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1. Hunch
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A policeman is dead and Inspector Barlach has a hunch about the murderer. Bernard Hepton reads Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novella
No ordinary case, when a policeman is murdered.
No ordinary case, when the suspect is a highly respected diplomat.
No ordinary case, when the man in charge of it is the slow-footed, quick-witted Inspector Barlach of the Berne Police.
Extraordinary, when he has only a short while to live and a formidable wager to win at the same time.
Friedrich Dürrenmatt's thrilling tale of lifelong rivalry, first published in 1951,
Read by Bernard Hepton.
Producer Maurice Leitch
First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in October 1984.
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Mon 9 Jun 2025
06:45
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