The Agency: A Spy in the House (Paperback)

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This is book number 1 in the The Agency series.

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When Mary Quinn is rescued from the gallows, she is recruited by a very special employment agency--one that trains young women to be servants in society households and spy on the occupants. Not just a favorite YA mystery series, but a favorite series, period.

— Billie

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Steeped in Victorian atmosphere and intrigue, this diverting mystery trails a feisty heroine as she takes on a precarious secret assignment.

Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, orphan (and thief) Mary Quinn found herself at Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls, the cover for an all-female investigative unit called the Agency. Now seventeen, Mary must put her training to the test. Disguised as a lady’s companion, she infiltrates a merchant’s home in hopes of finding clues to the whereabouts of his missing cargo ships. But the household is full of deceptions, and there is no one to trust. . . . Or is there? Packed with suspense and evoking gritty Victorian backstreets, this breezy mystery marks the debut of a detective who lives by her wits while uncovering secrets — including those of her own past.


Product Details
ISBN: 9780763687489
ISBN-10: 0763687480
Publisher: Candlewick
Publication Date: April 26th, 2016
Pages: 352
Language: English
Series: The Agency