policewomen

Boston Medical Examiner Maura Isles discovers that the corpse on her table is alive and rushes her to the hospital; however, the woman murders a security guard and takes hostages, among them the pregnant wife of FBI agent Gabriel Dean.

Boston medical examiner Maura Isles's SUV stalls on a mountain road, leaving her and her friends to seek refuge in the seemingly abandoned village called Kingdom Come, but when Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli receives word that Maura's charred body was discovered in a ravine, she sets out to hunt down the killer and unravel the secrets concerning Maura's fate.

Traces the history of women doing police work in the United States.

"NYPSD lieutenant Eve Dallas must contend with an admirer who proves his devotion by killing repeatedly."--Provided by OCLC.

"Maureen Coughlin is a bona fide New Orleans cop now, and, with her training days behind her, she likes to think she's getting the lay of the land. Then a mysterious corpse leads to more questions than answers, and a late-night traffic stop goes very wrong. The fallout leaves Maureen contending with troubled friends, fraying loyalties, cop-hating enemies old and new, and an elusive, spectral, and murderous new nemesis--and all the while navigating the twists and turns of a city and a police department infected with dysfunction and corruption"--Amazon.com.

Detective Jenna Murphy investigates when a Hollywood power broker and his mistress are found dead in the abandoned, mulitmillion-dollar, beachfront home known as the Murder House located in the Hamptons, New York.

Constance Kopp is unlike all women of her time, being totally uninterested in marriage or domestics. When her family's buggy is run down by a powerful and ruthless businessman, the dispute over damages turns into a deadly feud. The local sheriff enlists Constance's help, and she proves herself adept at outthinking and disarming criminals.

"While cleaning out the house of her deceased mother, who was a hoarder, Liza Machett discovers a fortune in hundred-dollar bills hidden in the book stacks and magazines that crowd every corner. For Liza, a waitress, the money is a blessing -- until an older man she's never met before warns her that she's in danger. Soon her mother's house is torched, Liza's apartment is broken into, and her elderly landlady is murdered. Terrified, Liza leaves Massachusetts and sets off on a perilous cross-country journey that will lead her to Cochise County, Arizona. Sheriff Joanna Brady has her hands full investigating the suspicious death of a developmentally disabled man found in a cavern. Then another case rocks the department -- a shocking murder involving Liza and the money. Now Joanna must solve these two disturbing cases fast, before more innocent blood is shed."--from back cover.

"Atlanta, 1974: It's Kate Murphy's first day on the job and the Atlanta Police Department is seething after the murder of an officer. Before the day has barely begun, she already suspects she's not cut out for the job as a cop. Her male uniform is too big, she can't handle a gun, and she's rapidly learning that the APD is hardly a place that welcomes women. Worse still, in the ensuing manhunt, she'll be partnered with Maggie Lawson, a cop with her own ax to grind (and a brother and uncle already on the force) -- a strategy meant to isolate Kate and Maggie from the action. But the move will backfire, putting them right at the heart of it."--Provided by publisher.

Detective Lindsay Boxer and her fellow members of the Women's Murder Club of San Francisco investigate the brutal killing of a woman caught on video.