The Wolf: Foreign Bodies

Keeping the Wolf Out #1

by Philip Palmer, Leo Bill (Narrator), Clare Corbett (Narrator)

Philip Palmer's detective series is set in communist Hungary in 1963. A former member of the despised secret police has been found brutally murdered. Special investigator Bertalan Lázár must find his killer but not all his colleagues share his zeal.

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Genres: Historical Fiction

Audible Audio

First published July 10, 2019

About the author

I started writing when I was 14 and wrote a short story for the school magazine about a bank robber who is killed during a heist and goes to Heaven - can't get through the Pearly Gates, and has to break in. Nicely synthesising all the genres I still love to mash up...!

I wrote five 'widescreen' high-octane high concept SF novels for Orbit Books, including DEBATABLE SPACE and VERSION 43 - blending satire with action with lashings of dark humour.

Now I am writing for film and television as well as writing prose. My recent books include MORPHO, published by NewCon Press and HELL ON EARTH, a fantasy epic about demons and cops.

My most recent book is THE GREAT WEST WOOD, a fantasy set in the fictional suburb of Westood - an urban village which is full of magic . There's crime, there's murder, and there's even a floating boy - because in Westwood, anything is possible...

Reviews

[Corrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was so impressed by the voice acting of Clare Corbett in She Rises that I did a search in Scribd and found a series of episodes of a BBC Radio play named The Wolf: Keeping the Wolf Out by Philip Palmer.

Philip Palmer's detective drama is set in communist Hungary in 1963. A former member of the despised secret police has been found brutally murdered. Special Investigator Bertalan Lázár must find his killer but not all his colleagues share his zeal.

The high paced play is set up in short chapters of a few minutes each (first part The Wolf is about 45 minutes in total) and the murder investigation grabs you right from the start.

Bertalan Lázár is played by Leo Bill, his wife Franciska Lázár is played by Clare Corbett. I’m excited to get to part 2.

m/f

Themes: communist Hungary, 1963, new type policing, a wife and a mistress, old habits die hard.

4 Stars

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

From BBC Radio 4 - Drama:
Philip Palmer's Cold War crime drama concludes. Unexpected alliances form when backs are against the wall.

Directed by Toby Swift
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08w...