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Eight thrilling tales from the writer of Brothers in Law, featuring courtroom cases, legal wranglings, conspiracy and blackmail. Barrister and county court judge, Henry Cecil took inspiration from his own life to write numerous comic stories set in the legal world, most famously Brothers in Law , which was adapted for radio, TV and the silver screen. Collected here are eight vintage dramas based on his works.

Set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, we meet Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective who can read a newspaper headline with the touch of his fingers and shoot a villain by aiming at the sound of his beating heart...and Norman Conquest, the fast talking, hard hitting adventurer with a nose for trouble and a hell-rake disregard for danger, who keeps up good cheer while he biffs the baddies...and not forgetting Ben, the chivalrous and perky non-descript little man, whose thumbs itch just before ‘something ‘orrible ‘appens’.

Jack und Cliff versuchen dem Bann der Puppe zu entgehen, indem sie die Puppe wegwerfen. Doch was sie auch tun, die Puppe kommt immer wieder zurück und verfolgt sie. Bei einem Zwischenfall während einer Probe im Theater werden Jack und Cliff von einem dunklen Schatten bedroht und eingesperrt. Ist auch dafür die mysteriöse Puppe verantwortlich? Cliff findet einen seltsamen metallischen Gegenstand. Ist das der Schlüssel zum Geheimnis der Puppe?