| International Standard Book Number |
9781496749482 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1496749480 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Osler, Rob, author.
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| Title Statement |
The case of the missing maid : Harriet Morrow investigates bk. 1 / Rob Osler.
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| Edition Statement |
First Kensington hardcover edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2025.
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| Physical Description |
310 pages ; 22 cm.
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| Series Statement |
Harriet Morrow investigates ; bk. 01
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references.
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| Summary, Etc. |
Chicago, 1898. Rough-around-the-edges Harriet Morrow has long been drawn to the idea of whizzing around the city on her bicycle as a professional detective, solving crimes for a living without having to take a husband. Just twenty-one with a younger brother to support, she seizes on the chance when the prestigious Prescott Agency hires her as its first women operative. The move sparks controversy -- with skeptical male colleagues, a high-strung office secretary, and her boss, Mr. Theodore Prescott, all waiting for her to uvravel under the pressure. Only an hour into the job, Harriet has an assignment: Discover the whereabouts of a missing maid from one of the most extravagant mansions on Prairie Avenue. Owner Pearl Bartlett has a reputation for sending operatives on wild goose chases around her garden estate, but Harriet believes the stunningly beautiful Agnes Wozniak has indeed vanished under mysterious circumstances -- possibly a victim of kidnapping, possibly a victim of something worse... With Mr. Prescott pushing a hard deadline, Harriet's burgeoning career depends on working through a labyrinth of eccentric characters and murky motives in a race to discover who made Agnes disappear. When her search leads to Chicago's Polish community and a new friendship in Agnes's charming older sister, Barbara, clues scattered across the city slowly reveal just how much depends on Harriet's inexperienced investigation for answers... and the deep danger that awaits her once she learns the truth.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women detectives Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Missing persons Investigation Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Household employees Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Eccentrics and eccentricities Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Lesbian detectives Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Chicago (Ill.) 19th century Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Lesbian fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Cozy mysteries.
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