Presents a study of British detective fiction with female protagonists written by women, looking at the work of six well-established authors, as well as several new to the field, and following the evolution of female sleuths from the 1960s to the early twenty-first century.
year: 2002
call number/section: 823
subjects: detective and mystery stories, english, history and criticism, women and literature, great britain, history, 20th century, mystery fiction, english fiction