The Adventure of the Gloria Scott

Chronologically, the earliest of the beloved Sherlock Holmes stories — and the first time he uses those now-famous powers of deduction. Sherlock Holmes visits his friend Victor out in the Norfolk countryside. There, he meets his friend's wealthy father, Mr Trevor — and soon finds out that the old man has plenty to hide...Murder, embezzlement and violence at sea come together into a classic tale of double-crossing and subterfuge. Acclaimed actor Robert Hardy, known to many for playing Cornelius Fudge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is the reader who brings it all to vivid, thrilling life.