The body at the tower

As a nearly full-fledged member of the Agency, the all-female detective unit based in Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls, Mary Quinn, disguised as a poor apprentice builder, must brave the sinister underworld of Victorian London in order to unmask a murderer.

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Main Author: Lee, Y. S. (Ying S.), 1974- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2011.
Series:Lee, Y. S. (Ying S.), 1974- Agency ; 2.
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Summary:As a nearly full-fledged member of the Agency, the all-female detective unit based in Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls, Mary Quinn, disguised as a poor apprentice builder, must brave the sinister underworld of Victorian London in order to unmask a murderer.
Item Description:"A Mary Quinn mystery"--cover.
Physical Description:337 p.
ISBN:9780763656430
0763656437
Author Notes:Y. S. Lee was born in Singapore but brought up in Canada. She also lived briefly in the United Kingdom. An academic with a PhD in Victorian literature and culture, she wrote MASCULINITY AND THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS IN VICTORIAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND FICTION. She lives in Ontario, Canada.


From the Hardcover edition.