Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation by Brad Ricca

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation

Brad Ricca

432 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history mystery true crime challenging informative mysterious slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes tells the incredible true life story of Mrs. Grace Humiston, the New York lawyer and detective who solved the famous cold case of Ruth Cruger, an 18-year-old girl who disappeared in 1917. Grace was an amazing lawyer and travel...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 686 reviews

Moods

informative 78%
mysterious 59%
dark 52%
tense 33%
emotional 26%
sad 21%
reflective 19%
adventurous 16%
challenging 16%
inspiring 11%
hopeful 2%

Pace

slow 60%
medium 31%
fast 7%

Average rating

3.17

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

Submitted by users as part of their reviews

Expand filter menu View summary

See all...