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Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective Brand / DOIY and their use in everythingA revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to accountand how they became a cultural sensation From 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 themselves. Sara Lodge recovers these forgotten