Catalogue - Crime & Mystery - Barford Audio Theatre / Audio Books

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The Devil’s often in the Detail by Ben Henderson Close The Devil’s often in the Detail by Ben Henderson Adapted for Audio by Edward Kirkby Opening The story opens with Harry our story teller speaking at his retirement do… Alright, alright, I’ll just say a few words because convention says that I must at a retirement do. I won’t keep you long and I’ll get around and speak to you all tonight if I can, but if I don’t, let me thank you all for coming along to celebrate my retirement from the Metropolitan Police after 30 years… As most of you know, at Streatham nick, on the first floor is the Detective Inspector’s office, it’s always been there and many have occupied it and I’ve seen plenty come and go. In 1922, the man that had that office was as straight as an arrow, a bit of a legend, and the story he told me has haunted me, for thirty years. It’s so long ago now, I’m sure the people concerned are no longer with us. His story starts on a cold wintery night in December 1922 and it’s about six o’clock in the evening in the snug lounge of the Volunteer Inn. The pub is on the outskirts of a village called Finsey by the north Norfolk coast. On the back wall between the bar and the door is an old glass fronted display case, in it there is an old flintlock pistol and below it a Victoria Cross medal on a ribbon with a small card citation. Henry Thomas, the Landlord, is behind the bar polishing glasses when Mr Lomax and Mr Scanlon enter the pub, they are wearing overcoats and hats. Under the coats they wear white ties and tails. There is a dusting of snow on them which they brush off as they enter… Characters Alastair Scanlon – David Hall Arthur Thomas – Bill Worrall Stewart Lomax – Michael Burman Mary Thomas – Chris Murphy Janet Thomas – Lorraine Evetts Arthur Groombridge – Goff Tilling Jess Wilson – Mark Timmis Inspector Hennessy – Terry Offiler	The Devil’s often in the Detail (Crime & Mystery) by Ben Henderson
The Knightbridge Mystery by Charles Reade Close International Short Stories edited by William Patten The Knightsbridge Mystery by Charles Reade (1814-1884) Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Reade Published: P F Collier and Son, New York 1910 The Project Gutenberg eBook Release Date: June 16, 2010 [eBook #32846]. Opening In Charles the Second’s day the ‘Swan’ was denounced by the dramatists as a house where unfaithful wives and mistresses met their gallants. it was a country inn with large stables, horsed the Brentford coach, and entertained man and beast on journeys long or short. It had also permanent visitors, especially in summer; for it was near London, and yet a rural retreat; meadows on each side, Hyde Park at back, Knightsbridge Green in front. Amongst the permanent lodgers was Mr Gardiner, a substantial man; and Captain Cowen, a retired officer of moderate means, had lately taken two rooms for himself and his son. Mr Gardiner often joined the company in the public room, but the Cowen’s kept to themselves up-stairs. This was soon noticed and resented, in that age of few books and free converse. Some said, “The Captain may be in hiding from duns, or from the runners: now I think on’t, the York mail was robbed scarce the night before his worship came a-hiding here.” But the landlady’s tongue ran the other way. Her weight was sixteen stone, her sentiments were her interests, and her tongue her tomahawk… Characters Attorney, Clerk of Arraign, Lord’s Butler – Mark Griffin Judge – Ken HopeSheriff – Michael Burman Barbara Lamb Chambermaid – Wendy Barlow Bradbury Bow Street Runner – Terry Offiler Captain Cowen – Bill Worrall Colonel Barrington – David Ellison Dame Gust Landlady of the Swan – Liz Hainey Landlady 13 Farringdon Street – Anne Hope Daughter of Landlady of 13 Farringdon Street – Lorraine Sayers Daniel Cox – Charles Barlow Mr.Gardiner – Mark Timmis	The Knightsbridge Mystery (Crime & Mystery) by Charles Reade.
The Lazarette of the Huntress by William Clark Russell Close International Short Stories edited by William Patten The Lazarette of The Huntress by William Clark Russell Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Clark_Russell Published: P F Collier and Son, New York 1910 The Project Gutenberg eBook Release Date: June 16, 2010 [eBook #32846]. Opening I stepped into the Brunswick Hotel in the East India Docks for a glass of ale. It was in the year 1853, and a wet, hot afternoon. I had been on the tramp all day, making just three weeks of a wretched, hopeless hunt after a situation on shipboard, and every bone in me ached with my heart. My precious timbers, how poor I was! Two shillings, and thrippence – that was all the money I possessed in the wide world, and when I had paid for the ale, I was poorer yet by tuppence. A number of nautical men of various grades were drinking at the bar. I sat down in a corner to rest, and abandoned myself to the most dismal reflections. I wanted to get out to Australia, and nobody, it seems, was willing to ship me in any situation on any account whatever. Captains and mates howled me off if I attempted to cross their gangways. Nothing was to be got in the shipping yards. The very crimps sneered at me when I told them that I wanted a berth. What was I, do you ask? I’ll tell you… Characters Captain – David Ellison John Howland – Terry Offiler Mr Morritt Chief Officer – Michael Burman Second Mate – Bill Worrall	The Lazarette of The Huntress (Crime & Mystery) by William Clark Russell.
The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Close International Short Stories edited by William Patten The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle Published: P F Collier and Son, New York 1910 The Project Gutenberg eBook Release Date: June 16, 2010 [eBook #32846]. Opening I am sure that Nature never intended me to be a self-made man. There are times when I can hardly bring myself to realize that twenty years of my life were spent behind the counter of a grocer’s shop in the East End of London, and that it was through such an avenue that I reached a wealthy independence and the possession of Goresthorpe Grange. My habits are conservative, and my tastes refined and aristocratic. I have a soul which spurns the vulgar herd. Our family, the D’Odds, date back to a prehistoric era, as is to be inferred from the fact that their advent into British history is not commented on by any trustworthy historian. Goresthorpe Grange is a feudal mansion—or so it was termed in the advertisement which originally brought it under my notice. Its right to this adjective had a most remarkable effect upon its price, and the advantages gained may possibly be more sentimental than real. There is but one thing wanting to round off the medievalism of my abode, and to render it symmetrically and completely antique. Goresthorpe Grange is not provided with a ghost… Characters Jack Brocket – Charles Barlow Mr.T.E.Stube, MD – Terry Offiler Mrs.D’Odd – Liz Hainey First Ghost – Michael Burman Second Ghost – Roe Richardson Third Ghost – Terry Offiler Seventh Ghost – Anne Hope	The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange (Crime & Mystery) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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