Cozy Mystery Books by Denise Devine
The Nightingale Detective Agency - Series Starter
St. Paul, Minnesota 1926—where ambition comes at a cost, especially for a woman.
Charlotte Van Elsberg is determined to become the city’s first female private investigator and help women in need. She’s already landed her first case: a grieving mother who wants answers about her daughter, Eleanor Kimball, a debutante killed in a suspicious car crash. Was it truly an accident or something more sinister? Char intends to find out. There’s just one hitch—Char’s husband.
Will Van Elsberg, a seasoned investigator, knows the job too well. It’s no profession for a petite young lady, and he’s not about to let his wife charge headfirst into danger. Char has other ideas. She agrees to hire bodyguards to satisfy his objections.
However, despite the addition of her “new team,” she soon learns that this job is a lot harder than it appears. Doors slam in her face, alibis don’t add up, and everyone appears to be hiding something. Does she have the grit and determination it takes to solve this case?
The more she digs into Eleanor’s carefully polished life, the more she uncovers the young woman’s secrets. Hidden truths that someone is desperate to keep buried. Evidence worth killing for. Now that Char is asking questions, who is determined to stop her from revealing the missing pieces?
If you love Prohibition-era intrigue and twisty whodunits, dive into this 1920s cozy mystery filled with clever clues, hidden secrets, and a bold female sleuth. Grab your copy today!
Shot in the Dark
Meet Stella James
She's out-of-work, dead broke, and out of options until she snags a job as a "Girl Friday" (a fancy name for an office gopher) for a private investigator. He's tall, dark, and classically handsome, but his ego is bigger than his brain and it soon gets him a free vacation at the county jail when one of his female clients ends up murdered—in his bed.
Stella is faced with a choice—find the real killer or risk losing not only her new job, but her boss as well.
BOOK ONE of the Girl Friday Cozy Mystery Series
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The Accidental Detective
What is Stella up to now? It won't be long and you'll see!
BOOK TWO of Girl Friday Cozy Mystery Series.
Coming this winter!
Dark Fortune
Stephanie Jones’ relationship with her boyfriend is dead in the water. Literally...
Jock Tanner has stood up Stephanie for the last time when he’s a no-show at a community celebration. She’s had it with their on-again, off-again romance and plans to end it permanently. That is, if he’d just answer his darn phone! Meanwhile, her girlfriends talk her into visiting a gypsy wagon to have their palms read. When it’s Stephanie’s turn, the gypsy issues a stern warning. “Your life is in danger, watch out for the stranger!” Convinced it’s a joke, she heads to Jock’s cabin cruiser on the marina to confront him and finds him there, but he’s not talking. He has a knife stuck in his chest.
A large cache of diamonds is missing from the vault in Jock’s jewelry store, and his partner believes it’s in Stephanie’s possession. The trouble is, she doesn’t know anything about them or if they even exist, but no one believes her. She’s determined to let it go and get on with her life until her house is ransacked, her doggy is put in harm’s way, and her garden is destroyed by someone desperate to find the missing gems.
Teaming up with Jock’s cousin, Stephanie uncovers Jock’s deepest secrets until she’s confronted with the greatest secret of all—his murderer.
Dark Fortune is a humorous, page-turning cozy mystery filled with suspense, secrets, a sweet little doggy and a touch of romance. Perfect for fans of romantic cozy mysteries, amateur sleuths, and fortune-teller twists that keep you guessing. Get your copy now!