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Y. S. Lee

The Agency 4: Rivals in the City

By Y. S. Lee - Published 2015

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Mary Quinn, a half-Chinese, half-Irish orphan raised by a secret all-female detective agency in Victorian London, has founded her own firm with her ...Read Review

The Agency: The Traitor in the Tunnel

By Y. S. Lee - Published 2011 Published 2012

Genres:

Children/Young Adult Mystery/Crime

Mary Quinn, now a full-fledged member of the Agency, an all-female detective agency run out of a girls’ school in Victorian London, poses ...Read Review

The Agency: The Body at the Tower

By Y. S. Lee - Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young Adult Mystery/Crime

In 1859, Mary Quinn takes on her second assignment for the Agency, a secret organization of female detectives operating out of a girls’ school ...Read Review

The Agency : A Spy in the House

By Y. S. Lee - Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young Adult Mystery/Crime Thriller

In 1853 London, 12-year-old Mary Quinn is sentenced to hang for theft, when a teacher from Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls rescues her. ...Read Review