Petticoat Police Mystery

The impeccably dressed Miss Kate Cocks might look more like a schoolmistress than a policewoman, but don't let that fool you. She's a household name, wrangling wayward husbands, seeing through deceptive clairvoyants, and rescuing young women (whether they like it or not) with the help of a five-foot cane and her sassy junior constable, Ethel Bromley. When shop assistant Dora Black is found dead on a city beach, Miss Cocks and Ethel are ordered to stay out of the investigation and leave it to the men. But when Dora's workmate goes missing soon after, the women suspect something sinister.

Winter, Adelaide, 1917. Six months after the success of their first detective case, Miss Kate Cocks and Ethel Bromley are hard at work protecting the women of Adelaide. Word has spread about the pioneering policewomen, and they're busier than ever as the Great War continues to bring unrest to their home. While it's business as usual for Miss Cocks, Ethel longs to put her newly found detective skills to the test. When the board governor of the prestigious Art Gallery of South Australia is found murdered beneath a scandalous painting, Miss Cocks is content to stay well away.