Thriller Playhouse BOX SET: EIGHT thrilling episodes from the popular BBC Drama series, set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.

Set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, we meet Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective, Norman Conquest, the fast talking, hard hitting adventurer with a nose for trouble and a hell-rake disregard for danger and Ben, the chivalrous and non-descript little man, whose thumbs itch just before ‘something ‘orrible ‘appens’.

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BEN SEES IT THROUGH

A hat lost in the English Channel, a dagger buried in a toff’s back and an incriminating letter from an MP entice Ben into the world of arms dealers and smugglers!

THE EYES OF MAX CARRADOS

Carrados and his ‘eyes’ Parkinson discover a story of murder, suicide and a desperate daughter’s quest to clear her father’s name

THE SECRET OF HEADLAM HEIGHT

As the First world War rapidly approaches, we arrive in a sleepy south coast town where Max Carrados is soon investigating the sudden death of the local museum curator.

THE INGENIOUS MIND OF RIGBY LACKSOME

Lured to Stratford upon Avon following an explosion, Carrados must solve the riddle of the missing body of William Shakespeare.

BLONDE FOR DANGER

The handsome desperado, Norman Conquest aka 1066, has to pit his wits against the evil crook Bosworth Field.

KILLER CONQUEST

Conquest with a nose for trouble and rake-hell disregard for danger keeps up good cheer and marches on while he biffs the baddies.

MISS DYNAMITE

Our gentleman adventurer, having met a beautiful young lady in the middle of the night soon finds himself on the trail of a gang of jewel thieves.

CONQUEST MARCHES ON

Off to the theatre, our fast talking, hard hitting hero finds himself accused of assaulting a pretty young lady on the underground.

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Release date

Audiobook: 21 May 2022