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3. The Trail

The trail of the mysterious assassin, Kingdom Kum has led debonair secret agent Lucifer Box to Istanbul. Read by the author.

The debonair, if now slightly decrepit, Lucifer Box has followed the trail of the mysterious assassin, Kingdom Kum, to Istanbul.

Box must discover who the young man's paymaster is and the culprit behind the production of the deadly hallucinogenic drug, Black Butterfly.

Written and read by Mark Gatiss.

Set in 1953, this is the third in a trilogy of spoof spy novels detailing the devilishly daring adventures of secret agent, Lucifer Box.

Abridged by David Jackson Young.

Producer: Kirsteen Cameron.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in October 2011.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 6 Sep 202007:00

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