The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective - Sara Lodge Pages:384 pages, 41 b-w illus., 1 map, 1 fig. � When her husband suggests

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The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective - Sara Lodge Pages:384 pages, 41 b-w illus., 1 map, 1 fig. � When her husband suggestsA revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account and how they became a cultural sensationShortlisted for The Wolfson History Prize 2025From Wilkie Collins to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the traditional image of the Victorian detective is male. Few people realise that women detectives successfully investigated Victorian Britain, working both with the police and for private agencies, which they sometimes managed