The Female Detective (Paperback)

from Liz1564

The Female Detective was sent to me by the publisher Poisoned Pen Press via NetGalley. Thank you. This British Library Crime Classic, originally published in 1864, is definitely a winner! The detective "Miss Gladden" has an ambiguous position with the police. In some of the stories she seems to b...

from Judith.Flanders

While not the first female detective in fiction (that honor goes to Ruth Trail, in Edward Ellis's "Ruth the Betrayer," in 1862), Forrester's "female detective," Miss G, was the model for many that followed. As a woman, she disguises herself easily as a maid, or a dressmaker, or as a charity worke...

from antiquary

Surprisingly good for such an early mystery, the first with a woman detective. The woman, Ms. Gladden, is a practical no-nonsense sort and her stories are told in clear, conversational prose. Several are almost brutally realistic about social conditions in Victorian England --one turns on the fac...