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Ghost a la Mode: A Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery by Sue Ann Jaffarian Paperback Book

A NEW SERIES DEBUT FROM ODELIA GREY MYSTERY AUTHOR SUE ANN JAFFARIAN If you like the hilarious adventures of Odelia Grey, then you'll love Sue Ann Jaffarian's spirited new mystery series, Ghost of Granny Apples. Along with...

Publication Date: Sep 2009

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Murder, She Wrote: Knock'em Dead

by Jessica Fletcher

When one of her mystery books is turned into a Broadway play, Jessica hits the Big Apple to help out the production. But when dead bodies offstage start upstaging the performers onstage, it's up to Jess to drop the curtain on a killer! CBS is...

Publication Date: Oct 1999

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The Spellmans Strike Again

by Lisa Lutz

AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF THIRTY-TWO, FORMER WILD CHILD ISABEL "IZZY" SPELLMAN HAS FINALLY AGREED TO TAKE OVER THE FAMILY BUSINESS. AND THE TRANSITION WON'T BE A SMOOTH ONE. First among her priorities as head of Spellman Investigations is...

Publication Date: Mar 2011

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Innocent in Death

by J. D. Robb

The phenomenal series set in a future New York City returns as NYPSD Lt. Eve Dallas hunts for the killer of a seemingly ordinary history teacher-and uncovers some extraordinary surprises. Craig Foster's death devastated his young wife, who'd sent him...

Publication Date: Sep 2007

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A Perfect Evil

by Alex Kava

A killer is watching . . . The brutal murders of three young boys paralyze the citizens of Platte City, Nebraska. What's worse is the grim realization that the man recently executed for the crimes was a copycat. When Sheriff Nick Morrelli is...

Publication Date: Jul 2001

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Airtight Case: A Lindsay Chamberlain Novel

by Beverly Connor

divn a seemingly random event, forensic anthropologist Lindsay Chamberlain is attacked and left for dead. Buried in a shallow grave in the woods, she manages to escape, although she suffers from loss of memory as a result of the ordeal.PWhen...

Publication Date: Oct 2002

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Blind Descent (An Anna Pigeon Novel)

by Nevada Barr

A would-be killer is drawing Anna Pigeon deep into the darkness-and closer to hell than she's ever gone before.'Anna Pigeon, the intrepid National Park Service ranger in Nevada Barr's superb wilderness mysteries, has had some perilous experiences...

Publication Date: Apr 1999

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Mrs. Jeffries Holds the Trump

by Emily Brightwell

Mrs. Jeffries must swim upstream to catch a killer. Successful local Michael Provost had no enemies, yet he was found dead off the Chelsea Vestry Wharf. With the help of her staff, Mrs. Jeffries dives into an investigation that leads to an...

Publication Date: Jun 2008

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Murder, She Wrote: A Palette for Murder

by Jessica Fletcher

Jessica Fletcher's mid-summer vacation to New York's famed Hampton beaches turns into a lesson in the art of murder. Indulging in a lifelong passion, she enrolls in an art class, but when the model they had been sketching fails to stir--the victim of...

Publication Date: Oct 1996

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One Grave Less: A Diane Fallon Forensic Investigation

by Beverly Connor

Forensic anthropologist Diane Fallon has tried to put the past behind her, establishing herself as head of the River Trail Museum of Natural History. Late one night at the museum, Diane hears terrified cries and finds an injured man-a former coworker...

Publication Date: Dec 2010

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The Fabric of Sin (Merrily Watkins Mysteries)

by Phil Rickman

Called in secretly to investigate an allegedly haunted house with royal connections, Merrily Watkins, deliverance consultant for the Diocese of Hereford, is exposed to a real and tangible evil. A hidden valley on the...

Publication Date: Jan 2009

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The Lost Art of Gratitude (Isabel Dalhousie)

by Alexander McCall Smith

The sensational sixth installment in the best-selling chronicles of the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie. Isabel's son, Charlie, is now of an age—eighteen months—to have a social life, and so off they go to a birthday party, where,...

Publication Date: Sep 2010

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A Monstrous Regiment of Women of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

by Laurie R. King

In The Beekeeper's Apprentice, Laurie R. King came up with a completely original story that had Sherlock Holmes as one of its principal characters but was in no way part of the Holmes canon. The focus of that book was a young woman, Mary Russell. ...

Publication Date: Dec 1996

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Rattle His Bones: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery

by Carola Dunn

In the summer of 1923, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple makes what should an uneventful research trip to the Museum of Natural History with her nephew Derek and her soon-to-be step-daughter Belinda in tow. But as she interviews the various curators...

Publication Date: Mar 2003

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Six Geese A-Slaying: A Meg Langslow Christmas Mystery (Meg Langslow Mysteries)

by Donna Andrews

Meg and Michael's house is serving as the marshaling point for the annual Caerphilly Christmas parade. The theme is "The Twelve Days of Christmas," and it features twelve drummers from the school marching band, eleven bagpipers, and...

Publication Date: Nov 2009

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The Winter of Her Discontent

by Kathryn Miller Haines

IIt's tough shooting for stardom when there's a war on. But Rosie's got enough pluck for two: she's willing to stumble around in a Broadway dance chorus that she has no right to be a part of, in a musical that's got 'flop' written all over it....

Publication Date: Jul 2008

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A Catered Birthday Party

by Isis Crawford

A Little Taste of Heaven catering certainly knows how to feed people. Dogs, however..? When sisters Bernie and Libby sign on to cater Trudy the Pug's birthday bash, it isn't just any doggie do. Trudy's owner, Annabel Colbert, is one of the richest...

Publication Date: Nov 2010

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A Cookie Before Dying (A Cookie Cutter Shop Mystery)

by Virginia Lowell

POn a stormy night, Olivia Greyson and her Yorkie discover the body of a man stabbed to death-which looks suspiciously like the intruder seen fleeing the local health food store The Vegetable Plate. Charlene Critch, owner of The Vegetable Plate, has...

Publication Date: Dec 2011

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A Diet to Die For ($3.99 value edition) (Claire Malloy Mysteries)

by Joan Hess

Claire Malloy believes there is just one thing better than chocolate....and it's not jumping around in an aerobics class.Nonetheless, she gets roped into accompanying a chubby heiress named Maribeth to Farberville, Arkansas's hottest new fitness...

Publication Date: Jan 2002

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Burn Out

by Marcia Muller

Traumatized by a recent life-or-death investigation, Sharon McCone flees to her ranch in California's high desert country to contemplate her future. Deep depression shadows her days and nights,...

Publication Date: Oct 2009

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Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof: A Dixie Hemingway Mystery (Dixie Hemingway Mysteries)

by Blaize Clement

Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter introduced a winning sleuth in Florida pet sitter Dixie Hemingway, and the next books in the series, Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund and Even Cat Sitters Get the Blues, firmly established author Blaize Clement as a...

Publication Date: Dec 2009

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Going, Going, Ganache

by Jenn McKinlay

A new Cupcake Bakery Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay is icing on the cupcake! After a cupcake-flinging fiasco at a photo shoot for a local magazine, Melanie Cooper and...

Publication Date: Apr 2013

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Hiss of Death: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

by Rita Mae Brown

Ah, spring! The brighter days and singing birds have a way of lifting people's spirits, as well as those of their animal companions. But the season can also bring out the first blossoms of murder. As the redbuds open in Crozet, Virginia, Mary...

Publication Date: Jan 2012

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Red Velvet Revenge (Cupcake Bakery Mystery)

by Jenn McKinlay

From the New York Times bestselling author... It may be summertime, but sales at Fairy Tale Cupcakes are below zero--and owners Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are willing to try anything to heat things up. So when local legend Slim Hazard...

Publication Date: Jul 2012

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Staying Home Is A Killer (Mom Zone Mysteries)

by Sara Rosett

From Publishers Weekly When not organizing closets or toting her toddler on her hip, military wife Ellie Avery sleuths around Greenly Air Force Base in eastern Washington State, which has lately become unsafe for military wives in...

Publication Date: Mar 2008

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To Dream of the Dead (Merrily Watkins Mysteries)

by Phil Rickman

The village of Ledwardine has never been flooded in living memory, but as the river continues to rise with December rains, within days it will be an island. Electricity has been cut and the church is serving...

Publication Date: Dec 2009

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Whisper to the Blood (Kate Shugak Novels)

by Dana Stabenow

Inside Alaska's biggest national park, around the town of Niniltna, a gold mining company has started buying up land. The residents of the Park are uneasy. "But gold is up to nine hundred dollars an ounce" is the refrain of Talia...

Publication Date: Dec 2009

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Wicked Craving (A Savannah Reid Mystery)

by G. A. McKevett

Dr. Robert Wellman claims his breakthrough hypnosis techniques can help anyone shed unwanted fat in record time. But while countless weight-challenged folks have flocked to his popular clinic, most have only lighter wallets to show for it. Still, Dr....

Publication Date: Jan 2011

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A Night of Long Knives (Hannah Vogel)

by Rebecca Cantrell

Journalist Hannah Vogel has vowed to never again set foot in her homeland of Germany while the Nazis are still in power. She has good reason: three years ago in 1931, she kidnapped her "son," Anton, from the man claiming to be his...

Publication Date: Apr 2011

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A Night Too Dark (Kate Shugak Novels)

by Dana Stabenow

In Alaska, somebody disappears every day. Hunters who head into the wilderness… Fishermen who brave the great rivers…Tourists who attempt to do both. In Aleut detective Kate Shugak's Park, people have been falling off the grid quite a bit...

Publication Date: Nov 2010

Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths

Ghost a la Mode: A Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery

Murder, She Wrote: Knock'em Dead

The Spellmans Strike Again

Innocent in Death

A Perfect Evil

Airtight Case: A Lindsay Chamberlain Novel

Blind Descent (An Anna Pigeon Novel)

Mrs. Jeffries Holds the Trump

Murder, She Wrote: A Palette for Murder

One Grave Less: A Diane Fallon Forensic Investigation

The Fabric of Sin (Merrily Watkins Mysteries)

The Lost Art of Gratitude (Isabel Dalhousie)

A Monstrous Regiment of Women of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

Rattle His Bones: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery

Six Geese A-Slaying: A Meg Langslow Christmas Mystery (Meg Langslow Mysteries)

The Winter of Her Discontent

A Catered Birthday Party

A Cookie Before Dying (A Cookie Cutter Shop Mystery)

A Diet to Die For ($3.99 value edition) (Claire Malloy Mysteries)

Burn Out

Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof: A Dixie Hemingway Mystery (Dixie Hemingway Mysteries)

Going, Going, Ganache

Hiss of Death: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

Red Velvet Revenge (Cupcake Bakery Mystery)

Staying Home Is A Killer (Mom Zone Mysteries)

To Dream of the Dead (Merrily Watkins Mysteries)

Whisper to the Blood (Kate Shugak Novels)

Wicked Craving (A Savannah Reid Mystery)

A Night of Long Knives (Hannah Vogel)

A Night Too Dark (Kate Shugak Novels)