Female Mystery Heroes Trivia Quiz

Answer:

Over the course of literary history, there have been many great female literary detectives. From elderly spinsters like Agatha Christie's Jane Marple and Patricia Wentworth's Maud Silver to young career women like Helen Wells's nurse Cherry Ames and Carolyn Keene's young sleuth Nancy Drew, female literary detectives come in all shapes and sizes.

Nurses were popular careers for some of these women. In addition to Cherry Ames, Mary Roberts Rinehart's Hilda Adams was also a nurse. Mignon G. Eberhart's Sarah Keate was also a nurse. Helen Wells also created Vicki Barr, a flight attendant.

Some are private investigators. Flavia Alba is an ancient Roman woman whose father, Didius Falco, is also a detective creation of Lindsey Davis. Kat Colorado is another private eye created by Karen Kijewski. Sue Grafton's private eye Kinsey Millhone appeared in 25 of Grafton's "Alphabet Series".

Many are geared toward younger women and children such as Nancy Drew, Cherry Ames and Beverly Gray, created by Clair Blank, whose adventures are depicted from school, college and beyond.

Some were very unusual, like Amelia Peabody, created by Elizabeth Peters, who had a passion for crime solving and Egyptology. Josephine Tey's Lucy Pym was a psychologist who assisted the police. Agatha Raisin was a public relations agent turned detective created by MC Beaton. Stuart Palmer's Hildegarde Withers was a school teacher.

All of the incorrect answers are characters from non-mystery classic novels.