title: Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction, Vol.1 (1860-1979) (Revised)
author: Colleen Barnett
description: "Barnett, a lawyer and teacher of political science, has collected mystery fiction with female protagonists for more than 20 years. Here she focuses on those protagonists instead of on female mystery writers...Barnett offers a unique and highly subjective approach to the genre. Recommended where there is an interst in 'mystery women'and for readers' advisory services." <br><br> --Library Journal
zlib_text: Praise for the Books of
  
  Agatha Award-winning author
  
  Edith Maxwell
  
  “The historical setting is redolent and delicious, the townspeople engaging,
  and the plot a proper puzzle, but it’s Rose Carroll—midwife, Quaker,
  sleuth—who captivates in this irresistible series . . .”
  
  —Catriona McPherson,
  
  Agatha-, Anthony- and Macavity-winning author of the Dandy Gilver series
  
  “Clever and stimulating novel . . . masterfully weaves a complex mystery.”
  
  — _Open Book Society_
  
  “Riveting historical mystery . . . [a] fascinating look at nineteenth-century
  American faith, culture, and small-town life.”
  
  —William Martin, _New York Times_
  
  bestselling author of _Cape Cod_ and _The Lincoln Letter_
  
  “Intelligent, well-researched story with compelling characters and a fast-
  moving plot. Excellent!”
  
  — _Suspense Magazine_
  
  “A series heroine whose struggles with the tenets of her Quaker faith make her
  strong and appealing . . . . imparts authentic historical detail to depict
  life in a 19th-century New England