When the Sea Gives Up Its Dead : Mint Editions : 9781513299488 : 1513299484 : 24 Feb 2022 : When the Sea Gives Up Its Dead: A Thrilling Detective Story (1894) is a novel by Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett. While she is mostly remembered today for New Amazonia, a feminist utopian novel which depicts the emergence of an advanced society of women in the not-so-distant future, Corbett was also a pioneering detective novelist whose heroine Annie Cory is one of the first female sleuths in literary history. While little is known about Corbett, her surviving novels and stories suggest she was a passionate campaigner for women's suffrage in an era of conservative politics and traditional values. ??There has been a robbery of a serious and extensive nature, and you are suspected of being the thief,' said the detective, carefully watching the face of the stricken Harley. ?It is my duty to arrest you in the name of the law, and I warn you against saying anything that may be construed against you at the