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Short Works: Big House by Louise Hegarty

Big House by Louise Hegarty

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An insurance company employee investigates a suspected arson at a stately home.

4 Extra Debut. After an arson investigation, an insurance company employee discovers more fires erupting closer to home. Read by Cathy Belton.

After investigating an arson at a local manor house, an insurance company employee discovers a series of fires erupting much closer to home.

An original short story especially commissioned by BBC Radio 4 by the Irish writer Louise Hegarty. 

Winner of the Sunday Business Post Penguin Ireland Short Story Prize, Louise’s work has been featured in the anthology ‘wordlegs presents: 30 Under 30’ and the Banshee literary journal. 

This is her first story for BBC Radio.

Read by Cathy Belton

Producer: Michael Shannon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.

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