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 4: Ruth Rendell:  The Price Of Joy (Part 1/2)

Ruth Rendell:  The Price Of Joy (Part 1/2)

Series 4

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Murder & Mystery, Series 4, Ruth Rendell:  The Price Of Joy (Part 1/2)

Daniel wants to remarry his first wife, Joy.

Daniel is set on remarrying Joy. But his latest wife, Prunella, is in the way. Read by Samuel West.

Daniel is set on remarrying his first wife, Joy. But there is an obstacle to this: his current wife, Prunella.

First of two parts read by Samuel West.

Murder & Mystery is an occasional series of stories from life’s murkier places.

Series 4 features tales from Ruth Rendell's A Spot Of Folly - a collection of previously unpublished stories - first published in 2017

Ruth was one of the UK’s most prominent crime writers. 

Best known for her Inspector Wexford books, she also wrote psychological novels as Barbara Vine. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer. She died aged 85 in May 2015. 

Producer: Jeremy Osborne

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk productions and first broadcast in January 2019.

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