Lord Lister No. 0385: De Hotelratten

A freshly opened hotel in Kensington’s fashionable district quickly becomes the talk of London—for the wrong reasons. Within weeks of its grand opening, a string of baffling thefts rattles the quiet corridors: valuables vanish from locked rooms on the highest floors, and no trace of forced entry can be found. The proprietor, Mr. Carington, watches his reputation crumble as an irate American guest drags the mystery straight to Scotland Yard.

Enter the brilliant sleuth known only as Lord Lister, whose reputation for unraveling the most perplexing puzzles precedes him. With his keen eye for detail and a habit of turning the impossible into the explicable, he begins to sift through the hotel’s immaculate façade, searching for the hidden logic behind the phantom burglar. As the stakes rise and the hotel’s future hangs in the balance, listeners are drawn into a tense cat‑and‑mouse game that tests both wit and will.