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The female private detective has been a staple of popular culture
for over 150 years, from Victorian lady sleuths to ‘busy-body
spinsters’ and gun-toting modern PIs. But what about the
real-life women behind these fictional tales – what crimes did
they solve, and where are their stories? Dismissed as ‘Mrs
Sherlock Holmes’ or amateurish Miss Marples, mocked as private
dicks or honey trappers, they have been investigating crime since
the mid-nineteenth century – theft, fraud, burglary, missing
persons, blackmail, drugs, robbery, romance scams, industrial
espionage, and murder. In Private Inquiries, Caitlin Davies traces
the history of the UK’s female investigators, uncovering the
truth about their lives and careers from the 1850s to the present
day. Women like Victorian private inquiry agent Antonia Moser, the
first woman to open her own agency; Annette Kerner, who ran the
Mayfair Detective Agency on Baker Street in the 1940s; and
Liverpool sleuth Zena Scott-Archer, who became the first woman
president of the World Association of Detectives. Caitlin also
follows in the footsteps of her subjects, undertaking a
professional qualification to become a Private Investigator, and
meeting modern PIs to find out the reality behind the fictional
image. Female investigators are on the rise in the UK – and
despite the industry’s sleazy reputation, nearly a third of new
trainees are women. After a century of undercover work, it’s time
to reveal the secrets of their trailblazing forebears.
'This book is an extremely important part of women's social
history. Read it!' - Maxine Peake Robin Hood, Dick Turpin, Ronnie
Biggs, the Krays ... All have become folk heroes, glamorised and
romanticised, even when they killed. But where are their female
equivalents? Where are the street robbers, gang leaders, diamond
thieves, gold smugglers and bank robbers? Queens of the Underworld
reveals the incredible story of female crooks from the seventeenth
century to the present. From Moll Cutpurse to the Black Boy Alley
Ladies, from jewel thief Emily Lawrence to bandit leader Elsie
Carey and burglar Zoe Progl, these were charismatic women at the
top of their game. But female criminals have long been dismissed as
either not 'real women' or not 'real criminals', and in the process
their stories have been lost. Caitlin Davies unravels the myths,
confronts the lies and tracks down modern-day descendants in order
to tell the truth about their lives for the first time.
""My love, speak to me. Tell me everything." Neferet went to
Kalona, kneeling before him, stroking the soft, dark wings that
unfurled loosely around the immortal. "
""What would you have me say?" He didn't meet her eyes. "
""Zoey lives." Neferet's voice was flat, cold, lifeless."
""She does.""
""Then you owe me the subservience of your immortal soul." She
started to walk away from him."
""Where are you going? What will happen next?""
" "It is quite simple. I will ensure Zoey is drawn back to
Oklahoma. There, on my own terms, I will complete the task you
failed.""
Exonerated by the Vampyre High Council and returned to her
position of High Priestess at Tulsa's House of Night, Neferet has
sworn vengeance on Zoey. Dominion over Kalona is only one of the
weapons she plans to use against Z. But Zoey has found sanctuary on
the Isle of Skye and is being groomed by Queen Sgiach to take over
for her there. Being Queen would be cool, wouldn't it? Why should
she return to Tulsa? After losing her human consort, Heath, she
will never be the same - and her relationship with her
super-hot-warrior, Stark, may never be the same either...
And what about Stevie Rae and Rephaim? The Raven Mocker refuses
to be used against Stevie Rae, but what choice does he have when no
one in the entire world, including Zoey, would be okay with their
relationship? Does he betray his father or his heart?
In the pulse-pounding 8th book in the bestselling House of Night
series, how far will the bonds of friendship stretch and how strong
are the ties that bind one girl's heart?
'This book is an extremely important part of women's social
history. Read it!' - Maxine Peake Robin Hood, Dick Turpin, Ronnie
Biggs, the Krays … All have become folk heroes, glamorised and
romanticised, even when they killed. But where are their female
equivalents? Where are the street robbers, gang leaders, diamond
thieves, gold smugglers and bank robbers? Queens of the Underworld
reveals the incredible story of female crooks from the seventeenth
century to the present. From Moll Cutpurse to the Black Boy Alley
Ladies, from jewel thief Emily Lawrence to bandit leader Elsie
Carey and burglar Zoe Progl, these were charismatic women at the
top of their game. But female criminals have long been dismissed as
either not ‘real women’ or not ‘real criminals’, and in the
process their stories have been lost. Caitlin Davies unravels the
myths, confronts the lies and tracks down modern-day descendants in
order to tell the truth about their lives for the first time.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING
'Davies's absorbing study serves up just enough sensationalism -
and eccentricity - along with its serious inquiry' SUNDAY TIMES
'[A] revealing account of the jail's 164-year history' DAILY
TELEGRAPH, 5* review 'Insightful and thought-provoking and makes
for a ripping good read' JEREMY CORBYN 'A much-needed and balanced
history' OBSERVER 'Davies explores how society has dealt with
disobedient women - from suffragettes to refugees to women seeking
abortions - for decades, and how they've failed to silence those
who won't go down without a fight' STYLIST Society has never known
what to do with its rebellious women. Those who defied expectations
about feminine behaviour have long been considered dangerous and
unnatural, and ever since the Victorian era they have been removed
from public view, locked up and often forgotten about. Many of
these women ended up at HM Prison Holloway, the self-proclaimed
'terror to evil-doers' which, until its closure in 2016, was
western Europe's largest women's prison. First built in 1852 as a
House of Correction, Holloway's women have come from all corners of
the UK - whether a patriot from Scotland, a suffragette from
Huddersfield, or a spy from the Isle of Wight - and from all walks
of life - socialites and prostitutes, sporting stars and nightclub
queens, refugees and freedom fighters. They were imprisoned for
treason and murder, for begging, performing abortions and stealing
clothing coupons, for masquerading as men, running brothels and
attempting suicide. In Bad Girls, Caitlin Davies tells their
stories and shows how women have been treated in our justice system
over more than a century, what crimes - real or imagined - they
committed, who found them guilty and why. It is a story of
victimization and resistance; of oppression and bravery. From the
women who escaped the hangman's noose - and those who didn't - to
those who escaped Holloway altogether, Bad Girls is a fascinating
look at how disobedient and defiant women changed not only the
prison service, but the course of history.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING
'Davies's absorbing study serves up just enough sensationalism -
and eccentricity - along with its serious inquiry' SUNDAY TIMES
'[A] revealing account of the jail's 164-year history' DAILY
TELEGRAPH, 5* review 'Insightful and thought-provoking and makes
for a ripping good read' JEREMY CORBYN 'A much-needed and balanced
history' OBSERVER 'Davies explores how society has dealt with
disobedient women - from suffragettes to refugees to women seeking
abortions - for decades, and how they've failed to silence those
who won't go down without a fight' STYLIST Society has never known
what to do with its rebellious women. Those who defied expectations
about feminine behaviour have long been considered dangerous and
unnatural, and ever since the Victorian era they have been removed
from public view, locked up and often forgotten about. Many of
these women ended up at HM Prison Holloway, the self-proclaimed
'terror to evil-doers' which, until its closure in 2016, was
western Europe's largest women's prison. First built in 1852 as a
House of Correction, Holloway's women have come from all corners of
the UK - whether a patriot from Scotland, a suffragette from
Huddersfield, or a spy from the Isle of Wight - and from all walks
of life - socialites and prostitutes, sporting stars and nightclub
queens, refugees and freedom fighters. They were imprisoned for
treason and murder, for begging, performing abortions and stealing
clothing coupons, for masquerading as men, running brothels and
attempting suicide. In Bad Girls, Caitlin Davies tells their
stories and shows how women have been treated in our justice system
over more than a century, what crimes - real or imagined - they
committed, who found them guilty and why. It is a story of
victimization and resistance; of oppression and bravery. From the
women who escaped the hangman's noose - and those who didn't - to
those who escaped Holloway altogether, Bad Girls is a fascinating
look at how disobedient and defiant women changed not only the
prison service, but the course of history.
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Megan Shull; Read by Caitlin Davies
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"The Murder Complex" is an action-packed, blood-soaked,
futuristic debut thriller set in a world where the murder rate is
higher than the birthrate.
Meadow Woodson, a fifteen-year-old girl who has been trained by
her father to fight, to kill, and to survive in any situation,
lives with her family on a houseboat in Florida. The state is
controlled by The Murder Complex, an organization that tracks the
population with precision. The plot starts to thicken when Meadow
meets Zephyr James, who is although he doesn t know it one of the
MC s programmed assassins. Is their meeting a coincidence? Destiny?
Or is it part of a terrifying strategy? And will Zephyr keep Meadow
from discovering the haunting truth about her family?
This is a dark and compelling debut novel that will appeal to
fans of Moira Young s Dust Lands series, "La Femme Nikita," and the
movie "Hanna.""
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