Title: A spy in the house
Description: A colourful, action-packed Victorian detective novel centred around the exploits of Agent Mary Quinn. At a young age, Mary is rescued from the gallows by a woman masquerading as a prison warden and taken to Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls. There, she discovers, the school is a front for a private investigation agency.
Subjects: Mystery and detective stories, History, Sex role, Swindlers and swindling, Orphans, Household employees, Fiction
Places: Great Britain, London (England)
Time periods: 19th century, Victoria, 1837-1901