The Gentleman Vanishes: Cherringham - A Cosy Crime Series: Mystery Shorts 30

Written by Matthew Costello and Neil Richards

Narrated by Neil Dudgeon

Bernard Mandeville loves trains. Every Sunday, the elderly and frail Bernard, in perfect attire, purchases a ticket on the Great Cotswold's Steam Railway, takes a seat in First-Class and revels in a journey from the past. But on one particular Sunday, in the midst of that short trip, the impossible happens. Bernard vanishes without a trace... The family reaches out to Sarah and Jack who must make their own remarkable journey on the rails...to track down the vanished gentleman!

Set in the sleepy English village of Cherringham, the detective series brings together an unlikely sleuthing duo: English web designer Sarah and American ex-cop Jack. Thrilling and deadly — but with a spot of tea — it's like Rosamunde Pilcher meets Inspector Barnaby. Each of the self-contained episodes is a quick listen for the morning commute, while waiting for the doctor, or when curling up with a hot cuppa.

For fans of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series, Lilian Jackson Braun's The Cat Who series, Caroline Graham's Midsomer Murders, and the American TV series Murder She Wrote, starring Angela Lansbury. Co-authors Neil Richards (based in the UK) and Matthew Costello (based in the US), have been writing together since the mid 90's, creating content and working on projects for the BBC, Disney Channel, Sony, ABC, Eidos, and Nintendo to name but a few.

Their transatlantic collaboration has underpinned scores of TV drama scripts, computer games, radio shows, and — most recently — the successful crime fiction series Cherringham. The narrator of the audiobook, Neil Dudgeon, has been in many British television programmes including the roles of DCI John Barnaby in "Midsomer Murders" and Jim Riley in "The Life of Riley". He is also known for his film roles in "The Nativity", "Sorted" and "Son of Rambow". In 2012 Dudgeon starred as Norman Birkett on BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Play series written by Caroline and David Stafford.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lübbe Audio
• Release date: May 23, 2019
• ISBN: 9783838790107

Reviews for The Gentleman Vanishes

[Valerie Laing · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The Cherringham books get better and better. This one was quite different without giving anything away . Superb narration and characters, what’s not to love about a visit to Cherringham. Can’t wait for the next instalment.

[jennyofelefantz · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Parts of the story silently skipped, happened about fifteen times, lasting 15-20 seconds, so there’d be chunks of the storyline missing. Good story, what I did hear.

[Mitzi E · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

As usual such great detection by the amazing sleuthing duo, and the many twists and turns in the plot. I'm having such fun listening to this audio series, that's so brilliantly narrated. I just can't stop it's like watching a mystery series!!!