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2. Fishing for Clues

Inspector Alan Grant learns the dead man’s name, but why was he heading to the Highlands? Read by Paul Young.

On compulsory leave, Inspector Alan Grant's has travelled by train to the Scottish Highlands

The dead man in an adjoining sleeping compartment is finally identified.

He'd been drinking heavily, but left an enigmatic clue of a poem scrawled in a newspaper.

But why was he heading to the Highlands?

Josephine Tey's detective mystery, first published in 1952.

Abridged by Sian Preece.

Read by Paul Young.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

Made by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scotland for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2008.

30 minutes

On radio

Wed 18 Jun 2025 06:30

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