The Lady Detectives

From BBC Radio 4 Extra. Four full-cast dramatisations with a female perspective.

The Redhill Sisterhood (Written by C.L. Pirkis)

Loveday Brooke investigates some nuns, who seem to be forsaking their vows for burglary.

Mr Bovey's Unexpected Will (Written by L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace)

Detective Florence Cusack investigates a man whose fate depends on his weight in gold.

The Golden Slipper (Written by Anna Katharine Green)

Violet Strange probes four rich women suspected of multiple thefts.

The Law and the Lady (Written by Wilkie Collins)

Valeria Woodville tries to clear her husband of murdering his first wife.