Lady Hardcastle

The series stars Lady Emily Hardcastle as well as her maid, Florence Armstrong. Florence has a mean right hook. Together, the two work with each other in order to solve crimes and throw witty banter back and forth, as well as tossing insults back and forth between each other. After gaining a reputation, the cops begin sending cases to these two women, cases that have left them dumbfounded. The books are set in the early 1900s.