5/31/2023 0 Comments Claire dewitt mystery![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (Under Contract, Backhand and four other novels by Liza Cody) She is smart and pragmatic – decidedly not reckless like many fictional detectives (my own included) – and quite rightly hugely popular. Kinsey was one of the pioneering female private investigators in the 80s, and while we’ve followed her through 25 alphabetised mysteries so far, Kinsey’s cases have all been conducted in that decade, so all of her adventures take place in a period of a few years. But she’s also, usually, right – something all women can relate to. Constantly at odds with her squadmates and assuming they’re all waiting for her to fail, Antoinette’s obsession with proving them wrong verges on paranoia at times. ![]() At least not most of her colleagues, and because of the exact same qualities that make her good at her job. ( The Secret Place and The Trespasser by Tana French)Ī Dublin murder squad detective with a massive working-class chip on her shoulder, Antoinette is cynical, blunt, perceptive, and tenacious – and nobody likes her. Below is a list of 10 outstanding female detectives in fiction, ranging from police officers to private investigators to avid readers roaming the Sussex Downs, each of them solving mysteries on their own terms. ![]()
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