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10LB PENALTY

\pause{1500}Author: Francis, Dick
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4888 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 6.75
\pause{1500}Reader: Wallace, Ian
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Politics, power struggle & a smear campaign in the racing fraternity produces a fast moving plot.

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4.50 FROM PADDINGTON

\pause{1500}Author: Christie, Agatha
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 1682 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
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\pause{1500}Reader: Hunt, Elizabeth
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Mrs. McGillicuddy becomes an accidental witness to murder

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A.B.C MURDERS, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Christie, Agatha
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 811 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Barber, Douglas
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Murderer chooses victims alphabetically. How far will he get?

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ABSENT FRIENDS

\pause{1500}Author: Linscott, Gillian
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5580 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.50
\pause{1500}Reader: Wilsher, Gill
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December 1918, the World War is over and suffragette Nell Bray is standing for election in a constituency where the former candidate was blown up at a celebratory firework display. Nell is asked by the widow to discover the truth about his death.

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ACCIDENTAL WOMAN, AN

\pause{1500}Author: Delinsky, Barbara
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6598 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 10
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\pause{1500}Reader: Horth, Beryl
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Heather Malone has lived in Lake Henry for fourteen years. Out of the blue, she is arrested for murdering a man in California. Her partner Micah, her lawyer Cassie, and he best friend Poppy Blake, all work tirelessly to clear her name.

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ACHILLES HEEL, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Gadney, Reg
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4479 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 9.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Sanctuary, Gerald
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Rosslyn has a mission to destroy a syndicate engaged in crimes against children, including pornography.

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ACID ROW

\pause{1500}Author: Walters, Minette
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7179 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Higgins, Clare
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Ten-year-old Amy has been abducted from Acid Row. The revelation that a known paedophile has been re-located to the area leads to rioting, which, after five hours of savagery, leaves three people dead.

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ACQUA ALTA

\pause{1500}Author: Leon, Donna
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4589 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 9.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Cave, Peter
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The serious attack on the lover of Italian opera singer & the discovery of a body in Venice leads to a more terrible confrontation.

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ACT OF DARKNESS

\pause{1500}Author: Shaw, Simon
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5414 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 7.25
\pause{1500}Reader: Ratcliffe, Richard
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Philip Fletcher takes an undemanding job at the Chichester Festival, but his detective skills are soon in demand as a friend is pursued by a stalker.

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ACT OF ROGER MURGATROYD, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Adair, Gilbert
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7912 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.00
\pause{1500}Reader: McCready, Glen
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At a Christmas house party on Dartmoor in 1935, Raymond Gentry's dead body is discovered in a locked room. Obviously not a suicide, so how was the murder committed? One of the guests, crime writer Evadne Mount, is on hand to investigate.

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