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Serial part 4

THE last specks of rain of the previous night’s storm pattered against the widow of the drawing-room. Meryl Stewart sat at the keyboard of her baby grand, working her way through the piano arrangement

Zena had agreed to work with her ex-boyfriend – but could he be trusted?

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Works by Brahms, Schubert, Wolf et al Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano) Alpha Classics ALPHA1131 79 mins Many listeners for whom the German lied is forever associated with Dietrich Fisc

At 7.52 pm exactly I find myself pushing open the door of The Bell and Long Wheat. I’m overwhelmed by the smell of cigarettes and alcohol and by the profligate confetti of leopard-print tops, huge hoo