1992). Phyl Coe was a 'beautiful lady detective' in Philco's Mysteries of the Air, a radio program sponsored by Philco Radio Tubes in 1936. The next season the detective was changed to a man, Phil Coe. Nikki Collins is a debutante and detective story enthusiast, played by Deanna Durbin, who sees a murder from a train in the comedic mystery film Lady on a Train (1945). Kat Colorado is a private investigator in Sacramento, California in a series of books by American crime novelist Karen Kijewski (debuted 1989). Harper Connelly is an investigator in a series of books by American crime novelist Charlaine Harris (debuted 2005). Gail Connor is an attorney based in Miami, Florida who works cases with her lover Anthony Quintana. The series was written by Barbara Parker and first appeared in 1994. Natalie Cook (Cameron Diaz) is a private detective in the 2000 film Charlie's Angels and sequel Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 2003. Bertha Cool is a private investigator in the Cool and Lam series by American A. A. Fair 1939–1970; Jane Darwell in a lost 1955 TV show based on 1939 debut The Bigger They Come; Benay Venuta in pilot based loosely on Turn On The Heat 1958, perhaps never aired. Alexandra Cooper is a Manhattan prosecutor in a series by American Linda Fairstein begun 1996. Beka (Rebekah) Cooper is a King's Provost Guard who can talk to spirits, polices the fantasy kingdom Tortall in the Provost's Dog trilogy by Tamora Pierce 2006–2011. Iris Cooper is a flapper-era college student in Oregon who solves crimes with journalist Jack Clancy in three books 1984–1989 by K. K. Beck (also writes Jane Da Silva series). Miranda Corbie is a private investigator in San Francisco, California in the 1940s in a series by American Kelli Stanley begun 2010. Meg Corey is an amateur sleuth whose adventures start after she inherits a colonial house and apple orchard in a series by Sheila Connolly begun 2008. Maureen Coughlin is a former Staten Island native who becomes a police officer in New Orleans in a series by Bill Loehfelm begun 2006. Miranda "Randy" Craig is an amateur sleuth who solves mysteries related to academe in Edmonton in a series by Janice MacDonald begun 1994. Bess Crawford is the daughter of military man and a battlefield nurse in World War I in a series by Charles Todd begun 2009. Lady Lara Croft is