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A chance meeting with a mysterious elderly man... Who is Old Tom - a sad and lonely fusspot? Or a forgotten figure whose bewildering deductive abilities hint at something more..? Does he ever leave his armchair? Why is he only seen or heard by engaging, local newspaper reporter, Trench? And...

At the height of World War II, Thomas Littlejohn investigates a factory boss’s murder Once, Henry Worth’s sprawling factory was filled with looms and textile workers, but since the onset of World War II, the space has been given over entirely to military production. Worth is walking the...

From the early twentieth century master of British detective fiction comes “a rattling good mystery” featuring Scotland Yard’s Winter and Furneaux (The New York Times). It’s just off Charing Cross road that writer Frank Theydon first notices the distinguished gentleman dashing for cover...

"The phantom of the theatre?" Old Tom discovers an old haunt of his, the Regency Theatre in London, is apparently being haunted. A trip to the capital is in order. Trench is reunited with Sally-Anne - could she be a rival to Debsy? Dramatic questions then seek the limelight:...

Researching an article, a puzzling pocket watch comes into Trench's possession. Why does the pocket watch stop and then mysteriously reset itself? Why does the current owner of the timepiece leave cryptic messages in the Stokeham Herald? And what is the priceless secret behind all the ticking? Old...

"A warning from Mandrake?" The Stokeham Herald is threatened with closure from a 'mystery buyer'. Trench has a deadline of only days to discover the truth. Is it a coincidence that former acquaintance, Sade Thorn now fronts Castle Holdings? Is the head of the other Stokeham leasing...

   First-ever Armchair Detective 'musical'!    Down the avenues and alleyways...    A highly addictive new drug has hit Downtown.   To investigate, Trench must infiltrate the centre of the dangerous, drug-fuelled avenues and alleyways of Downtown Stokeham.   What is this new...

A chance meeting with a mysterious, elderly man... Featuring all six plays of the absorbing, yet fun mystery series that has taken the e-reading world by storm. Also, exclusive 'Boxed Set' Extras including: Interview with the man behind the armchair Deleted scenes Easter egg Favourite quotes - and more!

A furtive factory; a punctual noisy neighbour; a recursive problem and a plot of creeping retribution from the 'Old Days'...   Join Trench and Old Tom for more mystery and mayhem in all four Plays of Series Two.   Plus bonus feature, covering the characterisation of Debsy.

A curious Christmas cuckoo; a clockwork mystery; a capital investigation and a suspiciously helpful Mandrake... Be the armchair detective alongside Trench and Old Tom in four more cosy mysteries. Plus Extras: Play of the Month Guide & Planning The Armchair Detective

The Bishop of Westfield visits his old friend, Sherlock Holmes to ask for his help. One of his fellow bishops, the Bishop of Sandbury has been seen entering an establishment with a questionable reputation that offers massage. Sherlock's brother Mycroft is concerned that secret British Naval...

A London woman taking her grandson to the park finds her lonely life disrupted by murder in this award-winning author’s “gripping thriller” (Reginald Hill). Poppy Tasker never imagined this would be her life at age fifty: divorced, living alone, and stuck caring for a tiny grandson while...

In The Limehouse Text, Barker and Llewelyn discover a pawn ticket among the effects of Barker's late assistant, leading them to London's Chinese district, Limehouse. There they retrieve an innocent-looking book that proves to be a rare and secret text stolen from a Nanking monastery. When they take...

A visit from a distressed Mr James Carlisle Scott, a stage magician, begins a case triggered by the disappearance on stage of his assistant. It is a case that will draw Holmes and Watson into the world of international intrigue where state secrets are bartered. A Prussian diplomat working as an aide...