louisa may alcott as detective

anna maclean: louisa and the crystal gazer:



from the author's website:

Welcome to my electronic parlor! Pour yourself a cup of tea and enjoy this site about my mystery series, featuring the most beloved role model of American womanhood, Louisa May Alcott.

from historical mystery review:

This series gives us Louisa May Alcott who in her old age looks back to a “secret” part of her life, her “adventures...in the curious role of a lady detective.” Not yet a well known author, Louisa willingly sets forth from the protective bosom of her hard working, loving family in order to solve a murder. In the process, her own life is threatened.

it also provides rich details about the required manners and dress of “respectable” Boston women. Find also bits of information about social issues in pre-Civil War New England, of Louisa’s father, Bronson Alcott, and of Ralph Emerson.

this is the cover of a different mystery but i like the romantic image of louisa!