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Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's most famous novel, first published in 1912.

Eccentric Thorpe Hazell is a speciality detective using his locomotive expertise to solve audacious and ingenious crimes plaguing Britain鈥檚 Edwardian railways.

Omnibus of five parts adapted by Fiona Kelcher.

* THE AFFAIR OF THE GERMAN DISPATCH BOX
Can a daring amateur sleuth help to intercept a German dispatch-box with a highly confidential document stolen from the British Government?

* SIR GILBERT MURRELL'S PICTURE
A goods train carrying valuable paintings arrives with one missing carriage. The sleuth must uncover how thieves removed it from a non-stopping service?

* THE AFFAIR OF THE CORRIDOR EXPRESS
The son of a multi-millionaire is snatched from a moving train. Can Thorpe Hazell foil the kidnappers' dastardly plan..?

* THE STOLEN NECKLACE
A passenger begs for Thorpe Hazell's help after her Aunt's valuable diamonds are stolen from her luggage.

* THE AFFAIR OF THE BIRMINGHAM BANK
Can daring Edwardian sleuth, Thorpe Hazell manage to foil a gold bullion train robbery?

Read by Benedict Cumberbatch.

Hazell is in many ways a man before his time: a vegetarian and health fanatic with an encyclopaedic railway knowledge. A man of independent means, he thrives on working to his own whims - and operating outside the law when it suits him.

English reverend, railway enthusiast and popular mystery writer, Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch's immaculate plots were much admired by Dorothy L Sayers and Ellery Queen. He was one of the first authors to submit his stories to Scotland Yard so they could vet his police procedures.

Producer: Fiona Kelcher

Made for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2008.

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