Tag Archives: Policewomen
Susan Whitfield. Sin Creek. London, TX: L&L Dreamspell, 2011.
When she’s called to investigate a murder on the UNC-Wilmington campus, Logan Hunter certainly doesn’t look the part of a tough and capable SBI Agent. Clad in high heels and a silk dress, she comes straight from her own bridal … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Coast, Mystery, New Hanover, Novels in Series, Suspense/Thriller, Whitfield, Susan
Richard Helms. Thunder Moon. Detroit, MI: Five Star, 2011.
Police Chief Judd Wheeler is a man’s man. He would like nothing better than to have a cold beer while grilling some juicy steaks, spend quality time with his smart and sassy girlfriend, and run the small town of Prosperity … Continue reading
Deborah J. Ledford. Snare. Kernersville, NC: Second Wind Publishing, 2010.
Steven Hawk and Inola Walela, Swain County’s best police detectives, are back in Deborah J. Ledford’s sequel to 2009′s Staccato. This time, they have bigger problems than a crazed sociopath. Katina Salvo, a young Native American emerging as the next … Continue reading
Keith Spence. The Blood of Saints. Winterville, NC: Shadow Line Press, 2009.
Law enforcement is not an easy job. Especially when dealing with criminals who will kill. Or when the offenders are high-level politicians, government officials, and business executives. Add money, national security, and ego to the mix, and police work is … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Coastal Plain, Novels Set in Fictional Places, Pitt, Spence, Keith, Suspense/Thriller
Sharon Wildwind. Soldier on the Porch. Detroit: Five Star, 2007.
For the past two years, former military policewoman Avivah Rosen has been trying to make a new life in Asheville, North Carolina and to forget about her role in a scandal in Vietnam. However, after a deadly explosion at the … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2007, Buncombe, Madison, Mountains, Mystery, Novels in Series, Suspense/Thriller, Wildwind, Sharon
Sharon Wildwind. The Elizabeth Pepperhawk/Avivah Rosen Vietnam Veteran Mystery Series.
Some Welcome Home. Waterville, ME: Five Star, 2005. First Murder in Advent. Waterville, ME: Five Star, 2006. Soldier on the Porch. Waterville, ME: Five Star, 2007. Missing, Presumed Wed. Detroit, MI: Five Star, 2009. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, Mystery, Novels in Series, Series, Wildwind, Sharon
Sharon Wildwind. Missing, Presumed Wed.. Detroit: Five Star, 2009.
Weddings should be happy occasions, but in the week leading up to the union between Benny Kirkpatrick and Lorraine Fulford, Benny and Lorraine and their family and friends experience fear, anger, jealousy, regret, and shame. It starts when Benny’s mother, … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Buncombe, Madison, Mountains, Novels in Series, Wildwind, Sharon
Joyce and Jim Lavene. The First Shall Be Last. New York: Avalon Books, 2007.
What an ending to the Sharyn Howard mystery series! Sheriff Howard confounds her colleagues and family by breaking off her long-time romantic relationship with county coroner Nick Thomopolis and taking up with sleazy state senator Jack Winter. Sharyn had previously … Continue reading
Joyce and Jim Lavene. Last One Down. New York: Avalon Books, 2004.
When Sheriff Sharyn Howard leaves Diamond Springs to attend a law enforcement training retreat, her staff must solve a murder and deal with a sniper in town. Meanwhile, Sharyn has her own problems. One of her deputies is seriously injured … Continue reading
Joyce and Jim Lavene. One Last Goodbye. New York: Avalon Books, 2000.
According to local legend, Navy Captain Billy Bost crashed his plane into Diamond Mountain Lake in 1944. More than 50 years later a Pulitzer Prize winning author comes to the mountain town of Diamond Mountain determined to find the plane, … Continue reading
