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Paul Temple and the Alex Affair

by Francis Durbridge
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For thirty years the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC Radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case. This adventure begins with a body on a train, the word 'Alex' scrawled on the compartment window, and the discovery of a visiting card bearing the name 'Mrs Trevelyan'. More bodies follow, and the two names recur on each occasion. Paul's attempts to unravel the mystery take him to a psychiatrist's consulting room, a rendezvous in London's dockland, a hotel in Canterbury, and many other places before the denouement in a deserted mill and the Temples' elegant flat in London.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Paul Temple

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    January 1, 2006

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781405627306
      • File size: 103761 KB
      • Duration: 03:36:10

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Spare production and a strong cast will have listeners engaged with this clever whodunit from the first episode. Originally aired in the 1960s on the BBC, the production is arranged into thirty-minute episodes, each of which throws another dagger (or bomb or booby-trapped car) at the inimitable Paul Temple (Peter Coke) and his wife, Steve (Marjorie Westbury), as they aid Scotland Yard. While Temple doesn't have the observational powers of, say, Sherlock Holmes, his inquisition of the many mysterious characters herein and his unswerving need to grab a proper dinner in the midst of it all prove effective enough. While the stories' endings may wrap things up a tad too conveniently, the pure delight of the various affairs makes this a worthwhile listen. F.G. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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