For those who might like an American twist, Charlotte Armstrong was a woman writer from the same period and her books, while suffering from the gender and race stereotypes of that time (I.e the writer and readers are all assumed to be White) are absorbing. Patricia Wentworth has a similar governess character Miss Silver who is called in with deep respect to solve mysteries. Dorothy Sayers has far more erudite mysteries, as does Georgette Heyer of Regency Romance fame. Ngaio Marsh, being a New Zealander, was the least racist of the lot of that time, with her book Black as he is painted” actually using a central character who is African.
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For those who might like an American twist, Charlotte Armstrong was a woman writer from the same period and her books, while suffering from the gender and race stereotypes of that time (I.e the writer and readers are all assumed to be White) are absorbing. Patricia Wentworth has a similar governess character Miss Silver who is called in with deep respect to solve mysteries. Dorothy Sayers has far more erudite mysteries, as does Georgette Heyer of Regency Romance fame. Ngaio Marsh, being a New Zealander, was the least racist of the lot of that time, with her book Black as he is painted” actually using a central character who is African.