Bibliograph

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes, the true story of New York City's greatest female detective and the 1917 missing girl case that captivated a nation, by Brad Ricca

Type

Label

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes, the true story of New York City's greatest female detective and the 1917 missing girl case that captivated a nation, by Brad Ricca

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

Medium

text large print

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

971509515

Responsibility statement

by Brad Ricca

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs

Sub title

the true story of New York City's greatest female detective and the 1917 missing girl case that captivated a nation

Summary

Presents the true story of the first female U.S. District Attorney and traveling detective who found missing eighteen-year-old Ruth Cruger when the entire NYPD had given up

Table Of Contents

True detective -- The missing skater -- The coroner's cabinet -- The Heatherbloom girl -- These strange, little cases -- Army of the vanished -- The mysterious island of Sunny Side -- The giant and the chair -- The Manhunter of Harlem -- The pale man -- A doorway to the underworld -- A second guess -- The pointed finger -- The man who laughs -- The sliding number -- Mrs. Sherlock Holmes -- The marked neck -- Her last bow -- Army of one -- The assassin strikes -- The invisible places -- The witnesses' revenge -- Her dark shepherd -- Epilogue

Target audience

adult

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