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earthpigborn · 10-14-2011, 11:01 PM

I don't read a lot of mystery series anymore. I've had my fill with the Hardy boys and Perry Mason when I was young but I still like to grab a book once in a while if the character seems interesting. These days I get most of my mystery fix from TV and I've noticed that while unusual detectives that consult/work with police in the Sherlock Holmes mold show up in TV (Monk, Psych, Mentalist etc) you almost never see female amateur/consulting detectives anymore.

As always when TV fails me I go back to books. Any good female consulting detective series? I've seen and sampled a couple from the cozy mysteries thread but I specifically would like someone in the Sherlock Holmes/Adrian Monk spectrum. Someone weird and maybe a little off-putting.

10-14-2011, 11:01 PM	#1
earthpigborn Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Manila, Philippines Device: FBReader on Android	Female Consulting Detectives? I don't read a lot of mystery series anymore. I've had my fill with the Hardy boys and Perry Mason when I was young but I still like to grab a book once in a while if the character seems interesting. These days I get most of my mystery fix from TV and I've noticed that while unusual detectives that consult/work with police in the Sherlock Holmes mold show up in TV (Monk, Psych, Mentalist etc) you almost never see female amateur/consulting detectives anymore. As always when TV fails me I go back to books. Any good female consulting detective series? I've seen and sampled a couple from the cozy mysteries thread but I specifically would like someone in the Sherlock Holmes/Adrian Monk spectrum. Someone weird and maybe a little off-putting.