Private Inquiries was launched at the Sherlock Holmes pub in London, a fitting venue in which to thank the real life PIs who shared their stories in the book, and located just around the corner from where Victorian sleuth Antonia Moser became the first British woman to open her own detective agency.
Private Inquiries and Zena: The Housewives’ Detective were launched on October 12th
Charlotte Notley, who runs Taylor Investigations in Norwich.
Richard Graham, a descendant of Victorian detective Antonia Moser.
Jen Jarvie, death investigator, Jarvie-Khan Investigations.
Lyndsay Bird in the 1951 reconstruction of Sherlock Holmes’ Baker Street apartment at the Sherlock Holmes pub.
Nell, the History Press resident dog PI.
Photos: Lyndsay Bird, Maria Robinson.