Victorian female detectives

Sara Lodge

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Notice Period:: Regular (more than one month's notice)
Type:: Professional
Fee:: Expensed
Category:: History
Updated:: 4^th March 2025
Tagged:: Theatre

For many years it was assumed that all Victorian detectives were men. Not true! My revelatory research shows that nineteenth-century women were working routinely with the police, & for private enquiry agencies, which they also sometimes ran. Learn about these undercover female agents & their fictional counterparts on the Victorian stage and page: the Shes before Sherlock…

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About Sara Lodge

I am a writer, broadcaster and academic who is a regular guest on radio (Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, the Playlist Series; Radio 3; RTE Lyric FM award-nominated documentaries) & a journalist for UK & US papers. I’ve published 4 books, most recently The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective (2024): 5 stars in the Daily Telegraph (‘a joy to read’), ‘a revelation — move over Sherlock!’ in the Sunday Times.

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