The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective
Secrets and Lies in the Golden Age of Crime
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Narrated by:
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Susannah Stapleton
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Clare Wille
About this listen
If you are susceptible to Miss Marple and Harriet Vane you must listen to The Adventures of Maud West.
You will never know the difference between fact and fiction again.
Maud West ran her detective agency in London for more than 30 years, having started sleuthing on behalf of society’s finest in 1905. Her exploits grabbed headlines throughout the world but, beneath the public persona, she was forced to hide vital aspects of her own identity in order to thrive in a class-obsessed and male-dominated world. And – as Susannah Stapleton reveals – she was a most unreliable witness to her own life. Who was Maud? And what was the reality of being a female private detective in the Golden Age of Crime?
Interweaving tales from Maud West’s own ‘casebook’ with social history and extensive original research, Stapleton investigates the stories Maud West told about herself in a quest to uncover the truth. With walk-on parts by Dr Crippen and Dorothy L. Sayers, Parisian gangsters and Continental blackmailers, The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective is both a portrait of a woman ahead of her time and a deliciously salacious glimpse into the underbelly of ‘good society’ during the first half of the 20th century.
©2019 Susannah Stapleton (P)2019 Macmillan Publishers International LtdWhat listeners say about The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective
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- Susie Q
- 05-12-2021
Excellent book
This is one of the best books I've heard! The research, the characters and the period-specific details were awesome.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-07-2023
Disappointing voice narration
Although an interesting historic story, the narration by the author was very flat. It was hard to stay focussed on the story without zoning out. Would love to hear it done by a professional voice actor.
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