Twelve Women Detective Stories

by Chris Willis

Book Overview

Whether a housekeeper, secretary, lodger, or pawn-broker in a seedy area of Victorian London, the woman detective's powers of observation and deduction are also her most effective in uncovering and resolving both crimes and mysteries. Twelve Women Detective Stories is an entertaining anthology that gives us a glimpse at these female sleuths in twelve engaging mysteries.
The woman detective is as prominent in stories written by men as in those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192880365
• ISBN13: 9780192880369
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.7"