This book is the winner of the Emily Toth Award. This edition adds sixty new female private eyes to the roster and includes an afterword that assesses the current state of the genre's new and old novels.
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"Real mystery fans will enjoy this survey of nearly 300 female sleuths in 100 years of British and U.S. fiction." Feminist Bookstore News "A highly intelligent analysis." Ms. "Well-researched and well-written... Traces the evolution of sexist boundaries in popular detective fiction from a feminist viewpoint and documents the parallels in social history and the women's rights movement." Ronald C. Miller, The Armchair Detective "Identifies dozens of good novels whose titles are not well known, its promise of good reading extending well beyond its own covers." Jane Bakerman, Belles Lettres
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Most readers' familiarity with detective fiction usually begins with Conan Doyle's stories and novels about Sherlock Holmes, but the reputation of these works is not due to their premiere chronological or structural status. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
women private eyes, detective script, detective herself, detection plot, lady detective, woman detective, male detectives, unsuitable job, female private eyes, marriage plot, professional detective, detective fiction, female detective Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Miss Silver, Cordelia Gray, Violet Strange, Sherlock Holmes, Frances Baird, Kate Goelet, Olga Knaresbrook, Sylvia Shale, Gale Gallagher, Joan Mar, Madelyn Mack, Molly Kingsley, Cad Metti, Conan Doyle, Notorious Nick, Old Sleuth, Bertha Cool, Dora Myrl, Honey West, Paul Beck, Scotland Yard, Civil War, Flora Hogg, Henry Wilbur New!
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Most readers' familiarity with detective fiction usually begins with Conan Doyle's stories and novels about Sherlock Holmes, but the reputation of these works is not due to their premiere chronological or structural status. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
women private eyes, detective script, detective herself, detection plot, lady detective, woman detective, male detectives, unsuitable job, female private eyes, marriage plot, professional detective, detective fiction, female detective Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Miss Silver, Cordelia Gray, Violet Strange, Sherlock Holmes, Frances Baird, Kate Goelet, Olga Knaresbrook, Sylvia Shale, Gale Gallagher, Joan Mar, Madelyn Mack, Molly Kingsley, Cad Metti, Conan Doyle, Notorious Nick, Old Sleuth, Bertha Cool, Dora Myrl, Honey West, Paul Beck, Scotland Yard, Civil War, Flora Hogg, Henry Wilbur New!
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