The only way she'll save her job is by finding the truth. Can she avoid putting herself in the killer’s crosshairs?
Categories: Cozy Mystery

Jean Rabe

Fifty-eight minutes into her first day as Sheriff, 23 year-old Piper Blackwell is faced with a grisly murder, the victim posed among Christmas decorations. She must prove herself worthy of the badge.
Categories: Crime
Romance Level: No Spice

Lisabeth Earley

Gwen is hoping for a quiet day at the zoo with her grandkidsβ€”not a front-row seat to a suspicious fatal fall inside the gorilla sanctuary. But when her second sight flares up, she knows this was no accident.
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice

RenΓ©e Shantel

Audrey Herringbone’s main focus has always been her content dedicated to helping find missing persons, but when her best friend is the one to go missing things start getting a little too real.
Categories: Young Adult
Romance Level: No Spice

Proven Innocence

Mary J Rocco

Cynthia Evans wakes up in the trunk of a car, no idea how she got there. She’s wanted for the murder of her husband and children.
Categories: Mystery
Romance Level: No Spice
Explicit Content: Language

C. S. Woolley

A shattered peace, a manor house burgled, and the butler didn’t do it! Can she find the thief before the wrong man gets sent to prison?
Categories: Cozy Mystery
Romance Level: Low Spice

Yvette Walker

"Sixty" is a gripping tale of small-town killings and one journalist's journey to uncover truth while confronting scars left behind. Protagonist Linda Radcliffe is Christian, divorced and complicated.
Categories: Crime
Romance Level: Low Spice

Cold Woods (Harper and Reese Series #1)

S. L. Hansen

Glacier National Park just became a killer’s hunting groundβ€”and FBI Agent Kenzie Harper’s worst nightmare. Now Kenzie must face her biggest fear before the killer strikes again.
Categories: Crime
Romance Level: No Spice
Explicit Content: Language