BLACKGROUND

By Joan Aiken

Synopsis

Actress Cat Conwil is swept off her feet by a mysterious media mogul and they are soon honeymooning in Venice. It’s not long before Cat realises how little she really knows about her new husband and she starts to suspect that several unexplained accidents were actually attempts on her life.

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Narrator	Julie Berry
Length	9hrs
Catalogue No.	3115
Publisher	Gollancz

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