Sleuthing Pairs & Detective Duos

When it comes to solving mysteries, two heads are often better than one. Some of the most unforgettable detective stories feature dynamic duos—partners whose complementary skills and unique chemistry make them unstoppable. We’re highlighting the partnerships that have kept us hooked, so get ready to meet some of the sharpest minds and most intriguing partnerships in crime fiction.

The Cold Light of Day by Anna Lee Huber

Verity & Sidney Kent

Remarkable heroine Verity Kent must follow the leads of a dangerous investigation that will pull her into a conspiracy spilling dangerously out onto the streets of Interwar Dublin, Ireland in the next installment of the highly acclaimed Verity Kent Mystery series. 

Murder at King’s Crossing by Andrea Penrose

The Earl of Wrexford and Charlotte Sloane

When the murder of a scientific genius on the verge of a momentous discovery upsets the wedding of their dear friends, Wrexford and Charlotte must risk all they hold dear to deconstruct a sinister conspiracy in the latest installment of Andrea Penrose’s USA Today bestselling Wrexford & Sloane Mysteries.

Murder at Vinland by Alyssa Maxwell

Reporter Emma Cross Andrews and Detective Jesse Whyte

Reporter and sleuth Emma Cross Andrews must stop a bold poisoner who is targeting the society wives of the Four Hundred in the latest Gilded Newport Mystery.

Murder at Glenloch Hill by Clara McKenna

Stella Kendrick and Viscount “Lyndy” Lyndhurst

Set in Edwardian Britain, American transplant Stella, and British aristocrat, Viscount “Lyndy” Lyndhurst take a weekend trip to the Scottish countryside and learn how sinister bad sportsmanship can be when a prestigious golf tournament becomes a deadly game of murder in the latest Stella and Lyndy Mystery.

An Art Lover’s Guide to Paris and Murder by Dianne Freeman

Frances Wynn, Countess of Harleigh, and George Hazelton

Filled with Victorian-era intrigue, Dianne Freeman’s Agatha Award-winning Countess of Harleigh Mystery series takes a delightful jaunt to the City of Light as Frances Wynn, the American-born Countess of Harleigh, encounters a murder scene at the Paris Exposition.

Murder by Lamplight by Patrice McDonough

Dr. Julia Lewis and Inspector Richard Tennant

As a deadly cholera pandemic burns its way through Victorian London in the winter of 1866, a trailblazing female physician and a skeptical Scotland Yard detective reluctantly team up to stop a sadistic killer in the dark, atmospheric, historically rich Dr. Julia Lewis Mystery series.

Death by Chocolate Raspberry Scone by Sarah Graves

Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree and Ellie White

Summer guests are eager to sink their teeth into the tantalizing desserts Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree and Ellie White serve at their bakeshop in the island village of Eastport, Maine. But attracting the wrong kind of attention can be deadly in the latest Death by Chocolate Mystery.

Peg and Rose Play the Ponies by Laurien Berenson

Peg Turnbull and Rose Donovan

Murder, She Wrote meets The Golden Girls in the third Senior Sleuths Mystery! Rival sisters-in-law Peg Turnbull and Rose Donovan spent their summer doing the unthinkable: sleuthing for dangerous suspects and becoming (almost) friends. But when a September trip leads to more murder, it’ll be a miracle if the dysfunctional duo is still a team—and alive—by autumn . . .

Proof by Fern Michaels

Siblings Luna and Cullen Bodman

Fern Michaels blends mystery, drama, and a touch of romance for the fourth in her #1 bestselling Lost & Found series, as a shoebox of mementos found in a childhood dresser becomes the catalyst for a search into Luna’s own past…

Some of Us Are Looking by Carlene O’Connor

Veterinarian Dimpna Wilde & Detective Inspector Cormac O’Brien

In late summer, the Dingle peninsula is thronged with tourists drawn to County Kerry’s dark mountains and deep, lush valleys. For Irish vet Dimpna Wilde, who has returned to run her family’s practice after years away, home is a beautiful but complicated place—especially when it becomes the setting for a brutal murder… 

Lisa Jackson’s Thrillers

The Last Sinner

Detectives Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya

Father John is back to terrorize The Big Easy…and the sinners of New Orleans will repent.

Born to Die

Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli

Alvarez and Pescoli are pitted against a serial killer with his sights set on a beautiful Montana doctor.

Tell Me

Reporter Nikki Gillette & Detective Pierce Reed

When Savannah’s most hated woman is set free, one mother’s long-ago crime ignites a new killing spree.