Book at Bedtime: Jaws by Peter Benchley

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Jaws by Peter Benchley: 2. 'A shark attack, clear and simple.'

Jaws by Peter Benchley

2. 'A shark attack, clear and simple.'

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After a gruesome discovery on the beach, Chief Brody has difficult decisions to make.

After a gruesome discovery on the beach, Chief Brody has some difficult decisions to make. Read by Henry Goodman.

It's high summer in Cape Cod's Amity Island, and a mutilated body has been washed up on the beach. 

It looks like a shark attack, but Police Chief Brody is having trouble convincing the islanders that it's time to close the beaches...

Will it ever be safe to go back into the water?

Peter Benchley's classic 1974 novel became one of the most terrifying movies of all time.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Read by Henry Goodman.    

Producer:  Justine Willett

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2018.

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