Former captain Peter Carey was impaled in a small hut that stands on his property with a harpoon and nailed to the wall. Who bare the infamous captain, the crew called his merely "Black Peter", murdered so cruelly? Inspector Hopkins knows not and asks Master Detective Holmes to his assistance. In this episode the doyle'sche Holmes story "Black Peter" was set to music for a radio play. The crime story is artificially not very complicated in its very essence, but does have that certain something. The unmasking of the killer is not a mega-hammer, but the background story, which then led to the murder is good and full of ideas. The audio piece captures the story of both content and atmospherically very well and offers high-quality and entertaining thriller entertainment. Conclusion: Good and authentic Holmes storyteller who presents here the radio play label "Maritim".