{"product_id":"the-penguin-book-of-victorian-women-in-crime-forgotten-cops-and-private-eyes-from-the-time-of-sherlock-holmes-9780143106210","title":"The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime: Forgotten Cops and Private Eyes from the Time of Sherlock Holmes","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wonderfully wicked new anthology from the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is the Victorian era and society is both entranced by and fearful of that suspicious character known as the New Woman. She rides those new- fangled bicycles and doesn't like to be told what to do. And, in crime fiction, such female detectives as Loveday Brooke, Dorcas Dene, and Lady Molly of Scotland Yard are out there shadowing suspects, crawling through secret passages, fingerprinting corpses, and sometimes committing a lesser crime in order to solve a murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Sims has brought together all of the era's great crime-fighting females- plus a few choice crooks, including Four Square Jane and the Sorceress of the Strand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143106210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.12w x 0.61d","brand":"Michael Sims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924823150773,"sku":"9780143106210","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0241273a-6ca5-493c-8c87-f49e9e8800c9.jpg?v=1687839058","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-penguin-book-of-victorian-women-in-crime-forgotten-cops-and-private-eyes-from-the-time-of-sherlock-holmes-9780143106210","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}