The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective
20 February 2020
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
'If you are susceptible to Miss Marple and Harriet Vane you must read The Adventures of Maud West. You will never know the difference between fact and fiction again.' – Jill Paton Walsh, author of the Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane mysteries.
Maud West ran her detective agency in London for more than thirty years, having started sleuthing on behalf of society’s finest...
Details
20 February 2020
320 pages
9781509867325
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Terrific ... A brilliant literary sleuth tracks down a real one, uncovering a flabbergasting hidden life along the way.Lissa Evans, author of Old Baggage and Crooked Heart
Deliciously entertaining, meticulous and affectionate ... Criminally good. I loved it.Mel McGrath, author of Give Me the Child and The Guilty Party
A powerhouse of a book ... The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective is, as one suspects Maud herself was, sweet, and wonderful company, and absolutely determined to discover the truth.Judith Flanders, author of The Invention of Murder and the Sam Clair mysteries
Maud West is a gloriously English eccentric - think Miranda Hart meets Margaret Rutherford - brought to vigorous life by present day sleuth Susannah Stapleton.Sean O'Connor, author of Handsome Brute