"Gentle-Lady" Sleuths involved in Cozy Capers

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In alphabetical order by Author:

A  |  B  |  C  |  D

E - F  |  G  |  H  |  I - J

K - L  |  M |  N - P

Q - R  |  S  |  T - Z

 

A

“China Bayles,” ex-lawyer and herb proprietor by Susan Wittig Albert

“Elizabeth Elliott,” present-day Quaker by Irene Allen

“Meg Langslow,” artist and bird-lover by Donna Andrews

“Dame Penelope Spring,” anthropologist/archeologist by Margot Arnold

“Lori Shepherd & Aunt Dimity,” housewife & ghost duo by Nancy Atherton

B

“Margo & Tikki,” freelance photographer & cat duo by Marian Babson

“Trixie Dolan and Evangeline Sinclair,” aging actresses by Marian Babson

“Agatha Raisin,” retired London advertising executive by M.C. Beaton

“Biggie Weatherford,” Texas grandmother by Nancy Bell

“Sister Joan,” British nun by Veronica Black

“Cat Caliban,” mother of 3 and P.I. by D. B. Borton

“Clara Gamadge,” grandmother sleuth by Eleanor Boylan

“Koko & Yum-Yum,” cat-sleuth duo by Lilian Jackson Braun

“Melita Pargeter,” British amateur sleuth by Simon Brett

“Mrs. Jeffries,” Victorian-England housekeeper by Emily Brightwell

“Mary Minor Haristeen & Mrs. Murphy,” postmistress & cat by Rita Mae Brown

C

“Lee McKinney,” divorcee working in chocolate factory by Joanna Carl

“Hilary Scarborough,” TV hostess by Paula Carter

“Miss Seeton,” British sleuth by Heron Carvic

“Hilary Tamar,” medieval law specialist by Sarah Caudwell

“Theodosia Browning,” tea-shop owner by Laura Childs

“Miss Jane Marple,” English spinster by Agatha Christie

“Betty Trenka,” retired office manager by Joyce Christmas

“Lady Margaret Priam,” British noblewoman in the U.S. by Joyce Christmas

“Jane Jeffry,” single mom by Jill Churchill

“Lily & Robert Brewster” sister & brother inn owners by Jill Churchill

“Molly Palmer-Jones,” former social worker by Ann Cleeves

“Tish McWhinney,” 70-yr old artist-painter by Barbara Comfort

“Emily D. Seeton,” retired British art teacher by Hamilton Crane

“Kate Fansler,” N. Y. English professor by Amanda Cross

“Sunny Farnum,” wheelchair-bound sleuth by Flavia Crowner

D

“Emma Lord,” newspaper owner-editor by Mary Daheim

“Judith McMonigle Flynn,” bed-n-breakfast owner by Mary Daheim

“Dorothy Martin,” American widow living in England by Jeanne Dams

“Hilda Johansson,” turn-of-the-century Swedish maid by Jeanne Dams

“Goldy Schulz,” caterer by Diane Mott Davidson

“Carnegie Kincaid,” Seattle wedding planner by Deborah Donnelly

“Irene Adler,” opera star & 19th Century sleuth by Carole Nelson Douglas

“Temple Barr & Midnight Louie,” freelancer & tomcat by Carole Nelson Douglas

“Daisy Dalrymple,” 1920’s English aristocratic journalist by Carola Dunn

E - F

“Desiree Shapiro,” New York queensize P.I. by Selma Eichler

“Lady Susanna Appleton,” Elizabethan herbalist by Kathy Lynn Emerson

“Madeline Bean,” caterer by Jerrilyn Farmer

“Betsy Devonshire,” needlework shop owner by Monica Ferris

“Benni Harper,” folk-art museum curator by Earlene Fowler

“Jemima Shore,” British TV journalist by Antonia Fraser

“Sister Frevisse,” 15th-Century Benedictine nun by Margaret Frazer

G

“Mrs. Emily Pollifax,” grandmother CIA agent by Dorothy Gilman

“Jacobia Triptree,” financial advisor turned handywoman by Sarah Graves

H

“Tess Darcy,” bed-n-breakfast owner by Jean Hager

“Doran Fairweather,” British antiques dealer by Mollie Hardwick

“Christine Bennett,” former nun by Lee Harris

“Henrietta (Henri O.) O'Dwyer Collins,” 70-yr old reporter by Carolyn Hart

“Annie Darling,” bookstore owner by Carolyn Hart

“Sheila Malory,” British literary magazine writer by Hazel Holt

I - J

“Bel Barrett,” community college professor by Jane Isenberg

“Agnes Bourdillon,” ex-cloistered nun by Alison Joseph

K - L

“Amelia Prentice,” high-school English teacher by Ellen Edwards Kennedy

“Mary Russell,” Sherlock Holmes’ detective partner by Laurie R. King

“Marguerite Smith,” retired science teacher by Marie Lee

M

“Victory (Torie) O’Shea,” amateur genealogist by Rett MacPherson

“Jane Stuart,” literary agent by Evan Marshall

“Charlotte Graham,” Oscar-winning actress by Stefanie Matteson

“Daisy Marlow,” lingerie-addicted P.I. by D. Miller Morgan

“Dewey James,” 60-yr old librarian by Kate Morgan

“Dulcie & Joe Grey,” cat duo by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

“Gin Barnes,” wife of school headmaster by Donna Huston Murray

“Abigail Timberlake,” antiques dealer by Tamar Myers

“Magdalena Yoder,” Mennonite inn owner by Tamar Myers

N - P

“Blanche White,” African-American domestic worker by Barbara Neely

“Catherine LeVendeur,” 12th-Cent. France young woman by Sharan Newman

“Shirley McClintock,” rancher by B. J. Oliphant

“Sister Mary Helen,” nun by Sister Carol Anne O’Marie

“Faith Sibley Fairchild,” caterer & minister’s wife by Katherine Hall Page

“Angie Amalfi,” bakery owner by Joanna Pence

“Amelia Peabody,” Victorian England archaeologist by Elizabeth Peters

“Jacqueline Kirby,” NY librarian turned romance novelist by Elizabeth Peters

“Vicky Bliss,” German art historian by Elizabeth Peters

“Eugenia Potter,” widowed chef by Nancy Pickard

“Iris Thorne,” investment counselor & oreo-cookie lover by Dianne G. Pugh

Q - R

“Sister Mary Teresa Dempsey,” nun by Monica Quill

“Eugenia Potter,” cook by Virginia Rich

“Chas Wheatley,” food-critic by Phyllis Richman

“Louise Eldridge,” organic gardener by Ann Ripley

“Liz Sullivan,” freelance writer and gardener by Lora Roberts

“Eleanor Roosevelt,” U.S. first lady by Elliott Roosevelt

“Melissa Craig,” British crime novelist by Betty Rowlands

“Cat Wilde,” single-mom reporter by Jean Ruryk

S

“Brigid Donovan,” ex-nun by Karen Saum

“Angela Benbow & Caledonia Wingate,” navy admiral widows by Corinne Holt Sawyer

“Kate Mulcay,” Georgian newspaperwoman by Celestine Sibley

“Miss Melville,” art teacher and painter by Evelyn E. Smith

“Peaches Dann,” absent-minded widow by Elizabeth Daniels Squire

“Fanny Zindel,” Jewish grandmother by Serita Stevens

“Skye Denison,” school psychologist by Denise Swanson

T - Z

“Heaven Lee,” restaurant-owner and chef by Lou Jane Temple

“Sister Fidelma,” nun by Peter Tremayne

“Miss Silver,” ex-governess by Patricia Wentworth

“Josie Pigeon,” building contractor by Valerie Wolzien

“Susan Henshaw,” suburban housewife by Valerie Wolzien

“Ruth Willmarth,” Vermont single-mom & farmer by Nancy Means Wright