Winter 1919: Norma is summoned home from France, Constance is called back from Washington, and Fleurette puts her own plans on hold as the sisters rally around their recently widowed sister-in-law and her children. How are four women going to support themselves?
A chance encounter offers Fleurette a solution: clandestine legal work for a former colleague of Constance's. She becomes a "professional co-respondent," posing as the "other woman" in divorce cases so that photographs can be entered as evidence to procure a divorce. While her late-night assignments are both exciting and lucrative, they put her on a collision course with her own family, who would never approve of such disreputable work. One client's suspicious behavior leads Fleurette to uncover a much larger crime, putting her in the unlikely position of amateur detective.
In Miss Kopp Investigates, Amy Stewart once again brilliantly captures the women of this era--their ambitions for the future as well as the ties that bind--at the start of a promising new decade.
Praise for the Kopp Sisters Novels "Any novel that features the Kopp sisters is going to be a riotous, unforgettable adventure." --Bustle "An unforgettable, not-to-be-messed-with heroine . . . The rest is kickass history." --Marie Claire "Excels in revisiting a vanished time, place, and sensibility." --Washington Post "Amy Stewart uses her skills as a researcher to lovingly excavate the wonderful, entirely forgotten story of the Kopp sisters." --USA Today "A fine, historically astute novel . . . The sisters' personalities flower under Stewart's pen." --New York Times Book Review "Zippy, winsome . . . [A] cinematic story of the [Kopps], the siege instigated by their powerful enemy, and their brave efforts in the face of real violence." --Los Angeles Times "Stewart gives us three sisters whose bond--scratchy and well-worn but stronger for it--is unspoken but effortless." --NPR "Fans of strong female characters will find their new favorite heroine in Constance Kopp." --Cosmopolitan "A smart, romping adventure, featuring some of the most memorable and powerful female characters I've seen in print for a long time. I loved every page as I followed the Kopp sisters through a too-good-to-be-true (but mostly true!) tale of violence, courage, stubbornness, and resourcefulness." --Elizabeth Gilbert --