Posts Tagged ‘woman sleuth’
Murder Takes the Cake, by Brad Crowther
Murder Takes the Cake, by Brad Crowther When a celebrity chef judging a Charleston cake-baking contest is strangled, blue-blooded detective Edna Dugué and her streetwise assistant, Jerrelle Vesey, assist the primary suspect, who’s not cooperating. Observed crouching over the victim’s body and vilified for being the son of illegal immigrants, he’s panicked and disappeared. Other…
Read MoreHazards in Hampshire by Emma Dakin
Hazards in Hampshire, by Emma Dakin Claire expected her hostess to be boring, not dead. A body in the pavilion is too much reality for tour guide Claire Barclay. Her tourists are intrigued, but Claire finds her position as a suspect highly uncomfortable. Claire Barclay returns to England from her last post in Seattle, finally…
Read MoreMurder in Plane Sight, by Julie Holmes
Murder in Plane Sight, by Julie Holmes As an aircraft mechanic, Sierra Bauer is a woman in a man’s world. There are few things more satisfying to her than the challenge of working on multimillion-dollar turboprops at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, especially now that her life has returned to normal after losing her brother in…
Read MorePrimary Source, by Sharon St. George
Primary Source, by Sharon St. George Aimee Machado is a health sciences librarian and facilitator for Timbergate Medical Center’s Ethics Committee, a board who is responsible for monitoring organ transplant protocols and procedures, as well as keeping strict records of every donated organ that is harvested from a TMC patient. However, ethics seems to take a…
Read MoreA Very Merry Murder, by Mary Angela
A Very Merry Murder, by Mary Angela It’s December in Copper Bluff, and from hillside to hallowed hall, everyone is merry–or will be as soon as semester break arrives. Students are studying, professors are grading, and Emmeline Prather is anticipating the university-sponsored holiday concert. Friend and colleague Lenny Jenkins will be accompanying the visiting quartet,…
Read MoreMurder on Moon Mountain, by Jean Harrington
Murder on Moon Mountain, by Jean Harrington What happens when a hot property meets a cold corpse? Realtor Honey Ingersoll is thrilled to be selling Eureka Falls’ biggest mansion—until her client asks for a special favor. In the estate next door, the Velveteen Vixens, a group of bikini-clad housewives are shooting a pilot film for…
Read MoreMurder in the Crooked Eye Brewery, by J.C. Eaton
Murder in the Crooked Eye Brewery, by J.C. Eaton Still kicking herself in the pants for ever getting married in the first place, twenty-something crime statistician Marcie Rayner does a turnaround. She divorces her philandering husband and trades her desk job in St. Paul, Minnesota, for a temporary role as an investigative assistant in New…
Read MoreConfound It, by Maggie Toussaint
Confound It, by Maggie Toussaint While hosting out-of-town guests at her Georgia home, Dreamwalker Baxley Powell is called upon to help investigate a suspicious fire. One of her guests, close friend and fellow dreamwalker Deputy Sam Mayes, accompanies her to the scene. A meth cook is dead, and when Baxley visits her beyond the Veil…
Read MoreShadows among the Ruins, by Marie Romero Cash
Shadows among the Ruins, by Marie Romero Cash Forensic psychologist Jemimah Hodge is much in demand for her keen understanding of the criminal mind. So much in demand, in fact, that she decides to escape the pressure by moving from L.A. to New Mexico to take a job with the local sheriff’s office. She expects…
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