Ergebnis für "John le Carré" in Hobbydetektive

After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the death, he begins his own investigation, meeting Fennan's widow to find out what led him to such desperation. On the very day Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urgent letter from the dead man. Do the East Germans - and their agents - know more about this man's death than the Circus previously imagined?

With his cape, canes and shovel hat, portly amateur sleuth Dr Gideon Fell cuts an eccentric figure - but his odd appearance belies his sharp intellect and astonishing faculty for deduction. Created by crime novelist John Dickson Carr and supposedly based on fellow author G. K. Chesterton, Dr Fell appeared in 23 novels between 1933 and 1967. This radio collection comprises all eight of the BBC adaptations based on Carr's best-selling books.

Früher war Fabio "Flaco" Lozano der jüngste und erfolgreichste Kriminalinspektor auf Gran Canaria, bis er wegen des Verdachts auf Korruption aus dem Dienst gemobbt wurde. Heute schlägt er sich als "Butlerguard" einer exzentrischen Hotelbesitzerin durch. Als Flaco am Strand des Luxushotels in Meloneras über die Leiche eines Mannes stolpert, ist seine Chefin wenig begeistert – ganz im Gegensatz zu seinen Ex-Kollegen. Denn Flaco verbindet eine Vorgeschichte mit dem Opfer, und das macht ihn zum Verdächtigen Nummer eins. Ihm bleibt nur eine Chance: Er muss auf eigene Faust ermitteln und den wahren Täter finden, wenn er seine Haut retten will.

Simon Russell Beale stars in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of John le Carré's first novel, which introduced his most famous character, George Smiley. This dramatisation, set in London in the late 1950s, finds Smiley engaged in the humdrum job of security vetting. But when a Foreign Office civil servant commits suicide after an apparently unproblematic interview, Smiley is baffled. Refusing to believe that Fennan shot himself, Smiley decides to investigate.