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As Peter's obsession with spy rings deepens, he encourages Anna to use code to allow them to communicate secretly.

Diana Quick reads the novel by Georgina Harding, set in 1960s England.

As Peter's obsession with spy rings deepens, he encourages Anna to use code to allow them to communicate secretly. In their search for clues into the disappearance of their mother, they begin to make lists of her possessions and acquaintances - they are beginning to think like spies.

Abridged by Lauris Morgan Griffiths.

15 minutes

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