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|main character  = [[Dodie Golightly]], [[Cassandra (Mystery Lady)|Cassandra]], [[Timothy Bold]]
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|featuring      = [[Edna Spedding]]
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|enemy          = [[Helen Spedding]]
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|setting         = [[1960s]]  
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|writer          = [[Paul Magrs]]
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}}'''''Mystery Lady - S01E02''''' was the third release in ''[[Mystery Lady (audio series)|Mystery Lady]]'' written by [[Paul Magrs]] and prominently featuring the character of [[Dodie Golightly]] who originated in the [[2013 (releases)|2013]] ''[[Iris Wildthyme (series)|Iris Wildthyme]]'' story ''[[The Ninnies on Putney Common (short story)|The Ninnies on Putney Common]]''.
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'''''Mystery Lady - S01E01''''' was the first release in the ''[[Mystery Lady (audio series)|Mystery Lady series]]'' written by [[Paul Magrs]] and prominently featuring the character of [[Dodie Golightly]] who originated in the [[2013 (releases)|2013]] ''[[Iris Wildthyme (series)|Iris Wildthyme]]'' story ''[[The Ninnies on Putney Common (short story)|The Ninnies on Putney Common]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Dodie Golightly|Dodie]] and her friends drive north, all the way to wintery [[Yorkshire]] to meet a bohemian [[Edna Spedding|lady author]] who laughs off their assertions that elements from the anthology of stories are somehow coming to life. How could her story of the giant, blood-sucking [[Moth|moth]] be true? However, in the depths of the snowbound countryside they make some gruesome discoveries that test their combined resolve. Someone – or something - means them all dreadful harm.
[[Dodie Golightly]] is a writer of stories, creating characters in order to do dreadful things to them. Dodie, with her assistant, [[Cassandra (Mystery Lady)|Cassandra]], and her best friend, TV personality, [[Timothy Bold]] is about to embark on a phantasmagorical journey beyond her wildest dreams. They’ve got a mystery, a road map, and a paisley-painted-mini. They’re caught in a love triangle. Clues discovered in a mysterious manuscript lead their investigation into a series of literary murders; who are the authors listed in the book and why does Dodie’s name have a skull scrawled next to it?


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
While heading north to visit [[Helen Spedding]], [[Cassandra (Mystery Lady)|Cassandra]] informed [[Dodie Golightly|Dodie]] that she was continuing to have visions about the moth-creature who was still active in the village of [[Ramification]]. When [[Timothy Bold]] joined the girls again, Cassandra was disheartened to find that he was still ignoring her and only had eyes for Dodie. However, Dodie held onto the secret that Timothy wasn't purposefully ignoring Cassandra and only she was able to see Cassandra.
Having been roped into appearing on her friend [[Timothy Bold]]'s new TV pop show [[Smashing Tunes]], [[Dodie Golightly]] is distracted when her personal assistant [[Cassandra (Mystery Lady)|Cassandra]] presents her with a letter from esteemed book publisher [[Mephistopheles and Company]]'s editorial director [[Henry Duke]] who informs her that her work will appear in [[The Horrible Book of Terror]].


After drinking at [[The Split Infinitive]], the trio were given the address of Helen's sister [[Edna Spedding|Edna]]'s cottage by a [[Pianist (Mystery Lady)|Pianist]] but were warned against visiting her as she was a [[Witch|witch]].  Together the group arrived at the cottage but found Edna to be dismissive of their concerns about her sister, explaining that she was also a witch but had lost her mind. However, when Edna heard about Cassandra's visions of the moth-creature she revealed that she had written for [[The Horrible Book of Terror]] under a penname and her story included a moth-lady. Dodie was surprised when Edna was able to acknowledge Cassandra's existence - and the witch identified her as a spirit. The time had come for Dodie to be honest and she revealed the truth to Timothy and Cassandra. The revelation affected Cassandra, and Dodie privately revealed how her death had occurred the previous February when she choked to death on a sausage roll at a book launch for [[Fox Soames]]. The pair were interrupted by the moth-lady flying above the village, and were shocked to discover that she was a transfigured version of Helen Spedding herself.
Invited for a meeting with Mephistopheles, Dodie and Cassandra headed to [[Bloomsbury]] alongside Timothy who was filming [[Spin the Bottle|another television show]] in [[London]]. While on the train Cassandra witnessed an intense encounter between freelance copyeditor [[Helen Spedding]] and a [[Smythe (Mystery Lady)|man]] who attempted to grab the manuscript that she was working on before Helen throttled him into submission. Later, Helen caught up with the trio as they attended a meal at the [[Knightsbridge]] and revealed that she was the copyeditor for ''The Horrible Book of Terror'' and her attacker had been an agent hoping to get his hands on the book. As Dodie and her friends were visiting Mephistopheles themselves, Helen requested that they take them the manuscript to which Dodie agreed.


The gang were taken to the [[Slike Hall|Manor house]] by Edna, which had inspired her short story for the anthology, and she told them that she and Helen had visited the house as children and were taken in by [[Slike (Mystery Lady)|Lady Slike]]. On investigation of the house it was discovered that the [[Slike family]] were long gone, but their butler [[Smythe (Mystery Lady)|Smythe]] still remained - and Cassandra immediately identified him as the man who had attempted to steal the manuscript from Helen on the train. However, Smythe refused to admit any involvement in the current goings on and insisted that he had attempted to obtain the manuscript to protect Helen from danger.
Upon their return to Timothy's flat Cassandra excused herself for an early night, in an attempt to avoid the tension between Dodie and Timothy after she rejected his marriage proposal. In her sleep Cassandra had a dream about Helen Spedding being attacked by a moth-like being as she returned home, and she alerted Dodie about this when she awoke. Soon after a blizzard burst through the apartment and ripped open the manuscript tossing pages across the room - Dodie, Cassandra and Timothy found that several pages of the work was missing. Fortunately, the contents page was found by Timothy, but Dodie was shocked to discover strange markings next to the thirteen contributors' names and that her name had a skull written beside it.
 
Venturing into the attic Cassandra discovered several chrysalis - and Edna informed them that Lady Slike had been a moth woman, and attempted to pass her abilities onto the two girls. It was Edna's understanding that, like her, Helen had refused Lady Slike's proposal and instead traveled away to university. Although, Edna believed that Helen could have been spurred on by reading her story to return to Slike Hall and take up the mantle of Moth Lady. At this point Helen returned to Slike Hall and attempted to kill Smythe by sucking his blood, as moth women require the blood of animals and men, but Smythe survived and encouraged the others to burn torches to scare the creature away. The manor house caught fire and the place burned to the ground.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Cassandra (Mystery Lady)|Cassandra]]
* [[Dodie Golightly]]
* [[Dodie Golightly]]
* [[Timothy Bold]]
* [[Timothy Bold]]
* [[Pianist (Mystery Lady)|Pianist]]
* [[Cassandra (Mystery Lady)|Cassandra]]
* [[Landlord (Mystery Lady)|Landlord]]
* [[Director (Mystery Lady: Episode One)|Director]]
* [[Edna Spedding]]
* [[Helen Spedding]]
* [[Helen Spedding]]
* [[Smythe (Mystery Lady)|Mr Smythe]]
* [[Smythe (Mystery Lady)|Man]]


== References ==
== References ==
''To be added''
* Dodie investigated poisonings at the [[Cheadle Hulme]] [[Women's Institute]] where [[strychnine]] had been added to [[raspberry]] [[jam]].
* An incident in the [[Restaurant (Mystery Lady)|revolving restaurant]] at the [[Post Office Tower]] in [[London]] had changed [[Cassandra (Mystery Lady)|Cassandra]].
* Dodie lives in the leafy suburbs of [[Heaton Moor]] in [[Manchester]].
* Dodie has two cats [[Agatha (Mystery Lady)|Agatha]] and [[Edgar (Mystery Lady)|Edgar]].
* Dodie and Timothy attended [[Betty Street school]] together.
* Appearing on [[Smashing Tunes]] are [[Mervin and his Mop-heads]], [[Gary and the Gonks]], [[Brenda Soobie]] and [[Peter and Penelope]].
* [[Mephistopheles and Company]] is the name of a book publisher in [[Bloomsbury]]. In the [[1920s]] they published the mystery tales of [[Lucrezia Noggins|Lady Lucrezia Noggins]], and by the 60s were having success with the strange adventures of [[Oswald Arthur]].
* The [[Taj Mahal (Mystery Lady)|Taj Mahal]] was a Chinese takeaway owned by [[Uncle Sayeed]].
* [[The Horrible Book of Terror]] is volume 27 of an anthology series edited by [[Fox Soames]].
* [[Knightsbridge]] was a [[French]] restaurant in London.
* [[Helen Spedding]] had been a spy in [[France]] during the war working for the Resistance, but now lived at her sister [[Edna Spedding]]'s cottage in [[Ramificashun]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* [[Edna Spedding]]'s penname was [[Bella Andover]].
''To be added''
* Edna was known as a Mauve Witch, while [[Helen Spedding|Helen]] was a Green Witch.
* Helen studied [[Cryptozoology]] at [[Darkholm University]].
* The spiritual guardian of this valley and local environment.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''To be added''  
* [[Brenda Soobie]] is an incarnation of [[Iris Wildthyme]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bafflement and Devotion (short story)|Bafflement and Devotion]]'', et al.)
* [[Fox Soames]] was editor of the [[Books of Mayhem]] anthology series. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[To the Devil — a Diva! (novel)|To the Devil — a Diva!]]'', et al.)


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://mofibo.com/dk/da/books/1797568-Mystery-Lady---S01E03 Storytel page for Mystery Lady - S01E03]
* [https://mofibo.com/dk/da/books/1797556-Mystery-Lady-S01E01 Storytel page for Mystery Lady - S01E01]


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