Edith Garrud, Jiu-jitsu and the suffragettes

Research for The Soho Jazz Murders

Mrs Garrud demonstrates how to subdue a policeman

My 1920s sleuth, Marjorie Swallow, finds herself in some tight spots in the course of her investigation. Mostly, she relies on her wits, but there are times when a girl needs more than a pithy one-liner. She needs the self-defence art practised by those Edwardian warriors, the suffragettes of the Women’s …