Kobiety na tropie zbrodni: autorki i bohaterki (Joanna Szymczyk Ewa i złoty kot, Katarzyna Gacek i Agnieszka Szczepańska Moc i cesarzowa)

This article discusses two examples from Polish contemporary criminal literature: Moc i cesarzowa by Katarzyna Gacek and Agnieszka Szczepańska and Ewa i złoty kot by Joanna Szymczyk. Both novels focus on the problem of heroines on the track of felony. The author of this article presents this issue in the context of earlier publications belonging to criminal literature, first considering it in general terms and then referring to Polish titles.