Revelations of a Lady Detective

I have no problem at all recommending this book, which was just plain fun. Our heroine in this book, Miss Paschal, finds herself not only in the thick of a number of strange cases, but also faces certain death at one point. Here we are treated (yes, treated) to ten of Miss Paschal's undercover exper......more

The mysteries consist of absolutely no twists or surprises whatsoever, and very little detection. In fact, Mrs. Paschal's technique relies on the fact that most of the criminals she pursues are totally blind-sided by the fact that she's a woman. Basically: Colonel Warner: Here's a case. It's either......more

It is important to note this book's cultural and literary significance in challenging the social context and allowing women to be part of the male-dominated world of crime. This was a fun and easy read. I would recommend the book to anyone who is interested in crime works or the way the genre has dev......more

In nineteenth-century London, middle-class women did not engage in what were seen as “unladylike activities.” There were many jobs that a woman simply could not be expected to do because they were viewed as unsuitable for finer female sensibilities. The idea of a woman being involved in the murkines......more

I read this book immediately after reading The Female Detective, which is the first book featuring a female detective and was published just a few months before this one. But this book is definitely the better of the two. Everything about it is better from the characterization (especially of the sus......more