Fatal fingers : $b A mystery

In a cramped Pimlico back‑room crowded with curios—vintage china, rusted armor and dusty prints—Richard Goodrick lives a self‑imposed exile, believed dead by the world that once idolised him. When a well‑dressed businessman named Ravenscourt barges in with a tempting offer of fifty thousand pounds, the old man’s fierce refusal reveals a stubborn pride and a hidden motive that has kept him hidden for eighteen years. Their tense exchange hints at a past scandal so scandalous that Goodrick refuses even to name it, preferring the quiet anonymity of “Nosey Goodrick.”

The story unfolds as the visitor presses for Goodrick’s return to public life, suggesting the nation still needs the man they thought they had buried. Yet the fire‑lit room, filled with relics of a once‑great career, becomes a stage for a deeper mystery: what secret does Goodrick guard, and why would the world care enough to drag him back? Listeners are drawn into a cat‑and‑mouse dialogue that teases the line between honourable resolve and the pull of long‑forgotten fame.