Even More Of Our Favorite Female Detectives
Did you think we’d be able to stop at one post about female detectives? There are so many great female detective characters in crime fiction and mystery suspense novels. These women are all great at their jobs, determined and hardworking and talented. But they also have complex personal lives as well. It’s impossible to not be drawn into the stories of these eight detectives and the mysteries they solve.
Kendra Michaels — Kendra Michaels is a hired gun for the CIA and FBI. She makes it onto our list of favorite female detectives because of her uncanny abilities to observe and analyze sensory cues around her. Seriously, her powers are almost supernatural, and it’s made her the ultimate secret weapon for the CIA and the FBI. They call her the Modern-Day Sherlock Holmes, and if you read any novel in the Kendra Michaels mystery thriller series, you’ll see why.
Amelia Sachs — Amelia Sachs is the partner of Lincoln Rhyme. And while Lincoln Rhyme may be the star of Jeffrey Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme series, Amelia Sachs is so much more than just a support system for the forensic consultant. Lincoln is paralyzed from the neck down after an accident at a crime scene investigation. So Amelia acts as Lincoln’s eyes and ears at the scene of crimes. Amelia may just be a rookie NYPD officer at the start of the series, but her intelligence and intuitiveness soon make her an essential ally for Lincoln Rhyme.
Cindy Thomas — The Women’s Murder Club series features not one but four strong female characters. There’s Cindy Thomas, a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle; Claire Washburn, the Chief Medical Examiner for San Francisco; Yuki Castellano, a San Francisco district attorney; and last but certainly not least, there’s Lindsay Boxer, a homicide detective for the San Francisco Police Department. In 20th Victim by James Patterson, The Women’s Murder Club face the fight of their lives after three simultaneous serial killings occur, and one of them is in Lindsay Boxers’ jurisdiction. While Lindsay works to track down the killer, reporter Cindy Thomas is contacted by an anonymous source who predicts future killings.
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