The female detective
Subtitle: [the original lady detective, 1864]
By: Andrew Forrester ; with a foreword by Alexander McCall Smith and an introduction by Mike Ashley
Publisher: British Library
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780712358781
Subjects: Women detectives; Fiction; Kriminalroman; Englisch; Detektivin; Litteraturvetenskap; Detektivromaner; Skönlitteratur; Detektiver; Pionjärer
Description: Seven cases narrated by "G" (a.k.a. Mrs. Gladden), the first professional female detective in British fiction.
Notes: Subtitle from cover.

Facsimile reprint of 1st ed.

"Originally published in 1864"--Title page verso.

"Andrew Forrester was the pseudonym of James Redding Ware (1832-1909)."--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: Introduction --; title: Tenant for life --; title: Georgy --; title: The unraveled mystery --; title: The judgment of conscience --; title: A child found dead: murder or no murder --; title: The unknown weapon --; title: The mystery.