Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of the Ashen Seal
A Case of Conscience and MurderBy Paisley MacDonald
Length52m
About this audiobook
What crime needs no words to destroy a man?
Three envelopes arrive at a respectable London address—each unmarked, each empty, each bearing only an impression stamped in grey ash: a griffin and a broken key. No threats are written. No demands are made. Yet within days, Sir Alistair Wynne, a retired colonial official haunted by a secret from Calcutta, is found dead in his locked study. The verdict is natural causes. But his companion-secretary knows better—and so does Sherlock Holmes.
Summoned to Baker Street by a young woman who fears the police have closed the case too soon, Holmes encounters a web of deception stretching from the fog-choked lanes of Chancery to the decaying wharves of Limehouse. An indebted nephew, a terrified clergyman, a proud colonel, and a polished solicitor all orbit the dead man’s legacy—and the missing packet of papers that could ruin or redeem them.
The past has opened its grave. And it will not rest until Holmes confronts the truth.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length52 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 8, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Part 1: The Client Arrives at Baker Street
3Part 2: The Crime Scene in Marylebone
4Part 3: Witnesses, Red Herrings, and the Smell of Turkish Tobacco
5Part 4: The Twist in Chancery Lane
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6Part 5: The Warehouse at Limehouse
7Part 6: Baker Street, Near Midnight
8Epilogue
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