The Punjat's Ruby

Over the objections of Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle himself, Miss Abigail Patience Danforth debuts as the world's first female consulting detective.

In 1900, a female was the property of either a father or husband, and for a girl of her station to become anything but a wealthy man's wife was unthinkable. But Miss Abigail Patience Danforth was determined to usher in the twentieth century by becoming the world's first female consulting detective, even after Dr. ...