List of Female Detective Characters - F

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• Doran Fairweather is an antique dealer and amateur detective in a series of books by English novelist Mollie Hardwick (debuted 1986).
• Nola Falacci is a New York City detective played by Alicia Witt on the USA series Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2007.
• Kate Fansler is a literature professor and amateur sleuth in a series of books 1964 - 2002 by Amanda Cross.
• Brodie Farrell is a "finder" of lost objects in a series of books by British crime novelist Jo Bannister (debuted 2001).
• Clare Fergusson is an ex-army helicopter pilot and Episcopalian minister who solves crimes in a series by Julia Spencer-Fleming, commenced 2002.
• E J Ferris is an ex-military mall cop in the first book of a proposed series by Laura Di Silverio published 2011.
• Sister Fidelma is a lawyer and religeuse in 7th century Ireland in a series of books by "Peter Tremayne" (debuted 1994).
• Nine Fischman is an attorney in New York in a book series 1989-1997 by Marissa Piesman, co-author of The Yuppie Handbook (1984).
• Phryne Fisher is a wealthy aristocratic jazz age detective in a series of books by Australian crime novelist Kerry Greenwood (debuted 1991).
• Sydney Fitzpatrick is a forensic artist in a book series by Robin Burcell, commenced 2008.
• Josephine Flanagan is an ex-junkie hired to track down a college girl in Hell’s Kitchen in the 1950s, in Sara Gran’s Dope (2006).
• Flavia Gemina is a rich girl in ancient Rome in The Roman Mysteries book series debuted 2001 by Caroline Lawrence and the BBC television series first broadcast 2007.
• Flavia Nubia is an African girl, and former slave, in ancient Rome in The Roman Mysteries book series debuted 2001 by Caroline Lawrence and the BBC television series first broadcast 2007.
• Jessica Fletcher is an author and amateur detective played by Angela Lansbury on the 1984-1996 CBS series Murder, She Wrote.
• Lacey Flint is a young policewoman in South London who investigates some grisly murders in "Now You See Me" (2011) by S J Bolton.
• Meredith "Merry" Folger is a Nantucket police officer appearing from 1994 in a series of novels by Francine Mathews.
• Solange Fontaine is a private investigator in short stories by F. Tennyson Jesse (1888–1958) also the author A Pin to See the Peepshow and Murder and its Motives.
• Maggie Forbes is a police Inspector in London, played by Jill Gascoine in The Gentle Touch, a successful British TV series 1980-1984.
• Ellie Foreman is a documentary filmmaker in Chicago in a series debuted 2002 by Libby Fischer Hellmann.
• Sarah Fortune is a solicitor and freelance unpaid sex therapist who unravels mysteries that she finds around her in a series commenced 1989 by Frances Fyfield.
• Diana Fowley is an FBI agent played by Mimi Rogers on the Fox series The X-Files from 1998 to 1999.
• Charlie Fox is an ex-military fitness instructor and bodyguard in a thriller series by Zoe Sharp, debuted 2001.
• Nea Fox is a private investigator in a series of books by British-German crime novelist Amelia Ellis (debuted 2005).
• Dame Frevisse is a Benedictine nun in 15th century Oxfordshire in a series of books by "Margaret Frazer" (debuted 1992).
• Joe Frye is a female detective first appearing in 2005 and now playing a leading role in P.J. Parrish's Louis Kincaid series.
• Annie Fuller is a boarding house owner and clairvoyant in San Francisco in the late 19th century in a book series started 2009 by M. Louisa Locke.
• Nell Fury is a lesbian private detective in San Francisco in a series of novels by Elizabeth Pincus (debut 1992).
• Erika Furudo is an amateur detective in the Umineko no Naku Koro ni series of visual novels. (debuted 2009)