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The Absent-Minded Coterie

This series brings to life the many detectives of late Victorian London who were "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes," from R. Austin Freeman’s brilliant forensic expert Dr. John Thorndyke to Arthur Morrison’s notorious villain, private inquiry agent Horace Dorrington, William Hope Hodgson’s world-famous ghost hunter Carnacki and Baroness Orczy’s detective Lady Molly of Scotland Yard.

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The Absent-Minded Coterie

Season 2 Episode 5 | 50m 41s | CC

Fraud, forgery and murder all play a part in this mystery in which Robert Barr’s Monsieur Valmont, France’s greatest amateur detective, must face, with the addition of a pretty lady and some exceedingly delicious cakes.

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