Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Now he gets his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals.

James Fleet stars as Inspector Lestrade.

Lestrade enlists the help of 'the Thinking Machine' Professor SFX Van Dusen with what he suspects may be a series of attempted murders.

City dealer Nicholas Henley, has nearly been gassed three times in apparent accidents in the luxury flats of Malplaquet House.

All the residents have secrets, but which one of them is out to get Henley?

Written by Jacques Futrelle and dramatised by Chris Harrald.

Lestrade ...... James Fleet
Van Dusen ...... Tony Gardner
Nicolas Henley ...... Nick Underwood
Charlotte Lipscombe ...... Joannah Tincey
Reginald Cabell ...... James Lailey
Miss Regnier ...... Kirsty Oswald
Burlingame ...... Brian Protheroe
Pemberley ...... Sean Baker

Producer: Liz Webb.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2016. Show less