The Experiences of Loveday Brooke

This early work by Catherine Louisa Pirkis was originally published in 1894 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective is a collection of short detective stories that include Drawn Daggers , A Princesss Vengeance , The Redhill Sisterhood, and several other classic tales of mystery. Catherine Louisa Pirkis was born in 1841 in London, England. It wasnt until 1877 that Perkis published her first novel Disappeared from Her Home. She followed this with In a World of His Own in 1878, and from then on she prolifically produced short stories, articles and novels. Her most lasting legacy is her creation of one of the earliest female detectives, Loveday Brooke, in the 1890s.