Best Women Sleuths Books

Best Seller Free Women Sleuths Books of 2023

  • Kayli Unknown reviews

    Kayli Unknown Book Reviews

    William Wresch

    A tiny bar in a tiny Wisconsin town. Suddenly the front of the bar explodes as a young girl smashes a car through the wall. Kat rushes to help her as the roof of the bar collapses....

  • An Invitation to Murder reviews

    An Invitation to Murder Book Reviews

    A.G. Barnett

    She used to solve murders on tv, now she needs to solve one for real Mary Blake had it all. Actress, icon and darling of the nation, she was the queen of TV crime drama. Then she t...

  • Lake of Lies reviews

    Lake of Lies Book Reviews

    Kate Gable

    When a young woman’s lifeless body is found with strangulation marks not far from her tent, Detective Charlotte Pierce heads to the small mountain town of Quail Lake to investigate...

  • Critical Vulnerability reviews

    Critical Vulnerability Book Reviews

    Melissa F. Miller

    In this smart, gripping thriller from  USA Today  bestselling author Melissa F. Miller, federal prosecutor Aroostine Higgins' most critical vulnerability is ...

  • 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...

  • 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 ...

  • Murder, Curlers, and Cream reviews

    Murder, Curlers, and Cream Book Reviews

    Arlene McFarlane

    "Smart, entertaining, and laughoutloud funny!" Liliana Hart, New York Times Bestselling Author Valentine Beaumont is a beautician with a problem. Not only has she got a m...

  • Mist at the Beach House reviews

    Mist at the Beach House Book Reviews

    Victoria LK Williams

    Murder, Mermaids, and a Kitten from the Mist. Morgan Seaver returns to her family home on Pearl Island, expecting a warm welcome. Instead, she finds her aunt has been murdered, and...

  • Calculated Deception reviews

    Calculated Deception Book Reviews

    K.T. Lee

    Dr. Ree Ryland must work with the FBI to catch a criminal before time runs out in this charming, characterdriven read. Dr. Ree Ryland is an engineering professor who loves her job ...

  • I Have a Secret reviews

    I Have a Secret Book Reviews

    Cheryl Bradshaw

    "The ending is a complete surprise!" Reader  Doug Ward has been running from his past for twenty years. But after his fourth whisky of the night, his steely res...

  • 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 ...

  • 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...

  • Irreparable Harm reviews

    Irreparable Harm Book Reviews

    Melissa F. Miller

    Skillful plotting, surprising twists, and a brisk pace keep readers turning the pages in this gripping debut from a USA Today bestselling author, the first entry in a longrunning s...

  • 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...

  • Death by Chocolate reviews

    Death by Chocolate Book Reviews

    Sally Berneathy

    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR First book in the Death by Chocolate series Lindsay Powell's only secret is the recipe for her chocolate chip cookies, but she is surrounded by ne...

  • Killer Christmas reviews

    Killer Christmas Book Reviews

    Harper Lin

    From 3x  USA TODAY  Bestselling Author Harper Lin: The 1st novella in a 4book holiday cozy mystery series. Includes holiday drink recipes!  Afte...

  • The Woman on the Island reviews

    The Woman on the Island Book Reviews

    Ann Cleeves

    New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves returns with a delicious short story featuring DCI Vera Stanhope as a young woman, and also including an excerpt from the next Vera Stanhope n...

  • Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes reviews

    Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes Book Reviews

    Denise Grover Swank

    The first book in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series.<br> <br> For Rose Gardner, working at ...

  • Worst Laid Plans reviews

    Worst Laid Plans Book Reviews

    Claire Robyns

    All Maddox Storm wanted was to come home to Silver Firs and lie low while her divorce goes through. And maybe get a little sweet (totally innocent) revenge. But everything goes out...

  • Murder on Tyneside reviews

    Murder on Tyneside Book Reviews

    Eileen Thornton

    Delightfully entertaining." Readers' Favorite Recently widowed Agnes Lockwood is spending a few days on Tyneside in Northeast England, catching up with her past. When ex...

  • Love Me Dead reviews

    Love Me Dead Book Reviews

    Lisa Renee Jones

    The first in the Lilah Love, Umbrella Man, duet... Women are dying. The killer wants to play a game with Lilah Love. Lilah doesn't play games, she doesn't submit to deman...

  • 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....

  • Deadly Pattern reviews

    Deadly Pattern Book Reviews

    N Gray

    When a standard medical procedure ends with a girl missing and another dead, the case lands on Dana's desk to solve before time runs out. Kidnappings, deceit, and murderthis i...

  • All Eyes on Me reviews

    All Eyes on Me Book Reviews

    Linsey Lanier

    Nobody deserves to die that way. In the Las Vegas desert a once famous pop singer lies dead, the only clue to her murder a bizarre disfigurement. To avoid the hassle of a media fre...

  • Secret Seal Isle Mysteries Books 1-3 reviews

    Secret Seal Isle Mysteries Books 1-3 Book Reviews

    Lucy Quinn

    This is a box set of the first three Secret Seal Isle Mysteries Books: New Corpse in Town  FBI agent Cookie James is enjoying her extended leave from the agency on Secret ...

  • When Murder Comes Home reviews

    When Murder Comes Home Book Reviews

    Shana Frost

    Drawing out his gun, he pushed open the door. A dark abyss glared back. He took out his torch and flashed it around… Callan's broad shoulders slumped, and he let out a breath ...

  • Louisiana Longshot reviews

    Louisiana Longshot Book Reviews

    Jana DeLeon

    It was a hell of a long shot.... CIA assassin Fortune Redding is about to undertake her most difficult mission everin Sinful, Louisiana. With a leak at the CIA and a price placed o...

  • Macaron Murder reviews

    Macaron Murder Book Reviews

    Harper Lin

    The culinary mystery series that takes you on a tour of Paris! Includes 5 Special French Macaron Recipes. French native Clémence Damour returns to Paris after traveling ar...

  • The Salish Sea reviews

    The Salish Sea Book Reviews

    Susan Lund

    A girl with no name... Penny doesn't remember much about her childhood and what she does remember isn't all that great. She and her mother moved too many times to a serie...

  • Trouble Has A Tail reviews

    Trouble Has A Tail Book Reviews

    Victoria LK Williams

     Barney's Tale... When Megan's daughter Emma surprises her with a beagle puppy named Barney, Megan is hesitant at first. But as she gets to know the lovable and ...

  • Beach Kill reviews

    Beach Kill Book Reviews

    Phyllis Smallman

    Beach Kill is the second book in the Singer Brown series.  The first book won a gold medal from the Independent Publishers book awards in 2014.   After her life o...

  • Color Me Crazy reviews

    Color Me Crazy Book Reviews

    Molly Dox

    Jersey girl and beauty shop owner Annie Addison is ready to enjoy the quiet offseason in her beachside town. When a longtime resident drops dead, all unmanicured fingers point to A...

  • Count Your Hexes reviews

    Count Your Hexes Book Reviews

    Wendy Meadows

    Was Daniel George an unfortunate victim of some dark magic, or some invisible revenge? In the sleepy tourist town of Wickrock Bay, Maine, Mimi's artifact and antique shop is a...

  • Killing Rebecca reviews

    Killing Rebecca Book Reviews

    K. J. North

    Private Investigators Troy and Eva Winters Deadly Motives Series Book 1 An Ordinary Life… Marni Rome lives a happy life with her husband and two beautiful children. Her heart is fi...

  • Death Comes to Town reviews

    Death Comes to Town Book Reviews

    K.J. Emrick

    Darcy Sweet would like to think that she is just an ordinary woman, happy in her life running the Sweet Read bookstore. But she isn't ordinary. She has a connection to the oth...

  • Girl Hidden reviews

    Girl Hidden Book Reviews

    Kate Gable

    Don’t run after me… A family is found dead in their home. The only survivor is the teenage daughter who managed to escape the burning house.  Who killed them? And why? Det...

  • Malevolent reviews

    Malevolent Book Reviews

    Jana DeLeon

    From New York Times bestselling author Jana DeLeon, the first in a new thriller series. Everyone wondered about Shaye Archer’s past. Including Shaye. Share Archer’s life effectivel...

  • Gored of the Rings reviews

    Gored of the Rings Book Reviews

    Elise Sax

    "Fans of laughoutloud romantic suspense will enjoy this author as she joins the ranks of Janet Evanovich, Katie MacAllister, and Jennifer Crusie." Booklist "Elise ...

  • No Game for a Dame reviews

    No Game for a Dame Book Reviews

    M. Ruth Myers

    A .38, a nip of gin and sensational legs get Depressionera private investigator Maggie Sullivan out of most scrapes – until a stranger threatens to bust her nose, she’s hauled in o...

  • 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...

  • Frozen reviews

    Frozen Book Reviews

    Ann Cleeves

    As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves' popularity explodes in print and on TV, this gripping eshort, "Frozen," will introduce readers to the inimitable DI Vera St...

  • Baking is Murder reviews

    Baking is Murder Book Reviews

    Kathy Cranston

    Springdale is the same quaint little town Jessie Henderson remembers from her childhood... until somebody winds up dead. It was supposed to be a fresh start after losing her job an...

  • 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...

Best Seller Paid Women Sleuths Books of 2023

  • Kayli Unknown reviews

    Kayli Unknown Book Reviews

    William Wresch

    A tiny bar in a tiny Wisconsin town. Suddenly the front of the bar explodes as a young girl smashes a car through the wall. Kat rushes to help her as the roof of the bar collapses....

  • An Invitation to Murder reviews

    An Invitation to Murder Book Reviews

    A.G. Barnett

    She used to solve murders on tv, now she needs to solve one for real Mary Blake had it all. Actress, icon and darling of the nation, she was the queen of TV crime drama. Then she t...

  • Lake of Lies reviews

    Lake of Lies Book Reviews

    Kate Gable

    When a young woman’s lifeless body is found with strangulation marks not far from her tent, Detective Charlotte Pierce heads to the small mountain town of Quail Lake to investigate...

  • Critical Vulnerability reviews

    Critical Vulnerability Book Reviews

    Melissa F. Miller

    In this smart, gripping thriller from  USA Today  bestselling author Melissa F. Miller, federal prosecutor Aroostine Higgins' most critical vulnerability is ...

  • 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...

  • 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 ...

  • Murder, Curlers, and Cream reviews

    Murder, Curlers, and Cream Book Reviews

    Arlene McFarlane

    "Smart, entertaining, and laughoutloud funny!" Liliana Hart, New York Times Bestselling Author Valentine Beaumont is a beautician with a problem. Not only has she got a m...

  • Mist at the Beach House reviews

    Mist at the Beach House Book Reviews

    Victoria LK Williams

    Murder, Mermaids, and a Kitten from the Mist. Morgan Seaver returns to her family home on Pearl Island, expecting a warm welcome. Instead, she finds her aunt has been murdered, and...

  • Calculated Deception reviews

    Calculated Deception Book Reviews

    K.T. Lee

    Dr. Ree Ryland must work with the FBI to catch a criminal before time runs out in this charming, characterdriven read. Dr. Ree Ryland is an engineering professor who loves her job ...

  • I Have a Secret reviews

    I Have a Secret Book Reviews

    Cheryl Bradshaw

    "The ending is a complete surprise!" Reader  Doug Ward has been running from his past for twenty years. But after his fourth whisky of the night, his steely res...

  • 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 ...

  • 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...

  • Irreparable Harm reviews

    Irreparable Harm Book Reviews

    Melissa F. Miller

    Skillful plotting, surprising twists, and a brisk pace keep readers turning the pages in this gripping debut from a USA Today bestselling author, the first entry in a longrunning s...

  • 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...

  • Death by Chocolate reviews

    Death by Chocolate Book Reviews

    Sally Berneathy

    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR First book in the Death by Chocolate series Lindsay Powell's only secret is the recipe for her chocolate chip cookies, but she is surrounded by ne...

  • Killer Christmas reviews

    Killer Christmas Book Reviews

    Harper Lin

    From 3x  USA TODAY  Bestselling Author Harper Lin: The 1st novella in a 4book holiday cozy mystery series. Includes holiday drink recipes!  Afte...

  • The Woman on the Island reviews

    The Woman on the Island Book Reviews

    Ann Cleeves

    New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves returns with a delicious short story featuring DCI Vera Stanhope as a young woman, and also including an excerpt from the next Vera Stanhope n...

  • Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes reviews

    Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes Book Reviews

    Denise Grover Swank

    The first book in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series.<br> <br> For Rose Gardner, working at ...

  • Worst Laid Plans reviews

    Worst Laid Plans Book Reviews

    Claire Robyns

    All Maddox Storm wanted was to come home to Silver Firs and lie low while her divorce goes through. And maybe get a little sweet (totally innocent) revenge. But everything goes out...

  • Murder on Tyneside reviews

    Murder on Tyneside Book Reviews

    Eileen Thornton

    Delightfully entertaining." Readers' Favorite Recently widowed Agnes Lockwood is spending a few days on Tyneside in Northeast England, catching up with her past. When ex...

  • Love Me Dead reviews

    Love Me Dead Book Reviews

    Lisa Renee Jones

    The first in the Lilah Love, Umbrella Man, duet... Women are dying. The killer wants to play a game with Lilah Love. Lilah doesn't play games, she doesn't submit to deman...

  • 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....

  • Deadly Pattern reviews

    Deadly Pattern Book Reviews

    N Gray

    When a standard medical procedure ends with a girl missing and another dead, the case lands on Dana's desk to solve before time runs out. Kidnappings, deceit, and murderthis i...

  • All Eyes on Me reviews

    All Eyes on Me Book Reviews

    Linsey Lanier

    Nobody deserves to die that way. In the Las Vegas desert a once famous pop singer lies dead, the only clue to her murder a bizarre disfigurement. To avoid the hassle of a media fre...

  • Secret Seal Isle Mysteries Books 1-3 reviews

    Secret Seal Isle Mysteries Books 1-3 Book Reviews

    Lucy Quinn

    This is a box set of the first three Secret Seal Isle Mysteries Books: New Corpse in Town  FBI agent Cookie James is enjoying her extended leave from the agency on Secret ...

  • When Murder Comes Home reviews

    When Murder Comes Home Book Reviews

    Shana Frost

    Drawing out his gun, he pushed open the door. A dark abyss glared back. He took out his torch and flashed it around… Callan's broad shoulders slumped, and he let out a breath ...

  • Louisiana Longshot reviews

    Louisiana Longshot Book Reviews

    Jana DeLeon

    It was a hell of a long shot.... CIA assassin Fortune Redding is about to undertake her most difficult mission everin Sinful, Louisiana. With a leak at the CIA and a price placed o...

  • Macaron Murder reviews

    Macaron Murder Book Reviews

    Harper Lin

    The culinary mystery series that takes you on a tour of Paris! Includes 5 Special French Macaron Recipes. French native Clémence Damour returns to Paris after traveling ar...

  • The Salish Sea reviews

    The Salish Sea Book Reviews

    Susan Lund

    A girl with no name... Penny doesn't remember much about her childhood and what she does remember isn't all that great. She and her mother moved too many times to a serie...

  • Trouble Has A Tail reviews

    Trouble Has A Tail Book Reviews

    Victoria LK Williams

     Barney's Tale... When Megan's daughter Emma surprises her with a beagle puppy named Barney, Megan is hesitant at first. But as she gets to know the lovable and ...

  • Beach Kill reviews

    Beach Kill Book Reviews

    Phyllis Smallman

    Beach Kill is the second book in the Singer Brown series.  The first book won a gold medal from the Independent Publishers book awards in 2014.   After her life o...

  • Color Me Crazy reviews

    Color Me Crazy Book Reviews

    Molly Dox

    Jersey girl and beauty shop owner Annie Addison is ready to enjoy the quiet offseason in her beachside town. When a longtime resident drops dead, all unmanicured fingers point to A...

  • Count Your Hexes reviews

    Count Your Hexes Book Reviews

    Wendy Meadows

    Was Daniel George an unfortunate victim of some dark magic, or some invisible revenge? In the sleepy tourist town of Wickrock Bay, Maine, Mimi's artifact and antique shop is a...

  • Killing Rebecca reviews

    Killing Rebecca Book Reviews

    K. J. North

    Private Investigators Troy and Eva Winters Deadly Motives Series Book 1 An Ordinary Life… Marni Rome lives a happy life with her husband and two beautiful children. Her heart is fi...

  • Death Comes to Town reviews

    Death Comes to Town Book Reviews

    K.J. Emrick

    Darcy Sweet would like to think that she is just an ordinary woman, happy in her life running the Sweet Read bookstore. But she isn't ordinary. She has a connection to the oth...

  • Girl Hidden reviews

    Girl Hidden Book Reviews

    Kate Gable

    Don’t run after me… A family is found dead in their home. The only survivor is the teenage daughter who managed to escape the burning house.  Who killed them? And why? Det...

  • Malevolent reviews

    Malevolent Book Reviews

    Jana DeLeon

    From New York Times bestselling author Jana DeLeon, the first in a new thriller series. Everyone wondered about Shaye Archer’s past. Including Shaye. Share Archer’s life effectivel...

  • Gored of the Rings reviews

    Gored of the Rings Book Reviews

    Elise Sax

    "Fans of laughoutloud romantic suspense will enjoy this author as she joins the ranks of Janet Evanovich, Katie MacAllister, and Jennifer Crusie." Booklist "Elise ...

  • No Game for a Dame reviews

    No Game for a Dame Book Reviews

    M. Ruth Myers

    A .38, a nip of gin and sensational legs get Depressionera private investigator Maggie Sullivan out of most scrapes – until a stranger threatens to bust her nose, she’s hauled in o...

  • 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...

  • Frozen reviews

    Frozen Book Reviews

    Ann Cleeves

    As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves' popularity explodes in print and on TV, this gripping eshort, "Frozen," will introduce readers to the inimitable DI Vera St...

  • Baking is Murder reviews

    Baking is Murder Book Reviews

    Kathy Cranston

    Springdale is the same quaint little town Jessie Henderson remembers from her childhood... until somebody winds up dead. It was supposed to be a fresh start after losing her job an...

  • 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...