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Dear Librarian, Welcome to our new digital collection, packed full of fantastic new releases and top bestsellers!

In our Multicap Standing Order Plans you’ll find an outstanding selection of crime and thrillers. Harlan Coben’s Found is the latest in the Mickey Bolitar series and Dead Girl Walking is the highly anticipated new Jack Parlabane thriller from Chris Brookmyre. Also, new titles from Jeffery Deaver, Alan Furst and Philip Kerr are sure to have you hooked as well. We’re delighted that Multicap features The Woman Who Stole My Life, the latest bestseller from Marian Keyes.

We are excited to introduce our new Doctor Who Standing Order Plan, which includes official BBC full-cast dramas with music and sound effects, featuring former doctors including Colin Baker, Peter Davison and Paul McGann!

In Lamplight we have Hide Her Name by Nadine Dorries, a story of murder, poverty and family drama in 1950s Liverpool. In Hilary Boyd’s latest novel, A Most Desirable Marriage, Jo and Lawrence discover that even after 30 years together, their marriage still holds secrets and betrayal. And Wilbur Smith’s Desert God is a rich epic set in Ancient Egypt.

In our One User Plans you’ll find essential titles to add to your collection, including The Empty Throne by Bernard Cornwell and A Place For Us by Harriet Evans. We’ve also got a chart-topping bestseller from Rachel Abbott, Sleep Tight - a psychological thriller that grips you right from the start. For something more lighthearted, try As Good As It Gets by Fiona Gibson, a warm, funny read for fans of Fern Britton.

In Nudged we have The Parent Agency, the hilarious first children’s book by comedian David Baddiel, which is also narrated by the author. Don’t forget to look out for Grandpa in My Pocket, fun adventures based on the hit Cbeebies television series, narrated by its star James Bolam.

We hope you enjoy the brochure, please get in touch with your feedback.

Best wishes, The Editor

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Multicap Designed to meet true demand, our simultaneous multi-access Multicap SOPs include a mixture of bestselling and award-winning titles from across our imprints. This quarter features authors such as Marian Keyes, Val McDermid and Joshua Ferris.

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Found

Harlan Coben The eagerly anticipated new novel in the Mickey Bolitar series, following Seconds Away and Edgar Award-nominated Shelter.

Mickey and his friends once again face dangers untold in their quest to discover the truth about the mysterious Abeona Foundation and what really happened to Mickey’s father. Things take a strange turn for Mickey when one of the basketball players from his team disappears and another is accused of taking steroids. An unexpected hand of friendship is offered – and Mickey and Ema may just be a step closer to unravelling the mystery…

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“ A powerhouse thriller with a heart that beats like a triphammer…

Coben has created a hero worth following to hell and back.”

EOIN COLFER ON SHELTER

NARRATED BY: Eric Meyers · Crime · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9781471289200

Midnight in Europe Alan Furst

Alan Furst returns with a thrilling new novel set during the tense build-up to World War Two. Paris, 1938. A shadow edges over Europe, while in Spain the war has already begun. Cristián Ferrar, a handsome Spanish lawyer in Paris, is approached to help a clandestine agency supply weapons to beleaguered Republican forces and agrees, putting his life on the line. Joining Ferrar is an unlikely group of allies: including Max de Lyon, a man hunted by the Gestapo, and the Marquesa Maria Cristina, a refined beauty with a taste for danger.

“ In the world of the espionage thriller Alan Furst is in a world of his own.”

WILLIAM BOYD

“ A richly enjoyable mix of spy adventures, love stories, thrillers and social histories.”

MAIL ON SUNDAY

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NARRATED BY: Peter Noble · Crime · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471289231

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The Woman Who Stole My Life Marian Keyes

International bestselling author Marian Keyes is back with another masterfully told story, full of wit and charm.

One day, sitting in traffic, Stella Sweeney attempts a good deed. The resulting car crash changes her life. But in this event is born the seed of something which will take Stella thousands of miles from her old life, turning an ordinary woman into a superstar, wrenching her whole family apart. For the first time real, honest-to-goodness happiness is just within her reach. But is Stella Sweeney, Dublin housewife, ready to grasp it?

“ When it comes to writing page-turners that put a smile on your face and make you think, Keyes is in a class of her own.”

DAILY EXPRESS

“ Chatty and warmhearted, Keyes’s talent is to tell it how it is.”

INDEPENDENT

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NARRATED BY: Aoife McMahon · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15 · ISBN 9781471289194

Mr Bones Paul Theroux

Mr Bones is a sparkling and darkly humorous collection of short stories by bestselling novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux.

A family watches, horrified, as their patriarch transforms into the wise-cracking lead of an old-timey minstrel show. An art collector gleefully destroys his most valuable pieces. A young artist devotes himself to a wealthy, malicious gossip, knowing that it’s just a matter of time before she turns on him. In this new collection of short stories, Paul Theroux explores the tenuous leadership of the elite and the surprising revenge of the overlooked.

“ As observant, intuitive, wry, inventive and eloquent as Graham Greene.”

SUNDAY TIMES

“ One of the most accomplished and worldly-wise writers of his generation.”

THE TIMES

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9781471289224

The Supreme Macaroni Company Adriana Trigiani

The Supreme Macaroni Company is an unforgettable narrative about family, work, romance, and the unexpected turns of life and fate.

For a hundred years, the Angelini Shoe Company has relied on Vechiarelli & Son leather from Tuscany, and with a twist of fate, Valentine Roncalli falls in love with Gianluca Vechiarelli. After the wedding, Valentine awakes to the hard reality of a new business and a new family. She will have to fight for everything she wants and savour all she deserves – the bitter and the sweet of life itself.

“ A rich, sweeping epic… utterly splendid.”

KATHRYN STOCKETT, AUTHOR OF THE HELP

Adriana Trigiani weaves a story that crosses generations of an Italian family, from the Italian Alps at the turn of the twentieth century to the cobblestone streets of Little Italy.

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NARRATED BY: Laurel Lefkow · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9781471289217

The Burning Mind M. G. Gardiner

The Burning Mind is the new thriller from the acclaimed Edgar Award-winning writer, M. G. Gardiner.

Harper Flynn nearly died when gunmen attacked the LA club where she worked. A year later, Harper tries to rebuild her life – but is failing. Not only is she convinced there was a third gunman who escaped, but she also believes that he is targeting the survivors. The only person who will listen is Sherriff Deputy Aiden Garrison. But he has a secret of his own – one that makes him suspicious and highly volatile…

“ One of my favourite authors. She always delivers a terrific read.

The Burning Mind should go to the top of your ‘to be read’ pile.”

KARIN SLAUGHTER

“ Gardiner’s strengths are working better than ever here – characters as real as your friends, and a plot as real as your nightmares.”

LEE CHILD

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NARRATED BY: Laurence Bouvard · Thriller · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471298837

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Dear Thief

Samantha Harvey A novel about female friendship, betrayal and imagination, from prize-winning author Samantha Harvey.

In the middle of the night, a woman wraps herself in a blanket and starts writing. In answer to a question you asked a long time ago, she writes, and so begins a letter that both women have preferred to forget. She writes night after night – a letter of friendship, by turns a belated outlet of rage and forgiveness, the letter dissects what is left of a friendship caught between the forces of hatred and love.

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“ A glorious, sensuous, grown-up novel, intelligent and passionate.”

TESSA HADLEY

NARRATED BY: Anna Bentinck · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471289279

Music for Torching A. M. Homes

“There have been very few women writers like Homes.” zadie smith Paul and Elaine have two boys and a beautiful home, yet they find themselves thoroughly, inexplicably stuck. Obsessed with ‘making things good again’, they spin the quiet terrors of family life into a fantastical frenzy that careens well and truly out of control. From a hilarious encounter in the pantry with a Stepford Wife neighbour, to a hostage situation at the school, Homes lays bare the foundations of marriage and family life.

“ Homes describes nice people doing not-sonice deeds in luminous, precise prose.”

TIM APPELO

“ Brilliant… I found myself rapt from beginning to end.”

NEW YORK TIMES

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NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471289262

The Hunting Dogs Jørn Lier Horst

The prize winning novel at the top of Norwegian crime lists.

Seventeen years ago William Wisting led the investigation into one of Norway’s most notorious criminal cases, the murder of young Cecilia Linde. When it is discovered that evidence was falsified, he is suspended from duty. It looks like a man has been wrongly convicted, and suddenly the media are baying for blood. Wisting, who has spent his life hunting criminals, is now the hunted.

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NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Crime · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471289255

“ The writer’s career as a police chief has supplied a key ingredient for the crime fiction form: credibility.”

BARRY FORSHAW, AUTHOR OF NORDIC NOIR

“ All lovers of crime fiction should read his new book.

It is simply sensationally successful.”

TORBJORN EKELUND, DAGBLADET

A War of Flowers Jane Thynne

The third title in Jane Thynne’s evocative and thrilling Clara Vine series set in the build up to World War Two. August, 1938. British actress, Clara Vine, is in Paris to film her latest movie, mingling with society and passing snippets of information to her contacts in the British embassy. When Clara is approached by an undercover British operative who asks her to befriend Eva Braun, Hitler’s girlfriend, she knows that she is putting herself in danger. But Clara will do everything in her power to protect her country.

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NARRATED BY: Julie Teal · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9781471289248

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“ An absolute cracker of a read… fast-paced and gripping from the start…

Thynne expertly maintains the suspense.”

SUNDAY TIMES ON THE WINTER GARDEN

“ A thoroughly enjoyable read: fast-paced, atmospheric and genuinely suspenseful.”

MAIL ON SUNDAY ON THE WINTER GARDEN

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Close to the Wind Zana Bell

“We are not going any further until you tell me why yet another fiancé seems intent on wringing your neck.”

Georgiana da Silva is catapulted out of the Victorian drawing rooms and into a world of danger when she escapes her fiendish fiancé to engage in a mad dash across the world to save her brother before an unknown assassin can find him. Meanwhile, Captain Harry Trent is setting sail for New Zealand. Thrown together, unable to trust anyone, Georgiana and Harry are intent on fulfilling their missions despite the distractions of the other.

But liberty comes at a price and the closer they get, the more they must question the true cost of being free.

Masquerades, deceptions and subterfuge in this exciting historical romance from Zana Bell

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NARRATED BY: Scarlett Mack · Romance · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471299223

The Killing Season Mason Cross

Slick, fast-paced and assured, The Killing Season is the first novel in the gripping new Carter Blake series.

When Caleb Wardell escapes from death row, the FBI calls on the services of Carter Blake, a man whose skills lie in finding those who don’t want to be found. As they try desperately to second guess a man who kills purely for the thrill, they uncover a hornets’ nest of corruption. Now Blake must break the rules and go head to head with the FBI if he is to stop Wardell.

“ One of the most interesting ‘loner’ heroes to have arrived in recent years…

Told with pace and vigour by a writer who seems to have a natural aptitude for thrillers, it is not to be missed.”

DAILY MAIL

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NARRATED BY: Eric Meyers · Thriller · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471289286

A Man Most Driven Peter Firstbrook

The true story of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and the founding of America.

He fought and beheaded three Turkish adversaries in duels. He was sold into slavery, then murdered his master to escape. He was captured by pirates – twice – and marched to the gallows to be hanged, only to be reprieved seconds before the noose dropped over his head. And all this happened before he was thirty years old. This is Captain John Smith’s life.

This is a riveting, enlightening dissection of this mythology-making man, England’s arrival on the world stage and the invention of America.

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NARRATED BY: Barnaby Edwards · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9781471289323

Do Opposites Attract?

Kathryn Freeman

There’s no such thing as a class divide – until you’re on separate sides.

Brianna Worthington has beauty, privilege and a very healthy trust fund. Yet when she’s invited to visit her mother’s charity, Medic SOS, in South America, even Brianna is surprised when she accepts. Mitch McBride, Chief Medical Officer, doesn’t need the patron’s daughter disrupting his work and he’s not about to risk losing his job for a pretty face. Poles apart, can Brianna and Mitch ever bridge the gap separating them?

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NARRATED BY: Avita Jay · Romance · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471289316

“ Little rich girl learns about life in a disaster area in South America.

It’s a fun debut.”

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Unspeakable Things Laurie Penny

“This is not a fairytale. This is a story about how sex and money and power police our dreams.”

This is a book about poverty and prejudice, online dating, eating disorders and lies on the television. The backlash is on against sexual freedom for men, women and social justice. Penny speaks for a new feminism that is about justice and equality. It’s about the freedom to be who we are, to love who we choose, to invent new gender roles and to speak out fiercely against those who would deny us those rights.

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NARRATED BY: Jo Hall · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 8.25 · ISBN 9781471289293

Jeffery Deaver

The Kill Room is edge-of-your-seat suspense, from number one bestselling author Jeffery Deaver.

They are calling it the ‘million-dollar bullet’: a sniper shot from a nearimpossible distance. This murder has all the hallmarks of a contract killing and district attorney Nance Laurel won’t let it go. But there is no crime scene investigation and no co-operation from the police. Putting her career on the line, she calls Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs. Their reputation for seeing what others miss is unparalleled, and she knows they will risk everything to seek the truth…

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NARRATED BY: Kerry Shale · Thriller · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9781471289354

“ As Penny demonstrates… we are dealing with a new world order. This book is funny and cheeky and refreshingly generous.”

OBSERVER

“ Laurie Penny can certainly coin a phrase. She writes well, inclusively and cogently with passion.”

HERALD

“ The Kill Room is full of… trademark twists, breathless suspense and ironic humour… the only response can be sighs of satisfaction and admiration.”

EVENING STANDARD

“ Deaver’s undoubted skill is in creating a story that is as gripping as it is entirely believable – the esoteric details that he uses to create his killers and the world they inhabit are mesmerising.”

IRISH NEWS

January Window Philip Kerr

Everyone knows football is a matter of life and death. But this time, it’s murder.

Scott Manson is team coach for London City football club. He’s also their all-round fixer – he gets the lads into training, and out of trouble, keeps the wags at bay and the press in his pocket. But now London City manager Joao Zarco is dead, killed at his team’s beloved stadium at Silvertown Docks.

Even Scott Manson can’t smooth over murder… but can he catch the killer before he strikes again?

Philip Kerr is the bestselling author of the Bernie Gunther thrillers, for which he received a CWA Dagger Award.

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NARRATED BY: Andrew Wincott · Crime · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471289330

Wayfaring Stranger James Lee Burke

The new novel from the crime-writing genius, James Lee Burke In 1934, sixteen-year-old Weldon Avery Holland confronts the notorious outlaws Bonnie and Clyde, resulting with Weldon firing a gun, unsure whether it hit its mark. Ten years later, Second Lieutenant Weldon Holland barely survives the Battle of the Bulge, in the process saving the lives of Hershel Pine, and a young prisoner of war, Rosita Lowenstein—a woman who holds the same romantic power over him as the beautiful Bonnie Parker.

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NARRATED BY: Will Patton · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9781471289361

“ A fantastic novelist… so far above the prevailing standards of crime fiction that it is pointless to make the comparison.”

DAILY EXPRESS

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Forensics

Val McDermid Bestselling crime writer Val McDermid picks up the scalpel to uncover the secrets of forensic medicine.

The dead talk. To the right listener, they tell us all about themselves: how they lived, how they died – and who killed them. Val McDermid uncovers the secrets of forensic medicine with ground-breaking research and her own experience.

Along the way you’ll wonder at how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine time of death and how a DNA trace a millionth the size of a grain of salt can be used to convict a killer.

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“ McDermid has the ruthless psychological scalpel that forms part of the equipment of all good novelists, whatever their genre. And, fortunately for us, she knows just how to use it.”

GUARDIAN

NARRATED BY: Sarah Barron · History · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471289378

The Seven Sisters Lucinda Riley

The first book in a new series from the number one international bestseller.

“ What an absolutely fantastic storyteller – I was immediately immersed in the story, and absolutely compelled.”

KATHERINE WEBB

Maia D’Apliése and her five sisters were all adopted as babies. When their father dies each of them are given a clue to their true heritage - a clue which takes Maia across the world…

Rio de Janeiro, 1927, Izabela Bonifacio convinces her father to allow her to accompany him to Europe.

There, in the heady, vibrant cafés of Montparnasse, she meets ambitious young sculptor Laurent Brouilly, and knows at once that her life will never be the same again…

This sweeping epic tale is the first in a unique, spellbinding series of seven books, based on the legends of the Seven Sisters star constellation.

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NARRATED BY: Emily Lucienne · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 18.5 · ISBN 9781471289347

Two Weddings and a Baby Scarlett Bailey

This summer is going to be an adventure…

Tamsyn Thorne has not been back to her home town of Poldore for five years.

But now her brother, Ruan, is about to get married and she has no excuse. Her plans to arrive in Cornwall looking chic and successful are dashed when a storm turns her from fashion goddess to a drowned rat. Worse, she ends up insulting the local hunky vicar – and then finds a tiny baby abandoned in his churchyard.

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“ A fab summery book that’s got everything from Chanel coats to sexy vicars!”

FABULOUS MAGAZINE

NARRATED BY: Alex Tregear · Romance · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471289422

The Wish List Jane Costello

The Big 3-0 is looming, but there’s so much still to do…

Emma and her friends are about to turn thirty, and for Emma it’s a defining moment. Defined, that is, by her having achieved none of the things she’d imagined she would. She’s never jumped out of a plane, hasn’t met the man she’s going to marry, or snogged anyone famous. As Emma hurtles towards her thirtieth, she discovers, with hilarious consequences, that some of them are trickier to tick off than she’d thought…

“ If you like Sophie Kinsella you’ll love Jane Costello.”

COSMOPOLITAN

“ Close the doors, open a bottle of wine, get out the chocs and enjoy this wonderfully witty read.

Jane Costello at her best.”

MILLY JOHNSON

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NARRATED BY: Alex Tregear · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471289408

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Dave Eggers

A brilliantly executed story of one man struggling to make sense of the world.

In the barracks of an abandoned military base, miles from the nearest road, Thomas watches as the man he has brought with him wakes up. Kev, a NASA astronaut, doesn’t recognize his captor, though Thomas remembers him. Kev cries for help. He pulls at the chain. Thomas didn’t want to have to resort to this. But they really needed to have a conversation and Kev didn’t answer his messages. And now, Thomas has a few questions.

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“ Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? Stretches […] toying with literary forms to new lengths […] compelling.”

EVENING STANDARD

“ Possibly the most admired and emulated American author of his generation.”

INDEPENDENT

NARRATED BY: - - · Literature · DURATION: 5.5 · ISBN 9781471289385

Suspicion

Joseph Finder Lie to your daughter. Betray your friend. Trust no-one.

Danny can’t afford the private school his teenage daughter Abby adores, and he can’t bear to tell his daughter he has failed her.

By a stroke of brilliant luck, Danny meets Thomas Galvin, one of the richest men in Boston. When Danny accepts a loan from him, the authorities turn up at his door. Now he has a choice. Face prison, or become part of a sting operation to bring down his extremely dangerous new best friend…

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NARRATED BY: Jeff Harding · Mystery · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471289415

“ A heart-pounding, sweaty-palmed, utterly terrifying ride.”

TESS GERRITSEN

“ Completely original, emotionally satisfying, expertly twisted, and genuinely entertaining.

The thriller to read this year.”

LISA GARDNER

The Age of Magic Ben Okri

The new novel from the Booker and Commonwealth Prize winning author, is an intoxicating and absorbing tale.

Eight weary film-makers, travelling from Paris to Basel, arrive at a small Swiss hotel on the shores of a luminous lake. Above them, strewn with lights that twinkle in the darkness, looms the towering Rigi mountain. Over the course of three days and two nights, the travellers will find themselves drawn in to the mystery of the mountain reflected in the lake. One by one, they will be disturbed, enlightened, and transformed, each in a different way.

“ Okri is incapable of writing a boring sentence.”

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

A dreamlike tale unfolds. Allow yourself to be transformed.

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NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 5.25 · ISBN 9781471289392

Mr Mac and Me Esther Freud

A compelling story of an unlikely friendship with a man who was one of the most brilliant and misunderstood artists of his generation.

It is 1914, and Thomas Maggs lives with his parents on the Suffolk coast. Life is quiet – shaped by the seasons. Then one day a mysterious Scotsman arrives, looking for all the world like Sherlock Holmes. Mac is what the locals call him as they whisper. But Mac isn’t a detective, he’s the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and together with his red haired artist wife, they soon become a source of fascination and wonder to Thomas.

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NARRATED BY: John Banks · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471289439

“ It’s undoubtedly her most accomplished novel yet.

Freud is a modern literary rarity: a born storyteller.”

THE TIMES

“ An elegiac novel of art, war and friendship.”

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Melissa Harrison An intimate and captivating portrait of four people struggling with the concrete confines of city life.

Eight-year-old TC skips school to explore the city’s overgrown, forgotten corners. Sophia, seventy-eight, watches with concern as he slips past her window, through the park. Jozef can’t forget the farm he left behind in Poland, its woods and fields still a part of him, although he is a thousand miles away.

When he meets TC he finds a kindred spirit: both lonely, both looking for something, both lost.

“ Heartfelt, elegaic…

Lovingly observed.”

SUNDAY TIMES

“ Harrison gives lovely expression to her vision of an ecosystem thrumming away beneath the grime of city life.”

GUARDIAN

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NARRATED BY: Clare Corbett · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9781471289446

Follow Me Follow You Laura E. James

Can a first love last forever?

Victoria Noble has pulled the plug on romance. As director of social networking site, EweSpeak, and single mother to four-year-old Seth, she wrestles with her work-life balance. Enter Chris Frampton, Hollywood action hero and Victoria’s first love. His return from LA has sparked the media’s attention, and he’s desperate to escape. But finding a way forward is never simple. Has he been adrift too long to know how to move on?

With the risk of them breaking, will either follow their heart?

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NARRATED BY: Antonia Beamish · Romance · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471289460

The Establishment Owen Jones

A biting critique of the British Establishment and a passionate plea for democracy.

Behind our democracy lurks a powerful but unaccountable network of people who wield massive power and reap huge profits in the process. In exposing this shadowy and complex system that dominates our lives, Owen Jones sets out on a journey into the heart of our Establishment, from the lobbies of Westminster to the newsrooms, boardrooms and trading rooms of Fleet Street and the City.

“ This is the most important book on the real politics of the UK in my lifetime, and the only one you will ever need to read. You will be enlightened and angry.”

IRVINE WELSH

“ [A] fine writer, and this is a truly necessary book.”

PHILIP PULLMAN

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NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 15 · ISBN 9781471289477

He Wants Alison Moore

A surprising, lingering and intensely moving tale from a Man Booker shortlisted novelist.

Retired teacher Lewis Sullivan always imagined living by the sea. He lives instead in the Midlands village in which he was born. His grown-up daughter visits every day, bringing soup. He does not want soup. He frequents his second-favourite pub, where he can get half a shandy and a speciality sausage.

When a childhood friend appears on the scene, Lewis finds his life and comfortable routine shaken up.

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NARRATED BY: Gordon Griffin · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 5.25 · ISBN 9781471289453

“ A haunting and accomplished novel.”

INDEPENDENT

“ Moore’s writing has a superb sense of the weight of memory.”

THE TIMES

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Dead Girl Walking Chris Brookmyre

Life is dangerous when you have everything to lose.

Famous, beautiful and talented, Heike Gunn has the world at her feet. Then, one day, she simply vanishes. Jack Parlabane has lost everything. A call from an old friend offers a chance for redemption – but only if he can find out what happened to Heike. From Berlin to Barcelona, from the streets of Milan to remote Scottish islands, Parlabane must find out what happened before it’s too late, all while the walls are closing in…

“ Chilling, compelling…

Brookmyre is unique.”

MARK BILLINGHAM

“ A strident blast of the trumpet to wake up crime fiction readers everywhere.”

VAL M CDERMID

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Crime · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471289507

To Rise Again at a Decent Hour Joshua Ferris

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014.

Paul O’Rourke is a man out of touch with modern life. While his dental practice occupies his days, his nights are filled with darker thoughts, as he alternately marvels at and rails against the optimism of the rest of humanity.

So it goes, until someone begins to impersonate Paul online. What began as an outrageous violation of privacy soon becomes something far more soulfrightening: the possibility that the virtual ‘Paul’ might be a better version…

“ Frenetic, very funny, it confirms Ferris as a rising star of American fiction.”

MAIL ON SUNDAY

“ Dismayingly funny in the way that only really serious books can be.”

GUARDIAN

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NARRATED BY: Campbell Scott · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471289521

The Dandelion Years Erica James

A gorgeous tale of friendship and love from Sunday Times bestseller Erica James.

Ashcombe was the most beautiful house Saskia had ever seen as a little girl, providing a perfect sanctuary to hide from the tragedy which shattered her childhood. Now an adult, Saskia is still living at Ashcombe and as a book restorer devotes her days tending to broken, battered books. When she discovers a notebook carefully concealed in an old Bible, Saskia finds herself drawn into a heart-rending tale of wartime love…

“ [A] heart-warming, romantic story full of engaging characters, an emotional rollercoaster.”

DAILY EXPRESS ON THE HIDDEN COTTAGE

“ A big hug of a novel that leaves you feeling warm and fuzzy.”

WOMAN

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NARRATED BY: - - · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15.75 · ISBN 9781471289484

Centuries of Change Ian Mortimer

History’s greatest tour guide is back. And he’s ringing the changes.

In a contest of change, which century from the past millennium would come up trumps? Imagine the Black Death took on the female vote in a pub brawl, or the Industrial Revolution faced the internet in a medieval joust – whose side would you be on? In this hugely entertaining book, celebrated historian Ian Mortimer takes us on a whirlwind tour of Western history, pitting one century against another in his quest to measure change.

“ The endlessly inventive Ian Mortimer is the most remarkable medieval historian of our time.”

THE TIMES

“ His curiosity is boundless and his profound scholarship is leavened by a sense of fun.”

DAILY EXPRESS

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · History · DURATION: 16.75 · ISBN 9781471289514

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Without You Saskia Sarginson

A captivating blend of mystery, thriller and emotional family drama, Without You will leave you unsettled, even as it touches your heart.

“ Thrilling stuff.”

1984, Suffolk. When 17-year-old Eva goes missing at sea, everyone except her younger sister presumes that she drowned. Faith refuses to consider a life without Eva; she’s determined to find her sister and bring her home alive.

“ An unusual and engaging read… vividly described…

I would recommend.”

Close to the shore looms a mysterious island, dotted with windowless concrete huts. What nobody knows is that inside one of the huts Eva is being held captive.

That she is fighting to survive- and to return home.

THE BOOKSELLER

THE BOOKBAG

The unforgettable new novel from Richard & Judy Book Club author Saskia Sarginson.

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NARRATED BY: Lucy Price-Lewis · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471290169

Fool’s Gold Zana Bell

Love – is it worth its weight in gold?

New Zealand, 1866: the gold rush is on. Left to fend for herself, Lady Guinevere Stanhope is determined to do whatever it takes to rescue her ancestral home.

Forced out of his native Ireland, Quinn O’Donnell dreams of striking gold. When a flash flood hits, Quinn is compelled to rescue Guinevere. Will they realise in time that all that glitters is not gold?

“ [H]eady mix of romance and adventure, with plenty of twists in the tale… a perfectly indulgent, cosy read.”

THE BOOKBAG ON CLOSE TO THE WIND

Though a most inconvenient attraction forms between them, both remain determined to pursue their dreams, whatever the cost.

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NARRATED BY: Scarlett Mack · Romance · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471289712

The Reason I Jump

Naoki Higashida and David Mitchell The number one Sunday Times and internationally bestselling account of life as an autistic child.

Written by Naoki Higashida when he was only thirteen, this remarkable book provides a rare insight into the behaviour of autistic children. Using a question and answer format, Naoki explains why he talks loudly or repeats the same questions, and why he likes to jump. Abundantly proving that people with autism do possess imagination, humour and empathy, he also makes clear how badly they need our compassion, patience and understanding.

“ The freshness of voice coexists with so much wisdom… it will stretch your vision of what it is to be human.”

THE TIMES

“ This is a wonderful book.

I defy anyone not to be captivated, charmed and uplifted by it. But above all, you will never feel the same about autism again.”

EVENING STANDARD

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Body, Mind & Spirit · DURATION: 2.5 · ISBN 9781471289682

The True and Splendid History of the Harristown Sisters Michelle Lovric

Inspired by a true story, this is the glorious, grubby and magnificent tale of the rise and fall of the seven long-haired Swiney sisters.

It begins with a singing and dancing septet in dusty church halls. But it is not the sisters’ dancing that fills the seats: it is the torrents of hair they let loose at the end of each show. And their hair will pull them out of poverty, to the salons of Dublin and the palazzi of Venice. It will bring some of them love and each of them loss. For their fame and fortune will come at a terrible price…

“ Michelle Lovric is devilishly clever, fiendishly comic and generally just an irresistible novelist. I delighted in every page.”

ELIZABETH GILBERT, AUTHOR OF EAT, PRAY, LOVE

“ Has a swagger and style that makes it an enjoyable read.”

SUNDAY TIMES

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NARRATED BY: Caroline Lennon · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 17 · ISBN 9781471289705

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Curtain Call Anthony Quinn

Murder, ambition, ugly politics and dangerous love in London’s Theatreland.

On a sultry afternoon in 1936 a woman accidentally interrupts an attempted murder in a London hotel room. Nina Land, a West End actress, faces a dilemma: she’s not supposed to be at the hotel, and certainly not with a married man. But once it becomes apparent that she may have seen the face of the man the newspapers have dubbed ‘the Tie-Pin Killer’ she realises that other people’s lives could be at stake.

Antony Quinn is the author of The Streets and Half of the Human Race.

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NARRATED BY: Lucy Paterson · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471289699

“ Ambitious, gripping and disturbingly well done.”

THE TIMES ON THE STREETS

“ Quinn blends his history, his political concerns, his ideals, his plot and his characters elegantly, with a light hand and the pace of a thriller.”

DAILY TELEGRAPH ON THE STREETS

The Final Testimony of Raphael Ignatius Phoenix Paul Sussman

“My name is Raphael Ignatius Phoenix and I am a hundred years old – or will be in ten days’ time, in the early hours of 1st January, 2000, when I kill myself…”

Born at the beginning of the 20th century, Raphael Ignatius Phoenix is determined to take his own life as the new millennium begins and he turns a hundred years old. But before he ends it all, he wants to get his affairs in order, and that includes making sense of his own life. He decides to write it down, remembering the experiences, the myriad encounters and, of course, the ten murders he committed along the way…

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“ More than lives up to its promise… as darkly funny as it is original.”

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NARRATED BY: Gordon Griffin · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 14.75 · ISBN 9781471289538

Thirst

Kerry Hudson An unconventional love story, taking us from London to Siberia and from hope to heartbreak, and back again.

The beginning of a relationship is usually all about getting to know each other.

Not so for Dave and Alena. He’s from London, she’s from Siberia. They meet in a slick Bond Street department store, where she’s up to no good and it’s his job to catch her. So begins an unlikely relationship between two people with pasts, with secrets. But despite everything they don’t have in common, they’re still fighting for a future together.

“ An unusual love story… a refreshing change from the plethora of middle-class novel fare that simply holds a mirror to the majority of readers.”

DAILY MAIL

“ Hudson captures the bustle of life in Hackney and Russia with energ y and a sharp eye for detail. [Her characters] have love, guts, humour and conscience.”

GUARDIAN

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NARRATED BY: Yolanda Kettle · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471289743

The Broken Token Chris Nickson

Pickpockets, pimps, and prostitutes: all in a day’s work for the city constable.

When Richard Nottingham, Constable of Leeds, discovers his former housemaid murdered in a particularly sickening manner, his professional and personal lives move perilously close to each other. Then circumstances seem to conspire against him and more murders follow. Soon the city fathers cast doubt on his capability, and he is forced to seek help from an unsavoury source. Answers start to emerge, but Nottingham may get much more than he bargained for…

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NARRATED BY: Steven Pacey · Crime · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471289767

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“ Nickson has made 18thcentury Leeds a character in and of itself… Anyone wishing a return to the ‘good old days’ would do well to read this wellwritten novel.”

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Talking to Terrorists Jonathan Powell

An inside look at the subterranean exchanges that occur between governments and terrorist organisations.

“ Essential reading for all parties in conflict.”

INDEPENDENT

Across the world governments proclaim that they will never ‘negotiate with evil’. And yet they always have done and always will. Why then do we ignore the lessons of this history of clandestine communication, often with devastating consequences? Jonathan Powell has spent nearly two decades mediating between governments and terrorist organisations. Here he argues that with attention to the lessons of the past, patience and above all political leadership, these conflicts can be solved.

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NARRATED BY: Dugald Bruce Lockhart · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471289729

In the Light of What We Know Zia Haider Rahman

A bold, epic novel shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Prize and the Goldsmiths Prize.

One September morning in 2008, an investment banker approaching forty, his career in collapse and his marriage unravelling, receives a surprise visitor at his home. He struggles to place the dishevelled figure carrying a backpack, until he recognises a friend from his student days, a brilliant man who disappeared years earlier, under mysterious circumstances. As the friends begin to talk, a journey begins that is by turns exhilarating, shocking, intimate and strange.

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“ [A]n ambitious and extraordinary achievement…

A novel about the entwining of politics and love and the painful quest for identity… this is a dazzling debut.”

SUNDAY TIMES

“ [A] heartbreaking love story and a gripping account of one man’s psychological disintegration… an exploration of the post-9/11 world that is both personal and political, epic and intensely moving..”

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NARRATED BY: Ralph Lister · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 21.25 · ISBN 9781471289736

Sideswipe

Charles Willeford “No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford.” elmore leonard

Sergeant Hoke Moseley is losing his mind: his ex-wife just remarried, his teenage daughters want to quit school, his beat partner is eight months pregnant – and living in his house. A handsome, cowboy-hatted psychopath is planning another armed robbery – one that will leave half-a-dozen bystanders dead. And in this hilarious, wicked tale of crime and mid-life crisis, it seems that only Hoke can stop him.

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“ The master of cynical Florida crime fiction.”

THE TIMES

“ Better than Hall and Hiaasen and as good as Elmore Leonard at his best.”

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NARRATED BY: Paul Birchard · Crime · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471289750

A Place For Us

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The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author, Harriet Evans “Hard to resist” elle

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One User One User eAudiobooks work just like the physical equivalent, each copy can only be downloaded by one person at a time. Our One User SOPs include a mix of titles from all of our imprints. This quarter features authors such as Bernard Cornwell, Stuart MacBride and Peter May.

Claudia Carroll

Breaking up is hard to do…

Chloe Townsend was dumped at the altar. But now she’s running a pioneering boutique ‘divorce hotel’. It will make every aspect of breaking-up pain-free – all in a single weekend. No one is better qualified than Chloe to deal with relationships at crisis point, but with three unhappy couples needing her help, she’s forced to tackle her own secret heartbreak. Can she hold it together and prove that she’s up to the job?

“ An emotional rollercoaster… asks some probing questions about relationships and keeps the reader wondering until the very end.”

IRISH INDEPENDENT

“ Full of warmth and humour and emotion, this is a wonderfully written, unconventional love story… I adored it… I guarantee you’ll love it!”

MELISSA HILL

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The Empty Throne Bernard Cornwell

In the battle for power, there can be only one ruler.

The ruler of Mercia is dying, leaving no legitimate heir and the vacant throne leaves a dangerous opportunity for the West Saxons to seize control. But Edward of Wessex is distracted by the succession of his own throne. And while the kingdoms are in disarray, the Vikings will go on the rampage once more. A hero is needed, one who will ultimately decide the fate of a nation…

“ Tense, powerful, compulsive.”

THE TIMES

“ The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present.

Cornwell really makes history come alive.”

GEORGE R. R. MARTIN

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NARRATED BY: Matt Bates · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9780007567034

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Dead Man Walking Paul Finch

Beware the stranger in the night…

Consigned to a remote valley in the Lake District, DS Mark ‘Heck’ Heckenburg is getting used to a quieter life – a far cry from the bloodbath of the Serial Crimes Unit. Unknown to Heck, ‘The Stranger’ has returned. Last seen on Dartmoor ten years earlier, this prolific serial killer has found a new home. As The Stranger lays siege to the remote community, Heck helplessly watches as the killer viciously picks off his victims…

“ An explosive thriller that will leave you completely hooked on Heck.”

WE LOVE THIS BOOK ON THE KILLING CLUB

The fourth unputdownable book in the DS Mark Heckenburg series, a spinetingling, suspenseful read.

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NARRATED BY: Paul Thornley · Crime · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9780007571505

The Zig Zag Girl Elly Griffiths

Magic and murder – never trust an illusionist…

When the body of a girl is found, cut into three, Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is reminded of a magic trick: The Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick is an old friend of Edgar’s. They served together in the war as part of a shadowy unit called The Magic Men. When Edgar receives a letter warning of another trick, ‘The Wolf Trap,’ he knows that they are all in danger…

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“ Enormously engaging […] Post-war Brighton and its Theatre Royal are beautifully captured in all their seedy glory […] subtle, charming and very good.”

DAILY MAIL

NARRATED BY: Daniel Philpott · Crime · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471288395

It’s Not Me, It’s You Mhairi McFarlane

Another hilarious and romantic story from the author of the bestselling You Had Me at Hello.

Delia Moss isn’t quite sure where she went wrong. Everything was going smoothly. But with one annoying little ‘beep beep,’ Delia’s life is turned upside down and she decides the best thing to do would be get some head space and leave for London.

But with a dodgy new job in media PR, where a suspicious yet devastatingly handsome journalist seems to be sniffing around, Delia can’t run forever.

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“ Bitingly sharp and achingly funny… Guaranteed to have you bent double. I absolutely loved it!”

CLAUDIA CARROLL

“ I loved this: an original, genuinely funny, genuinely moving, modern love story.”

KATY REGAN ON YOU HAD ME AT HELLO

NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9780007596256

I’ll Take New York Miranda Dickinson

The Sunday Times bestselling author returns to New York with her most heart-warming, romantic story yet.

When her boyfriend lets her down for the last time, Brooklyn bookshop owner Bea James makes a decision – no more men. Psychiatrist Jake Steinmann is making a new start too, leaving his broken marriage behind in San Francisco.

At a party where they seem to be the only two singletons, Bea and Jake meet, and decide there’s just one thing for it. They will make a pact: no more relationships. But the city has other plans…

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“ The perfect book to curl up with on a cold winter’s eve.”

CLOSER

“ A guilty pleasure.”

NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9780008104122

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Shakespeare’s Counsellor Charlaine Harris

The fifth novel in the Shakespeare series featuring intrepid cleaning woman and karate expert Lily Bard, from the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series.

Trying her best to cope with her terrifying memories, Lily Bard decides to join a therapy group. The group members’ feelings aren’t the only things that need sorting out, as they assemble for a session only to find a woman dead. Lily soon finds herself embroiled in the murder and its aftermath. But can Lily solve the crime before the killer strikes again?

“ Lily Bard is the equivalent of Kay Scarpetta, Kinsey Milhone and V. I. Warshawski even on a bad day.”

LIBRARY JOURNAL

“ Harris writes neatly and with assurance.”

NEW YORK TIMES

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NARRATED BY: Julia Gibson · Thriller · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471290107

The Kills: The Kill Richard House

The third book in the epic The Kills, nominated for the Man Booker Prize 2013 One summer in Naples two brothers turn a murder story into reality. Inspired by an old crime novel called The Kill, two brothers travel to Naples. They abduct an American student, take him to a basement – and cut him to pieces. An investigation begins. The crime becomes a media sensation because of its fictional inspiration. And then another student disappears.

“ Richard House has written a gripping, hallucinogenic – and enormous – novel that deals with the aftermath of the Iraq conflict.”

GUARDIAN

The Kills is an epic novel of crime and conspiracy told in four books.

It begins with a man on the run and ends with a burned body. This is Book 3.

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NARRATED BY: Robert Slade · Thriller · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471290114

The Apostle J. A. Kerley

From bestselling author J. A. Kerley, The Apostle is a chilling tale of ritual murder and corruption, featuring Detective Carson Ryder.

“ A fascinating and frightening take on the genre.”

Reverend Schrum, a renowned minister, tells the media he has come home to die. Detective Carson Ryder is investigating ritualistic murders, with religious overtones. Meanwhile, Harry Nautilus takes a job as a driver and bodyguard for Richard Owsley, a pastor. Owsley meets with Schrum and is enlisted to complete a mysterious ‘project’.

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

As Carson digs deeper and Harry’s interest piques from all the hushed goingson of his employer, their independent investigations begin to converge…

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NARRATED BY: John Moraitis · Crime · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007567690

“ Kerley will truly scare the pants off his readers.

This one’s another winner from a writer moving towards the top of the thriller heap.”

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Judy: A Dog in a Million Damien Lewis

Damien Lewis’ heart-warming story about World War Two’s only animal POW, Judy.

Judy, the only animal POW of World War Two, truly was a dog in a million.

She was cherished and adored by the British, Australian, American and other Allied servicemen who fought to survive alongside her. It was in recognition of the extraordinary friendship and protection she offered amidst the savage environment of a Japanese prison camp in Indonesia that she gained her formal status as a POW. Her incredible story is one of the most inspiring tales you will ever read.

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NARRATED BY: Ben Addis · History · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471290084

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“ The dog of war whose sixth sense saved hundreds of British lives.”

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“ One of the most famous animals of the Second World War.” DAILY EXPRESS

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Unmanned Dan Fesperman

Even the well intentioned must sometimes run for their lives…

As an F-16 fighter pilot, Darwin Cole was a family man on top of his world. Now he’s a washout, drunk and alone, haunted by the memory of an Afghan child running for her life from the Predator drone he ‘piloted’.

Reluctantly, Cole teams up with three journalists seeking to discover the identity of the anonymous intelligence operative who called the shots in that ill-fated mission.

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“ A new book by Dan Fesperman is becoming a major literary event…

An utterly compelling thriller and quite simply the best.”

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

NARRATED BY: Armand Schultz · Thriller · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471290121

Black Sheep C. J. Lyons

A young girl is taken. A father is silenced. The lies run deep.

It’s the one mystery Special Agent Caitlyn Tierney has never solved: her father’s unexpected suicide. So when the man she holds responsible for her father’s death pleads her assistance in finding his missing daughter, Caitlyn is horrified. Her search brings her back to her North Carolina hometown and to an unknown enemy who will do anything to keep Caitlyn from the truth…

“ Everything a great thriller should be – action packed, authentic and intense.”

LEE CHILD

“ A pulse-pounding adrenalin rush!”

LISA GARDNER

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NARRATED BY: Nick Landrum · Crime · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471290145

The Idea of Him Holly Peterson

The Idea of Him is a novel of conspiracy, intrigue, and intense passion – and discovering your greatest strength through your deepest fears.

“ Sharp and hugely enjoyable read.”

Allie Crawford has the life she always dreamed of – she works at a high-profile PR firm, she has two kids she adores and her husband, Wade, is everything she thought a man was supposed to be.

“ A cleverly sub-plotted metropolitan fairy tale.”

HEAT ON THE MANNY

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ON THE MANNY

But when Allie finds Wade locked in their laundry room with a stunning blonde, a scandal ensues. And when an old flame calls, she starts to think – maybe she’s not fallen in love with Wade – but with the idea of him.

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NARRATED BY: Laurence Bouvard · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9780008105426

Vulgar Things Lee Rourke

Haunted and haunting, Vulgar Things is part mystery, part romance, part odyssey.

Jon Michaels – a divorced and fatigued editor living a nondescript life in North London – receives a phone call informing him that his uncle has been found dead in his caravan on Canvey Island. Dismissed from his job only the day before, Jon reluctantly agrees to sort through his uncle’s belongings. What follows is a quixotic week on Canvey as Jon unfolds a disturbing secret, ever more enchanted by the island – its landscape and its atmosphere.

“ As poignant and unsettling as a beam of light hitting the night sky from across the far-off wastes.”

EIMEAR M CBRIDE AUTHOR OF A GIRL IS A HALFFORMED THING

“ A claustrophobic work that’s ripe with alcohol and despair.”

GUARDIAN

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NARRATED BY: Colin Mace · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9780008125516

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Dead Gone Luca Veste

Fear is all she has…

A serial killer is stalking the streets of Liverpool, gruesomely murdering victims as part of a series of infamous, unethical and deadly psychological experiments.

When it becomes apparent that each victim has ties to the City of Liverpool University, DI David Murphy and DS Laura Rossi realise they’re chasing a killer unlike any they’ve hunted before – one who doesn’t just want his victims’ bodies, but their minds too…

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“ A chilling début from a writer to watch.”

MARK BILLINGHAM

“ A darkly impressive first novel, disturbing and intelligent.”

THE TIMES

NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Crime · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9780008116965

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The Missing and the Dead Stuart MacBride

One mistake can cost you everything…

A little girl’s body washes up just outside the sleepy town of Banff, kicking off a massive manhunt. The Major Investigation Team is up from Aberdeen, wanting answers, and they don’t care who they trample over to get them. As his old colleagues stomp around the countryside, burning bridges, Logan gets dragged deeper and deeper into the investigation…

“ Some of the grittiest crime-writing in the field.”

INDEPENDENT

“ Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order.”

MARK BILLINGHAM

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NARRATED BY: Steve Worsley · Crime · DURATION: 17 · ISBN 9780007567546

The Forgotten Holocaust Scott G. Mariani

The breath-taking new adventure starring Ben Hope…

Ben Hope, ex-SAS soldier is searching for peace, but trouble soon appears when Kirsten Hall, a young journalist, is murdered right in front of him. Unable to prevent it, Ben is driven to hunt down the killers. Ben’s quest leads him across the world and finally to Oklahoma, where a deadly secret awaits. What connects the journals Kirsten was researching, a wealthy American politician and an intrigue surrounding the Irish famine?

“ Slick, sharp and very, very entertaining.”

SIMON TOYNE

“ Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart… Scott Mariani packs a real punch.”

ANDY MCDERMOTT

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NARRATED BY: William Rycroft · Crime · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9780008102708

Head of State Andrew Marr

The first novel from Britain’s most celebrated political commentator is a gleefully twisted take on what goes on behind the door of 10 Downing Street.

September 2017, and the United Kingdom is on the verge of a referendum that will determine if the country remains a member of the European Union.

The stakes could not possibly be higher. But, unknown to all but a handful of members of the Prime Minister’s innermost circle, there is a shocking secret that would change everything. A group of determined individuals will stop at nothing – including murder – to prevent that from happening.

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NARRATED BY: Steven Crossley · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9780008103811

“ Superb, colourful, outspoken, fresh and richly entertaining. Don’t miss.”

THE TIMES

“ Lively, full of rich anecdotes and sparkling pen portraits. He has the rare gift of being able to explain complex issues in a few crisp sentences.”

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Runaway Peter May

Runaway is a crime novel covering fifty years of friendships solidified and severed, dreams shared and shattered and passions lit and extinguished.

In 1965, five teenage friends fled Glasgow for London to pursue their dream of musical stardom. Yet before the year’s end three of the five boys returned, and they returned damaged.

In 2015, a brutal murder forces those three friends, now in their sixties, to journey back to London and finally confront the dark truth they have run from for five decades.

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“ An absorbing read from a writer at the top of his game.”

DAILY EXPRESS ON ENTRY ISLAND

“ Told with exceptional clarity and a fine eye for the claustrophobia of island life, it… proves that May is a writer to be cherished.”

DAILY MAIL ON ENTRY ISLAND

NARRATED BY: Peter Forbes · Crime · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471290152

Poisoned Ground Barbara Nadel

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The third Hakim and Arnold mystery from bestselling crime author Barbara Nadel.

“ A compelling new series.”

Ex-soldier Lee Arnold and his assistant Mumtaz Hakim run a detective agency in London’s ethnically diverse, crime-ridden East End. Mumtaz is approached by an Egyptian woman, Salwa, whose husband is in Belmarsh on terrorism charges. Salwa convinces Mumtaz of her husband’s innocence and persuades her to go undercover to prove it. But Salwa is not what she seems. Trapped in an old tunnel that leads to the London docks, will Mumtaz escape with her life?

“ A new and original pair of detectives… it has the ring of truth.”

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

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NARRATED BY: Paul Thornley · Crime · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471290206

Sleep Tight Rachel Abbott

When obsession takes over…

When Olivia calls the police to report that her husband and children are missing, she believes she will never see them again. Two years later, Detective Chief Inspector Tom Douglas is called to investigate, but this time it’s Olivia who has disappeared. Her car is in the garage and her purse is in her handbag.

For some reason every single picture of this family has been removed from albums, phones and computers. Then they find the blood…

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“ Rachel Abbott will keep you guessing long into the night and just as soon as you’ve figured it out… think again!”

SUSPENSE MAGAZINE

NARRATED BY: - - · Thriller · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471290237

Outline

Rachel Cusk

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A novel about self-effacement and self-expression, from one of Granta’s best young novelists.

“ A stellar accomplishment.”

A female author travels to Athens to teach a writing course. Though her own circumstances remain indistinct, she becomes the audience to a chain of narratives, as the people she meets tell her one after another the stories of their lives. The more they talk the more certain themes begin to emerge: the experience of loss, the difficulty of intimacy and the mystery of creativity itself.

“ [T]his has to be one of the oddest, most breathtakingly original and unsettling novels I’ve read in a long time…

Outline is a triumph of attitude and daring, a masterclass in tone.”

NARRATED BY: Kate Lock · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9781471290244

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The Sookie Stackhouse Companion Charlaine Harris

Take a closer look at the unconventional and otherworldly life of Sookie Stackhouse.

Charlaine Harris has topped the bestseller charts and become a nationwide phenomenon. Now learn more about Sookie and her family, friends, enemies and adventures. Visit Bon Temps, the small Louisiana town that Sookie calls home. Examine all the branches of Sookie’s family tree, and eavesdrop of the private conversations between rival vampires Eric and Bill. Also, enjoy the compelling novella Small Town Wedding, in which Sookie accompanies Sam to his brother’s wedding in Texas, where happily ever after seems very far away…

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“ I fell in love with these stories […] I loved the world, I loved how funny it was, how sexy and romantic and dramatic and scary.”

ALAN BALL, CREATOR OF TV SERIES, TRUE BLOOD

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The Apologist Jay Rayner

The Apologist is a deliciously funny satire on the complexity and greed of international and personal politics.

Marc Basset, restaurant critic for a national newspaper, has made vitriol his trademark. His vivid cruelty makes his many readers laugh – until a chef roasts himself to death in his bread oven, leaving Bassett’s review of his restaurant stuck to the door. When Marc learns of the chef’s suicide, he experiences a new sensation – remorse. By apologising to the wife and daughter, he begins to experience levels of self-satisfaction that he never thought possible.

“ A very surprising, very funny book.”

ARABELLA WEIR

“ It is a brave writer who apologises for his novel in the preface, but Jay Rayner has apolog y taped…

The timeliness of the novel is a terrific coup.”

THE INDEPENDENT

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NARRATED BY: Jay Rayner · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471290220

All My Puny Sorrows Miriam Toews

A story of sisters, suicide and how to carry on with hope when grief loads the heart.

Elf and Yoli are two smart, loving sisters. Elf is a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, happily married… and she wants to die. Yoli is divorced, broke, sleeping with the wrong men… and she desperately wants to keep her older sister alive. When Elf’s latest suicide attempt leaves her hospitalised weeks before her highly anticipated world tour, Yoli is forced to confront the impossible question of whether it is better to let a loved one go.

“ The novel she has written – so exquisitely that you’ll want to savour every word – reads as if it has been wrenched from her heart.”

SUNDAY TIMES

“ Miriam Toews has produced a masterly book of such precise dignity.

It is, also against all the odds, at times a desperately humorous novel.”

DAILY MAIL

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NARRATED BY: Erin Moon · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471294433

Doctor January Rhoda Baxter

If you keep looking back, you might miss what’s standing right in front of you…

Six months after a painful break-up from Gordon, Beth’s finally getting her life back on track. She has faith in her scientific theories and is willing to work hard to prove them. And Hibs, her dedicated lab partner, has always held a candle for Beth. So when Gordon arrives back from America without warning, she’s totally thrown. Will she realise there’s more to life than being bullied by the one who’s meant to love her?

Will Beth foresee the explosive nature beneath Gordon’s placid surface before he destroys everything she’s worked for, both inside and outside the lab?

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NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Romance · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471290251

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The Curvy Girls Club Michele Gorman

Imagine a world where looks don’t matter…

Pixie, Ellie, Katie and Jane have been best friends since meeting at Slimming Zone. Tired of being judged, they decide to form a different kind of club. The fun evenings they spend together, not worrying about their size, make them happier than they’ve been for years! But the club doesn’t stop real life from getting in the way and together the girls have to address some much bigger issues than just their weight…

“ Michele’s writing is so engaging and witty, yet insightful and empathetic.

And she can certainly pull off a twist!”

SOPHIE KINSELLA

“ I love Michele’s books.

A fun, sassy writer who always makes me smile.”

CAROLE MATTHEWS

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NARRATED BY: Jenny Funnell · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9780008122546

How to Sin Successfully Bronwyn Scott

Bronwyn Scott introduces another Rake Beyond Redemption…

The whole of society knows there isn’t a redeemable bone in Riordan Barrett’s sinfully sexy body. Suddenly Riordan finds himself not only an Earl… but father to two young wards! His only experience is in the art of irresponsibility. This rake needs help – and hiring a pretty young governess won’t be such a hardship! Sweet, innocent Maura Caulfield is seemingly unaware of Riordan’s disreputable ways. But it won’t stay like that for long. He’ll show her just how much fun sinning can be…

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“ In a light and amusing love story… Scott gifts readers with an enjoyable holiday read.”

ROMANTIC TIMES

NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Romance · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9781471290268

The Ice Twins S. K. Tremayne

An unbreakable bond. An unbreakable truth.

A year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies in an accident, Angus and Sarah Moorcraft move away, hoping to put together the pieces of their shattered lives.

But when their surviving daughter, Kirstie, claims they have mistaken her identity – that she, in fact, is Lydia – their world comes crashing down once again.

Sarah finds herself tortured by the past – what really happened on that fateful day one of her daughters died?

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Crime · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9780007568574

The Boy in the Shadows Carl-Johan Vallgren

A little boy vanished. A troubled man on the hunt for the truth…

In an overcrowded Stockholm underground station a father and his two boys are late for their train. Joel is howling in his pushchair and his seven-year-old brother, Kristoffer, refuses to take the lift. A young woman approaches and offers to lead Kristoffer up the stairs. Reluctantly his father agrees, but when he arrives on the platform Kristoffer and the woman have vanished.

Many years later, Joel, now an adult, goes missing in suspicious circumstances…

Carl-Johan Vallgren is one of Sweden’s most loved writers, and winner of the Swedish Prize for Best Novel of the Year.

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NARRATED BY: Matt Bates · Crime · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471290282

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R. J. Ellory

Murder, conspiracy and a hint of the supernatural: the powerful thriller from bestselling author R. J. Ellory.

Kansas, 1959. A travelling carnival appears overnight, intriguing the townsfolk with acts of inexplicable magic and illusion. But when a man’s body is discovered beneath the carousel, FBI Special Agent Michael Travis is sent to investigate. But things are not that they seem, and with each new turn of the investigation, Travis’s faith is challenged as he struggles to open his mind to a truth that defies comprehension.

“ An atmospheric thriller with a gallery of fascinating characters.”

IRISH INDEPENDENT

“ At a time when crime fiction has become so formulaic, it’s a relief to find a book as left-field as this latest offering from R. J. Ellory… An intriguing, delightfully unpredictable novel.”

MAIL ON SUNDAY

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NARRATED BY: Jeff Harding · Crime · DURATION: 20.5 · ISBN 9781471290374

A Place For Us Harriet Evans

Martha Winter’s family is finally coming home.

The house has soft, purple wisteria twining around the door. You step inside.

The hall is cool after the hot summer’s day. The welcome is kind, and always warm. Yet something makes you suspect life here can’t be as perfect as it seems. After all, the brightest smile can hide the darkest secret. But wouldn’t you pay any price to have a glorious place like this?

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“ Harriet Evans knows what she’s doing.”

RED

“ Hard to resist.”

ELLE

NARRATED BY: Gabrielle Glaister · Saga · DURATION: 17.75 · ISBN 9781471290381

As Good as it Gets?

Fiona Gibson

A mother-and-daughter shopping trip. That’s where it all started…

It was just a day like any other when Charlotte’s 16-year-old daughter Rosie is scouted by a top model agency. With Rosie’s new career taking off, Charlotte reluctantly agrees to take part in a ‘models and their mums’ photo shoot for a national magazine. But when it catches the attention of Fraser, Charlotte’s first love – and father of Rosie – Charlotte starts to regret her decision.

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“ Warm, funny and poignant.”

DAILY MAIL

“ Frivolous fun.”

GRAZIA

NARRATED BY: Jenny Funnel · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780008102821

The Scent of Almonds and Other Stories Camilla Lackberg

The Scent Of Almonds and Other Stories is a collection of short stories from the number one international bestseller Camilla Lackberg.

Policeman Martin Mohlin is begrudgingly accompanying his girlfriend to a family reunion on the island of Valön outside of Fjällbacka. The connection to the mainland is cut off by a snowstorm and when the patriarch Ruben collapses during Christmas dinner, Martin is forced to intervene. He soon establishes that Ruben was murdered and since they are completely isolated on the island, one of the family members must be murderer…

Featuring a charming story in the style of Agatha Christie this collection is perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.

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NARRATED BY: Robin Bowerman · Crime · DURATION: 5 · ISBN 9780008127008

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Tell Tale

Mark Sennen DI Charlotte Savage is back in another page-turning thriller, perfect for fans of Broadchurch and Tim Weaver.

DI Charlotte Savage knows who killed her daughter. As she struggles with what to do with this knowledge, a series of terrible events starts to unfold on the moors… A bag containing clothes and a passport is found floating in a reservoir. Where is the young woman they belong to? Someone has entombed a man in an ancient pagan grave. Who is he? Someone’s been telling tales…

“ A fast-paced serial-killer chiller.”

ALEX MARWOOD, AUTHOR OF THE WICKED GIRLS

Mark Sennen was born in Surrey, but spent his formative years in rural Shropshire. He lives with his wife and two children, beside a muddy Devon creek from where he tries to write full-time.

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NARRATED BY: Stevie Lacey · Thriller · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780008120047

Silver Thaw

Catherine Anderson A charming romance about first love, second chances, and hope reborn.

After years of living in fear, Amanda Banning has left her husband and moved for a fresh start with her six-year-old daughter. Jeb Sterling has no idea why he feels so compelled to help Amanda and her daughter when a cold snap leaves them temporarily homeless. Amanda seems to have given up on her dreams, but Jeb refuses to quit until he makes her every wish come true…

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“ Catherine Anderson has a gift for imbuing her characters with dignity, compassion, courage, and strength that inspire readers.”

ROMANTIC TIMES

NARRATED BY: Kate Turnbull · Romance · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471290435

The Tudor Secret Christopher Gortner

Spies, intrigue and conspiracy in the Tudor court.

Brendan Prescott, an orphan, is reared in the household of the powerful Dudley family. Brought to court, Brendan is soon compelled to work as a double agent by Princess Elizabeth’s protector, William Cecil – who promises in exchange to help him unravel the secret of his own mysterious past. With only a stable boy and Elizabeth’s lady-in-waiting at his side, Brendan plunges into a ruthless gambit of half-truths, lies, and murder.

Filled with the intrigue and pageantry of Tudor England, The Tudor Secret is the first book in the Elizabeth’s Spymaster series.

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NARRATED BY: Steve West · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471298585

The Killing Room Christobel Kent

A new Sandro Cellini Investigation from thrilling crime writer Christobel Kent.

When private investigator Sandro Cellini is invited to attend a glamorous launch party in Florence, he has no idea what he’s walking into. The former head of security for this elite development has just died under suspicious circumstances and Sandro finds himself stepping into dead man’s shoes. When one of the residents is found murdered in her room, events begin to spiral out of control.

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NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Crime · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9781471297205

“ Dark, gloomy and often sinister… An intelligent and convincing thriller with fleshed-out characters you want to meet again.”

DAILY MAIL

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No Limits Ian Poulter

An honest and revealing memoir from one of golf’s greats.

Ian Poulter is one of golf’s most charismatic figures, with an appeal extending way beyond his sport.

Here he tells his inspirational story, from his early rejection as a Spurs youth player, through to his matchwinning contributions to European Ryder Cup Triumphs. As well as insights into the crucial moments in his career, and the life of a professional golfer, he talks about his passions outside the game. His book is as forthright and passionate as Poults himself.

Ian Poulter is an English professional golfer. He has been ranked as high as number 5 in the world rankings, won twelve times on the European Tour and twice on the PGA Tour, and has one of the best Ryder Cup records.

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NARRATED BY: Paul Mendez · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471290398

Thief

Mark Sullivan The prize he must steal. The person he must save…

Deep within the Brazilian rainforest lies a secret of incalculable value to mankind. Robin Monarch must locate and extract this enigmatic treasure: not for greed or gain, but because a life is at stake. Sister Rachel Diego del Mar, the missionary who saved Monarch’s life when he was a homeless orphan, has been kidnapped by a vengeful past adversary. If Monarch does not give his enemy the Amazon’s secret, they will take her life.

“ [R]eminded me of the Bourne books and movies, only it’s much, much better.”

JAMES PATTERSON

“ Jason Bourne meets Robin Hood with a dash of Bond thrown in…

I had a blast.”

GREGG HURWITZ

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NARRATED BY: Eric Meyers · Thriller · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471290411

A Killing Winter Tom Callaghan

“The Kyrg yz winter reminds us that the past is never dead, simply waiting to ambush us around the next corner.”

When Inspector Akyl Borubaev of Bishkek Murder Squad arrives at the brutal murder scene of a young woman, all evidence hints at a sadistic serial killer on the hunt for more prey. But when the young woman’s father turns out to be a leading government minister, the pressure is on Borubaev to solve the case not only quickly but also quietly, by any means possible. Until more bodies are found...

Borubaev descends into Bishkek’s brutal underworld, a place where no-one and nothing is as it seems and where violence is the only solution.

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NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Thriller · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9781471290572

Some Veil Did Fall Kirsty Ferry

What if you recalled memories from a life that wasn’t yours, from a life before…?

When Becky steps into Jonathon Nelson’s photography studio, she is simply a journalist looking for a story. But when she puts on the beautiful Victorian dress and poses, she encounters flashbacks from a life that isn’t her own. As she and Jon begin to unravel the mystery, the attraction they have for each other continues to grow and leads them to question – have they met not just in this life but in another?

Kirsty Ferry is the winner of the English Heritage/Belsay Hall National Creative Writing competition.

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NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Romance · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471290589

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The Invention of Fire Bruce Holsinger

The richly atmospheric new thriller set in the turbulent 14th century, this is perfect for historical fiction fans.

London, 1386: Sixteen corpses have been discovered in a sewer, their wounds like none ever seen before. Whoever threw the bodies into the sewer knew they would be found… Enter John Gower, poet and intellectual whose ‘vocation’ is dealing in men’s secrets. Against the backdrop of medieval London, Gower pursues his dangerous quarry and comes to the shocking conviction that the men have been killed by a new and deadly weapon of war.

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“ An enjoyable story of murder and intrigue in 14th-century London.”

SUNDAY TIMES ON A BURNABLE BOOK

“ [E]njoyable and intelligent.”

DAILY MAIL ON A BURNABLE BOOK

NARRATED BY: - - · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 15 · ISBN 9780008119638

Mainlander Will Smith

A thrilling novel from comedian and screenwriter Will Smith – a novel about loneliness, about not belonging and about the corroding effects of keeping secrets.

Jersey 1987. Sitting on a headland stewing over the discovery that his wife used to date Rob de la Haye, who is everything that Colin is not, he spots a pupil near the edge of the cliff. Worried that the boy may have intended to jump, he drives him home. When the boy fails to turn up to school the next day, Colin feels duty bound to track him down.

“ Will Smith is the coolest guy in the world (if uncool is the new cool) – he’s also terrifically funny.”

HARRY ENFIELD

Will Smith is a writer on the multi-award winning television shows Veep and The Thick Of It, in which he also starred as hapless Tory researcher Phil Smith.

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NARRATED BY: - - · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780008127053

His Other Life Beth Thomas

The story of a couple with seemingly perfect lives… and the secrets they hide behind closed doors.

On paper, Grace’s new husband Adam is the perfect package. Good looking, great job, charming – some would say out of her league.

“ An easy-to-read, often thought-provoking tale about grief and family feuds.”

DAILY MAIL

So when he disappears from her life one evening, Grace has a lot of questions.

As she tries to track him down, Grace opens a Pandora’s Box of secrets and lies and soon troubling facts about Adam’s past emerge; facts she finds hard to square with the man she married.

What secrets was Grace’s husband hiding behind closed doors? And is the truth so terrible it will tear her apart?

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NARRATED BY: - - · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9780008120160

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No Safe House Linwood Barclay

“Brilliantly plotted… [a] fast-paced and brilliantly twisty thriller.” sunday mirror

Seven years ago, Terry Archer and his family experienced a horrific ordeal; the echoes of which are still felt. When their daughter Grace foolishly follows her delinquent boyfriend into a strange house, the Archers must do more than stay together. Caught between family loyalty and betrayal, Terry must find a way to extricate his family from a lethal situation. All he knows is that to live, he may have to do the unthinkable…

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“ Barclay takes the didn’tsee-it-coming twist (of which he is master) to cosmic levels here and has the reader openmouthed at his ingenuity throughout.”

FINANCIAL TIMES

NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Thriller · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471290510

A Most Desirable Marriage Hilary Boyd

We all have secrets, but not like this…

Lawrence and Jo have enjoyed a strong marriage, the envy of their friends.

Even after thirty years they have lots to say to each other, many interests in common and, until recently, a good sex life. But Lawrence seems wary and restless. Something’s wrong. Just how wrong, Jo is about to discover. Can they use their years of history – all the things they’ve shared – to overcome a devastating betrayal?

“ I was ripping through this book… addictive.”

EVENING STANDARD ON TANGLED LIVES

“ Poignant, well observed and wonderfully written, this is a bit of a heart string-puller.”

CLOSER ON TANGLED LIVES

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NARRATED BY: Jenny Funnell · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471288418

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Nadine Dorries

This gripping follow on from the bestselling The Four Streets uncovers a community alive with rumours and gossip.

No one knows who did it, least of all the police. Somewhere, in this tight-knit Irish Catholic community, someone must know something. 14-year-old Kitty Doherty, pregnant with a dead man’s child, is a danger to everyone who needs to keep the secret. Her mother, Maura and best friend Nellie’s grandmother, decide the girls must be spirited away to Ireland to await the birth of the baby.

But it isn’t easy to keep a secret that big.

“ The characters are engaging, the streets scenes cinematic and the theme of the novel powerful.”

THE TIMES ON THE FOUR STREETS

“ A vigorous and vibrant story… As fast-paced as it is entertaining.

An addictive novel to be devoured in one sitting.”

SUNDAY EXPRESS ON THE FOUR STREETS

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NARRATED BY: Emma Gregory · Saga · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471288432

Iron and Rust Harry Sidebottom

In a single year six Emperors will lay claim to the Throne of the Caesars…

235 AD: a surprise attack and the brutal murder of the Emperor Alexander and his mother ends the Severan dynasty and shatters four decades of Roman certainty. Military hero Maximinus Thrax is the first Caesar risen from the barracks. A simple man of steel and violence, he will fight for Rome. The Senators praise the new Emperor with elaborate oratory, but will any of them accept a Caesar who was once a shepherd boy?

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“ An amazing story of bloodlust, ruthless ambition and revenge.”

THE TIMES

“ Explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama.”

GUARDIAN

NARRATED BY: Colin Mace · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780007598793

Desert God Wilbur Smith

Ex-slave. Philosopher. Chosen one. On the banks of the Nile, a hero will rise.

Taita stands as a unique advisor to the Pharaoh. He is a confidant, strategist and father figure to the Pharaoh’s teenage sisters, Tehuti and Bekatha. But Southern Egypt has an enemy, and Taita has an ingenious plan to finally crush them. They will meet battle and betrayal on their journey but Taita must also contend with his charges, the spirited young princesses, who threaten Taita’s plan to use them as offerings in his alliance with Crete.

“ Big, brave and blockbusting… brilliantly detailed descriptions of life on the Nile.”

MAIL ON SUNDAY ON RIVER GOD

Wilbur Smith is a master at the helm of one of the greatest stories of all time.

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NARRATED BY: Mike Grady · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 15.25 · ISBN 9780007567126

Ashes in the Wind Christopher Bland

An epic saga, following the tumultuous history of a torn-apart Ireland.

Ashes in the Wind interweaves the destinies of two families: the Anglo-Irish Burkes and the Catholic Irish Sullivans, beginning in 1919 with a shocking murder and the burning of the Burkes’ ancestral castle in Kerry. Childhood friends John Burke and Tomas Sullivan will find themselves on opposite sides of an armed struggle which engulfs Ireland. Only sixty years later will the triumphant and redemptive finale of this enthralling story be played out.

Christopher Bland is a former Chairman of the BBC, BT and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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NARRATED BY: Laurence Kennedy · Saga · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9781471288494

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The Petticoat Men Barbara Ewing

Fanny and Stella are dangerous ladies, and these are dangerous times…

The Victorian gossipmongers called them The Petticoat Men. But to Mattie Stacey, they are Freddie and Ernest, her gentlemen lodgers. She admires their sparkling gowns, and laughs at their stories of attending society balls dressed up as the glamorous ‘Fanny’ and ‘Stella’. But one fateful night Fanny and Stella are arrested. Outraged, Mattie is determined to save her friends and expose the establishment’s hypocrisy…

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“ Ewing is an accomplished storyteller, who puts the pleasure of her readers first.”

INDEPENDENT

NARRATED BY: Barbara Ewing · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9781471288456

The Mysterious Affair at Castaway House Stephanie Lam

Stephanie Lam’s stunning novel is a gripping read laced with mystery, secrets and love It’s 1965 and Rosie Churchill has arrives at run-down Castaway House. But when she uncovers a scandal locked away in the old house, she soon realises that secrets never stay buried for long. In 1924 fresh-faced Robert Carver comes to Castaway House to spend the summer with his cousin, Alec Bray. But the Brays are a damaged family. As Rosie begins to learn more about Robert, the more their stories, old and new, entwine.

Stephanie Lam was born and raised in London. She now lives in Brighton, close to the sea.

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 15.5 · ISBN 9781471288463

The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis

A symbolic fantasy which finds a busload of condemned ghosts faced with the choice of giving up their cherished sins to enter the gates of Paradise.

In a dream, the narrator boards a bus on a drizzly afternoon and embarks on an incredible voyage through Heaven and Hell. He meets a host of supernatural beings far removed from his expectations, from the disgruntled, ghostly inhabitants of Hell to the angels and souls who dwell on the plains of Heaven.

This powerful, exquisitely written fantasy is one of C. S. Lewis’s most enduring works of fiction and a profound meditation on good and evil.

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“ There is attractive imagery and amusing satire… Mr Lewis rouses curiosity about life after death only to sharpen awareness of this world.”

GUARDIAN

NARRATED BY: Julian Rhind-Tutt · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 3.25 · ISBN 9780008112851

Honeyville Daisy Waugh

A hooker. A mistress. A murder. This town was built on sin.

Trinidad, Colorado 1913: the only town for a thousand miles where prostitution is still legal. This is a town that is living by its own rules, where the corrupt rule and money flows. Honeyville follows two women, both trying to make their way in a frontier town built and run for men. One lives within society’s boundaries: a decent, rich life, behind lace curtains. The other is a celebrated hooker.

“ A lubricious new novel… period charm and sexual intrigue.”

Honeyville is based on a real-life event – a massacre of women and children – so brutal it stopped America in its tracks.

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NARRATED BY: Gabrielle Glaister · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9780008104054

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Jam and Roses Mary Gibson

The lives and loves of 1920s factory girls, in this charming novel from the author of Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts.

Three sisters in 1920s struggle to make ends meet and protect their mother from their violent father. Milly works in Southwells jam factory. Elsie dreams of a career on the stage, while little Amy runs wild with her friends.

All three of the girls fear the unforgiving temper of their father and their courageous attempts to protect their defenseless mother will have dramatic, disastrous consequences for them all.

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Sarah Harrison

The superb, bestselling novel of one family, and the devastating changes brought by the First World War. Thea Tennant, eldest daughter of a wealthy family, yearns to do more with her life. When her beautiful but flighty sister Dulcie brings trouble to the family, both Thea and Dulcie are sent to relatives in Austria. But with the onset of War, their lives change beyond recognition. It isn’t just the Tennants whose lives have changed: for their parlour maid, Primmy, the War brings opportunities she is determined to take.

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“ A fabulous, fascinating read.”

VANESSA FELTZ ON CUSTARD TARTS AND BROKEN HEARTS

“ A cracking tale full of warmth and history.”

BELLA ON CUSTARD TARTS AND BROKEN HEARTS

NARRATED BY: Anne Dover · Saga · DURATION: 16.5 · ISBN 9781471288760

The Flowers of the Field Part 1

“ Smashing… a story which hurried you along from page to page at breakneck pace.”

DAILY MIRROR

“ Sarah Harrison shows herself to be more than equal to the complexities of her plot, handling its developments with impeccable timing.”

THE TIMES

NARRATED BY: Gabrielle Glaister · Saga · DURATION: 15.25 · ISBN 9781471290534

Dad’s War Chris Tarrant

A touching, deeply personal memoir about fathers and sons, and the courage of our war heroes.

Chris Tarrant and his father Basil were very close, they enjoyed sport together and shared the same sense of humour. Chris loved and admired his father; it was only after his death he realised that he hardly knew him at all. Chris discovered that Basil was involved in some of World War Two’s most significant campaigns, including the Dunkirk evacuation, the D-Day landings and also took part in some of the most brutal, close-range fighting in Cleve.

Chris Tarrant OBE is an English radio broadcaster and television presenter, best known for hosting the ITV quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

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NARRATED BY: - - · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471288777

The Snow Angel Lulu Taylor

A forbidden passion. A lifetime of consequences.

Cressida is living the high life in 1960s London. Her father decrees that she must have her portrait painted to mark her upcoming marriage. When Cressida meets the painter Ralph, she knows her life will never be the same.

In the present day, Emily is told of a mysterious legacy: a house in Cumbria, left to her by a woman she has never met. Could this house provide the chance to start anew?

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“ [This] engrossing romantic saga is a hugely enjoyable, escapist treat.”

DAILY MIRROR ON THE WINTER FOLLY

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Before the Fall Juliet West

A great war. A powerful love. An impossible choice.

1916: Across the channel, the Great War rages and in London’s East End with her husband away fighting, Hannah Loxwood battles with the overwhelming burden of ‘duty.’ She has sacrificed so much for a husband who may never come home. When she meets Daniel who is thoughtful, intelligent and quietly captivating - Hannah finds herself faced with the most dangerous of temptations. Soon Hannah and Daniel will realise just how precarious their happiness is, as their destiny rushes towards them…

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NARRATED BY: Annie Aldington · Saga · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471288753

“ As poignant as it is powerful.”

ALISON MACLEOD, AUTHOR OF MAN BOOKER NOMINATED UNEXPLODED

“ Before the Fall is… a breathtaking portrayal of life and love in all its complexity. Juliet West’s powerful yet subtle prose is utterly riveting.”

SUZANNAH DUNN

Shots Fired C. J. Box

Ten stories from international bestseller C. J. Box, full of dark deeds and dangerous impulses.

In Shots Fired, Joe Pickett’s investigation into a radio call threatens to become his last. In Pirates of Yellowstone, two Eastern Europeans find out just how ruthless American tough guys can be. In Le Sauvage Noble, a Lakota Indian takes a job at Disneyland Paris. These gripping tales are proof, once again, of why Box is a force to be reckoned with.

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“ Solid-gold A-list mustread.”

LEE CHILD

“ Heart-stoppingly good.”

DAILY MAIL

NARRATED BY: David Chandler · Mystery · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9781471288791

The Book of Lost and Found Lucy Foley

“In many ways, my life has been rather like a record of the lost and found. Perhaps all lives are like that.”

Hertfordshire, 1928. The paths of Tom and Alice collide. There’s excitement and the beginning of a love story that finds its feet one moonlit evening…

Paris, 1939. Alice is living in the city but the pain of the last decade has left its mark. She and Thomas Stafford – now a world famous artist – meet once more…

London, 1986. Bestowed with an old portrait, Kate’s journey into its past takes her far and into the heart of a love story that’s life changing…

Sweeping and heartrending this is the perfect read for fans of Victoria Hislop and Kate Morton.

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NARRATED BY: Jessica Anne Ball · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780008122607

After the Storm Jane Lythell

Would you put your life in the hand of strangers?

Rob and Anna have arrived for their holiday in the Caribbean. Kim and Owen, a friendly couple they met in the harbour, offer to charter their beautiful boat to take them to a distant island. Rob dreams of lazy afternoons spent snorkeling.

Anna looks forward to the silence of days at sea. But why is Owen so secretive?

Why does Kim keep a knife zipped into her moneybelt? Maybe Anna and Rob shouldn’t trust strangers…

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“ Fascinating… clever… the author’s real skill is her ability to invent memorable original characters.

A thrilling read.”

DAILY MAIL ON THE LIE OF YOU

“ A clever psychological thriller… Lythell has a flair for leading the reader into assumptions then pulling away the foundations.”

DAILY EXPRESS ON THE LIE OF YOU

NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471288807

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The House of Frozen Dreams

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Seré Prince Halverson

Step into the home that lay empty for decades… Step into the house of frozen dreams…

After a family tragedy, the old Alaskan homestead lay abandoned for two decades, until the one person who needed it came looking. What Kache found was more than a house full of old memories – he found Nadia who had been hiding from the world, for ten years.

Held captive by a painful past, too dangerous to face, they must now break free – and face the ghosts that have never stopped haunting them.

Seré Prince Halverson is the international bestselling author of The Underside of Joy, which was translated into seventeen languages.

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NARRATED BY: Tara Ward · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9780008122492

War at the Edge of the World Ian Ross

The epic first instalment in a sequence of novels set at the end of empire in the reign of the Emperor Constantine.

Once a soldier in an elite legion from the Danube, Aurelius Castus believes his glory days are over, stuck in Britain’s provincial backwater. But history is about to take a hand and when the king of the Picts, the savage people beyond Hadrian’s Wall, dies in mysterious circumstances, Castus is selected to command the bodyguard of a Roman envoy sent to negotiate with the barbarians. But the diplomatic mission ends in bloody tragedy…

Ian Ross has been researching and writing about the later Roman world and its army for over a decade.

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JUNE

The Windmill Girls Kay Brellend

A compelling wartime drama from the author of The Campbell Road Girls and East End Angel.

On losing her job as a chambermaid, Dawn goes to work as a dancer at The Windmill Theatre. Despite refusing to appear on stage naked, she is taken on and gets a glimpse of London’s seductive underbelly.

She meets Olive, Renee and Rosie, women all with secrets. Each of them will have to draw on their courage to survive the life they have chosen and the men that they cannot escape…

The Windmill Girls is a gripping saga, perfect for fans of Pam Weaver and Kitty Neale.

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NARRATED BY: Annie Aldington · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9780008118945

I Can’t Begin to Tell You Elizabeth Buchan

Denmark, 1940. War has come and everyone must choose a side.

For Kay, living on her husband Bror’s country estate, the Nazi invasion is a time of uncertainty. Bror is desperate to preserve the legacy of his home, even if it means co-existing with the enemy; Kay cannot do the same. She is lured by British Intelligence into a world of resistance. Tasked with protecting an SOE agent, Kay learns the art of subterfuge.

Caught on opposing sides, will Kay and Bror find their way back to one another?

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NARRATED BY: Anna Bentinck · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 18 · ISBN 9781471295676

“ This is such a good novel, full of incident and history and the minutiae of life as a spy.”

DAILY EXPRESS

“ She who dares wins in Buchan’s gripping doorstopper about the Nazi occupation in Denmark.”

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Sleep in Peace Tonight James MacManus

An extraordinary story of diplomacy, intrigue and a dangerous love affair set during the fiery nights of the Blitz.

It’s January 1941, and the Blitz is devastating England. As America maintains its isolationist position, Churchill knows that Britain is doomed without its powerful ally. Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt’s most trusted adviser, is sent to London as his emissary and comes face to face with the Prime Minister himself as well as an attractive and determined young female driver who may not be what she seems.

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NARRATED BY: William Hope · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471295683

“ Readers will savour this breathtaking ride… a heady, heartbreaking romance.”

PAM JENOFF, AUTHOR OF THE KOMMANDANT’S GIRL

“ London of the Blitz comes vividly to life… compulsive reading.”

SIMON MAWER, AUTHOR OF THE GIRL WHO FELL FROM THE SKY

Far From My Father’s House Elizabeth Gill

A powerful saga from the author of Miss Appleby’s Academy.

1915. As a child it never mattered to Blake that he has no mother.

But when his grandparents die suddenly, Blake’s world collapses. Taken in by a neighbouring farmer, Blake’s life becomes focused on the land – and a secret love for Annie, his employer’s daughter. Determined to make his name, Blake leaves for the busy shipyards of Sunderland. He swears one day he will come back – but will Annie wait for him?

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“ Original and evocative – a born storyteller.”

TRISHA ASHLEY

“ An enthralling and satisfying novel that will leave you wanting more.”

CATHERINE KING

NARRATED BY: Paul Tyreman · Saga · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471295690

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Julian Stockwin The new novel in Julian Stockwin’s acclaimed Captain Kydd series.

Following Nelson’s death two years earlier, England is in need of heroes and Kydd is the talk of London. Feted by the king, Kydd is soon on detachment into the Dardanelles, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea; providing a route to India. The French covet this route and when they whip up strong anti-English sentiment, the British ambassador to Constantinople has to flee – a deadly stand-off ensues…

“ Stockwin’s writing is enriched by his own experiences in the Royal Navy, which gives scenes of fighting and tempest an authenticity to delight anyone who shares his passion for the sea.”

DAILY TELEGRAPH

“ Paints a vivid picture of life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-line.”

DAILY EXPRESS

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NARRATED BY: Christian Rodska · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471295669

Galina Petrovna’s Three-Legged Dog Story Andrea Bennett

Filled to the brim with pickle, misadventure and tears.

Galina Petrovna hasn’t missed one talk since she joined the Azov House of Culture Elderly Club. But she would much rather be at home with her three-legged dog Boroda. Boroda isn’t ‘hers’ exactly, they belong to each other really, and that’s why she doesn’t wear a collar. And that’s how Mitya The Exterminator got her. And that’s why Vasily Semyonovich was arrested. And Galina had to call on Zoya who had to call on Grigory Mikhailovich. And go to Moscow.

Andrea Bennett spent a good part of the “Yeltsin years” living and working in Russia. On her return to the UK she joined the Civil Service, and she now works in the charity sector. This is her first novel.

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NARRATED BY: Maggie Mash · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780008120092

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The Devil Takes a Bride Julia London

A regency romance from bestselling author Julia London.

Grace Cabot and her sisters await the shame of losing status and luxuries upon the death of the Earl of Beckington. The dire circumstances are inevitable unless Grace’s wicked plot to seduce a wealthy viscount into marriage goes off without a single hitch. But once she is discovered in the arms the Earl of Merryton, her plan takes a most unexpected twist!

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“ Rich in characters, unique in plot, heartwarming and heartfelt.”

ROMANTIC TIMES

NARRATED BY: Rosalyn Landor · Romance · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471295720

The Villa Rouge Maggie Ross

The whitest lies can leave the darkest legacies.

Morgan’s marriage is already disintegrating when her husband volunteers for service in France. She sends their children west to safety and leaves London for the Villa Rouge to take shelter under her father’s roof.

Caught between the open hostility of her father’s housekeeper and the suffocating affection of her crippled younger brother, Morgan is relieved to find her days brightened by the RAF squadron – a chance to relive the romances of her wilder youth.

Maggie Ross has written two novels: The Gasteropod which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and Milena as well as poetry, short stories, radio dramas and television screenplays.

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NARRATED BY: John Sackville · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9781471295706

The Story of Land and Sea Katy Simpson Smith

A spellbinding, searing story of love, loss and the bonds that make and break us.

August, 1793. John longs to sail, but he must stay on land for his daughter, Tabitha. But when Tab catches yellow fever John steals her onto a boat in the hope the sea air will cure her.

Twenty years earlier, Helen is given a slave girl for her birthday. Soon the girls are confidantes and it’s an enduring friendship until the arrival of John, a pirate turned soldier. Helen must decide between security or a sea adventure with the man she loves.

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“ Poignant and intensely lyrical.”

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

“ Astonishingly relatable characters.”

HUFFINGTON POST

NARRATED BY: Edoardo Ballerini · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9780008119997

Love and Treasure Ayelet Waldman

A fugitive train loaded with a plunder of doomed people.

A dazzling jewelled pendant in the form of a stylized peacock.

Three men – an American infantry captain in World War Two, an Israeli-born dealer in art stolen by the Nazis, and a pioneering psychiatrist in fin-de-siècle Budapest – find their carefully wrought lives turned upside-down by three women. A mystery – where does the worth of people and its treasures truly lie?

What is the value of a gift, when giver and recipient have been lost – of a love offering when the beloved is no more?

“ Waldman skilfully interweaves this striking and enigmatic object – a symbol, as the book progresses, of fatal bad luck – into an ambitious sweep of history.”

NEW YORK TIMES

“ Love and Treasure is like the treasure train it chases: fast-paced, bound by a fierce mission, full of bright secrets and racingly, relentlessly moving.”

LEMONY SNICKET

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APRIL

The Tropic of Serpents Marie Brennan

“During these years I found myself accused of fornication, high treason, and status as the worst mother in all of Scirland…”

Three years after her journey through Vystrana, the illustrious (and occasionally scandalous) Lady Trent defies convention to embark on an expedition to the war-torn continent of Eriga, home of the legendary swampwyrm. Accompanied by an old associate and a runaway heiress, Isabella must brave oppressive heat and other hazards in order to satisfy her fascination with all things draconian. Her courage, resourcefulness, and scientific curiosity will be tested as never before.

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“ Uncompromisingly honest and forthright… with a heroine at once admirable, formidable and captivating. Reader, lose no time in making Isabella’s acquaintance.”

KIRKUS

“ Lady Trent makes for an intrepid and pleasingly independent protagonist, mastering challenges both emotional and physical.”

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NARRATED BY: Kate Reading · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471288401

Prince of the Blood Raymond E. Feist

Raymond E. Feist’s continuation of his classic Riftwar series.

Set twenty years after the events in The Riftwar Saga, Prince of the Blood follows the adventures that erupt when a group of powerful nobles attempt to overthrow the Empress of Kesh. In the centre of the conflict are the two princes of Krondor, Borric and Erland. If the traitors were to succeed, they would start a war that could tear the Empire apart.

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NARRATED BY: Peter Joyce · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 16.75 · ISBN 9780007576678

“ A solid backdrop and engaging characters inhabit a well-rounded fantasy world.”

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APRIL

Acceptance Jeff VanderMeer

The highly anticipated third volume of the haunting, disturbing and evocative Southern Reach trilogy.

A new team embarks across the border, on a mission to find a member of a previous expedition who may have been left behind. As they press deeper into the unknown – navigating new terrain and new challenges – the threat to the outside world becomes only more daunting. In this last instalment of the Southern Reach Trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may have been solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound – or terrifying.

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“ A deliciously creepy atmosphere of dread.”

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9780007588756

MAY

Leviathan Wakes James S. A. Corey

A fast-paced and thoroughly gripping space adventure…

Humanity has colonised the planets – interstellar travel is still beyond our reach, but the solar system has become a dense network of colonies. But there are tensions – the mineral-rich outer planets resent their dependence on Earth and Mars. When Captain Jim Holden’s ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war…

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“ Corey combines no-nonsense storytelling with hard-boiled dialogue as the novel races to a truly cosmic ending.”

TELEGRAPH

“ Corey… has created a refreshingly blue-collar tale, with well-drawn characters and a compelling narrative sweep.”

FINANCIAL TIMES

Time and Again Jack Finney

Let Jack Finney take you on an incredible tour in words and pictures of a time long gone…

Si Morley is bored with his job as a commercial artist, and his social life doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. So when he’s approached by an affable ex-football star and told that he’s just what the government is looking for to be part of a top secret project, he doesn’t hesitate. One night he steps out of his twentiethcentury New York apartment into the winter of 1882, and finds a kind of Eden.

“ A cult time-traveling favourite… this one is pure New York fun.”

ALICE HOFFMAN, AUTHOR OF PRACTICAL MAGIC

“ One of the most important, and most moving, timeslip texts yet composed.”

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASY

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NARRATED BY: Jeff Harding · Science Fiction · DURATION: 17.25 · ISBN 9781471288852

Into the Fire Peter Liney

The fires of hell don’t burn much hotter than this.

Having escaped the Island, Clancy thought his fight was over. But with the punishment satellites that kept them on the Island gone, hell has been unleashed. A mysterious organisation has begun to decimate the population; those it doesn’t kill outright are herded into the streets and then set free to run – for the rich and powerful to hunt. Clancy is about to discover that his work is far from over.

This is Peter Liney’s follow up to his phenomenal dystopian feat of imagination The Detainee.

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NARRATED BY: Jeff Harding · Science Fiction · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471288951

“ An impressively dark, dystopian piece with much to say about capitalism’s tendency to treat human beings as commodities, disposable when no longer useful.”

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JUNE

Gemini Cell Myke Cole

Myke Cole continues to blow the military fantasy genre wide open with Gemini Cell, an all-new epic adventure.

Nothing means more to US Navy Jim Schweitzer than protecting his loved ones, but when an enemy brings the battle to his door, he is overwhelmed and taken down. It should be the end of the story. But Jim is raised from the dead by a sorcerer and recruited by a secret unit known only as the Gemini Cell. With powers he doesn’t understand, Jim is called back to duty – as the ultimate warrior…

“ Black Hawk Down meets the X-Men… Military fantasies like you’ve never seen it before.”

PETER V. BRETT

“ A chilling, enthralling story.

Myke Cole just might be a wizard himself.”

ANN AGUIRRE

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Fool’s Assassin Volume 2 Robin Hobb

“Fantasy as it ought to be written.” george r. r. martin Tom Badgerlock has been living peaceably in the manor house at Withywoods with his beloved wife Molly these many years, the estate a reward to his family for loyal service to the crown.

Then one Winterfest night a messenger arrives to seek out Tom, but mysteriously disappears, leaving nothing but a blood-trail. What was the message? Who was the sender? And what has happened to the messenger?

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“ Hobb is superb, spinning wonderful characters and plots from pure imagination.”

CONN IGGULDEN

“ Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers.”

THE TIMES

NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 16 · ISBN 9780008101886

The Time Traveller’s Almanac: Communiqués

Jeff and Ann VanderMeer

The Time Traveller’s Almanac will reacquaint readers with beloved classics and introduce them to thrilling contemporary examples of the time travel genre.

“ This kind of SF has an irresistible, eternal appeal.”

GURADIAN

The Time Traveller’s Almanac is the largest, most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer have scoured time itself to bring you this final instalment from their über-guide to exploring the fourth dimension.

Be warned: reality will be warped, wormholes opened, paradoxes woven and parallel universes breached. This is the fourth volume.

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Doctor Who A new Standing Order Plan for 2015–16. Official BBC full-cast dramas, with music and sound effects in stereo, featuring former doctors including Colin Baker, Peter Davison and Paul McGann.

Stephen Cole and Paul Magrs There’s one place in creation where the truth really can be found in the bottom of a glass: Bianca’s, a very exclusive little club. The Doctor, careworn and seeking quiet distraction, gains admission. But his rest and relaxation is soon shattered by the arrival of adventuress Iris Wildthyme, who claims she’s on a secret mission of vital importance. And at last, after so many centuries, the weary Time Lord is dragged by the heels into that darkest of undiscovered countries – love.

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Scherzo

Robert Shearman Once upon a time, there were two friends, and together they travelled the cosmos. They thwarted tyrants and defeated monsters, they righted wrongs wherever they went. But every good story has to come to an end. With no times or places left to explore, all the two friends have now are each other. But maybe that’s one voyage too many. Maybe they’ll discover things they’d rather have left undisturbed…

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Science Fiction · DURATION: 1.75 · ISBN 9781781785959

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The Creed of the Kromon Philip Martin

The Zone is an arid land of dust and dying trees. Across the landscape are spheres that look like giant anthills. The Doctor believes that within one of these structures lie the clues that will lead him to his lost TARDIS. The Doctor must barter his knowledge of space-travel technology, all the while knowing that he risks opening up all the realms of space to a rapacious race whose creed is not to create, only to plunder.

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Domain of the Voord Andrew Smith

The Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara land on the planet Hydra, where the time travellers find themselves pitched into battle against the Voord, the ruthless enemy they last encountered on the planet Marinus. As they take the fight to the very heart of the territory now controlled by the Voord the stakes get higher. First they lose the TARDIS… then they lose that which they hold most dear. And that’s only the start of their troubles.

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The Doctor’s Tale Marc Platt

England, 1400. Henry IV has usurped the throne, and deposed King Richard II languishes in Pomfret Castle.

Meanwhile the Doctor and his companions preside over New Year revels at Sonning Palace. As the Doctor and Barbara take the road to Canterbury, Vicki finds a royal friend and Ian is dragged into a dark web of conspiracy at whose heart sits that teller of tales, Geoffrey Chaucer.

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The Bounty of Ceres Ian Potter

Ceres. A tiny, unforgiving ball of ice and rock hanging between Mars and Jupiter. The crew of the Cobalt Corporation mining base know exactly how deadly the world outside their complex is, but the danger isn’t just outside anymore. The systems they rely on to keep them safe are failing and the planet is breaking in.

When the TARDIS strands Steven, Vicki and the Doctor on the base, they have to fight a foe they can barely comprehend to survive.

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Science Fiction · DURATION: 2 · ISBN 9781781785997

Doctor Who

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The Twilight Kingdom Will Schindler

The Doctor’s used to winning. Stumbling in, reading the face of the enemy, and then beating the odds but what if this time he’s got it wrong? Charley and C’rizz think he has. Stripped of all that is familiar, just who is the Doctor? Major Koth thinks he knows. Lost among the dark caverns of an unknown world, has the Doctor finally met his match?

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The Axis of Insanity Simon Furman

What is the Axis? For the Doctor and his travelling companions, Peri and Erimem, it’s a twisted playground, where reality, morality and sanity no longer apply. Stranded within a dimensional nexus, beset by the molten fury of the Firedbreed, they must unwrap a terrifying mystery of damaged timelines and dark science, before the corruption of the Axis spreads and reality itself crumbles.

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Love and War

Paul Cornell (adapted by Jacqueline Rayner) On a planet called Heaven, all hell is breaking loose. The Doctor arrives on a trivial mission – to find a book, or so he says – and Ace, wandering around Joycetown, becomes involved with a charismatic Traveller called Jan. But the Doctor is strenuously opposed to the romance. What is he trying to prevent?

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Science Fiction · DURATION: 3 · ISBN 9781781786031

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The Natural History of Fear

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Short Trips Volume 1 Multiple Authors

Classic Doctors… Brand-new adventures!

Get ready for eight fantastic new adventures in space and time with the Doctor and his companions, featuring stories from many of Doctor Who’s most popular authors from the worlds of television, print, comics and audio, as well as new talent and fresh voices… and read by your favourite Big Finish actors!

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The Highest Science

Gareth Roberts (adapted by Jacqueline Rayner) The Highest Science. Sheldukher. The Chelonians. The Doctor. Some things should never meet, but as Professor Summerfield is about to discover, the universe is full of coincidences.

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JUNE

Arrangements for War Paul Sutton

Onboard the TARDIS, nerves are strained. The Doctor’s attitude towards death is a subject that these days is too close to Evelyn’s heart, and eventually she demands to be set down somewhere where she can be free of him for a while.Is it time for Evelyn to leave the Doctor? Or is the choice about to be taken out of her hands? And who is to say what is the beginning and what is the end of love?

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The Harvest Dan Abnett

On the morning of October 12th, 2021 Hex woke up. He was expecting to have a normal day. But after an eight-foot tall guy in a Merc tries to run him down, Hex realises things are not going quite as he expected.

Then in a Shoreditch car park he meets the enigmatic Doctor who explains that he’s an extra-terrestrial investigator and something very strange is going on up on the thirty-first floor of St Garts…

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Doctor Who

Adrian Rigelsford

Tibet. 1917. It’s a time of great exploration, with intrepid teams of adventurers heading blindly into uncharted territory. But some things are not necessarily that easy to defeat. An ancient evil, perhaps older than time itself, is stirring deep within the heart of the Himalayas. As the TARDIS materialises, with the Doctor determined to take full advantage of an invite to a cricket match, the catalyst that the dark forces need unwittingly arrives.

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The Exterminators Nicholas Briggs

Galactic Union envoy Siy Tarkov set off from the planet Valyshaa with vital information warning of an imminent Dalek invasion of the galaxy. Twenty years later, and the only proof Tarkov ever existed is a garbled message, calling for help. But no-one is listening.

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The Healers Nicholas Briggs

Siy Tarkov must convince a doubting Galactic Union that a Dalek invasion is imminent. Agent Galanar is on a covert mission to find a definitive proof of menace of the Daleks. But the Border Worlds are being ravaged by a deadly plague infection. An infection the Daleks are offering to cure. Meanwhile, the Graxis Wardens’ ecological paradise is about to be torn apart…

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The Survivors Nicholas Briggs

The Galactic Union remain blissfully unaware of the Dalek threat. And in the Border Worlds, the Daleks appear to be helping cure the deadly NFS plague which has claimed millions of lives. Only the Graxis Wardens know the truth about the Daleks… And they have been all but wiped out. The Daleks are beginning to show their true colours, but now it may be too late to stop them.

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The Roof of the World

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Nudged A world of fun, spoken word stories by bestselling authors, just for children aged 2–12.

Designed to ignite a lifelong love of reading, including authors such as David Baddiel, Michael Morpurgo and Chris Riddell.

APRIL

The Parent Agency David Baddiel

Barry said, a third time, “I wish I had better parents!” And then suddenly the entire room started to shake…

Barry Bennett hates being called Barry. In fact it’s number 2 on the list of things he blames his parents for, along with 1) ‘being boring’ and 3) ‘always being tired.’

But there is a world, not far from this one, where children are allowed to choose their parents. For Barry Bennett, this world seems like a dream come true. Only things turn out to be not quite that simple…

Comedian and actor David Baddiel is the author of three previous novels for adults, The Parent Agency is his first book for children.

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NARRATED BY: David Baddiel · Humorous · DURATION: 4 · ISBN 9780008103972

The Story of Gulliver Jonathan Coe

For the first time in his life Gulliver felt ashamed of himself and his fellow-humans.

Gulliver is a travel-hungry and adventurous ship’s doctor, who has the odd misfortune of being ship-wrecked four times in as many voyages. Gulliver finds himself a giant among tiny humans in Lilliput; a tiny human among giants in Brobdignag; on the flying island of Laputa, with its most impractical intellectuals; and finally in the land of the Houyhnhnms, talking horses who think precious little of human ‘Yahoos.’

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NARRATED BY: Jon Cartwright · Classics · DURATION: 1 · ISBN 9781471289187

“ The Story of Gulliver has Jonathan Coe’s hallmark clarity. The style is attractive, entertaining, non-exclamatory… and he writes acutely about scale and intellectual distance.”

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Spy Cat: Summer Shocker!

Andrew Cope

There’s a new secret agent in town. And this one has whiskers.

Shakespeare, the ginger tabby, otherwise known as Agent 009, never officially signed up to protect the Cook children, but in the world-famous Spy Dog’s absence, he was most definitely the best pet for the job. Shakespeare has some very big (and furry) boots to fill. And with a dangerous criminal on the loose nearby to where the Cooks are camping, he may need all nine lives to do it!

“ An imaginative, creative feast!”

RADIO TIMES

Andy Cope is the author of the bestselling Spy Dog and Spy Pups series for young book-lovers.

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NARRATED BY: India Fisher · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 2.5 · ISBN 9781471289170

Beauty and the Beast Michael Morpurgo

A captivating retelling of the nation’s favourite fairy tale, from the nation’s favourite storyteller, Michael Morpurgo.

Beautiful, kind-hearted Belle agrees to live at a mysterious palace with a fearsome beast in place of her father. And there, she and the Beast exist companionably, until he asks her to marry him. Returning to her father for advice, she is waylaid and tricked by her two jealous sisters. But Belle is resolved to follow her heart, and return to the Beast.

“ The former children’s laureate has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers.”

THE GUARDIAN

“ There are few children’s writers as compelling as Michael Morpurgo.”

DAILY EXPRESS

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NARRATED BY: Michael Morpurgo · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 0.25 · ISBN 9780008125226

Goth Girl and the Fete Worse than Death Chris Riddell

The eagerly awaited sequel to Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse, winner of the Costa Children’s Book Award.

Preparations for the Ghastly-Gorm Garden Party and bake-off are under way.

Celebrity cooks are arriving at the hall for the big event and Maltravers, the indoor gamekeeper, is acting suspiciously. Elsewhere at Ghastly-Gorm Ada’s wardrobe-dwelling lady’s maid Marylebone has received a marriage proposal.

Ada vows to aid the course of true love and find out what Maltravers is up to, but amidst all this activity, everyone appears to have forgotten her birthday!

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Soman Chainani

One best friend. One true love. Choose your ever after…

After saving themselves and their fellow students from a life pitched against one another, Sophie and Agatha are back home again, living happily ever after.

But life isn’t exactly a fairy tale…

When Agatha secretly wishes she’d chosen a different happy ending with Prince Tedros, the gates to the School for Good and Evil open once again. But everything has changed and a happy ending seems further away than ever…

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“ It’s no surprise to see a sequel to the wonderful Goth Girl, a Christmas hardback bestseller and the Costa Children’s Book of the Year. Expect more deliciously dark adventure and beautiful production values.”

THE BOOKSELLER

NARRATED BY: Lucy Brown · Humorous · DURATION: 2.25 · ISBN 9781471289163

The School for Good and Evil: A World Without Princes

NARRATED BY: Polly Lee · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9780007598816

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“ Twill enchant young girls and boys alike with its twisted take on the classic fairytales.”

BOOKBAG

“ A fairy tale like no other, complete with romance, magic, and humour… that will keep you turning pages until the end.”

ANN M. MARTIN

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The Island of Lost Horses Stacy Gregg

On a remote tropical island, twelve year-old Beatriz is about to embark on an epic journey…

When Beatriz stumbles across a wild mare with strange markings in the jungle she can’t believe it is real. From that moment on the strongest connection grows between them, and she begins to uncover an incredible history. For centuries ago, Felipa and her horse, Cara Blanca, were running for their lives.

“ The perfect gift for girls with big dreams.”

THE BOOKSELLER ON THE PRINCESS AND THE FOAL

“ Great new book – 10/10.”

NEWMARKET JOURNAL ON THE PRINCESS AND THE FOAL

As the fates of Beatriz, Felipa and their horses become entwined, Beatriz realises that the future of the world’s rarest horses depends on her.

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NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 5.75 · ISBN 9780008103736

A Horse for Angel Sarah Lean

Special friendships can be found in the most unlikely places…

Sometimes when things are broken you can’t fix them – no matter how hard you try. When Nell is sent to stay with distant family, she packs a suitcase full of secrets. A chance encounter with a wild horse draws Nell to Angel – a mysterious, troubled girl who is hiding secrets of her own. Both girls must learn to trust each other, if they are to save a hundred horses…

“ Touching, reflective and lyrical.”

SUNDAY TIMES

“ [A]nother wonderfully emotional, accessible read.”

THE BOOKSELLER

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NARRATED BY: Katy Sobey · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 4 · ISBN 9780007584840

MAY

Compton Valance: The Time-Travelling Sandwich Bites Back Matt Brown

Compton Valance has an incredible secret…

He can travel through time using a stinky sandwich. And now he’s in big trouble! Because his evil brother Bravo has stolen the sandwich and is biting his way through time, causing chaos. It’s up to Compton and his bungling mate Bryan to stop Bravo before time runs out and the universe implodes. Yes, really.

“ Funny, clever, brilliant – I love these books!”

DERMOT O’LEARY

“ Fantastically funny and delightfully disgusting time-travel fiction.”

LOVEREADING4KIDS

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NARRATED BY: Matt Brown · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 3 · ISBN 9781471289569

Shoot to Kill Steve Cole

Before the man became the legend. Before the boy became the man.

Lights. Camera. Murder.

Young Bond is back – in his most action-packed, explosive adventure yet; something terrible is happening in Tinseltown…

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NARRATED BY: Nathaniel Parker · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9781471289545

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Diana Kimpton

“Let’s explore” said Princess Ellie…

Princess Ellie is pony-mad! She’d much rather ride one of her ponies or muck out the stables than entertain dull royal visitors. One day, when Ellie is riding through the woods, her brave Welsh pony suddenly whirls around and refuses to go any further. Has Rainbow seen a ghost? It’s a real puzzle and Princess Ellie is determined to solve it.

“ A heady cocktail of princesses, horses and mystery is enough to make any girl giddy.”

BBC PARENTING

“ An irresistible blend of glitz, glamour, horses and adventure… make these books a must-read for girls with a penchant for palaces, princesses and ponies.”

BLACKPOOL GAZETTE

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NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 1.25 · ISBN 9781471289576

Armageddon Outta Here Derek Landy

A collection of gripping new stories from Skulklduggery Pleasant author, Derek Landy.

Written specially for this collection, there is an entirely new novella that will drag you into a nail-biting American horror story, Skulduggery-style, and three brand-spanking-new stories spanning the last 150 years. Join Gordon Edgley as he parties like it’s 1985, watch Valkyrie Cain face a vampire in a fight to the death, and see the Dead Men as you’ve never seen them before.

“ This is a writer at the height of his powers and Landy is getting better with every book…

Whatever your age, read them and enjoy the ride.”

IRISH INDEPENDENT

“ Fast and funny.”

THE TIMES

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NARRATED BY: Stephen Hogan · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9780007597796

Barry Loser: I am so over being a Loser Jim Smith

“ Hugely enjoyable, surreal chaos… The review of I am so over being a Loser is a funny madcap must-read for boys and girls. the eight-year-old boy in our house who devoured it Barry’s mum has become a bit of celebrity, and now he can’t go anywhere in two days? ‘Can I keep without seeing a poster of her wiggling her bum in a pair of jeans. It’s so annoyit to give to a friend?’ embarrassing, and everyone at school is making fun of him. But you can’t keep Best recommendation you Barry down for long! With the help of his napkin collection and a snail called can get.”

Snailypoos, Barry is determined to prove once and for all that he is not a loser.

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NARRATED BY: Huw Parmenter · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 1.25 · ISBN 9781471289552

Grandpa in my Pocket: A Garden Full of Beasts and No Ordinary Pig Mellie Buse, Jan Page and Ben Baker

Grandpa in my Pocket is a hit bafta nominated CBeebies show for pre-schoolers.

In A Garden Full of Beasts, Great Aunt Loretta arrives with plans for tidying up the Mason family garden. She enlists the help of over-enthusiastic gardener, Mr Hackit. Grandpa decides they must be stopped – on goes the Shrinking Cap! In No Ordinary Pig when Mr Mentor the Inventor takes Grandpa’s old piggy bank away to turn it into something fabberdiculous, Grandpa hides inside – and all sorts of fun follows on!

Grandpa in my Pocket is a warm-hearted comedy for all the family.

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 0.5 · ISBN 9781471289606

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A Puzzle for Princess Ellie

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The Story of King Lear Melania G. Mazzucco

A perfectly balanced retelling of one of Shakespeare’s best plays for children.

King Lear has decided to retire from his royal duties. He calls his three daughters and asks each to tell him how much they love him. The eldest two, Goneril and Regan, flatter him with their words. Cordelia the youngest, only says that she loves him as a daughter must love her father. Furious, he disinherits her and divides his kingdom between her two sisters. But Goneril and Regan soon turn against Lear…

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NARRATED BY: Leighton Pugh · Classics · DURATION: 1.25 · ISBN 9781471289590

“ Enticing… brilliantly told by top-flight novelists, they are fresh, idiosyncratic and winning.”

GUARDIAN ON THE SAVE THE STORY SERIES

“ This… series offers younger readers vivid, accessible first encounters with some literary heavyweights.”

METRO ON THE SAVE THE STORY SERIES

The Gunpowder Plot Ann Turnbull

November, 1605: London…

Dark alleys linger with the shadows of unknown figures and the air is thick with whispers and plots. What is going on? What can be done to put a stop to it all?

Two girls stumble across a terrifying plot to destroy the House of Lords, taking countless lives along the way. Can they find out who is behind this terrible plan? Will there be enough time to try and put a stop to it?

“ Ann Turnbull’s lovely prose… make[s] an engaging story in just a few words.”

BOOKSFORKEEPS

“ The atmosphere of the plague-ridden city is expertly captured.”

IRISH EXAMINER ON PLAGUE

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NARRATED BY: Claire Morgan · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 1 · ISBN 9781471289583

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Eren

Simon Clark Tell the story to its end…

People are keeping secrets from Oli. His mum has brought him to stay with his aunt and uncle in the countryside, but nobody will tell him why his dad isn’t with them. Where is he? Has something happened? Oli has a hundred questions, but then he finds a secret of his own: he discovers the creature that lives in the attic – Eren. Eren is not human. Eren has been waiting for him…

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“ Eren caught my attention from the very first page.

I really enjoyed it. Surefooted, distinctive, strange, poetic. Simon P. Clark is a truly interesting new voice.”

DAVID ALMOND, AUTHOR OF SKELLIG

NARRATED BY: Oliver J. Hembrough · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 6 · ISBN 9781471289637

Tiger Moth Suzi Moore

Sometimes all you need is a friend…

Ever since Alice was adopted, everything has been perfect, but when she finds out her Mum is going to have a baby, Alice’s world turns upside down.

Alice doesn’t speak at all. She stays silent until six months have passed…

Zack has everything. His dad’s a stuntman and he’s popular at school.

Everything’s perfect. Until Zack’s dad is killed on set and his mum is forced to move. Then he meets Alice, the girl who doesn’t speak…

Suzi Moore is well-tuned in to what children like to read, having worked as both a nanny and a teaching assistant. In her spare time, she is partial to cakes and biscuits.

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NARRATED BY: Katy Sobey · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 5.75 · ISBN 9781471289644

“ [G]enuinely heart-warming to read… believable, understandable and relatable to younger readers.”

THE BOOKBAG

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Rooftoppers

Katherine Rundell Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, Rooftoppers is a charming novel.

Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. Found floating in a cello case, she is the only recorded female survivor of a shipwreck on the English Channel. But Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help… When the child welfare agency threatens to send Sophie to an orphanage, Sophie and her guardian flee to Paris to find her mother, starting with the only clue she has – the address of the cello maker.

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NARRATED BY: Gordon Griffin · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 6 · ISBN 9781471289620

“ An ultra-stylish writer with a true gift for imaginative storytelling.

The next time I go to Paris I will be looking up at the rooftops.”

JACQUELINE WILSON

“ A writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination.”

PHILIP PULLMAN

Big Game Dan Smith

The book behind the major movie, starring Samuel L. Jackson.

13-year-old Oskari is sent into the cold wilderness on an ancient test of manhood. He must survive armed only with a bow and arrow. But instead, he stumbles upon an escape pod from a burning airliner: Air Force One. Terrorists have shot down the President of the United States. The boy hunter and the world’s most powerful man are suddenly the hunted, in a race against a deadly enemy.

Dan Smith’s titles have been nominated for the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards, the North East Book Award and the Branford Boase Award.

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NARRATED BY: Michael Bakkensen · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9781471289613

The Lily-Livered Prince Christopher William Hill

For fans of Roald Dahl comes the third book in the Schwartzengarten Series.

Following the deaths of Marius’ parents, the boy is sent to live with his Great Uncle, the 96-year-old chocolate maker, M. Kalvitas. But there are reports that children are being abducted. The Band of Blood seem to have a theory that the new chocolate shop in the city is a front for the kidnappings! Luckily, they have Great Uncle Kalvitas on their side. But is Kalvitas really the war hero he claims to be?

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NARRATED BY: Simon Shepherd · Humorous · DURATION: 6.5 · ISBN 9781471287305

The Story of Cyrano de Bergerac Stefano Benni

France’s best tale of love and panache, retold for children.

Cyrano de Bergerac is in possession of a cadet-position in the French Army, a poet’s soul and a very, very large nose. He is also in love with Roxane, but believes himself too ugly to be loved by her in turn. When the handsome but unpoetic new cadet Christian falls for the beautiful Roxane himself, he asks Cyrano to help him win her heart…

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NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Classics · DURATION: 1.25 · ISBN 9781471289651

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“ A gem of an idea…

Bedtime stories get a literary makeover.”

THE LADY

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Stonebird Mike Revell

When ten-year-old Liam moves house to be closer to his dementia-suffering grandma, he’s thrown into an unfamiliar place…

Liam doesn’t remember what his grandma was like before she became ill. He only knows the old woman who snarls and eats her birthday cards. He wants to fix it, but he can’t. Walking his dog one day, Liam discovers an old stone gargoyle in a rundown church, and his life changes in impossible ways. The gargoyle is alive. It moves unseen in the night, acting out Liam’s stories. And stories can be dangerous things…

Mike Revell has always wanted to write for children. He studied Creative Writing at the University of Essex.

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NARRATED BY: Joe Jameson · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 6.5 · ISBN 9781471289668

Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians Brandon Sanderson

The first in a gripping and action-packed adventure series, featuring an unlikely but immensely likeable hero.

Alcatraz Smedry, practically the world champion of breaking things, never thought his most boring birthday present—a bag of sand—would get him into this much trouble. Yet now he’s fleeing from evil Librarians, releasing dinosaurs to create a diversion in the Fiction section, and learning that clumsiness can be a powerful talent!

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“ Like Lemony Snicket and superhero comics rolled into one…”

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

NARRATED BY: Ramon De Ocampo · Thriller · DURATION: 6.75 · ISBN 9781471289675

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