Victor Whitechurch – författare

Benedict Cumberbatch reads five stories featuring the famous vegetarian railway detective, Thorpe Hazell, as heard on BBC Radio 4.In The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box, Hazell hatches a daring plan to retrieve a highly sensitive government document before it reaches the German Ambassador. In Sir Gilbert Murrell''s Picture, When an entire wagon containing valuable paintings disappears from a goods train, Hazell''s skill is needed.In The Affair of the Corridor Express, a multimillionaire''s son disappears from a moving train. Hazell must find the kidnappers before the boy is lost forever.In The Stolen Necklace a lady begs Hazell to help when the diamond necklace that she borrowed is stolen from her suitcase.In The Affair of the Birmingham Bank, customers keep drawing money from a Midlands bank, so gold reserves are sent by train. Hazell must guard against train robbery.