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A Lovely Way to Burn

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Apocalyptic thriller by Louise Welsh.

London is in meltdown as a deadly virus, "The Sweats", continues to spread through the population. Ignoring the chaos around her, survivor Stevie Flint is determined to discover who, or what, killed her boyfriend.

Louise Welsh is the author of five highly acclaimed novels including "The Cutting Room" and, most recently, "The Girl on the Stairs". Louise has been the recipient of several awards including The John Creasey Memorial Dagger, the Saltire First Book Award, the Glenfiddich/Scotland on Sunday, Spirit of Scotland Writing Award and City of Glasgow Lord Provost's Award for Literature. In 2007 she was included in Waterstone's list of Twenty-five Authors for the Future.

Reader: Nadine Marshall

Abridger: Sian Preece

Writer: Louise Welsh

Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. Show less

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