000204

Spunky Women Sleuths

Authors & Titles

• Argula, Anne: Quinn series
  
  1. Homicide My Own
     
  2. Walla Walla Suite
     
  3. Krapp's Last Cassette
     
• Baker, Lise S.: The Loser's Club
  
• Barnes, Linda: Carlotta Carlyle series
  
  1. A Trouble of Fools
     
  2. The Snake Taboo
     
  3. Coyote
     
  4. Steel Guitar
     
  5. Snapshot
     
  6. Hardware
     
  7. Cold Case
     
  8. Flashpoint
     
  9. The Big Dig
     
  10. Deep Pockets
      
  11. Heart of the World
      
  12. Lie Down with the Devil
      
• Barr, Nevada: Anna Pigeon series
  
  1. Track of the Cat
     
  2. A Superior Death
     
  3. Ill Wind
     
  4. Firestorm
     
  5. Endangered Species
     
  6. Blind Descent
     
  7. Liberty Falling
     
  8. Deep South
     
  9. Blood Lure
     
  10. Hunting Season
      
  11. Flashback
      
  12. High Country
      
  13. Hard Truth
      
  14. Winter Study
      
  15. Borderline
      
  16. Burn
      
• Bishop, Paul: Fey Croaker LAPD series
  
  1. Kill Me Again
     
  2. Twice Dead
     
  3. Tequila Mockingbird
     
  4. Chalk Whispers
     
• Black, Cara: Aimeè Leduc series
  
  1. Murder in the Marais
     
  2. Murder in Belleville
     
  3. Murder in the Sentier
     
  4. Murder in the Bastille
     
  5. Murder in Clichy
     
  6. Murder in Montmarte
     
  7. Murder on the Ile Saint-Louis
     
  8. Murder in the Rue de Paradis
     
  9. Murder in the Latin Quarter
     
  10. Murder in the Palais Royal
      
• Bland, Eleanor Taylor: Marti McAllister series
  
  1. Dead Time
     
  2. Slow Burn
     
  3. Gone Quiet
     
  4. Done Wrong
     
  5. Keep Still
     
  6. See No Evil
     
  7. Tell No Tales
     
  8. Scream in Silence
     
  9. Whispers in the Dark
     
  10. Fatal Remains
      
  11. A Cold and Silent Dying
      
• Block, Barbara: Robin Light series
  
  1. Chutes and Adders
     
  2. Twister
     
  3. In Plain Sight
     
  4. The Scent of Murder
     
  5. Vanishing Act
     
  6. Endangered Species
     
  7. Blowing Smoke
     
  8. Rubbed Out
     
  9. Salt City Blues
     
• Blundy, Anna: Faith Zanetti series
  
  1. Vodka Neat
     
  2. Breaking Faith
     
• Brooks, Patricia: Molly Piper series
  
  1. Falling From Grace
     
  2. But For the Grace
     
• Brown, Steve: Susan Chase series (aka Generation X series)
  
  1. Color Her Dead
     
  2. Stripped to Kill
     
• Burke, Alafair: Samantha Kincaid series
  
  1. Judgment Calls
     
  2. Missing Justice
     
  3. Close Case
     
• Burke, Jan: Irene Kelly series
  
  1. Goodnight, Irene
     
  2. Sweet Dreams, Irene
     
  3. Dear Irene
     
  4. Remember Me, Irene
     
  5. Hocus
     
  6. Liar
     
  7. Bones
     
  8. Flight
     
  9. Bloodlines
     
• Butler, Rachel: Selena McCaffrey series
  
  1. The Assassin
     
  2. Deep Cover
     
• Casey, Kathryn: Sarah Armstrong series
  
  1. Singularity
     
  2. Blood Lines
     
• Chambers, Christopehr: Angela Bivens series
  
  1. Sympathy for the Devil
     
• Cole, Meredith: Lydia McKenzie series
  
  1. Posed for Murder
     
  2. Dead in the Water
     
• Compton, Jodi: Sarah Pribek series
  
  1. The 37th Hour
     
  2. Sympathy Between Humans
     
• Cornwell, Patricia: Kay Scarpetta series
  
  1. Postmortem
     
  2. Body of Evidence
     
  3. All That Remains
     
  4. Cruel and Unusual
     
  5. The Body Farm
     
  6. From Potters Field
     
  7. Cause of Death
     
  8. Unnatural Exposure
     
  9. Point of Origin
     
  10. Black Notice
      
  11. The Last Precinct
      
  12. Blow Fly
      
  13. Trace
      
  14. Predator
      
  15. Book of the Dead
      
  16. Scarpetta
      
  17. The Scarpetta Factor
      
  18. Port Mortuary
      
  19. Red Mist
      (related nonfiction) The Unofficial Patricia Cornwell Companion by George Beahm
      
• Crais, Robert: Demolition Angel
  
• Cray, David: Julia Brennan & Peter Foley series
  
  1. Little Girl Blue
     
  2. What You Wish For
     
• Cutler, Judith: Kate Power series
  
  1. Power on Her Own
     
  2. Staying Power
     
• Davis, Val: Nicolette Scott series
  
  1. Track of the Scorpion
     
  2. Flight of the Serpent
     
  3. Wake of the Hornet
     
  4. Thread of the Spider
     
• Dawson, Janet: Jeri Howard series
  
  1. Kindred Crimes
     
  2. Till the Old Men Die
     
  3. Take a Number
     
  4. Don't Turn Your Back on the Ocean
     
  5. Nobody's Child
     
  6. A Credible Threat
     
  7. Witness to Evil
     
  8. Where the Bodies Are Buried
     
  9. A Killing at the Track
     
• Deaver, Jeffrey: Kathryn Dance series
  
  1. The Cold Moon
     
  2. The Sleeping Doll
     
  3. Roadside Crosses
     
• Dreyer, Eileen: With A Vengeance
  
• Emley, Diane: Nan Vining series
  
  1. The First Cut
     
  2. Cut to the Quick
     
  3. The Deepest Cut
     
• Fairstein, Linda: Alexandra Cooper series
  
  1. Final Jeopardy
     
  2. Likely to Die
     
  3. Cold Hit
     
  4. The Deadhouse
     
  5. The Bone Vault
     
  6. The Kills
     
  7. Entombed
     
  8. Death Dance
     
  9. Bad Blood
     
  10. Killer Heat
      
  11. Lethal Legacy
      
  12. Hell Gate
      
• Fate, Robert: Baby Shark series
  
  1. Baby Shark
     
  2. Baby Shark's Beaumont Blues
     
  3. Baby Shark's High Plains Redemption
     
  4. Baby Shark's Jugglers at the Border
     
• Flora, Kate (Clark): Thea Kozak series
  
  1. Chosen for Death
     
  2. Death in a Funhouse Mirror
     
  3. Death at the Wheel
     
  4. An Educated Death
     
  5. Death in Paradise
     
  6. Liberty or Death
     
• Freedman, J.F.: House of Smoke
  
• Gardiner, Meg: Evan Delaney series
  
  1. China Lake
     
  2. Mission Canyon
     
  3. Jericho Point
     
  4. Crosscut
     
  5. Kill Chain
     
  6. The Nightmare Thief
     (NOTE: This title is also part of the Jo Beckett series, listed under Forensic Detectives)
     
• Garland, Ardella: see Joe, Yolanda (below)
  
• Gash, Jonathan: Dr. Clare Burtonall series
  
  1. Different Women Dancing
     
  2. Prey Dancing
     
• Grafton, Sue: Kinsey Millhone series:
  
  1. A is for Alibi
     
  2. B is for Burglar
     
  3. C is for Corpse
     
  4. D is for Deadbeat
     
  5. E is for Evidence
     
  6. F is for Fugitive
     
  7. G is for Gumshoe
     
  8. H is for Homicide
     
  9. I is for Innocent
     
  10. J is for Judgment
      
  11. K is for Killer
      
  12. L is for Lawless
      
  13. M is for Malice
      
  14. N is for Noose
      
  15. O is for Outlaw
      
  16. P is for Peril
      
  17. Q is for Quarry
      
  18. R is for Ricochet
      
  19. S is for Silence
      
  20. T is for Trespass
      
  21. U is for Undertow
      
  22. V is for Vengeance
      
• Griffith, Nicola: Aud Torvingen series
  
  1. The Blue Place
     
  2. Griffith, Nicola: Stay
     
• Gross, Ken: Maggie Van Zandt series
  
  1. Full Blown Rage
     
  2. The Talk Show Defense
     
• Harris, Charlaine: Lily Bard series (aka Shakespeare series)
  
  1. Shakespeare's Landlord
     
  2. Shakespeare's Champion
     
  3. Shakespeare's Christmas
     
  4. Shakespeare's Trollop
     
• A Hell of a Woman (edited by Megan Abbott)
  
• Henderson, Lauren: Sam Jones series
  
  1. Black Rubber Dress
     
  2. Freeze My Margarita
     
  3. Strawberry Tattoo
     
  4. Chained
     
  5. Pretty Boy
     
• Henry, Angela: Kendra Clayton series
  
  1. The Company You Keep
     
  2. Tangled Roots
     
• Hoag, Tami: Dark Horse
  
• Houston, Victoria: Loon Lake Fishing series (aka Lew Ferris series)
  
  1. Dead Angler
     
  2. Dead Creek
     
  3. Dead Water
     
  4. Dead Frenzy
     
  5. Dead Hot Mama
     
  6. Dead Jitterbug
     
  7. Dead Boogie
     
  8. Dead Madonna
     
  9. Dead Hot Shot
     
• I'd Kill for That (edited by Marcia Talley)
  
• Joe, Yolanda (writing as Ardella Garland): Georgia Barnett series
  
  1. Details at Ten
     
  2. Hit Time
     
  3. Video Cowboys
     
• Kadow, Jeannine: Lacie Wagner series
  
  1. Burnout
     
  2. Dead Tide
     
• Kandel, Susan: Cece Caruso series
  
  1. I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason
     
  2. Not a Girl Detective
     
  3. Sam Spade in the Green Room
     
  4. Christietown
     
  5. Dial H for Hitchcock
     
• Kellerman, Jonathan: Petra Connor series
  
  1. A Cold Heart
     
  2. Twisted
     
• Kelley, Norman: Nina Halligan series
  
  1. Black Heat
     
  2. The Big Mango
     
• Kent, Bill: Andrea Cosicki & Shep Ladderback series
  
  1. Street Money
     
  2. Street Hungry
     
  3. Street Fighter
     
  4. Street Legal
     
• Kijewski, Karen: Kat Colorado series
  
  1. Katwalk
     
  2. Katapult
     
  3. Kat's Cradle
     
  4. Copy Kat
     
  5. Wild Kat
     
  6. Alley Kat Blues
     
  7. Honky Tonk Kat
     
  8. Kat Scratch Fever
     
  9. Stray Kat Waltz
     
• Kling, Christine: Seychelle Sullivan series
  
  1. Surface Tension
     
  2. Cross Current
     
  3. Bitter End
     
  4. Wrecker's Key
     
• Krich, Rochelle: Molly Blume series
  
  1. Blues in the Night
     
  2. Dream House
     
  3. Grave Endings
     
• Krieg, Joyce: Shauna Bogart series (aka Talk Radio series)
  
  1. Murder Off Mike
     
  2. Slip Cue
     
  3. Riding Gain
     
• La Plante, Lynda: Anna Travis series
  
  1. Above Suspicion
     
  2. The Red Dahlia
     
  3. Clean Cut
     
  4. Deadly Intent
     
  5. Silent Scream
     
• La Plante, Lynda: Lorraine Page series
  
  1. Cold Shoulder
     
  2. Cold Blood
     
  3. Cold Heart
     
• Ladd, Linda: Claire Morgan series
  
  1. Head to Head
     
• Lane, Vicki: Elizabeth Goodweather series
  
  1. Signs in the Blood
     
  2. Art's Blood
     
• Lange, Kelly: Maxi Poole series
  
  1. The Reporter
     
  2. Dead File
     
  3. Graveyard Shift
     
• Lippman, Laura: Tess Monaghan series
  
  1. Baltimore Blues
     
  2. Charm City
     
  3. Butchers Hill
     
  4. In Big Trouble
     
  5. The Sugar House
     
  6. In a Strange City
     
  7. The Last Place
     
  8. By A Spider's Thread
     
  9. No Good Deeds
     
  10. Another Thing to Fall
      
• Lordon, Randye: Sydney Sloane series:
  
  1. Brotherly Love
     
  2. Sister's Keeper
     
  3. Father Forgive Me
     
  4. Mother May I
     
  5. Say Uncle
     
  6. East of Niece
     
  7. Son of a Gun
     
• Martinez, Michele: Melanie Vargas series
  
  1. Most Wanted
     
     
  2. The Finishing School
     
  3. Cover-Up
     
  4. Notorious
     
• Matthews, Alex: Cassidy McCabe series (therapist)
  
  1. Secret's Shadow
     
  2. Satan's Silence
     
  3. Vendetta's Victim
     
  4. Wanton's Web
     
  5. Cat's Claw
     
• McClendon, Lise: Dorie Lennox series
  
  • One O'Clock Jump
    
  • Sweet and Lowdown
    
• McGraw, Marja: Sandi Webster series
  
  1. A Well-Kept Family Secret
     
  2. Bubba's Ghost
     
  3. Prudy's Back
     
  4. The Bogey Man
     
• Mickelbury, Penny: Carole Ann Gibson series
  
  1. One Must Wait
     
  2. Where to Choose
     
  3. The Step Between
     
  4. Paradise Interrupted
     
• Mina, Denise: Maureen O'Donnell series (aka Garnethill series)
  
  1. Garnethill
     
  2. Exile
     
  3. Resolution
     
• Miscione, Lisa: Lydia Strong series
  
  1. Angel Fire
     
  2. The Darkness Gathers
     
  3. Twice
     
  4. Smoke
     
• Moore, Laurie: Fort Worth series
  
  1. Constable Run
     
  2. The Lady Godiva Murder
     
• Muller, Marcia: Sharon McCone Series
  
  1. Edwin of the Iron Shoes
     
  2. Ask the Cards a Question
     
  3. The Cheshire Cat's Eye
     
  4. Games to Keep the Dark Away
     
  5. Leave a Message for Willie
     
  6. Double
     
  7. There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of
     
  8. Eye of the Storm
     
  9. There's Something in a Sunday
     
  10. The Shape of Dread
      
  11. Trophies and Dead Things
      
  12. Where Echoes Live
      
  13. Pennies on a Dead Woman's Eyes
      
  14. Wolf in the Shadows
      
  15. Till the Butchers Cut Him Down
      
  16. A Wild and Lonely Place
      
  17. The Broken Promise Land
      
  18. Both Ends of the Night
      
  19. While Other People Sleep
      
  20. A Walk Through the Fire
      
  21. Listen to the Silence
      
  22. Dead Midnight
      
  23. The Dangerous Hour
      
  24. Vanishing Point
      
  25. The Ever-Running Man
      
  26. Burn Out
      
  27. Locked In
      (short stories) McCone and Friends
      (short stories) several McCone short stories appear in Somewhere in the City
      
• Munger, Katy: Casey Jones series
  
  1. Legwork
     
  2. Out of Time
     
  3. Money to Burn
     
  4. Bad to the Bone
     
  5. Better Off Dead
     
• Murray, Lynne: Josephine Fuller series (fat woman)
  
  1. Larger Than Death
     
  2. Large Target
     
  3. At Large
     
  4. A Ton of Trouble
     
• Newton, Charlie: Calumet City
  
• Nonami, Asa: Takako Otomichi series
  
  1. The Hunter
     
• Ocean, T. Lynn: Jersey Barnes series
  
  1. Southern Fatality
     
  2. Southern Poison
     
  3. Southern Peril
     
• O'Connell, Carol: Kathleen Mallory series
  
  1. Mallory's Oracle
     
  2. The Man Who Cast Two Shadows
     
  3. Killing Critics
     
  4. Stone Angel
     
  5. Shell Game
     
  6. Crime School
     
  7. Dead Famous
     
  8. Winter House
     
• Olson, Karen E.: Sacred Cows
  
• Phillips, Clyde: Jane Candiotti series
  
  1. Blindsided
     
  2. Sacrifice
     
• P.J. Gray series
  
  1. Gray Matter by Shirley Kennett
     
  2. Chameleon by Shirley Kennett
     
  3. Fire Cracker by Shirley Kennett
     
  4. Act of Betrayal by Morgan Avery
     
• Paretsky, Sara: V.I. Warshawski series
  
  1. Indemnity Only
     
  2. Deadlock
     
  3. Killing Orders
     
  4. Bitter Medicine
     
  5. Blood Shot
     
  6. Burn Marks
     
  7. Guardian Angel
     
  8. Tunnel Vision
     
  9. Windy City Blues
     
  10. Hard Time
      
  11. Total Recall
      
  12. Blacklist
      
  13. Fire Sale
      
  14. Hardball
      
  15. Body Work 
      (short story) A V.I. Warshawski short story appears in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty years of Crime and Suspense (edited by Linda Landrigan)
      (short story) A V.I. Warshawski short story appears in Chicago Blues (edited by Libby Fischer Hellmann)
      
• Pickard, Nancy: Marie Lightfoot series
  
  1. The Whole Truth
     
  2. Ring of Truth
     
  3. The Truth Hurts
     
• Prospero, Ann: Almost Night
  
• Ramirez, Misa: Lolo Cruz series
  
  1. Living the Vida Lola
     
  2. Hasta la Vista, Lola!
     
• Ramthun, Bonnie: Eileen Reed series
  
  1. Ground Zero
     
  2. Earthquake Games
     
• Rand, Naomi: Emma Price series
  
  1. The One That Got Away
     
  2. Stealing For a Living
     
  3. It's Raining Men
     
• Richards, Linda L.: Kitty Pangborn series
  
  1. Death Was the Other Woman
     
  2. Death Was in the Picture
     
• Richards, Linda L.: Madeline Carter series
  
  1. Mad Money
     
  2. The Next Ex
     
• Robb, J.D. (pseudonym of Nora Roberts): Eve Dallas series
  
  1. Naked in Death
     
  2. Glory in Death
     
  3. Immortal in Death
     
  4. Rapture in Death
     
  5. Ceremony in Death
     
  6. Vengeance in Death
     
  7. Holiday in Death
     
  8. Conspiracy in Death
     
  9. Loyalty in Death
     
  10. Witness in Death
      
  11. Judgment in Death
      
  12. Betrayal in Death
      
  13. Seduction in Death
      
  14. Reunion in Death
      
  15. Purity in Death
      
  16. Portrait in Death
      
  17. Imitation in Death
      
  18. Divided in Death
      
  19. Visions in Death
      
  20. Survivor in Death
      
  21. Origin in Death
      
  22. Memory in Death
      
  23. Born in Death
      
  24. Innocent in Death
      
  25. Creation in Death
      
  26. Strangers in Death
      
  27. Salvation in Death
      
  28. Promises in Death
      
  29. Kindred in Death
      
  30. Fantasy in Death
      
  31. Treachery in Death
      
  32. Time of Death
      An Eve Dallas short story appears in Bump in the Night
      
• Roberts, Gillian: Emma Howe & Billie August series
  
  1. Time and Trouble
     
  2. Whatever Doesn't Kill You
     
• Rogers, Chris: Dixie Flanagan series
  
  1. Bitch Factor
     
  2. Rage Factor
     
  3. Chill Factor
     
• Rusch, Sheldon: Liz Hewitt series
  
  1. For Edgar
     
  2. The Boy With Perfect Hands
     
  3. Separated at Death
     
• Saulnier, Beth: Alex Bernier series
  
  1. Reliable Sources
     
  2. Distemper
     
  3. The Fourth Wall
     
  4. Bad Seed
     
  5. Ecstasy
     
• Seranella, Barbara: Munch Mancini series
  
  1. No Human Involved
     
  2. No Offense Intended
     
  3. Unwanted Company
     
  4. Unfinished Business
     
  5. No Man Standing
     
  6. Unpaid Dues
     
  7. Unwilling Accomplice
     
  8. An Unacceptable Death
     
• Shelton, Connie: Charlie Parker series
  
  1. Deadly Gamble
     
  2. Vacations Can Be Murder
     
  3. Partnerships Can Kill
     
  4. Small Towns Can Be Murder
     
  5. Memories Can Be Murder
     
• Skillings, Judith: Rebecca Moore series
  
  1. Dead End
     
  2. Dangerous Curves
     
• Smith, April: Ana Grey series
  
  1. North of Montana
     
  2. Good Morning, Killer
     
  3. Judas Horse
     
• Songer, C.J.: Meg Gillis series
  
  1. Bait
     
  2. Hook
     
• Staincliffe, Cath: Sal Kilkenny series
  
  1. Dead Wrong - ?
     
  2. Go Not Gently
     
  3. Looking for Trouble
     
  4. Stone Cold Red Hot
     
  5. Towers of Silence
     
• Stiefel, Vicki: Tally Whyte series
  
  1. Body Parts
     
  2. The Dead Stone
     
  3. The Grief Shop
     
  4. The Bone Man
     
• Stone, Jonathan: Julian Palmer series
  
  1. The Heat of Lies
     
  2. The Cold Truth
     
  3. Breakthrough
     
• Thomas, Scarlett: Lily Pascale series
  
  1. Dead Clever
     
  2. In Your Face
     
  3. Seaside
     
• Tooley, S.D.: Sam Casey series
  
  1. When the Dead Speak
     
  2. Nothing Else Matters
     
  3. Restless Spirit
     
• Trocheck, Kathy Hogan: Callahan Garrity series
  
  1. Every Crooked Nanny
     
  2. To Live and Die in Dixie
     
  3. Homemade Sin
     
  4. Happy Never After
     
  5. Heart Trouble
     
  6. Strange Brew
     
  7. Midnight Clear
     
  8. Irish Eyes
     
• Van Wormer, Laura: Sally Harrington series
  
  1. Exposé
     
  2. The Last Lover
     
  3. Trouble Becomes Her
     
  4. The Bad Witness
     
  5. The Kill Fee
     
  6. Mr. Murder
     
• Vogt, M. Diane: Wilhelmina Carson series
  
  1. Six Bills
     
• Wesley, Valerie Wilson: Tamara Hayle series
  
  1. Devil's Gonna Get Him
     
  2. No Hiding Place
     
  3. When Death Comes Stealing
     
  4. Where Evil Sleeps
     
  5. Easier to Kill
     
  6. The Devil Riding
     
  7. Dying in the Dark
     
  8. Of Blood and Sorrow
     
• West, Chassie: Leigh Ann Warren series
  
  1. Sunrise
     
  2. Killing Kin
     
  3. Killer Riches
     
  4. Killer Chameleon
     
• Wishnia, k.j.a.: Filomena Buscarsela series
  
  1. 23 Shades of Black
     
  2. Soft Money
     
  3. The Glass Factory
     
  4. Red House
     
  5. Blood Lake
     
• Woods, Paula L.: Charlotte Justice series
  
  1. Inner City Blues
     
  2. Stormy Weather
     
  3. Dirty Laundry
     
  4. Strange Bedfellows
     
• Woods, Stuart: Holly Barker series
  
  1. Orchid Beach
     
  2. Orchid Blues
     
  3. Blood Orchid
     
  4. Iron Orchid
     
  5. Hothouse Orchid
     (Holly Barker also appears in Reckless Abandon )
     
• Wren, M.K.: Neely Jones: The Medusa Pool
  
• Young, Laura: Kate Kelly series
  
  1. Killer Looks
     
  2. Otherwise Engaged