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The Lady Detectives Catherine Louisa Perkis

The Lady Detectives By Catherine Louisa Perkis

The Lady Detectives by Catherine Louisa Perkis


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Victorian undercover agent Loveday Brooke investigates some suspicious nuns who appear to have forsaken their vows and turned to burglary. In this case from 1910, she investigates 'The Inseparables', four wealthy young women suspected of a series of thefts.

The Lady Detectives Summary

The Lady Detectives: Four BBC Radio 4 crime dramatisations by Catherine Louisa Perkis

A series of BBC Radio short stories, comprising of classic and period dramas featuring four female sleuths to rival Sherlock Holmes himself.

The Redhill Sisterhood by Catherine Louisa Pirkis
Autumn,1897. Victorian undercover agent Loveday Brooke investigates some suspicious nuns who appear to have forsaken their vows and turned to burglary.

Mr Boveys Unexpected Will by LT Meade and Robert Eustace
Brilliant, beautiful Miss Florence Cusack is one of Victorian Londons most respected consulting detectives. Here, she investigates the extraordinary case of a man whose fate depends on his weight in gold.

The Golden Slipper by Anna Katharine Green
Vivacious debutante Violet Strange sparkles in New York society but leads a secret life as a professional agency detective. In this case from 1910, she investigates 'The Inseparables', four wealthy young women suspected of a series of thefts.

The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins
In this sensational Gothic tale from the author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone, new bride Valeria Woodville sets out to clear her husband of murdering his first wife.

Starring Gayanne Potter as Loveday Brooke, Elizabeth Conboy as Florence Cusack, Teresa Gallagher as Violet Strange and Abigail Docherty as Valeria Woodville.

About Catherine Louisa Perkis

Wilkie Collins was born in London on 8 January 1824. His father was the landscape painter William Collins. After school he worked for a tea merchant before studying to become a lawyer. In 1848 he published a biography of his father and his first novel, Antonina, followed in 1850. In 1851 he met Charles Dickens who would later edit and publish some of his novels. Collins's novels were extremely popular in his own time as well as now. The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868) are his best known works. Collins was linked with two women (one of whom bore him three children) but he never married. He died on 23 September 1889.

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GOR009938980
9781787534858
1787534855
The Lady Detectives: Four BBC Radio 4 crime dramatisations by Catherine Louisa Perkis
Used - Like New
Hardback
BBC Worldwide Ltd
2019-06-06
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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