Best Women in Mysteries and Fiction
Discover the best women in mysteries and fiction with our curated list of top books featuring strong female leads, thrilling plots, and unforgettable stories.
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Break No Bones
by Kathy Reichs
When Tempe Brennan finds a fresh skeleton among ancient bones, clues lead to a clinic where patients have gone missing and some have turned up …
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The Art of Detection
by Laurie R. King
Philip Gilbert was no mere fan of Sherlock Holmes, but an expert in Holmes lore who owned a collector of priceless Holmsian memorabilia. Would another …
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Goodnight Nobody
by Jennifer Weiner
A young mother moves to a postcard-perfect Connecticut town where she unravels crime while her children are in nursery school. Investigating a death, she discovers …
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Blue Screen
by Robert B. Parker
Hired to protect a spoiled actress, Boston private investigator Sunny Randall teams up with chief of police Jesse Stone when the actress's sister is murdered, …
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The 5th Horseman
by James Patterson
When patients mysteriously take a turn for the worse at San Francisco Medical Center, Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club must face an …
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Twelve Sharp
by Janet Evanovich
Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich's wildest, hottest novel yet ! FIRST A …
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Dark Tort
by Diane Mott Davidson
The New York Times bestselling author cooks up a knockout treat featuring the irrepressible caterer Goldy Schulz "I tripped over the body of Dusty Routt …
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Blue Shoes And Happiness
by Alexander McCall Smith
Precious Ramotswe and her assistant, Grace Makutsi, investigate local advice columnist Aunty Emang, who may be linked to trouble at a local medical clinic and …
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Definitely Dead
by Charlaine Harris
Supernaturally gifted cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse heads for New Orleans, where she is forced to contend with her own family's dark legacy and a variety …
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Predator
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Kay Scarpetta and her colleague Pete Marino investigate the case of a man killed by a shotgun blast to the chest, while a woman is …
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Midnight in Death
by J. D. Robb
A quartet of holiday stories of romance and suspense includes J.D. Robb's "Midnight in Death," Susan Plunkett's "Christmas Promises," Dee Holmes's "The Unexpected Gift," and …
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Iron Orchid
by Stuart Woods
"Holly Barker, the sexy, no-nonsense former police chief from Orchid Beach, Florida, has been known to crack cases that even the FBI couldn't break. Now …
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Killer Smile
by Lisa Scottoline
Everybody around lawyer Mary DiNunzio has decided she isn't allowed to be a Young Widow anymore, even though she didn't know there was an official …
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Maisie Dobbs
by Jacqueline Winspear
She started as a maid in an aristocratic London household; studied her way into prestigious Girton College at Cambridge; then became a front-line nurse in …
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'Til Death Do Us Part
by Kate White
When her fellow bridesmaids die in a series of suspicious "accidents," writer-turned-sleuth Bailey Weggins endeavors to avoid becoming another victim while finding the killer before …
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Visions in Death
by J. D. Robb
Detective Eve Dallas faces an unusual mystery. Is it possible for a computer virus to spread from machine to humans?
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Unlucky in Law
by Perri O'Shaughnessy
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorNina Reilly takes on the most dangerous and difficult case of her career in O'Shaughnessy's latest thriller. An ingenious blend …
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Missing Justice
by Alafair Burke
"The search for a missing judge leads...into a labyrinth of crime, corruption, and cover-ups,"....from the dustcover.
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Hancock Park
by Katherine V. Forrest
New from the Lambda Award winner and bestselling author of Sleeping Blues - another Kate Delafield mystery. It wasn't a typical call for detectives Kate …