The First English Detectives: The Bow Street Runners and the Policing of London, 1750–1840. By J. M. Beattie.Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Pp. xiv+272. $125.00 (cloth); $45.00 (paper).The Ascent of the Detective: Police Sleuths in Victorian and Edwardian England. By Haia Shpayer-Makov.Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. xiv+429. $60.00 (cloth).

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<i>The First English Detectives: The Bow Street Runners and the Policing of London, 1750–1840</i>. By J. M. Beattie.Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Pp. xiv+272. $125.00 (cloth); $45.00 (paper).<i>The Ascent of the Detective: Police Sleuths in Victorian and Edwardian England</i>. By Haia Shpayer-Makov.Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. xiv+429. $60.00 (cloth).