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Agency 1, The: A Spy in the House (The Agency)
Agency 1 The A Spy in the House - The Agency Author:Y.S. Lee In Victorian England, orphan Mary Quinn lives on the edge. Sentenced as a thief at the age of twelve, she?s rescued from the gallows by a woman posing as a prison warden. In her new home, Miss Scrimshaw?s Academy for Girls, Mary acquires a singular education, fine manners, and a surprising opportunity. The school is a cover for the Agency - an e... more »lite, top secret corps of female investigators with a reputation for results ? and at seventeen, Mary?s about to join their ranks. With London all but paralyzed by a noxious heat wave, Mary must work fast in the guise of lady?s companion to infiltrate a rich merchant?s home with hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships. But the Thorold household is full of dangerous secrets, and people are not what they seem - least of all Mary.« less