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Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Ep.189 PD James: Cover Her Face Pt.4: An Adam Dagliesh Mystery

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

Detective, Fiction, Crime, Arts, Radio Show, Mystery, Tv & Film, Performing Arts, Drama, Old Time Radio

4.8588 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Respected as one of the greats of modern crime writing, Phyllis Dorothy James (1920-2014), known as P. D. James, came to fame for her mystery series starring New Scotland Yard Commander and poet, Adam Dalgliesh. She was also the author of a number of stand-along novels including The Children of Men, which was the basis for the movie Children of Men, and Death Comes to Pemberly, which was adapted into a BBC mini-series. Many of her Adam Dalgliesh books were also adapted for television. In 1991...

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0:00.0

Hello, and welcome to another episode of Nostologic Mystery Radio.

0:21.6

I'm your host Stevie Kay and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesterday year.

0:26.6

For this episode, I bring you, P.D. James's cover her face, an Adam D. Dealach mystery.

0:32.7

Where a young woman who used her body and brains to make it up the social ladder.

0:37.3

But now she lies across the bed with bruises on her body and around her throat.

0:42.0

Someone has decided that the wages of sin is death.

0:45.2

And Chief Inspector Dalish must find who that someone is.

0:50.2

This will be a four-part series.

0:52.7

So sit back and relax. I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.

0:58.6

Thank you for listening.

1:00.7

...chapter of Cover Her Face and decision time for Inspector Dalglish.

1:05.2

He's hoping to flush out the murderer of Sally Jupp.

1:08.4

And just when he thinks he's got the whole thing sewn up, a stranger appears to spoil everything.

1:13.5

Did you want something of me, Inspector?

1:16.2

Ah, Mrs. Maxie, I should like to see everyone here at 8 o'clock this evening, please.

1:21.4

Suddenly I sensed someone behind me in the doorway, and I turned.

1:25.8

It seems I'd given your maid a bit of a shock. I'm sorry to

1:31.8

butt in like this, but I guess Sally never told you about me. The name's James Ritchie. Sally will be

1:39.0

expecting me. She never told me what sort of job she's got exactly and I don't want to cause any inconvenience.

1:47.6

But I've come to take her away.

1:50.4

I'm her husband.

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Cover her face by P.D. James, dramatized by Neville Teller, with Sean Phillips, Hugh Grant, Beatty Edney, and with Robin Ellis as Adam Dalglish.

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