One of my biggest achievements as a reader this year was to delve more into women histories, either in fiction or non-fiction. By reading and sharing information through my blog about historical and scientific and other episodes with women participants, I was able to fill the void of non-representation that marked anything that had to do with women representation.
At the beginning of this year, I got to know a lot about women crooks in England, and one month and a half before the end of 2023, I spent an intellectually rewarding amount of time learning about The Secret History of Female Sleuths. The author of both is Caitlin Davies who for the second book she got fully into the skin of her characters, and went through a PI training herself. Thus, she got significant insights about the process and its details.
Private Inquiries. The Secret History of Female Sleuths covers more than 150 years of history. It is well documented, either through archives researches or with direct interviews and feedback from women currently part of this profession. It is as exciting as it sounds like, with an additional advantage of being written in a very accessible and journalistic form. Although it is focused on England histories, it can be used as an incentive for other geographical spaces and countries to be replicated.
It is a very recomforting feeling to discover that women too, deserves to be appreciated in their roles as investigators. I can´t wait to read more works of both fiction and nonfiction aimed to fill the break the historical silence regarding women in so many domains of everyday life.
Rating: 5 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
Thanks for the blog tour support x
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