Women sleuths Books

The fourth in Dark Passage's reissue series of crime mysteries by June Wright, The Devil's Caress, originally published in 1952, is a tense psychological thriller set on the wild southern coast of the Mornington Peninsula, outside Melbourne...

Age range 12+Mother Paul, June Wright's beloved nun-detective, returns to her sleuthing ways after she takes up a new position as warden of a student hall of residence at the University of Melbourne.No sooner has Judith Mornane arrived on campus than she...

June Wright had already published three popular mysteries by the time she created her most memorable detective, the Reverend Mother Mary St Paul of the Cross. The kindly Mother Paul may seem vague and otherwordly, but little escapes her attention - she...

A Rediscovered Queen of Australian Crime Melbourne-born June Wright made quite a splash with the publication of her debut novel, Murder in the Telephone Exchange, in 1948. It was the bestselling mystery in Australia that year, sales outstripping...

From the iconic houseboats of Seattle's Lake Union to the stunning San Juan Islands, The ComplicationBased on a shocking true story of medical wrongdoing, The Complication is Dr. DeathThe strong female protagonists-a brilliant but chaotic lawyer and a...

An atmospheric, entertaining new mystery series introducing a plucky heroine and set in the world's most famous hotel.It's 1968. London is in full swing and the Savoy Hotel is at the height of its legendary glitz and glamour, welcoming the rich, famous...

Criminologist and foodie Cait Morgan was looking forward to her dream vacation in Mexico with her boyfriend Bud Anderson. She wasn't anticipating a fresh corpse on the floor of a local florist's shop, and she definitely wasn't expecting Bud to become the...

A device that can save a life is also one that can end itKadence, a new type of implanted defibrillator, misfires in a patient visiting University Hospital for a routine medical procedure-causing the heart rhythm problem it's meant to correct. Dr. Kate...

End-of-life care-or assisted death When her elderly patients start dying at home days after minor surgery, anesthesiologist Dr. Kate Downey wants to know why. The surgeon, not so much. "Old people die, that's what they do," is his response. When Kate...

Dashed dreams: she wanted to run for president one day, now she' s dead at 20When Riley Hunt- a beautiful, smart, popular student at Easton College in Manhattan- is brutally murdered, it becomes a big story for TV newswoman Clare Carlson.After days of...

In the latest installment of the Ava Lee novels, Ava becomes embroiled in a violent war between feuding gangs vying for control of the Wanchai territory in Hong Kong.Ava is in Shanghai visiting her ailing friend, the Mountain Master Xu, when a triad war...

A dead employee. A missing child. Anonymous phone calls in the dead of night. Judi Westerholme's troubles aren't over yet...Already struggling to juggle co-running the local pub with her childcare responsibilities for her orphaned...

"VERDICT: Waters's first novel is an engrossing mix of small-town lack of privacy, quirky friendships, feisty women, and several plot twists that truly do surprise . . ." -Library Journal"The Dead Won't Tell is a remarkable and impressive debut." -Kris...