Short Works: A Season of Murder, Mystery and Suspense

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Murder & Mystery

Drama: Thriller

Brief tales of murder, mystery and suspense, adapted especially for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Murder & Mystery: Series 1: The Asking Price by Sophie Hannah

The Asking Price by Sophie Hannah

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Murder & Mystery, Series 1, The Asking Price by Sophie Hannah

Despite the bad blood between them, why does Tanya pay her ex-best friend Lynne a visit?

Despite the bad blood between them, why does Tanya visit her ex-best friend Lynne at her new home? Read by Monica Dolan.

Despite recent bad blood between them, Tanya goes to visit her former best friend Lynne in her new home. 

But what are her motives for doing so? 

Read by Monica Dolan.

An occasional series of stories from life's murkier places. 

Taken from Sophie Hannah's 'Something Untoward: Six Tales Of Domestic Terror' (2012). 

Sophie Hannah is a best-selling writer of psychological crime fiction. In 2013, her novel 'The Carrier' won the Crime Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book Awards.

Producer:  Jeremy Osborne.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk productions and first broadcast in May 2018 .

Murder & Mystery: Series 1

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Sophie Hannah's tales of murder, mystery and suspense, adapted for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Sophie Hannah's tales of murder, mystery and suspense, adapted especially for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

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