The Lady Detectives - 2005 BBC Audio Drama torrent

THE LADY DETECTIVES - 2005 BBC Audio Drama


From the golden age of the crime short story, four cases involving female sleuths. First broadcast in 2005.

1 - THE REDHILL SISTERHOOD
Autumn 1897: undercover agent Loveday Brooke investigates a group of nuns who appear to have taken to burglary.

2 - MR BOVEYS UNEXPECTED WILL
Miss Florence Cusack, one of Victorian London's cleverest and most determined private consulting detectives, investigates a case where a man's fate depends on his weight in gold.

3 - THE GOLDEN SLIPPER
The vivacious Miss Violet Strange shines in the best New York society. But, unknown to her friends, she is also a professional agency detective. In a case from 1910, she investigates 'The Inseparables', four rich, young woman suspected of a series of thefts.

4 - THE LAW AND THE LADY
By Wilkie Collins. The sensational gothic tale of Valeria Woodville's quest to clear her husband of murdering his first wife.

(4x45 mins)