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A Samantha True Mystery: Series Intro (3 Book Boxset)
Series: A Samantha True Mystery, Book 7. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 214,280. Language: English. Originally Published: September 17, 2023 by Kristi Rose. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Warning: These books may cause spontaneous laughter. This twisty mystery series offers a good whodunnit, witty banter, characters you'll want to be friends, and is a perfect escape to the Pacific Northwest. Laughing out loud in public may cause curious glances from strangers. Book 1: One Hit Wonder (Series Prequel) Do your job or move along already. Trouble is, Samantha's in too deep to do...
A Most Efficient Murder
Series: The Mr. Quayle Mysteries, Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 77,100. Language: English. Originally Published: April 3, 2022 by Ink and Dagger Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
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When a party thrown by the reclusive Lord Unsworth is marred by murder, his loyal secretary, Mr. Quayle, must unravel a web of red-herrings and old family secrets in this "English country house mystery infused with humor, verve, and plenty of surprises." (Kirkus Reviews) "I do not wish to disturb you, your grace, but there is a body in the garden…" England, 1925. When a strange young woman is...
Terror In Topaz
Series: HARRIET GORDON MYSTERIES, Book 4. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 91,800. Language: English. Published: October 18, 2023 by Oportet Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
Following the explosive events that concluded EVIL IN EMERALD, Inspector Robert Curran has disappeared from Singapore. Harriet has been dismissed from the job she loved and finds herself cast adrift. The opportunity to pursue a new opportunity in Kuala Lumpur takes Harriet and Julian north for a pleasant weekend with friends ... but death is waiting for them!
Laevium
Series: The Cerulean Airship, Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 61,570. Language: English. Originally Published: December 7, 2020 by Ruxandra Tarca. Categories: Fiction » Alternative history, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
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Building Her Majesty's new airship for the Engineers World Gathering is no small matter. Especially when a groundbreaking discovery is at stake, and dark secrets are lurking in the shadows. In a Neo-Victorian London of mechanical horses and aerial gondotrams, airship engineer Jasper Kendall Asher has a bright future ahead as the youngest member of the Engineers Order and a secret agent in Her...
Radio Silent
Series: Paige Turner Mysteries, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 81,360. Language: English. Published: September 12, 2023 by Tudor Robins. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
A long-lost sister. A new disappearance. A journalist called home to face her haunted past. When another woman vanishes in broad daylight from the same countryside community where Paige's sister disappeared fifteen years ago, the past and present blur in a chilling echo of familiar rumours and unsettling memories. With no investigation or news coverage to counter the widespread gossip painting...
The Girl Who Cried Too Much
Series: The McClintock-Carter Crime Thriller Trilogy, Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 71,480. Language: English. Originally Published: January 19, 2019 by S. E. Lund. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
THREE COLD CASES CLOSED With the closure of the oldest cold case in Paradise Hill, and the potential closure of two more, amateur sleuth and crime reporter Tess McClintock continues to work with FBI Special Agent Michael Carter. When doubts about the killer's identity arise, Tess and Michael to dig deeper into the cases, with help from members of The Missing - the internet sleuth group Tess...
The Georgia Rae Winston Mysteries Books 1-3
Series: Georgia Rae Winston Mystery Collections, Book 1. Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 170,930. Language: English. Originally Published: October 16, 2021 by Cimelia Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Christian » Suspense, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Farmer and amateur sleuth Georgia Rae Winston is searching for love and solving mysteries in the charming town of Wildcat Springs with the help of her quirky neighbors and faithful friends. This Christian cozy mystery collection includes Deadly Harvest, Deadly Holiday, and Deadly Heritage. Deadly Harvest All Georgia Rae Winston wants is to fall in love. Life, of course, has other plans. Georgia...
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Homicide
Series: Yule Notch, Book 1. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 29,750. Language: English. Published: November 16, 2023 by Leighann Dobbs. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
When Annie Winters inherits her great-aunt's cherished Yule Drop Inn, nestled in the heart of the Christmas-themed town of Yule Notch, New Hampshire, she envisions a life filled with festive cheer, jingle bells, and holiday warmth. What she doesn't expect is to be investigating her great-aunts accidental death as a murder.
Blind Men Don't Dial Zero
Series: Sleuths of Last Resort. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 92,050. Language: English. Published: August 13, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British
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INTRODUCING THE SLEUTHS OF LAST RESORTS: Police say the case is open-and-shut. The heir to a massive fortune slaughters his parents, confesses to the crimes, then turns the gun on himself. His grandfather says, "Not so fast." With the case now closed, the wealthy mogul assembles his own crack team of detectives—five amateur sleuths with a nose for mystery and a need to prove themselves…
An Act of Misfortune
Series: Acts Of Misfortune Series, Book 1. Price: $3.49 USD. Words: 51,160. Language: English. Originally Published: January 30, 2023 by J&R Fan Fiction. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Check out Stephen John latest book, The Spirit of Christmas. Has the Swamp Team 3 finally met their match? Fortune finds herself pitted against a deadly adversary, Alex Ripley, a former military assassin and undefeated professional boxer, turned killer-for-hire. Gertie stumbles on a dead body and a rare bird, thought to be extinct. When fellow investigator Brennan Noble ties those two events...
Grady Lake
Series: Grady Lake Mystery Series, Book 1. Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 59,700. Language: English. Published: September 30, 2023 by J. L. Hyde. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Sometimes the darkest secrets are just beneath the surface Two missing girls. One lake. Twenty years apart. Katie Benard reluctantly returns home to Grady Lake two decades after her older sister Malorie disappeared without a trace, a story that has captivated the nation since the day she was reported missing in 2003. After leaving home years ago, Katie is overjoyed to reunite with her childhood...
The Jewel Cage
Series: The House of Closed Doors, Book 4. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 144,750. Language: English. Originally Published: December 14, 2020 by Aspidistra Press. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Does love conquer all? Nell's not so sure. Adjusting to wedlock isn't easy for a woman whose initial aversion to the married state took her to the Poor Farm. When a tragedy out of the blue prompts her to repay past debts, her charitable instincts threaten to wreck her happy new life. What does she really want—and what does she really need? Attraction to an old friend shakes Tess's world. Can...
Death at the Theatre
Series: Miss Hart and Miss Hunter Investigate, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 53,240. Language: English. Originally Published: September 16, 2021 by Isaro Publishing Ltd. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
London, 1932. Kitchen maid, Joan Hart, and lady's maid, Verity Hunter, intend to enjoy their trip to the theatre, especially as Verity's uncle Tommy is one of the leading men in the play. Unfortunately, Act Two of the play is curtailed when the lights come up in the interval, and the girls realise a man has been stabbed to death almost under their very noses. The case reunites the servant...
Poisoned Primrose
Series: Motts Cold Case Mystery Series, Book 1. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 50,720. Language: English. Originally Published: July 25, 2020 by Tangled Tree Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Autistic, asexual, and almost forty, Pineapple "Motts" Mottley flees London with her cat and turtle to a quaint cottage in Cornwall. She craves the peace of life in a small village. The dead body buried in her garden isn't quite what she had in mind, though. Unable to resist her curiosity, she falls directly into a mess of trouble and runs head-first into the attractive detective inspector, Teo...
Outside the Circle Mystery: Boxed Set Books 1-3
Series: Outside the Circle Mystery Boxed Sets and Bundles, Book 1. Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 172,390. Language: English. Originally Published: September 23, 2023 by Shereen Vedam. Categories: Fiction » Fairy tales, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Do you believe in magic? A Grimm descendant, with a family legacy of saving innocents, is drawn to solve supernatural mysteries in present-day Britain. Book 1: Death Takes a Detour Feuding with her over-protective mother, Abigail Grimshaw rebelliously stops at St. Michael's church against her mother's order to "hurry home," and runs straight into danger. Book 2: Death Shifts Gears Abbie must...
A Crime at Christmas
Series: Miss Hart and Miss Hunter Investigate, Book 5. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 39,850. Language: English. Published: November 7, 2023 by Isaro Publishing Ltd. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
Mistletoe, maidservants and missing diamonds: a historical mystery for Christmas
Had a Great Fall
Series: Olivia Thompson Mysteries, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 39,610. Language: English. Originally Published: June 5, 2016 by Jullian Scott. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Olivia Thompson Mysteries Book Two: A serial killer is on the loose in Chicago. When Dani Jeffries wakes up in a dark cell, she learns that she is about to become the latest victim. As a shadowy figure comes for her at night, she finds herself face-to-face with an unimaginable monster. Olivia Thompson has recovered from her physical injuries, but she is still haunted by memories of things that...
The Mary-Alice Files Books 1-4
Series: Miss Fortune World: The Mary-Alice Files. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 78,890. Language: English. Originally Published: August 20, 2019 by Hawaiian Heritage Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Traditional British, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
This box set contains four licensed novellas in the Miss Fortune universe. Mary-Alice Moves In Bayou Busybody The Vanishing Victim Aloha, Y'all Includes Recipes
The Hidden House Murders
Series: Miss Hart and Miss Hunter Investigate, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 59,010. Language: English. Originally Published: September 16, 2021 by Isaro Publishing Ltd. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
It is 1934. Returning to the West Country after their latest adventure in London, lady's maid Verity Hunter and cook Joan Hart are ready to embrace a quieter life. Their mistress, the glamorous young heiress Dorothy Drew, is attempting to rein in her enthusiasm for too many cocktails and takes up the offer of a place to rest and recuperate from an old family friend, Mrs Ashford. All seems well...
Fortune Kookies
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 63,760. Language: English. Originally Published: November 19, 2021 by J&R Fan Fiction. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
CHECK OUT THE VERY LATEST MISFORTUNE NOVEL BY STEPHEN JOHN, ENTITLED An Act of Misfortune. Gertie's arch-rival enters a contest at Kookies Comedy Club, planning to use the prize money to coerce the school board into renaming the high school theater to The Celia Arceneaux Theater. Gertie enters the contest hoping to foil the plan. As it turns out, comedy is not the only thing happening at...