Girl in disguise
(Book)
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Published
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2017].
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Fiction - Mystery
FIC M
1 available
FIC M
1 available
Cambria Library - Adult Fiction - Mystery
FIC M
1 available
FIC M
1 available
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Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Fiction - Mystery | FIC M | On Shelf |
Cambria Library - Adult Fiction - Mystery | FIC M | On Shelf |
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Published
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2017].
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes a reading group guide (pages [303]-306).
Description
Widowed and in need of a job, Kate Warne convinces Allan Pinkerton that a female detective can go places and do things a male detective cannot. Once hired, Kate becomes skilled at lock picking and surveillance, but she is best in disguise--as a prostitute, rich matron, spinster, clerk, Southern belle--an expert liar, playing a role. She investigates burglaries, bank robberies, embezzlement, counterfeiting, blackmail, and murder. Eventually earning the respect of her fellow detectives, Kate comes up with an ingenious plan to protect President Lincoln from a Southern assassination plot. During the Civil War, she must fight against a formidable adversary--notorious Southern spy Mrs. Rose Greenhow. Well-told and loaded with suspense and action, this historical novel about Kate Warne, the first female detective in 1850s Chicago, is superb.--,adapted from book review.
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