Women authors of detective series : twenty-one American and British writers, 1900-2000

While the roots of the detective novel go back to the 19th century, the genre reached its height around 1925 to 1945. This work presents information on 21 British and American women who wrote during the 20th century. As a group they were largely responsible for the great popularity of the detective novel in the first half of the century. The British authors are Dora Turnbull (Patricia Wentworth), Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Elizabeth Mackintosh (Josephine Tey), Ngaio Marsh, Gladys Mitchell, Margery Allingham, Edith Pargeter (Ellis Peters), Phyllis Dorothy James White (P.D. James), Gwendoline Butler (Jennie Melville), and Ruth Rendell, and the Americans are Patricia Highsmith, Carolyn G. Heilbrun (Amanda Cross), Edna Buchanan, Kate Gallison, Sue Grafton, Sara Paretsky, Nevada Barr, Patricia Cornwell, Carol Higgins Clark, and Megan Mallory Rust. A flavor of each author's work is provided.

Preface and Acknowledgements	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
1 Dora Turnbull	p. 9
2 Agatha Christie	p. 16
3 Dorothy L. Sayers	p. 33
4 Elizabeth MacKintosh	p. 45
5 Ngaio Marsh	p. 50
6 Gladys Mitchell	p. 59
7 Margery Allingham	p. 65
8 Edith Pargeter	p. 74
9 Phyllis Dorothy James White	p. 84
10 Gwendoline Butler	p. 91
11 Patricia Highsmith	p. 98
12 Carolyn G. Heilbrun	p. 104
13 Ruth Rendell	p. 111
14 Edna Buchanan	p. 119
15 Kate Gallison	p. 128
16 Sue Grafton	p. 132
17 Sara Paretsky	p. 139
18 Nevada Barr	p. 145
19 Patricia Cornwell	p. 149
20 Carol Higgins Clark	p. 155
21 Megan Rust	p. 160
Recapitulation and Afterthoughts	p. 166
Sources	p. 175
Index	p. 181

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