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The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box

Can daring Edwardian sleuth Thorpe Hazell intercept vital missing papers in a German dispatch box? Read by Benedict Cumberbatch.

Can a daring amateur sleuth help to intercept a German dispatch-box with a highly confidential document stolen from the British Government?

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.

Adapted in five parts by Fiona Kelcher.

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 麻豆社 Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2008.

15 minutes

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