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Catherine Louisa Pirkis
1839 – 1910
14 works on record
Biography
Catherine Louisa Pirkis was born in London, the daughter of Lewis Stephens Lyne, an accountant and comptroller-general of Inland Revenue. In 1872, at the age of 33, Pirkis married Frederick Edward Pirkis, fleet-paymaster for the Royal Navy, and the couple moved often. They had a daughter (born 1874 in Surrey) and a son (born 1876 in Belgium). Pirkis wrote her first novel, *Disappeared from Her Home*, in 1877; the mystery novel portends her creation of the popular lady detective **Loveday Brooke** in the 1890s. Thereafter she became a prolific novelist, short story writer, and journalist. Pirkis and her husband actively worked in the anti-vivisectionist movement and in organizations for the protection of animals, such as The National Canine Defense League. Pirkis died in 1910 after a long illness.
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Works

The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective
1986

In a world of his own
1878

Detection by Gaslight

All the Year Round. Volume 942

At the moment of victory

A red sister

Jack, a mendicant

At the Moment of Victory; Volume 2

Voice of a People

A Dateless Bargain

Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Shadows of Sherlock Holmes
Judith Wynne
Judith Wynne
1885
The Voice of a People
The Voice of a People