The curious case of Haddington's female Victorian detective
Edinburgh writer uncovering the truth about the real-life 19th century women sleuths
We all love a good detective story. From the household names of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and, today, Sir Ian Rankin through to Alanna Knight and Alex Brown, Edinburgh has inspired more than its fair share of crime fiction, writes Sarah McArthur.
Perhaps the greatest of our British fictional detectives was born, here in Scotland’s Capit…
