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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title Tag: Character: Female Detective

Description: The following novels all feature a female detective.

  1. James Redding Ware.  The Female Detective.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1864.
  2. William Stephens Hayward.  Revelations of a Lady Detective.  1 vol.  London: George Vickers, 1864.
  3. Emma Van Deventer.  The Detective's Daughter: or, Madeline Payne.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1887.
  4. Fergus Hume.  Madame Midas: Realistic and Sensational Story of Australian Mining Life.  1 vol.  London: Hansom Cab Publishing Co., 1888.
  5. Emma Van Deventer.  Moina: A Detective Story.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1891.
  6. Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett.  Secrets of a Private Enquiry Office: Being Tales Weird and Tales Ghostly.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1891.
  7. Marsden Richards.  A Brace for the Law.  1 vol.  London: Digby, Long, 1892.
  8. Mary Elizabeth Braddon.  Thou Art the Man: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Simpkin, 1894.
  9. Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett.  When the Sea gives up its Dead: A Thrilling Detective Story.  1 vol.  London: Tower Publishing Co., 1894.
  10. Milton Danvers.  The Fatal Finger Mark: Rose Courtennay's First Case.  1 vol.  London: Diprose, 1895.
  11. George Robert Sims.  Dorcas Dene, Detective: Her Adventures.  1 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1897.
  12. George Robert Sims.  Dorcas Dene, Detective: Her Adventures. Second Series.  1 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1898.
  13. Fergus Hume.  Hagar of the Pawn-Shop.  1 vol.  London: Skeffington, 1898.
  14. Grant Allen.  Miss Cayley's Adventures.  1 vol.  London: Grant Richards, 1899.
  15. Beatrice Heron-Maxwell.  The Adventures of a Lady Pearl Broker.  1 vol.  London: New Century Press, 1899.
  16. Matthias MacDonnell Bodkin.  Dora Myrl, the Lady Detective.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1900.
  17. Grant Allen.  Hilda Wade.  1 vol.  London: Grant Richards, 1900.