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When Miriam Lea falls on hard times, an advertisement calling for private agents catches her eye, and within weeks she finds herself in Mr Bazalgette's employ as a private detective, travelling on a train to Hamburg in pursuit of an audacious fraudster. What follows is a journey through some ofā¦
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Mr. Bazalgetteās Agent was published in 1888 and is said to be the first British novel to feature a professional female detective.
Twenty-eight-year-old Miriam Lea, a former actress, is a ālady of brainsā who applies for a job at Alfred Bazalgetteās Inquiry Office in London.Ā
Miriam is an āadventuressā who longs to be successful in her new career, but when she sets off to the diamond mines of South Africa to find a clerk accused of fraud, sheās acutely aware this isnāt a job for a lady.
Mr. Bazalgetteās Agent is a fast-paced read. Miriam is independent and resourceful, andā¦
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