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Jan 2025
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The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb: P...

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When a young engineer named Victor Hatherly stumbles into Dr. Watson’s surgery with a severed thumb, what appears to be a brutal work injury soon reveals itself as something far more sinister. As Hatherly tells his bizarre story, Holmes and Watson soon find themselves drawn into a conspiracy featuring an enigmatic German industrialist, a lonely house in the countryside filled with secrets, and a machine with nefarious purpose. 


A Noiser production, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.


Narrated by Hugh Bonneville

Produced by Katrina Hughes and Addison Nugent

Sound Design and Audio Editing by Mirianna Latham & Thomas Pink

Compositions: Dorry Macaulay and Oliver Baines

Mix & Mastering: Cody Reynolds-Shaw and Liam Cameron

Series Consultant: Dan Smith

 

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