Femalesleuth Stories

Amy Ridley and her friend, Sophie, have perfected their chicken soup recipe to compete against other local chefs in the Chicken Soup Showdown. But the charity event has a rocky start when Amy finds the dead body of another competitor. Adding to Amy's stress, the detective in charge of the investigation targets her best friend, Carla, as the chief suspect in the murder. In order to clear her friend's name, Amy conducts her own investigation. Soon her suspect list is longer than the list of ingredients in her secret chicken soup recipe. Can Amy figure out who really killed the celebrity chef? Or will Carla end up in jail?

ONCE LOST is book #10 in the bestselling Riley Paige mystery series, which begins with the #1 bestseller ONCE GONE (Book #1) -a free download with over 1,000 five star reviews! Still reeling from her former partner Lucy's death and from her partner Bill's PTSD, FBI Special Agent Riley Paige does her best to try to keep herself stable and to patch together her family life. She has to decide what to about April's boyfriend, recovering from his abusive father, and about Blaine, who is ready for their relationship to move ahead. But before she can work it out, Riley is summoned for a new case. In an idyllic suburban town in the Midwest, teenage girls are going missing-and a body has already turned up. The police are stumped, and Riley is called in to catch the killer before another girl goes missing. Making things worse is that Riley is assigned a partner she does not want-her nemesis, Special agent Roston-who had been interrogating her in Shane's case. Even worse: Shane is on the loose, he wants revenge-and he has Riley's family in his sights. A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, ONCE LOST is book #10 in a riveting new series-with a beloved new character-that will leave you turning pages late into the night.

A red dawn breaks over winter woodland, where two men stand, pistols drawn. Political strife has come to peaceful Ballater, bringing death in its wake, and Hippolyta Napier is once more drawn to find out more - even when her own life is in danger. This is the third in the Hippolyta Napier series set in 19th. century Scotland. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Murderous-Game-Hippolyta-Napier-Book-ebook/dp/B077G8QWSC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1546250066&sr=8-4&keywords=lexie+conyngham

A murder. A Pie. Multiple suspects. There's 3 things Millicent knows for sure. One, she hates being called Millicent. Two, this is going to be the worst summer ever. Three, she's in need of a cupcake. *** Millie 'Millicent' Morgan is spending the summer with her cousin Kaycee in the town of Hearthe Falls. Things take a turn for the worst when Kaycee is accused of murdering the owner of the competing bakery, Amelia Copper. Vowing to clear Kaycee's name, Millie takes on solving the case but finds more secrets than answers in the small town. It's a tale of mystery, friendship and a bit of love. Ranking: #3 in Teen Mystery 08/05/20 #9 in Mystery 11/20/19 #11 in Sleuth 11/24/19

When Amy Ridley decided to compete in the Kellerton Summer Festival Pie Contest, the last thing she expected was to find the reigning pie queen dead. When Amy receives a note threatening her own life, she decides to investigate the murder herself. It seems that half the town has a reason to kill the mean pie queen. While Amy sifts through a list of suspects she also ends up playing cupid for her love-shy best friend, fending off a baker intent on finding out her prize-winning culinary secrets, and evading the killer who wants to make her the next victim. PLEASE NOTE: This story was previously published on Wattpad on my former publisher's profile, who was incorrectly listed as the author at that time.

Nancy sets out to unveil a Ghostly Legend and to find a Vanished Groom! Touted as the most romantic event to grace the ruined halls of Ireland's Castle Malloy, the Simmons-Mallory wedding was supposed to be a fairytale beginning, but now the groom is missing! Did a banshee crash the wedding or is this a case of cold feet? Nancy Drew, has to unravel the knot of scattered clues and scary superstitions? She will need to catch more than a bridal bouquet to make this a happily ever after!

The Seasons of Canyon Creek Cozy Mystery Series - Book 1 As the small community of Canyon Creek gathers for the annual Christmas parade, there is only one thing missing - Santa. The citizens of Canyon Creek look forward to the annual Christmas festivities. As anticipation builds with each passing float in the parade, everyone eagerly awaits the first glimpse of Santa. Kate and a small group of volunteers have worked tirelessly to deliver a holiday celebration to the small community, but will it go off without a hitch murder?

Amy Ridley is as excited as everyone else in Kellerton, Michigan to have DIY Home Improvement star, Phoebe Plymouth, come to town for the first annual Cabin Fever Cure event. However, the TV star's prickly personality quickly turns people off. When she's found dead, at the business owned by Amy's husband, the hunt is on to catch the killer before his professional reputation is ruined.

"A masterpiece of thriller and mystery! The author did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side that is so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout the book. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page." --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) ONCE COLD is book #8 in the bestselling Riley Paige mystery series, which begins with the #1 bestseller ONCE GONE (Book #1)-a free download with over 900 five star reviews! There is one cold case that has plagued Special Agent Riley Paige for her entire career, dwelling at the corners of her consciousness, forcing her to return to it again and again. The only case she has never solved, she has finally put it out of her mind. Until she gets a call from the murdered victim's mother. It spurs Riley to face the case once again, and to not give up until she has found answers. Yet Riley barely has time to catch her breath when she receives a lead for another cold case, one which, if possible, strikes an even deeper note within her. It is a lead that promises to solve the case of her own mother's killer. And it comes from Shane Hatcher. A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, ONCE COLD is book #8 in a riveting new series-with a beloved new character-that will leave you turning pages late into the night. Book #9 in the Riley Paige series will be available soon.

On Oct. 1, 1947, Paul Jasper Monroe was lynched at Hangman's Oak. He was a decorated WWII veteran. He was Black. He was also Gay. Despite rumors, no one was ever arrested. Sixty-eight years later on the anniversary of Monroe's murder, George Armstrong Cutter, often suspected as one of the killers, was found hanging from Hangman's Oak. Revenge or Justice?

Amy Bishop is special and only a handful of people know how special, but all she wants, is to live a normal life, to find a place where she belongs, but when a serial killer threatens to rip her world apart, she is forced to take action and risk the possibility of revealing her true self.

From #1 bestselling mystery author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense. In A TRACE OF MURDER (Book #2 in the Keri Locke mystery series), Keri Locke, Missing Persons Detective in the Homicide division of the LAPD, remains haunted by the abduction of her own daughter. Encouraged by the new lead that has landed, the first in years, she pursues it with all that she has, determined to find her daughter and bring her back alive. Yet Keri, at the same time, receives a phone call from a frantic husband, a famed Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, who reports that his wife has been missing for two days. A wealthy socialite with no enemies and little reason to leave her life, he fears the worst has become of his wife. Keri takes on the case, assigned a new partner whom she hates, as Ray still recovers in the hospital. Her investigation leads her deep into the elite Beverly Hills world of the idle rich, to encounters with lonely housewives, and those with shopping-addicted, empty lives. Keri, in over her head in this world, becomes increasingly puzzled by the conflicting signals: did this woman, with a stalker and a lurid, secret past, run away, or was she abducted? Or did something far more sinister happen? A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, A TRACE OF MURDER is book #2 in a riveting new series-and a beloved new character-that will leave you turning pages late into the night. "A masterpiece of thriller and mystery! The author did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side that is so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout the book. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page." --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) Book #3 in the Keri Locke series will be available soon.

San Diego Detective MaKenzie Young is a functional alcoholic who's job is on the rocks, new partner is way too hot, and a cunning serial killer who has her struggling to connect the dots. Can Mac catch a killer before she's the next victim? The Last File, my latest release is featured in the Death and Damages Boxed Set.

All Lexi wants to do is get through the day at her boring temp job with Green Hand Insurance. That's until she discovers the vice president, Martin Dean, in a pool of blood and herself at the center of an investigation into insurance fraud. Millions of dollars are missing, the chief suspect is dead and her mysterious, sexy, new boss is not what he seems. Recruited by the joint task force working on the case, all Lexi has to do is work out who killed Dean and where the missing millions are. That's easier said than done when her sister insists upon the baby shower to end all baby showers, her wise-ass cop family just wants to keep her safe, someone keeps leaving her creepy gifts, and all the clues point to a seedy sex club on the wrong side of town. As the bodies start to pile up, Lexi is on a race against time to find the killer and the money, before she's the next one in the murderer's sights.

The distant Scottish spa town of Ballater seems a world away from the stylish and familiar streets of Georgian Edinburgh, but recently married Hippolyta Napier is making a new life amidst its dark woods and pure, flowing waters. But suspicion, intrigue and death await both inside and outside her new home, and the forces of nature take few prisoners. The first in the Hippolyta Napier murder mystery series set in mid 19th century Scotland. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Knife-Darkness-Hippolyta-Napier-Book-ebook/dp/B01N1K4683/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1546274949&sr=1-1&keywords=lexie+conyngham+a+knife+in+darkness

Amy Ridley's best friend, Carla, is getting married, and Amy is delighted to be recruited as the head wedding planner-even if Carla's bridal demands aren't exactly conventional. Navigating the world of nuptials becomes the least of Amy's problems when the owner of a menswear shop is found dead, and Carla's fiancé is assigned to the case as the lead detective. Amy and Carla vow to help track down the killer to save the wedding and honeymoon plans. Soon they discover there are even more sinister happenings affecting the businesses in downtown Kellerton, Michigan.

"A masterpiece of thriller and mystery! The author did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side that is so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout the book. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page." --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) ONCE FORSAKEN is book #7 in the bestselling Riley Paige mystery series, which begins with the #1 bestseller ONCE GONE (Book #1)-a free download with over 700 five star reviews! When Special Agent Riley Paige finally decides to take a well-needed rest from the FBI, a request for help comes from the most unlikely source: her own daughter. April's best friend is devastated by the death of her sister, a freshman at Georgetown. Worse, she is convinced that the suicide was staged, and that her sister was murdered at the hands of a serial killer. Riley reluctantly looks into the case, only to discover that two other freshman girls at Georgetown recently killed themselves in the same grotesque way-by hanging. As she realizes foul play may be afoot, she brings in the FBI. The case takes Riley deep into the privileged campus of one of the world's most esteemed universities, into the unsettling world of the wealthy and driven families that pushed their children to succeed. In time she discovers that this case is far more twisted than it seems-and that she just may be up against the most psychotic killer of her career. A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, ONCE FORSAKEN is book #7 in a riveting new series-with a beloved new character-that will leave you turning pages late into the night. Book #8 in the Riley Paige series will be available soon.

When Psychology Professor Pamela Barnes discovers her department's star researcher strangled to death in the computer lab, she's determined to find out who did it. Will an accidental recording of the murder allow Pamela to use her expertise in acoustics to identify the killer? A unique cozy mystery--set in the world of academia and high-stakes research--full of excitement, humor, and romance.

Candy Hale, a self-professed self-love guru, author of the book and course: Mission: Epic Self-love, therapist and motivational speaker is found murdered with pages from her own book stuffed down her throat. Journalist and private investigator, Alex Goldfinger tracks onto the story when she receives an anonymous email stating Candy had to die because she was inauthentic and living a lie. Curious, Alex begins to investigate; an affair with a clients' significant other and shady business dealings proves the self-help guru was indeed not living her truth and was making enemies along the way. Born to expose lies and uncover the truth, Alex navigates her way through the dark side of therapy and extramarital affairs to find a killer. Who killed Candy? Will Alex be next?