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The cops are on the case when a prostitute's body is found in a prosperous part of Glasgow

Peter Turnbull's cops are on the case when a prostitute's body is found in a prosperous part of Glasgow. Stars Martin Cochrane.

The body of a prostitute is found in Blythswood Square - in the heart of Glasgow's prosperous business quarter. 

Detective Chief Inspector Donoghue's men are on the case... 

Stars John Buick and Kay Gallie.  

Peter Turnbull's sixth P Division novel about his Glaswegian cops - first published in 1989.

Dramatised in four parts by Stephen Mulrine. 

DC King …. John Buick
Diana …. Kay Gallie
DCI Donoghue …. Martin Cochrane
Dr Reynolds …. Gerard Slevin
Hazel …. Anne Marie Timoney
WPC Elka Willems …. Ann Louise Ross
Karen …. Gaylie Runciman
DS Ray Sussock …. Ralph Riach
Dino …. Alexander Morton

Produced at BBC Glasgow  by Hamish Wilson. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1993.

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Glasgow's finest investigate the brutal knifing of a young prostitute.

Glasgow's finest investigate the brutal knifing of a young prostitute, as slender threads of evidence are gradually twined into a noose. Part of Peter Turnbull's P Division series.

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