A Spy in the House
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A Spy in the House by Y S Lee
A colourful, action-packed Victorian detective novel centred around the exploits of "agent" 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.
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Y S Lee was born in Singapore but brought up in Canada. She has also lived briefly in the UK. An academic with a PHD in Victorian literature and culture, she wrote Masculinity and the English Working Class in Victorian Autobiography and Fiction. She lives in Ontario in Canada.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9781406315165 |
| ISBN 10 | 1406315168 |
| Titel | A Spy in the House |
| Autor | Y S Lee |
| Serie | A Mary Quinn Mystery |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Walker Books Ltd |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2009-04-06 |
| Seitenanzahl | 352 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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