Abigail Adams could become my favorite historical sleuth.

In spite of all the cultural restrictions, in spite of marital or political difficulties, a strong woman continues to create and makes the world…

— Barbara Harbach

You have overburdened your argument with ostentatious erudition." Spoken by Abigail Adams

— David McCullough

“When feminist impulses are recorded, they are, almost always, the writings of privileged women who had some status from which to speak freely, more…

— Howard Zinn

“The Fifth Congress had recessed in July 1798 without declaring war against France, but in the last days before adjourning it did approve other…

— Cokie Roberts

“She was a sleuth and sleuths had to follow rules. ‘Get to the point; don’t allow the subject to digress’ was one of them”

— Renita D'Silva

“We mothers have to be part sleuth, I realized.”

— Linda Greenlaw

“I buried my father, married my sister and sorted the missing will. ' Quinn, the Celebrant Sleuth”

— Hazel Edwards

“Across the rectory's east lawn, through a blizzard of flying leaves, something long and thin was flapping in the wind. A ragged figure in…

— Cash Peters

“I began to appreciate that the job of an amateur sleuth was not quite so straightforward as they make out in the whodunits.”

— Bruce Beckham

“Benjamin Munro was his name. She mouthed the syllables silently, Benjamin James Munro, twenty-six years old, late of London. He had no dependents, was…

— Kate Morton

Danger is the snack food of a true sleuth.

— Mac Barnett

“I rested my head on the wall behind me and closed my eyes, wishing my life had a button: Ignore All.”

— Rachel Brady

In a mystery, the sleuth must be believably involved and emotionally invested in solving the crime.

— Diane Mott Davidson

“I leveled the gun and fired until it was empty.”

— Rachel Brady

Unfortunately, the heart played its own tune, and it was deaf to what the head tried to tell it.’ – Abigail

— Sherrilyn Kenyon