List of Female Detective Characters - H

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• Jane Halifax is a forensic psychiatrist played by Rebecca Gibney on the 1994-2002 Nine Network series Halifax f.p..
• Grace Hanadarko is an Oklahoma City police detective played by Holly Hunter on the 2007-2010 TNT series Saving Grace.
• Emily Hanson is a geologist and amateur investigator in a series of books by American geologist and crime novelist Sarah Andrew (debuted 1994).
• Sigrid Harald is a police lieutenant in New York City in a series of books by American crime writer Margaret Maron (debuted 1981).
• Stella Hardesty is a middle-aged woman in rural Missouri who runs a sewing shop and assists other women deal with abusive husbands and boyfriends (she killed her own husband a few years previously). She debuted in A Bad Day for Sorry (2009) by Sophie Littlefield, which won an Anthony Award for best first novel and was shortlisted for other awards.
• Benni Harper is a folk art museum curator and amateur detective in San Celina, California in a series of books by American writer Earlene Fowler (debuted 1994).
• Nikki Harper is a realtor in Hollywood who becomes an amateur sleuth to help a friend in trouble, in The Bad Always Die Twice by Cheryl Crane.
• Sally Harrington is a US journalist in a series debuted 1999 by Laura Van Wormer.
• Camellia Harris is a gardener and public relations expert in Roanoke, Virginia, in the first of a planned series of gardening-themed cosy mysteries, published 2012 by Alyse Carlson.
• Grace Hart is an FBI agent played by Sandra Bullock in the 2000 film Miss Congeniality and its 2005 sequel Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous.
• Ellie Haskell is an amateur detective in a series of books by English crime novelist Dorothy Cannell (debuted 1984).
• Barbara Havers is a policewoman in a series of books by American crime novelist Elizabeth George (debuted 1988); played by Sharon Small on the 2001-2007 BBC series The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.
• Julie Hayes is a young woman who becomes mixed up in dramas on the seedy side of Manhattan, in a series of four books 1976-1987 by Dorothy Salisbury Davis.
• Nanette Hayes is a saxophone player and amateur investigator in a series set in New York City commenced 1999 by Charlotte Carter.
• Tamara Hayle is an ex-policewoman and private investigator in Newark, N.J. in a series commenced 1994 by Valerie Wilson Wesley.
• Judy Hill is a policewoman in a series of books by British crime novelist Jill McGown (1947–2007), series debuted 1983.
• Nikki Hill is a prosecutor in Los Angeles in a series commenced 1999 by Christopher Darden and Dick Lochte.
• Nikki Heat is a fictional homicide detective in New York City in a series of books by American novelist Richard Castle (a character on the TV series "Castle", debuted 2009).
• Abbess Helewise of Hawkenlye is a 12th century abbess who solves crimes with the help of knight Josse d'Acquin in a series by Alys Clare commenced 1999.
• Dixie Hemingway is an ex-policewoman and pet sitter in Sarasota Florida in a series debuted 2005 by Blaize Clement (1932–2011).
• Dido Hoare is an antique bookseller and amateur detective in a series of books by Canadian crime novelist Marianne Macdonald (debuted 1996).
• Vicky Holden is an Arapaho lawyer in the Wind River Reservation book series debuted 1995 by Margaret Coel.
• Emma Hollis is a FBI Special Agent played by Klea Scott on the Fox series Millennium from 1998 to 1999.
• Barbara Holloway is an attorney in Eugene, Oregon, in a mystery series debuted 1991 by Kate Wilhelm.
• Patricia Ann Holloway is a retired school teacher in Alabama in the ‘southern sisters’ series 1996-2001 by Anne George (died 2001).
• Enola Holmes is the 14 year old sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes and has run away from boarding school to make a living as a finder of missing persons in as book series for children grades 6-9, begun 2007 by Nancy Springer.
• Laura Holt is the head of the Remington Steele Agency, played by Stephanie Zimbalist in the TV series Remington Steele from 1982 to 1987.
• Sandra Hope is a real life expert female private investigator featured as a Sex Decoy on Fox Reality Channels 'Sex Decoy Love Stings' debuted 2008-2009 currently on hulu.com.
• Elfie Hopkins played by Jaime Winstone is an aspiring teen detective who isn't afraid to fight violence with violence in the 2012 film of the same name.
• Lili Hoshizawa is an energetic 13 year old who uses horoscopes and astrology to solve crimes, and sometimes transforms into ‘Detective Spica’, in the manga Zodiac P.I. 2001-2003.
• Jeri Howard is a private investigator in Oakland, California in a series by Janet Dawson, commenced 1990.
• Mrs Emma Hudson, Sherlock Holmes' housekeeper, investigates crime with her friend Mrs. Warner in a book series by Sydney Hosier, started 1996.
• Robin Hudson is a "third-string correspondent" and amateur investigator in a series of books 1994-2002 by Canadian journalist and crime novelist Sparkle Hayter.
• Irene Huss is a police detective in novels 1998-2007 by Swedish writer Helene Tursten.