Sisters in Crime

Albert, Susan Wittig:  China Bayles (herb shop proprietor)

Barr, Nevada:  Anna Pigeon (park ranger)

Bland, Eleanor Taylor:  Marti Macalister (African-American Police Detective)

Braun, Lilian Jackson:  The Cat Who… (Jim Qwilleran and feline sleuth)

Brown, Rita Mae: Mrs. Murphy (another feline sleuth) 

Coel, Margaret:  John O’Malley & Vicky Holden (priest/detective & Native American attorney)

Collins, Kate:  Flower Shop mysteries

Cross, Amanda:  Kate Fansler (literature professor sleuth)

D’Amato, Barbara:  Cat Marsala (Chicago free-lance journalist)

Davidson, Diane Mott:  Goldy Bear (caterer)

Dams, Jeanne M.:  Dorothy Martin (American widow living in England); Hilda Johansson (Swedish American domestic, South Bend, IN)

Douglas, Carole Nelson:  Midnight Louie (Las Vegas cat sleuth)

Dunlap, Susan:  Jill Smith (homicide detective); Kiernan O’Shaunessy (private eye, former Medical Examiner)

Evanovich, Janet:  Stephanie Plum (bounty hunter)

Flora, Kate Clark:  Thea Kozak (educational consultant)

Grafton, Sue:  Kinsey Millhone (private detective)

Hart, Carolyn G.:  Death on Demand (Annie Darling, bookstore owner) ; Henrie O (Henrie O’Dwyer, journalist)

Hart, Ellen:  Jane Lawless (restauranteur); Sophia Greenway (food critic)

HayterSparkle:  Robin Hudson (TV reporter)

Henry, Sue:  Jessie Arnold & Alex Jensen (Dog musher and Alaska state trooper)

Hess, Joan:  Maggody (Arkansas Police Chief Arly Hanks; Claire Malloy (Bookseller)

Kallen, Lucille:  C. B. Greenfield and Maggie Rome (newpaper editor and sidekick)

Kellerman, Faye:  Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus (homicide detective and Jewish wife/detective)

Kijewski, Karen  Kat Colorado (hard-boiled private eye, former bartender)

King, Laurie R.:  Mary Russell (apprentice, then wife of Sherlock Holmes)

Krich, Rochelle: Jessie Drake (attorney)

Lanier Virginia:  Jo Beth Sidden (owner of bloodhound tracking service)

Maron, Margaret:  Deborah Knott (judge); Sigrid Harald (New York cop)

Matera, Lia:  Laura DiPalma (attorney)

McCrumb, Sharyn:  Elizabeth McPherson (forensic anthropologist); Laura Bonesteel (Appalachian folklorist/seer)

Meyers, Annette:  Smith and Wetzon (Wall Street head-hunters)

Monfredo, Miriam:  Seneca Falls Historical/Glynis Tryon (librarian, women’s rights advocate)

Muller, Marcia:  Sharon McCone (private eye)

Neely, Barbara:  Blanche White (African-American domestic worker)

Paretsky, Sara:  V. I. Warshawski (Chicago hard-boiled private eye)

Pickard, Nancy:  Jenny Cain (amateur sleuth); Eugenia Potter (chef turned sleuth, originated by Virginia Rich)

Sandstrom. Eve K.:  Sam and Nicky Titus (lady photographer and military detective husband)

Scoppettone, Sandra:  Lauren Laurano (private eye, former FBI agent)

Scottoline, Lisa:  Rosato & Associates (women attorneys)

Sprinkle, Patricia:  Maclaren Yarbrough (older amateur sleuth)

Swanson, Denise:  Scrumble River (Skye Denison, school psychologist)

Tooley, S. D.:  Sam Casey (Native American detective)

Wesley, Valerie Wilson:  Tamara Hayle  (former cop turned Private Investigator)

More American women mystery writers and British authors…

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