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May is crime and thriller month
and a spree of crime titles hits the shelves. Many old favourites
will be re-released on CD along with new titles such as full-cast
dramatisations of Francis Durbridge's Paul Temple and
the Lawrence Affair and New Zealand crime writer Ngaio
Marsh's Opening Night & When in Rome.
Agatha Christie
The Queen of Crime is back in force this month with some new releases
and a number of favourites released for the first time on CD.
Three
Radio Mysteries
Volume One
Now available on CD, the first volume of full-cast dramatisations
heard on BBC Radio 4 of three, 30-minute short stories given a
modern twist: Philomel Cottage, Magnolia Blossom
and Swan Song.
2 CDs, 1hr 30mins, ISBN 0563 530685 £12.99
Three
Radio Mysteries
Volume Two
Three 30-minute full-cast dramatisations of The Hound of Death,
Witness for the Prosecution and The Gate of Baghdad.
2 CDs, 1hr 30mins, ISBN 0563 530693 £12.99
Three
Radio Mysteries
Volume Three
Three more 30 minute full-cast dramatisations. The stories are:
In a Glass Darkly, about a man who sees a murder in an
old mirror, The Dressmaker's Doll, featuring a doll that
has a life of its own, and The Case of the Perfect Carer
(retitled from The Case of the Perfect Maid) – where a non-existent
maid is blamed for a spate of burglaries.
1 cassette,
1hr 25mins, ISBN 0563 530669 £8.99
2 CDs, 1hr 30mins, ISBN 0563 530677£12.99
Three
Radio Mysteries
Volume Four
The latest volume features the full-cast dramatisations of Agatha
Christie's short stories: The £199 Adventure (retitled
from The £5 Adventure), The Gypsy - a Parker Pyne
adventure about a bank clerk looking for adventure, and the supernatural
story The Last Seance.
1 cassette,
1hr 25mins, ISBN 0563 530707£8.99
2 CDs, 1hr 30mins, ISBN 0563 530715 £12.99
Evil
Under the Sun
John Moffat is Hercule Poirot in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
with an all-star cast which includes Iain Glen, Fiona Fullerton,
Robin Ellis, Wendy Craig, George Baker and Joan Littlewood. Hercule
Poirot goes to an exclusive hotel on a tiny picturesque island
to relax but is soon back in the crime detecting business when
a beautiful women is found strangled in a secluded cove.
2 CDs, 1hr 30mins, ISBN 0563 494255 £12.99
Murder
at the Vicarage
Now on CD. June Whitfield stars as Jane Marple, Agatha Christie’s
most popular character, in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
about the underlying secrets in the English country village of
St Mary Mead.
2 CDs, 2hrs 20mins, ISBN 0563 494220 £12.99
Murder
in Mesopotamia
Now on CD. John Moffatt stars as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot
in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation in which Amy Leatheran goes
into the Iraqi desert to work as nurse for the wife of a famous
archaeologist. But the wife is wracked by a secret terror and
when murder strikes, Poirot has just one spot of blood as his
only clue.
2 CDs, 2hrs 15mins, ISBN 0563 494239 £12.99
Nemesis
Now on CD. Miss Marple is shocked to receive a letter from the
recently deceased Mr Rafiel, an acquaintance she had met briefly
on her travels. The letter gives instruction for Miss Marple to
investigate a crime. There are absolutely no details about the
crime and even less about who is involved. Miss Marple, of course
is thoroughly intrigued.
2 CDs, 2hrs 10mins, ISBN 0563 494247 £12.99
Three
Act Tragedy
Hercule Poirot attends a weekend party at the Cornish clifftop
home of celebrated actor Sir Charles Cartwright. On the first
evening there is a cocktail party - at which an elderly clergyman,
who's only had a sip of dry martini, falls dead. Was it through
natural causes – or murder?
2 cassettes,
2hrs 15mins, ISBN 0563 494069 £8.99
2 CDs, 2hrs 15mins, ISBN 0563 494077 £12.99
Dorothy L. Sayers
Five
Red Herrings
Now on CD. Ian Carmichael stars as the louche investigator
Lord Peter Wimsey in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation.
An argumentative painter is found dead at the bottom of a cliff
and while the police think the death was an accident, Wimsey is
convinced of murder. But with six suspects to choose from, he
must work to discover which are the five red herrings.
3 CDs, 3hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 494271 £15.99
Strong
Poison
Now on CD. Maria Aitken and Ian Carmichael star as Harriet
Vane and Lord Peter Wimsey in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation.
When mystery writer Harriet Vane is accused of the murder of her
lover, the evidence seems pretty damning. But Lord Peter Wimsey
is not convinced – and when, five hours later, no verdict
has been returned, it seems the jury may not be either.
3 CDs, 2hrs 50mins, ISBN 0563 494158 £15.99
Have
His Carcase
Now on CD. Two years after the trial for the murder of
her lover, the blaze of publicity surrounding mystery writer Harriet
Vane has begun to die away and Harriet decides it's time for a
break. But the peace of a North Devon walking tour is rudely shattered
when she discovers the body of a man on the beach, his throat
slit from ear to ear. Starring Ian Carmichael and Maria Aitken.
2 CDs, 2hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 494263 £12.99
Ngaio Marsh
Opening
Night/When in Rome
Jeremy Clyde stars as Inspector Alleyn in two BBC Radio
4 full-cast dramatisations of the short stories of New Zealand
crime writer Ngaio Marsh. In Opening Night, a leading
actor is found gassed in his dressing room and as he was so hated,
almost everyone in the theatre could be responsible. When
In Rome finds Inspector Alleyn joining a group of highly
suspicious tourists on a visit to a Roman catacomb. The corpse
he finds in an ancient sarcophagus has been very recently murdered...
2 cassettes,
2hrs, ISBN 0563 529113 £10.99
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 52930X £12.99
Frances Durbridge
Paul
Temple and the Gilbert Case
Now available on CD. Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury
star in this intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth
and his glamorous wife, Steve. Brenda Stirling's boyfriend Howard
is adamant that he didn't kill her. If Paul is to prevent an unjust
hanging, he has just a week in which to discover the truth. Can
he solve the case in time?
3 CDs, 3hrs 30mins, ISBN 0563 494123 £15.99
Paul
Temple and the Lawrence Affair
Now on CD. A pleasant visit to a fishing village for
Paul Temple and his wife, Steve, turns into a nightmare when their
boat is shot at. Later they discover the boatman drowned at sea
and the events seem somehow linked to a mysterious disappearance
in London.
2 cassettes,
3hrs 35mins, ISBN 0563 494107 £10.99
4 CDs, 3hrs 35mins, ISBN 0563 494115 £15.99
PD James
The
Skull Beneath the Skin
Now on CD. When leading actress Clarissa Lisle receives
threats to her life, the young detective, Cordelia Gray, is hired
to accompany her to a private island where she is to star in The
Duchess Of Malfi. In this gripping dramatisation the sharp-witted
sleuth, played by Greta Scaachi, finds herself in the enclosed
setting of a chilling country house on an island with a blood-stained
history.
3 CDs, 2hrs 55mins, ISBN 0563 529318 £15.99
An
Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Now on CD. The full-cast dramatisation of this bestselling
novel stars Judi Bowker as Cordelia Gray with Anna Massey as Miss
Leaming. Without warning, a final-year Cambridge student leaves
and takes a job as a gardener. Eighteen days later he's found
hanging by the neck in his cottage. Cordelia Gray, sole proprietor
of the Pryde Detective Agency, uncovers long-suppressed family
secrets.
2 CDs, 2hrs, ISBN 0563 529326 £12.99
Arthur Conan Doyle
A
Study in Scarlet
Clive Merrison stars as Holmes with Michael Williams
as Watson in this dramatisation of Arthur Conan Doyle's first
story. Watson has been discharged from military service and his
hunt for accommodation leads him to 221B Baker Street and the
extraordinary Sherlock Holmes. Soon the two are working together
on a bizarre case that involves an unmarked corpse and a message
scrawled in blood.
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 49414X £12.99
Sherlock
Holmes - Valley of Fear
Clive Merrison and Michael Williams return in this adventure
that begins when the two are called to a fortress-like country
house of the reclusive Jack Douglas. They arrive too late to prevent
a death and their search for the murderer leads them to a tangled
conspiracy that stretches over 15 years and two continents.
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 494131 £12.99
Dead
Ringers
Series Eight
All four episodes from the eighth series of the hugely popular
BBC Radio 4 comedy series, starring Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Kevin
Connelly and Mark Perry. Among the people regularly impersonated
on the show are George Bush, Tony Blair, Tom Baker, Ann Widdecombe
and the cast of The Archers.
2 CDs, 1hr 50mins, ISBN 0563 494166 £12.99
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