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The Agency: Spy in the House No. 1 (Paperback)
$9.94 - Save $1.10 (9%) - RRP $11.04 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Agency: Spy in the House No. 1At 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.
Full description- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Published: 06 April 2009
- Format: Paperback 288 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Crime | Historical
- ISBN 13: 9781406315165 ISBN 10: 1406315168
- Sales rank: 53,268
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Full description for The Agency: Spy in the House No. 1
This is 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.

