<p>On the 21st of November 1890, Julius Dunne-Smythe – a wealthy coffee manufacturer – his wife, his sister in law and his butler creep quietly out of their home in the middle of the night, sneak into a carriage and drive off, never to be seen again.</p><br><p>When a few weeks later Dunne-Smythe’s business partner discovers some discrepancies in the company’s book keeping, Dunne-Smythe is suspected of embezzling the company and running away. The case is swiftly handed over to Detective Sergeant John Billings of Scotland Yard.</p><br><p>As Billings delves deeper into the case, he finds that all the clues to the mysterious disappearance lead back to one man; the enigmatic German butler who had recently been employed by Dunne-Smythe. The butler appears to have had a disproportionate amount of influence on the family. After looking into the butler’s past, Billings discovers a dark and disturbing secret which may well put the lives of Dunne-Smythe and his relatives in danger. What initially seemed like a simple case of theft, now looks like something far more sinister.</p><br><p>CAST</p><br><p>Billings - David Ault</p><p>Clarkson - Bob Lawrence</p><p>Flynt - Ivan Wilkinson</p><p>Miss Carew - Sally Swift</p><p>Madam Bovlatska - Frances Broudie - Oldridge</p><p>Willy Guntz - Aubrey Parsons</p><p>Mrs Dunne-Smythe - Sarah Bowers</p><p>Mr Dunne-Smythe - Karim Kronfli</p><p>Mrs Appleby - Tanya Rich</p><br><p><a href="https://ko-fi.com/audiomysterytheatre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thank you for your donations.</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
