Women Sleuths

_______________ 'In the vein of Agatha Christie herself. Startling' - Irish Times 'Magical in every way ... One of the best novels I've ever read' - Fearne Cotton 'As much a coming-of-age tale as a murder mystery ... An impressive debut' - The...

'Head-to-head with Nicci French and Karin Slaughter' Daily MirrorTHE FIRST BODY IS A MYSTERY.She's young. She's beautiful. And her corpse, laid out in the office of Boston medical examiner Kat Novak, betrays no secrets - except for a matchbook clutched...

If you love Lucinda Riley and Elizabeth Edmondson, you'll love this perfect summer read from the author of Islands of Secrets and Villa of Secrets.Sent away to a convent school in Dublin at the age of five, Irini McGuire has always had a strained and...

'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' ASHLEY JENSEN'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A Beaton novel is like The Archers on speed' DAILY MAIL The latest Agatha Raisin mystery from bestselling author M. C...

Praise for Roberta Kray'Well into Martina Cole territory' Independent'A cracking good read' Jessie KeaneNO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAYIf you don't care about her, who will?Hope Randall leads a quiet life, but that peace is about to be shattered. When a...

Murder has a way of killing business...In the small village of Kilbane, County Cork in Ireland, Naomi's Bistro has always been warm and welcoming. Nowadays, twenty-two-year-old Siobhan O'Sullivan runs the family bistro named for her mother, along with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648324669Author Keri ArthurFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Ka Publishing Pty LtdPublisher Ka Publishing Pty LtdWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm)...

Running private-investigator and funeral-home businesses means trouble is never far away, and the Skelf women take on their most perplexing, chilling cases yet in Book Two of the darkly funny, devastatingly tense and addictive Skelfs series! ...

There's nothing more dangerous than a familiar face . . .As funeral mourners stand in silence at Ragmullin cemetery, a deafening cry cuts through the air. Lying crumpled at the bottom of an open grave is the bloodied body of a young woman, and Detective...

THE SEVENTH BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIESThe one with the witch who flew away . . .Mma Ramotswe is happily married to Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, but her work seems more hectic than ever. Among the raft of cases coming the way of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496700414Author Barbara RossFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

'Davis's prose is a lively joy, and Flavia's Rome is sinister and gloriously real' The Times on SaturdayFlavia Albia's day-old marriage is in trouble - her new husband may be permanently disabled and they have no funds. So when Palace officials ask her...

'MARTINA COLE FANS WILL LOVE THIS FAST-PACED THRILLER' SUNDAY MIRRORGangster Kerry Casey has fought her way to the top of the Glasgow crime scene. But can she stay there?Kerry Casey is now a fully-fledged gangland boss. With her business partner Sharon...

Don't miss the new, devastatingly good thriller from Helen Fields, The Institution. Out now! THE TOP FIVE KINDLE BESTSELLER 'Must read!' Closer 'I love,...

Don't miss the new, devastatingly good thriller from Helen Fields, The Institution. Out now! THE TOP FIVE KINDLE BESTSELLER 'Must read!' Closer 'I love,...

Rome, the very end of December. The Field of Mars is packed with monuments, none more beautiful than Domitian's new Odeon and Stadium. But the area has been overtaken by ugly events: elaborately staged murders. Someone bears a spectacular grudge against...

Lady Emily and her husband, Colin Hargreaves, have joined his formidable mother on a holiday to visit the exotic treasures of Egypt. Their host, Lord Bertram Deeley, is a renowned amateur British collector of antiquities, who has invited his closest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780296876Author Suzette A. HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Severn HousePublisher Canongate BooksWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

1923. Mary Russell Holmes and her husband, the retired Sherlock Holmes, are enjoying summer on their Sussex estate when they are visited by Miss Dorothy Ruskin, an archeologist just returned from Palestine. She leaves in their protection an ancient...

BOOK 9 IN THE BELOVED NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIESThe one with the poison pen letter . . . For the first time in her career as Botswana's no. 1 lady detective, Mma Ramotswe suffers a blow to her faith in the goodness of humanity (and of her...

The Sunday Times bestseller! 'Written with an incredible eye for detail of the historical setting, this wonderful romantic tale will earn your respect and keep you entertained' Adele Parks 'If you loved Her...

Thea Osborne and her spaniel Hepzibah embark on their second house-sitting commission with few worries. Despite her first disastrous venture, in which she became drawn into a murder case, Thea is convinced that lightning will not strike twice, and...

Eve Dallas has been chosen by a deadly revolutionary group, Cassandra, as their one true adversary. While investigating the seemingly simple case of a jealous lover killing her partner, she receives a disk from Cassandra, telling her to expect a...

The gripping new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling phenomenon, VOX 'Shocking, emotive, urgent and original' Chris Whitaker 'A non-stop thrill ride' Jeffery Deaver ...

Lindsey Davis has received the Crime Writer's Association Lifetime Achievement Award for her two immortal series of detective novels featuring Marcus Didius Falco and his adopted daughter, Flavia Albia. She is regarded as the finest living novelist of...

Longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, 2020 Red Snow is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Dark Pines, selected for ITV's Zoe Ball Book Club TWO BODIES One suicide. One cold-blooded murder. Are they connected? And...

New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni's acclaimed series continues as Tracy Crosswhite is thrown headlong into the path of a killer conspiracy. While investigating the hit-and-run death of a young boy, Seattle homicide detective Tracy...

The most talked about psychological suspense novel of the 2016, loved by Marian Keyes and Tess Gerritsen. Once you start reading TRY NOT TO BREATHE you will be hooked on this gripping, fast-paced thriller.You won't be able to put it down.Just remember to...

'Just the thing to chase the blues away' M. C. BeatonSpring is in the air ... and so, too, is the sound of music as the residents of Honeychurch Hall are stunned to learn that the Dowager Countess Lady Edith Honeychurch has agreed to the staging of a...

The gripping new crime thriller from the bestselling author of Before We Met and Critical Incidents Robin Lyons is back in her hometown of Birmingham and now a DCI with Force Homicide, working directly under Samir,...

The unputdownable new psychological thriller from S K Tremayne, the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ice Twins A hotel brimming with wealthy guests Surrounded by the Blackwater estuary, The...

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Not every witness protection programme is fool proof...Stephanie Plum finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time in Ten Big Ones, the tenth gripping adventure in the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. The perfect read for fans of Harlan...

THE EIGHTH BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIESThe one where Mma Ramotswe's husband plays detective . . .At the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency there are many new cases for Precious Ramotswe to attend to, including the grave matter of...

The Accidental Medium is the first book in a hilarious series from Tracy Whitwell featuring Tanz, the accidental medium who, with the help of the dead, is about to become an unwilling crime-solver.Tanz is a wine-loving, straight-talking, once-successful...

'William Shaw is one of the great rising talents of UK crime fiction. This is his best book to date' Peter James'Taut, terrifying and timely' Val McDermid'William Shaw is a superb storyteller' Peter MaySHE ALWAYS WENT TOO FAR DS Alexandra Cupidi has done...

'MacDonald . . . writes gripping suspense with strong, resilient female lead characters' Booklist'Carefully plotted [with] a nest of sinister secrets' Publishers Weekly'I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING . . . I DID SOMETHING BAD.'Fifteen years ago, Blair's...

As winter closes its grip on snow-bound London, a cleaner determines to solve the case that her detective father never could. A Kindle number one bestseller. It was the murder that shocked the nation. Kate Rokesmith, a young mother, walked to the...

In award-winning author Anne Frasier's riveting thriller Truly Dead, homicide detective Elise Sandburg returns to Savannah with her partner, profiler David Gould, to track a killer who seems eerily familiar. When a demolition crew uncovers several...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451489357Author Jessica FletcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc