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Girl in disguise

Macallister, Greer (author.).

Summary: Widowed and in need of a job, Kate Warne convinces Allan Pinkerton that a female detective can go places and do things a male detective cannot. Once hired, Kate becomes skilled at lock picking and surveillance, but she is best in disguise--as a prostitute, rich matron, spinster, clerk, Southern belle--an expert liar, playing a role. She investigates burglaries, bank robberies, embezzlement, counterfeiting, blackmail, and murder. Eventually earning the respect of her fellow detectives, Kate comes up with an ingenious plan to protect President Lincoln from a Southern assassination plot. During the Civil War, she must fight against a formidable adversary--notorious Southern spy Mrs. Rose Greenhow. Well-told and loaded with suspense and action, this historical novel about Kate Warne, the first female detective in 1850s Chicago, is superb.--

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  • ISBN: 1492635227
  • ISBN: 9781492635222
  • Physical Description: 308 pages ; 24 cm
    print
  • Publisher: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2017]

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Burlington Public Library F MACALLIS 39851001339697 Adult Fiction Copy hold Checked out 05/15/2024

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