Private Inquiries: The Secret History of Female Sleuths | Agenda Bookshop Skip to content
Selected Colleen Hoover Books at €9.99c | In-store & Online
Selected Colleen Hoover Books at €9.99c | In-store & Online
A01=Caitlin Davies
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Caitlin Davies
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=BGH
Category=BTC
Category=JFSJ1
Category=JKVF
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
Language_English
PA=Available
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
softlaunch

Private Inquiries: The Secret History of Female Sleuths

English

By (author): Caitlin Davies

Private Inquiries is a must-read a riveting mythbuster, with its revelations of the real histories of women PIs. Val McDermid

The female private detective has been a staple of popular culture for over 150 years, from Victorian lady sleuths to busy-body spinsters and gun-toting modern PIs. But what about the real-life women behind these fictional tales?

Dismissed as Mrs Sherlock Holmes or amateurish Miss Marples, mocked as private dicks or honey trappers, they have been investigating crime since the mid-nineteenth century everything from theft and fraud to romance scams and murder.

In Private Inquiries, Caitlin Davies traces the history of the UKs female investigators, uncovering the truth about their lives and careers from the 1850s to the present day. Women like Victorian private inquiry agent Antonia Moser, the first woman to open her own agency; Annette Kerner, who ran the Mayfair Detective Agency on Baker Street in the 1940s; and Liverpool sleuth Zena Scott-Archer, who became the first woman president of the World Association of Detectives. Caitlin also follows in the footsteps of her subjects, undertaking a professional qualification to become a Private Investigator, and meeting modern PIs to find out the reality behind the fictional image.

Female investigators are on the rise in the UK and despite the industrys sleazy reputation, nearly a third of new trainees are women. After a century of undercover work, its time to reveal the secrets of their trailblazing forebears.

See more
Current price €22.00
Original price €26.50
Save 17%
A01=Caitlin DaviesAge Group_UncategorizedAuthor_Caitlin Daviesautomatic-updateCategory1=Non-FictionCategory=BGHCategory=BTCCategory=JFSJ1Category=JKVFCOP=United KingdomDelivery_Delivery within 10-20 working daysLanguage_EnglishPA=AvailablePrice_€20 to €50PS=Activesoftlaunch
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Product Details
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 19 Oct 2023
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780750998888

About Caitlin Davies

Caitlin Davies is a novelist non-fiction writer award-winning journalist and teacher. She is the author of six novels six non-fiction books and several short stories. She has written for The Independent The Sunday Times The Telegraph The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. Her books include 'Bad Girls: a History of Rebels and Renegades' a history of Holloway Prison and 'Queens of the Underworld' about female crooks. She lives in London.

Customer Reviews

Be the first to write a review
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue we'll assume that you are understand this. Learn more
Accept