A Town Like Alice (miniseries) A Town Like Alice (miniseries) A Town Like Alice is a five-hour 1981 Australian television adaptation of Nevil Shute's novel of the same name. Produced by the Seven Network, and directed by David Stevens, it was the second major adaptation of the book. In the United States it was shown on PBS under the Masterpiece Theatre banner, a rare non-British production to be so aired. It stars Helen Morse in the lead role of Jean Paget, with Bryan Brown as Joe Harman and Scottish actor Gordon Jackson as the aging lawyer and trustee Noel Strachan. The series won an International
No Place Like Home (novel) few of the older residents of the town are murdered and some of the evidence leads to Celia being suspected. Celia finds her own life in danger, as the pursuit of the murderer's identity picks up pace. Msnbc.com described the novel as a "suspenseful murder mystery". New York Times writer, Marilyn Stasio, said that the novel "taps into the tensions that go along with the joys of moving into a new home". No Place Like Home (novel) No Place Like Home is a thriller novel written by Mary Higgins Clark and published in 2005. The story starts with 10-year-old Liza