The Diplomat's Stolen Gloves | 1930s British Lady Detective Case

A pair of white gloves arrives at Maud West's door. No sender. No note. No explanation. Before the morning is out, a man lies dead in Eaton Place — and the glove in his study is the match to the one on her desk. Eleven names have been sewn into the lining in silk thread too small to read without a glass. Eleven lives that someone is now willing to kill to possess. Somewhere in London, a woman is hiding. Somewhere in Pall Mall, a man is waiting. And somewhere between the two, Maud West, London's lady detective, is about to walk into a gentlemen's club she has no business being in — and walk back out with everything she came for. The Diplomat's Gloves. A case of secrets, silk thread, and the particular danger of a man who has never needed to raise his voice. 📻 The Case Files of Maud West is an Old Time Radio-style mystery drama series — immersive, atmospheric, and set in the fog and ceremony of 1930s London. New episodes in the playlist below. Production Notes: 🎙️ Narrated by ElevenLabs — Featuring professionally curated AI voices to fit the Mystery Noir of this episode. 🔊 Create your own voiceovers: https://try.elevenlabs.io/4jcftb697gz1 Before spy thrillers and noir detectives, there was Maud West — a real-life sleuth who turned disguise into an art form. Maud West: London's Lady Detective dramatizes her forgotten adventures through immersive Old Time Radio-style episodes filled with intrigue, wit, and the unmistakable hum of 1920s London. Follow the disguises, decode the lies, and rediscover the woman who outsmarted an empire. 🎙️ About the Real Maud West: The real Maud West was a pioneering British private detective who ran her own agency in early-20th-century London. She advertised boldly in newspapers, wrote about her adventures, and challenged the expectations placed on women in her field. These stories are fictionalized accounts inspired by her legacy — reimagining what her secret case files might have contained. While the names, settings, and events in this series are creative inventions, the spirit of courage, wit, and independence remains true to the woman behind the legend. 🕰️ CHAPTERS 00:00 — Cold Open 01:49 — Act One: The Delivery 09:07 — Act Two: Eaton Place 14:36 — Act Two and a Half: The Attaché's Record 19:10 — Act Three: The Atelier on Jermyn Street 25:33 — Act Three and a Half: The Embassy List 31:02 — Act Four: The Room Above the Bookshop 40:10 — Act Five: The Second Glove 44:44 — Act Six: Mr. Gerald Purvis 51:07 — Act Seven: After 54:46 — Act Eight: Reflection by Firelight 60:15 — Maud's Signature 🔊 Voiceover powered by ElevenLabs: https://try.elevenlabs.io/4jcftb697gz1 #classicdetective #oldtimeradio #ladydetective #britishmystery #micropulse #VintageRadioDrama #WomenDetectives #mysterydrama #1930s #radiodrama #noirmystery #BritishNoir #maudwest #detectivestories #audiodrama