The Agitated Elocutionist: A Lizzie Borden, Girl Detective Mini-Mystery
Richard Behrens
Apr 2015 · Lizzie Borden, Girl Detective Mini-Mysteries Book 1 · Nine Muses Books
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Introducing Miss Lizzie Borden of Fall River, Massachusetts, a most excellent girl detective and the most remarkable young woman ever to take on the criminal underworld. Many years before her infamous arrest and trial for the murders of her father and stepmother, Lizzie Borden pursued a career as a private consulting detective as chronicled in this clever and imaginative series of short stories. Join Lizzie as she matches wits with the Agitated Elocutionist in this wry tale of mystery set in a Victorian New England mill town. When Mrs. Arbuthnot, the Agitated Elocutionist of Fall River, reports the disappearance of her coveted Star of Swansea, Lizzie Borden the Girl Detective enters into a maze of secrets, lies and tongue twisters. Together with her loyal cousin Sarah Borden, Lizzie explores Fall River's dark side. You have met Lizzie Borden before, but never like this!
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4.1
29 reviews
Louise Pagaduan
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July 6, 2018
There wasn't a lot of plot development in the book and the mystery was
solved without much presentation. The clues weren't helpful nor were they
misleading, they were just blips in the story. It tries too hard to be
Sherlock Holmes.
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Cheryl Earle
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March 15, 2016
Another enticing read of the Lizzie Borden Girl Detective series. I really enjoyed this mini mystery - a quick little sip of a read to enjoy with afternoon tea
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E Talavera
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March 7, 2017
Arthbonot the crook. Trying to keep passing for rich Victorian Mrs. Arthbonot tries to pin a robbery on a poor man. Lizzie immediately suspects Mrs.A so she goes to work on clearing the poor man.
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About the author
Richard Behrens is the co-founder of Nine Muses Books and author of the Lizzie Borden, Girl Detective series of mysteries. He is a contributor to The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden and Victorian Studies as well as The Literary Hatchet, both available from PearTree Press. He is a regular lecturer on eccentric Victorian women and silent film comedy and often gets confused about what century he lives in. A native New Yorker, now living in New England, Richard is working on several more Lizzie Borden, Girl Detective mysteries including two novels: The Minuscule Monk (2015) and The Wilmarth Immovables (2016).
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