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I spent my teenage years reading mysteries and realizing I was queer. The two pastimes aren’t exactly connected, but they aren’t not connected, either. Why? Because the first well-drawn, fully-deve…

It's been quite a journey for women detectives on the page and television, says Laura Thompson

Do you remember that great Eurythmics song, “Sisters Are Doing it For Themselves?” The music has effortlessly stood the test of time, but young women today might be justifiably bemused …

Last year, we had Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson solving crimes and waxing poetic about the folly of man and the nature of the cosmos. But in the latest rendition of HBO’s True Detective, we get Rachel McAdams as Antigone “Ani” Bezzerides.…

Lillian Armfield was the first female detective in Australia, joining the NSW police in 1915. A new book details how Armfield worked the streets of Sydney when they were run by 'razor gangs'.

Now that we know when Kelli Giddish will appear on Law & Order: SVU as Amanda Rollins for the last time as a regular, it's time to honor her.

As much as we love shows like Midsomer Murders, Sherlock, and Pie in the Sky, there are times we enjoy sitting down to a show with women who know how to hold

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Sophia Bush opened up about her decision to leave ‘Chicago P.D.,’ and how it differed from the toxic situation on ‘One Tree Hill’ – details

Darby Stanchfield in Scandal (2012)

Piper Perabo in Covert Affairs (2010)

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