Simon Averill | The Starvel Hollow Tragedy | FW Crofts | BBC Radio Drama

“Three bodies in a burned house… and one mystery that refuses to die.” 🕯️🏚️ In this chilling BBC Radio Drama adaptation of F.W. Crofts’ classic detective story, Inspector Simon Averill faces a case as baffling as it is haunting. A fire devastates an isolated country house — Starvel Hollow — leaving behind three charred corpses and a trail of contradictions. But what begins as a tragic accident soon reveals layers of greed, betrayal, and cold-blooded calculation. Methodical and relentless, Averill follows the faintest traces — financial records, footprints, and half-burned evidence — to uncover a truth both brilliant and terrible. For in The Starvel Hollow Tragedy, the greatest mystery isn’t how the crime was done… but how anyone could have done it at all. 💌 What you’ll hear: • A masterful BBC Classic Detective Drama filled with precision and suspense 🎧 • Authentic Golden Age atmosphere — crackling fire, echoing footsteps, and rain on old windows • F.W. Crofts’ signature “inverted mystery” style — logic meets emotion, reason meets ruin 🎧 About the production: Produced by BBC Radio, The Starvel Hollow Tragedy brings to life the meticulous storytelling of F.W. Crofts, one of the founding masters of the British detective tradition. It’s a story where every clue matters, every motive hides pain, and every truth demands a reckoning. 👍 Support BBC Radio Drama: 💬 Comment your thoughts — can reason ever uncover the human heart? 💖 Like if you love methodical, atmospheric British detective stories ✅ Subscribe for more BBC Radio Dramas by F.W. Crofts, John Creasey, and Agatha Christie #BBCDrama #BBC4 #RadioDrama #FWCrofts #SimonAverill #TheStarvelHollowTragedy #ClassicMystery #BritishCrime #DetectiveStory #GoldenAgeMystery #BBCSeries #VintageDetective #CrimeDrama #BritishDrama