{"product_id":"book-hekv","title":"On The Edge and other stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 gripping thrillers from some of BBC Radio's best contemporary writers, including BAFTA- winner Neil McKay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInventive, intriguing and atmospheric, this eclectic selection of crime, mystery and psychological dramas immerses us in a series of diverse worlds where nothing is what it appears to be, and nobody is quite what they seem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWide in scope and disparate in style, the stories range from a police procedural and a dark, dystopian eco-thriller to a shocking tale of modern-day slavery, based on real-life events. Created by a host of writers, including BAFTA Award-winning playwright Neil McKay, they are by turn chilling, surreal, haunting and darkly comic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet Maynard, desperate to turn his life around and escape a life of crime; teenagers Saurabh and Yusuf, who make a sinister discovery on Alderly Edge; Kit, struggling to regain her identity after an accident; and Tiger Girl Michelle, addicted to gambling in London's casinos. 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