I’m a huge fan of the Baroness Orczy’s Scarlet Pimpernel and Teahouse Detective series featuring, ‘the man in the corner’ and Polly Burton, the up and voting reporter. When I came across Simon Stanhope’s YouTube channel where he reads short mysteries mostly from the Victorian and Edwardian periods, I thought I’d try this one out.

He reads decently, although he doesn’t use ‘voices’ for different characters. The mystery itself is fairly straightforward - a married woman being blackmailed by her former husband whom she believed dead. A short quick read with my first morning cup of coffee!