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.

Zusammenfassung
A colourful, action-packed Victorian detective novel centred around the exploits of "e;agent"e; 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.
Titel
Spy in the House
Untertitel
A Spy in the House
EAN
9781406330489
ISBN
978-1-4063-3048-9
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
06.09.2010
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Jahr
2010
Untertitel
Englisch