Episode 6
Sally Dixon has been shot dead in the street, and the man lying unconscious beside her, with a gun in his hand, is none other than the famous detective Sherlock Holmes.
Acting on a tip off, Sherlock Holmes has gone to an opium den in Limehouse. Whilst Watson is waiting in a public house nearby, he hears a gunshot and rushes outside to find Sally Dixon lying dead in the street. Lying unconscious beside her, with a gun in his hand, is none other than the famous detective Sherlock Holmes.
Read by Derek Jacobi. Abridged by Jane Marshall.
Producer: Jane Marshall
A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
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- Mon 14 Nov 201122:45BBC Radio 4
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