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Ying S. Lee

Boxcar Riders

At a young age, Mary is rescued from the gallows by a woman masquerading as a prison warden. She is taken to Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls. The school, Mary learns, is a front for a private investigation agency and, at 17, she is taken on as an agent. In her new role she is catapulted into the family home of the Thorolds to investigate the shady business dealings of Mr Thorold.

A Mary Quinn Mystery

A Spy in the House

The Agency

Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan and thief Mary Quinn is offered a place at Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls where she is trained to be part of an all-female investigative unit called The Agency and, at age seventeen, she infiltrates a rich merchant's home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships.

Eté 1859. Le cadavre d’un maçon a été découvert au pied de la tour de Big Ben, en pleine construction. S’agit-il d’un accident, d’un suicide...ou d’un meurtre? L’enquête menée par Scotland Yard ne permet d’apporter aucune preuve concluante pour le savoir. On murmure même qu’un fantôme rôde sur le site...Pour dénouer le vrai du faux, il faudrait s’infiltrer sur le chantier et se mêler aux ouvriers. C’est la nouvelle mission de Mary Quinn, membre de l’Agency, organisation d’agents secrets exclusivement féminins. Se faisant passer pour un jeune apprenti, elle tente de recueillir des informations. Mais un nouveau venu est recruté pour établir un rapport sur la sécurité du chantier : nul autre que le séduisant James, qui perce immédiatement à jour la couverture de Mary...

Le crime de l'horloge

Première Mission de Mary Quinn pour l'Agency, institution au service de Sa Majesté : s'infiltrer comme demoiselle de compagnie chez Henry Thorold, soupçonné de trafic illicite. Mais dans cette maison où se croisent membres et amis de la famille - dont le troublant James- , Mary n'est pas la seule à masquer ses véritables intentions...

Le pendentif de jade

Ein verhängnisvoller Auftrag

Meisterspionin Mary Quinn

"Queen Victoria has a problem: there's a petty thief at work in Buckingham Palace. The Agency, the all-female detective unit, assigns quick-witted Mary Quinn to the case. Posing as a palace maid and fending off the attentions of the Prince of Wales are challenging enough, but when the prince witnesses a murder, Mary's case becomes antything but petty. Engineer and former flame James Easton has an assignment in the sewers, where someone is making illicit use of the tunnels. Mary will need James's help if she's going to catch a thief, solve a murder and avert disaster--Page [4] of cover.

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