• Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Sherlock Holmes' Rediscovered Railway Mysteries

  • Four Original Short Stories
  • By: John Taylor
  • Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch
  • Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (4,694 ratings)

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Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Sherlock Holmes' Rediscovered Railway Mysteries

By: John Taylor
Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch
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Publisher's summary

Benedict Cumberbatch reads these four new Sherlock Holmes stories by John Taylor: 'An Inscrutable Masquerade', 'The Conundrum of Coach 13', 'The Trinity Vicarage Larceny' and 'The 10.59 Assassin'.

Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories, John Taylor has written four more mysteries featuring the world's greatest detective.

Read by acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch, these new adventures share all the suspense of the original tales.

In a drawer in his bureau, Dr. Watson keeps a locked cedarwood chest - a 'box of secrets'.

It contains an archive of notes referring to some of Holmes' cases that, for one reason or another, never saw the light of day. Now, for the first time, Watson has decided to reveal the truth to the world....

In these four thrilling stories, Holmes experiments with the science of ballistics, locates some missing gold bullion, investigates the theft of a large amount of money and solves the baffling mystery of the Stovey murder.

©2015 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2015 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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Narration by our generation's Sherlock

If you could sum up Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Sherlock Holmes' Rediscovered Railway Stories in three words, what would they be?

3 words--brief-interesting-enjoyable

What did you like best about this story?

Each story was thorough and enjoyable.

What does Benedict Cumberbatch bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Benedict's narration kept my attention and I felt I was getting my Sherlock fix.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

4 short stories for when you need a little Sherlock in your life.

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That voice

What made the experience of listening to Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Sherlock Holmes' Rediscovered Railway Stories the most enjoyable?

Benedict Cumberbatch has the most wonderful way of moving through each of the characters and placing you, the listener, in the room with them. Cumberbatch unfolds the mystery through the wonderful narratives written by John Taylor.

Have you listened to any of Benedict Cumberbatch’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I haven't listened to Cumberbatch narrate anything before this & after finishing this book... I promptly spent all my money buying up everything he's ever narrated!

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Enjoy! Any Benedict Cumberbatch fan will not regret it x

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Delightful short mystery stories

The narration makes you feel as if you are there with them. I really enjoyed being along for the ride as we discovered who done it.

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Perfect

Benedict, as always, leads a strong performance reading Holmes stories. I loved it! I think this is a great addition to anyone that is a fan of Sherlock Holmes.

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Fantastic narration

I feel bad having given other narrators 5 stars, since Cumberbatch soars above them.
One tiny error that Sherlock would doubtless have noticed: Cumberbatch is doing the voice of an American, and pronounces the word schedule with no K sound. I may deduce that the editors and producers were also Brits since they didn't catch it ; )
Stories are fine with a fair degree of verisimilitude to Conan Doyle's works.

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Too short for one credit!

Great performance. Benedict Cumburbatch could read the phone book and find an audience.
Should have paid attention to the length of the stories.

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Great stories, Benedicts American accent hilarious

Love the short stories and Benedicts voices were great. Hoping there will be more coming.

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Benedict Cumberbatchreads Sherlock Holmes

Excellent narration! The stories are very enjoyable , especially during the power-out we a dud to winter storm Riley.

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Audible Sherlock Holmes short stories

These stories were very enjoyable, the narrations had appropriate emotion and the story line was good.

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Sherlock Holmes rides again!

I am a long-time fan of Sherlock Holmes stories. This set of 4 short stories does not disappoint. I can easily picture Holmes, Watson, LeStrade, et al, as they investigate the crimes and deduce the truth. Benedict Cumberbatch was wonderful as the narrator.

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