Book at Bedtime - Before The Earthquake - Episode 6

It is Lent in the Italian mountains, and Concetta's sister Immacolata has persuaded their parents to allow her and her sister Nunzia to go and celebrate carnuale in the neighbouring village of San Michele. Chaperoned by their brother, Concetta's husband and his brothers, they set off in high spirits, though Concetta - now heavily pregnant - has to forgo the treat. But when they return home late the next day, there is clearly tension in the air. Sian Thomas reads this atmospheric mystery by Maria Allen. Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall Productions for BBC Radio 4.