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A passenger begs for Thorpe Hazell's help when her aunt is robbed of her diamonds. Read by Benedict Cumberbatch.

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

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

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

Adapted by Fiona Kelcher.

Read by Benedict Cumberbatch.

Thorpe is an eccentric and is in many ways a man before his time: a vegetarian and health fanatic using his encyclopaedic railway knowledge to tackle Britain's most ingenious smugglings, thefts, kidnaps and murders. A man of independent means, he thrives on working to his own whims - and operating outside the law when it suits him.

Producer: Fiona Kelcher

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2008.

15 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Thu 11 Dec 200809:30
  • Thu 11 Dec 200820:30
  • Fri 12 Dec 200801:30
  • Thu 30 Jul 200913:30
  • Thu 30 Jul 200920:30
  • Fri 31 Jul 200901:30
  • Thu 11 Feb 201013:45
  • Thu 11 Feb 201020:45
  • Fri 12 Feb 201001:45
  • Thu 23 Feb 201206:30
  • Thu 23 Feb 201213:30
  • Thu 23 Feb 201220:30
  • Fri 24 Feb 201201:30
  • Thu 6 Dec 201206:45
  • Thu 6 Dec 201213:45
  • Thu 6 Dec 201220:45
  • Fri 7 Dec 201201:45
  • Thu 8 Dec 201611:00
  • Thu 8 Dec 201621:00
  • Thu 25 Sep 202508:30
  • Thu 25 Sep 202513:30
  • Thu 25 Sep 202519:30
  • Fri 26 Sep 202503:30