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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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I'll second those three, as well as recommend:
Charles Todd 'Bess Crawford' series (not exactly a consulting detective; WW I era female)
Elly Griffiths 'Ruth Galloway' series (forensic anthropologist consults with Norfolk PD)
Nicola Upson 'Josephine Tey' series (author who helps out her friend in Scotland Yard)
Deanna Raybourn 'Lady Julia Grey' (husband is the CD, Julia is a talented wannabe)
Why do UK women get all the fun? Kate excepted.
Regards,
Jack Tingle