Tonight, you’ll hear the first part of a brand new Sherlock Holmes story called The Hasty Holiday. This is written by long-time contributor Gillian, who writes these Sherlock stories under Mabel Swift. The story is here.

This story will be serialised in full on our sister show, Mysteries at Midnight. If you want to hear the whole story, please search for that Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Youtube, or your podcast player of choice and subscribe to the show to get all chapters of the Hasty Holiday.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson receive a visit from a client by the name of Mrs Fairfax. She is highly concerned about the welfare of her sister, Miss Dorothy Davenport, and enlists their help.

Mrs Fairfax tells them her sister left London suddenly and is now in Devon, apparently enjoying a holiday she won. Taking off on such notice is completely out of character for Miss Davenport, and her sister is worried Dorothy has been lured away for dubious reasons.

Holmes and Watson begin to make investigations into the abrupt absence of Miss Davenport, and soon discover that the holiday could, indeed, be a ruse. But who would want Miss Davenport in Devon? And at such short notice?