But when Ruth Anne's baby is born with Down Syndrome, she and her husband struggle to understand God's plan.

In his father's arms: Ruth Anne Zook is excited that she and her best friend are due with their children the same week. Featuring the voices of fellow writers, friends, family and the Queen of Crime herself, this wide-ranging collection sheds new light on the bestselling novelist of all time. Recorded in 1965, these unedited personal tapes were discovered by her grandson Matthew Prichard, who introduces the programme. Women of Mystery: Queen of Crime (1982) sees Jessica Mann investigating women crime writers and Christie in particular and in Agatha Christie: Speaking Her Own Words (2015), we hear specially selected excerpts from the initial, dictated version of Christie's autobiography. Agatha Christie in Close-Up (1955) tells the story of the celebrated author, with contributions from Richard Attenborough, Allen Lane, Margaret Lockwood and Peter Saunders while in The Mysterious Dame Agatha (1975), Cliff Michelmore presents an 85th birthday tribute with Peter Saunders, Nigel Stock and Julian Symons.

This quartet of BBC radio programmes looks at the woman behind the books, and explores the career of one of Britain's most famous mystery writers.

Dame Agatha Christie published 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections in her lifetime, but to the public she remained an enigmatic figure. Agatha Christie close up: a radio investigation into the queen of crime A fascinating collection of archive radio programmes focusing on the life and work of crime fiction's grande dame and featuring Agatha Christie in her own words. And on one stormy winter night, his past catches up with him. He finds mysteries amongst valuables and the violent, facing down false witnesses and frame ups. Tough-voiced Gerald Mohr plays Raymond Chandler's Marlowe as a man who has been burned by the world a little too often for his own good. He's Philip Marlowe, here with twenty thrill-a-minute episodes produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell. He's the king of the hardboiled private eyes, and he's stalking the rain-swept streets of post-war Los Angeles. New Titles Digital October 2018 (arrived in September)ĭownloadable eAudiobooks The adventures of Philip Marlowe.

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