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Constance Dunlap
Arthur B. Reeve
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Constance Dunlap is a young woman who in Chapter 1 turns amateur criminal in order to to save her husband from disgrace and imminent arrest. When this sadly doesn't work out exactly as planned, Constance goes on to embrace a new life. More antiheroine than heroine, she uses her wits and new found talents to aid others in avoiding retribution for their crimes always one step ahead of the detective pursuing her.
Constance Dunlap is a young woman who in Chapter 1 turns amateur criminal in order to to save her husband from disgrace and imminent arrest. When this sadly doesn't work out exactly as planned, Constance goes on to embrace a new life. More antiheroine than heroine, she uses her wits and new found talents to aid others in avoiding retribution for their crimes always one step ahead of the detective pursuing her.
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Community Reviews
The 12 chapters in this novel are essentially short stories held together by the title character.
Constance becomes an amateur criminal in Chapter 1 by forging cheques. At length she has to leave town for a while. In subsequent chapters she finds herself helping people who are good at heart - like he
Essentially a collection of consequential (very) short stories. These are quite entertaining at first but don't really work as a full length book as they are rather formulaic. Much better to read the odd one now and again. The stories have been well reviewed here by others but what I do really like
I really enjoyed this book about a clever woman who turns forger to help her husband. This is told as a series of short stories and after the first few Constance is not an anti-hero any more. She uses her skills and interest in new-fangled inventions like fingerprints, blood pressure machines, and a
A collection of short stories showing a normal housewife who turns into a criminal for her husband, stays criminal for a while longer because she's turned bitter, and then starts to help people she feels deserves it. I kept listening & didn't want it to end. The only negative was that the same detec
Nicely plotted (each chapter a different tale), intriguing heroine. Mystery/romance. Well read (with good inflections).
Really enjoyable read.