TTR: complicated and ridiculous (because I was trying to fix the formatting. The PDF scans I have of the book are very low quality and it really hurts to even look at them for any significant period of time. All in all, I'd say one-and-a-half days of nonstop reading was all it took (even though it was way more spread out than that).
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If you want a good, obtainable summary of the plot, look up Michelle B. Slung's Crime on Her Mind which also includes a really nifty, informal descriptive bibliography of 104 female detectives.
For now, just know: there is a mustachioed woman; an overly grandiloquent road-agent (highway man); lots of dueling; and disguises.
It is a pretty awesome book; but if you miraculously get your hands on a copy, be forewarned: it was written before the turn of the 20th century, and it's chalk full of racism and sexism to show it. If you want some sort of assessment of why I think it is valuable despite these less-than-acceptable qualities, look up my Master's Thesis in a few months.
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