Women’s Fiction
Murder at Jaipur, by Bharti Kirchner
Murder at Jaipur, by Bharti Kirchner Maya Mallick, Seattle P.I., receives a call from her mother Uma, who lives in Jaipur, India. It appears that Uma’s partner Neel Saha, a gemologist, has been arrested by the police on charges of stealing a rare ruby. The heirloom, an object of much superstition, belonged to Neel’s client,…
Read MoreSourdough Dead, by Carol E. Ayer
Sourdough Dead, by Carol E. Ayer Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and home baker Kayla Jeffries is on the case when her boyfriend, restaurateur Jason Banks, becomes the main suspect in a murder investigation. Jason’s longtime nemesis, Leon Haskell, is found dead only hours after his baseball team bested Jason’s and just one day after he…
Read MoreDead Write, by Susan Richards
Dead Write, by Susan Richards Jessica Kallan and Ethan Miller are at it again. Back in the middle of another murder investigation, only this time they are the primary suspects and racing to find a killer before one of them ends up in jail… or dead. Best-selling author, Ethan Miller, has been on a five-week…
Read MoreStabbed in the Tart, by Carol E. Ayer
Stabbed in the Tart, by Carol E. Ayer Home baker and Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) Kayla Jeffries has accepted a guest chef position at the historic Countryside Inn in Los Robles, California. Although hoping the experience won’t be too over stimulation for her sensitive nervous system, she’s excited to showcase her desserts over the long…
Read MoreThe Mistress of Fashion, by Evelyn Richardson
The Mistress of Fashion, by Evelyn Richardson Juliette de Flournoy refuses to be imprisoned by her past — the French Revolution that robbed her family of their heritage, and the rape that left her homeless — comforting herself with her dreams of becoming London’s premier modiste, and by her friends, the enterprising ladies off Mrs.…
Read MoreThe Necklace, by Carla Kelly
The Necklace, by Carla Kelly Hanneke Aardema is the daughter of an ambitious Dutch herring merchant. It is 1211, when Spain’s kingdoms are planning a final push to drive the weakening caliphate from the Iberian Peninsula. Warriors fired by the flames of Islam have ruled Spain for five hundred years. Because Hanneke’s dowry will finance…
Read MoreMurder at Andaman, by Bharti Kirchner
Murder at Andaman, by Bharti Kirchner Seattle-based PI Maya Mallick (POV) is grief-stricken to learn that Rory Thompson, the husband of her close friend, Lee, has been murdered in the Andaman Island in India. At Lee’s urging Maya decides to investigate the case but considers an overly calm Lee a suspect, and doubts if she…
Read MoreCrime in Cornwall, by Emma Dakin
Crime in Cornwall, by Emma Dakin Claire Barclay is enthusiastic about her British Mystery Book Tour business. She enjoys taking her guests, usually from America, to the settings of mystery novels where bodies are long dead. Her neighbor’s plea for help to deal with a recently murdered well-known author unsettles her. She leaves the body…
Read MorePeppermint Cream Die, by Carol E. Ayer
Peppermint Cream Die, by Carol E. Ayer Kayla Jeffries, home bakery owner and HSP (Highly Sensitive Person), has arranged her life just so to avoid stressful overstimulation. The California oceanside community in which she lives proves the perfect venue for the quiet and peaceful existence she desires. She happily spends her time baking, walking along…
Read MoreWrite to Die, by Susan Richards
Write to Die, by Susan Richards Best-selling author, Ethan Miller, hasn’t given an interview in over ten years. So why now? Why is he finally willing to break his silence? Those probably would have been good questions for investigative reporter, Jessica Kallan, to ask before she went traipsing off to Ethan’s secluded estate in Southern…
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