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Have you read any of Laurie R. King's Sherlock Holmes/Mary Russell series, starting with The Beekeeper's Apprentice? It's scholarly and wonderful- Sherlock befriends a young girl and instructs her in solving mysteries.
I also agree with the recommendation for M C Beaton's Agatha Raisin books- a high powered advertising exec retires to the Cotswolds and gets embroiled in murders- Agatha is stubborn, proud and quirkly- books are quite funny.
And if you are interested in historical mysteries with female protagonist, try Crocodile on the Sandbank- Amelia Peabody- a spinster before turn of the century, is left a fortune when her father dies and decides to go to Egypt. Funny as heck.
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