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The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Holst

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 Sensible Action of Lieutenant Holst

Season 2 Episode 6 | 50m 46s | CC

Lieutenant Holst, a quiet, unambitious but stubborn members of the Copenhagen police force, gets involved in an international situation. His orders are countermanded by his superiors, and as a result a tragic death occurs. Left to his own devices and instincts, could Holst have saved a man’s life?

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