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1. A Landlady Goes Missing

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Newly-promoted Commissaire Henri Castang probes a hotel owner's disappearance. Nicolas Freeling's thriller stars Keith Barron.

In a northern French town, a young widow vanishes.

Newly-promoted Commissaire Henri Castang scrutinises the register of the tiny hotel that she runs.

Why is the last name logged that of a Jewish painter who never set foot there...?

Van der Valk creator, Nicolas Freeling's mystery thriller.

Starring Keith Barron.

Dramatised in six-parts by Michael Bakewell.

Castang 鈥�. Keith Barron
Vera 鈥�. Edita Brychta
Marklake 鈥�. Clive Swift
Gabrielle 鈥�. Auriol Smith
Goubin 鈥�. Michael Kilgarriff
Nelson 鈥�. Nigel Carrington
Doctor 鈥�. Elizabeth Kelly
Fabre 鈥�. Vincent Brimble
Delauney 鈥�. David King

First published in 1989, this is the 11th novel in Freeling's 16-strong series featuring Henri Castang.

Producer: Matthew Walters

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in October 1990.

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