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Briefly, a detective
One Hull police officer tried his hand at being a private eye - but his attempt didn't last long
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The loneliness of the private detective
William Cheesewright worked as a sleuth from a single room in St Pancras - and is something of an enigma
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When Kate and Ernest failed
Not one, but two private detectives, including one of the best known female detectives around, were employed to find evidence of adultery in an…
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A fatal affair
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The case of the adulterous lace manufacturer
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Happy New Year from Secret Sleuths
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The former MP and the murder plot
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A death sentence for a private detective
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The private detective and the society suit
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The war widow who became a female detective
Lilian Blair's detective work in the 1920s resulted in her being spit on by an angry wife
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The female bicyclist's vendetta
Miss Greenwood wanted the local publican out of her adopted community - and employed both a photographer and a private detective to help fake an…
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When war led to a baby... and a divorce
Violet Giles freely admitted to adultery and a baby by her lover after her marriage ended during World War 1. But a private detective's skills were…
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The dead witness
Edinburgh private detective James McKelvie gave evidence at a fraud case at the Old Bailey in 1873 - despite being dead...
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Living off 'Big Emma'
Drink changed Hastings Symes from a former police officer to a hard-up private detective who lived off the earnings of his prostitute lover
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From divorce to insurrection
The observational skills of one London man enabled him to have a long career as a private detective - but also proved useful in other arenas
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Blackmailing the Canadian
When Herbert Marshall blew through a financial legacy, he needed more money. His intended blackmail victim, however, was the cleverer man
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