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A Lovely Way to Burn

Episode 8

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Apocalyptic thriller by Louise Welsh.

London's population is being decimated by a deadly virus known as "The Sweats". In spite of the chaos around her, survivor Stevie Flint continues to search for answers to who, or what, caused the death of her boyfriend, Doctor Simon Sharkey.

She's discovered that Simon and his colleagues were developing a controversial treatment for cerebral palsy. Their company, Fibrosyop, was being investigated by a journalist who was killed in a street mugging a few days before Simon. The coincidence seems to confirm Stevie's suspicions that Simon was murdered.

Reader: Nadine Marshall

Abridger: Sian Preece

Writer: Louise Welsh

Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. Show less

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