I'm Hugh Bonneville and welcome to Sherlock Holmes' short stories,

the series where we delve into the files of fiction's most brilliant detective,

following his keen mind and unerring instincts from the first subtle clue to the final dramatic revelation.

This time we present the adventure of the noble bachelor,

the case that begins when the bride of one of England's most distinguished aristocrats

vanishes without a trace on her wedding day.

The disappearance of Lady Hattie St. Simon sends shockwaves through London High Society and presents homes with

a puzzle where nothing is quite as it seems. A secret message hidden in a bouquet, a jealous ex-lover,

and a sudden wedding dress floating in the serpentine, all pieces of a transatlantic mystery that only Sherlock can solve.

From the Noiser Podcast Network, this is The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor.

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We'll follow the extraordinary life of Irish writer Oscar Wilde and crack befuddling cases with the Pinkerton Detective Agency.

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witness a terrifying lightning strike atop a Wyoming mountain, and watch on as a fearsome typhoon

devastates a Pacific lagoon.

In Jane Austen's stories, pride and prejudice continues, with a free-spirited Lizzie attending a dinner party at the grand estate of Lady Catherine, and not exactly making a favourable impression.

And in Sherlock Holmes short stories, a professor returns from Prague with a mysterious carved box and a strangely changed personality in The Adventure of the Creeping Man.

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Part 1

The Lord St Simon marriage and its curious termination have long ceased to be a subject

of interest in those exalted circles in which the unfortunate bridegroom moves.

Fresh scandals have eclipsed it, and their more piquant details have drawn the gossips away from this four-year-old drama.

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