Woman detectives

Detective stories where the mystery is solved by a woman detective, professional or amateur.The name of the author’s sleuth is after the author’s name.

Jane Adams

Naomi Blake (Blind ex-policewoman)

Susan Wittig Albert

China Bayles

Tasha Alexander

Lady Emily Ashton (Victorian)

Linda Barnes

Carlotta Carlyle

Nevada Barr

Anna Pigeon

Stephanie Barron

Jane Austen

M.C. Beaton

Agatha Raisin (English village)

Laurien Berenson

Melanie Travis

Barbara Block

Robin Light

Rhys Bowen

Molly Murphy (19th C. Irishwoman in New York)

Rita Mae Brown

Harry Haristeen

Edna Buchanan

Britt Montero

Fiona Buckley

Ursula Blanchard

Jan Burke

Irene Kelly

Agatha Christie

Miss Marple

Carol Higgins Clark

Regan Reilly

Mary Higgins Clark

Alvirah Meehan (former cleaning lady, now lottery winner & sleuth)

Natasha Cooper

Trish Maguire

Patricia Cornwell

Kay Scarpetta

Jean M Dams

Dorothy Martin

Kathy Lynn Emerson

Lady Susanna Appleton

Janet Evanovich

Stephanie Plum; Jamie Swift

Linda Fairstein

Alex Cooper

Katherine V Forrest

Kate Delafield

Frances Fyfield

Sarah Fortune

Tess Gerritsen

Maura Isles (Boston medical examiner)

Dorothy Gilman

Mrs Pollifax

Ann Granger

Fran Varady (private detective by accident)

Sue Grafton

Kinsey Millhone

Ann Granger

Meredith Mitchell

Christine Green

Kate Kinsella

Kerry Greenwood

Phryne Fisher (1920s Australian socialite)

Nicola Griffith

Aud Torvingen (former cop and martial artist from Norway operating in Atlanta)

Charlaine Harris

Aurora Teagarden

Ellen Hart

Jane Lawless

Charlaine Harris

Harper Connelly (Paranormal sleuth who can locate dead people)

Lauren Henderson

Sam Jones

Hazel Holt

Sheila Malory

Iris Johansen

Eve Duncan (Forensic sculptor)

Alex Kava

Maggie O'Dell (FBI criminal profiler)

Laurie P King

Casey Martinelli; Mary Russell

J.A. Konrath

Jack (Jacqueline) Daniels (Tough Chicago cop)

David Lawrence

Stella Mooney (London Detective Sergeant)

Laura Levine

Jaine Austen (Free-lance Los Angeles journalist)

Gillian Linscott

Nell Bray

Alexander McCall Smith

Precious Ramotswe

Val McDermid

Carol Jordan

Marianne Macdonald

Dido Hoare

Hope McIntyre

Lee Bartholomew (London ghostwriter)

Rett MacPherson

Torie O'Shea

Barry Maitland

Kathy Kolla

Priscilla Masters

Joanna Piercy

Claire Matturro

Lilly Cleary (Florida lawyer)

Jennie Melville

Charmian Daniels

Marcia Muller

Sharon McCone

Sharan Newman

Catherine LeVendeur

Carol O'Connell

Kathy Mallory (New York City police detective)

Perri O'Shaughnessy

Nina Reilly

Sara Paretsky

V.I. Warshawski

Barbara Parker

Gail Connor

Robert B Parker

Sunny Randall

Jill Paton-Walsh

Imogen Quy (Part-time nurse and amateur sleuth in Cambridge)

Anne Perry

Charlotte Pitt

Jenny Pitman

Jan Hardy (English horse trainer)

Ann Purser

Lois Meade (House cleaner and amateur sleuth in rural England)

Elizabeth Peters

Amelia Peabody

Sheila Quigley

Lorraine Hunt (British Detective Inspector)

Kathy Reichs

Temperance Brennan

J.D. Robb

Eve Dallas (New York police lieutenant)

Nancy Taylor Rosenberg

Carolyn Sullivan (Californian probation officer)

Betty Rowlands

Melissa Craig

Priscilla Royal

Eleanor of Tyndal (Medieval prioress)

Sandra Scoppettone

Faye Quick (Tough former secretary turned private eye in 1940s New York)

Lisa Scottoline

Rosato & Associates

George D. Shuman

Sherry Moore (Blind psychic)

Julia Spencer-Fleming

Clare Fergusson (American Episcopal priest)

Cath Staincliffe

Sal Kilkenny (Manchester private eye)

Vernoica Stallwood

Kate Ivory

Andrew Taylor

Jill Francis

Valerie Wilson Wesley

Tamara Hayle

Kate Wilhelm

Barbara Holloway (Oregon attorney)

Jacqueline Winspear

Maisie Dobbs (Psychologist and investigator in period just after World War I)

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