Linda Barnes’ Carlotta Carlyle, tough Boston private investigator
Deep Pockets
The Big Dig

Eleanor Taylor Bland’s Lincoln Prairie, Illinois homicide detective Marti MacAlister
A Cold And Silent Dying
Fatal Remains

Jan Burke’s Irene Kelly, veteran investigative reporter
for the Las Piernas [California] News-Express
Bloodlines: An Irene Kelly Novel
Flight: A Novel Of Suspense

Patricia Daniels Cornwell’s Richmond, Virginia medical examiner Kay Scarpetta
Trace
Blow Fly

Janet Evanovich’s Trenton, New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum
Eleven On Top
Ten Big Ones

Linda A. Fairstein’s Manhattan Sex Crimes prosecutor Alexandra “Alex” Cooper
Entombed
The Kills

Sue Grafton’s Santa Teresa, California private investigator Kinsey Millhone
“R” Is For Ricochet
“Q” Is For Quarry

Laura Lippman’s Baltimore private investigator Tess Monaghan
By A Spider’s Thread
The Last Place

Marcia Muller’s San Francisco private investigator Sharon McCone
The Dangerous Hour
Dead Midnight

Carol O’Connell’s edgy and unorthodox NYPD detective Kathleen Mallory
Winter House
Crime School

Lillian O’Donnell’s NYPD investigator Norah Mulcahaney
Blue Death
Lockout

Sara Paretsky’s Chicago private investigator V. I. Warshawski
Fire Sale
Blacklist

Kathy Reich’s Montreal and Charlotte, North Carolina
forensic anthropologist, Dr. Temperance “Tempe” Brennan
Cross Bones
Monday Mourning

Lisa Scottoline’s female Philadelphia attorneys
Devil’s Corner, featuring assistant U.S. Attorney Vicki Alegretti
Killer Smile, featuring Rosato & Associates’ Mary DiNunzio

Barbara Seranella’s ex-con mechanic from California, Munch Mancini
Unwilling Accomplice
Unpaid Dues

Julie Smith’s New Orleans police detective Skip Langdon
Mean Woman Blues
82 Desire

Julie Smith’s New Orleans poet private investigator Talba Wallis (a.k.a. Baroness de Pontalba)
Louisiana Lament
Louisiana Bigshot

Dana Stabenow’s Alaskan private investigator Kate Shugak
A Taint In The Blood
A Grave Denied

Valerie Wilson Wesley’s Newark, New Jersey private investigator Tamara Hayle
Dying In The Dark
The Devil Riding

Paula L. Woods’ LAPD detective Charlotte Justice
Dirty Laundry
Stormy Weather