The dead witness
Subtitle: a connoisseur's collection of Victorian detective stories
By: edited by Michael Sims
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781408822005
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories
Description: CRIME & MYSTERY. The greatest ever anthology of Victorian detective stories, The Dead Witness gathers the finest police and private detective adventure stories from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including a wide range of overlooked gems. 'The Dead Witness', the 1866 title story by Australian writer Mary Fortune, is the first known detective story by a woman, a suspenseful clue-strewn manhunt in the Outback. This forgotten treasure sets the tone for the whole anthology as surprises appear from every direction, including more female detectives and authors than you can find in any other anthology of its kind. Pioneer women writers such as Anna Katharine Green, Mary E. Wilkins and C. L. Pirkis take you from rural America to bustling London, introducing you to female detectives from Loveday Brooke to Dorcas Dene and Madelyn Mack.
Notes: Originally published: 2011.

Includes bibliographical references.