MYSTERIES: If You Like Female Sleuths
Evanovich, Janet - ….mystery series featuring a sassy, smart-mouthed, female protagonist and her wacky sidekicks….start with her first book One for the Money (Stephanie Plum) and these other authors:
Bartholomew, Nancy – Miracle Strip (Sierra Lavotini)
Strohmeyer, Sarah – Bubbles Unbound (Bubbles Yablonsky)
Bruno, Anthony – Devil’s Food (Loretta Kovacs)
Kellogg, Marne Davis – Bad Manners (Lilly Bennett)
Crusie, Jennifer – Welcome to Temptation (various women)
Grafton, Sue - ….female hard-boiled private eye series….start with A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone) and similar authors:
Muller, Marcia – Edwin of the Iron Shoes (Sharon McCone)
Paretsky, Sara – Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski)
Cody, Liza – Dupe (Anna Lee)
Barr, Nevada – Liberty Falling (Anna Pigeon)
Barnes, Linda – Snapshot (Carlotta Carlyle)
Hart, Carolyn G. - ….traditional “cozy” mystery series, a female amateur sleuth, and entertaining plots….try Death on Demand (Annie Laurance Darling) or Dead Man’s Island (Henrie O) or these other authors:
Churchill, Jill – Grime and Punishment (Jane Jeffry)
Gilman, Dorothy – The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Emily Pollifax)
Hess, Joan – Strangled Prose (Claire Malloy)
McCrumb, Sharyn – Sick of Shadows (Elizabeth MacPherson)
Maron, Margaret – Bootlegger’s Daughter (Deborah Knott)
Smith, Jill - ….witty dialog, eccentric characters….complex plots dealing with social issues…. Start her series with New Orleans Mourning (Skip Langdon) or Louisiana Hotshot (Talba Wallis) or these authors:
Dunlap, Susan – Karma (Jill Smith)
Shankman, Sarah –King is Dead (Samantha Adams)
King, Laurie R. – A Grave Talent (Kate Martinelli)
Jance J. A. – Exit Wounds (Joanna Brady)
Pickard, Nancy – ….female sleuths with unusual occupations…. nose for trouble…. sense of humor…. try Generous Death (Jenny Cain, New England Foundation Director) or some of these other authors:
Albert, Susan Wittig – Thyme of Death (China Bayles, herb shop owner)
Block, Barbara – Chutes and Adders (Robin Light, pet store owner)
Davidson, Diane Mott – Dying for Chocolate (Goldy Bear, caterer)
Kijewski, Karen – Kat’s Cradle (Kat Colorado, bartender)
MacLeod, Charlotte –Withdrawing Room (Sarah Kelling, boardinghouse owner)
Fowler, Earlene – Fool’s Puzzle, (Benni Harper, museum curator)
Carvic, Heron – Picture Miss Seeton (Miss Seeton, police artist)
This character is also continued by Hamilton Crane and Hampton Charles
Resource: Make Mine a Mystery: a reader’s guide to mysteries and detective fiction
By Gary Warren Niebuhr (REF/Z/5917/D5/N54/2003)
April 2008
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