Women detectives and cops in SF
- Keith Hartman. The Gumshoe, The Witch, and the Virtual Corpse (1999)
- Melissa Scott. Several of her novels
- Catherine Chandler in TV series Beauty and the Beast (lawyer and investigator with DA's office)
- Dana Scully in The X-Files (FBI)
- Emma Hollis in Millennium (TV series) (FBI)
- Lara Means in Millennium (TV series) (Millennium Group investigator)
- The "Ty Merrick" series by Denise Vitola
- Kate Lockley from Angel
- Doré Konstantin from Dervish Is Digital by Pat Cadigan
- Vicki Nelson from Tanya Huff's Blood novels, and the TV series adapted from them.
Classic non-SF "girl sleuths"
- Nancy Drew
- Nancy Clueless parody series by Mabel Maney (some supernatural elements)
- Veronica Mars in eponymous TV series (but not SF)