MYSTERIES FEATURING WOMEN DETECTIVES

Alam, Glynn Marsh Adjunct Sheriff’s Diver and linquistics professor Albert, Susan Wittig China Bayles – Herbalist and ex-lawyer Andrews, Donna Meg Langshaw – amateur sleuth and ornamental blacksmith Andrews, Sarah Emily Hanson -- Geologist Barnes, Linda Carlotta Carlyle – Private detective Barr, Nevada Anna Pigeon -- Ranger in national parks Berry, Carole Bonnie Indermill – Office temp in New York City Bland, Eleanor Taylor Marti MacAllister – Police detective in small Illinois town Brett, Simon Mrs. Pargeter – Widow with a shadowy past Cannell, Dorothy Ellie Heskell – Heroine of English village cozy mysteries Castle, Richard Nikki Heat – Policewoman Christie, Agatha Jane Marple – wise elderly amateur sleuth in English village Clark, Carol Higgins Regan Reilly Cody, Liza Anna Lee – Works for a suburban UK Private Investigator Cornwell, Patricia Kay Scarpetta – Chief Medical Examiner in Viginia Crombie, Deborah Gemma James – Scotland Yard detective Cross, Amanda Kate Fansler – Literature professor Davidson, Diane Mott Goldie Schultz – Caterer in small Colorado town Douglas, Carole Nelson Iren Adler – Character in Sherlock Holmes turned sleuth Estep, Maggie Ruby Murphy – Museum worker and accidental sleuth in New York Evanovich, Janet Stephanie Plum – New Jersey bounty hunter Fairstein, Linda Alexandra Cooper – Manhattan prosecutor Farmer, Jerrilyn Madeline Bean – Hollywood caterer Franklin, Ariana Adelia Aguilar – Medieval forensic specialist Fraser, Antonia Jemima Shore --UK TV investigative reporter Frazer, Margaret Dame Frevisse (aka Sister Frevisse)—Benedictine nun in 15th century England George, Elizabeth Barbara Havers – Policewoman sidekick to Det. Insp. Thomas Lynley in England Gerritson, Tess Jane Rizzoli – Boston homicide detective Grace, Nancy Hailey Dean – Prosecutor turned therapist Grafton, Sue Kinsey Millhone – Private Investigator, former policewoman, set in California Greenwood, Kerry Phryne Fisher – Austrailian society woman in the 1920s Hardwick, Mollie Doran Fairweather – Antique dealer in English village Harris, Charlaine Harper Connolly – Has a gift for finding dead bodies Sookie Stackhouse – Vampire hunter Hart, Ellen Jane Lawless – Restaurateur Hornsby, Wendy Maggie MacGowan – L.A. filmmaker Kijewski, Karen Kat Colorado – Sacramento Private Investigator King, Laurie R. Kate Martinelli – San Francisco police officer Mary Russell – Partner of Sherlock Holmes Lake, M.D. Peggy O’Neill – Campus cop Lippman, Laura Tess Monghan – Private Investigator, former journalist in Baltimore McCrumb, Sharyn Elizabeth McPherson – Protagonist in Appalachian series Macdonald, Marianne Didi Hoare – London antique bookseller McLeod, Charlotte Sarah Kelling – Descendant of Boston “blue bloods” is an amateur sleuth Maron, Margaret Sigrid Harald – NYPD lieutenant Deborah Knott – Judge and daughter of NC bootlegger

Paretsky, Sara V.I. Warshawski – Chicago Private Investigator Patterson, James Lindsay Boxer – Police detective in “Women’s Murder Club” series Pearson, Ridley Daphne Matthews – Forensic psychologist in Washington state Peters, Elizabeth Amelia Peabody – Egyptologist and amateur sleuth Reichs, Kathy Temperance Brennan – Forensic anthropologist McCall-Smith, Alexander Precious Ramotswe – First Botswanian female private detective Smith, Joan Loretta Lawson – Amateur sleuth Stabenow, Dana Kate Shugak – Native Alaskan and former investigator for DA’s office Stanley, Kelli Miranda Corbie – Private investigator and ex-escort in 1940s San Francisco Tremayne, Peter Sister Fidelma – Lawyer and religeuse in 7th century Ireland Uhnak, Dorothy Christie Opara – Detective in NYPD in Manhattan District Attorney’s office Webb, Betty Lena Jones – Arizona private eye and former policewoman Wentworth, Patricia Miss Maud Silver – Amateur sleuth in an English village

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