Best Women Sleuths Books

Best Free Women Sleuths Books of 2024

  • A Cutthroat Business reviews

    A Cutthroat Business Book Reviews

    Jenna Bennett

    Savannah Martin has always been a good girl, doing what was expected and fully expecting life to fall into place in its turn. But when her perfect husband turns out to be a lying, ...

  • The Girl From Paradise Hill reviews

    The Girl From Paradise Hill Book Reviews

    Susan Lund

    Tess returns home to bury her father but what she finds buried in his attic makes her question everything she thought she knew about the mildmannered trucker… PARADISE HILL, WASHIN...

  • Flo Charts reviews

    Flo Charts Book Reviews

    Sam Cheever

    Come to Silver Hills. Where new friends are made and a grim reaper is born. Agnes Willard is moving into Silver Hills. She's worried about the change and concerned about fitti...

  • Greed reviews

    Greed Book Reviews

    C.M. Sutter

    Washburn County Deputy Amber Monroe is following in the footsteps of her sister, Jade. She devours everything she can during her detective training in hopes of being promoted soon....

  • Silent as the Grave reviews

    Silent as the Grave Book Reviews

    Cheryl Bradshaw

    Enter the life of private investigator Sloane Monroe as she investigates her first murder mystery. 38yearold Rebecca Barlow drops her son off at her parents' home, promising t...

  • Humpty Bumpkin reviews

    Humpty Bumpkin Book Reviews

    Sam Cheever

    She's just a country girl who loves her dog. But her life is about to get less countrified and more...erm...homicide. Deer Hollow is a small community built in a verdant, roll...

  • Haircut and Highlights reviews

    Haircut and Highlights Book Reviews

    Janie Owens

    Abby, the owner of Goldilocks Hair Salon, is shocked when she finds blood at the entrance of her salon. She has a soft spot for a homeless woman named Rose, who she wants to rehabi...

  • Too Far to Fall reviews

    Too Far to Fall Book Reviews

    Shane Sawyer

    A pretty little town An inheritance A breakin A body Edie Doyle may be new in town, but she's about to uncover longheld secrets. Secrets someone will do anything to protect. W...

  • Malevolent reviews

    Malevolent Book Reviews

    Jana DeLeon

    Emma Frederick bolts upright in bed, pulse racing. It must be a bad dream. Except it’s not. Crrrrrreeeeeeeeaaaaaaakkkkkkk. The sound of the loose step sends her body into overdrive...

  • Her Deadly End reviews

    Her Deadly End Book Reviews

    Tikiri Herath

    A serial killer is hiding in plain sight. No one is safe in this seaside town. Not even FBI Special Agent Tanya Stone and her K9, Max. Paradise Cove is the perfect vacation getaway...

  • Trouble in Mudbug reviews

    Trouble in Mudbug Book Reviews

    Jana DeLeon

    Scientist Maryse Robicheaux thought that a lot of her problems had gone away with her motherinlaw’s death. The woman was rude, pushy, manipulative and used her considerable wealth ...

  • A Murder Spells Trouble reviews

    A Murder Spells Trouble Book Reviews

    K.J. Emrick & S.J. Wells

    The Secrets in Shadow Lake Run Deep... Nobody but a chosen few know the real history of the town, or what lies beneath the still surface of the lake... As members of the Kilorian C...

  • I Always Wanted to be a Spy reviews

    I Always Wanted to be a Spy Book Reviews

    Judith A. Barrett

    Librarian with the soul of a warrior. Maggie Sloan survives an explosion and begins the slow healing process with the help of her unusual team.  When a heartwrenching murd...

  • Mist at the Beach House reviews

    Mist at the Beach House Book Reviews

    Victoria LK Williams

    Murder & Mermaid Legends… not the normal mystery. When Morgan Seaver returns to her family's beach house on Pearl Island, she is expecting a warm welcome. Instead, she...

  • The Silent Dolls reviews

    The Silent Dolls Book Reviews

    Rita Herron

    Silent tears trickle down her cheeks as she curls inside the tiny cavelike space. She lies on her side, darkness all around her, rubbing her fingers over the little wooden doll he’...

  • The Honeymoon Homicide reviews

    The Honeymoon Homicide Book Reviews

    J. R. Mathis & Susan Mathis

    Enjoy this SmallTown Murder Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing Couple I'm Father Tom Greer, a Catholic Priest in a smalltown parish who never expected this . . . When I came...

  • Dead Before The Wedding reviews

    Dead Before The Wedding Book Reviews

    Ruby Blaylock

    Life in a small town can be murder... Meet Carly Keene. She's a professional photographer, parttime bakery employee, and a small town girl who loves everything about ...

  • Dead Copy reviews

    Dead Copy Book Reviews

    Kit Frazier

    Twentysomething Cauley MacKinnon is dying to escape the obituary beat and become a real reporter for the Austin Sentinel. Her best chance at a frontpage scoop disappeared when she ...

  • Death Takes A Break reviews

    Death Takes A Break Book Reviews

    Vikki Walton

    Fleeing demanding work stress, nurse Christie Taylor returns home only to land in a sticky situation a shady land grab, a corpse, and a determined killer. Can this amateur sleuth ...

  • Partners reviews

    Partners Book Reviews

    Mimi Barbour

    Suspenseful and fastpaced, this revamped short story will introduce you to crime in Las Vegas and to the people who fight that crime, Detective Aurora Morelli and Detective Kai Law...

  • The Fairytale Killer reviews

    The Fairytale Killer Book Reviews

    LJ Bourne

    The hunt for a savage serial killer is on in this gripping female protagonist crime thriller by LJ Bourne. In dark alleyways of the city, a ruthless serial killer is on the loose. ...

  • Closure reviews

    Closure Book Reviews

    Randall Wood

    When a prominent lawyer is shot while waiting at a suburban stop sign it sets off a nationwide manhunt for an elusive killer. Special Agent Jack Randall of the FBI finds himself ap...

  • Murder in the South of France reviews

    Murder in the South of France Book Reviews

    Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Maggie Newberry is a whipsmart advertising copywriter who’s fast on her feet and a little stunned to realize that she’s over 30 and still hasn’t found true love. When her longmissi...

  • From the Ashes reviews

    From the Ashes Book Reviews

    Sabrina Flynn

    A gentleman detective and a headstrong heiress clash in a battle of wits. Murder, mayhem, and a dash of romance in Victorian San Francisco.  An "actionpacked mystery&...

  • Blind Bake reviews

    Blind Bake Book Reviews

    Denise Grover Swank

    When a young woman is at the wrong place at the wrong time, she becomes a person of interest in a murder investigation. Maddie Baker just wants to make ends meet. She gave up her s...

  • Pride of Lions reviews

    Pride of Lions Book Reviews

    Jullian Scott

    A dead cheerleader. A town with a violent past. You can run from your demons, but you can't escape evil. Eliza Kingston moved away from Silver Lake twenty years ago after a tr...

  • Reckless reviews

    Reckless Book Reviews

    Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Mia Kazmaroff has a gift nobody wants. She's able to tell the story behind any object simply by touch. This gift comes in handy when her only brother, a detective with the Atl...

  • A Hiss-tory of Magic reviews

    A Hiss-tory of Magic Book Reviews

    Harper Lin

    Three witches and their magical cats solve paranormal murder cases in the mystical town of Wonder Falls. From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin. Cath Greenstone, her...

  • Retribution reviews

    Retribution Book Reviews

    C.M. Sutter

    The violent drugrelated murders of two prominent attorneys have the homicide division of the Chicago Police Department scrambling for answers, but without clues, a motive, or a sus...

  • Killing Time in Georgia reviews

    Killing Time in Georgia Book Reviews

    Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Step into the exciting and tumultuous world of 1920s Savannah with 2023 police dispatcher Georgia Belle who is thrust into the past and into the center of a sinister mystery with p...

  • Code Blues reviews

    Code Blues Book Reviews

    Melissa Yi

    What if a brilliant killer stalks the halls of a Montreal hospital, and you're the only one who knows? Dr. Hope Sze dives into her family medicine residency braced for anythin...

  • Snapped reviews

    Snapped Book Reviews

    C.M. Sutter

    Murder happens in Houston, but when the most recent murders take on disturbing similarities, local law enforcement officers fear a serial killer is roaming their streets. Former sh...

  • Losing Your Head reviews

    Losing Your Head Book Reviews

    Clare Kauter

    She’ll clear his name of murder – if she doesn’t kill him first. Checkoutchick turned amateur sleuth Charlie Davies at your service. My nemesis has been accused of offing his billi...

Best Paid Women Sleuths Books of 2024

  • A Cutthroat Business reviews

    A Cutthroat Business Book Reviews

    Jenna Bennett

    Savannah Martin has always been a good girl, doing what was expected and fully expecting life to fall into place in its turn. But when her perfect husband turns out to be a lying, ...

  • The Girl From Paradise Hill reviews

    The Girl From Paradise Hill Book Reviews

    Susan Lund

    Tess returns home to bury her father but what she finds buried in his attic makes her question everything she thought she knew about the mildmannered trucker… PARADISE HILL, WASHIN...

  • Flo Charts reviews

    Flo Charts Book Reviews

    Sam Cheever

    Come to Silver Hills. Where new friends are made and a grim reaper is born. Agnes Willard is moving into Silver Hills. She's worried about the change and concerned about fitti...

  • Greed reviews

    Greed Book Reviews

    C.M. Sutter

    Washburn County Deputy Amber Monroe is following in the footsteps of her sister, Jade. She devours everything she can during her detective training in hopes of being promoted soon....

  • Silent as the Grave reviews

    Silent as the Grave Book Reviews

    Cheryl Bradshaw

    Enter the life of private investigator Sloane Monroe as she investigates her first murder mystery. 38yearold Rebecca Barlow drops her son off at her parents' home, promising t...

  • Humpty Bumpkin reviews

    Humpty Bumpkin Book Reviews

    Sam Cheever

    She's just a country girl who loves her dog. But her life is about to get less countrified and more...erm...homicide. Deer Hollow is a small community built in a verdant, roll...

  • Haircut and Highlights reviews

    Haircut and Highlights Book Reviews

    Janie Owens

    Abby, the owner of Goldilocks Hair Salon, is shocked when she finds blood at the entrance of her salon. She has a soft spot for a homeless woman named Rose, who she wants to rehabi...

  • Too Far to Fall reviews

    Too Far to Fall Book Reviews

    Shane Sawyer

    A pretty little town An inheritance A breakin A body Edie Doyle may be new in town, but she's about to uncover longheld secrets. Secrets someone will do anything to protect. W...

  • Malevolent reviews

    Malevolent Book Reviews

    Jana DeLeon

    Emma Frederick bolts upright in bed, pulse racing. It must be a bad dream. Except it’s not. Crrrrrreeeeeeeeaaaaaaakkkkkkk. The sound of the loose step sends her body into overdrive...

  • Her Deadly End reviews

    Her Deadly End Book Reviews

    Tikiri Herath

    A serial killer is hiding in plain sight. No one is safe in this seaside town. Not even FBI Special Agent Tanya Stone and her K9, Max. Paradise Cove is the perfect vacation getaway...

  • Trouble in Mudbug reviews

    Trouble in Mudbug Book Reviews

    Jana DeLeon

    Scientist Maryse Robicheaux thought that a lot of her problems had gone away with her motherinlaw’s death. The woman was rude, pushy, manipulative and used her considerable wealth ...

  • A Murder Spells Trouble reviews

    A Murder Spells Trouble Book Reviews

    K.J. Emrick & S.J. Wells

    The Secrets in Shadow Lake Run Deep... Nobody but a chosen few know the real history of the town, or what lies beneath the still surface of the lake... As members of the Kilorian C...

  • I Always Wanted to be a Spy reviews

    I Always Wanted to be a Spy Book Reviews

    Judith A. Barrett

    Librarian with the soul of a warrior. Maggie Sloan survives an explosion and begins the slow healing process with the help of her unusual team.  When a heartwrenching murd...

  • Mist at the Beach House reviews

    Mist at the Beach House Book Reviews

    Victoria LK Williams

    Murder & Mermaid Legends… not the normal mystery. When Morgan Seaver returns to her family's beach house on Pearl Island, she is expecting a warm welcome. Instead, she...

  • The Silent Dolls reviews

    The Silent Dolls Book Reviews

    Rita Herron

    Silent tears trickle down her cheeks as she curls inside the tiny cavelike space. She lies on her side, darkness all around her, rubbing her fingers over the little wooden doll he’...

  • The Honeymoon Homicide reviews

    The Honeymoon Homicide Book Reviews

    J. R. Mathis & Susan Mathis

    Enjoy this SmallTown Murder Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing Couple I'm Father Tom Greer, a Catholic Priest in a smalltown parish who never expected this . . . When I came...

  • Dead Before The Wedding reviews

    Dead Before The Wedding Book Reviews

    Ruby Blaylock

    Life in a small town can be murder... Meet Carly Keene. She's a professional photographer, parttime bakery employee, and a small town girl who loves everything about ...

  • Dead Copy reviews

    Dead Copy Book Reviews

    Kit Frazier

    Twentysomething Cauley MacKinnon is dying to escape the obituary beat and become a real reporter for the Austin Sentinel. Her best chance at a frontpage scoop disappeared when she ...

  • Death Takes A Break reviews

    Death Takes A Break Book Reviews

    Vikki Walton

    Fleeing demanding work stress, nurse Christie Taylor returns home only to land in a sticky situation a shady land grab, a corpse, and a determined killer. Can this amateur sleuth ...

  • Partners reviews

    Partners Book Reviews

    Mimi Barbour

    Suspenseful and fastpaced, this revamped short story will introduce you to crime in Las Vegas and to the people who fight that crime, Detective Aurora Morelli and Detective Kai Law...

  • The Fairytale Killer reviews

    The Fairytale Killer Book Reviews

    LJ Bourne

    The hunt for a savage serial killer is on in this gripping female protagonist crime thriller by LJ Bourne. In dark alleyways of the city, a ruthless serial killer is on the loose. ...

  • Closure reviews

    Closure Book Reviews

    Randall Wood

    When a prominent lawyer is shot while waiting at a suburban stop sign it sets off a nationwide manhunt for an elusive killer. Special Agent Jack Randall of the FBI finds himself ap...

  • Murder in the South of France reviews

    Murder in the South of France Book Reviews

    Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Maggie Newberry is a whipsmart advertising copywriter who’s fast on her feet and a little stunned to realize that she’s over 30 and still hasn’t found true love. When her longmissi...

  • From the Ashes reviews

    From the Ashes Book Reviews

    Sabrina Flynn

    A gentleman detective and a headstrong heiress clash in a battle of wits. Murder, mayhem, and a dash of romance in Victorian San Francisco.  An "actionpacked mystery&...

  • Blind Bake reviews

    Blind Bake Book Reviews

    Denise Grover Swank

    When a young woman is at the wrong place at the wrong time, she becomes a person of interest in a murder investigation. Maddie Baker just wants to make ends meet. She gave up her s...

  • Pride of Lions reviews

    Pride of Lions Book Reviews

    Jullian Scott

    A dead cheerleader. A town with a violent past. You can run from your demons, but you can't escape evil. Eliza Kingston moved away from Silver Lake twenty years ago after a tr...

  • Reckless reviews

    Reckless Book Reviews

    Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Mia Kazmaroff has a gift nobody wants. She's able to tell the story behind any object simply by touch. This gift comes in handy when her only brother, a detective with the Atl...

  • A Hiss-tory of Magic reviews

    A Hiss-tory of Magic Book Reviews

    Harper Lin

    Three witches and their magical cats solve paranormal murder cases in the mystical town of Wonder Falls. From USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin. Cath Greenstone, her...

  • Retribution reviews

    Retribution Book Reviews

    C.M. Sutter

    The violent drugrelated murders of two prominent attorneys have the homicide division of the Chicago Police Department scrambling for answers, but without clues, a motive, or a sus...

  • Killing Time in Georgia reviews

    Killing Time in Georgia Book Reviews

    Susan Kiernan-Lewis

    Step into the exciting and tumultuous world of 1920s Savannah with 2023 police dispatcher Georgia Belle who is thrust into the past and into the center of a sinister mystery with p...

  • Code Blues reviews

    Code Blues Book Reviews

    Melissa Yi

    What if a brilliant killer stalks the halls of a Montreal hospital, and you're the only one who knows? Dr. Hope Sze dives into her family medicine residency braced for anythin...

  • Snapped reviews

    Snapped Book Reviews

    C.M. Sutter

    Murder happens in Houston, but when the most recent murders take on disturbing similarities, local law enforcement officers fear a serial killer is roaming their streets. Former sh...

  • Losing Your Head reviews

    Losing Your Head Book Reviews

    Clare Kauter

    She’ll clear his name of murder – if she doesn’t kill him first. Checkoutchick turned amateur sleuth Charlie Davies at your service. My nemesis has been accused of offing his billi...