We live a golden age for the main female characters which, in any case, have always been in the literature. But it is in the black genre where are they now acquiring their higher levels of popularity and successes. So I run through some of those names of our crime novel mainly, although with mention of other foreigners and precedents. They are created by both male and female authors, which is very good for the as hackneyed as claimed equality.
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Jane Marple - Agatha Christie
Of course not. Jane Marple, lto Miss Marple, created by the great universal lady of mystery who was Agatha Christie, is one of the first and most famous female protagonists of the genre. Yes, they are crime or mystery novels rather than what is defined today as black. But regardless of the number of crimes or their more or less rugged forms, ingenuity, skill and good work by Jane Marple to solve those cases Always works.
Far away is your dapper French colleague ... sorry, Belgian, Hercules Poirot, of the most British than the 5 o'clock tea and also More adorable Miss Marple.
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Lisbeth Salander - Stieg Larsson
Undoubtedly, la hacker Swedish woman with her tattoos, her genius and her indomitable character, marks a before and after in the proliferation of strong and forceful female protagonists in the genre. Larsson got a good balance in its creation and that of the male protagonist, the journalist Michael Blomkvist. Although she stole all the scenes in that literary bombshell that was, and still is, the saga Millennium. Lisbeth fired the starting gun and her strength, his charisma and his image have never been equaled.
Petra Delicado - Alicia Giménez-Barlett
Giménez-Barlett is a pioneer in the construction of a leading female character in the black genre. His police inspector Petra Delicado, who works in Barcelona, appeared for the first time in the novel Death rites 1996.
Delicate marked the point of toughness mixed with sensitivity and idealism, in addition to fragility hidden in irony. In his professional life he is very competent and decisive, and his private and sentimental life is as independent as hectic. In short, a good precedent to get into the genre.
Elena Blanco - Carmen Mola
El latest phenomenon of the black novel homeland has been that of Carmen Mola (pseudonym which further increases the mystery) and his, for the moment, two novels starring the Madrilenian inspector Elena Blanco. It was presented in society in The gypsy bride and has continued in The purple net.
And nail stories worthy of Black more rugged and brutal that has occurred lately in these parts, Elena Blanco may well be the set of all the canons and cliches reserved for male characters classic protagonists of the genre. Strong in character and tormented by the disappearance of his son, with a tendency to self destruction, of complex or without complex sentimental life. And, of course, decisive and forceful in her work, also without complexes. Ideal for readers who want to immerse themselves in the genre without anesthesia or life jackets.
Bruna Husky - Rosa Montero
La futuristic detective by Rosa Montero, a replicant in all law, created to Tears over the rain, homage to a sci-fi movie classic like Blade Runner, although with a literary basis in the story of the same genre by Philip S Dick.
We meet Husky in the Madrid of 2109 where the number of deaths of replicants who suddenly go crazy has increased. And despite being in that unstable society of the future, the values that exist remain universal and timeless, even if you are a replicant, aggressive, you feel misfit and you find yourself in the suna.
Antonia Scott - Juan Gómez-Jurado
Among the latest arrivals on the scene of good female crime novel protagonists we have Antonia Scott, the most recent creation of the author in that Red Queen. We are not leaving Madrid, this time from Lavapies, where Antonia lives, a very special woman with a extraordinary intelligence which has saved dozens of lives, but also has lost everything. So he doesn't want to go out into the world again. But he will, and what he has achieved has been to dazzle and hook everyone.
Grace Saint Sebastian - Ana Lena Rivera
Also another newcomer, this fraud investigator, created by Ana Lena Rivera en What the dead are silent, has made a niche in the panorama of good female leading characters. This time en a story that combines mystery, research and manners very well of an environment (mainly Oviedo) that accompanies both very recognizable secondary characters.
Grace Saint Sebastian too is marked by the loss of a child, is intelligent, intuitive and effective, and your marriage and family are very important. So it will be back with more titles soon.