The Man who Could Not Sleep and Other Mysteries
- ISBN-10
- 0709091567
- ISBN-13
- 9780709091561
- Category
- Detective and mystery plays, English
- Pages
- 222
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Author
- Michael Francis Gilbert
Description
Contains four radio plays by Michael Gilbert, none of which has ever been published before. The solicitor, Henry Bohun - who is the man who couldn't sleep - features in a six-part serial thriller involving secret agents. Other series characters included in this volume are Mr Birley, Mr Rumbold and his son Nap, plus Hargest Macrae Q.C. This collection also contains two previously unpublished synopses for proposed plays: "My Aunt She Died A Month Ago" and "The Game Called Justice", as well as other plays featuring an escaped sex murderer and a wartime betrayal.
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