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The Colour of Murder
The Colour of Murder
Written in (1957)
A novel by
Julian Symons
John Wilkins, a respectable man from the Com plaints Department, lives an apparently quiet suburban life - but suffers from blackouts. He has a frigid ''refined'' wife , & an over-possessiv Read more…
paul temple-east of algiers (sorry, not the head one)
here are first parts. it;s read by douglas rutherford
Bullitt
BBC Radio 4, Saturday Play 24th October 2009 Dramatization of Robert L Pike's gritty detective story, set in New York's rough 52nd Precinct in 1963. Lieutenant Clancy, head throbbing from days without sleep, is assigned to protect important Mafia
Read more…Agatha Christie – Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories Mystery
Agatha Christie – Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
Mystery
Agatha Christie stories are most excellent in and of themselves most of the time, so adding in as the reader none other than Christopher Lee makes for a ghastly fine listen.
Storie Read more…
Six Suspects, By Vikas Swarup
Six Suspects, By Vikas Swarup
If a Martian sent a postcard from urban India after watching the country's highly competitive television channels, he might focus on its crime. A wealthy industrialist gets away after crushing people, asleep while he dro Read more…
Tales For A Winter's Night by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Tales For A Winter's Night
Tales for a Winter's Night brings together eight Arthur Conan Doyle mystery classics that
originally appeared in the Strand between July 1898 and January 1899.
When first gathered into one volume in 1908, the book was entit Read more…
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by PD James
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
An Unsuitable Job For A Woman is the title of a 1972 detective novel by P. D. James - and also the title of a TV series of four dramas developed from that novel.
It features Detective Cordelia Gray, the protagonist of bot Read more…
Martin Fido - Murder After Midnight - (LBC) Radio 1987-2001
A Piece Of Justice by Jill Paton Walsh 07/11/98
An amateur sleuth looks into a disappearence.
Read more…Mrs. Lestrange Bradley
Mrs. Lestrange Bradley
The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop
and
Speedy Death
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Frances Fyfield - It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
I'm not usually a fan of BBC readings, but this one was interesting in that the "readings" are more like character monologues.
The story of a single crime told from five different points of view.
Each of the five monologues builds on the previous view
The New Adventures of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Daunt and Dervish
Two female friends set up a detective agency at the end of the 2nd world war. I'm afraid this is the 2nd episode as i couldn't find episode 1.
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