Dora Myrl

The Lady Detective

By M. McDonnell Bodkin

1900

First Published

3.92

Average Rating

215

Number of Pages

6H33M

Audio Length

Dora Myrl is a modern young woman of astonishing accomplishments, having been educated at Cambridge and trained as a medical doctor. Her profession, however, is that of private investigator - a lady detective whom men underestimate at their peril! In these twelve tales Dora pits her wits against villainous murderers, thieves, blackmailers and swindlers as she plumbs the depths of criminality hidden beneath the veneer of well-to-do nineteenth century society.

Avg Rating

3.92

Number of Ratings

5 STARS

22%

4 STARS

47%

3 STARS

31%

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Author

M. McDonnell Bodkin

Author · 3 books

Matthias McDonnell Bodkin was an Irish nationalist politician and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Anti-Parnellite representative for North Roscommon, 1892–95, a noted author, journalist and newspaper editor, and barrister, King’s Counsel and County Court Judge for County Clare, 1907-24. Bodkin was a prolific author, in a wide range of genres, including history, novels (contemporary and historical), plays, and political campaigning texts. Bodkin earned a place in the history of the detective novel by virtue of his invention of the first detective family. His most famous character is the detective Paul Beck, who appears in a series of stories and eventually marries another of Bodkin's series characters, Dora Myrl, "Lady Detective".