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Paraffin Winter
By Peter Chowney on Podiobooks.comArts
Paraffin Winter episodes
- Paraffin Winter 18Friends and Comrades: Jenny goes to see an old friend, and confronts her with an uncomfortable truth. And she receives a telephone call, from a comrade in London.35 min
- Paraffin Winter 17A Place of Safety: Trying to escape her pursuer, Jenny puts her safety into Veronica's hands. And a trip to London reveals more useful truths, from one who knows ...41 min
- Paraffin Winter 16The Warning: Jenny goes to see Inspector Parker. But while she's there, Silurus prepares a welcome home for her ...29 min
- Paraffin Winter 15Across the Water: Jenny and Veronica go looking for the kid on the estate, and Jenny takes a cold trip across the water. Silurus is closing in ...34 min
- Paraffin Winter 14Silurus closing: Jenny goes to London, to learn more from party comrades. And the man on the motorbike closes in ...31 min
- Paraffin Winter 13Footprints in the Snow: Jenny and Veronica use their contacts to make plans. But can they trust each other?47 min
- Paraffin Winter 12Home Comforts: Jenny settles back into life with Mum and Dad, and sits out the snowstorms ...27 min
- Paraffin Winter 11Railway Terrace: Jenny waves goodbye to Ronnie, and goes home to Mum and Dad. She needs to talk all this through, with someone who knows what's going on ...Author/narrator's note: All this now requires some suspension of disbelief, in terms of the narrative voice! And I'm sorry if Jenny keeps lapsing from Dorset to Norfolk, I'm doing my best ... it's just that I've lived in Norfolk more recently ...34 min
- Paraffin Winter 10Exile: After getting into some very hot water with DI Parker, Ronnie has to cross the water to escape, while Jenny proves to be more resourceful than he could ever have imagined.42 min
- Paraffin Winter 09Battle of the Giants: Ronnie and Jenny see the town's power brokers in action, but Ronnie comes of worse in another little encounter.40 min
About Paraffin Winter
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The winter of 1963 was the coldest winter of the century in the UK, at a time when post-war austerity and social class divisions made for a miserable life for many people. These were the days of back boilers, bubble and squeak, paraffin oil stoves, gas works, steam trains, and starting handles. The 1960s technological and social revolution hadn't happened yet.
Ronnie and Jenny Delaney live in the south coast town of Poole, close by the gas works. They get by - Jenny works in the local pottery and Ronnie runs a paraffin delivery round, helping to keep his grateful customers warm. But then something unexpected turns up on the paraffin round: an eyeball. It doesn't take Ronnie long to work out that it's got something to do with his past as a small-time crook, back in the East End of London. Someone's messing him about. He can handle it. Or so he thinks.
But things start to get complicated, and he quickly finds himself way out of his depth. It's going to take someone cleverer than Ronnie to get to the bottom of this one. And that someone is closer than he could ever have imagined ...
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