January-March 2014: CD & Playaway

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CLIPPER AUDIO U N A B R I D G E D

A U D I O B O O K S

January – March 2014

CLIPPER

W. F. Howes Ltd

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Dear Librarian, Happy New Year! We’re starting 2014 in style, with some great titles by bestselling authors, as well as some books that are now on the big screen.

Coming up in this brochure we have Ian Rankin’s latest Rebus novel, Saints of the Shadow Bible, where a cold-case investigation leads to Rebus’ past coming back to haunt him.

Alison Weir returns to her historical roots, with a compelling biography of Elizabeth of York, the Queen of Henry Tudor, and mother of Henry VIII. Delving beneath the myths, Elizabeth of York reveals the woman behind the portraits. And, our fascination with the Wars of the Roses continues, with Phillipa Gregory’s The White Princess, recently dramatised in the BBC series, The White Queen.

You’ll also find two huge titles that have recently inspired big screen adaptations. Philomena is the true story of a young woman who must give her baby up for adoption, and follows her emotional search for him later in life. It’s now a major film, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan. We also have the latest work by Cormac McCarthy, one of America’s greatest novelists: The Counsellor. Starring Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem and Brad Pitt, The Counsellor follows a lawyer whose ‘get-richquick’ scheme embroils him and his fiancée in disaster.

Alongside these we also have some outstanding titles from Anita Shreve, Rosie Goodwin and a stand-alone thriller from Philip Kerr.

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

With best wishes,

The Editor Index New Titles January 4-11 / New Titles February 11-18 / New Titles March 19-26 PA Titles January 26-31 / PA Titles February 31-36 / PA Titles March 37-42 See the centre order form for details of our comprehensive range of standing order options 3

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Clipper Audio January 2014

Mission to Paris Alan Furst From the author of The Warsaw Spies, comes a headily atmospheric portrait of a continent in the grip of war Autumn 1939, war has been declared, and though bullets and bombs are yet to fly, Frederic Stahl’s decision to shoot a film in Paris seems ill-advised. Soon after his arrival, Stahl is drawn into a clandestine world of foreign correspondents, and spies of every sort. As a celebrity from neutral America - who can travel across the continent freely - Stahl could be very useful indeed…

A Mother’s Shame Rosie Goodwin Another fantastically gripping, romantic story from popular author Rosie Goodwin On the outskirts of Nuneaton stands Hatters Hall, home to the mentally insane. One rainy, dismal day in 1857, Maria Mundy arrives there to work. She is ordered to care for Isabelle Montgomery, daughter of an influential land-owner, but it becomes apparent that she has been falsely imprisoned.

It’s going to take courage, determination, and resolve – but freedom is always worth fighting for.

Praise for the author: ‘There are writers who so capture the feel of a particular historical time and place that, once you’ve read them, it’s impossible to look back to the period without sensing their presence. Alan Furst, with his novels of wartime Europe, is one of those authors.’

MAIL ON SUNDAY Historical Fiction Narrated by Daniel Gerroll Duration 9.25 hours Availability CD 4

‘A touching and powerful new novel from a wonderful writer’ BOOKSELLER ‘Rosie is a born storyteller... you’ll care for her characters and lose yourself in her story.’ JEANNIE JOHNSON Saga Narrated by Juanita McMahon Duration 14.25 hours Availability CD

Saints of the Shadow Bible Ian Rankin The past is catching up with Rebus, as an old case rears its ugly head…

Inspector Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion. A 30-year-old case is being reopened, and Rebus’s team, who called themselves ‘the Saints’, and swore a bond on something called ‘the Shadow Bible’, are suspected of foul play.

But times have changed and the crimes of the past may not stay hidden much longer. Who are the saints and who the sinners?

‘Along come reminders of why Rankin, and Rebus, take their place at the head of the pack.’ THE TIMES ‘Rebus is determinedly centre-stage in Rankin’s finest novel for years. A first-rate thriller.’ INDEPENDENT

Crime Narrated by James Macpherson Duration 10.75 hours Availability CD

Hidden Casey Hill One dead body. A decades old mystery.

And a silent child who holds the key…

When a young girl is discovered dead on an isolated Irish country road, it seems to be a simple hit and run.

Then the cops see the tattoo on her back - a pair of beautifully wrought angel wings. Forensic investigator Reilly Steel is soon on the scene and she suspects that there is more to this case than a straightforward murder.

Then the angel tattoo is traced to other children - both dead and alive - who are all similarly marked…

‘[A] well-paced out-and-out crime story, featuring an attractive and intelligent new heroine’ IRISH INDEPENDENT on Taboo ‘The novel derives its page-turning quality from the rapid pace of events as the investigation gathers momentum’ IRISH TIMES on Taboo Crime Narrated by Caroline Lennon Duration 11 hours Availability CD

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Clipper Audio January 2014

A Gift to Remember Melissa Hill

Pariah David Jackson

A charming romantic comedy from the author of The Guest List and Something From Tiffany’s

It’s a bad enough day for NYPD detective Callum Doyle when his cop partner is murdered. It’s about to get a hell of a lot worse…

Max Kinnings’ second novel featuring Ed Mallory, a blind hostage negotiator, is a high tension, fast paced thriller that will keep you gripped until the very end

When the dead man’s replacement is also brutally killed, suspicion falls on Doyle himself. Then he receives an anonymous message. This is just the beginning, it says. Anyone he gets close to will die – and that includes his family. Desperate to find out who is responsible, but with his every move putting others in danger, Doyle has to ask himself an uncomfortable question: how low would he sink in order to get his life back?

London, Christmas Morning. 09:13am. Disgraced hedge fund manager Graham Poynter hides shamefully in his Belgravia mansion.

10:16am. A masked intruder stands over Poynter and his terrified family, while the last remaining security guard hangs impaled on a railing spike outside the house.

10:38am. Surrounding the scene are police helicopters, special forces teams, and Ed Mallory who must stop this twisted retribution.

Darcy Archer refuses to settle for anything less than being swept off her feet by the perfect man. One day, when cycling to work, Darcy accidentally crashes into a gentleman walking his dog. He is rushed to hospital and the poor pup gets left behind. Wracked with guilt, Darcy takes the dog and makes plans to reunite him with his owner, Aiden.

Could he be Mr. Right?

‘A gulp-in-one-go page-turner’ EVENING STANDARD ‘The kind of book that you can’t put down’ SUNDAY INDEPENDENT on Something from Tiffany’s

Modern Fiction Narrated by Buffy Davis and Lance Fuller Duration 11.75 hours Availability CD

The first in a new series featuring Callum Doyle, an NYPD detective with a secret past

Crime Narrated by Nick Landrum Duration 9.75 hours Availability CD

Sacrifice Max Kinnings

‘A tense blockbuster with worryingly credible characters’ THE TIMES on Baptism ‘This thriller has more twists than a bagful of snakes - and as much bite ... A must read’ PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH on Baptism Thriller Narrated by David Bauckham Duration 10 hours Availability CD

The Villa Rosanna Ley ‘Beautifully written, warm and romantic’ RACHEL HORE When Tess Angel receives a solicitor’s letter inviting her to claim her inheritance - the Villa Sirena, perched on a clifftop in Sicily - she is stunned. Her only link to the island is through her mother, Flavia, who left Sicily during World War II and cut all contact with her family.

Flavia realises that secrets she’s kept hidden are about to be revealed and decides to try to explain her past.

‘The Villa will stay with you long after you’ve devoured this tale of family feuds, secrets and passion, Sicilian-style ... Romantic, escapist and mouthwatering’VERONICA HENRY, author of The Beach Hut ‘Vividly written with a compelling storyline, this is top escapism’ CLOSER

Modern Fiction Narrated by Anna Bentinck Duration 15 hours Availability CD 5

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Clipper Audio January 2014

The Son-in-Law Charity Norman

Mr Loverman Bernadine Evaristo

The Black Country Alex Grecian

Kinslayer Jay Kristoff

On a sharp winter’s morning, a man turns his back on prison. He’s lost almost everything; all he has left are his three children but he is not allowed anywhere near them.

Mr Loverman is a tragi-comic tale of homosexual love set in contemporary London

Alex Grecian’s The Black Country sees the Scotland Yard Murder Squad return in a gruesome historical thriller

A new and exciting dystopian steampunk fantasy with a flavour of feudal Japan, the second book in The Lotus War series

When members of a prominent family disappear from a coal-mining village - and a human eyeball is discovered in a bird’s nest - the local constable sends for help from Scotland Yard’s new Murder Squad.

But Inspector Day and Sergeant Hammersmith have no idea what they’re about to get into, and the more they investigate, the more they realise they may never be allowed to leave.

‘Will keep you riveted from page one’ JEFFREY DEAVER

A SHATTERED EMPIRE: Sh˜ogun Yoritomo has been assassinated, and the threat of civil war looms over the Shima Imperium. The Lotus Guild conspires to crush the growing rebellion.

A DARK LEGACY: Yukiko and the mighty thunder tiger Buruu have been cast in the role of heroes by the Kagé rebellion. But Yukiko herself is blinded by rage over her father’s death.

A GATHERING STORM: Kagé assassins lurk within the Sh˜ogun’s palace, plotting to end the new dynasty before it begins.

‘Outstanding. If Charles Dickens isn’t somewhere clapping his hands for this, Wilkie Collins surely is.’

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Praise for Stormdancer: ‘The innovative setting, fast-moving plot, vivid descriptions, and thrilling action scenes make this a refreshing addition to the steampunk canon’ PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY

Crime Narrated by Nigel Carrington Duration 9.5 hours Availability CD

Action & Adventure Narrated by Jane Collingwood Duration 18.5 hours Availability CD

This is the story of Joseph, who killed his wife, Zoe. Of their three children who witnessed the event. Of Zoe’s parents, Hannah and Frederick, who are bringing up the children and can’t forgive or understand Joseph. They slowly adjust to life without Zoe, until the day Joseph is released from prison...

From the author of the Richard & Judy Book Club pick After the Fall comes another enthralling novel Praise for the author: ‘Will appeal to devotees of Joanna Trollope and Jodi Picoult...

[Norman] is hot on their heels.’ DAILY MAIL Modern Fiction Narrated by Multiple Narrators Duration 13.5 hours Availability CD 6

Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he’s lived in Hackney since the sixties. A flamboyant, wise-cracking local character, Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather - but he is also secretly lovers with his great childhood friend, Morris.

When his marriage goes into meltdown, Barrington wants to divorce Carmel and live with Morris, but after a lifetime of fear and deception, will he manage to break away?

Mr Loverman is Bernadine Evaristo's ground-breaking exploration of Britain's older Caribbean community.

‘Evaristo remains an undeniably bold and energetic writer, whose world view is anything but one-dimensional’ SUNDAY TIMES Modern Fiction Narrated by James Goode Duration 10 hours Availability CD

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Clipper Audio January 2014

The Elephant Girl Henriette Gyland

Vacant Possession Hilary Mantel

Screams in the Dark Anna Smith

A compelling mystery, The Elephant Girl is a beautiful story of love, friendship, revenge and redemption

From the double Man Booker Prize-winner, a savagely funny tale that revisits the characters from the much-loved Every Day is Mother’s Day.

Crime reporter Rosie Gilmour has learned to be tough. The places she’s been and the stories she’s covered, she’s had to be.

When five-year-old Helen Stephens witnesses her mother’s murder, her whole world comes crumbling down. Twenty years later, her mother’s killer is let out of jail, and Helen swears vengeance. Jason Moody runs a halfway house, desperate to distance himself from his father’s gangster dealings. But when Helen shows up on his doorstep, he decides to dig into her past, and risks upsetting some very dangerous people.

As Helen begins to question what really happened to her mother, Jason is determined to protect her. But Helen is getting too close to someone who’ll stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden…

‘Lots of drama in this exciting…romance with possible murder, damaged people and family secrets to the fore.’

LOVEREADING on Up Close Mystery Narrated by Tania Rodrigues Duration 13.25 hours Availability CD

Muriel Axon is about to re-enter the lives of Colin Sidney and Isabel Field. It is ten years since her last tangle with them, but for Muriel this is not time enough. There are still scores to be settled, truths to be faced and vengeance to be wreaked.

‘Hilary Mantel’s wit is wonderful and startlingly nasty’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘The macabre and wonderfully funny plot has as many twists and turns as a wellmade thriller’ STANDARD

Modern Fiction Narrated by Sandra Duncan Duration 9.25 hours Availability CD

Her experience will help her with a grisly new investigation: the body of a refugee has been found in a Glasgow canal, missing limbs and vital organs. He’s not the first person to go missing - are there vigilantes at work or is there something far more sinister going on? It’s up to Rosie to find out - but will her discovery leave her with murder on her hands?

‘As perfectly paced and neatly plotted as any Ian Rankin novel’ DAILY MAIL on To Tell the Truth

Rogue Mark Sullivan America’s greatest asset is now its greatest threat Robin Monarch, the CIA’s top field operative, stumbles across a US government conspiracy during a mission in Istanbul. What he sees is enough to make him go rogue. Monarch becomes an international fugitive, hunted by the powers wishing to buy his secret, and by those wanting it buried. Yet Robin Monarch is not perturbed: he has plans of his own.

‘Rogue reminded me of the Bourne books and movies, only it’s much, much better’ JAMES PATTERSON ‘Filled with twists, turns, crosses, and double-crosses, Sullivan delivers a harrowing international thriller’ LISA GARDNER

Crime Narrated by Sarah Barron Duration 9.5 hours Availability CD

Crime Narrated by Eric Meyers Duration 12.25 hours Availability CD 7

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Clipper Audio January 2014

The Well of Loneliness Radclyffe Hall A classic that was banned in 1928 in one of the country’s most famous obscenity trials Stephen Gordon is an ideal child of aristocratic parents - a fencer, a horse rider and a keen scholar. Stephen grows to be a war hero, a bestselling writer and a loyal, protective lover. But Stephen is a woman, and her lovers are women. As her ambitions drive her, and society confines her, Stephen is forced into desperate actions.

Despite its publication ban, The Well of Loneliness became an international bestseller, and for decades was the most famous lesbian novel.

Would You Kill the Fat Man? David Edmonds

Flappers Judith Mackrell

‘The greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale’ STEPHEN KING

An intriguing introduction to the debates of moral philosophy

This is a collection of short stories showing the differing facets of H. P. Lovecraft’s strange world - where science fiction is laced with horror and fantasy. The Thing on the Doorstep, is an account of the background behind a murder and transferable personalities. The Dreams in the Witch House, explores premature death. And The Colour Out Of Space, records the effect on the local population and vegetation when a meteorite crashes to earth.

A train is racing toward five men, tied to the track.

Unless the train is stopped, it will inevitably kill all five men. If a fat man is pushed onto the line, although he will die, his body will stop the train, saving five lives.

Would you kill the fat man?

As David Edmonds shows, answering the question is far more complex, and important, than it first appears.

In fact, how we answer it tells us a great deal about right and wrong.

Glamorised, mythologised and demonised the women of the 1920s prefigured the 1960s in their determination to reinvent the way they lived

Despite being relatively unknown in his own lifetime, H. P. Lovecraft is now regarded as a master of the fantastic, the horrific and the macabre

‘Lucid, witty, and beautifully written, this book is a pleasure to read… It is a tour de force.’ KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH, author of The Honour Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen

Science Fiction Narrated by William Roberts Duration 4.75 hours Availability CD

General Non Fiction Narrated by Gareth Armstrong Duration 5 hours Availability CD

The Thing on the Doorstep and other stories H. P. Lovecraft

‘The archetypal lesbian novel, the one whose title, at least, is familiar to everyone’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Classics Narrated by Laura Kirman Duration 17.25 hours Availability CD 8

Flappers is in part a biography of that restless generation: it focuses on six women who between them exemplified the range and daring of that generation’s spirit. Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard, Tallulah Bankhead, Zelda Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker and Tamara de Lempicka were far from typical flappers. Talented, reckless and wilful, with personalities that transcended their class and background, they re-wrote their destinies in remarkable, entertaining and tragic ways.

‘Flappers is all good, dirty fun… Mackrell is an engaging storyteller with a deceptively light touch’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH History Narrated by Julia Franklin Duration 18.25 hours Availability CD

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Clipper Audio January 2014

Elizabeth of York Alison Weir Acclaimed historian Alison Weir looks into the life of the first Tudor queen, revealing the woman behind the image Elizabeth of York would have ruled England, but for the fact that she was a woman. One of the key figures of the Wars of the Roses, daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, she married Henry Tudor to bring peace to a war-torn England. In Elizabeth of York: The First Tudor Queen, Alison Weir builds a portrait of this beloved queen, placing her in the context of the magnificent, ceremonious, often brutal world she inhabited.

Take A Look At Me Now Miranda Dickinson

Hubble Bubble Jane Lovering

Sunday Times bestselling author Miranda Dickinson returns with a charming novel about a woman who won’t let life’s events define her…

The bewitching new novel from Romantic Novel of the Year award winner Jane Lovering

Three women, connected in secret and surprising ways, are in for a life-changing summer when Mr Darcy comes to town

Holly Grey joined the woman’s group to keep her friend out of trouble - and now she’s knee-deep in hassle, in the form of apocalyptic weather, armed men and midwifery. Kai has been drawn to darkest Yorkshire by his desire to find out who he really is. What he hadn’t bargained on was getting caught up in amateur magic and dealing with a bunch of women who are trying really hard to make their dreams come true.

Together they realise that getting what you wish for is sometimes just a matter of knowing what it is you want...

After losing her job and leaving her beloved husband, journalist Gemma Hendricks is sure that scoring an interview with Colin Firth will save her career and marriage. So she goes to Boothbay Harbour where he’s rumoured to be filming that summer. Yet a hearttugging local story about women, family ties, love, and loss captures her heart instead. Bea Crane, a floundering twenty-two-year old has moved to the town to surreptitiously observe her biological mother, Veronica Russo, something of a legend in town, who Bea might not be ready to meet, after all.

Jane Lovering’s Please Don’t Stop the Music won the 2012 Romantic Novel of the Year and the Romantic Comedy Award from the Romantic Novelists’ Association

‘This is a fun, highly-readable story that begs to be discussed and should be a winner with book clubs!’ NEW YORK TIMES

Romance Narrated by Rachael Louise Miller Duration 10.25 hours Availability CD

Romance Narrated by Buffy Davis Duration 11.75 hours Availability CD

How far would you go to make a new start? When Nell’s on-off boyfriend Aidan calls her into his office, losing her job is the last thing she expects.

Heartbroken and unemployed, she makes a radical decision to blow her redundancy cheque and escape to the untested waters of San Francisco. But is the glamour of the city too good to be true? And can Nell leave her past behind?

‘Weir has a shrewd sense of what will seize the imagination of the keen historical amateur’ INDEPENDENT

‘A blissfully romantic tale told with all the warmth and wit we’ve come to love from this author’ CLAUDIA CARROLL, author of Me & You

History Narrated by Maggie Mash Duration 23 hours Availability CD

Romance Narrated by Jane Collingwood Duration 10.5 hours Availability CD

Finding Colin Firth Mia March

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Clipper Audio January 2014

To Tempt a Sheikh Olivia Gates Even as his sizzling seduction entranced her, his loyalty to his family and country would always make them enemies…

Prince Harres Aal Shalaan rescued Talia Burke and swept her into his strong embrace. Marooned with him at a desert oasis, Talia couldn’t resist her enemy’s sizzling seduction. Falling for the sheikh would be her heart’s greatest mistake…but she feared it was already too late…

Desire Romance Narrated by Suzanne Cypress Duration 5.75 hours Availability CD 10

Return of the Border Warrior Blythe Gifford

A Bride for the Island Prince Rebecca Winters

Stalin: History in an Hour Rupert Colley

Set in the Scottish Borders, in the turbulent Tudor era, Blythe Gifford’s new series features the Brunson Clan: the family that will kneel to no one!

Dottie guards her heart fiercely, but can a Prince who needs her help with his daughter break down her defences?

A brief but compelling account of the life and influence of Joseph Stalin

Word in the Royal Court has spread that the Wild Scottish Borders are too unruly. Upon the King’s command, John Brunson must return home to persuade his family to honour the King’s call for peace.

To succeed, John knows winning over the daughter of an allied family, Cate Gilnock, holds the key. But this intriguing beauty is beyond the powers of flattery and seduction…

Blythe Gifford is the author of several medieval romances. The Chicago Tribune called her work ‘the perfect balance between history and romance.’

Prince Alexius will do anything to help his four-yearold daughter learn to speak – which is why the intensely reserved royal finds himself opening up to bubbly speech therapist Dottie. She’s a breath of fresh air in the palace, and motherless Zoe blossoms in her care – as does the reluctant attraction Alex feels towards his new employee!

Rebecca Winters has written almost 50 romance novels and has previously won both the National Readers’ Choice Award and the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award

Historical Romance Narrated by Cathleen McCarron Duration 8.5 hours Availability CD

Romance Narrated by Eliza Foss Duration 5.5 hours Availability CD

Cherish

Arguably no person in history had such a direct and negative impact on the lives of so many as Joseph Stalin. Under the Red Tsar terror knew no limits, yet, following his death in 1953, Stalin was deeply mourned. So who was Joseph Stalin, what was his role during the Russian Revolution; how did he come to power and how did he impose his will on the Soviet Union for so long?

A must-listen for all history lovers, Stalin: History in an Hour gives a broad overview of his rise to leader of the USSR, and his destructive legacy.

Short Story, History Narrated by Jonathan Keeble Duration 1.5 hours Availability CD

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Blueprint for Love Henriette Gyland

Odour of Chrysanthemums D.H. Lawrence

The White Princess Philippa Gregory

‘Gyland beautifully builds the atmosphere and wisely gives us a budding romance, too.’ STAR MAGAZINE

‘Was this what it all meant - utter, intact separateness, obscured by heat of living?’

Recently dramatised as part of the BBC drama The White Queen, this is Philippa Gregory at her best

International bestselling author Philip Kerr’s latest novel profoundly questions faith and the act of prayer

The beautiful eldest daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville - the White Queen - young princess Elizabeth of York faces a conflict of loyalties between the red rose and the white. Forced into marriage with Henry VII, she must reconcile her slowly growing love for him with her loyalty to the House of York, and choose between her mother’s rebellion and her husband’s tyranny.

Gil Martins investigates domestic terrorism for the FBI. He is a religious man but he’s coming close to losing his faith due to the nature of his job.

Gil starts to investigate a series of unexplained deaths, and as the evidence mounts, it becomes apparent that they have been killed through prayer. His new-found atheism is severely challenged, and he finds his own life is next on the line.

The fifth novel in Philippa Gregory’s bestselling The Cousin’s War series, exploring The War of the Roses, between the Plantagenets and the Tudors

‘Kerr’s complex intrigue allows space for brilliantly provoking political asides’ SUNDAY TIMES on March Violets

Hazel Dobson is pleased when she gets temp work at Gough Associates - an architectural company based in a beautiful manor house in Norfolk. The owner Jonathan Gough has a tragic past, despite his wealth and good looks and has been left with the responsibility of two young sons. There’s a real chance that they could be happy together but some people just don’t want Hazel and Jonathan to be happy…

Is it a blueprint for love or blueprint for danger?

In Odour of Chrysanthemums D.H. Lawrence explores the concept of human isolation and the nature of love and relationships. This is the story of Elizabeth, a young wife and mother waiting for her alcoholic husband to return home from what she assumes is another night of drinking. This assumption, along with Elizabeth’s pre-conceptions about her husband and their relationship is broken down when his body is brought home from the coal mine where he works.

With the sudden death of her husband Elizabeth is forced to re-examine her opinions and beliefs, shedding light on a marriage she had given up on long before.

‘Robust, unpretentious and rather shamefully compelling’ THE TIMES on The White Queen Short Story, Romance Narrated by Penelope Rawlins Duration 3.5 hours Availability CD

Short Story, Classics Narrated by Julia Franklin Duration 1 hours Availability CD

Historical Fiction Narrated by Bianca Amato Duration 19 hours Availability CD

Prayer Philip Kerr

‘Taut, brutal, coarse, believable and gripping stuff.’

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH on March Violets

Thriller Narrated by Mark Zeisler Duration 14 hours Availability CD 11

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The Lives of Stella Bain Anita Shreve

City of Sins Daniel Blake

Speaking From Among the Bones Alan Bradley

From bestselling author Anita Shreve, an epic story of a woman searching for the secret of her identity against the backdrop of World War I

A pulse-pounding thriller featuring FBI agent Franco Patrese, in New Orleans on the hunt for a warped serial killer as Hurricane Katrina threatens the city

The fifth novel featuring Flavia de Luce, the intriguing and tenacious teenage detective

‘The new queen of the gripping, lighthearted page-turner’ EASY LIVING

When an American woman, Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock in a London garden, surgeon August Bridge and his wife selflessly agree to take her in. However, Bridge quickly develops a clinical interest in his houseguest. Stella had been working as a nurse’s aide near the front, but she can’t remember anything prior to four months earlier when she was found wounded on a French battlefield.

New Orleans, Summer 2005: New FBI agent Franco Patrese is intrigued when the attractive PA to the city’s richest man requests a secret meeting. She has information regarding an unthinkable conspiracy, and will trust no-one else. The next day she’s dead – the victim of a bizarre ritual murder – and Patrese finds himself drawn into the murkiest of underworlds, piecing together connections between the city’s seediest players and its top officials.

Only two things remain certain – there are huge secrets hidden in these cesspools of corruption and crime, and some people will do anything to keep them that way.

The villagers of Bishop’s Lacey are holding their collective breath as St Tancred’s tomb in the local church is about to be opened after five hundred years.

Inveterate eleven-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce is first at the scene, but the body she finds lying there is not that of a desiccated saint; it is Mr Collicutt, St Tancred’s celebrated organist.

Meet the women in love with the very different Jones brothers: Izzy is determined to escape her troubled past, but flirtatious Charlie is causing complications.

Alicia’s been happily married to loyal Hugh for years but secretly craves excitement. Emma’s relationship with David was once fun and romantic but trying for a baby has taken its toll. As the future of the family’s B&B becomes uncertain, Izzy, Alicia and Emma are thrown together unexpectedly…

At once a ravishing love story and an intense psychological mystery, The Lives of Stella Bain takes hold of its narrative and does not let go

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‘Poised and absolutely steady-handed, this is a gripping piece of deconstruction’ SUNDAY TIMES on Testimony

‘Stunning. A Chinatown for the 21st century’ CHARLES CUMMING

Modern Fiction Narrated by Penelope Rawlins Duration 8 hours Availability CD

Crime Narrated by Bill Hope Duration 14.25 hours Availability CD

Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, Flavia soon finds herself investigating one of Bishop’s Lacey’s most peculiar families.

‘The Flavia de Luce novels are now a cult favourite’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

Me and Mr Jones Lucy Diamond

Me and Mr Jones is a sparkling tale of heartbreak, hope, friendship and love.

‘Seamless, engaging, believable, fun and heartfelt.’ HEAT ‘Romantic, dreamy and fun.’ CLOSER

Crime Narrated by Sophie Aldred Duration 9.5 hours Availability CD

Romance Narrated by Jilly Bond Duration 11.75 hours Availability CD

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Magician Raymond E Feist The first novel in Raymond E. Feist’s The Riftwar Saga, this masterwork of fantasy and adventure has enchanted readers, and inspired authors, for over thirty years War had come to the Kingdom of the Isles, and in the years that followed it would scatter my friends across the world. I longed to train as a warrior and fight alongside our duke like my foster-brother, but when the time came, my fate would be shaped by other forces. My name is Pug. I was once an orphaned kitchen boy, with no family and no prospects, but I am destined to become a master magician…

Here starts an adventure that will span lifetimes and worlds. Discover where the story begins.

‘File under guilty pleasure’ GUARDIAN

The Darkening Hour Penny Hancock

The Girl on the Landing Paul Torday

The tense and darkly atmospheric new psychological thriller from the author of award-winning Tideline

‘[A] surprising, suspenseful update of Stevenson in the 21st-century Jekyll-andHyde thriller’ OBSERVER

A middle class woman at her wits’ end and a struggling migrant worker with few options for survival. When tensions boil over, who will be the first to snap? Will it be Theodora, finally breaking under the pressure? Or Mona, desperate to find a way out?

Elizabeth has been married to Michael for ten years, during which she has adjusted to a fairly monotonous routine, including frequent visits to a dank and gloomy house in a Scottish glen that Michael inherited.

Two women. Two stories. Who do you believe?

But then Michael begins to change. It starts when he sees, or thinks he sees, in a painting, the figure of a girl on a landing. But who - or what - is changing Michael?

‘Beautifully worked and with a sharp eye for the menace in the commonplace’ DAILY MAIL

‘A clever, gripping novel’ THE TIMES

‘Brilliantly written and totally gripping.

I loved it’ S J WATSON

‘The best book of the year’ SUNDAY EXPRESS

Modern Fiction Narrated by Anna Bentinck & Adjoa Andoh Duration 11.25 hours Availability CD

Modern Fiction Narrated by Clare Wille & David Monteath Duration 9.25 hours Availability CD

Origins of Love Kishwar Desai An unwanted child, a desperate couple and a dangerous secret…

In Delhi a small baby lies alone and abandoned. The product of IVF and surrogacy, she had been so coveted - until she was born with a fatal illness.

Thousands of miles away in London, Kate and Ben are desperate for a baby. As Kate suffers another miscarriage, she knows something has to change. But will her desire for a baby stop at nothing...?

The second novel featuring feisty social worker Simran Singh sees her uncovering the truth behind the shadowy facade of the multi-million dollar surrogacy industry.

‘Origins of Love is a serious, issue-based novel that is also a page-turner’ METRO

‘Epic scope… fast-moving action… vivid imagination’ WASHINGTON POST Fantasy & Supernatural Narrated by Peter Joyce Duration 36.25 hours Availability CD

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A Humble Companion Laurie Graham Loyalty tested to the limit. Dangerous secrets to keep.

Nellie Welche’s life changes for ever when she’s proposed as companion to Princess Sophia, daughter of mad King George III and Queen Charlotte. Taken into the heart of the family, Nellie is privy to the innermost secrets of the rotten House of Hanover.

From the first rumblings of the French Revolution to the beginnings of the railway age, Nellie charts the story of their extraordinary lives.

‘Funny, fascinating and profoundly moving.

I savoured every sentence’ FREYA NORTH ‘A delightfully smart and sophisticated historical novelist’ SUNDAY TIMES

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Magnificent Joe James Wheatley

The Tudor Bride Joanna Hickson

Laughable Loves Milan Kundera

‘A brutal little novel that manages also to be tender and funny’ INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

Even the greatest of queens have rules – to break them would cost her dearly…

Games, fantasies, and schemes abound in this collection of stories from acclaimed author Milan Kundera

What Joe needs is a friend. What Jim needs is a fresh start. Living in a former pit village in the North of England, Joe’s learning difficulties have left him isolated, until Jim, another of life’s outsiders, comes home. So begins an unlikely friendship. Jim and Joe offer one another loyalty and camaraderie, but when rumours of an unthinkable crime get out of control, Jim’s loyalty is put to the test, with heartbreaking consequences.

Funny, bittersweet and unforgettable, Magnificent Joe is a tale of devastation, loss, and the redemptive power of one extraordinary friendship

King Henry V’s French Queen, Catherine, dazzles the crowds but life at court is full of intrigue and spies.

Once she gives birth to an heir, Catherine believes herself invincible, but tragically King Henry is struck down by fever and dies. Unable to outwit those who seek to remove the new young king from her care, Catherine retires from court but when a grab for power is made, Catherine – and those dearest to her – face mortal danger…

Praise for the author: ‘Gripping and emotional.’ WOMAN

‘Wheatley is that increasingly rare type of young writer: he has experienced life, and it shows’ DAILY MAIL

‘Superb…a real find.’ THE BOOKSELLER

Modern Fiction Narrated by David Nellist Duration 8.25 hours Availability CD

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Milan Kundera is a master of graceful illusion and illuminating surprise. In one of these stories a young man and his girlfriend pretend that she is a stranger he picked up on the road - only to become strangers to each other in reality as their game proceeds. In another a teacher fakes piety in order to seduce a devout girl, then jilts her and yearns for God. In yet another, girls wait in bars, on beaches, and on station platforms for the same lover, a middle-aged Don Juan who has gone home to his wife.

‘Centred on the funny/sad paradoxes of love and sexuality. Fine and moving’ MAIL ON SUNDAY ‘Seven short stories showing all his wonderful ability to mix comedy with despair’ INDEPENDENT Modern Fiction Narrated by Richmond Hoxie Duration 7 hours Availability CD

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Cripple Creek James Sallis The second in James Sallis’ sequence of Turner novels, Cripple Creek reintroduces the compelling protagonist of Cypress Grove Now Deputy Sheriff in his new town, Turner seems to be finally escaping his past and creating a new life for himself. That is, until a routine traffic stop results in a young man being sprung from jail, a brutal assault on the Sheriff and Turner risking everything in his wild pursuit. A novel as atmospheric and eventful as anything Sallis has written.

The Crown Tower Michael J. Sullivan

Resurrection Leo Tolstoy

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne

Two men who hate each other. One impossible mission. A legend in the making.

An intimate, psychological tale of guilt, anger and forgiveness, Resurrection is also a biting social commentary

A great adventure classic, from the father of Science Fiction, Jules Verne

Hadrian, a warrior with nothing to fight for, is paired with Royce, a thieving assassin with nothing to lose.

Together they must steal a treasure that no one can reach. The Crown Tower is the grandest fortress ever built and home to the realm’s most prized possessions. But it isn’t gold or jewels that their employer is after; if he can keep them from killing each other, they might just get him his prize.

In Resurrection, Dmitri Ivanovich Nekhlydov is haunted by a memory. Following his short affair with a maid, the girl was thrown out of her job and forced to turn to prostitution. She is then falsely accused of murder and sent to Siberia. Discovering this, Nekhlydov is consumed with guilt, visits her and meets others unjustly injured in prison.

This, Tolstoy’s last major novel, criticises and condemns political and religious institutions alike that result in painful injustice.

‘James Sallis is a superb writer’ THE TIMES

The Crown Tower is the first book in The Riyria Chronicles, a series featuring the early adventures of Royce and Hadrian, set twelve years before the events in the bestselling The Riyria Revelations

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‘The brooding atmosphere and depth of characterisation mark this as superior mystery fare’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

Professor Aronnax, a French naturalist, begins an extremely hazardous voyage to pursue a little-known and terrifying sea monster. However, the ‘monster’ turns out to be a giant submarine, the Nautilus, which is commanded by the enigmatic Captain Nemo. They explore underwater marvels, and find the ruins of Atlantis but Nemo has a hidden desire for revenge, which will not be ignored.

‘Unbearably thrilling and romantic... full of Verne’s gentle humour’ DAILY MAIL ‘A tale of terror, suspense and wonder’ GUARDIAN ‘Fabulous...the pace is sharp and the story as dramatic and engaging as ever’ DAILY EXPRESS Classics Narrated by Andrew Wincott Duration 12.25 hours Availability CD 15

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Jessi-Cat Jayne Dillon

Will You Love Me? Cathy Glass

The inspiring story of Jessi-cat, named Best Friend and National Cat of the Year 2012 by the Cats Protection Awards

The eleventh memoir and latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass

A detailed, engaging account of the family drama that shaped Britain more than five hundred years ago…

Lorcan was seven years old when his mother first heard him say ‘I love you’. The words were not directed at her, but at Jessi-cat, the family pet. Lorcan suffers from autism and selective mutism, rendering him unable to speak in certain situations. This all began to change with the arrival of a kitten named Jessi-cat.

Will You Love Me? tells the true story of Cathy’s adopted daughter Lucy, who was born to a single mother who couldn’t cope, and was taken into permanent foster care aged 8. By the time Lucy was fostered with Cathy she was severely distressed, withdrawn, refusing to eat and three years behind at school. But Cathy and her two children bond with Lucy quickly, and finally show her the loving home she never believed existed.

Nothing drove Henry VIII, England’s wealthiest and most powerful king, more than producing a legitimate male heir and perpetuating his dynasty. To that end he married six wives, became the subject of the most notorious divorce case of the sixteenth century, and broke with the Pope, all in an age of international competition and warfare, social unrest and growing religious intolerance and discord.

Jessi-cat is the stirring tale of how the affection and attention of a constant loving companion allowed a little boy to start to connect to the world around him.

‘A selectively mute boy’s extraordinary bond with the family cat has inspired his mother to tell their story’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH General Non Fiction Narrated by Kate Lock Duration 5 hours Availability CD 16

Cathy has been a foster carer for over 25 years, during which time she has looked after more than 100 children, of all ages and backgrounds.

The Children of Henry VIII John Guy

‘Rarely have first-class scholarship and first-class storytelling been so effectively combined’ DAILY TELEGRAPH on The Life of Mary Queen of Scots

‘A hugely touching and emotional true tale.’ STAR MAGAZINE on Damaged

Praise for the author: ‘Guy, whose prose is commendably readable, has a real gift for bringing Tudor history to life for 21stcentury readers.’ INDEPENDENT

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History Narrated by Saul Reichlin Duration 6.5 hours Availability CD

Don’t Tell the Groom Anna Bell A light-hearted, fun romantic comedy about planning a wedding on a shoestring budget…

Penny has big dreams for her wedding day. When Mark finally pops the question, it’s the best moment of her life.

Until Penny checks her wedding fund and is horrified to discover that she’s somehow gambled away £10,000 playing online bingo! Working under the pretence of surprising Mark with her plans on their big day, operation ‘Don’t Tell the Groom’ rolls into action, with surprising, hilarious and moving results.

‘This is a real feel-good story with loads of laughs, twists, tears and miscommunications.’

THE CHICKLIT CLUB

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Beneath an Irish Sky Isabella Connor The past is never over...

Raised as an Irish Traveller, Luke Kiernan hasn’t had it easy, and when he wakes in a Dublin hospital to find the man he’s hated since childhood at his bedside, he’s hungry for revenge.

Two very different worlds collide, bringing new dangers, exposing past deceits, and unearthing dark family secrets. But from tragedy springs the promise of a fresh start with two women who are intent on helping Luke and his family mend their lives.

Can new love heal old wounds, or are some scars there for good?

The Reluctant Bride Beverley Eikli Can honour and action banish the shadows of old sins?

Emily Micklen has no option after the death of her loving fiancé, Jack, but to marry the scarred, taciturn, soldier who represents her only escape from destitution. Major Angus McCartney is tormented by the reproachful slate-grey eyes of his reluctant bride.

Emily’s loyalty to Jack’s memory is matched only by Angus’s determination to win his wife with honour and action.

Angus and Emily may find love, but will the past secrets they uncover divide them forever?

‘The Napoleonic War, spying, betrayal and intrigue form the core to this romantic tale.’ THE BOOKSELLER

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Sparks Fly With the Billionaire Marion Lennox

All Grown Up Janice Maynard

He was hoping for a manager, someone who knew figures and was businesslike.

What he found was a woman in pink sequins, talking to a camel.

Believing Sam Ely was the only one for her, young Annalise Wolff threw herself at him. But he claimed he was too old for her…

Banker Mathew Bond is more used to boardroom antics than circus ones. The king of emotional detachment, he wouldn’t normally foreclose on a loan in person, but Sparkles Circus meant a lot to him once. Feisty Allie Miski won’t allow a man in a suit to evict her family, no matter how gorgeous he is! But underneath this brooding billionaire’s cold exterior, Allie’s sure he has a heart of gold...

Seven years later, still reeling from his rebuttal, she’s offered a job she can’t refuse, even though it means working closely with Sam. Then a snowstorm strands them together, without power, without family interference, without inhibitions. And Annalise has to decide if falling for Sam again is worth the risk of a second broken heart.

‘With an array of memorable characters, this heartfelt and exciting story is bound to be an immediate favourite’ ROMANTIC TIMES BOOK REVIEWS

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Modern

Another great character-driven romance in The Men of Wolff Mountain series from Janice Maynard

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Desire

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The Cowboy Comes Home Patricia Thayer Can Johnny break down Jess’ barriers from her past relationship, and gain her trust?

An absorbing and romantic Quick Read from the Sunday Times bestselling author, a follow up to A Hopeless Romantic

Single mum Jess can’t help but notice sexy cowboy Johnny. He’s as wild as the stallions he trains. But Jess has learned never to trust a man in a stetson. Their fiery attraction is as hot as a Texan summer but can this wild wanderer finally be tamed?

Laura Foster used to be a hopeless romantic, until she grew up and faced reality. Then she met Nick. A romantic hero straight from a fairytale, with a grand country estate. But now they’ve been together four years, people are asking when they’ll hear wedding bells, and Nick is keeping secrets. Can an ordinary girl like Laura make it work with one of the most eligible men in the country?

Patricia Thayer has written over thirty books, and has been nominated for both the National Reader’s Choice Award and the prestigious RITA award. Her book, Nothing Short of a Miracle, won a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice award.

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Rules for Dating a Romantic Hero Harriet Evans

Desire

Praise for the author: ‘Brilliantly observed and emotionally charged’ DAILY MIRROR

On the Edge Nigel Hinton A dark, gritty read, perfect for reluctant readers

With drama, heartbreak, redemption, Hidden is an unputdownable novella

When Dillon’s dad turns up unannounced to take him and his brother on a trip, Dillon isn’t sure what to do - Mum’s at work and they haven’t seen Dad in months. Dillon’s little brother Robbie is ecstatic to see his father and desperate to go. But why won’t Dad let them use their phones? And why are their faces plastered all over the news? What exactly does Dad want with them?

On the surface, Claire Saunders has it all: a rewarding career in fashion, a talented concert pianist daughter and a loving husband who is one of the country’s most trusted diplomats. She thinks she’s hidden her secret from her best friends, but they know her too well. Can her friends get her out of harm’s way and protect her from a man who is as ruthless as he is charming and powerful?

Nigel’s immensely successful novel Buddy was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and adapted into a feature length film

A 2014 Quick Read from master storyteller Barbara Taylor Bradford

Praise for the author: ‘Compelling reading’ GUARDIAN

Short Story, Romance Narrated by Tara Ward Duration 2.5 hour Availability CD

Hidden Barbara Taylor Bradford

Short Story, Thriller Narrated by Leighton Pugh Duration 1.75 hour Availability CD

‘One of the world’s best at spinning yarns’ GUARDIAN

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Tempting Fate Jane Green

A Song for the Dying Stuart MacBride

Bestselling author Jane Green gives a powerful portrayal of a marriage rocked by betrayal in the stunning Tempting Fate

A heart-stopping crime thriller from the bestselling author of Birthdays for the Dead and the DI Logan McRae series

When Gabby first met Elliott she knew he was the man for her. In twenty years of marriage she has never doubted her love for him, but Gabby feels that time and her youth are slipping away. For the first time in her life she is restless. And then she meets the youthful Matt… And in one reckless moment she destroys all that she holds dear. Are some betrayals too great to forgive?

Eight years ago Ash Henderson was a Detective Inspector investigating a disturbing serial killer nicknamed the Inside Man; now he’s looking at spending the rest of his life in prison. But when a nurse turns up dead, killed with the signature style of the Inside Man, the investigating team manages to get Ash released and working the case. He’s out for as long as he’s useful. And if he’s out, he can get revenge.

Praise for the author: ‘A heartbreaking tale of love and family, truly compelling’ CLOSER

Praise for the author: ‘Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order’ MARK BILLINGHAM

‘Compulsively readable. I raced through it’ DAILY MAIL

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The Midnight Rose Lucinda Riley A stunning multi-layered saga from international bestselling author Lucinda Riley, The Midnight Rose sweeps from the glittering palaces of India to the majestic stately homes of England In the heyday of the British Raj, Anahita becomes Princess Indira’s official companion, and accompanies her to England just before the outbreak of the Great War. There, she meets the young Donald Astbury – reluctant heir to a magnificent, estate – and his scheming mother. Eighty years later, Rebecca Bradley, a young American film star, has the world at her feet.

Her latest role, playing a 1920s debutante, takes her to the now-crumbling Astbury Hall…

‘Atmospheric, heart-rending and multilayered’ GRAZIA on The Girl on the Cliff

‘Some of the grittiest crime-writing in the field’ INDEPENDENT Crime Narrated by Ian Hanmore Duration 15.25 hours Availability CD

Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men Colin Bateman The title, the terrorist and the punchdrunk pugilist…

Fat Boy McMaster is a hopeless heavyweight boxer, who has somehow managed to become the champion of Ireland. His devious manager has set up a St Patrick’s Day fight in New York against Mike Tyson, and he wants journalist Dan Starkey to write about it.

Once in New York, however, McMaster’s wife is kidnapped, the Champ is chased all over town by gunmen, and there’s the Big Fight to consider too...

The second in Bateman’s hilarious series featuring hapless journalist Dan Starkey ‘The funniest crime series around’ DAILY TELEGRAPH ‘Sometimes brutal, often blackly humorous and always terrific’ OBSERVER

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The Island Hideaway Louise Candlish

The Circle Dave Eggers

The Counsellor Cormac McCarthy

Reckless William Nicholson

How far would you follow him before you accept it’s over?

‘Tremendous. Inventive, big hearted and very funny. Prepare to be addicted’ DAILY MAIL

The latest work from the author of The Road and No Country for Old Men, now a major motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox

Reckless is a gripping novel set against the world in crisis, by a superb novelist at the height of his powers

When Mae is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. Mae can’t believe her great fortune to work for them - even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public...

The Counsellor is the story of a lawyer whose desire to get rich, in order to impress his fiancée, leads him to become involved in a risky drug-smuggling venture.

His contacts in the high-stakes cocaine trade are the mysterious Reiner and the seductive Malkina. As the action crosses the Mexican border, things become darker, more violent and more sexually disturbing than he could ever have imagined.

1945. WWII has gone on too long. A little girl, Pamela, is growing up fast. A young Englishman, Rupert Blundell, vows there’ll be no more wars.

1962. Rupert is now strategic advisor to Lord Mountbatten. Pamela is eighteen and has moved to London, eager for love and experiences of every kind.

But beneath the glamour, the Cuban missile crisis unfolds and the world spins ever closer to nuclear war.

‘A profound and moving novel… tender and compassionate’ GUARDIAN on Motherland ‘His particular gift is to take you inside the contemporary mind, tracing out trains of thought with astonishing agility, sensitivity and honesty’ SPECTATOR on Motherland

Eleanor Blake, distraught after breaking up with her fiancé Will, decides to do what most would scarcely dare: secretly follow him to the island hideaway where he’s on holiday with the woman who took her place. But on the shimmering, sun-drenched Sicilian island of Panarea, distractions come in many forms and her fellow hotel guests Lewis and Frannie may not be all they seem either.

‘Brilliantly funny and bittersweet’ COSMOPOLITAN

Fast, thrilling, and compulsively gripping, The Circle is Dave Eggers’s timely novel about our obsession with the internet.

‘Superbly crafted comedy… ripe for Hollywood’ ELLE

‘Prescient, important and enjoyable ... a deft modern synthesis of Swiftian wit with Orwellian prognostication’ GUARDIAN

One of the greats of contemporary American Literature, Cormac McCarthy’s awards include the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

‘A gripping and highly unsettling read’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘It’s hard to think of a contemporary writer more worth reading’ INDEPENDENT

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Philomena Martin Sixsmith Now a major film starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan Falling pregnant as a teenager in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to the convent in Co. Tipperary to be looked after as a fallen woman. She cared for her baby for three years until the Church took him and sold him, like countless others, to America for adoption. She spent the next fifty years secretly searching for him, unaware that he was searching for her from across the Atlantic.

A compelling and deeply moving true story of human love and loss, both heartbreaking yet ultimately redemptive.

Biography & Autobiography Narrated by John Curless Duration 15.5 hours Availability CD

The Missing One Lucy Atkins

Broken Dolls James Carol

The Lying Game Tess Stimson

Kal McKenzie had a tricky relationship with her mother, Elena, but when she dies of breast cancer, Kal is bereft: how do you mourn a mother whose love you could never count on?

Jefferson Winter is no ordinary investigator. The son of one of America’s most renowned serial killers, Winter has spent his life trying to distance himself from his father’s legacy.

Clearing out Elena’s art studio, after her death, Kal finds a drawer packed with postcards all from one woman, Susannah Gillepsie. On impulse, Kal sets off with her toddler, Finn, in tow, desperate to find out more about her mother’s mysterious past. Once she arrives at Susannah’s isolated home, Kal quickly realizes she has made a big mistake. Susannah refuses to talk about her friendship with Elena and her behaviour grows more and more erratic.

When he accepts a particularly disturbing case in London, Winter arrives to find a psychopath on the loose who likes abducting and lobotomising young women. Winter must use all his preternatural brain power in order to work out who is behind the attacks, before another young woman becomes a victim.

There are some things we are never meant to know… Harriet Lockwood has never really bonded with her daughter the way she has with her three sons.

Then one day, she discovers why. The girl she’s raised for the last fifteen years is not her biological child.

As a consequence, two families are plunged into a storm of bitter rivalries and unexpected alliances.

This edition includes an exclusive interview with the author himself

‘A truly compelling story of family ties and secrets’ DAILY EXPRESS

Most worryingly of all, Susannah is becoming increasingly preoccupied with little Finn...

‘[Jefferson Winter is] a compulsively readable character who has the intelligence and the charisma to engage and entertain the reader.’

KATHERINE ARMSTRONG

‘Stimson’s prose is razor sharp’ GLAMOUR on What’s Yours is Mine

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Crime Narrated by Bill Hope & Julia Barrie Duration 11.25 hours Availability CD

Modern Fiction Narrated by Penelope Rawlins Duration 9.25 hours Availability CD

A brilliant novel from the bestselling Tess Stimson, that combines the beating heart of Jojo Moyes with the sparkling wit of Jane Fallon

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City of the Lost Will Adams

Keane’s Company Iain Gale

A Far Cry from Kensington Muriel Spark

A high-stakes thriller which weaves Turkey’s war-torn past with action, adventure and conspiracy

Soulless is a comedy of manners set in Victorian London: full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinking

Keane’s Company is the first in a new series, depicting the unconventional soldiers of the Napoleonic War

British intelligence operative Iain Black is caught up in the car-bombing of a hotel in Southern Turkey while investigating a murky Lebanese banker. His partner, Mustafa, is killed in the blast, and Iain vows to find out who is responsible. Working with beautiful Dutch historian Karin Visser, who was also staying at the hotel, Iain’s investigative trail leads to Turkey’s past – to the invasion of Northern Cyprus in 1974, and further back in time to the Trojan War… But as the hunters become the hunted, Iain and Karin must dig deeper to reveal a terrifying conspiracy before they are silenced for good…

Firstly, Alexia Tarabotti has no soul. Secondly, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Thirdly, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible. Can she figure out what is actually happening to London’s high society? Who is the real enemy, and do they have treacle tart?

James Keane, one of the finest but most rebellious soldiers in the British army, is under threat of court martial for disobeying Wellesley’s strict rules. But his special, even ungentlemanly, skills have caught his general’s eye, so he is selected to form a unique handpicked unit which will work behind enemy lines. Their task: holding a vital crossing post over a river against overwhelming forces, will test Keane’s leadership skills to the uttermost.

‘Funny, action-packed, sometimes raunchy, unashamedly fashion-conscious steampunk adventures’ TRUDI CANAVAN

‘The divine Spark is shining at her brightest... Pure delight’ INDEPENDENT

‘Spectacular debut novel’ ROMANTIC TIMES

‘Richard Sharpe would be delighted to have James Keane on his side! Iain Gale’s creation is a wonderfully imaginative addition to the fascinating tales of Britain’s defiance of Bonaparte’ BERNARD CORNWELL

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Historical Fiction Narrated by David Timson Duration 11 hours Availability CD

Literature Narrated by Juliet Stevenson Duration 6.25 hours Availability CD

‘A cracking adventure… Enthralling’ OBSERVER on The Alexander Conspiracy

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Soulless Gail Carriger

Described by Ali Smith as ‘one of Muriel Spark’s most liberating, and meditative novels’, A Far Cry from Kensington shows Muriel Spark at the height of her powers The narrator is one Mrs. Hawkins. She writes from Italy, a far cry from Kensington indeed, taking us back to her threadbare years in postwar London. As a young, rather fat war-widow she spent her days working for a crazy, almost bankrupt publisher; and her nights offering advice from her boarding-house in South Kensington. In both locations our heroine soon uncovered difficulties: shady literary dealings; anonymous letters, blackmail, and even suicide.

‘An outstanding novel… A Far Cry from Kensington has an effortless, translucent grasp of the spirit of the period’ OBSERVER

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The Black Tulip Alexandre Dumas

Sweet Thursday John Steinbeck

Her Brilliant Career Rachel Cooke

A forgotten classic from the author of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo

‘I ain’t never been satisfied with that book, Cannery Row. I would of went about it different.’

The woman of the Fifties is usually conjured up in an apron and rubber gloves, but what if there was another side to the story?

When tulip-grower Cornelius van Baerle is framed for treason and sentenced to death, he is powerless against the brutal factional politics that put him in prison. But Rosa, the jailer's daughter, is beautiful and strong-willed, and when they fall in love, she determines not only to save him but also to grow the near-mythical flower: the black tulip.

Returning to the scene of Cannery Row, Steinbeck brilliantly re-creates its bawdy, high-spirited world of bums, drunks and hookers, telling the story of what happened to everyone after the war. There’s Fauna, the latest madam at the Bear Flag brothel; Doc, still there for everyone else but feeling strangely sad himself; and Suzy, the new hustler in town who might just be the girl to save him.

In Her Brilliant Career, Rachel Cooke tells the story of ten extraordinary women whose pioneering professional lives - and complicated private lives paved the way for future generations. Muriel Box, film director. Betty Box, film producer. Margery Fish, plantswoman. Patience Gray, cook. Alison Smithson, architect. Sheila van Damm, rally car driver and theatre owner. Nancy Spain, journalist and radio personality. Joan Werner Laurie, editor. Jacquetta Hawkes, archaeologist. Rose Heilbron, QC. Plucky and ambitious, these women left the house, discovered the bliss of work, and ushered in the era of the working woman.

Set in the savage turmoil of Holland’s late 17th century, this intimate novel celebrates the power of integrity over obsession and tolerance over violence.

John Steinbeck was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for literature

‘A masterly narration re-creates the full magnificence of Dumas’s theatre’ OBSERVER

‘The outstanding quality of Steinbeck’s writing... is his feel for the lives, thoughts and aspirations of ordinary people’ SPECTATOR

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Red Dust Ma Jian ‘Honest, raw, insightful... The Chinese equivalent of On the Road’ TIME In 1983, Ma Jian turned 30 and was overwhelmed by the desire to escape the confines of his life in Beijing.

Deng Xiaoping was clamping down on ‘Spiritual Pollution’; young people were rebelling. With his long hair, jeans and artistic friends, Ma Jian was under surveillance. One day he bought a train ticket to the westernmost border of China and set off in search of himself.

The result is a compelling and utterly unique insight into the teeming contradictions of China that only a man who was both an insider and an outsider in his own country could have written.

This is the Fifties, retold: vivid, surprising and, most of all, modern.

‘Red Dust is a tour de force, a powerfully picaresque cross between the sort of travel book any Western author would give his eye-teeth to write, and a disturbing confession’ INDEPENDENT

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Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain Charlotte Higgins Under Another Sky was shortlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction What has ‘Roman Britain’ meant to the British people since the Romans left? And what does Roman Britain mean to us now? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? As Charlotte Higgins leads us through the history using some of Britain’s most intriguing ancient monuments, Under Another Sky invites us to see the British landscape, and history, in an entirely fresh way.

‘Mesmerising. Sophisticated and passionate. She personalizes the story in a diaristic, almost poetic tone.’

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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.

Always on my Mind Colette Caddle

A Bargain Struck Liz Harris

With only a few weeks to go until her wedding, Molly Jackson has got everything she ever wanted: her perfect job, the love of her life and a loving and warm family.

Set in Wyoming in 1887, a story of a man and a woman brought together through need, not love…

When her fiancé Declan drops a bombshell: that he has to go abroad on business and their wedding must be postponed, Molly is devastated. Reeling from the shock, Molly is seeing Declan off at the airport when she bumps into Luke Fortune, her childhood sweetheart. She realises that she has a window of opportunity, while Declan is away, to put a few of the ghosts in her past to rest.

‘If you like Marian Keyes, you’ll love Colette Caddle’ COMPANY

Widower Connor Maguire advertises for a wife to raise his young daughter, Bridget, to work the homestead and bear him a son. Ellen O’Sullivan longs for a home, a husband and a family. On paper, she is everything Connor needs in a wife. However, it soon becomes clear that Ellen has not been entirely truthful.

As their personal feelings blur the boundaries of their deal, they begin to wonder if a bargain struck makes a marriage worth keeping.

‘An utterly original history, lyrically alive to the haunting presence of the past and our strange and familiar ancestors.’

SUNDAY TIMES

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

‘Will have readers laughing and crying every step of the way’ IRISH TIMES

‘Liz Harris’s vivid portrayal of 1880s midwest America as a place ruled by the elements where neighbourly trust is essential to survival, is another sure hit’ DAILY MAIL

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In the Rancher’s Arms Kathie DeNosky ‘WANTED: Intelligent, well-educated, single female with high morals and good character, age 25-35, for immediate marriage to a Wyoming cattle rancher.’

Hard-headed rancher Eli Laughlin knows e-mail order bride Victoria has lied about having ranching experience. The pre-nup has given Eli a month to get acquainted with the intoxicatingly lovely Victoria before finalising their marriage, but Eli’s having a hell of a time reining in his desire. And whatever Tori’s hiding seems inconsequential when every cell in his body aches to make Tori his.

Kathie DeNosky’s romance novels have received numerous awards, including two Reader’s Choice Awards, and regularly appear on bestselling lists.

A Ring to Secure His Heir Lynne Graham An unexpected glitch in his plan...

Office-cleaner Rosie Gray is intoxicated by the afterhours attentions of mysterious, suave businessman, Alex, but her dreams are destroyed with the slamming of the bedroom door on their one-night stand.

Discovering she’s pregnant, she goes to confront him – but no one at work has heard of Alex Kolovos…

They do, however, know Alexius Stavroulakis, the CEO, and he has a glittering proposal for her!

Lynne Graham is a bestselling Mills and Boon author with sales of twenty six million books worldwide

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How to Ruin a Reputation Bronwyn Scott Ashton Bedevere a renowned libertine who can ruin a reputation quicker than other gentlemen can drink their brandy!

After years in Italy, honing his skills in the delicious art of seduction, Ashe returns to London’s high-class establishments. There, his scandalous ways are abruptly ended by his father’s death. To claim what is rightfully his, Ashe must do the inconceivable – take a wife! But who could possibly even think about marrying such a man? Certainly not the lovely Genevra Ralston. After all, she’d be finished in polite society. Wouldn’t she?

Praise for the author: ‘Scott brings freshness and sassiness… in this fast paced, sensual and delightful light read.’

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Once Bitten, Twice Shy Christina Courtenay Once was more than enough!

Jason Warwycke, Marquess of Wyckeham, has vowed never to wed again after his disastrous first marriage, which left him with nothing but a tarnished reputation.

That is, until he sets eyes on Ianthe Templeton…

But can Wyckeham and Ianthe overcome the malicious schemes of spiteful siblings and evil stepmothers to find wedded bliss? Or will Wyckeham discover that the past has come back to bite him for a second time?

Christina Courtenay won the 2012 Best Romantic Historical Novel of the Year Award for Highland Storms

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Hope for Hannah Linda Mitchelmore Hannah French has always wanted more from life than her sleepy village in Devon can offer.

And there are two men who are willing to give her that escape: William and Ralph Lawlor. They are brothers but their bloodline is all that they have in common. William is a gentle, kind and sensitive painter; Ralph is rugged, dangerous and extravagant.

When events in Hannah’s life take a devastating turn, she is no longer certain who she can trust. Will somebody come to her rescue or will she have to accept that hope is all she has left?

A historical romance set in atmospheric Dartmoor in the early twentieth century

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This Book Will Make You Sleep Dr Jessamy Hibberd & Jo Usmar A short, helpful and practical guide to improving your sleep We all have problems dropping off at night or we wake in the early hours with thoughts buzzing round in our minds. But this book will show you how to break negative patterns, get more rest and improve your wellbeing. In This Book Will Make You Sleep, Dr Jessamy Hibberd and Jo Usmar draw on cognitive behavioural therapy, with techniques proven to help you get your sleep patterns back on track.

Dr Jessamy Hibberd is a highly respected clinical psychologist. Jo Usmar is a freelance journalist and lifestyle editor.

She writes a regular column for Cosmopolitan.

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Light of the World James Lee Burke

The Pagan Lord Bernard Cornwell

James Lee Burke’s legendary detective Dave Robicheaux returns; this time he must save his daughter from a sadistic killer

The new novel in Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series The Warrior Chronicles, on the making of England

Detective Dave Robicheaux, his wife Molly and daughter Alafair are vacationing in Montana. But evil, it seems, has followed them into this wild paradise.

Someone is stalking Alafair, and Dave begins to suspect that it’s a convicted serial killer she interviewed two years ago - even though he’s supposed to be dead. Is Alafair the target of a depraved serial killer, or has she unwittingly crossed paths with a murderous psychopath closer to home?

Alfred the Great is dead and Edward his son reigns as king. The Danes in the north stand ready to invade and will never rest until the emerald crown is theirs. Uhtred, the great warrior, must return north to recapture his old family home, the great fortress, Bebbanburg.

Loyalties will be divided and men will fall, as every kingdom is drawn into a war which will decide the fate of every king, and the entire English nation.

In his most personal case yet, Dave Robicheaux’s family are threatened by his career and his past

Praise for the author: ‘The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive’ GEORGE R.R. MARTIN

Praise for the author: ‘James Lee Burke continues to astonish’ THE TIMES

‘He’s called a master storyteller. Really he’s cleverer than that’ TELEGRAPH

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Harvest Jim Crace

Home Front Girls Rosie Goodwin

Nominated for the Man Booker Prize 2013

A gripping and emotional WWII drama about three unforgettable women who kept the country moving during its darkest hours

As late summer steals in and the final pearls of barley are gleaned, a village comes under threat. Over the course of seven days, Walter Thirsk sees his hamlet unmade: the manor house set on fire, the harvest blackened, three new arrivals punished, and his neighbours accused of witchcraft. But something even darker is at the heart of his story, and he will be the only man left to tell it…

Told in Jim Crace’s hypnotic prose, Harvest evokes the tragedy of land pillaged and communities scattered, as England’s fields are irrevocably enclosed ‘[T]his simultaneously elegiac and unillusioned novel is an achievement worthy to stand alongside those of Crace’s great fictional influence, William Golding.’ SUNDAY TIMES Historical Fiction Narrated by John Keating Duration 8.5 hours Availability Playaway

The Guest List Melissa Hill The brilliant new book from number one bestselling author Melissa Hill

Dotty, Lucy and Annabelle all turn up for work at Coventry’s department store Owen Owen at the same time as war is declared. Dotty is an orphan, Lucy is the sole carer for her little sister, and although Annabelle has led a life of privilege until now, everyone’s having to pinch the pennies at the moment.

The three form an unlikely bond, and with disaster at every turn, they’re going to need each other...

When funny, kind and gorgeous Shane proposes, Cara is over the moon. Excitement, however, quickly turns to apprehension when it seems that everyone has their fixed idea of the perfect wedding and arguments ensue.

So she and Shane determine to make a stand and do things their way. But when they announce their plans for a beach wedding on a beautiful Caribbean island, there is uproar.

Will Cara and Shane manage to overcome all obstacles?

Or will their dream wedding turn into a nightmare?

‘Home Front Girls proves once again Rosie Goodwin’s ability to create a dramatic, emotional plot ... a rewarding read.’ BIRMINGHAM POST

‘Brilliantly written and full of twists, rows and tears’ CLOSER

‘A touching and powerful novel from a wonderful writer’ THE BOOKSELLER on The Empty Cradle Saga Narrated by Gabrielle Glaister Duration 14 hours Availability Playaway

Light Shining in the Forest Paul Torday From the author of Salmon Fishing In The Yemen comes a dark tale about a failing politician and the search for two missing children Norman Stokoe has just been appointed Children’s Czar by the new government. However, before his first salary cheque has even hit his bank account, the Children’s Czar network is put on hold. He settles down in his new leather chair behind his new desk, but then two children go missing. Faced with a campaigning journalist and a distraught mother, he is forced to become involved. The search will take him to dark places and will make him ask questions about the system he is supposed to uphold.

‘A blissfully escapist romp, with a hint of mystery’ MARIE CLAIRE on The Truth About You

‘[Torday] has blended some excellent social satire and even a dollop of the supernatural...this is an excellent mashup, well-written, well-crafted and constantly gripping’ DAILY MAIL

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Reconstructing Amelia Kimberly McCreight Do you really want to know what’s going on inside your daughter’s head?

Single mother Kate Baron is in the meeting of her career when she is interrupted by a telephone call. Her daughter Amelia has just been suspended from her exclusive school. When Kate eventually arrives an hour later, she hears the news that no mother ever wants to hear. A grieving Kate can’t accept that her daughter would kill herself. But she soon discovers she didn’t know Amelia quite as well as she thought. Then Kate receives an anonymous text saying simply: AMELIA DIDN’T JUMP. And so begins an investigation which takes her deep into Amelia’s private world, into her journals, her email account and into the mind of a troubled young girl.

‘Like Gone Girl, this seamlessly marries a crime story with a relationship drama.

And like Gone Girl it should be hailed as one of the best books of the year’ ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Modern Fiction Narrated by Multiple Narrators Duration 12.75 hours Availability Playaway 28

Mayhem Sarah Pinborough

The Death of Lucy Kyte Nicola Upson

None of My Affair Fiona O’Brien

Mayhem is a masterwork of narrative suspense; set in shadowy, gas-lit London, where monsters stalk the cobbled streets and hide in plain sight

In the latest Josephine Tey mystery, the author investigates secrets from her family’s past

It’s the wedding of the year…but it’s about to turn into the scandal of the decade!

When Josephine Tey inherited a remote Suffolk cottage from her godmother, it came full of secrets. There were the infamous Red Barn murders, committed in the grounds a century before, and still casting a shadow over the village. And there was Lucy Kyte, the mysterious beneficiary of her godmother’s will, who no-one in the close-knit village would admit to knowing.

Trapped in this isolated community and surrounded by shadows of obsession, abuse and deceit, can Josephine untangle history from present danger and prevent a deadly cycle beginning once again?

Supermodel Ali Armstrong is getting married on board luxury yacht Excalibur, surrounded by her closest friends and family. But as the guests arrive, tensions and secrets rise to the surface. Will Ali’s mother Carrie finally accept the end of her own marriage? Can her sister Hope learn to trust again? The privileged world of the Armstrongs is about to be blown sky high…

A new killer is stalking the streets of London’s East End. Though newspapers have dubbed him ‘the Torso Killer’, this murderer’s work is overshadowed by the hysteria surrounding Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel crimes. The victims are women too, but their dismembered bodies, wrapped in rags and tied up with string, are pulled out of the Thames – and the heads are missing.

‘Pinborough really knows how to drag the reader into her books’ SIMON KERNICK, bestselling author of Relentless ‘A compulsively readable story that starts as a conventional murder mystery and morphs, by degrees, into a horrifying supernatural thriller’ GUARDIAN Crime Narrated by Steven Crossley Duration 10.5 hours Availability Playaway

‘With a well-made plot and a fascinating cast of female characters, both haves and have-nots, this is an assured addition to an excellent series’ GUARDIAN on Two for Sorrow Mystery Narrated by Sandra Duncan Duration 12.75 hours Availability Playaway

Praise for the author: ‘The right mix of heartfelt emotion and upbeat humour’ IMAGE ‘If you like Jackie Collins then you won’t be disappointed’ DAILY MAIL

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Cypress Grove James Sallis

Black Roses Jane Thynne

The Damage Howard Linskey

From the author of Drive, comes a subtle yet affecting crime noir, the first in the Turner trilogy, set in America’s forgotten places

1933. War is in the air. And in Berlin one woman is torn between love, loyalty and duty

‘A Tyneside Dashiell Hammett to put Martina Cole firmly in her place’ THE TIMES

The small town where Turner has moved is the perfect hide-away for him to forget he was a cop, a psychotherapist and always an ex-con - until a body is found and Turner is thrust into the investigation and everything he thought he had left behind. Turner slowly becomes reacquainted not only with the darkness he had fled, but with the unsuspected kindness of others.

Brilliantly balancing Turner’s past and present lives, Cypress Grove is lyrical, moving and filled with the sense of place and character that only our finest writers can achieve.

Aspiring actress Clara Vine arrives in Berlin to find work at the famous Ufa studios. Through a chance meeting, she is unwillingly drawn into a circle of Nazi wives, led

by Magda Goebbels. British Intelligence officer Leo Quinn sees Clara as the perfect recruit to spy on her new elite friends, using her acting skills to win their confidence. But then Magda reveals to Clara a dramatic secret and entrusts her with an extraordinary mission.

‘The crosscurrents and dangers of the build-up to war are established with expertise and not a little menace. Terrific.’

ELIZABETH BUCHAN for SUNDAY TIMES

‘Sallis’s deceptively easy style disguises the skill with which he has produced a satisfyingly complete portrait of a man’s life.’

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‘Thynne’s thriller is strong on the city’s paranoia, and its exploration of the Third Reich’s bizarre attitude to women gives it an original take on Nazi Germany’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

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David Blake is a worried man. He should be enjoying the high life now he’s Newcastle’s ‘Top Boy’, the man who controls everything in the city. He lives in luxury, the money keeps on rolling in and Blake is sharing his life with the girl that he loves. But when one of his men takes two bullets in the back and someone tries to kill him, Blake struggles to stay in control. Blake is in a race against time to find his potential assassin and discover the truth.

‘A brutal, hard-hitting debut which opens up Newcastle’s dark, violent underbelly like a freshly-sharpened stiletto’ SIMON KERNICK on The Drop

Every Day is Mother’s Day Hilary Mantel From the double Man Booker prizewinning author of Bring Up the Bodies comes a merciless comedy of colliding lives: of sex, death, madness, adultery and the social services.

Evelyn and Muriel Axon, mother and daughter, lead a haunted existence. Objects of horror to their neighbours, they evade or terrorise any social worker who crosses their path. Inside their house, they persue a covert persecution of each other, shrinking from the unseen occupants of their spare room. But change is in the air. The slow-witted Murial seems to be pregnant.

How can this be, as she never seems to leave the house? And what will happen when the baby is born?

‘Strange…rather mad…extremely funny…she reminded me of the early Muriel Spark’ AUBERON WAUGH

‘Writing that leaps off the page in its lacerating forcefulness’ CRIME TIME

‘What a terrific book’ FAY WELDON

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Where Women Are Kings Christie Watson The new novel from the writer of the acclaimed Costa First Novel Award winner, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away Elijah, seven years old, has a history of disruptive behaviour. His adoptive mother Nikki believes that she and her husband Obi are strong enough to accept his difficulties - and that her being white will not affect her ability to raise a black son. However Deborah, Elijah’s birth mother, is ever-present. Just as Elijah starts to settle in, a surprise event rocks their fragile peace and the result is devastating.

Praise for the author: ‘Life changes irrevocably [amid] the complexities of family, politics and race. [A] colourful, bittersweet [and] affecting novel.’

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Witches Tracy Borman A tale of superstition, injustice and the darkest limits of the human imagination September 1613. In Belvoir Castle, the heir of one of England’s great noble families falls suddenly and dangerously ill. Within a few short weeks he will suffer an excruciating death. Soon the whole family will be stricken with the same terrifying symptoms. The second son, the last male of the line, will not survive.

It is said witches are to blame. And so the Earl of Rutland’s sons will not be the last to die.

Witches traces the dramatic events which unfolded four hundred years ago at one of England’s oldest castles, and reveals a conspiracy that has remained hidden for centuries.

‘Christie Watson’s affecting but unsentimental debut earns its place in the sun.’ INDEPENDENT

‘A tantalising history... A panoramic survey of the witch craze that swept through Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.’

SUNDAY TIMES

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Catastrophe Max Hastings

As Luck Would Have It Derek Jacobi

1914: a year of unparalleled change. The year that diplomacy failed and Imperial Europe was thrown into its first modernised warfare. But how had it happened?

Star of stage, screen and television, and one of only two people to be awarded two Knighthoods, Sir Derek Jacobi is one of Britain’s most distinguished actors

In Catastrophe Max Hastings, tries to find the answer to how World War I began. He traces how tensions across the continent kindled into a blaze of battles; analyses the power-brokering, vanity and bluff in the diplomatic maelstrom and reveals who was responsible for the birth of this catastrophic world in arms. Mingling the experiences of humbler folk with the statesmen on whom their lives depended, Hastings asks: whose actions were justified?

Published to coincide with its 100th Anniversary, Catastrophe explains how and why this war, which shattered and changed the Western world for ever, was fought.

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Derek Jacobi’s life has been devoted to acting, since his stage debut at the age of seven, in a local library production of The Prince and the Swineherd. Cast as the National Youth Theatre’s Hamlet during his final year at school, Derek won a scholarship to Cambridge, where he studied and acted alongside other future acting greats. He has since starred in roles ranging from the lead in I, Claudius to Hitler in Inside the Third Reich.

Funny, warm and honest, Jacobi brings us his insider’s view on the world of acting.

From a simple childhood in the East End to the height of fame on stage and screen, Derek recalls his journey in full.

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Secrets, Lies & Lullabies Heidi Betts No problem’s too big for CEO Alexander Bajoran…until a baby is left in his boardroom with a note that says he’s the daddy…

When Jessica Taylor spots Alexander Bajoran, the man who ruined her family and drove their company out of business, at the resort where she’s working as a chambermaid, she and her cousin plot revenge. But the plan backfires when Jessica is seduced by the wealthy businessman…and becomes mother to his child!

‘Betts has a great hand with the complicated relationships, and she doesn’t disappoint readers with the secrets in this completely charming entry.’

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How to Disgrace a Lady Bronwyn Scott Some rakes are beyond redemption, and too wicked for polite society…

Merrick the Rake is tasked by Lady Alixe Burke’s father with making his bluestocking daughter marriageable!

Lady Alixe – more happy in the library than the ballroom – is most definitely left-on-the-shelf material.

He’ll never walk away from a wager, but Merrick’s expertise extends way beyond society etiquette.

Never before entrusted with a woman’s modesty, Merrick sets about teaching her everything he knows…

Praise for the author: ‘Scott brings freshness and sassiness to…her characters…in this fast paced, sensual and delightful light read.’

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The Rancher’s Housekeeper Rebecca Winters

Fire and Brimstone Colin Bateman

Geena is the most unlikely candidate to be a housekeeper ever, but there’s something about her that gets under Colt’s skin…

In the latest Dan Starkey novel, our comic journalist finds himself in a Belfast where religion and politics have taken a backseat to drugs and greed

When rugged rancher Colt offers vulnerable Geena a housekeeper job, he’s worried that this beautiful stranger is trouble! But she quickly turns his house into a home he wants to come back to. Letting her into his world was one of the best decisions he’s made; dare he let her into his heart?

Rebecca Winters has won the National Readers’ Choice Award, the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, and has been named Utah Writer of the Year. She is currently working her way towards her 50th romantic novel.

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Cherish

A media billionaire’s daughter disappears following a massacre at a Belfast student party and nobody knows if she has been kidnapped or caught in the crossfire.

A controversial new abortion clinic is firebombed, and a fire-and-brimstone church movement is blamed.

Hired to both find the missing daughter, and prove the church’s guilt, Dan Starkey suddenly finds himself struggling to cope with two very different investigations...or could they possibly be connected?

‘Bateman is the funniest writer Ireland has produced since Roddy Doyle’ IRISH POST

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The October List Jeffery Deaver

Bricks and Mortality Ann Granger

‘The most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writer in the world’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

The third Cotswold village mystery featuring Inspector Jess Campbell and Superintendent Ian Carter reveals a ruthless killer and a case of mistaken identity

An unforgettable story about a family with a secret at its core, from Top Ten bestseller Lisa Jewell, author of The Making of Us and Before I Met You

A taut and gripping thriller: King Edward VIII is on the throne and keen to broker peace at any cost - WWII could turn out very differently...

In the cold light of dawn, a dead body is found in the smouldering remains of a burnt-out Cotswold manor.

Key House has stood empty for years, but its owner, Gervase Crown, was seen nearby just before the blaze. Is he responsible, or was he the intended target? As Campbell and Carter begin their investigation it becomes clear that Gervase wasn’t particularly popular and his return reawakens old memories, not all of them good.

The Bird children have an idyllic childhood: a picturebook cottage in a country village, a warm, cosy kitchen filled with love and laughter, sun-drenched afternoons in a rambling garden.

But one Easter weekend a tragedy strikes the Bird family that is so devastating it tears them apart. Many years later something will call them home, back to the house they grew up in - and to what really happened that Easter weekend all those years ago.

As the storm clouds gather over Europe and German troops are amassing, a clandestine ‘King’s Party’ of fascist peace campaigners is stealthily undermining the war-effort. Back from Ceylon to work on a newlyfounded literary magazine, Cynthia Kirkpatrick finds herself at the centre of a web of intrigue. London shivers with uncertainty. As Hitler’s troops encroach further into Europe, Cynthia soon discovers that taking sides can be a very dangerous business.

Praise for the author: ‘A good feel for understated humour, a nice ear for dialogue’ THE TIMES

‘Clever, intelligent and believable...

Wonderful.’ JOJO MOYES

‘If you want thrills… Deaver is your man’ GUARDIAN

‘Well-plotted, chilling and highly enjoyable’ GOOD BOOK GUIDE

‘Simply stunning.’ DAILY MAIL

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Crime Narrated by Judith Boyd Duration 10.75 hours Availability Playaway

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Gabrielle is sitting in an apartment in Manhattan, watching the clock. Her daughter has been kidnapped, she’s shot and killed a man, and is trying to negotiate with the kidnapper. He wants the October List, and he wants money. The doorbell rings... That is the end of Gabrielle’s story, and the first chapter of the novel. The next chapter is the scene which came before, and what follows is what happened before that.

Deaver’s breathtakingly clever new thriller is guaranteed to keep you gripped to the final minutes - where you find out the beginning...

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The House We Grew Up In Lisa Jewell

The Windsor Faction D. J. Taylor

Praise for the author: ‘Derby Day is a triumphant success...

[Taylor] proves himself to be one of the finest of our 21st-century novelists’ FINANCIAL TIMES Historical Fiction Narrated by William Rycroft Duration 14 hours Availability Playaway

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Leaving Everything Most Loved Jacqueline Winspear Maisie Dobbs’ latest investigation leads her into a dangerous yet fascinating world and takes her in an unexpected direction London, 1933. Two months after an Indian woman, Usha Pramal, is found murdered, her brother turns to Maisie Dobbs to find the truth about her death.

Not only has Scotland Yard made no arrests, they failed to conduct a full and thorough investigation.

When another Indian woman who was close to Usha is found murdered, Maisie is pulled deeper into an unfamiliar yet alluring subculture.

‘I’m a huge Maisie Dobbs fan’ LEE CHILD ‘Maisie Dobbs has not been created - she has been discovered. And what a revelation she is!’

ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH

Wrapped in White Kevin Brooks PI John Craine, struggling to cope with the weight of his past, is forced to confront it in his most personal and frightening case yet PI John Craine is hired to investigate the brutal murder of a Somali youth. The police are treating the murder as a gang-related crime, but the victim’s aunt claims the police are trying to cover up her nephew’s death.

While investigating the case, Craine learns of the sudden death of his friend Leon Mercer. It appears to be a tragic accident, but Craine soon finds himself entangled in two deeply suspicious investigations.

From This Moment On Colette Caddle ‘Will have readers laughing and crying every step of the way’ IRISH TIMES Lynn Stephens’ life has been tough recently, thanks to Vincent Boland, the manager at the four-star hotel she works in. But, after standing up to him, she is delighted when she is vindicated and feels she can move on.

But the consequences of crossing Vincent are more far-reaching than Lynn knows. It’s not long before she realises that this man still has the capacity to destroy her and all she holds dear.

‘Caddle can whip up a tremendous love story’ IRISH INDEPENDENT

Praise for the author: ‘Unputdownable and riveting’ MO HAYDER

‘An absorbing read’ OBSERVER

‘Gripping, disturbing... brilliant’ SUNDAY EXPRESS

Crime, Mystery Narrated by Julie Teal Duration 11.25 hours Availability Playaway

Crime Narrated by Andrew Wincott Duration 11.75 hours Availability Playaway

Colette Caddle is a bestselling Irish author, her previous books include Every Time We Say Goodbye and Always on my Mind

Romance Narrated by Deirdre O’Connell Duration 11 hours Availability Playaway

Killing Range Phil Campion Left for dead, back for revenge… an explosive new military thriller from reallife action hero Phil Campion Steve Range thinks his friend Randy is a corpse in the desert - until he reappears in an Al Qaeda video, spitting extremist hate and challenging Range to a desert battle. A stray word slipped in to Randy’s tirade makes Range begin to wonder whether his old comrade-in-arms really has been turned by his captors. All he knows for sure is that he owes a debt to the man he left for dead.

Phil Campion is a veteran of military operations in just about every conflictprone corner of the world Praise for the author: ‘Andy McNab’s Nick Stone, Chris Ryan’s Geordie Sharp and Duncan Falconer’s Stratton have a new rival in Phil Campion’s Steve Range’ IRISH WORLD Thriller Narrated by Leighton Pugh Duration 9 hours Availability Playaway 33

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A Darkness Descending Christobel Kent

Unexploded Alison MacLeod

Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup

The fourth book in Christobel Kent’s Italian crime series sees private detective Sandro Cellini enter the cut-throat world of politics

Longlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2013, Unexploded is Alison MacLeod’s compelling novel of love and prejudice in wartime Brighton

Now a major film starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender and Brad Pitt

An exciting thriller featuring Francesco Patrese FBI expert on religious crime

Twelve Years a Slave is the true story of Solomon Northup: born a free black man in New York State, and sold into slavery after being tricked in 1841.

Unable to convince anyone he is not a slave, Solomon spent 12 years in bondage, before finally being set free. Northup’s memoir, recounting details of the slave markets and the harsh life on plantations, was used in the struggle to abolish slavery in the United States.

Franco Patrese, is about to be put to the test by a series of shocking murders. The charred body of a renowned brain surgeon is found in one of the city’s luxury apartment blocks. Then a Catholic bishop is set alight in his Cathedral. Patrese’s investigation uncovers high-class prostitution, medical scams and religious obsession, but it will take a terrible betrayal to uncover the truth.

When Niccolo Rosselli, the driven, charismatic leader of a Florentine political movement, collapses at a rally, his young party immediately comes under threat. And when it emerges that his long time partner, Flavia, has disappeared, leaving behind not only a devastated husband but their newborn son, the political becomes dangerously personal - and Sandro Cellini is drafted in to investigate.

‘Death, espresso, and political manoeuvering...Brooding Italian noir.’

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY on The Dead Season ‘Dark, gloomy and often sinister... An intelligent and convincing thriller with fleshed-out characters you want to meet again.’ DAILY MAIL on The Dead Season Crime Narrated by Saul Reichlin Duration 13.5 hours Availability Playaway 34

Brighton, May 1940. A time of tension and change.

Geoffrey Beaumont becomes Superintendent of the enemy alien camp on the edge of town, his son Philip is gripped by the rumour that Hitler will make Brighton his English HQ, and his wife Evelyn meets Otto Gottlieb, a ‘degenerate’ German-Jewish painter imprisoned in the camp. As love collides with fear, the power of art with the forces of war, the lives of Evelyn, Otto and Geoffrey are changed irrevocably.

‘Alison MacLeod is a strikingly original voice. Her stories create intimate worlds and make the reader live in them with an intensity which is haunting, disturbing and above all beguiling’ HELEN DUNMORE Historical Fiction, Literature Narrated by Antonia Beamish Duration 11.75 hours Availability Playaway

Soul Murder Daniel Blake

First published in 1853, Twelve Years a Slave is an affecting and moving memoir that has become one of the most famous accounts of slavery.

‘Daniel Blake makes New Orleans the setting for a story that’s as hot, steamy and shot through with voodoo madness as the city itself. Highly recommended!’

TOM CAIN, author of The Accident Man on City of Sins

Classics, Biography & Autobiography Narrated by Tommie Earl Jenkins Duration 8.75 hours Availability Playaway

Crime Narrated by William Hope Duration 14.75 hours Availability Playaway

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The Liar’s Daughter Laurie Graham

Seating Arrangements Maggie Shipstead

A Captain’s Duty Richard Phillips & Stephan Talt

There are questions we can never hope to answer. It doesn’t stop us asking.

‘A ferociously clever comedy of manners’ GUARDIAN

An astounding story of bravery and heroism, now a major film starring Tom Hanks

Nan Prunty’s mother has always claimed to have been Lord Nelson’s lover. She saw him die at Trafalgar, or so she says. Nan makes her own determined way in life, but is always haunted by the wish to know the truth about her father. From the ageing seamen at the Greenwich Hospital to the battlefields of the Crimea, Nan discovers the world is full of people with a story about Nelson.

The Van Meters have gathered at their family retreat on the New England island of Waskeke to celebrate the marriage of their daughter Daphne to an impeccably appropriate young man. The weekend is full of lobster and champagne, salt air and practiced bonhomie, but long-buried discontent and simmering lust seep through the cracks in the revelry.

8th April 2009 was just an ordinary day for Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama as it headed towards the port of Mombasa. Ordinary that is, until armed Somali pirates attacked and boarded the freighter.

It was the first time an American cargo ship had been hijacked in over 200 years. Captain Phillips offered himself as a hostage in exchange for the safety of his crew, and so began a tense five-day stand-off, which ended in a daring high-seas rescue by U.S. Navy SEALs.

Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2012 ‘Why is Laurie Graham not carried on people’s shoulders through cheering crowds? Her books are brilliant’ MARIAN KEYES

‘Joyously good’ DAILY MAIL

‘I share the country’s admiration for the bravery of Captain Phillips and his selfless concern for his crew. His courage is a model for all Americans.’

BARACK OBAMA

‘Funny, fascinating and profoundly moving. I savoured every sentence’ FREYA NORTH on A Humble Companion Historical Fiction Narrated by Rebecca Egan Duration 9.75 hours Availability Playaway

This is Captain Phillips’ own story - the story of an ordinary man who did what he saw as his duty and in doing so became a hero

Modern Fiction Narrated by Arthur Morey Duration 12.25 hours Availability Playaway

Biography & Autobiography Narrated by George K. Wilson Duration 8.75 hours Availability Playaway

How Did All This Happen?

John Bishop How Did All This Happen? is the story of how a man suddenly found himself on stage in front of thousands of people nationwide, at an age when he should have known better In his own inimitable style, John guides us through his life from leaving the council estate where he grew up, to marriage, kids and the split that led him to being on a stage complaining to strangers one night – the night that changed his life and started his journey to stardom. This is a heart-warming, life-affirming and ultimately very, very funny memoir from one of the nation’s greatest comedians.

How Did All This Happen? is a wonderfully entertaining autobiography, packed with the colourful reminiscences and comical anecdotes you’d expect from John Bishop.

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The Spy Who Loved Clare Mulley

The Sheikh’s Destiny Olivia Gates

The thrilling and intriguing biography of one of the forgotten heroes of the Second World War

‘Romance does not get any better than an Olivia Gates novel’ CATAROMANCE

Shortlisted for a 2013 RWA RITA award for Short Contemporary Romance

Rashid Aal Munsoori believes capturing the throne of his homeland is his destiny. And seducing and marrying Laylah Aal Shalaan is his only way to beat his rivals to it.

But when she discovers his plan and casts him out of her heart, does winning the throne still mean everything? Or would it mean nothing without her love?

Max had it all – charm, good looks and a successful career. Marriage to Kate was the icing on the cake.

Until a devastating family secret brought his world crashing down… Now he must put the past behind him. Or risk losing the woman he loves – and his surprise child – forever…

Prepare for the sweeping romance and lyrical language only Olivia Gates can deliver…

Susan Meier is the author of 50 romance novels, including the bestselling miniseries Texas Family Ties and Daycare Dads Series

In June 1952, a woman was murdered by an obsessive colleague in a hotel in South Kensington.

Her name was Christine Granville. That she died young was perhaps unsurprising, but that she had survived the Second World War was remarkable. She was one of Britain’s most daring and highly decorated secret agents. The intelligence she gathered made a significant contribution to the Allied war effort and she was awarded an OBE, the George medal, and the Croix de Guerre.

‘A stunning biographical achievement.’

ALISON WEIR ‘Compulsively readable... Clare Mulley… has written a thrilling book, and paid overdue homage to a difficult woman who seized life with both hands’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Biography & Autobiography Narrated by Maggie Mash Duration 16.75 hours Availability Playaway 36

The Tycoon’s Secret Daughter Susan Meier

‘Gates is...the queen of the desert’ ROMANTIC TIMES

Desire Romance Narrated by Suzanne Cypress Duration 6 hours Availability Playaway

Heart of a Desert Warrior Lucy Monroe A sweeping romantic page-turner...

Sheikh Asad has returned to his kingdom ready to secure his legacy, and Iris Carpenter barely recognises the man standing before her. He’s even more magnificent than he was six years ago, and even more dangerous. Iris can resist all she likes, but Asad knows it’s just a matter of time before the flame-haired temptress is back in his bed – where she belongs!

Praise for the author: ‘Monroe’s wonderfully written, must-read romances feature characters you ache for as though their emotions were your own’ BOOKLIST

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The Disappearance of Emily Marr Louise Candlish

Magician’s End Raymond E. Feist

From the bestselling author of The Day you Saved My Life comes a gripping tale of obsession, adultery and identity

In the final volume of the epic Riftwar Cycle, the fate of the black Magician will be sealed as prophecy becomes truth

The Shadow Tracer is a spine-tingling, fast-paced thriller from the Edgar Awardwinning writer, M. G. Gardiner

Coming Home is a tender and richly rewarding novel, beautifully capturing an emblematic family over three decades

Arriving on the windswept Ile de Ré, Tabby Dewhurst is unable to even afford a room for the night.

Overhearing a villager repeating the access code to her front door, she lets herself into the house, and so she enters the strange, hidden world of Emmie, whose sudden offer of friendship is at odds with her obsession with privacy. Tabby begins to form suspicions about Emmie, suspicions that lead her back to a scandal with shattering consequences.

Civil war is tearing apart the Kingdom of the Isles, for the throne lies empty and rivals are converging.

Somewhere in the Grey Towers Mountains something not of this world is emerging.To avert disaster, alliances will have to be forged between mortal enemies. Elves and men must stand together, ancient heroes must rise again, and the magicians must be prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice if the whole world is to be saved.

Sarah Keller is a young single mother living in Oklahoma with her five-year-old daughter, Zoe. But when a school bus accident sends Zoe to the ER, tests reveal Sarah can’t be Zoe’s mother. Sarah has been living a lie for years and finally the truth is coming out.

Who is she? Who were Zoe’s parents? And why does Zoe’s identity bring the FBI down on Sarah’s tail in mere minutes? Something deadly lurks in Sarah’s past and its resurfacing brings terror to all it touches.

Will and Flo Sutherland have found themselves, and each other, in colonial India, but as the war and the age of empire draws to a close, they make their way back to England. There, they and their young family attempt to fashion a new life for themselves in rural Devon, but managing a farm proves harsher than anticipated.

Through all the misunderstandings and heartache, this less-than-perfect family remain committed to one another above all things.

‘If you gain any enjoyment whatsoever from reading fantasy then this is a novel that you simply cannot afford not to read’ FANTASY BOOK REVIEW

Praise for the author: ‘The next suspense superstar’ STEPHEN KING

‘A story of scandal and tragedy it’s a nailbiter until the very last pages’ DAILY EXPRESS ‘A well-crafted story of scandal, identity and infidelity, this is a thoroughly enjoyable read’ SUNDAY MIRROR Modern Fiction Narrated by Multiple Narrators Duration 15.25 hours Availability Playaway

Fantasy & Supernatural Narrated by Peter Joyce Duration 22 hours Availability Playaway

The Shadow Tracer M. G. Gardiner

Coming Home Sue Gee

‘A storyteller utterly at ease with her craft’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

‘M.G. Gardiner is an astonishing writer…

I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough’ TESS GERRITSEN

‘A complex story, beautifully told’ MAIL ON SUNDAY on The Hours of the Night

Thriller Narrated by Laurence Bouvard Duration 11.5 hours Availability Playaway

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Cross and Burn Val McDermid The unforgettable new Tony Hill and Carol Jordan novel will see them forced to fight for themselves and each other as never before...

The thrilling new novel in the bestselling Virgil Flowers series, from acclaimed author John Sandford

Guilt and grief have driven a wedge between long time crime-fighting partners psychologist Tony Hill and ex-DCI Carol Jordan. But just because they’re not talking doesn’t mean the killing stops. Someone is killing women. Women who bear an eerie resemblance to Carol Jordan. And when the evidence begins to point in a disturbing direction, thinking the unthinkable seems the only possible answer.

In Israel, a man clutching a backpack searches desperately for a boat. In Minnesota, Virgil Flowers gets a message from Lucas Davenport: You’re about to get a visitor. It’s an Israeli cop, and she’s tailing a man who’s smuggled out an extraordinary relic - a copper scroll revealing startling details about the man known as King Solomon. Bad men are chasing the relic, and they don’t care who’s in the way or what they have to do to get it…

‘A genuine page turner’ INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Val McDermid is the author of twentyfour bestselling novels, which have sold over ten million copies.

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Storm Front John Sandford

Praise for the author: ‘Delivers twists to the very last sentence’ DAILY MAIL

This audiobook features an exclusive interview with the author herself.

‘Few do it better than Sandford’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

Crime Narrated by Saul Reichlin Duration 13.75 hours Availability Playaway

Crime Narrated by Eric Conger Duration 9.5 hours Availability Playaway

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows Alan Bradley With the family finances in a parlous state, Flavia’s father has rented Buckshaw to a film company for a location shooting. When a heavy snowfall cuts the village off, the actors are talked into staging a benefit performance in the parish hall. But old jealousies surface, and the leading lady is murdered. Flavia, who has been enlisted to help out behind the scenes, finds herself up to her knees in snow - and murder!

‘The Flavia de Luce novels are now a cult favourite’ MAIL ON SUNDAY ‘This breezily entertaining novel set in 1950s England both lives up to its predecessors and points the way to momentous events in the next book. Great fun!’

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At Close Quarters Gerald Seymour A gripping thriller from the master of the genre, available for the first time in audio Holt, a diplomat, and Noah Crane, Israeli mastersniper, plan to walk by night into the dangerous Beqa’a Valley, where capture by the Syrian Army results in torture and death. It is to find one man: the subject of an act of vengeance by the British, to display their strength in the face of terrorism. But when Holt and Crane are far into the Beqa’a, unrecoverable, their cover is blown…

‘Fine writing and an intricate plot so skillfully woven that every development falls believably into place’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘The finest thriller writer in the world today’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

Crime Narrated by Sophie Aldred Duration 7.25 hours Availability Playaway

Thriller, War Narrated by Colin Mace Duration 12.75 hours Availability Playaway

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Never Coming Back Tim Weaver The latest David Raker thriller, from the author of Vanished, is the most thrilling and dangerous yet When Emily Kane arrives at her sister Carrie’s house, she finds the front door unlocked and no one inside.

Dinner’s cooking, the TV’s on. Carrie, her husband and their two daughters are gone. When the police draw a blank, Emily asks missing persons investigator David Raker to find them. But as he gets closer to the truth, Raker begins to uncover evidence of a sinister cover-up, spanning decades and costing countless lives.

‘Weaver’s books get better each time tense, complex, sometimes horrific, written with flair as well as care’ GUARDIAN on Vanished

No-one Ever Has Sex on a Tuesday Tracy Bloom Never has a one-night stand led to such chaos!

‘The funniest crime novelist to put pen to paper’ EVENING STANDARD

Childhood sweethearts Matthew and Katy agree they must never see each other again after they end up in bed together following a school re-union. So all is forgotten... until eight months later when a shock meeting at an antenatal class forces them to confront the fact that Matthew could be the father of Katy’s baby…

Love and life are messy but Katy and Matthew take things to a whole new level as deep emotions begin to resurface and hormones run riot.

When a severed arm is discovered by a honeymooning couple in the Florida Keys, former police detective - now reluctant restaurant inspector - Andrew Yancy senses that something doesn’t add up. Andrew’s search for the truth takes him to the Bahamas, where a local man, with the help of a very bad monkey is doing everything in his power to prevent a developer from building a new tourist resort on the island, with deadly consequences…

This hilarious debut and word-of-mouth bestseller is Tracy Bloom’s stand out entry into the world of romantic comedy

Outrageous, hilarious and addictive, Bad Monkey will have you on the edge of your seat and laughing out loud ‘[Hiaasen] amplifies the grotesque aspects of everyday criminality in order to cut to the heart of human nature’ IRISH TIMES

A Richard and Judy Book Club Selection

Thriller Narrated by David Bauckham Duration 14.5 hours Availability Playaway

Bad Monkey Carl Hiaasen

Romance Narrated by Julia Barrie Duration 7.75 hours Availability Playaway

Crime Narrated by Lance Fuller Duration 10 hours Availability Playaway

To Tell The Truth Anna Smith A three-year-old girl is snatched from a beach. Nobody heard a sound. Nobody saw a thing.

Rosie Gilmour’s much-needed holiday is cut short when the abduction story breaks and she’s sent to cover it. Her instincts tell her something’s wrong: such a crime must surely have witnesses, and the girl’s mother’s story doesn’t add up.

Rosie must dig deeper into the seedy depths of the area, and as she closes in on the truth, she realises the penalty for missing this particular deadline could be her own demise.

‘The book is as perfectly paced and neatly plotted as any Ian Rankin novel, with a wide appeal for both male and female readers’ DAILY MAIL

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Reality, Reality Jackie Kay ‘Kay writes lovingly, warmly, inclusively; even in her sadder tales, her protagonists are sustained by their bolshy wit and their openness to the ludicrousness of things’ SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY This is a book about memories, love, sex and the power of the imagination to see us through the most difficult times. The women of Reality, Reality are mesmerising, whether in love or in solitude. Jackie Kay’s newest and most luminous of collections is full of compassion, generosity, sorrow and joy. In fifteen extraordinary stories, she celebrates the richness and power of dreamlife to inspire, to repair, and to make real.

‘Jackie Kay’s third collection of short stories ranks among the best of the genre.... Her writing has always been infused with warm, playful humour, and it runs through this collection’ GUARDIAN Short Story, Literature Narrated by Multiple Narrators Duration 6.25 hours Availability Playaway 40

Memento Mori Muriel Spark

Cannery Row John Steinbeck

Leningrad: Siege and Symphony Brian Moynahan

Packed with invention and joie de vivre, Cannery Row is Steinbeck’s high-spirited tribute to his native California

A magisterial and moving account of one of the most tragic periods of the twentieth century

In the din and stink that is Cannery Row, a colourful blend of misfits: gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists survive side by side in a jumble of adventure and mischief. Lee Chong, the owner of the wellstocked grocery store, is also the proprietor of the Palace Flophouse. Dora runs the brothel with clockwork efficiency and a generous heart, and Doc is the fount of all wisdom.

In Leningrad: Siege and Symphony Brian Moynahan sets the composition of Russian composer Shostakovich’s most famous work against the tragic history of the city that inspired it. He vividly tells the story of the cruelties heaped by the twin monsters of the 20th century, Stalin and Hitler, on a city of exquisite beauty, and of its no less remarkable survival.

‘A very human writer; uninhibited, bawdy, and compassionate, inquisitive and deeply intelligent’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

Brian Moynahan is a journalist with The Times and a historical author, his books include Jungle Soldier, Forgotten Soldiers and The British Century.

‘One of the greatest British novels of the last fifty years’ JULIAN BARNES

John Steinbeck, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for literature, is one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century

‘An excellent study of war at the sharp end’ MAIL ON SUNDAY on Forgotten Soldiers

Literature Narrated by Eve Karpf Duration 7 hours Availability Playaway

Classics Narrated by Trevor White Duration 5.25 hours Availability Playaway

History Narrated by Jaime Parker Duration 19.5 hours Availability Playaway

Unforgettably astounding and a joy to read, Memento Mori is considered by many to be the greatest novel by the wizardly Dame Muriel Spark In late 1950s London, something uncanny besets a group of elderly friends: an insinuating voice on the telephone informs them, ‘Remember you must die’.

Their geriatric feathers are soon thoroughly ruffled by these seemingly supernatural phone calls, and in the resulting flurry many old secrets are dusted off. Beneath the once decorous surface of their lives, unsavories like blackmail and adultery are now to be glimpsed.

‘A brilliant, daring and darkly funny novel

by Muriel Spark, mistress of the highest high comedy’ THE TIMES

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One Chance Paul Potts

Becoming Johnny Vegas Johnny Vegas

The Legend of De Marco Abby Green

Contract with Consequences Miranda Lee

One Chance is Britain’s Got Talent winner Paul Potts’ story, of how he skyrocketed to fame with his amazing voice

‘My name is Michael Pennington, and I am not a comic character. I’m often mistaken for one though. You might know him by another name. Johnny Vegas.’

Dublin-based romance author Abby Green presents another sparkling and witty romance, between a couple who can’t fight their unlikely attraction to each other…

He can give her everything she’s ever wanted…

Johnny Vegas has become one of Britain’s best-loved comic actors, but before he’d ever drunk tea with a knitted monkey, he was perhaps the most fearlessly confessional stand-up comedian this country has ever produced.

How did an eleven-year-old Catholic trainee priest from St Helens grow up to become the North West of England’s answer to Lenny Bruce? That’s just one of the many questions answered in this darkly hilarious tale of family, faith and the creative application of alcohol dependency.

When Rocco de Marco, legendary financier and billionaire, finds Gracie O’Brien breaking into his office he doesn’t believe in her innocence – so he decides to keep her close until he finds the truth. Yet it’s impossible for Rocco to stay angry with the sparky redhead – she’s making him feel emotions Rocco thought he’d buried for ever… And the sexual tension between them is explosive!

One Chance is the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts. When Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night, stepped onto the stage of Britain’s Got Talent, no one expected the phenomenal voice that would emerge.

Paul went on to win Britain’s Got Talent and the hearts of millions. This memoir tells Potts’ remarkable underdog story, revealing his experiences as he seized his biggest dreams and wowed audiences around the world.

Soon to be a major film, starring James Corden and Julie Walters Includes an introduction from Paul Potts

‘This man is one of the true comic greats’ GUARDIAN

Biography & Autobiography Narrated by Matt Addis and Paul Potts Duration 7.75 hours Availability Playaway

Biography & Autobiography Narrated by Johnny Vegas Duration 11.75 hours Availability Playaway

‘Green’s gutter to glitter romance between an unlikely couple is wonderful, with unforgettable characters, explosive love scenes and a great ending.’ ROMANTIC TIMES

Romance Narrated by Juanita McMahon Duration 6.5 hours Availability Playaway

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Last year Scarlet King was a blushing bride-to-be, but now she’s alone and longs for a baby more than anything. She’s determined to prove she doesn’t need a man! Successful, spine-tinglingly gorgeous John Mitchell has desired Scarlet for years, and offers her a tempting solution to her problem. John reminds Scarlet what she’s been missing, but when the affair ends will Scarlet gain her wish but lose her heart?

Miranda Lee is an Australian romance author, well-known for her passionate, real-life characters and enduring, memorable story lines.

Modern Romance Narrated by Simone Philips Duration 5.75 hours Availability Playaway 41

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The Maid’s Daughter Janice Maynard He’d thought he was finished rescuing damsels in distress…

Playing the hero has got millionaire Devlyn Wolff in trouble in the past, but when a car accident lands Gillian Carlyle at his feet, he can’t just walk away… especially when he learns of her connection to his past. Giving Gillian a job is not Devlyn’s way of assuaging age-old guilt – at least that what he tells himself. But seducing the maid’s daughter will lead him where he never meant to go…

Now a major

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‘Readers will cheer as a strong woman once again silences the painful echoes of the past in this delightful Wolff family installment’ RT BOOK REVIEWS

Desire Romance Narrated by Jack Garrett Duration 6.5 hours Availability Playaway 42

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