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- ↑ Kathleen Gregory Klein (1994). Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-28770-1.
- ↑ "Elisabeth Bowers". www.stopyourekillingme.com. Retrieved Mar 31, 2020.
- ↑ David Skene-Melvin (December 1995). Investigating Women: Female Detectives by Canadian Writers : an Eclectic Sampler. Dundurn. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-0-88924-269-2.
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