Author:Catherine Louisa Pirkis

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Catherine Louisa Pirkis
(1841–1910)

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British author, perhaps best remembered for her detective stories featuring Loveday Brooke, appearing in the Ludgate Magazine, and subsequently in book form in 1894. Pseudonyms: C. L. Pirkis, Mrs. Fred E. Perkis

Works

(partial list)

Disappeared from Her Home (1877)
The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective (1893-94; Ludgate Magazine) Iluustrated by Bernard Higham
- The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step — The Murder at Troyte's Hill — The Redhill Sisterhood — A Princess's Vengeance — Drawn Daggers — The Ghost of Fountain Lane — Missing!

In a World of His Own (1878)
A Very Opal (1880)
Wanted, an Heir (1881)
Saint and Sibyl: A Story of Old Kew (1882)
Judith Wynne (1884)
A Dateless Bargain (1887)
The Road from Ruin (1888)
At the Moment of Victory (1889)
A Red Sister: A Story of Three Days and Three Months (1891)

Works from periodicals

Rhea, a Woman of the World (1893-94, The Ludgate Monthly) ss
Drifting (1893-94, The Ludgate Monthly) ss

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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