Though Sally Jupp came from the village home for unmarried mothers, she
seemed the ideal girl to help Mrs Maxie run a large Elizabethan manor
house and look after her invalid husband. But the real Sally, pretty,
ambitious and clever, was very different from the docile, repentant
character she seemed to be. Murder shattered the tranquillity of her new
home and Chief Detective Inspector Adam Dalgliesh arrived in the peace
of a country Sunday to solve a case as mysterious as Sally herself. He
soon discovers that there is no shortage of motives, and as he
investigates, the complex secrets and powerful passions of village and
family life come into play. This BBC Radio dramatisation stars Robin
Ellis, with Hugh Thomas Grant and Sian Phillips.
2 CDs. 2 hrs.
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