▪ Sheryl J. Anderson’s Molly Forrester (Manhattan advice columnist and amateur sleuth) Begin with: Killer Heels
▪ Jennifer Apodaca’s Samantha Shaw (Widow and dating service owner in the process of reinventing herself) Begin with: Dating Can Be Murder
▪ Nancy Bartholo-mew's Sierra Lavotini (Blonde bombshell exotic dancer who catches bad guys on the side) Begin with: Miracle Strip
▪ Nancy Bush’s Jane Kelly (Ex-process server, reluctant sleuth who enjoys a good drink and has a likable dog) Begin with: Candy Apple Red
▪ Meg Cabot’s Heather Wells (Teen music idol turned NYU residential advisor) Begin with: Size 12 is Not Fat
▪ Tori Carrington’s Sofie Metropolis (Feisty Greek-Ameri-can P.I., newly un-engaged and resident of Queens) Begin with: Sofie Metropolis
▪ Jill Churchill’s Jane Jeffry (Mother of three, chairperson of numerous committees, and part-time sleuth) Begin with: Grime and Punishment
▪ Selma Eichler's Desiree Shapiro (Desiree is a full-figured gumshoe with a mind as sharp as a Cuisinart and a queen-sized talent for sleuthing.) Begin with: Murder Can Kill Your Social Life
▪ Susan Kandel’s Cece Caruso (Messy, witty, vintage clothing-wearing Hollywood biography writer) Begin with: I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason
▪ Harley Jane Kozak’s Wollie Shelley (London sculptor with a mind two steps below the gutter and an attitude to match) Begin with: Dating Dead Men
▪ Lisa Lutz’s Izzy Spellman (Reluctant member of her dysfunctional family’s detective business) Begin with: The Spellman Files
▪ G.A. McKevett Savannah Reid Myster-ies (When she's told she's too fat to stay on the Southern California police force, Savannah opens up her own detective agency and soon finds herself investigating a murder.) Begin with: Just Desserts
▪ Katy Munger’s Casey Jones (Durham PI using an illegal license thanks to a short stint in a Florida jail) Begin with: Legwork ▪ Sarah Strohmeyer’s Bubbles Yablonski (Brassy former hairdresser, sometimes journalist, and queen of the tube tops who, with daughter Jane, always seems to find trouble) Begin with: Bubbles Unbound
▪ Kathy Hogan Trocheck’s Callahan Garrity (Former cop and failed gumshoe now running a cleaning service in Atlanta) Begin with: Every Crooked Nanny ...Or These Titles
▪ Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos by Donna Andrews At the celebration of the British surrender at Yorktown, craftswoman Meg Langslow finds herself investigating a murder while trying to stay on the right side of her future mother-in-law.
▪ Permed to Death by Nancy Cohen Florida beauty salon proprietor Marla Shore discovers a unique talent for unraveling mysteries when she sets out to investigate the shocking murder of one of her customers, a wealthy widow, in posh Palm Haven, Florida.
▪ Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie Rescued during a break-in by an unlikely hit man who has been directed by the mob to protect her, food writer Agnes Crandall finds her situation further complicated by a missing cache of money that becomes a key factor in a Southern mafia wedding. ▪ Skinny-Dipping by Claire Hamner Matturro After representing a client in a kayak whiplash case, Lilly almost suffers a case of her own when she is ambushed at her office. Who would want to attack a tofu-eating attorney? And why? Lilly has an unorthodox and hilarious way of finding out. ▪ Maggie Needs an Alibi by Kasey Michaels The last thing historical mystery writer Maggie Kelly needs is an arrogant man. But when aristocratic sleuth Alexandre Blake walks off the pages of her latest novel into her New York apartment, that's just what she gets. He becomes useful when Maggie is suspected of killing her ex-boyfriend. ▪ Dating Can Be Deadly by Wendy Roberts Tabitha Emery, gifted with the second sight, longs to drink butterscotch schnapps with her girlfriends, but instead finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation due to her premonitions, putting her own life in danger when the killer sets his sights on her. ▪ Digging Up Momma by Sarah Shankman Receiving a convincing letter from her mother, whom she had believed died 30 years ago in a plane crash, Samantha Adams is baffled and travels to Santa Fe, the source of the letter, to investigate. ▪ False Profits by Patricia Smiley Thirty year-old, divorced, Porsche-driving Tucker Sinclair has a big future ahead of her at an L.A. financial advisory firm until she’s accused of doctoring a business plan. ▪ Murdering Mr. Monti by Judith Viorst Brenda Kovner is not looking for a killer; she wants to be the killer. Brenda's neighbor Mr. Monti is out to harm her family, and she wants to stop him. ▪ If Looks Could Kill by Kate White When her boss's nanny is murdered, Bailey Weggins is persuaded to find the killer before the police, an investigation that takes her from New York City to the glamorous retreats of Bucks County, where everyone is a suspect.
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