Sam’s Reviews > Pistols and Petticoats: 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction > Status Update

"Around 1864, Metta Fuller Victor, writing under the pen name Seeley Register[...] published the The Dead Letter: An American Romance. Written by a woman, it was perhaps the first true detective novel, a full-length work with a clear detective figure rather than a character who undertakes detective-like activities"

Who knew? Everyone always talks about Poe and his influence...