A review by vsbedford
The Female Detective by Andrew Forrester

3.0

I wouldn't call this an *enjoyable* read really, but it is an interesting one. The Victorian writing style is, for me, so remote and mannered with too many stops and starts and compound phrases and this novel has all of these in spades. It is to be worked through instead of savored. I would recommend for those of us who want to round out our knowledge of the detective novel as an historical object and not for mystery fans in general.

I received an ecopy from the publishers and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.