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

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

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

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Brad Ricca

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Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

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the true story of New Yorks Citys greatest female detective and the 1917 missing girl case that captivated a nation

Creator

• Ricca, Brad,
• trueRicca, Brad

Author

• Ricca, Brad,

Subject

• trueBiographies
• true1910s -- 1910 -- 1919
• trueAdult books for young adults
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Law Enforcement
• trueMissing persons investigation
• trueMissing teenage girls
• trueNew York City
• trueSlavery
• TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
• trueTrue Crime -- Cold Cases and Unsolved Mysteries
• trueTrue Crime -- Investigations and Trials
• True crime stories
• trueWomen lawyers
• Women lawyers -- New York (State) | New York -- Case studies
• trueWomen private investigators
• Women private investigators -- New York (State) | New York -- Case studies
• Biographies
• trueCold cases (Criminal investigation)
• trueDebtor and creditor
• trueHumiston, Grace, (Mary Grace), 1869-1948
• Humiston, Grace, (Mary Grace), 1869-1948
• trueLife stories -- Law and order | Judges and lawyers
• Missing persons -- Investigation -- New York (State) | New York -- Case studies

Genre

• True crime stories
• trueLife stories
• trueAdult books for young adults
• trueTrue Crime
• trueBiographies
• trueCase studies

Language

eng

Summary

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes tells the true story of Grace Humiston, the lawyer, detective, and first woman U.S. District Attorney who turned her back on New York society life to become one of the nation's greatest crime-fighters during an era when women were still not allowed to vote. After agreeing to take the sensational case of missing eighteen-year-old Ruth Cruger, Grace and her partner, the hard-boiled detective Julius J. Kron, navigated a dangerous web of secret boyfriends, two-faced cops, underground tunnels, rumors of white slavery, and a mysterious pale man, in a desperate race against time. Brad Ricca's Mrs. Sherlock Holmes is the first-ever narrative biography of this singular woman the press nicknamed after fiction's greatest detective. Her poignant story reveals important clues about missing girls, the media, and the real truth of crime stories. The great mystery of Mrs. Sherlock Holmes-and the haunting twist ending of the book-is how one woman could become so famous only to disappear completely

Tone

• trueHaunting

Writing style

• trueCompelling
• trueRichly detailed

Cataloging source

BT

Dewey number

362.82/9765097471

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• photographs

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult