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The Rivals: Tales of Sherlock Holmes' Rival Detectives (Dramatisation)
- Narrator
- James Fleet, Tim Pigott-Smith
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Publish Date
- 19 February 2015
- Run Time
- 5 hours 32 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard introduces 12 dramatised stories, featuring detectives whose abilities rival that of the great Sherlock Holmes.
Dramatised for radio by Chris Harrald, these 12 stories are written by masters of the crime and thriller genre, all contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle. They include:
The Murders on the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
The Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques Futrelle
Murder By Proxy by Matthias McDonnel Bodkin
Mystery of Redstone Manor by Catherine Lousia Pirkis
The Problem of the Superfluous Finger by Jacques Futrelle
The Clue of the Silver Spoons by Robert Barr
The Intangible Clue by Anna Katherine Green
The Game Played in the Dark by Ernest Bramah
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Details
- Author
- Edgar Allan Poe, Jacques Futrelle and Others
- Narrator
- James Fleet, Tim Pigott-Smith
- Duration
- 5 hours 32 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 February 2015
- ISBN
- 9781785290169
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Genre
- Classic crime & mystery fiction, Historical crime & mysteries, Radio plays, scripts & performances
Synopsis
Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard introduces 12 dramatised stories, featuring detectives whose abilities rival that of the great Sherlock Holmes.Dramatised for radio by Chris Harrald, these 12 stories are written by masters of the crime and thriller genre, all contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle. They include:The Murders on the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan PoeThe Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques FutrelleMurder By Proxy by Matthias McDonnel BodkinMystery of Redstone Manor by Catherine Lousia PirkisThe Problem of the Superfluous Finger by Jacques FutrelleThe Clue of the Silver Spoons by Robert BarrThe Intangible Clue by Anna Katherine GreenThe Game Played in the Dark by Ernest Bramah
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