The Rivals: Tales of Sherlock Holmes' Rival Detectives (Dramatisation)

Summary

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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