The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective

The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective

Catherine Louisa Pirkis

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Repro India Limited
Año de edición:
2026
ISBN:
9789355224934
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The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective by Catherine Louisa Pirkis is a pioneering collection of Victorian detective stories featuring one of fiction’s first female investigators.The book includes seven stories: ’The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step,’ ’The Murder at Troyte’s Hill,’ ’The Redhill Sisterhood,’ ’A Princess’s Vengeance,’ ’Drawn Daggers,’ ’The Ghost of Fountain Lane,’ and ’Missing!’These stories are highly regarded for introducing a professional, intellectual woman in a Victorian setting and are a mix of investigative mystery and social drama, highlighting a keen ’lady detective’ solving high-stakes mysteries.

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