A Spy In The House
Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan and thief Mary Quinn is offered a place at Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls where she is trained to be part of an all-female investigative unit called The Agency and, at age seventeen, she infiltrates a rich merchant's home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: women detectives [X], swindlers and swindling, household employees, sex role, orphans, london (england) [X], great britain
Blood Line
"Still reeling from the death of her fiance, Detective Anna Travis has thrown herself into her new role as the chief inspector for London's murder squad.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: missing persons, women detectives [X], travis, anna (fictitious character), london (england) [X]
Maisie Dobbs
Maisie Dobbs, a one-time maid who was encouraged by her employer to seek an education, becomes a private investigator after serving at the front as a nurse during World War I, but her first case brings back disturbing memories of the war when her inquiries lead her to The Retreat, a convalescent refuge for ex-soldiers from which no one ever seems to emerge.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: women private investigators, large type books, world war, 1914-1918, women detectives [X], large print books, veterans, historical fiction, mystery fiction, london (england) [X], historical fiction, mystery fiction
Deadly Curious
"1834. Sophia Thompson wants nothing more than to be one of the famed Bow Street Runners, London's most elite corps of detectives.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: women detectives [X], murder, detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories, london (england) [X], detective and mystery fiction, historical fiction
Murder At The Museum
"Thirteen-year-old Agatha Oddlow's set to become the youngest member of the Gatekeepers' Guild, but before that, she's got a mystery to solve.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: women detectives [X], children, homicide, criminal investigation, london (england) [X], detective and mystery fiction
The Secret Key
"Agatha Oddlow has been a detective for as long as she can remember -- she's just been waiting for her first big case.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: women detectives [X], locks and keys, mystery, london (england) [X], detective and mystery fiction
The Silver Serpent
"An assistant at the National Gallery has gone missing, but when Agatha Oddlow begins investigating, she uncovers a plot bigger than she could ever have imagined"--OCLC.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: women detectives [X], children, missing persons, criminal investigation, museums, mystery fiction, london (england) [X], detective and mystery fiction