series of books by American crime novelist Sara Paretsky; played by Kathleen Turner in the 1991 film V.I.Warshawski. Stella Warwick is a young widow who travels to New Guinea to learn more about her husband's death, in the 1952 Edgar Award winning novel Beat Not the Bones by Charlotte Jay. Amelia Watson is the second wife of Dr. Watson, and an amateur sleuth, in two novels and many short stories by Michael Mallory (debuted 1995). Joan Watson, a former surgeon turned sober companion appointed to monitor the recovery of former heroin addict Sherlock Holmes and assist him in solving cases in New York City. Played by Lucy Liu in the 2012 CBS series Elementary. Bailey Weggins is a true crime writer for magazines in a book series debuted 2004, by magazine editor Kate White. Laurène Weiss (Suliane Brahim) is the police chief investigating a spree of mysterious murders and disappearances in the remote wilderness surrounding the fictional French town of Villefranche, from the television series Black Spot (Zone Blanche) 2017-. Daisy Wellsis an English boarding school girl during the 1930s in a book series by Robin Stevens is the president of the Wells and Wong detective society she established with her friend Hazel Wong. Maria Wern is a police detective in Sweden in this series by Anna Jansson. Books translated to English are: Killer's Island and Strange Bird. Helen West is a driven prosecutor with a keen sense of justice in a book series 1988–1996 by Frances Fyfield, twice adapted for television, with Helen played firstly by Juliet Stevenson and then by Amanda Burton. Honey West is a private detective in a series of eleven books by "G. G. Fickling" (debuted 1957); played by Anne Francis on the 1965-1966 ABC series Honey West. Megan Wheeler is a New York City detective played by Julianne Nicholson on the NBC/USA series Law & Order: Criminal Intent from 2006 to 2009. Blanche White is a domestic worker who investigates mysteries in a series commenced 1992 by Barbara Neely. Lace White is a sleuth created by Jeannette Covert Nolan, appearing in a handful of mysteries from the 1930s to the 1950s. White is an unusual character, a low-key retired schoolmarm who is also a special criminal investigator with credentials issued by the governor of Indiana. Jane Whitefield is a detective in a series of books by American mystery novelist Thomas Perry (debuted 1995). Eve