A colourful, action-packed Victorian detective novel centred around the exploits of "agent" Mary Quinn.
At a young age, Mary is rescued from the gallows by a woman masquerading as a prison warden. She is taken to Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls. The school, Mary learns, is a front for a private investigation agency and, at 17, she is taken on as an agent. In her new role she is catapulted into the family home of the Thorolds to investigate the shady business dealings of Mr Thorold.
- ISBN10 1406315168
- ISBN13 9781406315165
- Publish Date 6 April 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 31 May 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Walker Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 352
- Language English