A Spy In The House (The Agency #1)

Author: Y.S. Lee

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  • : 22.00 NZD
  • : 9781406315165
  • : Walker Books Ltd
  • : Walker Books Ltd
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  • : 01 June 2009
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 19.99
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  • : Y.S. Lee
  • : The Agency
  • : Paperback
  • : 9-Jun
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  • : 813.6
  • : 12-15
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  • : 288
  • : Crime & mystery; Historical fiction
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Barcode 9781406315165
9781406315165

Description

This is 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.

Author description

Y S Lee was born in Singapore but brought up in Canada. She has also lived briefly in the UK. An academic with a PHD in Victorian literature and culture, she wrote Masculinity and the English Working Class in Victorian Autobiography and Fiction. She lives in Ontario in Canada.