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Female Private Investigators: 11 Books Written by Women

Sometimes it seems like men get to have all the fun... and all the danger. Instead, here are eleven women private investigators finding themselves neck-deep in danger and determined to find out the truth, no matter what. Borrow one today for a mysteriously good time.

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  • Claudia Lin # 1. Claudia has just been stealth-recruited by Veracity, a referrals-only online-dating detective agency when a client goes missing and she breaks protocol to investigate.
    Book, 2022New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2022. — MYSTERY PEK J
  • Anna, a former missing persons detective, returns to her hometown only to discover a young girl has gone missing, and the crime feels frighteningly reminiscent of the most crucial time in Anna's childhood.
    Book, 2021New York : Ballantine Books, [2021] — MYSTERY MCLAIN P
  • Maisie Dobbs #1. It's 1929 and Maisie's first assignment on her own is a seemingly tedious inquiry involving a case of suspected infidelity, which takes her not only on the trail of a killer, but back to the war she's tried so hard to forget.
    Book, 2003New York : Soho, [2003] — MYSTERY WINSPEAR J
  • Tracers #1. Alex helps people disappear into safety, but when one of her clients, desperate to escape her abusive cop husband, has disappeared for real, she must figure out what happened.
    Book, 2009New York : Pocket Star, c2009. — ROMANCE GRIFFIN L
  • Kinsey, a former cop, has set up her own detective agency and gets the case of a convicted killer who swears she's innocent. It's been eight years though, and clearing her name will not be easy.
    Book, 2008New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2008. — PS3557.R13 A63 2008b
  • Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #1. Miss Mary becomes Sherlock Holmes's pupil and quickly hones her talent for deduction, disguises and danger. But when an elusive villain enters the picture, their partnership is put to a real test.
    eBook, 2010St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2010
  • Marvel Crime #1. Jessica is a retired superhero, now keeping to herself as a PI when she gets a case of twins who are no longer themselves.
    Book, 2024Los Angeles : Hyperion Avenue, 2024. — FICTION JEWELL L
  • Girl Friday #1. New York City, 1950. Viviana Valentine is Girl Friday to the city’s top private investigator, Tommy Fortuna, when he goes missing and a dead body is found in the office.
    Book, 2022New York : Crooked Lane, 2022. — MYSTERY EDWARDS E
  • Fina Ludlow #1. Fina works as the PI for her family's firm when her sister-in-law goes missing. As the case progresses, demands of family loyalty intensify even as she digs up more dirt and determines to find the truth, no matter what.
    Book, 2013New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2013] — PS3620.H58 L69 2013
  • Roxane Weary #1. Roxane is called in to handle an old case of a missing teenager and the boyfriend sitting on death row for murdering her parents who insists he's innocent.
    Book, 2017New York : Minotaur Books, [2017]. — MYSTERY LEPIONKA K
  • V.I. Warshawski #1. V.I.'s latest client isn't who he claims to be, telling her his son's girlfriend is missing. Turns out the son is dead and she's in a race against time to save his girlfriend.
    eBook, 2010Random House Publishing Group, 2010