A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account-and how they became a cultural sensation From Wilkie Collins to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the traditional image of the Victorian detective is male.
'Captivating, sharp and very funny' NEW YORK TIMES'A zippy, intimate account of low-level trickery' THE ATLANTIC'Emphatically audacious, hysterical and compelling.
In this timely and deeply personal true crime memoir, acclaimed journalist, author, creator of the True Crime This Week podcast, and former Boy Scout James Renner, explores the dark side of an American institution, its pervasive culture of sexual abuse, and the traumaticeven deadlyrepercussions of its long-buried secrets.
A Silent Tsunami is a unique combination of memoir and medicine - Rowan forensically examines the development of her mother's illness and explores dementia in a frank but illuminating, lyrical and moving way.
Corinne Hofmann describes her return to Switzerland and the difficulties that faced her there, detailing how she built a new life for herself and her daughter and overcame all obstacles, with the same courage and optimism with which she faced the demands of her life in the Kenyan outback.
