Many bibliographers focus on women who write. Lawyer Barnett looks at women who detect, at women as sleuths and at the evolving roles of women in professions and in society. Excellent for all women's studies programs as well as for the mystery hound.

Reviews

"Barnett, a lawyer and teacher of political science, has collected mystery fiction with female protagonists for more than 20 years. Here she focuses on those protagonists instead of on female mystery writers...Barnett offers a unique and highly subjective approach to the genre. Recommended where there is an interst in 'mystery women'and for readers' advisory services."

--Library Journal