Sep 24, 2023

Miss Moriarty, I Presume by Sherry Thomas (2021) Berkley

Another in the series of Lady Sherlock (Charlotte Holmes) who acts as a spokesperson for her 'sick brother'.  In this case, Moriarty hires her to find his daughter, whom he knows exactly where she was hiding, but cannot get any recent sightings.  Everyone in the Cornish community where Ms. Moriarity was living provides a network of lies.  No one wants to help.  Is the community holding her hostage, or is she really hiding?  And what of Moriarity himself, what does he really want?

Sep 17, 2023

Girl in Disguise by Greer Macallister (2017) Sources Landmark

A history of the first woman to be a Pinkerton detective.  As a widow, Kate Warne is out of options and refuses to be pigeon-holed into what society expects of her.  Instead, she solves a crime and uses that success to get Pinkerton to hire her.  She fluidly goes through disguises to work whatever case she is assigned.  But she uses her mind too, and to great effect and the consternation of those she has to catch.

Sep 11, 2023

Cress by Marissa Meyer (2014) Feiwel & Friends

Rapunzel and the witch.  Cress a Lunar without powers, aka a shell, has been trapped for seven years in a satellite to spy on the Earthens for Luna's top thaumaturge.  Her red hair has never been cut and gets in her way frequently.  She is also a hacker extraordinaire and has altered all Earth and Lunar surveillance, hiding the spaceship where Cinder is planning to prevent a marriage between the Eastern Commonwealth Emperor the evil Lunar Queen.  The fact that a well-known very handsome criminal is piloting the spaceship is just a bonus.