Crime on her mind: Fifteen stories of female sleuths from the Victorian era to the forties Hardcover – 1975

I bought this book at a second hand book store which actually had a fine selection of women's literature/mystery books. This book is an anthology of some short stories written by women but I didn't get it for ONLY that reason: I purchased the book because of its descriptive catalogue of over 100 women dectectives from 1861-1974 (this book was pub in 1975 so later excellent authors are not listed-which is the only drawback). However the short stories of many early women writers are featured here: Baroness Orczy Emmuska, Anna Katherine Green, Gladys Mitchell, and concluding with the women Detective chronoligical survey. This is a RARE copy and may be difficult to locate. I would give it a higher star rating except that many of the stories are not by women authors. Still, Michele B Slung included a number of rarely published women authors of detective fiction, a rare genre in itself.Was this helpful to you?