The Big Book of Female Detectives

The Big Book of Female Detectives | Otto Penzler

This volume has been in my TBR for ages. I was starting to remember the stories in Bibliomysteries edited by the same author, so I switched to this volume.The introduction by O.P. tells the history of the female detective in literature, which was fascinating.The book is divided by eras- the first being “The Victorians and the Edwardians (British).” I just finished the first story in this section, “The Mysterious Countess,” quite a fun read.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 😍 6mo

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kspenmoll

The Big Book of Female Detectives | Otto Penzler

Now that I finished Miss Marple‘s short stories, I have turned to this big tome. It too will be beside my bed for occasional night time reading for several months! It covers 150 years of such mystery stories.

LeahBergen Ooo, lovely! 2y

Bklover I‘ve seen this book at the bookstore and it looks fascinating! 2y

BiblioLitten Nice! 2y

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MrBook

The Big Book of Female Detectives | Otto Penzler

#TBRtemptation post 3! On this massive anthology, edited by the mystery genre‘s legendary Otto Penzler (owner of #NYC‘s Mysterious Bookshop), you‘ll find 74 stories spanning 150 years of publication, all of them having females in the starring roles, whether groundbreaking police officers to hard-boiled P.I.s. Christie, Lippman, Paretsky, Orczy, Grafton, are among those who have stories included. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

kspenmoll I have this but is so big I have to sit to read! Great collection! 4y

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Simona

The Big Book of Female Detectives | Otto Penzler

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This big book (1136 pages) is collection of short stories (and few novellas) over the past 150 years, where main character is female trying to resolve some kind of mystery, murder, robbery ... Each story begins with short introduction of the author and where/when story was first published. I didn‘t enjoy in all of them, but the collection as a whole is very interesting and good overview of female characters (and their development) in this genre.

Cinfhen, BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

Simona #Booked2019 #FemaleDetective 5y

Cinfhen Did u read the WHOLE BOOK???? 🙌🏻💕😘 5y

Simona @Cinfhen Of course I did, and I don‘t regret it! A month and a half of hard work 🤓😘 5y

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Cinfhen Of course YOU DID ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y

alisiakae Wow! I think you win for longest book for this prompt! 🙌🏽🙌🏽 5y

Crazeedi What a cool book!!!! 5y

Simona @4thhouseontheleft I think that this is gonna be the longest book in this year, for me. 5y

Simona @Crazeedi It is, but a little heavy to read it in bed. 5y

LeahBergen I have the Jack the Ripper collection from Otto Penzler. 👍🏻

The Big Book of Jack the Ripper

LeahBergen Oh! And

Bibliomysteries: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores

Simona @LeahBergen I've already 👁👁 at the Book Depository and at the moment I‘m in 🔥 for

The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries

LeahBergen Oh, that one sounds good, too! 👍🏻 5y

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Simona

The Big Book of Female Detectives | Otto Penzler

While waiting for my friend, I‘m going to do some readathoning.

#24in28 #readathon

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julesG Looks like a cozy morning. 5y

Simona @julesG It was❣️ Book, cat and coffee it‘s all I need. 5y

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Simona

The Big Book of Female Detectives | Otto Penzler

I hope that he didn‘t expected some royalties ...

gradcat That‘s hilarious...plus, I didn‘t know that! I love learning things about authors‘ private lives 😂😂😂 5y

LauraBeth 😂😂 further proof that writing is one of the healthiest outlets 5y

batsy Hard not to love that 😂😂 I'm going to have to read her books! 5y

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Bookgirl 🤣😂 5y

readordierachel Write what you know 😂😂 5y

UwannaPublishme 😂😂😂 5y

Simona @gradcat Each story has a short presentation of the author and this one is the best, so far. 5y

Simona @LauraBeth ... and this therapy is free! 5y

Simona @batsy I was thinking about that too... I‘ve never read any of her books yet. 5y

Simona @readordierachel In every bad thing is something good ... 5y

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Simona

The Big Book of Female Detectives | Otto Penzler

Seeing reading progress in the long, big book is so incredibly satisfying‼️

Naj That's impressive 👏 5y

BookBabe 🙌🏻 5y

tammysue 👏🏻👍🏻 5y

Simona @Naj @BookBabe @whatshesreadingnow I‘m quite sure that this will be my biggest book (1136 pages) in this year. 5y

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Simona

The Big Book of Female Detectives | Otto Penzler

Big book for looong night (first book for #Booked2019), while we are waiting for neighbors to burn all the firecrackers in the world 😠😡🤬

@hermyknee #readinthenewyear #currentlyreading

valeriegeary Oh no! Fire crackers are the worst! We used to have a dog who would go hide in our shower! 🙈 5y

Susannah Your poor animals! It‘s the same in my neighborhood. Once it‘s dark, the fireworks will gradually escalate until about 1am. 👎😡 5y

Simona @valeriegeary Close to the midnight I usually sit in bathroom with my dog and cat ... apparently the bathroom is the safest place in the house. 5y

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Simona @Susannah Same here ... it‘s like war between neighbors 😤 5y

MicheleinPhilly Same. In Phillly we play a game called “fireworks or gun shots.” 😡 5y

Simona @MicheleinPhilly What a thrilling game 🤬 5y

staci.reads Same here. Sounds like a battle zone 😡 5y

batsy I feel so bad for the dogs :( Luckily this year the fireworks in our area were pretty muted. 5y

Simona @staci.reads I hope that today will be peaceful, quite day.😞 5y

Simona @batsy I can tolerate and understand (to a certain degree) fireworks at midnight, but not the firecrackers through the day. 5y

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