Lady Molly of Scotland Yard

The book contains twelve Lady Molly adventures and is narrated by Lady Molly's assistant Mary Granard. Best known as the creator of "The Scarlet Pimpernel", Baroness Orczy also created two immortal turn-of-the century detectives, the old man in the corner and Molly Robertson-Kirk otherwise known as [...]
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The book contains twelve Lady Molly adventures and is narrated by Lady Molly's assistant Mary Granard. Best known as the creator of "The Scarlet Pimpernel", Baroness Orczy also created two immortal turn-of-the century detectives, the old man in the corner and Molly Robertson-Kirk otherwise known as Lady Molly of Scotland Yard. First published in 1910 Orczy's female detective was precursor of the lay sleuth who relies on brains rather than brawn, the book soon became very popular, with three editions appearing in the first year. Interestingly, as well as being one of the first novels to feature a female detective as the main character, Orczy's outstandingly successful police officer preceded her real life female counterparts by a decade.