Lady on the Case

by Marcia Muller (Editor)

An anthology of mystery stories featuring the world's greatest female detectives includes twenty short stories by such writers as Agatha Christie, Sue Grafton, Sarah Paretsky, Marcia Muller, and Dorothy Salisbury.

Genres: Mystery, Short Stories, Fiction, Anthologies

512 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Marcia Muller is an American author of mystery and thriller novels.
Muller has written many novels featuring her Sharon McCone female private detective character. Vanishing Point won the Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel. Muller had been nominated for the Shamus Award four times previously.
In 2005, Muller was awarded the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master award.
She was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Birmingham, Michigan, and graduated in English from the University of Michigan and worked as a journalist at Sunset magazine. She is married to detective fiction author Bill Pronzini with whom she has collaborated on several novels.

Reviews

[Lana Kamennof-sine]

What a wonderful compilation of short stories and 1 complete novel. Fascinating to see the evolution of the female detective. Also appreciated the fact that while I may have come close to the solution of the mystery there were always nuances that I'd missed.
It was soooo good that I even managed to stuff it into my carry on for the plane trip home before borders were shut down during the COVID panic.

[Phil]

21 short stories and 1 complete novel staring the world's greatest female sleuths!
Great stories - loved reading it.

[Michelle Powers]

Short stories- all mysteries with female protagonists. Some set in US but some in England. Very fun. Found it much better than "Best American Mystery Stories-2013"

[☠☼Serena☼☠]

Good selection of mysteries compiled together!! Love it!!