The Adventure of the Abbey Grange: Part Two

Summary

Summary of "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange: Part Two"

Podcast: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
Narrator: Hugh Bonneville
Release Date: June 11, 2025

In "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange: Part Two," Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson return to Kent to further investigate the mysterious and brutal murder of Sir Eustace Brackenstall. This episode delves deeper into the intricacies of the case, uncovering hidden motives, deceptive alibis, and showcasing Holmes' unparalleled deductive skills.

Re-examining the Crime Scene

The episode begins with Holmes expressing unease about the initial investigation's conclusions. He points out inconsistencies, particularly focusing on the three wine glasses left at the scene. These subtle details intrigue Holmes and lead him to suspect that the case is not as straightforward as the police believe.

Holmes (04:45): "If you were to pull down a bell rope, Watson, where would you expect it to break? Surely at the spot where it is attached to the wire."

Holmes deduces that the bell rope was intentionally tampered with, breaking it three inches from the top, which wouldn't happen naturally. This observation becomes a pivotal clue in unraveling the mystery.

Interrogating the Household

Returning to Abbey Grange, Holmes and Watson question Lady Brackenstall and her maid, Theresa Wright. Lady Brackenstall initially presents herself as a distressed widow, recounting a harrowing tale of three burglars. However, Holmes remains skeptical, sensing discrepancies in her story.

Lady Brackenstall (09:40): "You are an impudent fellow."

Theresa Wright corroborates Lady Brackenstall's story, but Holmes' keen eye spots blood on the chair where Lady Brackenstall claimed to have been tied up after Sir Eustace's murder. This evidence contradicts her account, raising further suspicions.

Holmes (06:00): "Blood."
Narrator (06:01): "Undoubtedly it is blood. This alone puts the lady's story out of court."

Uncovering Hidden Agendas

Holmes decides to dig deeper, leading him to the Adelaide Southampton Line's shipping office. Here, he examines the passenger list and focuses on Captain Jack Crocker, the newly promoted first officer of the ship Rock of Gibraltar. Captain Crocker's impeccable record contrasts sharply with reports of his volatile behavior at sea.

Upon confronting Captain Crocker, Holmes employs psychological tactics to elicit a confession. Crocker eventually breaks down, revealing his tumultuous relationship with Mary Fraser, Lady Brackenstall's maid.

Captain Crocker (19:58): "I got your telegram and I came at the hour you said. I heard that you had been down to the office. There was no getting away from you."

The Climactic Confession

In a tense confrontation, Captain Crocker admits to the murder, driven by his obsessive love for Mary Fraser and jealousy over her interactions with Sir Eustace. He details how he staged the burglary to cover his tracks, manipulating evidence to frame the notorious Randall gang.

Captain Crocker (25:12): "It was his life or mine. But far more than that. It was his life or hers."

Holmes masterfully dissects Crocker's confession, pointing out flaws and inconsistencies that further prove his guilt.

Holmes (28:51): "No one but a sailor could have made the knots with which the cord was fastened to the chair."

Delivering Justice with Compassion

Despite Crocker's confession, Holmes shows a blend of justice and empathy. He understands the depth of Crocker's emotional turmoil and the precipitating factors leading to the crime. Ultimately, Holmes decides to acquit Crocker, believing that true justice lies beyond the rigid confines of the law.

Holmes (31:12): "You are acquitted, Captain Crocker. So long as the law does not find some other victim, you are safe from me."

Holmes advises Crocker to return in a year, allowing time for situations to stabilize and for Mary to remain out of legal jeopardy.

Conclusion and Tease for the Next Episode

"The Adventure of the Abbey Grange: Part Two" concludes with Holmes reflecting on the moral complexities of justice. The episode elegantly balances intricate detective work with profound emotional narratives, showcasing the depth of Holmes' character beyond mere logic.

Hugh Bonneville (28:51): "May her future and yours justify us in the judgment which we have pronounced this night."

The episode sets the stage for the next adventure, "The Adventure of the Second Stain," promising an intense journey into political intrigue and high-stakes drama.

Narrator (33:03): "Holmes must unravel a web of political intrigue and deception before catastrophe strikes."

Listeners are left eagerly anticipating the continuation of Holmes' most consequential case yet, where the lines between personal vendettas and global crises blur, testing Holmes' deductive brilliance to its limits.

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Transcript

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[Hugh Bonneville]

Welcome to Sherlock Holmes Short Stories. I'm Hugh Bonneville and from the Noiser Podcast Network. This is the Adventure of the Abbey Grange Part two. Last time Holmes and Watson were summoned to investigate the brutal murder of Sir Eustace Brackenstall in Kent. Brackenstahl, a wealthy aristocrat, was was well known in the community as a violent drunkard. He had been found dead in his dining room, bludgeoned over the head with a fire poker. His wife, Lady Brackenstall, was present during the attack, but survived. She told a harrowing tale of three burglars who broke in, tied her to a chair, struck her when she tried to scream and killed her husband when.

[Sherlock Holmes]

He came to investigate.

[Hugh Bonneville]

Her loyal maid, Theresa Wright, corroborated her story based on her description of the attackers. The police were convinced that the culprits were the notorious Randall gang who had committed a robbery nearby. Holmes and Watson left thinking the case was already solved. But something troubled Holmes about the crime scene, particularly three wine glasses the culprits had supposedly used and left on a sideboard. On the way back to London, Holmes. Holmes suddenly pulled Watson off the train and made his suspicions known. Now the mystery solving duo have returned to Abbey Grange to question Lady Brackenstall and her master. The household at the Abbey Grange were much surprised at our return, but Sherlock Holmes, finding that Stanley Hopkins had gone off to report to headquarters, took possession of the dining room, locked the door upon the inside and devoted himself for two hours to one of those minute and laborious investigations which form the solid basis on which his brilliant edifices of deduction were reared. Seated in a corner like an interested student who observes the demonstration of his professor, I followed every step of that remarkable research. The window, the curtains, the carpet, the chair, the rope, each in turn was minutely examined and duly pondered. The body of the unfortunate baronet had been removed and all else remained as we had seen it in the morning. Finally, to my astonishment, Holmes climbed up onto the massive mantelpiece. Far above his head hung the few inches of red cord which were still attached to the wire For a long time he gazed upward at it and then in an attempt to get nearer to it, he rested his knee upon a wooden bracket on the wall. This brought his hand within a few inches of the broken end of the rope. But it was not this so much as the bracket itself which seemed to engage his attention. Finally he sprang down with satisfaction. It's all right, Watson, said he. We have got our case. One of the most remarkable in our collection. But dear me, how slow witted I have been and how nearly I have committed the blunder of my lifetime. Now I think that with a few missing links my chain is almost complete. You have got your men. Man, Watson, man. Only one, but a very formidable person, strong as a lion. Witness the blow that bent that poker. 6 foot 3 in height, active as a squirrel, dexterous with his fingers. Finally, remarkably quick witted, for this whole ingenious story is of his concoction. Yes, Watson, we have come upon the handiwork of a very remarkable individual. And yet in that bell rope he has given us a clue which should not have left us a doubt.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Where was the clue?

[Hugh Bonneville]

Well, if you were to pull down a bell rope, Watson, where would you expect it to break? Surely at the spot where it is attached to the wire. Why should it break three inches from the top as this one has done? Because it is frayed there. Exactly this end which we can examine is frayed. He was cunning enough to do that with his knife. But the other end is not frayed. You could not observe that from here. But if you were on the mantelpiece you would see that it is cut clean off without any mark of fraying whatever. You can reconstruct what occurred. The man needed the rope. He would not tear it down for fear of giving the alarm by ringing the bell. What did he do? He sprang up on the mantelpiece, could not quite reach it. Put his knee on the bracket, you will see the impression in the dust. And so got his knife to bear upon the cord. I could not reach the place by at least three inches, from which I infer that he is at least 3 inches. A bigger man than I. Look at that mark upon the seat of the oaken chair. What is it?

[Sherlock Holmes]

Blood.

[Hugh Bonneville]

Undoubtedly it is blood. This alone puts the lady's story out of court. If she were seated on the chair when the crime was done, how comes that mark? No, no, she was placed in the chair after the death of her husband. I'll wager that the black dress should shows a corresponding mark to this. We have not yet met Our Waterloo, Watson. But this is our Marengo, for it begins in defeat and ends in victory. I should like now to have a few words with the nurse Teresa. We must be wary for a while if we are to get the information which we want. She was an interesting person, this stern Australian nurse. Taciturn, suspicious, ungracious. It took some time before Holmes's pleasant manner and frank acceptance of all that she said thawed her into a corresponding amiability. She did not attempt to conceal her hatred for her late employer. Yes, sir, it is true that he threw the decanter at me. I heard him call my mistress a name and I told him that he would not dare to speak so if her brother had been there. Then it was that he threw it at me. He might have thrown a dozen if he had but left my bonny bird alone.

[Sherlock Holmes]

He was forever ill treating her and.

[Hugh Bonneville]

She too proud to complain. She will not even tell me all that he has done to her. She never told me of those marks on her arm that you saw this morning. But I know very well that they came from a stab with a hat.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Pin, the sly devil.

[Hugh Bonneville]

God forgive me that I should speak of him so now that he is dead. But a devil he was if ever one walked the earth. Yet he was all honey when we first met him only 18 months ago and we both feel as if it were 18 years. She had only just arrived in London. Yes, it was her first voyage. She had never been from home before he won her with his title and his money and his false London ways. If she made a mistake, she has paid for it, if ever a woman did. What month did we meet him? Well, I tell you, it was just after we arrived. We arrived in June and it was July. They were married in January of last year. Yes, she is down in the morning room again and I have no doubt she will see. But you must not ask too much of her, for she has gone through all that flesh and blood will stand. Lady Brackenstall was reclining on the same couch, but looked brighter than before. The maid had entered with us and began once more to ferment the bruise upon her mistress's brow. I hope, said the lady, that you have not come to cross examine me again. No, Holmes answered in his gentlest voice. I will not cause you any unnecessary trouble, Lady Brackenstall, and my whole desire is to make things easy for you, for I am convinced that you are a much tried woman. If you will treat me as a friend and trust me, you may find that I will justify your Trust? What do you want me to do? To tell me the truth, Mr. Holmes. No, no, Lady Brackenstall, it is no use. You may have heard of any little reputation which I possess. I will stake it all on the fact that your story is an absolute fabrication. Mistress and maid were both staring at.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Holmes with pale faces and frightened eyes.

[Hugh Bonneville]

You are an impudent fellow.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Cried Teresa.

[Hugh Bonneville]

Do you mean to say that my mistress has told a lie? Holmes rose from his chair. Have you nothing to tell me? I have told you everything. Think once more, Lady Brackenstall. Would it not be better to be frank? For an instant there was hesitation in her beautiful face. Then some new strong thought caused it to set like a mask.

[Sherlock Holmes]

I have told you all I know.

[Hugh Bonneville]

Holmes took his hat and shrugged his shoulders. I am sorry, he said, and without another word we left the room and the house.

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There was a pond in the park and to this my friend led the way. It was frozen over, but a single hole was left for the convenience of a solitary swan. Holmes gazed at it and then passed on to the lodge gate. There he scribbled a short note for Stanley Hopkins and left it with the lodge keeper. It may be a hit or it may be a miss, but we are bound to do something for friend Hopkins just to justify this second visit, said he, I will not quite take him into my confidence yet. I think our next scene of operations must be the shipping office of the Adelaide Southampton Line, which stands at the end of Pall Mall. If I remember right, there is a second line of steamers which connect South Australia with England, but we will draw the larger cover first. Holmes card sent in to the manager ensured instant attention, and he was not long in acquiring all the information he needed. In June of 95 only 1 of their line had reached a home port. It was the Rock of Gibraltar, their largest and best boat. A reference to the passenger list showed that Ms. Fraser of Adelaide with her maid had made the voyage in her the boat was now somewhere south of the Suez Canal on her way to Australia. Her offices were the same as in 95 with one exception. The first officer, Mr. Jack Crocker had been made a captain and was to take charge of their new ship, the base Rock Star sailing in two days time from Southampton. He lived at Sydenham but he was likely to be in that morning for instructions if we cared to wait for him. No, Mr. Holmes had no desire to see him but would be glad to know more about his record and character. His record was magnificent. There was not an officer in the fleet to touch him as to his character. He was reliable on duty but a wild desperate fellow off the deck of his ship. Hot headed, excitable but loyal, honest and kind hearted. That was the pith of the information with which Holmes left the office of the Adelaide Southampton Company. Thence he drove to Scotland Yard but instead of entering he sat in his cab with his brows drawn down lost in profound thought. Finally he drove round to the Charing Cross telegraph office, sent off a message and then at last we made for Baker street once more. No, I couldn't do it. Watson, said he as we re entered our room. Once that Warren was made out nothing on earth would save him. Once or twice in my career I feel that I have done more real harm by my discovery of the criminal than ever he had done by his crime. I have learned caution now and I had rather played tricks with the law of England than with my own conscience. Let us know a little more before we act. Before evening we had a visit from Inspector Stanley Hopkins. Things were not going very well with him. I believe that you are a wizard, Mr. Holmes. I really do sometimes think that you have powers that are not human. Now how on earth could you know that the stolen silver was at the bottom of that po? I didn't know it but you told me to examine it. You got it then? Yes, I got it. I am very glad if I have helped you.

[Sherlock Holmes]

But you haven't helped me.

[Hugh Bonneville]

You have made the affair far more difficult. What sort of burglars are they who steal silver and then throw it into the nearest pond? It was certainly rather eccentric behaviour. I was merely going on the idea that if the silver had been taken by persons who did not want it, who, who merely took it for a blind as it were, then they would naturally be anxious to get rid of it. But why should such an idea cross your mind? Well I thought it was possible. When they came out through the French window there was the pond with one tempting little Hole in the ice right in front of their noses. Could there be a better hiding place? Ah, a hiding place, that is better. Cried Stanley Hopkins. Yes, yes, I see it all now. It was early, there were folk upon the roads. They were afraid of being seen with the silver, so they sank it in the pond, intending to return for it when the coast was clear. Excellent, Mr. Holmes. That is better than your idea of a blind. Quite so. You have got an admirable theory. I have no doubt that my own ideas were quite wild. But you must admit that they have ended in discovering the silver. Yes, sir, yes, it was all your doing. But I have had a bad setback. A setback? Yes, Mr. Holmes. The Randall gang were arrested in New York this morning. Dear me, Hopkins, that is certainly rather against your theory that they committed a murder in Kentucky last night. It is fatal, Mr. Holmes, absolutely fatal. Still, there are other gangs of three beside the Randalls. Or it may be some new gang of which the police have never heard. Quite so. It is perfectly possible. What, are you off? Yes, Mr. Holmes. There is no rest for me until I have got to the bottom of the business. I suppose you have no hint to give me. I have given you one.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Which.

[Hugh Bonneville]

Well, I suggested a blind.

[Sherlock Holmes]

But why, Mr. Holmes?

[Hugh Bonneville]

Why? Ah, that's the question, of course. But I commend the idea to your mind. You might possibly find that there was something in it. You won't stop for dinner? Well, goodbye and let us know how you get on. Dinner was over and the table cleared before Holmes alluded to the matter again. He had lit his pipe and held his slippered feet to the cheerful blaze of the fire. Suddenly he looked at his watch. I expect developments, Watson.

[Sherlock Holmes]

When?

[Hugh Bonneville]

Within a few minutes. I dare say you thought I acted rather badly to Stanley Hopkins just now. I trust your judgment. A very sensible reply, Watson. You must look at it this way. What I know is unofficial, what he knows is official. I have the right to private judgment, but he has none. He must disclose all or he is a traitor to his service. In a doubtful case I would not put him in so painful a position. And so I reserve my information until my own mind is clear upon the matter. But when will that be? The time has come. You will now be present at the last scene of a remarkable little drama. There was a sound upon the stairs and our door was opened to admit as fine a specimen of manhood as ever passed through it. He was a very tall young man, golden mustached, blue eyed, with a skin which had been burned by tropical suns and a springy step which showed that the huge frame was as active as it was strong. He closed the door behind him. And then he stood with clenched hands and heaving breast, choking down some overmastering emotion. Sit down, Captain Crocker. You got my telegram. Our visitor sank into an armchair and looked from one to the other of us with questioning eyes.

[Sherlock Holmes]

I got your telegram and I came at the hour you said. I heard that you had been down to the office. There was no getting away from you. Let's hear the worst. What are you going to do with me, arrest me? Speak out, man. You can't sit there and play with me like a cat with a mouse.

[Hugh Bonneville]

Give him a cigar, said Holmes. Bite on that, Captain Crocker, and don't let your nerves run away with you. I should not sit here smoking with you if I thought that you were a common criminal. You may be sure of that. Be frank with me and we may do some good. Play tricks with me and I'll crush you.

[Sherlock Holmes]

What do you wish me to do?

[Hugh Bonneville]

To give me a true account of all that happened at the Abbey Grange last night. A true account, mind you, with nothing added and nothing taken off. I know so much already that if you go one inch off the straight, I'll blow this police whistle from my window and the affair goes out of my hands forever. The sailor thought for a little, then he struck his leg with his great sunburned hand.

[Sherlock Holmes]

I'll chance it. He cried. I believe you are a man of your word, and I'll tell you the whole story. But one thing I will say first. So far as I am concerned, I regret nothing and I fear nothing. And I would do it all again and be proud of the job. Damn the beast.

[Hugh Bonneville]

If he had as many lives as.

[Sherlock Holmes]

A cat, he would owe them all to me. But it's the lady Mary, Mary Fraser. For never will I call her by that accursed name. When I think of getting her into trouble, I, who would give my life just to bring one smile to her dear face. It's that that turns my soul into water. And yet.

[Hugh Bonneville]

And yet.

[Sherlock Holmes]

What less could I do? I'll tell you my story, gentlemen, and then I'll ask you as man to man, what less could I do.

[Captain Crocker]

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[Sherlock Holmes]

I must go back a bit. You seem to know everything, so I expect that you know that I met her when she was a passenger and I was first officer of the Rock of Gibraltar. From the first day I met her, she was the only woman to me. Every day of that voyage, I loved her more. And many a time since have I kneeled down in the darkness of the night watch and kissed the deck of that ship, because I knew her dear feet had trodded. She was never engaged to me.

[Hugh Bonneville]

She treated me as fairly as ever.

[Sherlock Holmes]

A woman treated a man. I have no complaint to make. It was all love on my side and all good comradeship and friendship on hers. When we parted, she was a free woman. But I could never again be a free man. Next time I came back from sea, I heard of her marriage. Well, why shouldn't she marry whom she liked? Title and money, who could carry them better than she? She was born for all that is beautiful and dainty. I didn't grieve over her marriage. I was not such a selfish hound as that. I just rejoiced that good luck had come her way and that she had not thrown herself away on a penniless sailor. That's how I loved Mary Fraser. Well, I never thought to see her again. But last voyage I was promoted and the new boat was not yet launched. So I had to wait for a couple of months with my people at Sydenham.

[Hugh Bonneville]

One day, out in a country lane.

[Sherlock Holmes]

I met Theresa Wright, her old maid. She told me all about her, about him, about everything. I tell you, gentlemen, it nearly drove me mad, this drunken hound, that he should dare to raise his hand to her whose boots he was not worthy to lick. I met Theresa again. Then I met Mary herself, and met her again.

[Hugh Bonneville]

Then she would meet me no more. But the other day I had a.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Notice that I was to start on my voyage within a week. And I determined that I would see her once before I left. Teresa was always my friend, for she loved Mary and hated this villain almost as much as I did. From her I learned the ways of the house. Mary used to sit up reading in her own little room downstairs. I crept round there last night and scratched at the window.

[Hugh Bonneville]

At first she would not open to.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Me, but in her heart I know.

[Hugh Bonneville]

That now she loves me and she.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Could not leave me. In the frosty night she whispered to me to come round to the big front window, and I found it open before me so as to let me into the dining room again. I heard from her own lips things that made my blood boil. And again I cursed this brute who mishandled the woman I loved. Well, gentlemen, I was standing with her.

[Hugh Bonneville]

Just inside the window in all innocence, as God is my judge, when he.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Rushed like a madman into the room, called her the vilest name that a man could use to a woman, and welted her across the face with the stick he had in his hand. I had sprung for the poker and it was a fair fight between us. See here on my arm where his first blow fell. Then it was my turn, and I went through him as if he'd been a rotten pumpkin. Do you think I was sorry? Not I. It was his life or mine. But far more than that. It was his life or hers. For how could I leave her in the power of this madman? That was how I killed him. Was I wrong? Well, then, what would either of you gentlemen have done if you had been in my position? She had screamed when he struck her, and that brought old Teresa down from the room above. There was a bottle of wine on the sideboard, and I opened it and poured a little between Mary's lips, for she was half dead with shock. Then I took a drop myself. Teresa was as cool as ice, and it was her plot as much as mine. We must make it appear that burglars had done the thing. Teresa kept on repeating our story to her mistress while I swarmed up and cut the rope of the bell. Then I lashed her in her chair and frayed out the end of the rope to make it look natural. Else they would wonder how in the world a burglar could have got up there to cut it. Then I gathered up a few plates and pots of silver to carry out the idea of the robbery. And there I left them with orders to give the alarm. When I had a quarter of an hour's start, I dropped the silver into the pond and made off for Sydenham, feeling that for once in my life I had done a real good night's work. And that's the truth and the whole truth, Mr. Holmes, if it costs me my neck.

[Hugh Bonneville]

Holmes smoked for some time in silence. Then he crossed the room and shook our visitor by the hand. That's what I think, said he. I know that every word is true, for you have Hardly said a word which I did not know. No one but an acrobat or a sailor could have got up to that bell rope from the bracket. And no one but a sailor could have made the knots with which the cord was fastened to the chair. Only once had this lady been brought into contact with sailors, and that was on her voyage. And it was someone of her own class of life, since she was trying hard to shield him and so showing that she loved him. You see how easy it was for me to lay my hands upon you. When once I had started upon the.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Right trail, I thought the police never could have seen through our dodge.

[Hugh Bonneville]

And the police haven't, nor will they, to the best of my belief. Now look here, Captain Crocker, this is a very serious matter. Though I am willing to admit that you acted under the most extreme provocation to which any man could be subjected. I am not sure that in defence of your own life your action will.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Not be pronounced legitimate.

[Hugh Bonneville]

However, that is for a British jury to decide. Meanwhile, I have so much sympathy for you that if you choose to disappear in the next 24 hours, I will promise you that no one will hinder you.

[Sherlock Holmes]

And then it will all come out.

[Hugh Bonneville]

Certainly it will come out.

[Sherlock Holmes]

The sailor flushed with anger. What sort of proposal is that to make a man? I know enough of law to understand that Mary would be held as accomplice. Do you think I would leave her alone to face the music while I slunk away? No, sir. Let them do their worst upon me. But for heaven's sake, Mr. Holmes, find some way of keeping my poor Mary out of the courts.

[Hugh Bonneville]

Holmes for a second time held out.

[Sherlock Holmes]

His hand to the sailor.

[Hugh Bonneville]

I was only testing you. And you ring true every time. Well, it is a great responsibility that I take upon myself. But I have given Hopkins an excellent hint and if he can't avail himself of it, I can do no more. See here, Captain Crocker. We'll do this in due form of law. You are the prisoner, Watson. You are a British jury. And I never met a man who was more eminently fitted to represent one. I am the judge. Now, gentlemen of the jury, you have heard the evidence. Do you find the prisoner guilty or not guilty? Not guilty, my lord, said I. Vox populi, vox dei. You are acquitted, Captain Crocker. So long as the law does not find some other victim, you are safe from me. Come back to this lady in a year. And may her future and yours justify us in the judgment which we have pronounced this night. Next time on Sherlock Holmes short stories. We follow the great detective as he takes on his most consequential case yet. In the Adventure of the Second Stain, when a letter from a foreign ruler disappears from the European Secretary's dispatch box, the Prime Minister himself turns to Holmes in desperation. The contents of the letter are so explosive that it could plunge Europe into all out war should it be made public. But something about this diplomatic crisis is.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Not what it seems.

[Hugh Bonneville]

Following a trail that leads from the corridors of power to the bloodstained floor of a murdered spy's house, Holmes must unravel a web of political intrigue and deception before catastrophe strikes. That's next Time. Can't wait a week until the next episode? Well, listen to it right away by subscribing to Noiser Plus. Head to www.noiser.comscriptions for more information or click the link in the episode.

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