Collecting the Evidence
T’S some time since I heard a nice conventional thriller over the air, which is perhaps why I liked Peter Fraser’s Who’s Your Lady Friend? a serving from the BBC Thirty-Minute Theatre. After over-indulgence in such things as clocks turned Queen’s .Evidence and murderers baring their egos instead of their teeth, I found it homey to get back to the familiar set-up of Cockney sergeant with humour on tap, nicely-spoken young detective to turn it off as required, a victim who asked for it, and a murderer who had adequate, in fact, ethical, reasons for giving it. Moreover, the plot unfolded at just the right pace for me. I’m used to being a little beforehand at guessing the killer, but this is one of the few times that I’ve actually been able to collect as much evidence as the detective.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 752, 11 December 1953, Page 11
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143Collecting the Evidence New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 752, 11 December 1953, Page 11
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