Girls Detecting

This group features lenses that discuss books written by women about female detectives (professional and accidental). Exception: If a fictional female detective is exceptional--but is created by a male--I will allow that lens in this group. Thus I have included the Eleanor Roosevelt Mysteries!

You know what? There are lots of lady authors out there who write about women who solve crimes!

In fact, those books are usually my favorite reading material.

Who are some of these authors you ask? Well, my favorites are (not in order of preference) Janet Evanovich; Sue Grafton, Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, Charlaine Harris, Anne George, J.A.Jance, Diane Mott Davidson, Laura Lippman, and so on and so on! See what I mean -- there are lots of them!

I am SURE that there are more out there that even I have not heard of or read.

So feel free to create a lens or submit one you already have!

I am always up for a new book to read!

What the Group-master Looks for in a lens:

Girls Detecting

1. Originality--fresh information and reviews

2. Original Module Titles--no generics allowed

3. Good grammar and spelling--it shows you care

4. Women Detectives! Women authors (or sometimes men - if they are particularly worthy!)

Books about the "Female" Detecting Genre

Want to learn more about the history of the female detective in fiction?

Check out these titles:
Detective Agency: Women Rewriting the Hard-Boiled Tradition: Priscilla L. Walton, Manina Jones: Books
Amazon.com: Detective Agency: Women Rewriting the Hard-Boiled Tradition: Priscilla L. Walton, Manina Jones: Books
Hardboiled and High Heeled: The Woman Detective in Popular Culture: Lind Mizejewski: Books
Amazon.com: Hardboiled and High Heeled: The Woman Detective in Popular Culture: Lind Mizejewski: Books

Lensmasters Just Added to the Group "Girls Detecting!

Wir55, BevsPaper, Margo_Arrowsmith, LKHFanClub, Mickie_G

Featured Lenses

Lensmasters Who Love to Read Detective-ette Fiction!

We love lady authors and the women characters they create!

Girls Detecting on the Web!

Blogs and websites I have found. Feel free to submit one that you have found that you think is really good!

More chances to read and learn!

Female-Sleuths

It is all about girls solving crimes!0 points

Women Detectives

I don't want to sound Politically Incorrect, but t more...0 points

Susan Wittig Albert

Mickie_G is reading the China Bayles series

I love the character of China Bayles. I am reading the wonderful series created by Susan Wittig Albert. I will probably create a lens about this wonderful author, soon!

I suggest that you read them in order they were written. However, you can rate you favorite one in the Plexo below.

Thyme of Death (China Bayles 1) by Susan Wittig Albert

Thyme of Death (China Bayles 1) by Susan Wittig Albert

When her friend Jo dies of an apparent suicide, ex more...1 point

Rosemary Remembered (China Bayles Mystery) by Susan Wittig Albert

Rosemary Remembered (China Bayles Mystery) by Susan Wittig Albert

When her accountant, Rosemary, is killed, ex-lawye more...1 point

Indigo Dying (China Bayles Mystery) by Susan Wittig Albert

Indigo Dying (China Bayles Mystery) by Susan Wittig Albert

China Bayles heads to the tiny town of Indigo, Tex more...1 point

Spanish Dagger (China Bayles Mystery) by Susan Wittig Albert

Spanish Dagger (China Bayles Mystery) by Susan Wittig Albert

While harvesting yucca plants to make paper, China more...0 points

Chile Death: A China Bayles Mystery by Susan Wittig Albert

Chile Death: A China Bayles Mystery by Susan Wittig Albert

She planted the seeds of mystery stardom with her more...0 points

Nightshade: China Bayles #16 (China Bayles Mystery) by Susan Wittig Albert

Nightshade: China Bayles #16 (China Bayles Mystery) by Susan Wittig Albert

China's still reeling from her father's death and more...0 points

Wormwood China Bayles #17 (China Bayles Mystery) by Susan Wittig Albert

Wormwood China Bayles #17 (China Bayles Mystery) by Susan Wittig Albert

"In a class with%u2026sleuths V.I. Warshawski more...0 points

Hangman's Root (China Bayles Mystery) by Susan Wittig Albert

Hangman's Root (China Bayles Mystery) by Susan Wittig Albert

When a prominent animal researcher is murdered, th more...0 points

Dead Man's Bones (China Bayles Mystery) by Susan Wittig Albert

Dead Man's Bones (China Bayles Mystery) by Susan Wittig Albert

When her teenage son discovers some skeletal remai more...0 points

Bleeding Hearts (China Bayles Mystery) by Susan Wittig Albert

Bleeding Hearts (China Bayles Mystery) by Susan Wittig Albert

When local football coach and hero Tim Duffy is ac more...0 points

Lavender Lies: A China Bayles Mystery by Susan Wittig Albert

Lavender Lies: A China Bayles Mystery by Susan Wittig Albert

Texas herbalist China Bayles must put her upcoming more...0 points

Witches' Bane (China Bayles 2) by Susan Wittig Albert

Witches' Bane (China Bayles 2) by Susan Wittig Albert

When a holiday prank culminates in a brutal murder more...0 points

Mickie G's Blog about reading:

I don't just read about female detectives!

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Members Only--Girls Detecting Lenses

If you are accepted as a member of this group, please put a link to your lens on this list.

Don't forget to vote for it! Or vote for another lens if you wish!

Rett MacPherson - Author

I was born, Lauretta Allen, in the sixties on Lafa more...0 points

Nancy Drew, Old and New!

I loved Nancy Drew when I was a girl, and now my d more...0 points

Sookie Stackhouse Vampire Mysteries

Sookie Stackhouse is the unique heroine of Charlai more...0 points

Janet Evanovich's Fearless Fourteen

Evanovich is near the top of her numbers game in t more...0 points

Laura Lippman & Tess Monaghan: Women Detecting

Years ago I began reading the Kinsey Millhone seri more...0 points

Eleanor Roosevelt, Master Sleuth

Well, truth be told, she didn't, but her son,Ellio more...0 points

NOMINATE Women/Girls Detecting Worthy Lenses

Please submit any lens you find on Squidoo that you think would be a good addition to this group. (If you are the author of a lens, please use the "Join This Group" option on this page.)

I will visit it and send an invitation to join if it meets the standards.

Thanks!

Who is the best FEMALE mystery author?

Who is the female author that writes the best stories? Hey, she must have a female heroine, too!

What are you reading?

Lensmaster

Mickie_G wrote...

I really love Sue Grafton and Laura Lippman. For just plain fun, I read Evanovich and Diane Mott Davidson.

ReplyPosted October 13, 2008

Lensmaster

PamelaGrandstaff wrote...

I am devoted to Martha Grimes. The odd (often humorous)relationship between her Scotland Yard Detective Richard Jury and his friend - rich, eccentric ex-Lord Melrose Plant- is what keeps me yearning for the next book in that series. She is a great writer, and I will follow these two characters wherever they go. PD James and Elizabeth George are also modern favorites. For classic female mystery writers of any era, you can't beat Dorothy Sayers. Her Harriet Vane character in the Peter Wimsey series is an independent, feminist heroine in an age where that was definitely not the acceptable norm.

ReplyPosted October 01, 2008