The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency

De: Lydia Travers

Narrado por: Helen McAlpine

When Maud McIntyre sets up her own private detective agency, she never imagines her first case will involve murder.... A mystery in the Highlands? The Scottish Ladies’ Detective Agency is on the case!

Edinburgh, 1911: When Maud McIntyre and her lady’s maid, Daisy, form a detective agency, they never dream their first case will take place at a glamorous house in the Scottish Highlands. But when the duchess of Duddingston, concerned that a notorious jewelry thief will target her lavish weekend party, employs Maud to go undercover as a guest to find the culprit, the agency has its first case to solve....

Undercover with Daisy as her maid, Maud follows a trail of clues across the Duddingston House estate. And as she meets the weekend guests, she hopes one of them will reveal themselves as the jewelry thief. But when one of the house guests is discovered dead, Maud and Daisy realize they’re not only hunting precious gems, but a murderer....

As Maud and Daisy investigate, they realize that a connection in Edinburgh might hold a vital clue that will help them solve the case. Travelling back to the city, Maud hopes that what she and Daisy uncover will help them piece together the murder mystery at Duddingston House....

But when Maud receives a telephone call from the Duchess requesting urgent assistance, she realizes that the murderer didn’t have just one victim in mind. Speeding down the drive to Duddingston House, Maud and Daisy hear gunshots ring out across the estate. Will they reach the Duchess in time to save her? And will they catch the murderer in the act?

A warm historical whodunnit, perfect for fans of the mysteries of Helena Dixon, Verity Bright, T.E. Kinsey, and Catherine Coles.

©2023 Lydia Travers (P)2023 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

Decent story, Meh narration

I like historical mysteries, and the plot and characters were good. The narrator's brogue was obviously fake, and I couldn't get used to it. I realize that accents are hard, especially in different people's voices, but this was just too annoyingly bad. Her old man voices were even worse, sounding like they had swallowed gravel and were at death's door. Her laugh sounded like someone laughing at a bad joke, heh-heh. I probably won't continue the series since I get so distracted by the narration.

Sheer fun

Love having a set of new heroines to follow and hopefully see more of on Audible!

Interesting and enjoyable

Maude MacIntire and her partner, Daisy, have stared a detective agency in Scotland during a time where women don’t even have the right to vote or recognized as equally capable of doing work that have predominantly been a man’s job. They manage to get their first case by a progressive thinking wealthy woman who is having a weekend party at her mansion and wants Maude and Daisy to prevent any possible jewelry theft. Not only there is a jewelry theft but there is also a murder. There are three more cases in the story for Maude and Daisy to solve. They use disguises to gather information and track people. I enjoyed the story and the Scottish accent . Helen McAlpine did a wonderful job narrating. I will be getting the next book.

Fun!

A great story and easy to listen to performance- very enjoyable and exciting in the end!

Good old fashion story with great ladies and history lesson

What a great book. The author did a wonderful job of researching life for women at the turn of the century, few rights! We had no right to vote and several restricting expectations of things they could or could not do. We take our freedoms today too much for granted, and don’t realize what our grandmother‘s great grandmothers or great great grandmother‘s had to put up with or battles they fight for us. A good read definitely enjoyable.

Loved it!

Mysterious, yet clean historical mystery novel. Lots of potential relationships to follow in the next book.

Great listen

I was impressed by the story with its twists and turns. But even better was the narration that was pretty flawless. Looking forward to listening to more.

Excellent story line .

The times of early 1900’s Scotland. Women’s movement and Sherlock Homes type detective agent with faithful sidekick . Love the clothes description and country houses

the red harring

just good twist of three cases totally enjoyable written with a Scottish language. pleasurable to read.

Fun!

Great character mix. Lots of period references. Very entertaining to listen to. Look forward to listening to more in the series.