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

Presents the true story of the first female U.S. District Attorney and traveling detective who found missing eighteen-year-old Ruth Cruger when the entire NYPD had given up.

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Main Author:	Ricca, Brad (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Edition:	First Edition.
Subjects:	Humiston, Grace > (Mary Grace), > 1869-1948. Women private investigators > New York (State) > New York > Case studies. Women lawyers > New York (State) > New York > Case studies. Missing persons > Investigation > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
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Summary:	Presents the true story of the first female U.S. District Attorney and traveling detective who found missing eighteen-year-old Ruth Cruger when the entire NYPD had given up.
Physical Description:	viii, 436 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781250072245 (hardcover) 1250072247 (hardcover)
Author Notes:	BRAD RICCA is the author of Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster--the Creators of Superman, winner of the Ohioana Book Award for Nonfiction and the Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature. His first book of poetry, American Mastodon, won the St. Lawrence Book Award. His documentary Last Son won a Silver Ace Award at the Las Vegas International Film Festival. He has been a contributing expert for the New York Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, the BBC, the AV Club, and All Things Considered. He is a SAGES Fellow at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, where he was born and now lives with his family.