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3. Red Herrings

Whodunnits DCI Alma Blair - Dead Pan
Episode 3 of 5

Can DCI Alma Blair avoid the red herrings and discover who - or what - killed a restaurant critic? Stars Julie Hesmondhalgh.

Suspects line up in Val McDermid's culinary conundrum of a murder case set in a fine dining restaurant.

Something smells fishy, but is that just a red herring or two?

DCI Alma Blair and DS Trotter have a body in the bathroom and a strange fruit from the suicide tree in the rubbish - but what killed poor restaurant critic Virginia Grimshaw? CSM Jo Black and her assistant Mo are determined to find out.

DCI Alma Blair ... Julie Hesmondhalgh
DS Jason Trotter .... John Hollingworth
CSM Jo Black .... Jane Hazlegrove
Narrator .... Jonathan Keeble
Mo ... Nitin Kundra
Michelle. .... Rosina Carbone
Richard .... Simeon Truby
All other parts played by members of the cast

Written by Val McDermid.

Produced and directed by Justine Potter.

A Savvy production made for 麻豆社 Radio 4, first broadcast in 2017.

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 6 Mar 2025 01:45
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