Violet and the Grotto Specter

The Violet Strange Mysteries are nine detective stories for young-adults, each story a major case for Violet Strange, a debutante and secret high-society detective, living and working in New York City in 1899, The Gilded-Age. Book 3: Violet and the Grotto Specter New York City, May 1899. Violet Strange, a Gilded-Age debutante, seeks to clear a man she loves of murder, at the risk of being disowned by her family and of losing her secret job as a high-society detective.