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A Partridge in a Pear Tree (short story)

41 Ratings

3.2

Series

1 of 13

Duration
19min
Language
English
Format
Category

Crime

First story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season

Billy Partridge wasn’t really cut out to be a cat burglar, but it was ‘do the job, or come up with thirteen grand by Thursday, or have both legs shattered’.

‘Do the job’ seemed the least worst option. But he’s about to find out just how bad the least worst option can be…

© 2011 HarperCollins (Audiobook): 9780007459285

Release date

Audiobook: 1 December 2011

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