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
LWM-3/2011
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