Women Sleuths

June Whitfield returns as the deceptively mild spinster sleuth in three full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations. Specially broadcast to mark the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth....

A beautiful heiress has been found dead on a train. A playboy has been stabbed through the heart during a costume ball....

July 1910. Lady Hardcastle and her tireless sidekick Flo have finally embarked on a long-overdue seaside break. But just as they’re wavering between ice creams and donkey rides, their fellow guests start to go missing....

Georgie, aka Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, cousin of King George V of England, is penniless and trying to survive on her own as an ordinary person in London in 1932....

The complete BBC Radio adaptations of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency featuring Botswana's only female private detective agency, run by the irrepressible Precious Ramotswe....

Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private investigator husband, Frank, must stop a killer lurking among a young family in the newest installment of the USA Today bestselling Gaslight Mysteries....

Haven’s Rock is a well-hidden town surrounded by forest. And it’s supposed to be, being that it’s a refuge for those who need to disappear. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton already feel at home in their new town, which reminds them of where they first met in Rockton....

After surviving a car accident on an icy road in Hagen, North Dakota, Lily Baker regains consciousness with no idea where or who she is. Scattered Bible verses and the image of a man lying in a pool of blood haunt her memory.... 

For a disgraced reporter, unraveling a conspiracy of murder could mean redemption in a powerful novel of suspense by the bestselling author of Out of the Ashes....

Kate Alice Marshall's What Lies in the Woods is a thrilling novel about friendship, secrets, and betrayal—and the courage to face the past.

Louie Cogburn had spent three days holed up in his apartment, staring at his computer screen. His pounding headache was unbearable - like spikes drilling into his brain....

After their last deployment, when she got shot, her fiancé, Martinez, got killed, and his bomb-sniffing dog, Elvis, got depressed, soldier Mercy Carr and Elvis were both sent home, her late lover’s last words ringing in her ears: “Take care of my partner.”...

Atlanta, Georgia. Present day. A young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead. The police investigate but the trail goes cold....

On a cold November morning, a young American actress visits 221B Baker Street, desperate for Sherlock Holmes to protect her from the threats of a mysterious, menacing man....

Detective Tracy Crosswhite draws a long-dormant serial killer out of hiding in a nerve-shattering novel by New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni....

Cherry enthusiast Whitney Bloom is furiously baking her way into the heart of Chicago with her fabulous cherry pies when she receives a desperate call from her mother....

When someone tries to kill Hot Rod and steals only black SUVs from his shop, Fortune worries that excessive horsepower is the least of the trouble that comes along with her friend's new ride....

Here together for the first time in audio are the three mysteries that started it all, introducing sexy, savvy ex-cop turned P.I. Kinsey Millhone to listeners everywhere....

Beth Rivers is on the run - she’s doing the only thing she could think of to keep herself safe. Known to the world as thriller author Elizabeth Fairchild, she had become the subject of a fanatic’s obsession....

Dante had been courting his victim in cyberspace for weeks before meeting her in person....

Juniper Bean has big plans for her writing career. Swoony kisses, sigh-inducing happily ever afters—she’s going to write them all. There’s just one problem: she can’t seem to stop killing off her main characters....

On a winding mountain road into the small town of Denton, Pennsylvania, Detective Josie Quinn finds the body of a local teenage girl, Dina Hale. The discovery of a second girl’s empty purse in the dirt nearby gives her a flicker of hope that one person, at least, made a lucky escape....

Elizabeth Roffe, only child of one of the world's richest men, has it all; beauty, intelligence, innocence and youth.....

Detective Tracy Crosswhite has agreed to look into the disappearance of investigative reporter Lisa Childress. Solving the cold case is an obsession for Lisa’s daughter, Anita. So is clearing the name of her father, a prime suspect who became a pariah....

Every year in the United States there are fifteen thousand murders, give or take a few hundred. Of those, nearly forty percent go unsolved. In this six-part audio series, Christina Walsh is determined to change that....

Perséphone Murier a le vent en poupe : elle s'apprête à reprendre l'entreprise d'événementiel de sa tante Janis. Pour sa première mission, elle doit dénicher le lieu idéal pour le mariage de l'une de ses amies. Morne Etang, ce domaine entre vignes et garrigues, dans le sud-ouest de la France est parfait pour ça ! Mais le rêve tourne au cauchemar. Entre les hôtes du manoir qui sont tout sauf accueillants et le terrible orage qui les coupe brutalement du reste du monde, le séjour de Perséphone s'annonce très mal.

Wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer... CIA-Agentin Fortune Redding hat es wirklich nicht leicht. Seit sie mit neuer Identität in Sinful, Louisiana, untergetaucht ist, muss sie harmlos wie eine Bibliothekarin wirken, über banale Sachen wie Make-up-Tipps plaudern und sich auf ihr allererstes Date vorbereiten. Ausgerechnet Deputy Carter LeBlanc hat sie zum Essen eingeladen – der Mann, der ihre Tarnung gefährden könnte. Zum Glück stehen ihr die munteren Seniorinnen Ida Belle und Gertie mit Rat und manch unüberlegter Tat zur Seite.

Cece had everything—looks, brains, and money galore. Her love of life was legendary, as was her rampant fear of heights. Leaping off a building was the last thing she would ever do. When she dies that way, Eja and Deming know it was neither suicide nor an accident. Partnering to catch her killer plunges the pair into a major relationship shift. Gone is the exasperating big-brother figure from Eja’s girlhood; now she’s confronted with an irritating, irresistible grown man.

Godolphin ist alles andere als ein umgänglicher Zeitgenosse und berüchtigt für seinen Narzissmus. Um seine ins Stocken geratene Fernsehkarriere zu befeuern, plant der »Duke« die Inszenierung einer sensationellen historischen Entdeckung rund um zwei Morde an Mitgliedern der Medici-Familie im 16. Jahrhundert. Auch ehemalige Schüler:innen und Weggefährt:innen aus seiner Zeit in Cambridge hat er dazu nach Venedig eingeladen. Doch bevor es zur Enthüllung kommt, wird Godolphin tot in einem canale aufgefunden. Ermittlerin Valentina Fabbri hat Verdächtige genug.

Commissaire Geneviève Morel gilt als eine der erfolgreichsten Ermittlerinnen der Pariser Polizei. Ihre Aufklärungsquote ist legendär. Kein Wunder, denn sie entstammt einer Familie von Kunstdieben und hat das Geschäft der anderen Seite von Kindheitsbeinen an gelernt. Doch der Familiensegen hängt schief. Welcher Meisterdieb will schon einen »Flic« in den eigenen Reihen haben? Bei der Aufklärung des Mordes am bekanntesten Pariser Bäcker muss Geneviève alle Register ziehen—und das bedeutet auch, die kriminellen Kontakte der eigenen Familie zu nutzen.

Ella les arruinó la vida. Ahora quieren destruir la suya. "Alguien está recreando cada punto traumático de tu vida. Lo hace para provocarte sufrimiento, para hacerte daño, y el único final posible es la muerte. Tu muerte". En la cuarta planta del edificio Chaucer, dos adolescentes aparecen encadenados a un radiador. El chico está muerto, pero la chica está viva. Para la detective Kim Stone, cada detalle de la escena es un reflejo de su propia experiencia aterradora con su hermano Mikey, cuando vivían en el mismo edificio, treinta años atrás.

Luca Mazza (38), who was taken ill during a food demonstration at the Fenn House Food and Wine Festival two days ago, is now known to have ingested poison. Lady Beatrice (36), the king's niece, who is working on a refurbishment project at Fenn House with her business partner Perry Juke (34), is believed to be comforting Luca's boss and close friend Sebastiano Marchetti (38), who she began dating last month.

Fit a sotter! The Major Investigations Team is on the island and Sergeant Wilson is a woman on a mission. She must solve the murder of the lighthouse keeper before the MIT eat all the good police biscuits. The DCI might have ordered her to do door-to-door enquiries, but she was la-la-la-not-listening at the time. Convinced that the answer lies in Beacon Brodie's mysterious past, she has instead conscripted the best of the Losers Club minions to discover the truth.

Spätsommer auf der Kanareninsel La Palma: Calderon und Rodriguez stoßen auf Spuren im schwarzen Sand. Als an einem entlegenen Strand ein Toter gefunden wird, ist es mit dem Inselfrieden auf La Palma vorbei. Buchhändlerin Naira Calderon und Journalist Ben Rodriguez sind sich einig: Sie müssen dem örtlichen Kommissar auf die Sprünge helfen. Bei Wein und anderen Köstlichkeiten tauschen sie sich über den Mordfall aus und stoßen auf Ungereimtheiten. Schnell verstricken sie sich immer tiefer in einem unübersichtlichen Geflecht.

Молли Грей никогда в жизни не видела своих родителей. Воспитанная любящей и мудрой бабушкой, она работает горничной в отеле и считает это своим призванием, ведь наводить чистоту и порядок — ее подлинная страсть! А вот отношения с людьми у нее не слишком ладятся, поскольку Молли с детства была не такой, как все. Коллеги считают ее более чем странной, и у них есть на то основания. Так что в свои двадцать пять Молли одинока и в свободное от работы время то смотрит детективные сериалы, то собирает головоломки.

Ballycarrick is changing rapidly and not everyone is happy. No more a sleepy backwater, where everyone knows everyone else, and their business, the expansion of cities and towns into rural Ireland means opportunity for some undoubtedly, but not for everyone. Sergeant Mags Munroe finds herself faced with a situation so unlikely it's almost laughable, but as things unfold, what seemed like a joke, is no longer funny, as sinister influences from much further afield take a keen interest in Ballycarrick, but why?

Bessie Raymond steht mit all ihrem Ersparten bei Tamara Hayle im Büro: Tamara soll den Mörder ihres Sohnes finden. Die Cops haben den Fall längst als einen weiteren Mord zwischen Schwarzen abgetan, nicht der Ermittlung wert. Privatdetektivin Tamara Hayle, die selbst einen Sohn hat, ruht nicht, bis sie den Täter gefunden hat. Ihre Erkundungen führen in die Küchen und guten Stuben von Newark. Doch kaum hat sie alles herausbekommen, nimmt das Unglück erneut seinen Lauf.

Ирэн Дюпри возвращается в новом захватывающем детективе с запутанным сюжетом! Ирэн наконец устраивается на работу в университет, который совместно с психиатрической клиникой проводит исследования на пациентах. Научный гипноз, обычно применяемый на здоровых людях, здесь используют для работы со сложными психическими заболеваниями, что кажется большим прорывом в мире науки. Но с каждым новым сеансом Ирэн понимает, что с пациентами происходит что-то странное.

When a German pilot bails out into the town square, members of the Housewives League are more intent on salvaging the parachute than capturing the enemy. The pilot escapes, and shortly after, the body of a Land Army girl is discovered. Blame falls on the missing pilot, but Lady Elizabeth believes otherwise and sets out to prove it. Meanwhile, her forbidden attraction to the charming American major, and her attempts to placate the hostility between the Yanks and the Brits, complicate her already challenging life.

In Barbara Ross's award-winning series featuring sleuth Julia Snowden and her family's coastal Maine clambake business, Morrow Island is a perfect spot for a wedding—and a Snowden Family Clambake. Julia Snowden is busy organizing both—until a mysterious wedding crasher drops dead amid the festivities . . .