Surveys the lives and works of some 90 contemporary women mystery writers, who are among the most popular authors read today.

A guide to series fiction lists popular series, identifies novels by character, and offers guidance on the order in which to read unnumbered series.

A reference book for librarians and users of public libraries which provides easy access to information on good recreational reading. This revised edition features expanded coverage of mystery and science fiction. New indexes allow access by subject, genre and main characters.

Lists over 3,400 mystery titles written by women in correct series order, as well as more than 600 series detectives created by women and more. Titles are indexed by mystery type and series setting.

The last thing Dr. Risk remembered was a party the night before on a yacht with his old friend Bill Golden. But how he ended up alone on a dock on the East River with a killer hangover is beyond his grasp. Groggy and confused, he gets to his apartment only to find the police waiting to arrest him on molestation charges of his friend's daughter.

New York attorney Nina Fischman probes the world of the swinging singles in the hope of clearing her latest boyfriend, Jonathan, accused of murder. After all, even in a bad market who wants a killer for a boyfriend? By the author of Heading Uptown.

The cats were missing. Mother Lavinia Grey noticed the signs pleading for the return of "Fluffy" and several other pets. But she was busy planning her first wedding at St. Bede's Episcopal Church -- for which she'd serve as the priest, not the bride -- and didn't connect the mysterious catnappings with the signs of a satanic cult. Until the other troubles began. Of course, Lucifer wasn't to blame for the return of a vengeful ex-con to placid Fishersville (or was he?). But a series of burglaries and the donation of a freezer chest to St. Bede's filled with something most macabre soon has Mother Grey researching the "Clavicles of Solomon" and looking for hexagrams. And with her companion, Detective Dave Dogg, out of town, she has only the Lord's help, and her own sharp wit, to find out who was doing the devil's handwork when a body -- headless and unnamed -- is found....

A world list of books in the English language.

Includes authors, titles, subjects.