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Striking murder [sound recording] / A. J. Wright ; read by Gordon Griffin.
By: Wright, Alan J.
Contributor(s): Griffin, Gordon.
Series: Wright, Alan J. Lancashire Detective: 2.Publisher: Magna, 2017Description: 9 sound discs (CD) (ca. 9 hr. 30 min.) : digital ; 12 cm.ISBN: 9781785024573; 1785024574.Subject(s): Miners -- Fiction | Strikes and lockouts -- Fiction | Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction | AudiobooksOnline resources: Click here to access online Read by Gordon Griffin.Summary: 1893. Wigan is in the grip of a harsh winter and a devastating national miners' strike. Arthur Morris, a wealthy colliery owner whose determination to cut the miners' pay is one of the main causes of the strike, is found brutally murdered in an alleyway. A sinister letter prompted the victim to leave his dinner guests and hurry out into the freezing night to Scholes, a rough working-class district where he is universally hated. Detective Sergeant Brennan is tasked with finding the murderer and when a mysterious stranger is found bludgeoned to death, Brennan starts to unravel a twisted thread of interwoven clues.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Audiobooks | Chester Lane Library Talking Book | Available | 38055013046149 | ||||
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Complete and unabridged.
Story Sound CD.
Read by Gordon Griffin.
1893. Wigan is in the grip of a harsh winter and a devastating national miners' strike. Arthur Morris, a wealthy colliery owner whose determination to cut the miners' pay is one of the main causes of the strike, is found brutally murdered in an alleyway. A sinister letter prompted the victim to leave his dinner guests and hurry out into the freezing night to Scholes, a rough working-class district where he is universally hated. Detective Sergeant Brennan is tasked with finding the murderer and when a mysterious stranger is found bludgeoned to death, Brennan starts to unravel a twisted thread of interwoven clues.
Adult.