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When Loveday Brooke falls from her place in London high society, losing her financial security, she has no choice but to become a working woman. Set in the Victorian era, it is considered unusual and even shameful for a woman to participate in the workforce, but when Brooke... Read Full Overview

What is a young lady like Loveday Brooke doing in a private detective agency? She's working there, as a clever sleuth, a female Sherlock Holmes of sorts. Excerpts:"Loveday Brooke, at this period of her career, was a little over thirty years of age, and could be best described... Read Full Overview

Meet the indomitable lady detective Loveday Brooke: able to assume a multitude of disguises and possessed of analytical powers rivaling those of the great Sherlock Holmes, she masters every baffling situation and solves each perplexing crime in these seven atmospheric and entertaining... Read Full Overview

The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective. By C. L. Pirkis

Miss Loveday Brooke was one of the of the very first fictional female detectives -- an unheard-of profession for a woman in Victorian London. This volume collects seven of her classic adventures: "The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step," "The Murder at Troyte's Hill," "The Redhill... Read Full Overview

Miss Loveday Brooke was one of the of the very first fictional female detectives -- an unheard-of profession for a woman in Victorian London. This volume collects seven of her classic adventures: "The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step," "The Murder at Troyte's Hill," "The Redhill... Read Full Overview

IT'S a big thing," said Loveday Brooke, addressing Ebenezer Dyer, chief of the well-known detective agency in Lynch Court, Fleet Street; "Lady Cathrow has lost 30,000 worth of jewellery, if the newspaper accounts are to be trusted.""They are fairly accurate this time. The robbery... Read Full Overview

The Experiences Of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective is a collection of short stories written by Catherine Louisa Pirkis, originally published in 1894. The book features Loveday Brooke, a brilliant and resourceful female detective who solves a variety of cases in Victorian England... Read Full Overview

Miss Loveday Brooke was one of the of the very first fictional female detectives -- an unheard-of profession for a woman in Victorian London. This volume collects seven of her classic adventures: "The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step," "The Murder at Troyte's Hill," "The Redhill... Read Full Overview

Miss Loveday Brooke was one of the of the very first fictional female detectives -- an unheard-of profession for a woman in Victorian London. This volume collects seven of her classic adventures: "The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step," "The Murder at Troyte's Hill," "The Redhill... Read Full Overview

This premium quality large print edition contains the complete original text of seven vintage mystery short stories, first published as a collection in 1894, in a newly edited and freshly typeset version. With a large 7.44"x9.69" page size, this Summit Classic Press edition is... Read Full Overview

The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective is a collection of six short stories by Catherine Louisa Pirkis, originally published in 1894. The stories follow the adventures of Loveday Brooke, a clever and determined female detective who solves crimes in Victorian England... Read Full Overview

The Experiences Of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective is a collection of six mystery stories written by Catherine Louisa Pirkis. The book was first published in 1894 and is considered to be one of the earliest examples of detective fiction featuring a female protagonist.The main... Read Full Overview

Miss Loveday Brooke was one of the of the very first fictional female detectives -- an unheard-of profession for a woman in Victorian London. This volume collects seven of her classic adventures: "The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step," "The Murder at Troyte's Hill," "The Redhill... Read Full Overview

Miss Loveday Brooke was one of the of the very first fictional female detectives -- an unheard-of profession for a woman in Victorian London. This volume collects seven of her classic adventures: "The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step," "The Murder at Troyte's Hill," "The Redhill... Read Full Overview

Miss Loveday Brooke was one of the of the very first fictional female detectives -- an unheard-of profession for a woman in Victorian London. This volume collects seven of her classic adventures: "The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step," "The Murder at Troyte's Hill," "The Redhill... Read Full Overview