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Lady detectives
Detective novels and thrillers that either have a female detective or the detective is aided woman during an investigation. Also female spies.
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Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)
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Dead with the Wind (Southern Ladies Mystery #2)
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Lord Peter and Harriet Part I Strong Poison / Have His Carcase
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Requiem for Immortals
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Lee Winter (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 4,432 ratings
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Bless Her Dead Little Heart (Southern Ladies Mystery #1)
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The Birds of a Feather Affair (Girl from U.N.C.L.E. #1)
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The Ecstasy Connection (The Baroness, #1)
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Mata Hari's Last Dance
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Michelle Moran (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 3,370 ratings
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The Female Detective
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2.96 avg rating — 441 ratings
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Bobs, a Girl Detective
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3.52 avg rating — 58 ratings
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This Girl for Hire (Honey West, #1)
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Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski, #1)
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Sara Paretsky (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 19,295 ratings
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The Sinner (Rizzoli & Isles, #3)
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Tess Gerritsen (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 62,107 ratings
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Harmony Black (Harmony Black, #1)
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Craig Schaefer (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 8,634 ratings
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A Cold Day for Murder (Kate Shugak, #1)
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Dana Stabenow (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 17,397 ratings
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Forty Words for Sorrow (John Cardinal and Lise Delorme Mystery, #1)
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The Distant Echo (Karen Pirie, #1)
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City of Good Death (Elisenda Domènech Investigations, #1)
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Chris Lloyd (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 243 ratings
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The Girl in the Ice (Detective Erika Foster, #1)
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Robert Bryndza (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 87,449 ratings
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The Girl on the Train
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Paula Hawkins (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 3,223,074 ratings
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The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1)
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Jeffery Deaver (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 192,802 ratings
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The Alice Network
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Kate Quinn (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 600,389 ratings
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Black Jack Justice
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4.44 avg rating — 189 ratings
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Shadow Of Doubt (The Carol Childs Mysteries, #1)
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Nancy Cole Silverman (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 362 ratings
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Circle of Influence (Zoe Chambers Mysteries, #1)
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Annette Dashofy (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 1,730 ratings
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Double Jeopardy (Sweet Valley High Super Thriller, #1)
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Francine Pascal (Creator)
3.51 avg rating — 371 ratings
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Judy Moody Girl Detective (Judy Moody #9)
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4.11 avg rating — 3,341 ratings
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Girl Detective (Friday Barnes, #1)
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R.A. Spratt (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 2,418 ratings
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Poirot: The Complete Ariadne Oliver, Vol. 1 (Hercule Poirot & Ariadne Oliver Omnibus, #1)
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Never Sleep (Chronicles of a Lady Detective Book 1)
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K.B. Owen (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 272 ratings
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Revelations of a Lady Detective
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The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective
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The Demented Lady Detectives' Club
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3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Law and the Lady
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Food of Ghosts
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Marianne Wheelaghan (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 55 ratings
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The Detective and The Woman: A Novel of Sherlock Holmes
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Amy Thomas (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 172 ratings
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Restless
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Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope Mystery, #1)
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Susan Elia MacNeal (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 33,912 ratings
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The Calling (Hazel Micallef #1)
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3.78 avg rating — 3,563 ratings
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The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
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Libba Bray (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 101,232 ratings
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Sirens (Faithful, #3)
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Janet Fox (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 561 ratings
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Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter
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Beth Fantaskey (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 541 ratings
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Girl About Town (Lulu Kelly Mystery #1)
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3.27 avg rating — 334 ratings
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The Lincoln Special: Kate Warne Civil War Spy Series
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Peg A. Lamphier (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Lost Spy (Slim Moran Mysteries, #1)
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Kate Moira Ryan (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 423 ratings
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The Girl Is Murder (The Girl is Murder, #1)
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Kathryn Miller Haines (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 1,879 ratings
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At the Table of Wolves (Dark Talents #1)
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Kay Kenyon (Goodreads Author)
3.43 avg rating — 537 ratings
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Velvet Undercover
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Teri Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 1,184 ratings
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Scarlett Undercover
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Jennifer Latham (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 1,222 ratings
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Girl in the Blue Coat
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Monica Hesse (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 45,290 ratings
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Captain America: The First Avenger (Movie Junior Novel)
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3.80 avg rating — 180 ratings
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Red Vengeance (Black Widow, #2)
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Margaret Stohl (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 2,252 ratings
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Batman And Robin
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3.16 avg rating — 45 ratings
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The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1)
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Katherine Woodfine (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 6,190 ratings
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Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike, #1)
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Robin Stevens (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 26,991 ratings
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The Case of the Missing Moonstone (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency, #1)
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Jordan Stratford (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 2,824 ratings
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The Case of the Missing Cats (The Dragon Detective Agency, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 70 ratings
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A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, #1)
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Deanna Raybourn (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 57,047 ratings
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The Secret of the Stairs
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I want to favourite this list somehow. I know I will return here both with further recommendations and to take recommendations!
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