Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation

By: Brad Ricca

Narrated by: David Bendena

Mrs. Grace Humiston was an amazing lawyer and a traveling detective during a time when no women were practicing those professions. She focused on solving cases no one else wanted and advocating for innocents. The first female US District Attorney, she made groundbreaking investigations into modern-day slavery, and the papers gave her the nickname of fiction's famous sleuth. One of her greatest accomplishments was solving the cold case of a missing 18-year-old girl, Ruth Cruger. Her work changed how the country viewed the problem of missing girls, but it came with a price: she learned all too well what happens when one woman upstages the entire NYPD.

In the literary tradition of In Cold Blood and The Devil in the White City, this true-crime tale is told in spine-tingling fashion and has important repercussions concerning kidnapping, the role of the media, and the truth of crime stories. But the great mystery of this book - and its haunting twist ending - is how one woman became so famous only to disappear.

©2017 Brad Ricca (P)2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Excellent book

Narration is excellent
The author does a great job describing the life of Mrs Sherlock Holmes, definitely worth your time

Thoroughly enjoyable!

I must say this was one of my favorite audible books so far! Very engrossing, the story of this amazing woman kept me interested from start to finish. A rich and detailed story with an amazing heroine… It’s even better that she was a real person! What an inspiration!

The undaunted Courage of a Woman who Sought Justice

I found this an inspiring story about a woman who refused to accept the feminine restrictions placed on women in the early 1900’s. Grace defied all convention in seeking a Law Degree and going to work for the rights of poor immigrants in New York. Though she had little support from the Government Legal Community, or the Police, she went about her courageous search for justice, even when reviled in the Press. The multiple cases she solved and the numbers of the poor that she helped are astounding. Without hesitation She walked the lonely road of seeking the facts even when putting her life in danger. I thought the book was well written, and hard to put down. The narrator did an excellent job in expressing the different characters. I greatly enjoyed this book.

Grace - extraordinary woman

At first I thought it would be along the lines of Sherlock Holmes but quickly realized I was listening to biography of an extraordinary woman who worked her whole life to save missing girls and about the white slavers who still exist today. I’m glad I bought the book.

Interesting history

I found this book long and drawn out. I needed to finish the book just in case something interesting happened. Sadly it didn't happen for me.