Meet Maud West, a real life lady detective from the golden age of detective fiction who lived a very colourful life — as well as sleuthing, she liked to dress up as Charlie Chaplin and once threatened to shoot a ghost. But who was she, really?

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Guest:

—Susannah Stapleton, author of The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective

Books mentioned in order of appearance:

—The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective by Susannah Stapleton

—British Women in the Twentieth Century by Elsie M. Lang

—Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by Baroness Orczy

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