black and white portrait of Zena Scott-Archer in the late 1940s
Zena Scott-Archer died #onthisday in 2011, aged 90. Her obituary described her as ‘widow of the late David Archer’, with no mention of her own career as the world’s leading female sleuth. Pic: Zena's family collection. #privatedetectives #femalesleuths #womenshistory #privateinquiries #truecrime
cover of Private Inquiries showing PI Zena Scott Archer leaning out of a car window with a 1950s camera
Private Inquiries: The Secret History of Female Sleuths, a bestseller & currently just 99p....
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Book offer post with book covers
Interested in the real story of female sleuths? The History Press are offering 40% off selected eBooks in celebration of Women's History Month 👍 🔎 thehistorypress.co.uk/collection/w... #womenshistorymonth #womenshistory #femalesleuths #privatedetectives #privateinquiries #agathachristie
cover of Private Inquiries, 1950s sleuth Zena Scott-Archer leaning out of car window with camera
#Onthisday in 1914, Matilda Mitchell, head of Selfridges’ Secret Service, married cricketer Tom Hayward. Today his Wikipedia page doesn’t even mention he was married, let alone to a famous female sleuth. Her story is in #privateinquiries lnk.to/privateinqui... #privateeyes #truecrime #missmarple
Looking forward to talking about the history of female sleuths at Portsmouth Book Fest on March 5th, tickets for all their events go on sale Jan 6th 🔎 💜 wegottickets.com/event/641481 #womenshistory #crimehistory #privateinquiries #truecrime #femalesleuths #missmarple #portsmouthbookfest #sherlock
book cover of annette kerner's memoir, with magnifying glass, pen and lipstick
Annette Kerner ‘Mrs Sherlock Holmes’ was the 1st British female private eye to write a casebook memoir, published in 1954. It was a rollicking, bestselling read, & contained an awful lot of lies 😉 lnk.to/privateinqui... #sherlockholmes #womenshistory #femalesleuths #privateinquiries
pictures of Charlies Angels, american TV show
3 years ago today I signed up for a Professional Private Investigation Diploma - came with a free lock picking manual - as research for #PrivateInquiries. The job of a PI turned out to be (surprise!) a far cry from Charlies Angels lnk.to/privateinqui... #womenshistory #femalesleuths
woman private eye on cigarette card wearing fedora and raincoat
‘Sleuthing is a great career for a girl’ May Storey, private detective, born 1895 in Camperdown, Northumberland. Or was she? Famous enough in the 1930s to appear on Churchman cigarette cards, then the trail goes cold... lnk.to/privateinqui... #PrivateInquiries #womenshistory #femalesleuths
blue front door on Baker St, London
No. 231 Baker Street, London - once home to Annette Kerner, the self-styled Mrs #SherlockHolmes, who opened her Mayfair Detective Agency here in September 1946. But Annette was not the woman she said she was... lnk.to/privateinqui... #privatedetectives #womenshistory #privateinquiries #femalesleuths
1969 menu, food and toast list
The Association of British Detectives' annual banquet of 1969, when 'Mrs Sherlock Holmes' Zena Scott Archer became the first woman president - and the menu featured buttered brussels sprouts. lnk.to/privateinqui... #privatedetectives #privateeyes #privateinquiries
photo of woman in police uniform, UK, 1918
November 1918, Lilian Wyles, a former nurse, applies to join the newly formed #MetropolitanPolice Women Patrols. ‘One of the last strongholds held exclusively by men,’ she wrote, ‘had been stormed.' lnk.to/privateinqui... (pic Wiki)
#crimehistory #policinghistory #womenshistory #privateinquiries
bright red image of woman's face, 1960s pop art style
The mysterious Anne Summer (pictured on the front of her memoir) #privatedetective in the late 1960s. If her cover was blown, she simply replied - 'Of course I’m following you, you have been doing such interesting things’.' #femalesleuths #womenshistory #privateinquiries lnk.to/privateinqui...
professional portrait photo of Zena Scot-Archer
Zena Scott-Archer died in November 2011, she was the most famous British sleuth on the world stage, yet until now her story has never been told. Perfect gift for detection lovers 🔎https://lnk.to/privateinquiries (pic: ABI)
#privatedetection #femalesleuths #womenshistory #privateinquiries #missmarple
Lovely video of International #AgathaChristie Festival 2024 Highlights (and I'm in it for one second 👍🔎) www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNLT... #Missmarple #femalesleuths #womendetectives #privateinquiries #historypress
Lovely event at Medway River Lit yesterday, fantastic to meet the wonderful @aachaudhuri.bsky.social, & some excellent questions from the audience about female sleuths (also managed to match my top with my book font)
#medwayriverlit #thehistorypress #privateinquiries #femalesleuths #femaledetectives
Perfect Xmas gift too! Hope she enjoyed #privateinquiries 🔎🔎
