![]() ![]() I picking out the more prominent series characters here and there may be individual examples that I'm not aware of. But I think all the Burkholders, Millhones, Plums, Scarpettas, Warshawskis, etc. There had of course been amateurs such as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and Tuppence and also some pulp examples such as Erle Stanley Gardner's Bertha Cool from back in the Golden Age. ![]() James' first Cordelia Gray book back in the day and thinking that she didn't have any contemporary rivals. Perhaps someone in the comments will be able to come up with an example to refute my lede, but I definitely remember reading P.D. Review of the Sphere Books paperback edition (1974 orig/1986 reprint) of the Faber & Faber hardcover original (1972) ![]() The First Fictional Modern Professional Female Detective ![]()
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