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 3: Episode 5: The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton

Episode 5

Episode 5: The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton

Series 3

The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Murder & Mystery, Series 3, The Striding Place by Gertrude Atherton

A guest goes missing at a shooting weekend. Read by Samuel West.

A guest goes missing at a shooting weekend in West Riding. At night, his friend goes out to look for him. Read by Samuel West.

At a shooting weekend in the West Riding, a guest goes missing. At night, his best friend goes out to look for him.

An occasional series of stories from life’s murkier places, featuring a selection of mysteries from America.

Writer Gertrude Atherton was born in 1857 in San Francisco. Her bestseller Black Oxen was made into a silent movie of the same name. She died in 1948.

Read by Samuel West.

Producer: Jeremy Osborne 

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

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