The Boy Detective in Early British Children's Literature: Patrolling the Borders Between Boyhood and Manhood (2017)Hardcover - 2017, 8 November 2017

Draws links between juvenile and adult detective fiction which are rarely acknowledged in criticism exploring the early history of British detective fiction
Uses extensive archival research on 'penny dreadfuls' and story papers that have, until now, been overlooked

Contributes to gender studies by exploring the relationship between the fictional boy detective and changing societal constructions of boyhood and male adolescence