Miss Scarlet

Après la mort du père d'Eliza Scarlet, elle reprend son agence de détectives, contre la volonté de tous ceux qui l'entourent, y compris de l'inspecteur Wellington (alias le Duc). Peut-elle se prouver qu'elle a ce qu'il faut pour être détective ?

As London's only female detective, Eliza is struggling to get work. Desperate for money, she takes a seemingly impossible case; proving the innocence of a man who has pleaded guilty to murder.

Eliza is hired by Duke to infiltrate one potentially disruptive group. Eliza is delighted in his faith in her abilities. She is less delighted when she learns she will be spying on a women's suffrage group campaigning for the vote.

When a ‘Death Photographer’ receives threatening messages from beyond the grave, Eliza must also reflect on her own late father.

The final entry in Henry Scarlet's casebook takes Eliza to an abandoned prison on the outskirts of London. She and Duke investigate what seems like an empty building, but they soon discover that it is the hideout for a criminal gang.

Eliza is determined to discover who murdered her father and why. Moses is the prime suspect, but the real murderer may be someone who has been under Duke's nose the entire time.