Maud West, Lady Detective - We all know what a private detective looks like, a hard drinking man who walks the mean streets of life and has the scars to prove it but in the 1920's one of London's top private detectives was a woman Maud West who had just as many secrets as her clients. Historian Susannah Stapleton tracks down the real Maud West and it is a story that will surprise - one of those you could not make it up true stories.

Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz