Awesome female detectives for women

According to statistics, women like to read much more than men. And the most fascinating genre of literary works is by no means a love story, but an exciting detective story. Our selection includes detective stories written by women and for women. In them you will find dangerous situations, sharp turns of the storyline, an unconventional approach to investigation, female logic, and a little love.

Divorce and maiden name (Tatiana Ustinova)

A few months ago, the main character named Kira broke up with her husband Sergei. Fifteen years have passed since their first meeting, and then their love broke out into a hot fire. It was impossible even to imagine that this couple was destined breake down... Even their son Tim did not think about such an option. The guy still cherishes the hope of reuniting his parents.

And now a nightmarish misfortune provided such an opportunity. Right at the entrance, in front of the door to the apartment of our protagonist, someone fired a bullet at her boss and also the editor-in-chief of the Staraya Ploshchad newspaper. Kira's position is his deputy. They had an important conversation with the boss about some secret ... Investigators seriously suspect the woman of the boss's murder. Then Tim decides to seek help from his father. Still loving his wife, albeit an ex, Sergei immediately arrives. He intends to do everything possible to prove Kira's innocence to this mysterious murder. Will he be able to do it and will Tim's dream come true?

Think about it tomorrow (Olga Volodarskaya)

The main character, the girl Alexandra, decides to drastically change her life - to become independent and finally arrange her personal life. She feels that if she does not take this decisive step, she will turn into an old maid. To do this, Sasha decides to move out from his mother (not until old age they live together) and rents an apartment.

A few days after the move, the phone rings in the apartment. It just so happened that Sasha answered the phone, and not the landlady. The girl listened to the message that some order should be fulfilled, and the client was already waiting. Alexandra is lost in conjecture, but still decides to go to the specified address. There she discovers a client - attractive in every sense. young man... But the trouble is, he also does not know why the girl arrived. Sasha has to leave in shame, but when she was leaving the entrance, she heard the sound of a shot! Who decided to kill Alexandra, and most importantly - for what?

Howling dogs of loneliness (Alexandra Marinina)

Anastasia Kamenskaya, during her work in the police, is firmly convinced that the crime, as in a mirror, reflects the personality of the criminal. This is evidenced by all the details of the crime committed and the circumstances under which it was committed. You just need to take a closer look at the details.

There have been as many as eight murders of young people. All of them were committed in different parts of the city and at different times. Anastasia is convinced that all these murders are connected by some kind of plan. She finds these subtle details that unite all eight murders. Now the most difficult thing remains - to find the person who invented and implemented this monstrous plan. To do this, you need to find a reason that prompted a person to break the law. The list is actually small: a thirst for power, money, envy, and maybe a terrible loneliness and a desire to condemn another person to the same torments that the criminal himself is experiencing.

Devil's font (Victoria Platova)

It would seem, what connection can there be between such different people as a successful thief, a famous art connoisseur and a successful young entrepreneur? The answer is really simple - they are all united by death. They all once owned a canvas by an old Dutch artist. It is in this picture that the mystery of all three deaths lies.

The reasons for all three tragedies seem mysterious. An even greater mystery can be considered the mysterious similarity of the new owner of this ill-fated painting, Katya Solovieva, with the red-haired woman from this canvas. Mystical deaths have been happening for more than one century, but it seems that the assistants of the picture from the present have had a hand in the mysterious murders ...

Farewell to the nightmare (Tatiana Stepanova)

Each serial killer has its own distinctive features: someone likes to choke with tights, someone prefers to take the victim's belongings with them. But this criminal's handwriting is different from everyone else. He takes with him as a keepsake ... the heads of those killed. The head of the "slaughter" department Nikita Kolosov and journalist Katya Petrovskaya checked more than one assumption and considered many versions, until their path led to one very respectable-looking castle.

In addition to the luxuriously furnished rooms, it also has an ominous basement, which even the owner himself prefers not to enter. The reason for this reluctance is quite understandable - a normal person cannot in any way realize what is happening in his dark jungle. What is the solution to the mysterious killer?

Everything red or Crimes in Allerode (Ioanna Khmelevskaya)

Without hesitation, Joanna translated the name of one Danish settlement Allerod as "all red." Her words were prophetic. A fascinating party of gathered together friends from Poland ends with a mysterious murder. Before that, the whole evening the future victim makes attempts to warn the owner of the mansion Alicia about some important event. But something bothers him all the time.

Now the mysterious killer is making a series of attempts to kill Alicia herself. But all of them, luckily for the latter, are unsuccessful. The joint efforts of two girlfriends Ioanna and Alicia allow them to track down the killer. In addition to amazing luck, the ladies are helped by a sense of humor, female logic and excellent knowledge of the human essence.

Special Purpose Girlfriend (Tatiana Ustinova)

The not so young woman, Varvara Lapteva, led a modest and monotonous life. It seems that not a single pleasant event has ever happened in her life. Troubles do not leave her even at work, where Chief considers her an impenetrable dumbass. And the heroine herself has not expected anything good for a long time.

But suddenly, strange and incredible events begin to occur in her life, which knock Varvara out of her usual channel. An ordinary visitor suddenly dies in her superiors' office. The woman is the first to find the corpse. And at the same moment, a bank card with a very large amount on the account disappears from the same office. Varvara becomes a target for unknown people who are sure that it was she who pocketed this unfortunate card ...

My favorite killer (Tatiana Polyakova)

Lena Kudryavtseva had a lot of trials. Her wife, like her parents, is killed, and her little son is kidnapped by bandits. What is a weak woman to do in such a terrible situation? The answer suggests itself: you need to pull yourself together, avenge the death of loved ones and take the child away from the bandits. All this is to be done by Lena.

The bandits very soon realize that they have not contacted a naive harmless simpleton, as they thought from the very beginning. Of course, Elena has an invaluable help from an “accidental” acquaintance - a handsome young man named Sasha. They made a great tandem! But Lena suddenly finds out that Sasha is not quite who he claims to be. Now the girl is at a loss as to what to do with cute Sasha - to kill or kiss?

Leave to the Other World (Sergei and Anna Litvinov)

It seemed like it would be a regular vacation. But everything went wrong from the very beginning. One of the passengers decided to take a bomb on the flight, another is carrying a very valuable parcel, and the third took equipped parachutes with them. Before boarding the flight, all these people had never heard of each other, let alone that they knew each other. But who can guarantee that this coincidence is not accidental?

Trinity of young people - pretty female named Tatyana Sadovnikova, journalist Dmitry Poluyanov and professional card-playing Igor Starykh are in a dangerous situation. A real hunt is announced on them. And they have very serious rivals - a criminal group, bodies responsible for the security of the state, and the valiant police. How to understand what's really going on? Who is the victim here and who is the culprit?