Funny Female Amateur Detectives

Dating dead men

Harley Jane Kozak.

Mystery


I gave you my heart, but you sold it online

Dixie Cash.

Mystery

Readers that love smart, sassy fiction with some down-home Texas humor will love this smashing follow-up to Cash's hardcover debut, "My Heart May Be Broken, But My Hair Still Looks Great."


Bubbles unbound

Sarah Strohmeyer.

Mystery


The big nap

Ayelet Waldman.

Mystery


Long time no see

by Susan Isaacs.

Mystery



Agatha Raisin and the quiche of death

M.C. Beaton.

Mystery

When Mrs. Agatha Raisin decides to retire early to the English Cotswolds, she envisions herself enjoying all that country life has to offer: garden parties, tea at the vicarage, and a cozy home far from the noise and smell of London. Life in the village of Carsley is not as Agatha anticipated, however. Much to her surprise, she doesn't attract much interest among the villagers. No one comes to call; there are no invitations to tennis or tea. A mi...


The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Alexander McCall Smith.

Mystery

"Precious Ramotswe has opened Botswana's first and only detective agency staffed by women. Smith traverses this landscape with an air of simplicity, euphony, and harmony, never patronizing Precious and never boring the reader"--Barbara Peters, "The Poisoned Pen."


Dating is murder : a novel

Harley Jane Kozak.

Mystery

Wollie Shelley, the plucky amateur sleuth Kirkus Reviews called funny, brave, smart, and altogether the fetchingest crime heroine since the early Stephanie Plum, returns to face suspect lovers and unlovable suspects in this hilarious sequel to Dating Dead Men. Wollie Shelley is a greeting card artist struggling to keep afloat financially and to pursue, despite a series of recent disasters, the search for the love of her life. She reluctantly ag...


One for the money

Janet Evanovich.

Mystery

Watch out, world. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey. She's a product of the "burg," a blue-collar pocket of Trenton where houses are attached and narrow, cars are American, windows are clean, and (God forbid you should be late) dinner is served at six....


Goodnight nobody : a novel

Jennifer Weiner.

Mystery

"New York Times" bestselling author Weiners newest audiobook is the story of a young mothers move to a postcard-perfect Connecticut town and the secrets she uncovers there. Abridged. 5 CDs.


This pen for hire : a Jaine Austen mystery

Laura Levine.

Mystery

In the first novel of her wickedly witty new mystery series, Levine introduces Jaine Austen, a hip, jack-of-all-trades writer who finds herself investigating the Valentine's Day death of a girl bludgeoned with a Thigh Master.