The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Giftset 1

by Anthony Boucher

WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO, AND THE BEST IN CLASSIC MYSTERY... From 1939 to 1946 Americans gathered around their radio to listen to "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" -- featuring Basil Rathbone as the high strung crime-solver and Nigel Bruce as his phlegmatic assistant. Witty, fast-paced, and always surprising, these great radio plays -- written by the prolific writing team of Anthony Boucher and Denis Green, are as fresh today as they were then, and feature perfect sound along with nostalgic war-time announcements, original commercials and radio narrations. This special collector's edition includes:

TAPE ONE:
THE UNFORTUNATE TOBACCONIST and THE PARADOL CHAMBER

TAPE TWO:
THE VIENNESE STRANGLER and THE NOTORIOUS CANARY TRAINER

TAPE THREE:
THE APRIL FOOL'S DAY ADVENTURE and THE STRANGE ADVENTURE OF THE UNEASY EASY CHAIR

TAPE FOUR:
THE STRANGE CASE OF THE DEMON BARBER and THE MYSTERY OF THE HEADLESS MONK

Audio Cassette

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

William Anthony Parker White, better known by his pen name Anthony Boucher, was an American author, critic, and editor who wrote several classic mystery novels, short stories, science fiction, and radio dramas. Between 1942 and 1947, he acted as reviewer of mostly mystery fiction for the San Francisco Chronicle. In addition to "Anthony Boucher", White also employed the pseudonym "H. H. Holmes", which was the pseudonym of a late-19th-century American serial killer; Boucher would also write light verse and sign it " Herman W. Mudgett" (the murderer's real name).
In a 1981 poll of 17 detective story writers and reviewers, his novel Nine Times Nine was voted as the ninth best locked room mystery of all time.