I love the female sleuths in cozy mysteries.  My first favorite female sleuth goes all the way back to Harriet M. Welsch from Harriet the Spy, which I read decades before they made it into a movie!  That book changed me because after that I started keeping a little notebook with observations about the world – training myself to be a writer without knowing it. I asked my readers who their favorites were and got such a great list.  There are so many wonderfully curious, smart, funny female sleuths out there. Here are a few of their favorites. I have to admit – I didn’t know them all. So I’m thankful for the reading suggestions. I linked to some of the books that were new to me!

• Joanne Brady (Female Sheriff)
• Miss Marple of Agatha Christie books
• Stephanie Plum
• Laurie King’s Mary Russell
• Nancy Drew
• Cherry Ames
• Nuala Anne McGrail in Andrew Greeleys Irish series
• Hetta Coffey by Jinx Schultz ,
• Southern Sisters, Anne George author,
• Molly Murphy by Rhys Bowen,
• Bailey Ruth by Carolyn G. Hart,
• Maggie Newberry by Susan Kiernan Lewis,
• Savannah Martin by Jenny Bennett,
• Maisie Dobbs by Jasqueline Winspear,
• Mrs. Jeffries by Emily Brightwell.
• Clare Cosi
• Kinsey Milhone