Hello! I'm looking for a Sherlock Holmes-type mystery series, but where Watson is a woman, and Sherlock and Watson slowly fall in love.
I just finished reading the first 4 books of the Electra McDonnell series by Ashley Weaver and loved it. Can't wait for the 5th book to come out.
I've read the Cormoran Strike series, and while I do like it, I wish the romance wasn't quite as slow a burn. I've also read the first 2 books of the Evelyne Redfern series, and have similar thoughts — like it, but I wish there was a bit more in the way of romance.
I do like it when, like in the above series, the FMC doesn't start off in a murder-solving capacity, but happens into circumstances that bring her into the role.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
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not entirely within those parameters but perhaps check out the Jackaby series (its YA and fantasy-esque) or The Spellman series.
Historical mystery with sleuthing couples and slow burn romantic subplots is my jam! If you liked Electra McDonnell, I have A LOT of recs. I’m going to keep pasting them in. You might search “lady sleuths” because that’s often the term used.
Deanna Raybourn – Veronica Speedwell series
Anna Lee Huber – Lady Darby series and Verity Kent series (a little heavier than Ashley Weaver)
Jennifer Ashley/Ashley Gardner – Kat Halloway Series
Kate Belli – Gilded Gotham series
Katharine Schellman – Lily Adler series and The Nightingale series
Sujata Massey – Perveen Mistry series
AM Stuart – Harriott Gordon series
Cara Devlin – Bow Street Duchess (and she just started a new series!)
Kate Khavari – Saffron Everleigh series
Celeste Connally – Lady Petra Inquires series
Jess Armstrong – Ruby Vaugh series
Jacqueline Winspear – Maisie Dobbs series
Kerry Greenwood – Phryne Fisher series
Lynn Messina – two series that intersect: Beatrice Hyde-Clare and Verity Lark
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice and sequels by Laurie King.
The Millers Kill series by Julia Spencer-Fleming, starting with In the Bleak Midwinter.
Secrets, Book, & Scone Society by Ellery Adams. Trust.
Jeffrey Deaver’s “Lincoln Rhyme” series.
Laurie R. King’s “Mary Russell” series