Miss Huddlestone has a flash of inspiration while weeding - but has it come in time?

Conclusion of Colin Watson's Flaxborough mystery.

Why are lonely, well-off middle-aged women disappearing from the sleepy, small market town?

John Rowe stars as Inspector Walter Purbright.

Dramatised by Christopher Denys.

Inspector Purbright .... John Rowe
Lucy Teatime .... Linda Gardner
Detective Sergeant Love .... Paul Downing
Maddox .... Peter Rylands
Sulvia Staunch .... Ann Rye
Jack Trelawney .... John Branwell
Lintz .... Nigel Carrington
Miss Huddlestone .... Daphne Oxenford
Chief Constable .... Geoffrey Banks

Directed at BBC Manchester by: Tony Cliff.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1990. Show less