Pistols and Petticoats : 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction (Hardcover)

from celiafrances

Fascinating read on both history of women detecting and their rise in the police as well as their fictional counterparts. I have to say I enjoyed reading about the fictional detectives more; I was surprised that real-life women still have been so far behind in advancing. Great read in how far we'...

from melsbks

I enjoyed this book which gave a broad overview of both fiction and real life women detectives. At the same time, I would have liked to have seen more depth. The time frame, 175 years, is a long time to cover both to any depth but certainly it gives a leaping off site for details. For fiction rea...

from Jim_Sipe

A fun and informative read. The story is about women who carried guns usually as a detective, but also includes women who work in other areas of law and law enforcement. The author alternates between fact and fiction. The reader will visit the underworld of mystery writers and the real world of a...

from sallylou61

The subtitle of this book, 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction, is misleading. Ms. Janik's book is actually a history of women doing any kind of police work, particularly in the United States and to a much lesser extent in England. It covers both real women and fictitious characters....

from book58lover

I must confess this book puzzled me. 175 years of "lady" detectives in barely 200 pages. How can that be? I checked in the front for a introduction to get a feel for the author's premise, and found none. So I plowed on. It seemed to contain alternating chapters about women in law enforcement and ...