Mystery Women: 1980-1989
- ISBN-10
- 1890208698
- ISBN-13
- 9781890208691
- Category
- Characters and characteristics in literature
- Pages
- 397
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Author
- Colleen A. Barnett
Description
Lawyer Barnett looks at women who detect, at women as sleuths and at the evolving roles of women in professions and in society. Excellent for all women's studies programs as well as for the mystery hound.
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