Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Sherlock Holmes' Rediscovered Railway Mysteries: Four original short stories

· BBC Digital Audio · Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch
4.8
109 reviews
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Benedict Cumberbatch reads these four new Sherlock Holmes stories by John Taylor

'An Inscrutable Masquerade'/ 'The Conundrum of Coach 13'/ 'The Trinity Vicarage Larceny'/ 'The 10.59 Assassin'

Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories, John Taylor has written four more mysteries featuring the world's greatest detective. Read by acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch, these new adventures share all the suspense of the original tales.

In a drawer in his bureau, Dr Watson keeps a locked cedarwood chest - a 'box of secrets'. It contains an archive of notes referring to some of Holmes' cases that, for one reason or another, never saw the light of day. Now, for the first time, Watson has decided to reveal the truth to the world... In these four thrilling stories, Holmes experiments with the science of ballistics, locates some missing gold bullion, investigates the theft of a large amount of money and solves the baffling mystery of the Stovey murder.

©2015 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2015 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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4.8
109 reviews
Kyle Cummings
July 2, 2019
Perfect! This is the best audio book I've ever experienced. I drive a lot for work and this made the time fly. I hope there's more to come with Benedict doing voice overs.
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Nicolette Froix
March 5, 2020
Amazing! Usually I have trouble paying attention but Benedict kept me at full alert. Couldn't recommend enough.
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Cyrus Bayat
November 10, 2019
A formidable narrative but 3 weak stories which indicates a simple mind writer
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About the author

John Taylor is a writer and former BBC radio producer. He now runs The Fiction Factory production company, an established supplier of programmes to the BBC.

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