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Radio Kent,44 mins

The music of the Whitstable Pearl Mysteries

Evenings on BBC Radio Kent

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Julie Wassmer is the Kent author behind the Whitstable Pearl Mystery books. The story of Pearl Nolan who always wanted to be a detective but life, and a teenage pregnancy, got in the way of a police career and instead she built up a successful seafood restaurant in her coastal home town of Whitstable - famous for its native oysters. Dan Harding, Head of Music Performance at the University of Kent now takes us through the musical influences in those 7 novels.

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