Lord Lister No. 0003: De Ridderordendiefstal in het Koninklijk Paleis

A determined young detective arrives at Scotland Yard with a veiled young woman whose face is paled by terror. The officer, Baxter, eyes the newcomer’s modest background with suspicion while White recounts a frantic scene on St. James Street: a group of well‑dressed men seize the girl, a struggle erupts, and the detective must wrestle them apart, even as one strips a knife from his own arm. The clash hints at a secretive crime hidden behind the polished facades of London’s elite clubs, where a priceless order of knighthood may have been stolen from the royal palace.

The tension between White’s bold, sometimes reckless methods and the police’s rigid protocol fuels an early‑stage cat‑and‑mouse game. As the mystery deepens, listeners are drawn into a world of aristocratic intrigue, hidden motives, and a young woman’s desperate attempt to escape a shadowy conspiracy that threatens both her safety and the reputation of the city’s most influential families.