Hard-Boiled Ladies
Female Authors, Tough Women Investigators

A Cold And Silent Dying
Fatal Remains
Eleanor Taylor Bland writing about Marti MacAlister

The Ice Maiden
You Only Die Twice
Edna Buchanan writing about Britt Montero

Bloodlines: An Irene Kelly Novel
Flight: A Novel Of Suspense
Jan Burke writing about Irene Kelly

Trace
Blow Fly
Patricia Daniels Cornwell writing about Kay Scarpetta

Hard Road
Hard Evidence
Barbara D’Amato writing about Cat Marsala

Eleven On Top
Ten Big Ones
Janet Evanovich writing about Stephanie Plum

Entombed
The Kills
Linda A. Fairstein writing about Alex Cooper

“R” Is For Ricochet
“Q” Is For Quarry
Sue Grafton writing about Kinsey Millhone

By A Spider’s Thread
The Last Place
Laura Lippman writing about Tess Monaghan

The Dangerous Hour
Dead Midnight
Marcia Muller writing about Sharon McCone

Winter House
Crime School
Carol O’Connell writing about Kathleen Mallory

Blue Death
Lockout
Lillian O’Donnell writing about Nora Mulcahaney

Fire Sale
Blacklist
Sara Paretsky writing about V. I. Warshawski

Cross Bones
Monday Mourning
Kathy Reichs writing about Tempe Brennan

Devil’s Corner
Killer Smile
Lisa Scottoline writing about various female Philadelphia attorneys

Unwilling Accomplice
Unpaid Dues
Barbara Seranella writing about Munch Mancini

Mean Woman Blues
82 Desire
Julie Smith writing about Skip Langdon

Louisiana Lament
Louisiana Bigshot
Julie Smith writing about Talba Wallis

A Taint In The Blood
A Grave Denied
Dana Stabenow writing about Kate Shugak

Dying In The Dark
The Devil Riding
Valerie Wilson Wesley writing about Tamara Hayle

Dirty Laundry
Stormy Weather
Paula L. Woods writing about Charlotte Justice

This list was updated by the St. Charles Public Library, July 2005.