Misdirection (Pros and Cons Mysteries Book 1)
By Christy Barritt (River Heights)
Release date: January 28, 2025
SECRETS FROM THE PAST HAVE A WAY OF CATCHING UP. Eight years ago, Olive Sterling’s entire family was murdered, leaving her alone and desperate for answers. Now working as an undercover investigator for an elite private security firm, she’s learned to compartmentalize her loss and trust no one.

Misdirection (Pros and Cons Mysteries)
By Christy Barritt (River Heights)
Release date: March 20, 2025
One high-risk assignment. Two dangerous secrets. As a teen, Olive Sterling’s entire family was murdered, leaving her alone and desperate for answers. She’s learned to compartmentalize her loss and trust no one. Now she lives in the shadows, working as an undercover investigator for an elite private security firm.

Misery Loves Company
By Rene Gutteridge (Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.)
Release date: August 1, 2013
Don’t tell me it’s terrifying. Terrify me. Filled with grief, Jules Belleno rarely leaves the house since her husband’s death while on duty as a police officer. Other than the reviews Jules writes on her blog, she has little contact with the outside world. But one day when she ventures out to the local grocery store, Jules bumps into a fellow customer.

Miss Fortune (Allie Fortune Mystery Series, Book 1)
By Sara Mills (Moody Publishers)
Release date: September 1, 2008
They call her the “P. I. Princess. ” It’s 1947 and Allie Fortune is the only female (and probably the best) private investigator in New York City. Her work is a welcome distraction from her own past, and she’s just been hired on by a client who isn’t telling the whole truth.

Miss Match (Allie Fortune Mystery Series, Book 2)
By Sara Mills (Moody Publishers)
Release date: March 1, 2009
This series takes place in the 1940’s, and the motivating factor is the relationship of the main character, Allie Fortune, with a man who may or may not be dead. She fell in love with him before he went off to fight in WWII, and perhaps even worse, before she realized she loved him. Now he has disappeared and she can’t move on with her life, romantically at least. Meanwhile, she has become a private investigator and has developed a stellar reputation in the business. As Miss Fortune came to an end, Allie had learned that her old flame was indeed still alive but missing, somewhere in Europe.

Missing (Larger Print Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense)
By Lynette Eason (Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: January 11, 2011
Her daughter is the most important person in Lacey Gibson’s world. So when the girl disappears, Lacey will do anything to find her. Even track down a man she hasn’t seen in sixteen years—U. S. Marshall Mason Stone, the father of her child.

Missing (The Nikki Boyd Files)
By Lisa Harris (Revell)
Release date: July 5, 2016
Nikki Boyd Enters the Deadly World of Counterfeit Drugs to Find a Missing WomanNikki Boyd isn’t usually called in on homicides; her forte is missing persons. But when a case with two murdered and two missing pops up on a quiet suburban street, she’s ready to start the investigation and find missing homeowners Mac and Lucy Hudson. When the first clues lead her to the boat of her friend Tyler Grant–and another dead body–Nikki must untangle what ties Tyler to the Hudsons. The clues pull her into a deadly maze of counterfeit drugs and a killer who will stop at nothing to silence anyone who threatens his business–including Nikki. Christy Award-winning and bestselling author Lisa Harris puts readers right into the action in this fast-paced thriller that will have them turning pages long into the night.
Missing Deposits (By the Numbers Book 11)
By Leeann Betts ()
Release date: November 26, 2019
Carly looks forward to a vacation when Mike is hired to assist a rancher in western Colorado catalogue his various mineral rights following the discovery of a large field of copper. However, Carly soon learns that the real wealth—and the real danger—aren’t below ground. Someone is out to keep a secret bigger and more profitable than gold and copper. And they’re willing to kill for it.

Missing at Camp Winni
By Ed Horton (Pleasant Word-A Division of WinePress Publishing)
Release date: September 25, 2006
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Missing at Christmas
By Deena Alexander (Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: October 28, 2025
A dangerous family legacy. A race to save a baby in jeopardy. When journalist Lexi McKenna receives a desperate call for help, she rushes to her sister’s home, only to find her sister dead and one of her twin nieces missing. With her past mafia ties resurfacing, Lexi must go on the run with agent Noah Thompson to protect herself from her father’s enemies. Although Lexi is the daughter of the mob boss who murdered Noah’s brother, Noah will do anything to take down her family—even work with her.