tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623734.post6343768941695116192..comments2023-12-29T11:53:18.981+11:00Comments on Crime Fiction Down Under: Spotlight Australian Female Private InvestigatorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623734.post-31479876908617424502007-06-17T21:38:00.000+10:002007-06-17T21:38:00.000+10:00Hi Lucy, thanks for that. With yesterday being suc...Hi Lucy, thanks for that. With yesterday being such a wild and wet day in Sydney, I spent the day going through my copy of Australian Crime Fiction by John Loder and came across the A.E. Martin entry. Certainly a notable first.<BR/><BR/>I also found another two female P.I. series. The first is Jean Bedford's <I>Anna Southwood</I> series. Bedford is the wife of Peter Corris and the series comprises 3 books. The second is the Ruth Claremont (pseudonym of Rosemary Cresswell and Carol Manners) book <B>To Sleep, To Die</B> featuring 2 investigators <I>Drusilla Ward</I> and <I>Julie Carrington</I>.Damienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00089258569389625489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623734.post-56467869364096757132007-06-17T11:05:00.000+10:002007-06-17T11:05:00.000+10:00Well, you left out a few. How about mentioning AE ...Well, you left out a few. How about mentioning AE Martin's THE MISPLACED CORPSE (1944), with its Rosie Bosanky? That is as far as I know the first oz book with a female PI. Lucy SussexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com