A spy in the house

Format:

Book

Title:

A spy in the house

Author:

Lee, Y. S. (Ying S.), 1974-

ISBN:

9780763687489

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publication:

Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, [2016]

Physical Description:

335 pages ; 22 cm.

Series title(s):

Agency ;

Number in series:

General Note:

Includes an excerpt from "The Agency: The body at the tower.'

Summary:

Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan and thief Mary Quinn is offered a place at Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls where she is trained to be part of an all-female investigative unit called The Agency and, at age seventeen, she infiltrates a rich merchant's home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships.

Reading Level:

Young Adult.

Subject(s):

Swindlers and swindling -- Juvenile fiction.

Household employees -- Juvenile fiction.

Sex role -- Juvenile fiction.

Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.

Mystery and detective stories.

Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction.

Household employees -- Fiction.

Sex role -- Fiction.

Orphans -- Fiction.

London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.

Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Juvenile fiction.

London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.

Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Juvenile fiction.

London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Historical mystery novels.

Mystery fiction.

Holds:

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Summary

Steeped in Victorian atmosphere and intrigue, this diverting mystery trails a feisty heroine as she takes on a precarious secret assignment.

Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, orphan (and thief) Mary Quinn found herself at Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls, the cover for an all-female investigative unit called the Agency. Now seventeen, Mary must put her training to the test. Disguised as a lady's companion, she infiltrates a merchant's home in hopes of finding clues to the whereabouts of his missing cargo ships. But the household is full of deceptions, and there is no one to trust. . . . Or is there? Packed with suspense and evoking gritty Victorian backstreets, this breezy mystery marks the debut of a detective who lives by her wits while uncovering secrets -- including those of her own past.

Author Notes

Y.S. Lee has a Ph.D. in Victorian literature and culture and says her research inspired her to write Book One of The Agency trilogy. "Women's choices were grim in those days, even for the clever," she says. " The Agency is a totally unrealistic, completely fictitious antidote to the fate that would otherwise swallow a girl like Mary Quinn." Y. S. Lee lives in Ontario, Canada.