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Car detective Jack Colby is asked by the “Mad Major” to find one of the original five cars that took part in the Peking to Paris rally of 1907. The Major and two fellow trustees plan to rerun the rally for charity – only this time in Kent with towns and villages on the route transforming themselves into their Chinese counterparts. He is determined to find one of the two original De Dion Bouton competitors, which is rumoured to be somewhere in Kent.

When chimney sweep Tom Wasp is handed a pawn ticket by his friend Eliza Hogg on the day before she is due to be hanged in Newgate, both he and his apprentice Ned are mystified when the reclaimed item turns out to be a sailor doll. It is no ordinary doll, however. This one holds a secret that has the two most notorious gangs in London’s East End, the Rat Mob and the Nichols, at each other’s throats. When Dinah, the daughter of the leaders of the Rat Mob, is found murdered Tom resolves to find her killer.

Christmas 1917, and as the Lilley family gathers at the Rectory in the Sussex village of Ashden, the mood is far from festive. But while the sisters face heartache and the new year brings fresh tragedy, the Rectory opens its doors to a new world, its inhabitants strengthened by the grief and happiness shared during the long years of war.

When Jack Colby glimpses a 1938 Lagonda V12 lying uncared for in a Kentish country barn, he just has to have a closer look – which brings him face to face with its angry owner, Polly Davis, former TV presenter and widow of car dealer Mike. Is it the car or Polly that captivates his heart? No question, he has to find out more about both. Jack’s enquiries are abruptly cut short, when some days later he finds Polly’s murdered body lying outside the barn.

All is not well on the film set of director Bill Wade’s new blockbuster, Dark Harvest, currently being shot in Kent. At first Jack Colby, car detective, can’t believe his luck when he is called in to investigate the disappearance of Bill Wade’s rare 1935 Auburn speedster, but he soon realises that this is no straightforward theft - there is much more at stake.… Despite his instant attraction to the charismatic lead of Dark Harvest, Louise Shaw, Jack senses that cast and crew are at odds with each other - and especially with the director’s wife, Angie. Jack’s warning light begins to flash about his assignment - and rightly so.

By the summer of 1916, there is still no end to the war in sight and in the Sussex village of Ashden, optimism has given way to stoicism. While George Lilley leaves the Rectory to join the Royal Flying Corps, each of his four sisters finds her own way of contributing to the war effort. Gradually coming to terms with her broken engagement, Caroline Lilley numbly continues with her agricultural work at home, until tragedy forces her into leaving Ashden.

Chefkoch Auguste Didier hat beschlossen, endlich Urlaub zu machen - in Cannes, wo er zu Hause ist und wo nichts und niemand ihn zwingen kann, wieder Detektiv zu spielen. In London verfolgt Inspektor Rose unterdessen eine Serie aufsehenerregender Juwelendiebstähle: Jedes der sechs gestohlenen Schmuckstücke war in einem der sagenumwobenen Fabergé-Eier aufbewahrt, die der russische Großfürst Igor seinen Ex-Geliebten zu schenken pflegte.

Everyone told Cara Shelly that she was crazy to set up a café in the shadow of eccentric Kentish stately home Tanton Towers. But three years later, the Happy Huffkin café is thriving, and Cara considers the Tanton Towers staff - and its eccentric owners, Max and Alison - to be like family. But one summer evening, Alison comes hurtling down to the café to beg her for help. Daphne Hanson, queen of the Towers' costume-clad dancing troupe is lying dead in the orangery. Strangled! But by whom? And why?

Auf dem jährlichen Fest von Plums Club wird Colonel Worthington ermordet. Aber wer sollte es ausgerechnet auf den alten Langweiler abgesehen haben? Der berühmte Schauspieler Gaylord Erskine, dem die Damenwelt zu Füßen liegt, würde eher als Ziel eines Mordanschlags in Frage kommen. Doch Inspektor Rose von Scotland Yard und der charmante französische Chefkoch und Amateurdetektiv Auguste Didier, der zur Zeit im Club arbeitet, entdecken, dass jeder der Gentlemen ein Motiv hätte, Worthington aus der Welt zu schaffen. Da geschieht ein zweiter Mord.

Eines Nachts im Jahre 1894 bergen Polizisten eine Leiche aus der Themse: ein Chor-Girl aus dem berühmten "Galaxy-Theater". Der Mörder hat ihr die Arme gekreuzt und über der Brust zusammengebunden. Kurz darauf werden zwei weitere Chormädchen auf die selbe Art ermordet. Im "Galaxy" breitet sich Angst aus. Verunsichert ein neuer Ripper London? Gehört er zur Theatergruppe? Oder ist er einer der reichen Herren, welche die auffallend hübschen Galaxy-Mädchen galant umwerben?

The podcast that asks 'if the world were our client, what would the brief be?" Good-Loop's founder and CEO, Amy Williams, alongside her co-host Dino Myers-Lamptey, invites guests to tackle some of society's biggest challenges with the same creativity & strategic rigour that adland employs to tackle a client brief.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Butler Greeves war ein mächtiger Mann auf Stockbery Towers, einem Herrensitz in Kent zum Ende des vorigen Jahrhunderts. Aber beliebt war er nicht. War er ein Erpresser? Ein Heiratsschwindler? Eines Tages wird er vergiftet aufgefunden. Wer von den Dienstboten hätte ihn ermorden wollen? Oder haben auch der Herzog nebst Gattin und ihre zur Jagd angereisten Gäste ein Motiv? Zuerst einmal verdächtigen alle den Chefkoch Auguste Didier. Was der Halbfranzose dem englischen Gaumen an französischer Küche zumutet, daran kann man sich schon leicht vergiften.