The Diamond Brothers — Season 1, Episode 1: McGuffin
Comedy, Mystery, Action & Adventure • 24 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 6.5/10
Episode synopsis
The two brothers are visited by an MI6 agent who tells them of a Dutch agent, 'eighty-six' and a nine-fingered assassin, Charon, who plans to kill a Russian diplomat on British soil. When the two brothers find him dying in a telephone box and hear his last words – "South by south-east". They go to the police and meet DCI Snape and his assistant, Boyle, but by the time they return, the telephone box and the body are gone. After a night being locked up for wasting police time, the brothers investigate his hotel-room. When two men begin searching the room, they escape the hotel and get into a taxi.
About The Diamond Brothers
Based on South By Southeast, the third book in The Diamond Brothers detective series, follows dimwitted Tim and his street smart kid brother Nick whose latest odd client is murdered by a mysterious assassin-spy who has 9 fingers.