A Spot of Folly: Ten and a Quarter New Tales of Murder and Mayhem

Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, is an acclaimed English crime writer, known for her many psychological thrillers and murder mysteries.

Jonathan combines his audio work with a busy theatre and TV career, having featured in over 500 radio plays for the BBC and appearing in everything from Shakespeare to Sherlock Holmes. He has starred in Doctor Who, played the Angel of Death in Hellboy II and is an award-winning reader who has recorded over 100 audiobooks. Much in demand for his voice work, Jonathan's broad range also includes voicing the audio guide for The Sistine Chapel.

Toby Longworth is a British actor who has appeared on film, radio and television. He has worked mostly as an audiobook narrator and has also performed in a number of radio productions and audio dramas for BBC Radio, including the Doctor Who series. Toby has also provided his voice to a number of video game adaptations including Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs.

Julian Rhind-Tutt is a British actor. Julian studied literature and drama at Warwick University, and then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama where he won the Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award. The award gave him a year of BBC radio work, which has continued throughout his career. Julian's early stage career included work at the National Theatre in The Madness of King George, The Way of the World and Richard II. A range of supporting roles in television and film followed, including The Trench, Tomb Raider, Hippies, and the American series Keen Eddie.

Gemma Elizabeth Whelan is an English actress and comedian, known for playing Yara Greyjoy in the HBO fantasy-drama series Game of Thrones. In addition to being an actress and comedian, Whelan is also a professional dancer specialising in the tap and jazz dance styles. She is a member of the dance troupe The Beaux Belles, who are based in London. She is also trained in musical theatre and has a mezzo-soprano singing voice.

Harriet Jane Morahan is an English television, film and theatre actress. Her television roles include The Bletchley Circle, The Gilded Age. She has appeared in films like Fool Me Once, Enola Holmes and Beauty and the Beast. For theatre, Harriet has performed inn productions of Anatomy of a Suicide, The Family Reunion and Twelfth Night. As a voice actress, she has appeared in numerous Doctor Who audio plays as companion Helen Sinclair for Big Finish Productions.