Lady Molly of Scotland Yard | The Forgotten Detective Who Solved Crimes Before Miss Marple
Long before Miss Marple. Long before Cordelia Gray. Long before the modern era of female detectives.
There was Lady Molly of Scotland Yard.
In this Chesterton Radio Deep Dive, we journey into the remarkable world of Baroness Orczy’s Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, a groundbreaking collection of detective stories featuring one of the earliest female investigators in English literature.
Published in 1910 by the creator of The Scarlet Pimpernel, these stories introduce readers to Molly Robertson-Kirk, a brilliant detective whose methods often succeed where conventional investigators fail. Working…
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