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Harriet Morrow investigates

The Case of the Missing Maid

It’s 1898 in Chicago. Harriet Morrow is hired on a trial basis as the first female operative at the Prescott Detective Agency. Wearing men’s shoes and a bowler hat and conducting her investigation by bicycle, Harriet is in many ways an unconventional young woman–not the least of which is being attracted to women. Determined to prove herself and carve a path for women who might follow, Harriet sets out to solve her first case: a maid has disappeared from a south-side mansion.

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Praise for THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID

With his usual sensitivity and humor, Osler has written a mystery with a lively pace, a fresh and engaging heroine, and finely tuned historical awareness. This book utterly charms. A thoroughly entertaining read!

Karen Odden / USA Today bestselling author of the Inspector Corravan Mysteries

A delightful and progressive progressive-era mystery, filled to the brim with character and excitement. Colorful, clever and fantastically queer.

Lev AC Rosen, / award-winning author of Lavender House

Rob Osler brings vivid detail to Chicago’s Polish neighborhoods and its gay and lesbian underground. Like me, you’ll be rooting for Harriet from the first page to the last.

Allison Montclair / author of the Sparks and Bainbridge Mysteries

Sharp, witty, and exuberant . . . With Osler's trademark knockabout action scenes and some fascinating side lights on Queer history and the birth of the progressive era, this novel is an absolute treat.

Catriona McPherson / multi-award-winning author of In Place of Fear and the Dandy Gilver Mysteries

In The Case of the Missing Maid, stalwart Harriet Morrow is the first woman detective at The Prescott Agency in 1890s Chicago, ready to pry at secrets even while living with a few of her own. Given one chance to prove herself, Harriet sets out in search of a servant missing from a grand household—but what she might uncover is a fulfilled queer life, free to discover joy, friendship, love, and her own true potential.

Lori Rader-Day / award-winning author of Death at Greenway

A complete delight. A vivid portrait of 1890s Chicago in all its zest and cruelty with a wonderfully relatable heroine. Rob Osler skillfully weaves the fate of lovely Polish maid Agnes Wozniak with the story of the Prescott agency's first female detective coming into her own. I demand more Harriet Morrow this instant!

Mariah Fredericks / author of The Wharton Plot