Kinsey Millhone in the "alphabet" mysteries of Sue Grafton try:

these detectives, all in the Mystery section by the author's last name -

• Carlotta Carlyle, private investigator - Linda Barnes
• Margaret Binton, retired - Richard Barth
• Bonnie Underhill, amateur - Carole Berry
• Mrs. Melita Pargeter, amateur - Simon Brett
• Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, postmistress - Rita Mae Brown
• Miss Seeton, British retired art teacher - Heron Carvic
• Miss Jane Marple, keen observer of village life - Agatha Christie
• Anna Lee, private investigator - Liza Cody
• Kay Scarpetta, State of Virginia Chief Medical Examiner - Patricia Cornwell
• Kate Fansler, professor, New York - Amanda Cross
• Julie Hayes, amateur - Dorothy Salisbury Davis
• Detective Jill Smith, police; Vejay Haskell, meter reader - Susan Dunlap
• Martha "Moz" Brant, insurance adjustor - Jean Femling
• Jemima Shore, television reporter - Antonia Fraser
• Claire Malloy, amateur - Joan Hess
• Liz Connors, amateur - Susan Kelly
• Kat Colorado, private investigator - Karen Kijewski
• Charlotte Kent, writer - Mary Kittredge
• Deb Ralston, Fort Worth Police Department - Lee Martin
• Detective Sergeant Charmian Daniels, British - Jennie Melville
• Dame Beatrice Bradley, psychiatrist - Gladys Mitchell
• Miss Melinda Pink, mountain climber and justice of the peace - Gwen Moffat
• Tessa Crichton, actor - Anne Morice
• Sharon McCone, private eye; Elena Oliverez, art curator - Marcia Muller
• Detective Norah Mulcahaney, New York Police Department - Lillian O'Donnell
• Liz Thomas, widow - Anthony Oliver
• Hildegarde Withers, amateur - Stuart Palmer
• V. I. Warshawski, private investigator - Sara Paretsky
• Amelia Peabody, archaeologist; Jacqueline Kirby, librarian - Elizabeth Peters
• The Honourable Constance Morrison-Burke, community watchdog - Joyce Porter
• Eleanor Roosevelt - Elliott Roosevelt
• Dr. Grace Severance, retired pathologist - Margaret Scherf
• Delia Reardon, Los Angeles Police Department - Dell Shannon
• Celia Grant, botanist - John Sherwood
• Loretta Lawson, London University lecturer - Joan Smith
• Maggie Elliott, private investigator - Elizabeth Atwood Taylor
• Alison Gordon, private investigator - Walter Wager
• Mrs. Edwina Charles, clairvoyant - Mignon Warner
• Persis Willum, art curator - Clarissa Watson
• Susan Henshaw, homemaker - Valerie Wolzien