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Originally Posted by anjirlly
Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs series. Main character served as a nurse in WWI and has transcended some class barriers to become a psychological investigator.
Laurie King's Mary Russell and Kate Martinelli series. Mary is introduced as an orphaned American teenager who befriends a retired Sherlock Holmes. Kate is a San Francisco detective in a lesbian relationship.
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Both Maisie Dobbs and Mary Russell I'd highly agree with. I've found Kate Martinelli less successful.
Philip Pullman's Sally Lockhart books. Dark at times, but I really liked them.