Mrs Sherlock Holmes- The True Story of NYC's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation

✍ Scribed by Ricca, Brad

• Book ID: 109228119
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 452 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes tells the incredible true life story of Mrs. Grace Humiston, the New York lawyer and detective who solved the famous cold case of Ruth Cruger, an 18-year-old girl who disappeared in 1917. Grace was an amazing lawyer and traveling detective during a time when no women were practicing these professions. She focused on solving cases no one else wanted and advocating for innocents. Grace became the first female U.S. District Attorney and made ground-breaking investigations into modern slavery.
One of Grace's greatest accomplishments was solving the Cruger case after following a trail of corruption that lead from New York to Italy. Her work changed how the country viewed the problem of missing girls. But the victory came with a price when she learned all too well what happens when one woman upstages the entire NYPD.
In the literary tradition of In Cold Blood and The Devil in the White City , Brad Ricca's Mrs. Sherlock Holmes is a...