02894cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000490011324500270016226400510018930000470024033600260028733700260031333800360033950000310037550502230040650800200062952014980064953400580214765300380220565300230224365300430226665300430230985601180235285600430247099900190251378210UtSlPG20260610134819.0mcr n260607r20261898utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aSims, George R.q(George Robert),d1847-192210aDorcas Dene, detective 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2026-03-140 aThe missing Prince -- The morganatic wife -- The house in Regent's Park -- The co-respondent -- The handkerchief sachet -- A Bank Holiday mystery -- A piece of brown paper -- Presented to the Queen -- The one who knew.  aPayton D. Cooke  a"Dorcas Dene, detective" by George R. Sims is a collection of detective stories written in the late 19th century. It follows the resourceful private investigator Dorcas Dene—often narrated by her friend Mr. Saxon and occasionally working with Scotland Yard—as she unravels high-stakes mysteries involving royalty, anarchists, and fashionable society. Expect clever ruses, swift reasoning, and cases that blend London nightlife with Continental intrigue.

The opening of the collection launches with a crisis: a foreign crown prince vanishes in London, and Dorcas swiftly deduces an Anarchist hostage plot meant to force reprieves abroad. A midnight stakeout in Kennington Lane confirms the scheme, an attempt to shadow the conspirators misfires, and Dorcas promptly enlists Scotland Yard for a stealth entry into a Regent’s Park villa, where they rescue the drugged prince and discover the Countess Elstein murdered, while the ringleader, Jean Vossche, escapes. The narrative then pivots to a new scandal: at Brighton, Saxon encounters Count von Phalsdorf, notorious co-respondent in a sensational divorce, while Dorcas—convinced the wife is innocent despite damning evidence—begins a fresh inquiry. Disguised as a flower-seller, she maneuvers the Count into revealing a telltale scar for a witness to identify, and hints that a “handkerchief sachet” may yield the key, ending the opening with her about to explain this crucial clue. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cLondon: F.V. White & Co., 1898  aCriminal investigation -- Fiction  aEngland -- Fiction  aDetective and mystery stories, English  aWomen private investigators -- Fiction4 uhttps://archive.org/details/sims-george-r.-dorcas-dene-detective-f.-v.-white-1897/page/n132/mode/1up?view=theater40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78210  c118930d118930