Broadcast 25 Jan 1996, rpt 24 Apr 1997 from Radio 4¹s Cinema 100 season BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of a Patricia Highsmith novel twists an ordinary encounter between two strangers into a disquieting tale of obsession and peril. When two men meet on a train, there's nothing they fear to say and both reveal their desire to kill someone close to them who is making their life a misery. Of course, they are only joking - or are they? When one of the men carries out his half of the bargain, the other is left in a nightmare world of guilt and obligation. The cast includes Anton Lesser, Michael Sheen, Saskia Reeves and Bill Nighy. 25-01-1996
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Thanks for posting this thriller.