Found 266 results for "Women detectives in literature"
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins, William Collins
THIS is the story of what a Woman's patience can denture, and what a Man's resolution can achieve.
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
In the first part of Robinson Crusoe, at page one hundred and twenty-nine, you will find it thus written: ;Now I saw, th...
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest.
Crooked House
by Agatha Christie
I first came to know Sophia Leonides in Egypt towards the end of the war.
The Man in the Brown Suit
by Agatha Christie
Everybody has been at me, right and left, to write this story from the great (represented by Lord Nasby) to the small (r...
Nemesis
by Agatha Christie
In the afternoons it was the custom of Miss Jane Marple to unfold her second newspaper.
Roughing It
by Mark Twain
My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory-an office of such majesty that is concentrated in itsel...
Five Little Pigs
by Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot looked with interest and appreciation at the young woman who was being ushered into the room.
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Near everyone agreed Mary Lennox was a most disagreeable child.
The Secret Adversary
by Agatha Christie
"Tommy, old thing!" "Tuppence, old bean!" The two young people greeted each other affectionately, and momentarily blocke...
4:50 from Paddington
by Agatha Christie
Mrs. McGillicuddy panted along the platform in the wake of the porter carrying her suitcase.
A Murder Is Announced
by Agatha Christie
Between 7:30 and 8:30 every morning except Sundays, Johnnie Butt made the round of the village of Chipping Cleghorn on h...
Angels & Demons
by Dan Brown
O maior estabelecimento de pesquisa científica do mundo – Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN) –, na Suíç...
They Came to Baghdad
by Agatha Christie
Captain Crosbie came out of the bank with the pleased air of one who has cashed a cheque and has discovered that there i...
Sleeping Murder
by Agatha Christie
Gwenda Reed stood, shivering a little, on the quay-side.
At Bertram's Hotel
by Agatha Christie
In the heart of the West End, there are many quiet pockets, unknown to almost all but taxi drivers who traverse them wit...
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
by Agatha Christie
Miss Jane Marple was sitting by her window.
The Mystery of the Blue Train
by Agatha Christie
IT was close on midnight when a man crossed the Place de la Concorde.