Sunday, July 10, 2011

Six recommended books featuring female detectives

Tess Gerritsen is the best-selling author of the Jane Rizzoli crime thrillers, including The Silent Girl.

For The Week magazine, she named six favorite books featuring female sleuths, including:
The Strange Files of Fremont Jones by Dianne Day

Fremont Jones is an independent-minded woman who offers secretarial services in 1905 San Francisco. Who knew that taking dictation could be so dangerous? In short order, there’s murder and adventure galore. The amazing Fremont is every bit up to the task.
Read about another book on the list.

Also see Anne Holt's top ten list of female detectives and Adrian McKinty's list of the 10 best lady detectives.

--Marshal Zeringue