The Shelves

Women Sleuths Books

Books selected for readers looking for women sleuths books.

28 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists·3 crossover shelves·146% reader overlap with Mystery Thriller Suspense Books

1. No Body No Crime
Tess Sharpe
Fits this list for its focus on women.
Shelf signal: Women Detectives
2. We Are All Guilty Here
Karin Slaughter, Kathleen Early
Included for strong book club alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Psychological Thrillers
3. It's Not Her
Mary Kubica
Included for strong book club alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Domestic Thrillers
4. Do Not Disturb
Freida McFadden
Included for strong thriller alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Psychological Thrillers
5. Not Quite Dead Yet: a GMA Book Club Pick
Holly Jackson, Alex McKenna
Included for strong book club alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Psychological Thrillers
6. Cross Your Heart and Hope He Dies
Jenny Elder Moke
Included for strong romance alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Women Detectives
7. The Killer Question
Janice Hallett
Included for strong book club alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Amateur Sleuths
8. Want to Know a Secret?
Freida McFadden
Included for strong thriller alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Psychological Thrillers
9. Love, Mom
Iliana Xander
Included for strong book club alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Psychological Thrillers
10. Perfect Little Lives
Amber and Danielle Brown, Amber Brown
Included for strong thriller alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Domestic Thrillers
11. The Girl From Devil's Lake
J. A. Jance
Included for strong thriller alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Indigenous Mysteries
12. Deep Tide
Laura Griffin
Included for strong suspense alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Police Procedurals
13. Fallen
Linda Castillo
Included for strong mysteries alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Women Detectives
14. The Secrets of Good People
Boo Walker, Peggy Shainberg
Included for strong book club alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Amateur Sleuths
15. A Talent for Murder
Peter Swanson, Sophie Amoss
Included for strong thriller alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Psychological Thrillers
16. What They Don't Know
Susan Furlong
Included for strong suspense alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Psychological Thrillers
17. Death at Morning House
Maureen Johnson
Included for strong year alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: YA Crime Thrillers
18. None of This Is True
Kristin Atherton, Ayesha Antoine
Included for strong book club alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Domestic Thrillers
19. History Lessons
Zoe B. Wallbrook, Jasmin Walker
Included for strong mystery alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Amateur Sleuths
20. A Stranger's Game
Colleen Coble
Included for strong book club alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Christian Romantic Suspense
21. All Day and a Night
Alafair Burke
Fits this list for its focus on women.
Shelf signal: Women Detectives
22. The Princess and the P.i.
Nikki Payne, Arissa Evans
Included for strong lovers alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Women Detectives
23. His & Hers
Alice Feeney
Included for strong book club alignment with this women sleuths list.
Shelf signal: Psychological Thrillers
24. The Missing Half
Ashley Flowers, Alex Kiester
Fits this list for its focus on women.
Shelf signal: Domestic Thrillers