Find a New Female Sleuth to Read!
Last week in my newsletter, I asked folks who their favorite female sleuth is. The responses came in for days! If you love a good female sleuth, check out the recommended list below. The Top Four Choices with the most mentions: Kinsey Millhone Miss Marple Jessica Fletcher Nancy Drew And the rest of the list: Aurora Teagarden Stephanie Plum Agatha Raisin Temperance Brennan Joanna Brady If you like Cat Mysteries, try these: Peggy Winn from Scotshop series Sarah Grayson of the second Chance Cat series Darla Pettistone from Black Cat Bookshop Kathleen Paulson of Magical Cats Minnie Hamilton from the Bookmobile Cat series The unnamed protagonist of the Cats and Curios series Emma Cross of the Gilded Newport Mysteries by Alyssa Maxwell. Set in the 1890s, Emma is a poor relative of the Vanderbilts who is fiercely independent, supporting herself as a journalist Cait from Kathi Daley’s Whales and Tails series. She works with a “magic” cat in each book to solve the mystery Librarian Lucy Richardson and feline Charles for Charles Dickens. Minnie Hamilton with feline rescue cat Eddie Septuagenarian sleuth librarian Cleo Watkins with her cat Rhett Butler in a Bookmobile Mystery series And then there’s: Michelle Cox V.I. Warshawski Siobhan O’Sullivan Detective Jo Wyatt Ellery Hathaway Robbie Jordan Gemma Doyle Merry Wilkinson Lucy Richardson Tricia Miles Stephanie Plum got a few mentions, as did Mrs. Polifax And for a few more… CIA Assassin Fortune Redding and her sidekicks Gertie and Ida Belle Spy Charlotte Mission and her retired spy grandmother, Georgina Mission Lady Eleanor Swift Beryl and Edwina Lilly Jayne and her Garden Squad Mercy Carr Pepper Reece Jazz Ransey Lucy Lancaster, of Ancestry Investigations Annie Darling The indomitable Amelia Peabody there is now septuagenarian sleuth librarian Cleo Watkins with her cat Rhett Butler in a Bookmobile Mystery series by Nora Page. A new sleuth on the scene is Helen Morrisey Helen Morrisey, real estate agent, widow, mother of adult twins, animal lover, and an extraordinary friend. A new sleuth on the scene is Helen Morrisey making her debut with first cozy mystery publication, “Murder in the Master: A Chesapeake Bay Mystery” by Judy L. Murray and I hope she’s planning on a long series. Helen Morrisey, real estate agent, widow, mother of adult twins, animal lover, and an extraordinary friend. Helen is also a devoted mystery lover with favorites of Nancy Drew, Agatha Raisin, Nora Charles, Jessica Fletcher, and Miss Marple. As the author is a realtor this cozy has authenticity that rings true in language when talking to any realtor. Arly Hanks Georgiana Rannoch Phryne Fisher Eve Dallas Temperance Brennan Joanna Brady You’ll have to search the sleuth’s name to find the books they go in. Good luck, and happy reading!illhone