Detecting Women: A Reader's Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women

Purple Moon Press, 1994. 1995 Edition. Also stated on cover as First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author. Small item of publisher's ephemera laid in. Cover has slight wear and soiling and sticker residue.. 256 p. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Colophon. your selection Detecting Women: a Readers Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written By Women by Heising, Willetta L. "Detecting Women, A Reader's Guide & Checklist for Mystery Series Written By Women"--a first-of-its-kind mystery reference every serious reader & librarian will want to own. New readers will delight at the opportunity to choose mysteries by type, setting, background, character, & chronology. This 256-page, 8 1/2 by 11 softcover original puts an end to the frustration of what to read next with biographical information about 401 women authors & their 469 series featuring men, women, & pairs detectives--2345 book titles in all--over 400 new releases from 1993 & 1994. Nominations & winners of major mystery awards appear in bold-face type. Master list includes check-off boxes for keeping track of books owned or books read. Ten short story anthologies are indexed by author & volume for 99 women authors & their 184 stories, many of which feature well-known series detectives. This includes 400 new titles released in 1993 and 1994, illustrating the vibrancy of the marketplace and productivity of women mystery writers.