Paul Temple And The Conrad Case

By: Francis Durbridge

Narrated by: Peter Coke, Marjorie Westbury, Full Cast

From 1938 to 1969 crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular serials. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-dressed world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case. The case this time involves Dr Conrad's daughter Betty, who has disappeared from her finishing school in Bavaria. Paul is invited by the police to go over there to help trace the missing girl. Initially, though, even he is baffled, since the only clue to the mystery is an unusual cocktail stick found in her bedroom. Can Paul work it out? This edition also includes a bonus interview with Francis Durbridge.© Estate of Francis Durbridge; (P)1989, 2004 BBC Audiobooks Ltd

Wonderfully portrayed!

Would you listen to Paul Temple and the Conrad Case (Dramatized) again? Why?

I enjoyed the first book, Paul Temple and the Geneva Affair, and got hooked. The full cast dramatization was excellent. I felt I was right there while the story was unfolding.

What other book might you compare Paul Temple and the Conrad Case (Dramatized) to and why?

I actually compared this to the Thin Man series. The team of Paul and Steve reminds me so much of Nick and Nora Charles. The really work well together.

Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favorite?

Steve is my favorite character.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

"By Timothy!" or "Where's Charlie fishing? In the Thames!"

I love Paul Temple mysteries!

Would you consider the audio edition of Paul Temple and the Conrad Case (Dramatized) to be better than the print version?

Definately

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Not that suspenseful, but great fun to listen to

Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I used to listen to these on public radio back in the late 1980's and was delighted to rediscover them via Audbile.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Where's Peggy Conrad gone to today?