Pretty, resourceful Jennie Baxter talks her way onto a London newspaper and is soon chasing the story of a princess’s stolen diamonds, outwitting a frightened official and a great detective along the way. Her editors then send her to Vienna, where trouble at the imperial court calls for a Cinderella visit to a grand ball and some daring improvisation.
A brisk 1899 novel with an early newspaperwoman heroine, a delight for fans of Victorian lady detectives. Download the free EPUB.