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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.

15 minutes

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Mon 9 Jun 2025 06:45

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