Old Detective Mysteries

Though best known for The Scarlet Pimpernel, the Hungarian novelist Baroness Orczy was a prolific and versatile writer who could turn her pen to other genres. So, in the social and literary context of the huge success of Sherlock Holmes, she developed a memorable, but nameless character with remarkable powers of detection. The first stories appeared in The Royal Magazine in 1901, and other series followed. The first collection appeared in book form in 1905.

Angelo Ricci, Joe Czanek and Manuel Silva decide to visit The Terrible Old Man and steal his vast fortune - but his nickname proves truer than the thieves could ever have imagined.

Unsettling accounts of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances, the weight of which carry them to an inevitable fate, are presented here by the grim-voiced Father Time. This omniscient and ominous host, portrayed by both Charles Webster and William Conrad, lends the proceedings an appropriate atmosphere of foreboding. The Clock brings you the desperate obsessions, investigations, attractions, nightmares and violence of the underhanded, the unsuspecting, and the insane.

Over 90 years ago, an abandoned boy does not last the night on the bitterly cold, snowy streets. Modern-day Stokeham is gripped by a relentless blizzard. Trench and Debsy struggle through the snow to interview a stranded medium - psychic Derek.

Bis zum nächsten Halt seines die Rheinstrecke gen Süden befahrenden Zuges hat Sherlock Holmes nur wenig Zeit, den Mord an einem deutschen Mitreisenden aufzuklären. Sehr verdächtig macht sich ein sächsischer Schriftsteller, der behauptet, reitend und schießend den Wilden Westen bereist zu haben, aber ein miserables Englisch spricht und so gar nicht wie ein harter Westmann wirkt.

In book 12, there are strange happenings indeed at Torling Castle! Someone is hiding out in the ruined tower, making the resident jackdaws very unsettled. Who is it, and what do they want? The Secret Seven are on the case! Solve the mystery!

John Mason, entraîneur de chevaux de course, informe Sherlock Holmes que son patron, Sir Robert Norberton, est sur les nerfs depuis qu'il sait que son avenir dépend entièrement du classement de son cheval dans le derby. Il a très peur qu'il ne passe un événement très grave dans les prochains jours... Sherlock Holmes, aidé du fidèle Dr Watson, décide d'intervenir avant qu'il ne soit trop tard.

Der Pferdetrainer John Mason wendet sich verzweifelt an Sherlock Holmes. Sein Arbeitgeber sei wahnsinnig geworden...

A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. Each year the Christmas card arrives from 'Leech', an unknown member of Timothy Trent’s family asking for money in return for their silence. But this year he’s determined to find out who is behind the cruel Christmas request and put an end to it once and for all....

A horse trainer fears his master, Sir Robert Nortberton, has gone mad, and comes to Sherlock Holmes for help. Holmes and Watson swiftly discover that a horrible secret lurks in the shadows of Shoscombe. The last of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes short stories is brought vividly to life by Robert Hardy, known to many for playing Cornelius Fudge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Shoscombe Old Place era una impresionante mansión en el corazón del parque Shoscombe de Berkshire. Esta enorme mansión y además su famosa cuadra de caballos había sido dejada en usufructo vitalicio a Lady Beatrice Falder por su difunto marido. Con Lady Falder vive su colérico y violento hermano, Sir Robert Noberton. Lady Beatrice, teme por su vida debido al extraño comportamiento de su hermano. Holmes empieza investigar y enseguida se da cuenta que todo está muy relacionado con un caballo, "Shoscombe Prince".

Hard-boiled detectives. Tough. Cynical. But they always get the job done no matter who - or what - gets in their way. Richard Rogue was one of those hard-boiled detectives. He had a way with one liners, a way with the ladies and a way of solving crimes that is probably unique on the airwaves. Every time he got took a fist to the jaw and got knocked out his subconscious took the clues and gave him the answer. These classic programmes are wonderful reminders of times gone by. On rare instances the sound may fall short of modern audio standards.