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  • Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Sherlock Holmes' Rediscovered Railway Mysteries

  • Four Original Short Stories
  • By: John Taylor
  • Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch
  • Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (599 ratings)

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Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Sherlock Holmes' Rediscovered Railway Mysteries

By: John Taylor
Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch
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Summary

Benedict Cumberbatch reads these four new Sherlock Holmes stories by John Taylor: 'An Inscrutable Masquerade', 'The Conundrum of Coach 13', 'The Trinity Vicarage Larceny' and 'The 10.59 Assassin'.

Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories, John Taylor has written four more mysteries featuring the world's greatest detective.

Read by acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch, these new adventures share all the suspense of the original tales.

In a drawer in his bureau, Dr. Watson keeps a locked cedarwood chest - a 'box of secrets'.

It contains an archive of notes referring to some of Holmes' cases that, for one reason or another, never saw the light of day. Now, for the first time, Watson has decided to reveal the truth to the world....

In these four thrilling stories, Holmes experiments with the science of ballistics, locates some missing gold bullion, investigates the theft of a large amount of money and solves the baffling mystery of the Stovey murder.

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Love it!!!

this is my ultimate combination, I love Sherlock and Benedict. The stories are in-keeping with originals and the performance was excellent. More More!!!!

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Recommend

Can there be anything better than listening to Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes?

Totally Recommend

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Very enjoyable

These are great short stories which are well narrated by Mr Cumberbatch. A very enjoyable listening experience.

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How could it not be a winner?

As if Cumberbatch reading anything sherlockian could be anything but gold. Love it. The voice fits the cannon perfectly and its a really nice rainy day listen.

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Too brief for the price

Loved listening to the voice of Benedict Cumberbatch; Great accents and tonalities.
The stories were too short for the price and my liking. They did not allow for plot development and came to a quick end which was a shame as the stories were good and could have been expanded on.

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Some tonal inconsistency with Doyle's Holmes

They protagonists keep seeking beer like some 21st century booze hipsters. Holmes & Watson were partial to wine, sherry, brandy & coffee. Ale was the drink of the working class in the late 19th century.
Otherwise, the stories are a decent stab at Holmsian adventure, delivered impeccably by Cumberbatch.

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Great adaptations

Four great stories suoerbly performed by BC.
looking forward to others by the same author / reader and perhaps a combination of both, in the future

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Engaging stories

the lost stories of Holmes & Watson told by Sherlock himself Benedict Cumberbatch.
The stories are beautiful read

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Brilliant

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, the story & narration were both great in my opinion.

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Be prepared to be surprised!

Benedict Cumberbatch surprised me when I spend for the 10 first minutes trying to discover which was his voice! He changes so effortlessly between the voices that you forget what is his normal voice sound like! I wish audible would introduce him in even more books for him to narrate

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