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Female Private Investigators
Thursday,January 25, 2007
Garden Room
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The titles on this list all feature female private investigators who are tough, independent and self-reliant. They tend to be fast-paced, harder edged, and told in the first person narrative. Many thanks to Leane Ellis of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library who did the legwork for this list.
The following is a list of authors who fit into this category. The titles in each series is given. If no link is given, the title is not available through any MVLC library. Please read one or more of these authors and/or titles, and come prepared to discuss your impressions of them with the group.
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PROTAGONIST |
TITLES |
| Barnes, Linda |
Carlotta Carlyle - Boston PI |
The Snake Tattoo (1989)
Coyote(1990)
Steel Guitar(1991)
Snapshot(1993)
Hardware(1995)
Cold Case (1997)
Trouble of Fools (1999)
Flashpoint(1999)
The Big Dig (2002)
Deep Pockets(2004)
Heart of the World (2006) |
| Cody, Liza |
Anna Lee - British PI |
Dupe (1981) |
| Dawson, Janet |
Jeri Howard - Oakland, CA PI |
Kindred Crimes (1990) |
| Dunant, Sarah |
Hannah Wolfe - British PI |
Birth Marks (1992) |
| Dunlap, Sarah |
Kiernan O'Shaughessy - Former Medical Examiner, PI |
Pious Deception (1989) |
| Eichler, Selma |
Desiree Shapiro -
Manhattan PI |
Murder Can Kill Your Social Life (1994) |
| Evanovich, Janet |
Stephanie Plum -
Bounty Hunter PI |
One for the Money (1994) |
| Garcia-Aguilera, Carolina |
Lupe Solano - Miami PI |
Bloody Waters |
| Grafton, Sue |
Kinsey Millhone - California PI |
"A" Is for Alibi |
| Grant, Linda |
Catherine Saylor -
San Francisco PI |
Random Access Murder |
| Grant-Adamson, Leslie |
Laura Flynn |
Too Many Questions |
| James, P.D. |
Cordelia Gray - British PI |
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman |
| Kellog, Marne Davis |
Lily Bennett - Ex Policewoman
PI - Wyoming |
Bad Manners |
| Kijewski, Karen |
Kat Colorado - Sacramento PI |
Katwalk |
| Lippman, Laura |
Tess Monaghan -
Ex-reporter, PI |
Baltimore Blues |
| McDermid, Val |
Kate Brannigan -
Manchester, England PI |
Dead Beat |
| Muller, Marcia |
Sharon McCone -
San Francisco PI |
Edwin of the Iron Shoes (1977)
Ask the Cards a Question (1982)
The Cheshire Cat (1983)
Games to Keep the Dark Away (1984)
Leave a Message for Willie (1985)
There's Nothing to be Afraid of(1985)
Eye of the Storm (1988)
Something in a Sunday (1989)
The Shape of Dread (1989)
The Shape of Dread (1990)
Where Echoes Live (1991)
Pennies on a Dead Woman's Eyes (1992)
Wolf in the Shadows (1993)
Till the Butchers Cut Him Down (1994)
Double (1995)
A Wild and Lonely Place (1995)
The Broken Promise Land (1996)
Both Ends of the Night (1997)
While Other People Sleep (1998)
A Walk Through Fire (1999)
Listen to the Silence (2000)
Dead Midnight (2002)
The Dangerous Hour (2004)
Vanishing Point (2006) |
| Munger, Katie |
Casey Jones - Ex convict,
PI - North Carolina |
Legwork |
| O'Donnel, Lillian |
Gwen Rammadge, PI |
A Wreath for the Bride |
| Paretsky, Sara |
VI Warshawski - Chicago PI |
Indemnity Only |
| Parker, Robert B. |
Sunny Randall - Boston
Ex-policewoman PI |
Family Honor |
| Rogers, Chris |
Dixie Flanagan - Bounty Hunter - Houston, Texas |
Bitch Factor |
| Scoppettone, Sandra |
Lauren Loranco, Greenwich Village PI |
Everything You Have Is Mine |
| Spring, Michelle |
Laura Principal - Former British Sociology Professor turned PI |
Every Breath You Take |
| Stabenow, Dana |
Kate Shugak - Former DA Investigator turned PI |
A Cold Day for Murder |
| Sucher, Dorothy |
Sabrina Swift - PI |
Dead Men Don't Give Seminars |
| Taylor, Elizabeth Atwood |
Maggie Elliott -
San Francisco PI |
The Cable Car Murder |
| Trocheck, Kathy Hogan |
Julie Callahan Garrity - Atlanta, not-so-retired PI |
Every Crooked Nanny |
| Van Gieson, Judith |
Neil Hamel - New Mexico PI |
North of the Border |
| Whitelaw, Stella |
Lacy Jordan |
Pray and Die |
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