It's not the book I expected, but it was still interesting.

I didn't know anything about Maud West before this book, and I honestly don't feel like I know much about her after reading it. 

I had expected a biography, but instead, this is more about sleuthing, the general era of crime, the difficulty facing women in regards to careers in policing and similar, and about writing history. There are some bits about Maud, but overall, she felt like a sidenote.

That doesn't mean the book wasn't entertaining and interesting, it just wasn't what I was looking for.