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4-6Wollstonecraft Detective Agency series.
Illustrated by
Kelly Murphy.
Mary Godwin and Ada Byron's detective agency, now an open secret, is available for hire. For their second case, they investigate why a young woman's fiancé wants access to her fortune before their marriage. Despite contrived relationships, this entertaining mystery benefits from an imaginative premise and a nicely reimagined historical setting featuring a mix of real, literary, and fictional characters. Appendices address historical inaccuracies.