The Case of Laker, Absconded | Arthur Morrison | A Bitesized Audiobook

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Story begins at 00:01:18. This story is one of a series featuring Martin Hewitt, the first of several "rivals to Sherlock Holmes" who filled the gap created after Conan Doyle apparently killed Holmes off in 'The Final Problem' in December 1892. The Adventures of Martin Hewitt directly replaced those of Holmes in The Strand Magazine a few weeks later, in early 1893, with illustrations by Sidney Paget. If you enjoy this story, you may like to listen to the previous Hewitt adventure I narrated for this channel, 'The Case of the Dixon Torpedo': kzbin.info/www/bejne/mammeGlnmtijoZo Or for more Victorian and Edwardian detective adventures, you may enjoy my "Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLi95qAoufCZL5tiXECltwXUI2QDDFrDHD

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Delightful, as always - thank you I did wonder whether G K Chesterton had read this when he wrote the Father Brown stories. I did wonder whether Laker was leaving a trail to help people find him as Father Brown did in the 1st story 'The Innocence of Father Brown'

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Good to hear Laker held up his end, whilst Hewitt and Plummer piled on the runs; thus saving the follow-on. Well played, those men; and well read, Stanhope.

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Merry Christmas Gina! More coming soon I hope...

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@taliabee8661 Oh dear, you have my sympathies. I had an op to take out a couple of troublesome wisdom teeth about two years ago, and I remember the recovery period was frustrating. I hope you feel better soon.

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What a lovely comment, thank you Pippa!

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every morning is bleak in Yorkshire surely ?

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This is a great story, I've got it in one of my short story paperbacks. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes stories are great too and I will certainly listen to the other Martin Hewitt story you've done. Thanks so much for uploading these fantastic stories! 😊😊

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Ah yes, I believe I have the same paperback (rather dog-eared, early 70s vintage). Thank you for listening Anne, and for taking the time to comment, glad to know you enjoy the stories

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The background and history of this detective makes it very interesting. Maybe because Mr. Holmes is so famous that the stories have been retold again and again, making them too familiar. This is an excellent change, with realistic and very plausible detection processes and logic! Please, sir, may we have some more?

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More coming soon: lots of rivals of Sherlock Holmes in the pipeline, with perhaps the odd dip into the canon of the great detective himself every now and then...

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Hello Eleanor, no not totally different, this is my regular voice (though of course I do try to do voices/accents where appropriate for the characters)... you can hear my "normal" voice in the short video intro at the start of each story (except for some of my very earliest uploads, when I didn't do an intro)

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