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The Pale Horse
Oct 6, 2024 9:29 AM

Author:Agatha Christie,Eleanor Bron,Full Cast,Jason Hughes,Georgia Groome,Michael Bertenshaw,Ron Cook,Nicholas Jones,Jane Slavin,Phoebe Pryce,Clive Haywood,Georgie Fuller,Elaine Claxton

The Pale Horse

A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the atmospheric murder mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in 1961.

A dying woman confesses a terrible secret to her priest along with a cryptic list of nine names. Before he is able to uncover anything more, the priest is struck dead in the fog and the police discover the list in his shoe.

Our hero Mark Easterbrook, a historian, learns of a secretive organisation known as The Pale Horse and of their supernatural connections in the village of Much Deeping. The list of names seems to foretell the deaths of several people and Mark must piece together the clues and unearth the connections between them all.

Who is behind the strange powers of The Pale Horse?

Dramatised by Joy Wilkinson

Directed by Mary Peate

Reviews

A gripping psychological thriller

—— DAILY EXPRESS

It’s a fast-moving thriller involving murder, conspiracy, historical mystery, and the Seven Wonders of the World. Is it enjoyable and imaginative? Hell, yeah.

—— Booklist

A fast-moving thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

—— Frost magazine

Leaves your nerves jangled and your braincells melted

—— David Baldacci

Thriller-writing at its best

—— Tess Gerritsen

Gripping

—— Michael Connelly

A quantum leap forward in suspense

—— Dennis Lehane

So fast it should come with an airbag

—— Linwood Barclay

Simply brilliant . . . infinitely more than a thriller, yet thrilling to the last page . . . An unforgettable read

—— Anne Rice

Hurwitz never disappoints . . . with Don't Look Back, he takes his storytelling talents to new heights of suspense and terror . . . From the opening moment of tension to the singularly terrifying final act, this story of survival and death left me breathless. Not to be missed

—— James Rollins

Thrilling ... Hurwitz skilfully ratchets up the tension as his characters prove their mettle through nerve-wracking and exciting trials

—— Publishers Weekly

Hurwitz again proves himself a plot master ... he adds to his string of imaginative thrillers with an action-adventure story ready for blockbuster Hollywood

—— Kirkus Reviews

A terrific book. Terrifying and exhilarating ... Don't Look Back is thrilling beginning to end and powerfully gratifying.

—— Megan Abbott

A taut, smart, suspense-filled ride to satisfy the most discerning of thrill seekers.

—— Library Journal

Although at times distressing, Hill tackles a difficult issue without losing any tension and the finale keeps the reader gripped until the last page

—— Jaymi McCann, 4 stars , Sunday Express

Never less than wholly absorbing

—— Church Times

Highly unsettling

—— Daily Telegraph

A tantalising mystery

—— Sunday Telegraph

Captures sinister atmosphere brilliantly

—— Spectator
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