DETECTING WOMEN, A READER'S GUIDE & CHECKLIST FOR MYSTERY SERIES WRITTEN BY WOMEN - a first-of-its-kind mystery reference every serious reader & librarian will want to own. New readers will delight at the opportunity to choose mysteries by type, setting, background, character, & chronology. This 256-page, 8 1/2 by 11 softcover original puts an end to the frustration of what to read next with biographical information about 401 women authors & their 469 series featuring men, women, & pairs detectives - 2345 book titles in all - over 400 new releases from 1993 & 1994. Nominations & winners of major mystery awards appear in bold-face type. Master list includes check-off boxes for keeping track of books owned or books read. Ten short story anthologies are indexed by author & volume for 99 women authors & their 184 stories, many of which feature well-known series detectives. Heising, Willetta. DETECTING WOMEN, A READER'S GUIDE & CHECKLIST FOR MYSTERY SERIES WRITTEN BY WOMEN, 256 pages (original) paper, December 1994. Contact Purple Moon Press, 3319 Greenfield Rd., Suite 317, Dearborn, MI 48120-1038 or FAX to 313-593-4087.