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The body at the tower

Author: Y S Lee
Publisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : Secondary (senior high) school : English : 1st U.S. edView all editions and formats
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As a nearly full-fledged member of the Agency, the all-female detective unit based in Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls, Mary Quinn, disguised as a poor apprentice builder, must brave the sinister underworld of Victorian London in order to unmask a murderer.
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Genre/Form: Historical fiction
Mystery and detectives stories
Juvenile fiction
Fiction
Material Type: Fiction, Secondary (senior high) school, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Y S Lee
ISBN: 9780763649685 0763649686
OCLC Number: 491895780
Notes: "A Mary Quinn mystery"--Jacket.
Description: 337 p. ; 22 cm.
Responsibility: Y.S. Lee.
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Abstract:

As a nearly full-fledged member of the Agency, the all-female detective unit based in Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls, Mary Quinn, disguised as a poor apprentice builder, must brave the sinister underworld of Victorian London in order to unmask a murderer.

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Lee blends historical fiction and mystery.

by AnchorageSchools (WorldCat user published 2011-02-09) Excellent Permalink

In this sequel to A Spy in the House, Mary Quinn disguises herself as a young errand boy in Victorian London to try and under cover the mystery of murder and missing equipment of a prominent building site. Lee blends historical fiction and mystery in an engaging tale of murder, friendship and betrayal...
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