Best Female Pi

H Is for Homicide is a 1991 detective novel by Sue Grafton and the eighth installment in her alphabet series featuring California private investigator Kinsey Millhone. After an insurance claims adjuster is killed, Millhone investigates a suspected fraud operation and works undercover among people co...

Indemnity Only is a 1982 detective novel by Sara Paretsky and the first book featuring Chicago private investigator V. I. Warshawski. A search for a missing young woman develops into an investigation of murder, insurance interests, organized labor, and corruption. Warshawski's independence, professi...

C Is for Corpse is a 1986 detective novel by Sue Grafton and the third installment in her alphabet series featuring California private investigator Kinsey Millhone. A young man recovering from a severe car crash hires Millhone because he believes the collision was a deliberate attempt to kill him, b...

G Is for Gumshoe is a 1990 mystery novel by Sue Grafton and the seventh entry in her alphabet series featuring California private investigator Kinsey Millhone. Kinsey is hired to locate an elderly woman connected to a troubled family while also learning that a contract killer has been sent after her...

A Is for Alibi is a 1982 mystery novel by Sue Grafton and the first book in her alphabet series featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone. In the novel, a woman recently released from prison hires Millhone to investigate the murder of her husband and establish who was actually responsible. Set...

D Is for Deadbeat is a 1987 detective novel by Sue Grafton and the fourth entry in her alphabet series about California private investigator Kinsey Millhone. Millhone accepts a cash payment from an recently paroled client who asks her to deliver money to a teenage boy, but the client dies before ful...