Catherine Louisa Pirkis (1841–1910)
Author of The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective
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Works by Catherine Louisa Pirkis
A Dateless Bargain 2 copies
Trooping with Crows 1 copy
The Road from Ruin 1 copy
At the Moment of Victory 1 copy
Lady Lovelace 1 copy
Judith Wynne, a novel 1 copy
Wanted, an Heir 1 copy
A Very Opal 1 copy
In a World of his own 1 copy
Disappeared from Her Home 1 copy
Associated Works
The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime: Forgotten Cops and Private Eyes from the Time of Sherlock Holmes (2011) — Contributor — 196 copies
Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) (1997) — Contributor — 185 copies
The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories (2011) — Contributor — 142 copies
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: A Collection of Victorian Detective Tales (2008) — Contributor; Contributor — 109 copies
Crime On Her Mind: Fifteen Stories of Female Sleuths from the Victorian Era to the Forties (1975) — Contributor — 104 copies
In the Shadow of Agatha Christie: Classic Crime Fiction by Forgotten Female Writers, 1850-1917 (2018) — Contributor — 94 copies
The Lady Sleuths MEGAPACK ®: 20 Modern and Classic Tales of Female Detectives (2014) — Contributor — 16 copies
Female Sleuths Megapack: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, Loveday Brooke, and Amelia Butterworth (2014) — Contributor — 12 copies
The Lady Detectives: Four BBC Radio 4 Crime Dramatisations — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Other names
- Pirkis, C.L.
- Birthdate
- 1841
- Date of death
- 1910-10-04
- Burial location
- Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England, UK
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Occupations
- short story writer
detective fiction author
novelist - Organizations
- National Canine Defence League
- Short biography
- Catherine Louisa Pirkis was the first British woman to publish stories about a female detective. Together with her husband, a naval officer, she was one of the co-founders of the National Canine Defence League.
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- Works
- 21
- Also by
- 24
- Members
- 98
- Popularity
- #193,038
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 46