Maud West. Lady Detective – vol. 1

She’s a mistress of disguise with the acumen of Miss Marple, the resourcefulness of Enola Holmes and a helper who always gets into trouble. It’s Maud West, the first real lady detective who ever lived.

London, October 1920. Maud West and her young assistant Max Finch have just solved an intricate investigation and are preparing to celebrate with a nice lunch when the phone rings. It’s a wealthy lady who hires Maud to investigate her husband’s suspected cheating. It sounds like easy money, but what starts out as a trivial case of marital infidelity turns out to be something far more intricate and elusive. A series of mysteries, hidden one in the other like a matryoshka, will lead to murder, blackmail and a plot against the Queen to take possession of a military patent. A plot behind which could be hidden the most heinous of all criminal organisations, that of the Hundred Masks…

• Maud West really existed in early twentieth-century London: she is one of the first Lady Detectives in history, running her own private agency for over thirty years in a world completely dominated by men.
• Thrilling stories, full of suspense and fun, with a touch of reflection on the society around us and also with a pinch of romance.