Title: The detective's assistant
Description: "In 1859, eleven-year-old Nell goes to live with her aunt, Kate Warne, the first female detective for Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Nell helps her aunt solve cases, including a mystery surrounding Abraham Lincoln, and the mystery of what happened to Nell's own father" --

In 1859, eleven-year-old Nell goes to live with her aunt, Kate Warne, the first female detective for Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Nell helps her aunt solve cases, including a mystery surrounding Abraham Lincoln.
Subjects: Mystery and detective stories, Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, Sex role, Aunts, Juvenile fiction, History, Orphans, Fiction, Children's fiction, Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, fiction, Orphans, fiction, Sex role, fiction, Chicago (ill.), fiction, United states, history, 1865-1898, fiction
Places: Chicago (Ill.)
People: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Time periods: 19th century