April-June 2014: CD & Playaway New Releases

NEW RELEASES Unabridged Audiobooks · April – June 2014 CD & Playaway

N E W F OR M AT: A L L I M P R I N T S I N ON E B RO C H U R E INTRODUCING BRAND NEW IMPRINTS

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Dear Librarian, Welcome to your new look audiobook catalogue from W F Howes. This spring brings exciting new changes to our Standing Order Plans, featuring all of our imprints in one place.

We’re proud to introduce you to our two new imprints, Lamplight and Avid. Lamplight represents traditional genre such as mysteries and sagas, and Avid is dedicated to fantasy, horror and science fiction genres. Thanks to your support we are now also increasing the number of titles from Jammer Audiobooks, which now includes novels for young adults with Jammer Teen.

We kick-start this brochure with highlights from Clipper, and there is something to satisfy every listener. For fans of crime fiction we have award winning author David Hewson begins his new Detective Pieter Vos series with the electrifying House of Dolls.

Our bestselling fiction includes Summer at the Lake by Erica James, The One Plus One – a captivating and unconventional romance from Jojo Moyes – and Alexander McCall Smith’s The Forever Girl, a big-hearted and often heart-breaking novel of unrequited love. Acclaimed storyteller Lynne Truss, author of the bestselling Eats, Shoots and Leaves, has written a darkly humorous and mesmerising tale of a cat with nine lives. Cat Out of Hell has been described by the SUNDAY TELEGRAPH as “A novel as entertaining as it is addictive... the best in humorous writing.”

Barbara Talor Bradford’s memorable and moving Cavendon Hall, A Colder War by Charles Cumming and Costa Book Awards Biography of the Year and Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction winner The Pike by Lucy Hughes-Hallett, ensure that there is something for all tastes.

Please get in touch with your feedback.

Best wishes, The Editor

Contents CLIPPER

Clipper Audio

Lamplight

Avid

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3 – 23

24 – 31

32 – 34

Jammer Audiobooks

Jammer Teen

Playaway

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35 – 42

43 – 44

45 – 55

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CLIPPER

Celebrating 15 Years

Clipper Representing award winners, shortlisted titles, and top bestsellers from popular genres, such as Ian Rankin, Marian Keyes and Hilary Mantel.

The Killing: Book 3 David Hewson

Based on the third series of the original Bafta-award winning television drama The Killing.

When Detective Inspector Sarah Lund is contacted by National Intelligence about an assassination threat to the Prime Minister, attention is drawn to the oil giant, Zeeland, run by billionaire Robert Zeuthen. But when Zeuthen’s 9-year-old daughter Emilie is kidnapped, Lund needs to make sense of the clues left by her kidnapper before it’s too late.

SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Christian Rodska · Crime · DURATION: 15.75 · ISBN 9781471258206

“ A novel in the hugely experienced hands of David Hewson that defies expectation. Hewson’s style is tight, lean, almost like a film script.”

EXPRESS

“ Turns TV gold into literary gold.”

DAILY TELEGRAPH

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Summer at the Lake Erica James

It was a wedding invitation that changed everything for Floriana…

A fateful car crash sets in motion a series of events for Floriana and Esme.

Floriana gathers the courage to attend the wedding of her one true love, and Esme journeys with her to Lake Como to find the man who stole her heart many years ago. It’s time for Esme and Floriana to face the past – and the future – on the shore of the most romantic and enchanting of lakes.

The latest novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Erica James.

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

DAILY EXPRESS ON THE HIDDEN COTTAGE

SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Antonia Beamish · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15.75 · ISBN 9781471258183

Dead Letter Drop Peter James

Now reissued with a brand new introduction by the author himself, Dead Letter Drop is Peter James’ first ever novel, originally published in 1981.

Max Flynn, undercover agent, has the unenviable job of spying on his own side. When to kill, who to kill, whether to kill are all questions which have to be answered. But why does an innocuous airline ticket No. 14B matter so much?

Who has gone to the trouble of committing suicide? The murky world of counter espionage leaves no room for errors and Flynn knows he’s finished if he makes one false move. Peter James is the author of the bestselling Roy Grace series, with sales of thirteen million copies worldwide.

“ Peter James is one of the best British crime writers, and therefore one of the best in the world.”

LEE CHILD

SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Christopher Webster · Crime · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9781471258190

The Memory Book Rowan Coleman

The name of your first-born. The face of your lover. Your age.

Your address…

What would happen if your memory of these began to fade? Is it possible to rebuild your life? Raise a family? Fall in love again? When Claire starts to write her Memory Book, she already knows that this scrapbook of mementoes will soon be all her daughters and husband have of her. But how can she hold onto the past when her future is slipping through her fingers…? From the author of Dearest Rose and Lessons in Laughing Out Loud, The Memory Book is an original, heartwarming and uplifting novel.

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471258244

“ I can’t tell you how much I loved this book. It did make me cry but it also made me laugh… I couldn’t put it down. A tender testament to maternal love.”

KATIE FFORDE

“ Written with great tenderness, The Memory Book manages to be heartbreakingly sad yet uplifting too…

I absolutely loved it!”

LUCY DIAMOND, AUTHOR OF ME AND MR JONES

The Helper David Jackson

A fast-paced and unforgettable novel from David Jackson, a rising star of the thriller genre, The Helper will appeal to fans of Lee Child and Harlan Coben.

After a grisly murder in a shabby New York bookstore, Detective Callum Doyle starts receiving sinister phone calls. Doyle is told more deaths are planned but the caller will give him clues, on the condition that he keeps them to himself.

As more increasingly vicious deaths follow, the pressure on Doyle to find a link becomes unbearable. Does he continue to gamble with people’s lives? Or should he sacrifice everything to defeat a ruthless and manipulative enemy?

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Nick Landrum · Crime · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471258213

“ Recalls Harlan Coben – though for my money Jackson is the better writer.”

GUARDIAN

“ A clever device, adroitly executed and fun to read.”

THE TIMES

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Bay of Secrets Rosanna Ley

“Elegant storytelling at its best; poetic and touching. Like all good escapism it takes you to another place and another time.” veronica henry, author of the long weekend Spain, 1939. A young girl, Julia, enters a convent to stay safe during the war.

Whilst volunteering in a maternity clinic, the worrying adoption practices force Sister Julia to decide on helping those placed in her care.

England, 2011. Six months after her parents’ death, 34-year-old journalist Ruby Rae has finally found the strength to sell the family home. But as she does so, she unearths a devastating secret her parents have kept from her all her life.

“ Explores a sensitive subject in a unique and inspirational style, bringing to light a subject that for many children in Spain is still a harsh reality.”

NOVELICIOUS

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Sandra Duncan · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 14.75 · ISBN 9781471258251

It Felt Like a Kiss Sarra Manning

Set against the glamorous settings of the London art world and the music industry, this novel is Sarra Manning at her best.

Ellie manages a swank Mayfair gallery, has really good hair, loyal friends, and a loving family. It’s only her succession of lame duck boyfriends that ruin the picture. Oh, and the famous rock-star father she’s never met. Then Ellie’s perfect life is smashed to pieces when her secret is sold to the tabloids. Enter charming and handsome David Gold, her father’s ruthless lawyer. Ellie doesn’t trust him at all. So why is it that every time they’re alone together, damage limitation is the last thing on their minds?

“ A deliciously addictive tale of romance and reinvention.”

MARIE CLAIRE ON YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15.25 · ISBN 9781471258220

Winter

Christopher Nicholson From the author of The Elephant Keeper, comes a poignant imagining of Thomas Hardy’s relationship with his last muse.

A celebrated author, in the winter of his life, awaits a visit from a beautiful young actress – the leading lady in a staging of his most famous tragedy. But his wife is troubled. An anxious and sickly woman, she watches the growing intimacy between her husband and the young woman, and becomes tormented by the idea that they will betray her. Inspired by the true story of the first theatrical production of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Christopher Nicholson paints a subtle and moving portrait of life’s little ironies, its disappointments and its desires.

“ Captivatingly original…a wonderful feat of storytelling, remarkable for its ability to wrench your heart without resorting to sentimentality.”

DAILY MAIL ON THE ELEPHANT KEEPER

“ Nicholson’s book is gentle, profound and sweetnatured.”

OBSERVER ON THE ELEPHANT KEEPER

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Literature · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471258268

Treachery S. J. Parris

Summer, 1585: As English ships are held captive in Spain, fear mounts of King Philip’s Invincible Armada, ready to invade English shores.

Sir Francis Drake prepares to embark on an expedition by royal commission to cross the Atlantic and seize major Spanish ports, diverting Philip’s American treasure supplies to Queen Elizabeth. When a ship captain is brutally murdered, and Drake’s life threatened, it becomes clear that someone plans to destroy the expedition before it begins. Giordano Bruno and Sir Philip Sidney hunt for the killer, but are they being lured into a trap?

“ Fascinating… The period is incredibly vivid and the story utterly gripping.”

CONN IGGULDEN

“ It has everything – intrigue, mystery and excellent history.”

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Laurence Kennedy · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 20 · ISBN 9781471258237

KATE MOSSE

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The Following Girls Louise Levene

“Louise Levene is a zesty storyteller and a master of the needle-sharp one-liner.” daily telegraph School, the happiest days of your life? Not for Amanda Baker, sixteen and sick of it as she moves miserably between lessons. Her only solace is her fifth form gang – the four Mandies – and a low-calorie diet of king-sized cigarettes, until she teams up with Julia Smith, games captain and consummate game player. So begins a passionate friendship that will threaten her future, menace her sanity and risk the betrayal of everything and everyone she holds dear. The Following Girls weaves the minutiae of Seventies girlhood into an unsparing tragi-comedy of shrinking horizons, dangerous alliances and not-so-happy families.

SOP: CD12 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Louise Levene · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9781471258282

“ Her characters are a delight [and] she gets the period beautifully right, so that one is all the time aware of the serious intent behind all the gruesome fun.”

BARBARA TRAPIDO, AUTHOR OF BROTHER OF THE MORE FAMOUS JACK

Marriage Material Sathnam Sanghera

An epic tale of family, love, and politics, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award.

Returning to the Black Country after the unexpected death of his father, Arjan Banga finds everything he has tried to leave behind – a lethargic pace of life, insular rituals and ways of thinking. But when his mother insists on keeping their shop open, he finds himself being dragged back, forced into decisions about his imminent marriage back in London. Marriage Material tells the story of three generations through the prism of a Wolverhampton corner shop – itself a microcosm of the South Asian experience in the country: a symbol of independence and integration, but also of darker realities.

SOP: CD12 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Asif Khan · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471258275

“ A stunning novel… touching and funny and feels so fresh… it just leaps off the page. I adored it.”

DEBORAH MOGGACH, AUTHOR OF THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL

“ Enormously enjoyable…

Sanghera’s forte is wry comedy tinged with pathos… [A] warm, keenly observant and immensely appealing novel.”

SUNDAY TIMES

Wreaking

James Scudamore A brilliantly dark and unsettling novel from the author of the Man Booker longlisted Heliopolis and one of the UK’s most talented young writers.

Perilously ill, Jasper Scriven spends his days roaming the wards of a derelict psychiatric hospital. Meanwhile his daughter Cleo is watched by Roland, a hulking, silent figure. These solitary characters are connected by an event that defies understanding, even as it continues to define them.

In this brilliantly imagined and disturbing novel, James Scudamore explores the fallibility of memory and notions of madness.

SOP: CD12 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: John Keating · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471258299

“ Relentlessly inventive.”

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

“ The question of what constitutes madness… is intelligently explored.

Bold, grotesque, bawdy… memorable.”

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

The Darling Girls Emma Burstall

A moving story of love, loss, and the prevailing power of female friendship.

When the world-famous conductor Leo Bruck dies suddenly, the three women who loved him meet for the first time at his graveside. Victoria, his partner of twenty years and mother of two of his children; Maddy, mother of Leo’s daughter Phoebe; and twenty-four year old Cat. Can these three very different women, whose lives become inextricably bound, break free from the masterful control Leo exerts – even from the grave?

“ I couldn’t put it down. I loved this honest, absorbing story. A terrific read.”

LORRAINE KELLY

“ Smart, funny and poignant.”

DAILY MIRROR

SOP: CD15 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Laura Kirman · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9781471258305

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The Joke

Milan Kundera “The Joke is an important book by a writer who is in a class of his own.” tls All too often, this brilliant novel of thwarted love and revenge miscarried has been read for its political implications. Now, a quarter century after The Joke was first published and several years after the collapse of the Soviet-imposed Czechoslovak regime, it becomes easier to put such implications into perspective in favour of valuing the book (and all Kundera ‘s work) as what it truly is: great, stirring literature that sheds new light on the eternal themes of human existence.

Milan Kundera has created a completely revised translation, the result is nothing less than the restoration of a classic.

“ It is impossible to do justice… to the subtleties, comedy and wisdom of this very beautiful novel.

The author of The Joke is clearly one of the best to be found anywhere.”

SALMAN RUSHDIE

SOP: CD15 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Richmond Hoxie · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471258329

Eight Months on Ghazzah Street Hilary Mantel

From the two-time Man Booker Prize winner, a haunting and prescient novel of life in Saudi Arabia.

Frances Shore is a cartographer by trade, a maker of maps, but when her husband’s work takes her to Saudi Arabia she finds herself unable to map the Kingdom’s areas of internal darkness. The regime is corrupt and harsh, and the streets are not a woman’s territory; confined in her flat, she finds her sense of self begin to dissolve. She hears whispers, sounds of distress from the ‘empty’ flat above her head. As her days empty of certainty and purpose, her life becomes a blank – waiting to be filled by violence and disaster.

SOP: CD15 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Sandra Duncan · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471258312

“ Horrifyingly gripping. It urges the reader to suspend normal life entirely until the book is read.”

SUNDAY TIMES

“ A memorably appalled and hellishly funny novel.”

GUARDIAN

Further Confessions of a GP Dr. Benjamin Daniels

You’ll never feel the same about going to the doctor again…

Drawing on his time working as a medical student, a locum, and a general practitioner, Dr Daniels would like to introduce you to super nurses, anxious parents, hypochondriacs, jumpy medical students and kaleidoscope of care workers that make up Dr Daniels’ daily shift. With more eyebrow-raising stories from the world of general practice, Dr Daniels will once again amuse, shock and surprise.

SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Leighton Pugh · Humorous · DURATION: 6.25 · ISBN 9780007564231

Peace and War: Britain in 1914 Nigel Jones

1914 dawned with Britain at peace, albeit troubled by faultlines within and threats without…

Nigel Jones depicts every facet of a year that changed Britain for ever. From gun-running in Ulster, to an attack by suffragettes on a Velasquez painting in the National Gallery; from the opening of London’s first nightclub, to the embarking for Belgium of the British Expeditionary Force, he traces the events of a momentous year from its benign domestic beginnings to its descent into the nightmare of European war. Nigel Jones is an author, a former editor at History Today and BBC history magazines, and has been a TV and radio broadcaster.

SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Mike Grady · History · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471258336

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This Other London John Rogers

“Leave the Oyster card at home… and be prepared to see London in a whole new way.” time out When John Rogers packed away his rucksack to start a family in London he didn’t stop travelling. But instead of canoeing up the Rejang River, he caught the ferry to Woolwich in search of the edge of the city at Crayford Marshes.

John Rogers recounts that journey and many others – all on foot and epic in their own way, delving into some of the overlooked stories beneath the tarmac of the city suburbs.

“ Rich with surprises…

Rogers conjured up magical little worlds that we would otherwise pass by.”

METRO

SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: John Rogers & Russell Brand · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9780007577927

Yours Truly

Kirsty Greenwood “Kookier than Kinsella, but just as comical. Fabulous feel-good fun!” ali mcnamara

Newly engaged Natalie will do anything for a quiet life and telling a few white lies never does any harm. It’s not like people will ever discover what she’s really thinking…

Until one night, thanks to a pub hypnotist, Natalie’s most private thoughts pop out of her mouth. When she has no way to break the hypnotist’s spell, Natalie is forced to face the truths she has been avoiding her whole life…

SOP: RO6 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Rachael Louise Miller · Romance · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471258565

“ I cannot tell a lie… this book is fabulous.”

LUCY DIAMOND, AUTHOR OF ME AND MR JONES

“ Funny, feel-good and full of characters to fall in love with, Yours Truly is a brilliant debut from an exciting new voice in women’s fiction. A truly gorgeous read.”

VICTORIA FOX

Emma: There’s No Turning Back Linda Mitchelmore

It isn’t easy to look forward when the past is so close behind you.

Life hasn’t always been kind to Emma, but now finally her life appears to be looking up. She and her childhood sweetheart, Seth Jago, are to marry.

However, when Emma is haunted by mysterious circumstances surrounding her family, and Seth is hounded by a jealous ex-lover set on revenge, Seth plans for their escape to Canada. But Emma finds herself uncertain of whether a move to Canada is really what she wants… The sequel to the gorgeous historical romance To Turn Full Circle.

“ Linda Mitchelmore has a gift for making you feel right there, in the story, with her lovely warm characters.”

SOPHIE KING

SOP: RO6 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Juanita McMahon · Romance · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471258589

Is This Love?

Sue Moorcroft

How many ways can one woman love?

When Tamara’s sister, Lyddie, is involved in an accident that leaves her in need of constant care, Tamara resolves to remain home to care for her. But when Lyddie’s teenage sweetheart Jed Cassius returns, he brings news that shakes her family to their core.

Can Tamara find a balance between her love for Lyddie and growing feelings for Jed, or will she discover that some kinds of love just don’t mix? Sue Moorcroft won the Festival of Romance Best Romantic Read Award with her novel Love and Freedom and is shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year Award in 2013.

SOP: RO6 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Julie Teal · Romance · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471258572

“ A delight to read. Full of laughter and tears.”

KATIE FFORDE

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The Scarred Earl Elizabeth Beacon

Can a reclusive and distrustful lord, scarred by betrayal, learn to trust a pampered society beauty who seems to have the whole world at her feet?

When Alexander Forthin, Earl of Calvercombe, clashes with Persephone Seaborne it seems not… But a series of mysterious disappearances links their two families, forcing the embittered soldier and the toast of St James into an unlikely alliance – one that starts the gossips’ tongues wagging. Especially after they are caught in a secret midnight tryst! A fascinating regency mystery with hints of historic romance.

SOP: RO6 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Jilly Bond · Romance · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9781471258367

A Game With One Winner Lynn Raye Harris

Paparazzi darling Caroline Sullivan is hiding a secret behind her dazzling-yetinscrutable smile.

Her ex-flame, Russian businessman Roman Kazarov, is back on the scene – is he seeking revenge for her humiliating rejection or just to take possession of her troubled business? Sources confirm that the cut-throat Kazarov is seriously ruffling the pristine feathers of the normally cautious Caro… Rumours of scorching-hot secret trysts are flying…

Only one thing is certain – in this supreme game of wills only one person can win, and Roman believes he holds the ace…

SOP: RO6 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Lisa Smith · Romance · DURATION: 6.5 · ISBN 9781471258541

In His Brother’s Place Elizabeth Lane

He’d wanted Angie Montoya from the first time he’d seen her with his brother.

For three years Angie Montoya hid her son from her late fiancé’s family… until his brother tracked them down. Now Jordan Cooper demands she move to his ranch. But how can Angie live with the man who called her a gold-digger… the man whose kiss she’s never forgotten?

Elizabeth Lane is the author of more than 25 romances for Mills & Boon.

SOP: RO6 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Anna Salinas · Romance · DURATION: 5.75 · ISBN 9781471258350

Lord John and the Plague of Zombies Diana Gabaldon

A captivating tale of history and suspense, with a touch of the supernatural.

Lord John Grey, a lieutenant-colonel in His Majesty’s army, arrives in Jamaica with orders to quash a slave rebellion brewing in the mountains. But a much deadlier threat lies close at hand. The governor is being menaced by zombies, according to a servant. Lord John has no idea what a zombie is, but it doesn’t sound good…

Diana Gabaldon is the bestselling author of the acclaimed Outlander series.

SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Jeff Woodman · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 3.25 · ISBN 9781471258138

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The Art of Deception Liz Harris

The new romantic novella from the author of The Road Back and A Bargain Struck.

Jenny O’Connor can’t believe her luck when she’s hired to teach summer art classes in Italy. Whilst the prospect of sightseeing and Italian food is hard to resist, Jenny’s far more interested in her soon-to-be boss, Max Castanien. She has always blamed him for a family tragedy and now she wants answers. But as the summer draws on, she starts to learn first hand that there’s a fine line between love and hate.

“ A splendid love story, so beautifully told.”

COLIN DEXTER, AUTHOR OF THE INSPECTOR MORSE NOVELS

SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Jilly Bond · Romance · DURATION: 6 · ISBN 9781471258169

Shakespeare’s Sonnets William Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s Sonnets are as important and vital today as they were when first published four hundred years ago.

This excellent edition includes all 154 sonnets, read by an all-star cast including Simon Callow, Kim Cattrall, Oliver Ford Davies, Stephen Fry, Sir Andrew Motion, Sian Philips, Diana Quick, Jemma Redgrave, Simon Russell Beale, Fiona Shaw, Sir Patrick Stewart, David Tennant and Dominic West.

“ Shakespeare read by a great actor is a wonderful thing and the readings here are a delight.”

TELEGRAPH

SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Classics · DURATION: 2.5 · ISBN 9781471258145

Cavendon Hall

Barbara Taylor Bradford A sweeping saga set around an aristocratic family and their servants, this is Barbara Taylor Bradford at her best.

Cavendon Hall is a grand, imposing house nestled in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales, home to its owners, the aristocratic Ingham family, and the Swann family who serve them. But in the summer of 1913, a devastating event changes their futures forever, and threatens the Ingham name. Life as the families of Cavendon Hall know it, is about to alter beyond recognition as the storm clouds of war gather.

“ Few novelists are as consummate as Barbara Taylor Bradford at keeping the reader turning the page.

She is one of the world’s best at spinning yarns.”

GUARDIAN

“ Romantic and thrilling.”

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Anna Bentinck · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9780007541010

The One Plus One Jojo Moyes

The One Plus One is the beautifully poignant new novel by the internationally bestselling author Jojo Moyes With two jobs and two children, Jess Thomas does her best. But it’s hard on your own. And sometimes you take risks you shouldn’t. Jess’s quirky daughter Tanzie is brilliant with numbers, but without a helping hand she’ll never get the chance to shine. And Nicky, Jess’s teenage stepson, can’t fight the bullies alone. Into their lives comes Ed Nicholls, a man whose life is in chaos, but he wants to help…

SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9781471260285

“ Majestic, utterly compelling, tremendous. A heart-stopping read.”

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

“ Truly beautiful. Made us laugh, smile and sob like a baby – you simply have to read it.”

CLOSER

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Cat Out of Hell Lynne Truss

A new Hammer Horror novel from acclaimed storyteller Lynne Truss, author of the bestselling Eats, Shoots and Leaves.

A cottage on the coast on a windy evening. Under a pool of yellow light, two figures face each other across a kitchen table. A man and a cat.

The story about to be related is so unusual yet so terrifyingly plausible that it demands to be told in a single sitting. The man clears his throat, and leans forward, expectant. ‘Shall we begin?’ says the cat… This is the mesmerising tale of a cat with nine lives, and a relationship as ancient as time itself and just as powerful.

“ A truly inventive comic writer.”

IRISH TIMES

SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Mike Grady · Humorous · DURATION: 5.25 · ISBN 9781471260278

The Dead in their Vaulted Arches Alan Bradley

Flavia DeLuce, teenage detective, faces her latest adventure when her mother returns from oblivion…

The absence of Flavia DeLuce’s mother, Harriet, has always cast a shadow, since her presumed death in a mountaineering accident in Tibet. Now, astonishingly, a specially commissioned train is bringing Harriet back to Buckshaw. But rather than putting the past finally to rest, Harriet’s return is set to trigger a further series of bizarre and deadly events, as a most curious group of individuals converge on Buckshaw to pay their respects…

“ The Flavia DeLuce novels are a cult favourite.”

MAIL ON SUNDAY

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Sophie Aldred · Crime · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9781471260315

Trouble in Mind Jeffery Deaver

A cunning collection of short stories from the master of misdirection, including original tales featuring characters Lincoln Rhyme and Kathryn Dance.

This collection of short stories from king of suspense Jeffery Deaver grips with every page. An aging actor attempts to revive his career by entering a celebrity poker game for a reality TV show. A successful crime writer dies under seemingly natural circumstances, but for one cop, doubts are lingering. Lincoln Rhyme is at the end of the line, or is it just another twist in the tale?

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Crime · DURATION: 17.25 · ISBN 9781471260292

“ The pace is terrific, the suspense inexorable, and there is an excellent climax… If you want thrills, Deaver is your man.”

GUARDIAN

“ Devious, diabolical and devilish.”

NEW YORK TIMES

A Hundred Pieces of Me Lucy Dillon

If you had the chance to make a fresh start, what would you keep from your old life? What would you give away?

Gina is starting her life again, after a difficult few years she’d rather forget. But the belongings she’s treasured for so long just don’t seem to fit who she is now. So Gina makes a resolution. She’ll keep just a hundred items - the rest can go. But that means coming to terms with her past and learning to embrace the future, whatever it might bring…

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Juanita McMahon · Romance · DURATION: 17.5 · ISBN 9781471260308

“ Such a brilliant book. So satisfying and clever and deeply moving. I’ll be passing it on to all my friends.”

SOPHIE KINSELLA

“ This vibrant and uplifting novel has not only entertained me hugely, but made me change the way I look at life.”

KATIE FFORDE

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Andrew’s Brain E. L. Doctorow

Andrew’s Brain

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Andrew’s Brain E. L. Doctorow

This brilliant new novel by an American master, takes us on a radical trip into the mind of a man who has been an inadvertent agent of disaster.

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E. L. Doctorow

Speaking from an unknown place and to an unknown interlocutor, Andrew is talking, telling the story of his life, his loves, and the tragedies that have led him to this place and point in time. And as he confesses, peeling back the layers of his strange story, we are led to question what we know about truth and memory, brain and mind, personality and fate, about one another and ourselves.

“ Mind-bending and brilliant… it fizzes with intellectual energ y, verbal pyrotechnics and satiric flair. It is a late-career tour de force.”

SUNDAY TIMES

“ Ambitious, finely wrought, posing questions that cut to the heart of identity and storytelling.”

DAILY MAIL

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: E. L. Doctorow · Literature · DURATION: 3.75 · ISBN 9781471260339

Silverthorn

Raymond E. Feist The second volume in Raymond E. Feist’s highly acclaimed epic fantasy, the Riftwar Saga With the Kingdom of the Isles at peace, Prince Arutha can at last look forward to marrying the Princess Anita. But the capital harbours many shadows. When Jimmy, a young thief, upsets an assassination attempt on Arutha, a sinister plot is uncovered. As the dead rise and assassins stalk the darkness, Arutha must rally the Kingdom if he is to save his beautiful princess, felled by a poisoned arrow on her wedding day.

“ Epic scope… vivid imagination… a significant contribution to the growth of the field of fantasy.”

WASHINGTON POST

“ Well-written… intelligent… intriguing.”

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Peter Joyce · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 16.75 · ISBN 9780007556441

The Accident Chris Pavone

From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Expats, comes a riveting timebomb of a thriller.

In New York, literary agent Isabel Reed is turning the final pages of an anonymous manuscript. In Copenhagen, CIA operative Hayden Gray is suddenly staring down the barrel of a gun. And in Zurich, the author himself is hiding in a shadowy expat life. Over the course of one long, perilous day, these lives collide as the book begins its dangerous march toward publication, placing everything at risk – and everyone in mortal peril. Gripping, sophisticated, and impossible to put down, The Accident is a masterful thriller.

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Laurence Bouvard · Thriller · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471260322

“ Smart, clever suspense, skillfully plotted… a lot of fun to read.”

JOHN GRISHAM

“ Bristling with suspense and elegantly crafted.”

PATRICIA CORNWELL

This Dark Road to Mercy Wiley Cash

Wiley Cash was the winner of the CWA John Creasey Dagger for a Debut Crime Novel, for A Land More Kind Than Home.

Wade disappeared on us when I was six, and I never saw him again until I turned twelve, after Mom was buried. She always said he was a loser, even if he was our dad, but it turns out he was much more than that. He was also a thief. Like he was on the day he stole me and my little sister.

A heart-wrenching thriller that explores the nature of love, and the evil that threatens it.

SOP: CD12 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471260360

“ Exciting and suspenseful as well as moving, with a captivating heroine, this is a tremendous book.”

GUARDIAN

“ A terrific, moving and propulsive novel: Harper Lee by way of Elmore Leonard.”

JESS WALTER

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A Pleasure and a Calling Phil Hogan

“A wonderfully creepy novel, macabre and blackly comic with a deeply unsettling and original hero.” rosamund lupton

You won’t remember Mr Heming. He showed you round your comfortable home, before you took the plunge and bought it. But all these years later, he still has the key. That’s absurd, you laugh. Of all the many hundreds of houses he has sold, why would he still have the key to mine?

The answer to that is, he has the keys to them all.

SOP: CD12 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Leighton Pugh · Thriller · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471260353

The Winter Garden Jane Thynne

The sequel to the impressive Black Roses, Jane Thynne’s evocative thriller set in a Berlin fast approaching war…

Berlin in 1937 radiates glamour and ambition. Anna Hansen, a bride-to-be, is at one of Hitler’s notorious Nazi Bride Schools. When she is brutally murdered Clara Vine, an undercover British Intelligence agent and Anna’s friend, is disturbed by news of her death. Clara must work to find the truth and send it back to London.

It is a dangerous path she treads, and it will take everything she has to survive…

“ Very clever. A creepily alluring voice.”

JULIA CROUCH, AUTHOR OF CUCKOO AND TARNISHED

“ One to watch: An eerie page-turner.”

THE BOOKSELLER

“ [T]he crosscurrents and dangers of the build-up to war are established with expertise and not a little menace. Terrific.”

SUNDAY TIMES ON BLACK ROSES

“ [Its] exploration of the Third Reich’s bizarre attitude to women gives it an original take on Nazi Germany.”

MAIL ON SUNDAY ON BLACK ROSES

SOP: CD12 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Julie Teal · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9781471260346

Snow

Orhan Pamuk An outstanding novel with universal themes from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

As the snow begins to fall, a journalist arrives in the remote city of Kars on the Turkish border. Kars is a troubled place – there’s a suicide epidemic among its young women, Islamists are poised to win the local elections, and the head of the intelligence service is viciously effective. When the growing blizzard cuts off the outside world, the stage is set for a terrible and desperate act…

Orhan Pamuk’s magnificent novel evokes the spiritual fragility of the nonWestern world, its ambivalence about the godless West, and its fury.

“ An act of bravery…

A vital book.”

DAILY TELEGRAPH

“ A novel of profound relevance to the present moment.”

THE TIMES

SOP: CD15 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: John Lee · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 18.5 · ISBN 9781471260391

Outlaw

Mark Sullivan An enemy emerging from the east. A treachery tracing to the top.

The US Secretary of State is abducted while conducting negotiations aboard a tanker in the South China Sea. They have seven days before she is beheaded, live on the internet. Seven days for Robin Monarch to save her. The CIA’s strongest asset journeys into the underworld of Southeast Asia, but as he navigates this shady labyrinth, he unravels a worrying conspiracy: stretching from the red-lit underbelly of Asia to the White House itself.

“ Reminded me of the Bourne books and movies, only it’s much, much better.”

JAMES PATTERSON

“ [A] Jason Bourne for the new millennium.”

SOP: CD15 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Eric Meyers · Thriller · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471260377

JAMES ROLLINS

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The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall Paul Torday

Hartlepool Hall has been in Ed’s family for generations – but is that about to change, and who is the mysterious Lady Alice?

Ed Hartlepool has been living in self-imposed exile for five years, but now he must return to his ancestral seat, Hartlepool Hall. His father has left him, along with the house, a seven million pound tax bill, two massive overdrafts, an 80-year-old butler, and a vast country estate that is creaking at the seams. Not only that, but there is a strange woman in residence - Lady Alice - who seems to have made herself very much at home.

“ A black comedy of manners and a poignant social commentary.”

GOOD BOOK GUIDE

“ Paul Torday is a remarkably original novelist.”

EVENING STANDARD

SOP: CD15 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Richard Mitchley · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9781471260384

The Pike

Lucy Hughes-Hallett Winner of the 2013 Costa Book Awards Biography of the Year.

In September 1919 Gabriele D’Annunzio, successful poet and occasional politician, declared himself Commandante of the city of Fiume in modern day Croatia. His intention – to establish a utopia based on his fascist and artistic ideals. It was the dramatic pinnacle to an outrageous career. In The Pike Lucy Hughes-Hallett charts the controversial life of D’Annunzio, the debauched artist who became a national hero whilst addressing the cult of nationalism and the origins of political extremism.

“ This is a magnificent portrait of a preposterous character … deplorable, brilliant, ludicrous, tragic but above all irresistible.”

DAILY MAIL

“ A cracker of a biography, an extraordinary story of literary accomplishment, passionate war-mongering and sexual incorrigibility.”

SPECTATOR

SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Karoline Newman · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 23.75 · ISBN 9780007579723

Do No Harm Henry Marsh

An astonishingly candid insight into the life and work of a modern neurosurgeon – its triumphs and disasters.

What is it really like to be a brain surgeon, to hold someone’s life in your hands, to drill down into the stuff that creates thought, feeling and reason? In this brutally honest account, one of the country’s top neurosurgeons reveals what it is to play god in life-and-death situations. Henry Marsh gives us a rare insight into the intense drama of the operating theatre and the exquisite complexity of the human brain.

Henry Marsh is a Consultant Neurosurgeon who has been the subject of two major documentary films, Your Life In Their Hands, and Emmy-Award winning The English Surgeon. He was made a CBE in 2010.

SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471260414

Peas and Queues Sandi Toksvig

The award-winning Radio 4 broadcaster and writer offers guidance on the social pitfalls of everyday life.

How do you get rid of unwanted guests? What do you do if there’s a racket in the quiet carriage? How should you eat peas, and behave in queues? How to behave, like how to punctuate, is an aspect of life that many are no longer taught.

Thankfully, Sandi Toksvig has come to the rescue with her entertaining guide to modern manners, with characteristic wit and perceptiveness.

SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Sandi Toksvig · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9781471260407

“ This little book will change your life - and that of your loved (and unloved) ones. For the better. And make you laugh.”

JOHN HUMPHRYS

“ The tone is chatty and there are plenty of etiquette-related nuggets here to enhance a reader’s own conversational repertoire.”

SPECTATOR

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Fractured Dani Atkins

What would you do if life gave you a second chance?

The accident changed everything… Now, five years on, Rachel’s life is crumbling.

She lives alone in a tiny flat, desperate with guilt over her best friend’s death. The accident was a lucky escape. Now, five years on, Rachel’s life is perfect. She has a wonderful fiancé and loving friends around her. But why can’t Rachel shake the memory of a different life?

“ I’m expecting great things in the future from this author.”

SUN

Fractured is a magical love story that asks: can two different stories lead to the same happy ending?

SOP: RO3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Romance · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9781471260742

The Secret Kiss of Darkness Christina Courtenay

From the award winning author of Trade Winds comes a passionate, time-slip drama.

Kayla Sinclair knows she’s in trouble when she almost bankrupts herself to buy a portrait of a mysterious eighteenth century man. Jago Kerswell, inn-keeper and smuggler, will take any risk to be with Lady Eliza Marcombe.

Over two centuries separate Kayla and Jago, but thanks to a gypsy’s spell, their lives become inextricably linked. Kayla finds herself on a quest that could heal the past, but will she find heartache or happiness?

SOP: RO3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Jenny Funnell · Romance · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471260759

Impossible Things Kate Johnson

Are they Cursed as well as Chosen?

Kael Vapensigsson is one of the elite Chosen - a Warlord whose strength comes from the gods themselves. When Kael summons Ishtaer, a blind slave, to his room and discovers the marks of the Chosen on her body, including the revered mark of the Warrior, both Warlord and slave seem to have met their match. But as their lives become increasingly entangled, Ishtaer wonders whether the Chosen are ever able to choose their own fate.

Kate Johnson’s previous novel The UnTied Kingdom was shortlisted for the 2012 Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year Award.

SOP: RO3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Romance · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471260766

Behind Palace Doors Jules Bennett

Every little girl envisioned a fairy-tale wedding.

Their marriage has all the makings of a romantic movie: a beautiful Mediterranean setting, a handsome prince and fantastic sex – and it’s all fake! When Prince Stefan weds Victoria, the marriage is only to secure his crown. But it doesn’t take long for buried passions to erupt…

SOP: RO6 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Laurence Bouvard · Romance · DURATION: 5.5 · ISBN 9781471260421

“ Bennett creates a fairy tale for the grown-up set, with charm, verve and wit.”

ROMANTIC TIMES

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A Scandal, a Secret, a Baby Sharon Kendrick

He’ll make her pay for trying to keep his child from him…

Dante D’Arezzo is the last person famous songwriter Justina Perry wants to see at her best friend’s wedding.

The wickedly sexy Italian is ruthless to the core. He broke her heart once; she won’t surrender to his insatiable desire again. But when Justina’s pregnancy hits the front page, Dante knows he’s the father. This Italian will claim his heir and – if he wants her – a wife!

SOP: RO6 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Romance · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471260735

Mission: Soldier to Daddy Soraya Lane

Coming home to meet his son for the first time is harder than he thought it would be, but can he earn his wife’s forgiveness?

In the Special Forces Luke Brown was trained for everything except being a husband and father. After two years away, he wasn’t expecting his wife to welcome him open-armed, but he wasn’t anticipating divorce papers either. But Luke isn’t going to walk away again – and he’s determined to win back his wife and child!

Soraya Lane is a Romantic Times Award Winning author.

SOP: RO6 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Celeste Ciulla · Romance · DURATION: 5.75 · ISBN 9781471260728

Desperate Remedies Christina Courtenay

She would never forget the day her heart broke…

Lexie Holloway falls desperately in love with the devastatingly handsome Earl of Synley after a brief encounter at a ball. But Synley is already engaged to be married and the heartbroken Lexie resolves to remain a spinster, and leaves for a new life in Italy. Years later, she returns home to find that much has changed – the once notorious Earl is a reformed character, and no longer married but it appears that his life may be in danger…

Christina Courtenay is the winner of the RoNA Award for Best Historical Romance Novel, for her third novel Highland Storms.

SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Julie Teal · Romance · DURATION: 3.5 · ISBN 9781471258176

The Only Meaning of the Oil-Wet Water Dave Eggers

A short story from Dave Eggers’ magnificent collection How We Are Hungry.

In The Only Meaning of Oil-Wet Water, two old friends, Pilar and Hand, reunite in Costa Rica for a kind of loveless love affair. Pilar takes two planes from Champaign, Illinois to San José, rents a car, and meets Hand in Playa Alta on the Pacific coast because she wants to sleep with Hand and Hand wants to surf.

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

INDEPENDENT

“ Intensely pleasurable, striking in its beauty… a triumph of both form and content.”

GUARDIAN

SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Dion Graham · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 1 · ISBN 9781471258152

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Cybersexism Laurie Penny

The Internet was supposed to be for everyone… It was supposed to liberate us from gender.

It’s a tough time to be a woman on the internet. Over the past two generations, the political map of human relations has been redrawn by feminism and by changes in technology. In Cybersexism, Laurie Penny goes to the dark heart of the matter and asks why threats of violence are being used to try to silence female voices, analyses the structure of online misogyny, and makes a case for real freedom of speech – for everyone.

Laurie Penny is a British journalist, columnist, blogger and author who writes about sexism in contemporary society.

SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 1.75 · ISBN 9781471260803

A Colder War Charles Cumming From the winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year comes a gripping and suspenseful new spy novel.

Arriving in Istanbul to investigate a mysterious plane crash, Kell discovers that MI6 operations in the region have been fatally compromised. A traitor inside Western Intelligence threatens not just the Special Relationship, but the security of the entire Middle East. Kell’s search for the mole takes him from London, to Greece, and into Eastern Europe. He will do anything to see this operation through – including putting himself, and others, in the line of fire…

SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780007565917

“ Charles Cumming is a man put on this earth to perpetuate the spy thriller.”

DAILY TELEGRPAH

“ We are in Smiley country, but with extra 21st century nuance… Cumming has an exquisite touch and we should treasure him.”

DAILY MAIL

The House of Dolls David Hewson

From the author of The Flood comes a brand new crime series, set in Amsterdam.

Anneliese Vos, sixteen-year-old daughter of detective, Pieter Vos, disappeared three years ago. Her father’s desperate search revealed nothing. One day, Laura Bakker, a trainee detective visits to tell him that the daughter of local politician, Katja Prins, has gone missing in circumstances similar to Anneliese. Vos is drawn back into the life of a detective, hoping that somewhere will be a clue to his daughter’s fate… David Hewson is the author of the Nic Costa series, set in Italy as well the novelisation of the hit TV show The Killing.

“ Dark and atmospheric with breathless pacing.”

LINWOOD BARCLAY

SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Crime · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471261398

The Forever Girl Alexander McCall Smith

A novel about love and following one’s heart, and the unexpected places to which this can lead us.

At the age of four Clover chooses her own name. Aged six, she falls in love with her best friend, James. But in the adult world, things are not so simple: Clover’s mother finds she’s fallen out of love with her husband, and realises that James’s father is interested in her. As Clover and James, and their parents, navigate their irresistible but baffling mazes of emotion, we are given a beautifully realised tale about how love can shape a life.

Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world’s most prolific and most popular authors, with series including the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Isabel Dalhousie and Corduroy Mansions.

SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471261404

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The Temporary Gentleman Sebastian Barry

A stunning new novel from prize-winning and best-selling author, Sebastian Barry.

Jack McNulty is a ‘temporary gentleman’, an Irishman whose commission in the British army in the Second World War was never made permanent. In 1957, in his lodgings in Accra, he sets out to write his story. He is an ordinary man, both petty and heroic, but he has seen extraordinary things. He has wandered the world – as a soldier, an engineer, a UN observer – following his childhood ambition to better himself.

“ Fascinating and Moving, [it] shows Sebastian Barry to be one of our finest novelists – daring, accommodating and humane.”

JOHN BANVILLE

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Frank Grimes · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471261411

Turbulent Priests Colin Bateman

The third novel in the hilarious Dan Starkey series from the master of comedy crime, Colin Bateman.

Dan Starkey arrives on Wrathlin Island to investigate the residents’ belief that the Messiah is alive, female, and about to start school there: it’s not a commission that turns up everyday. He finds a mess of religious intolerance and illicit drinking in a tiny community that is big on religious fervour but small on hospitality. Apart from the Messiah’s mum of course, who’s clung to her sanity. And her lager.

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Adam Moore · Crime · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471261442

“ The funniest crime series around.”

DAILY TELEGRAPH

“ A delightfully subversive take on crime fiction done with affection. Read it and weep with tears of laughter.”

SUNDAY EXPRESS

Everything to Lose Andrew Gross

When you have everything to lose, you stop playing by the rules…

Hilary Cantor has lost her job, is about to lose her house, and is running out of money to care for her son with Asperger’s syndrome. When Hilary is first on the scene of a car accident, she finds a satchel full of cash on the backseat. Her splitsecond decision takes her to the heart of a conspiracy involving blackmail and a powerful figure who’ll do anything to keep the past buried.

“ Real fear, real thrills, real suspense… real good.”

LEE CHILD

“ Starts at full throttle and stays there till the end.”

LINWOOD BARCLAY

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Thriller · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9780007565801

After the Bombing Clare Morrall

From the author of Astonishing Splashes of Colour, comes an ambitious and moving exploration of the lasting impact of the Second World War. On May 3rd, 1942, fifteen-year-old Alma Braithwaite and her fellow boarders at Goldwyn’s school huddle in an air-raid shelter as bombs rain down on Exeter.

When the girls emerge, the school is in ruins. Twenty-one years on, Alma lives alone and teaches music at her old school. The arrival of a new student takes Alma back to that summer and the long shadow it cast on her life.

“ Morrall writes with poise and delicacy, and her subjects are delightfully offbeat.”

SUNDAY TIMES ON THE ROUNDABOUT MAN

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Charlotte Strevens · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471261428

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Betrayed Anna Smith

You don’t mess with Rosie Gilmour and get away with it.

Crime reporter Rosie Gilmour is back at The Post, bruised and battered from her last investigation but determined to find missing barmaid Wendy Graham. Convinced that Wendy is the key to an explosive new story, Rosie’s search leads her deep into the dangerous world of Glasgow’s Ulster Volunteer Force. This time, Rosie will find herself at the mercy of the most vicious gangsters she’s ever encountered.

“ As perfectly paced and neatly plotted as any Ian Rankin novel, with a wide appeal for both male and female readers.”

DAILY MAIL

“ Gripping.”

THE TIMES

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Sarah Barron · Crime · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471261459

Vanishing

Gerard Woodward The new novel from the Booker Prize nominated novelist and poet.

Towards the end of the Second World War a British artist called Kenneth Brill is arrested for painting near the village of Heathrow. Under interrogation a picture emerges as Brill tells the story of his life. Vanishing sees the world through the eyes of one of the forgotten geniuses of British Art, a man whose artistic vision is so piercing he has trouble seeing what is right in front of him.

“ English eccentricity, black farcical comedy and fine phrasing… makes Woodward’s writing so moreish.”

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Finlay Robertson · Humorous · DURATION: 16 · ISBN 9781471261435

The Sea of Innocence Kishwar Desai

The thrilling new adventure starring Kishwar Desai’s enthralling heroine, Simran Singh.

Simran Singh is desperate for a break and so the idyll of Goa seems perfect white beaches, blue seas and no crime. But when a video appears on her phone, featuring a girl being attacked by a group of men, she realises that darkness festers in this supposed paradise. And when she discovers out that the girl is Liza Kay, a British teenager who has gone missing, she knows she must act.

Kishwar Desai won the Costa First Novel Award for her first Simran Singh novel, Witness the Night.

SOP: CD12 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471261466

“ Desai’s Simran Singh novels are endowed with something else: the sense that she is delving not just into mysteries but into subjects that matter deeply. I cannot wait for her next adventure” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY ON ORIGINS OF LOVE

Gingerbread Robert Dinsdale

Fairy tale and history, wilderness and civilisation collide in this brilliant and magical new novel from the author of Little Exiles.

In the depths of winter in the land of Belarus, where ancient forests straddle modern country borders, an orphaned boy and his grandfather go to scatter his mother’s ashes in the woodlands. But the driving snow also hides a frozen history of long-buried secrets. And as man and boy travel deeper among the trees, grandfather’s tales begin to interweave with the shocking reality of his own past.

SOP: CD12 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471261497

“ Gingerbread is a novel of perfect balance… With each turn of the page the atmosphere intensifies…”

ALI SHAW, AUTHOR OF THE GIRL WITH GLASS FEET

“ Matches the rigour of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road but as if the Brothers Grimm had hijacked it… gripping.”

JAMES LONG, AUTHOR OF FERNEY

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The Confusion of Karen Carpenter Jonathan Harvey

“I enjoyed it HUGELY, I couldn’t put it out of my hand!… A total page-turner, very entertaining, then very moving.” marian keyes Hello. Two things you should know about me: 1) My name is Karen Carpenter.

2) Just before Christmas my boyfriend left me. I’m not THE Karen Carpenter. I just have the most embarrassing name in Christendom. Oh yeah. The boyfriend.

After eleven ‘happy’ years he left me. No explanation, just a post-it on the kettle.

I think I’m handling it really well. I don’t think I’m confused at all. What was my name again? Jonathan Harvey is an award winning writer, who has worked on shows such as Rev, The Catherine Tate Show and Coronation Street.

“ I knew Jonathan Harvey could make me laugh. I didn’t expect him to make me cry too.”

JOJO MOYES

SOP: CD12 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471261473

The Lost Get-Back Boogie James Lee Burke

Trouble is rising in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley and only one man is willing to stop it…

Frank Riordan is waging a one-man campaign to shut down the local pulp mill that is polluting the air and devastating the environment; tensions are growing, and the only man who can help already has troubles of his own. Having served time for accidentally killing a man Iry Paret is making a fresh start on Frank’s ranch, where he meets a dynamic and beautiful woman who will test the limits of Iry’s loyalty to his friends.

“ No argument: James Lee Burke is among the finest of all contemporary American novelists.”

DAILY MAIL

“ Burke is the master of his material… fine writing.”

SOP: CD15 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Will Patton · Crime · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471261541

SUNDAY EXPRESS

Ignorance Milan Kundera

“One of the best novels yet by one of the best novelists alive.” sunday times

Irena and Josef meet by chance while returning to their homeland, which they had abandoned 20 years earlier. Will they manage to pick up the thread of their strange love story, interrupted almost as soon as it began and then lost in the tides of history? The truth is that after such a long absence ‘their memories no longer match’.

“ This moving, profound and exquisitely written novel… its themes are memory and nostalgia and, as always, the personal and the political are beautifully interwoven.”

MAIL ON SUNDAY

“ A pleasure to read.”

SOP: CD15 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Richmond Hoxie · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 4.25 · ISBN 9781471261527

DAILY TELEGRAPH

The Wife Who Ran Away Tess Stimson

There are some things you can never leave behind…

Kate Forrest is invisible… her husband doesn’t seem to know she’s alive and her two children have become stroppy adolescents. With her fortieth birthday approaching, Kate walks out of her life, and gets on a plane to Italy. With no responsibilities, she soon finds herself caught up in the arms of a man half her age. But eventually Kate will be forced to choose between her past and the future.

A brilliant novel from the bestselling Tess Stimson, author of The Adultery Club and The Lying Game, for fans of Jojo Moyes and Jane Fallon.

SOP: CD15 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471261503

“ A truly compelling story of family ties and secrets.”

DAILY EXPRESS ON THE LYING GAME

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Belle

Paula Byrne This is the story of Dido Belle, whose adoption by an aristocratic family challenged the conventions of 18th century England.

Coming soon

Dido Belle was the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy captain and a slave woman, adopted by the Earl of Mansfield. As Lord Chief Justice of England he would preside over the drowning of 142 slaves by a shipping company. This is the story of a family that defied convention, the legal trial that exposed the cruelties of slavery and the woman who challenged notions of race at the highest rank.

“ Elegant and emotionally satisfying… tells a continually fascinating, unusually layered story.”

VARIETY

“ Engaging, compelling, a delightful and engrossing book… Byrne’s passion is nothing if not persuasive.”

SUNDAY TIMES ON THE REAL JANE AUSTEN

SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · History · DURATION: 5.5 · ISBN 9780007565733

Daddy’s Little Princess Cathy Glass

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

Little Beth, aged 7, and Derek, her father, clearly love each other very much and Derek spoils his daughter, treating her like a princess. But when he is suddenly admitted to hospital with psychiatric problems, Beth is taken into care and arrives at Cathy’s. There is something bothering Cathy about their relationship, something she can’t quite put her finger on. Events take a dramatic turn for both Beth and Cathy and her family; as Cathy strives to pick up the pieces all their lives are changed forever.

Cathy Glass has been a foster carer for over 25 years. She has written 16 books, including bestselling memoirs Damaged, Cut, and Will You Love Me? SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Denica Fairman · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9780007577880

The Up Side of Down Megan McArdle

Why do some failures inspire breakthroughs and others breakdowns?

Most new products fail. So do most businesses. And most of us, if we are honest, have experienced a major setback in our personal or professional lives. Exploring her own experiences of failure – losing her job and sending CVs into a void, clinging to a relationship that was clearly not working, Megan McArdle shows how to recognize when you’re in a rut and how to bounce back successfully.

SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Business, Money & Economics · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471261565

“ A vibrant book on a vibrant subject…

Full of unexpected insights and a pleasure to read.”

TIM HARFORD

“ Wise, thoughtprovoking, and personal.”

PARAG KHANNA

Somewhere Beyond the Sea Amanda James

When love begins with a lie, where will it end?

Tristan Ainsworth has returned to the village where he grew up in a desperate attempt to make his wife happy. Karen Ainsworth daren’t reveal her true feelings, she knows her husband can’t put up with her moods much longer. Surely the past can’t hurt her now?

As a tide of blackmail heads their way, Karen and Tristan face a difficult question.

Is their love strong enough to face the truth when it might cost them everything?

SOP: RO6 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Mystery · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9781471261619

“ A pure delight.”

THE BOOKSELLER ON A STITCH IN TIME

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Much Ado About Sweet Nothing Alison May

A fresh and funny retelling of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, set in the present day.

Ben Messina is a certified maths genius and romance sceptic. He and Trix are constantly quarrelling, not least because of Ben’s decision to end their relationship! Charming Claudio Messina, is as different from his brother as it is possible to be. But his pursuit for perfection may end in a disaster that will see both him and Trix’s best friend Henrietta, starting from zero once again?

SOP: RO6 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Romance · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471261602

Reading Upside Down Jo Platt

“…perfect setting, perfect dress, perfect flowers, one hundred and eight guests - and one, total and utter, rat.”

Abandoned at the altar, Rosalind Shaw descends into the kind of depression which involves her watching too much daytime TV. After several inebriated months, Ros relocates to St Albans and begins a new life, as partowner of a bookshop. However, just when Ros begins to feel that life might be improving, her rather hairy neighbour, Daniel, knocks on her door with a bunch of flowers and some rather distressing news… A funny, intelligent, fast-paced, chickwit – a feel good novel of mistaken assumptions and misread intentions.

SOP: RO6 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471261626

A Real Cowboy Sarah M. Anderson

James Roberts Bradley burned out early. Ten years ago, he walked away from multimillion dollar film roles and disappeared.

Assistant producer Thalia Thorne has promised to lure James back into the limelight – no matter what it takes. But this real-life cowboy makes it hard for Thalia to resist the man he’s now become… Then a blizzard strikes. Suddenly they’re alone, with only body heat to keep them warm… Sarah M. Anderson writes contemporary Western romances, and won a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award in 2012.

“ A sensual, emotional romance worth reading.”

ROMANTIC TIMES

SOP: RO6 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Romance · DURATION: 6.25 · ISBN 9781471261572

Captive of the Border Lord Blythe Gifford

To marry him will be to betray her family…

Bessie has sacrificed herself for her family’s honour and is at the mercy of the court of King James. She’s enticed not only by her mortal enemy, Lord Thomas Carwell, but also by the opulence of a world far removed from her own. When the King demands her brother’s head, Carwell is the only one to whom she can turn.

But she must pay the ultimate price for his protection…

“ Bold, exciting, sensual… just the type of romance Scottish medieval fans crave.”

RT BOOK REVIEWS

SOP: RO6 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Romance · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9781471261596

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A Father for her Triplets Susan Meier

It wasn’t just weird to see Wyatt McKenzie all grown up and sexy.

He brought back some memories she would have preferred stay locked away.

Since her husband left, Missy Johnson has worked hard to provide her triplets with the secure childhood she never had. Except now that her wedding cake business has taken off, Missy’s left struggling… until gorgeous Wyatt McKenzie comes back to town. But when she sees him bonding with her mischievous trio Missy realises five might just be the perfect number!

“ Meier’s characters are realistic and likeable in this great story about dealing with life’s blows.”

RT BOOK REVIEWS

SOP: RO6 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Romance · DURATION: 6.75 · ISBN 9781471261589

How to Take Charge of Your Life Richard Bandler

An easy-to-read and inspiring account that listeners can turn to time and again.

Written in the form of a fable, How To Take Charge Of Your Life will give you the tools you need to start making an effective change in your life today.

From explaining the importance of self-belief and how to change beliefs, to how to control your emotions and negative thinking, and how to create the life you want.

“ The must have self-help book!”

PAUL MCKENNA

SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Body, Mind & Spirit · DURATION: 3.5 · ISBN 9780007575077

1914: History in an Hour Rupert Colley

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour!

1914: History in an Hour is the indispensable overview of the year that marked the end of the Belle Époque and the shocking birth of modern mechanised warfare.

It became a war of unimaginable horror, fought with terrifying new weapons that produced death on an industrial scale, a war that involved so many nations and reached into the fabric of their societies.

“ If the past is a foreign country, History in an Hour is like a high-class tour operator, offering delightfully enjoyable short breaks in the rich and diverse continent of our shared past.”

DOMINIC SANDBROOK, AUTHOR OF SEASONS IN THE SUN: THE BATTLE FOR BRITAIN

SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · History · DURATION: 1.5 · ISBN 9780007589470

The Old North Road Paul Finch

From the author of Stalkers and Sacrifice, comes a chilling short story…

Ralph Drayton, a disgruntled writer in search of Green Man legends in the countryside, comes across the site of a car crash on the isolated Old North Road. The young couple in the car seem unhurt, but strangely, they resist his offers to help them to the nearby village. His chance encounter soon becomes more than he bargained for…

The Old North Road is the winner of the International Horror Guild Award.

SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Horror · DURATION: 3.75 · ISBN 9781471261671

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Lamplight We are proud to introduce Lamplight.

Representing traditional genres such as sagas and mysteries and long established authors such as Maureen Lee, Josephine Cox and Patricia Cornwell.

A Tap on the Window Linwood Barclay

Linwood Barclay’s latest suspenseful masterpiece will keep the reader hooked from page one…

Driving home one rainy night Cal Weaver tries to ignore the bedraggled-looking teenaged girl trying to hitch a lift. But when he realizes she’s one of his son’s classmates, he can’t. OK, so giving a ride to a teenage girl might not be the smartest move, but how much harm could it do?

“ [A] tension-fuelled tale that is underpinned by a bleakly fatalistic noir tone.”

IRISH TIMES

The next morning the police turn up at his door and asks him if he gave a lift to a girl the previous night. A girl who has now been found brutally murdered.

SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Mark Zeisler · Crime · DURATION: 2.25 · ISBN 9781471260520

Dust

Patricia Cornwell Dust is a thrilling, addictive novel featuring one of the most iconic, original and compelling characters in crime fiction today.

The body of a woman has been discovered inside the gates of MIT, draped in an unusual cloth. An examination reveals that the body is covered in a fine dust that under ultra-violet light fluoresces blood-red, emerald-green and sapphire-blue.

As Kay Scarpetta pieces together the evidence, she draws herself and her team deeper into the dark world of designer drugs, drone technology and shocking corruption at the highest level.

“ America’s most stimulating and chilling writer of Crime-fiction.”

THE TIMES

“ A perfectly formed thriller.”

SUN

SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Lorelai King · Crime · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471260513

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The Runaway Woman Josephine Cox

No-one thought she had the courage…

Those looking in from the outside think Lucy Lovejoy’s life is like any other, but over the years, her children have watched while their father chipped away at Lucy’s self-confidence. Now the children are following their own paths, and Lucy has never felt more alone. When tragedy strikes at the heart of the family, it’s a wake-up call for Lucy. She knows that it’s time to make a choice.

“ Cox’s talent as storyteller never lets you escape the spell.”

DAILY MAIL

Is she brave enough to find herself again?

SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Carole Boyd · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9780007543328

Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts Mary Gibson

They call them the custard tarts – the girls who work at Pearce Duff ’s custard powder factory in Bermondsey before the First World War. Conditions are hard but nothing can quench the spirit of humour and friendship – or the rising tide of anger that will finally bring the girls out on strike for a better deal. For one of them, striking spells disaster. Nellie Clark’s wages keep her young brothers and sister from starvation, while her father sinks into drunken violence after the death of their mother.

“ A fabulous, fascinating read.”

VANESSA FELTZ

And over them all looms the shadow of the coming war.

SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Anne Dover · Saga · DURATION: 15.25 · ISBN 9781471260544

Doc Martin: Practice Makes Perfect Sam North

Relive the magic of ITV’s best loved drama series starring Martin Clunes.

Doc Martin arrives in the picture postcard fishing village of Portwenn, Cornwall. Once a high-flying London surgeon, his suddenly developed blood phobia means he has to take a job in a local practice.

But while the Doc’s medical skills are second to none, his bedside manner leaves a lot to be desired. He immediately starts infuriating the locals, none more so than school teacher Louisa Glasson.

Sam North is a screenwriter and author of eight novels, including The Automatic Man which won the Somerset Maugham Award, and The Unnumbered, which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize.

SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Humorous · DURATION: 8.25 · ISBN 9781471260537

Blood Guilt Ben Cheetham

Last night, eight-year old Ethan Reed was abducted at gunpoint from his home by an armed intruder.

Four years ago, Detective Inspector Harlan Miller killed someone. Now - divorced, alone, consumed by guilt – the world outside his prison walls holds little for him. Until an eight-year-old boy is abducted. Ethan Reed.

The son of the man he killed. Frustrated by a police search that finds nothing, Ethan’s mother appeals to the man she has reason to hate most in the world. She has one question to ask – beg - of Harlan Miller. Find her little boy. Do whatever it takes. Ben Cheetham is an award-winning writer and Pushcart Prize nominee. His short stories have been widely published in magazines in the UK, US and Australia.

SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Andrew Wincott · Thriller · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471260568

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The Ipcress File Len Deighton

Len Deighton’s classic first novel, whose protagonist is a nameless spy – later christened Harry Palmer and made famous in the iconic film starring Michael Caine.

The Ipcress File was not only Len Deighton’s first novel, it was his first bestseller and the book that broke the mould of thriller writing. For the working class narrator, an apparently straightforward mission to find a missing biochemist becomes a journey to the heart of a dark and deadly conspiracy.

SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: James Lailey · Thriller · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9780007564507

“ A master of fictional espionage.”

DAILY MAIL

“ The self-conscious cool of Deighton’s writing has dated in the best way possible… a stone-cold cold war classic.”

GUARDIAN

“ Deighton is so far in the front of other writers in the field that they are not even in sight.”

SUNDAY TIMES

Secrets of the Sea House Elisabeth Gifford

Secrets of the Sea House is an epic, sweeping tale of loss and love, hope and redemption, and how we heal ourselves with the stories we tell.

Scotland, 1860. Reverend Alexander Ferguson takes up his new parish, an isolated patch on the Hebridean island of Harris. His time there will change his life, but the Sea House, on the edge of the dunes keeps its silence long after Alexander departs. More than a century later, Ruth and Michael buy the grand but dilapidated building for the family they hope to have. But their dreams are marred by a shocking discovery.

“ Secrets of the Sea House is an arresting tale of the things that haunt us.

But the real pleasure in this debut novel is Elisabeth Gifford’s finely wrought prose; at turns acute, delicate and fierce.”

LIZA KLAUSSMAN

“ A sweeping summer read, packed with an epic tale of loss, love and hope.”

SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471260582 IRISH NEWS

Broken Angels Graham Masterton

One cold spring morning in County Cork, two fishermen find a bundle of rags floating in the Blackwater River.

It is the mutilated corpse of a retired music teacher. His hands and feet are bound, and his neck bears the mark of a garrotting wire. The Garda want to wrap this case up before the press get hold of it. But when a second man is found murdered, the body bearing all the same marks as the first, it looks like the hallmark of a serial killer…

“ One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time.”

PETER JAMES

“ One of the few true masters.”

SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Caroline Lennon · Crime · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471260575

Carthage

Joyce Carol Oates A stirring examination of grief, faith, justice and the atrocities of war, from literary legend Joyce Carol Oates.

JAMES HERBERT

“ A gripping exploration of a community in crisis after a young girl disappears.”

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

Zeno Mayfield’s daughter has disappeared into the night, gone missing in the wilds of the Adirondacks. But when the community of Carthage joins a father’s frantic search for the girl, they discover instead the unlikeliest of suspects – a decorated Iraq War veteran with close ties to the Mayfield family. As grisly evidence mounts against the troubled war hero, the family must wrestle with the possibility of having lost a daughter forever.

Dark and riveting, Carthage is a powerful novel that explores the human capacity for violence, love and forgiveness, and asks if it’s ever truly possible to come home again.

SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 19.5 · ISBN 9780007569458

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Ripper

Isabel Allende A gripping thriller from the bestselling author Isabel Allende.

The Ripper players, free from any moral and legal restraints, are free to pursue any line of enquiry to solve the cases that the police cannot. It is just a game. As their unique power leads them ever closer to the truth of their latest case, one of the players, Amanda’s, mother suddenly vanishes. Could her disappearance be linked to the serial killer? And will Amanda and her accomplices solve the mystery before it’s too late?

“ You’ll find it hard not to be beguiled by the charm and ingenuity of Allende’s storytelling.”

THE TIMES

“ Allende is incapable of telling a bad story…

Her heroically sustained narrative, her lovingly prepared plots and surprise inventions explode in an exaltation.”

INDEPENDENT

SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Edoardo Ballerini · Crime · DURATION: 14.5 · ISBN 9780007569410

The Gods of Guilt Michael Connelly

The ‘Lincoln Lawyer’ returns with a haunting case in the gripping new thriller from bestselling author Michael Connelly.

Murder cases have the highest stakes and the biggest paydays. But then Mickey Haller learns that the murder victim was his own client, a prostitute he thought he had rescued. Far from saving her, Mickey may have been the one who put her in danger. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, Mickey must work tirelessly on a case that could mean his ultimate redemption or proof of his ultimate guilt.

“ Connelly is one of the great crime writers…

His mastery of place and character, his ease with dialogue, his control of plot gives his books a subtlety that is irresistible.”

DAILY MAIL

“ A crime-writing genius.”

SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Thriller · DURATION: · ISBN 9781471260797

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

The Fall and Rise of Lucy Charlton Elizabeth Gill

A gripping and powerful family saga, set in the aftermath of the First World War. 1920, Durham. Lucy Charlton has always dreamed of working with her father in the family solicitor’s firm. But when a scandal shatters her dreams and her father disowns her, she is left to fight for a job as a legal secretary. When Joe Hardy arrives to claim his mystery inheritance, she promises to help uncover the truth behind his mystery benefactor. Before long, the past comes back to haunt them both…

“ Original and evocative – a born storyteller.”

TRISHA ASHLEY

Elizabeth Gill is a bestselling saga author, best known for Miss Appleby’s Academy.

SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Saga · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9781471260810

The Seven Streets of Liverpool Maureen Lee

Once again Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller Maureen Lee brings to life the small Liverpool street where everyone has a key on a string in their letterbox, in case a friend is in need…

Pearl Street, Liverpool, Christmas 1942. Despite the drama and tragedy of the War, the street’s spirit and friendship in adversity binds them together. Since her husband was injured, Eileen has worried about the growing distance between them. Lena Newton longs for a baby but with her husband posted in the Navy, it’s looking unlikely. And Kitty has hidden away since she discovered her lover was married, too ashamed to return in disgrace with her baby.

SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Emma Gregory · Saga · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471260773

“ An excellent novel which runs along at a cracking pace […] You won’t want to put this book down.”

TELEGRAPH & ARGUS

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A Little Love Amanda Prowse

From bestselling author Amanda Prowse, this is a story about love, loss and lies – and finding happiness before it’s too late…

Pru Plum is the owner of a famous Mayfair bakery. She wears Chanel and her hair is expensively cut. Few would believe that she turned sixty-six last year. But Pru is not the confident, successful businesswoman she appears. She has done shameful things to get to where she is today. And she will do anything to protect the secrets of her past - especially now she has finally fallen in love…

Amanda Prowse is the author of the bestselling Poppy Day and What Have I Done?

“ A modern day love story.”

DAILY MAIL

“ [C]aptivating, heartbreaking and superbly written.”

CLOSER ON WHAT HAVE I DONE?

SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Julia Franklin · Romance · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471260780

A Darker Shade

Edited by John Henri Holberg Original Swedish crime stories from the masters of Nordic noir, including a never-before published short story by Stieg Larsson.

Ever since Stieg Larsson shone a light on the brilliance of Swedish crime writing, readers have devoured this dark and compelling genre. Now the nation’s best crime writers have been brought together to form the first ever anthology of Swedish crime. The collection includes stories from Stieg Larsson, author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Henning Mankell, creator of Wallander and Eva Gabrielsson, writer and thirty-year partner to Stieg Larsson.

SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Crime · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471260919

“ An entertaining collection with an imaginative story from Stieg Larsson … demonstrates the depth of the Swedish crime pool.”

THE TIMES

“ Gripping… these unsettling dark tales reaffirm the dominance of Swedish writers with original crime fiction.”

SUN

The Mangle Street Murders M. R. C. Kasasian

A funny, fresh and sharply plotted Victorian crime starring a detective duo to rival Holmes and Watson.

Gower Street, London, 1882: Sidney Grice, London’s most famous personal detective, is expecting a visitor. He drains his fifth pot of morning tea, and glances outside, where a young, plain woman picks her way between the piles of horsedung towards his front door. Sidney Grice shudders. For heaven’s sake – she is wearing brown shoes. Set between the refined buildings of Victorian Bloomsbury and the stinking streets of London’s East End, The Mangle Street Murders is for those who like their crime original, atmospheric, and very, very funny.

“ One of the most delightful and original new novels of the year, this is the first in a series that could well become a cult. Grice and Middleton promise to become a positive treat.

Catch them now.”

DAILY MAIL

SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471260551

The Lie of You Jane Lythell

A chilling psychological thriller about obsession, jealousy, and lying to those you love.

To the outside world, Kathy is the very picture of a happy and fulfilled modern woman. She has a beautiful baby boy, a clever, handsome husband and a glamorous, high-powered job. But not everybody is fooled. Her employee, Heja, knows the truth: the cracks in Kathy’s marriage, her self-doubt, her fear of failure at work. In fact, Heja is perfectly placed to destroy Kathy’s life…

SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Thriller · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471260827

“ A very credible portrait of obsession to the point of madness… a clever, involving first novel.”

LITERARY REVIEW

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

DAILY MAIL

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The Compromise Zoe Miller

Sometimes, old friends are the ones you know the least…

Childhood friends Juliet, Rebecca, Rose and Matthew grew up in a small village outside Dublin. Now privileged, wealthy and powerful, they appear to have it all.

But when Juliet is involved in a suspicious accident and lies trapped between life and death at the bottom of a cliff, a secret that has been hidden for years threatens the seemingly perfect lives of the close-knit group.

“ In writing this fresh and vibrant ‘whodunit’, Miller has built on her previous triumphs and has shouted from the rooftops that she will broker no compromise with anyone, least of all her readers.”

IRISH INDEPENDENT

SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9781471260902

The Late Scholar Jill Paton Walsh

A new murder mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey – now a Duke – and his wife Harriet Vane, set in Oxford in the 1950s.

When the fellows at an Oxford college appeal to Peter Wimsey to resolve a dispute, he and Harriet are happy to oblige. The dispute between the two passionate parties is evenly balanced, that is, until several of the fellows unexpectedly die. And the causes of death bear an uncanny resemblance to the murder methods in Peter’s past cases – methods that Harriet has used in her novels…

“ Sayers’s fans won’t be disappointed, and newcomers are in for a treat.”

GUARDIAN ON THE ATTENBURY EMERALDS

“ A pitch-perfect Golden Age mystery; not a pastiche but a gem of a period puzzle that belongs on the shelf beside the Wimsey originals.”

FINANCIAL TIMES ON THE ATTENBURY EMERALDS

SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Gordon Griffin · Crime · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471260896

The Visitors Sally Beauman

A beautifully written and epic story of love, regret and secrets, set against the haunting, troubled and exotic background of 1920s Egypt.

Sent abroad to Egypt in 1922, eleven-year-old Lucy is caught up in the excitement that surrounds the hunt for Tutankhamun’s tomb. When she meets Frances, the daughter of an American archaeologist, the two girls spy on the grown-ups and a lifelong bond is formed. Haunted by the ghosts of her past, the mistakes she made, Lucy disinters her past. And she finally comes to terms with what happened after Egypt, when Frances needed Lucy most.

“ Once you start reading a Beauman book, you can’t put it down.”

GUARDIAN

“ [An] evocative and compulsive reworking of the balance of power between the sexes.”

THE TIMES ON REBECCA’S TALE

SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Laurel Lefkow · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 20.75 · ISBN 9781471261701

East End Angel Kay Brellend

Two sisters living in London’s tough East End… will Jennifer and Kathy be tough enough to survive?

Katherine and Jennifer Finch are like chalk and cheese: Katherine is a midwife, and Jennifer is a prostitute.

Jennifer begins a battle with drink and drugs, and falls pregnant. Her labour is nearly fatal, but her sister steps in to save her and the baby. Kathy knows that the society Jennifer keeps is damaging her. But then Kathy begins to fall for an East End wide boy, and her heart will not listen to her head…

Kay Brellend is the author of a series of sagas set in the East End, including The Street and Campbell Road Girls.

SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Saga · DURATION: - · ISBN 9780007558803

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The Four Streets Nadine Dorries

A heart-breaking family saga set in 1950s Liverpool, the first novel from the talented Nadine Dorries MP. 1950s Liverpool. In the tight-knit community of the Four Streets, two girls are growing up. One is motherless and hated by the cold woman determined to take her dead mother’s place. The other is hiding a dreadful secret which she dare not tell to anyone. The people of Four Streets laugh, grieve and hope together. But what can they do when a betrayal at the heart of their world comes to light?

Nadine Dorries grew up in a working class family in Liverpool, and became an MP in 2005. She appeared on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in 2012.

SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Saga · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471261695

Bittersweet

Colleen McCullough From the author of The Thorn Birds, one of the biggest-selling books of all time, comes an epic saga of love, betrayal and redemption in 1920s Australia.

The four Latimer sisters were famous throughout New South Wales for their beauty, wit and sisterly love. But then they left home to train as nurses, swapping their feather beds for the bunks of nursing accommodation. And now, as the Depression casts its shadow across Australia, they must confront their own secret desires. Will the sisters find the independence they crave? Or is life – like love – always bittersweet?

“ A true epic… It’s easy to see why this stunning tale has been called the Australian Gone With The Wind.”

OBSERVER ON THE THORN BIRDS

SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Saga · DURATION: 16.75 · ISBN 9781471261688

Caribbee

Julian Stockwin Caribbee is the fourteenth novel in the fast paced Captain Kydd series, the best-loved sea tales of our generation.

Thomas Kydd, a hero of Trafalgar, holds the glory of being Post-Captain of the 32gun frigate, L’Aurore. A Caribbean posting seems a welcome respite for the war hero, but when more and more merchantmen begin vanishing from the sea, fear starts to spread. Kydd must embark on a dangerous game of espionage in order to destroy this new and terrible danger to the Empire.

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

DAILY TELEGRAPH

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

DAILY EXPRESS

SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Christian Rodska · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471261718

Stone Cold C. J. Box

A Joe Pickett Novel from the award winning author C. J. Box. Everything about the ranch is a mystery. Rumours abound about the millionaire who owns it, the women who live with him and the sudden disappearances.

Joe Pickett is tasked by the governor to find the truth. There are two other men living up at the ranch. One is a stone-cold killer who takes an instant dislike to Joe. That man doesn’t frighten him. But the second is another story entirely.

“ One of today’s solid-gold A-list must-read authors.”

LEE CHILD

“ Heart-stoppingly good.”

DAILY MAIL

SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471261763

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The Perfect Affair Claire Dyer

What happens if you fall in love with the wrong person?

Rose knows only too well the exhilaration and devastation of loving a married man. So she watches with a keen eye as Eve – her closest companion – meets Myles, the new tenant in her downstairs flat. Quietly and softly, Myles and Eve fall in love and, as they try to have the perfect affair like Rose did before them, they come know what it is to be torn between love and duty.

“ An exquisitely written, emotional book about impossible love and the moments that make life beautiful.”

JULIE COHEN

“ This year’s One Day” LOUISE CANDLISH ON THE MOMENT

SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471261756

Soldiers’ Wives Fiona Field

This page-turning novel from Fiona Field interweaves the stories of three very different women trying to get to grips with the life of a military wife.

Chrissie finds solace in her career as a medic in the regiment, but will love for a married man prove her undoing? Maddy is bogged down with a fretful baby and a super-ambitious officer husband. Will she be able to stand life as a regimental wife? And then there’s bad girl Jenna, who doesn’t believe in rules and regulations. Will she destroy her husband’s career? Or will it destroy her?

“ I couldn’t put it down.”

KATIE FFORDE

SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471261787

The Boat

Clara Salaman It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime…

Johnny and his new bride Clem have arrived in Turkey for a year’s honeymoon. Young, blissfully happy but poor, they are surviving on love, luck and a spirit of adventure. So when a boat appears, crewed by a bohemian couple, they do not think twice about stepping on board. But all is not as it seems. And when they finally open their eyes to the truth, the boat is in the middle of the vast open sea…

With echoes of Alex Garland’s The Beach, this is a hypnotic, emotionally charged novel about two sweet young lovers who lose their innocence in paradise.

SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Leon Williams · Thriller · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471261749

Ghost Girl

Lesley Thomson “Lesley Thomson is a class above.” ian rankin Stella Darnell’s father died a year ago, but she has not moved on. He was Chief Superintendent at Hammersmith police station, and cleaning his house, Stella discovers a folder of photographs in his darkroom. The oldest photograph is dated 1966; to the very day the Moors Murderers were sent to prison for life. As Stella inches closer to the truth, the events of that day begin to haunt her too…

“ Skilfully evokes the era and slow-moving childhood summers… A study of memory and guilt with several twists” GUARDIAN

“ This is a haunting novel about loss and reconciliation, driven by a simple but clever plot.”

SUNDAY TIMES

SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Thriller · DURATION: 15.25 · ISBN 9781471261725

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Avid Introducing Avid: A new imprint dedicated to genre fiction – specifically supernatural, horror, fantasy and sci-fi, including authors such as Mark Lawrence and Joe Abercrombie.

The Gone-Away World Nick Harkaway

NICK

Nick Harkaway’s astounding literary debut: part adventure, part comic opera, available in unabridged audio for the fi rst time.

NICK HARKAWAY

The Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it’s on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out – but there’s more to the fire than meets the eye. A story of love and loss; of ninjas and pirates; and of a friendship stretched beyond its limits. But it’s also the story of a world, not unlike our own, in desperate need of heroes – however unlikely they may seem.

‘Extraordinary…breathtaking…profound…hugely entertaining’ INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

SOP: AVID3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 22.75 · ISBN 9781471260599

“ Breathtakingly ambitious…

A bubbling cosmic stew of a book, written with such exuberant imagination that you are left breathless by its sheer ingenuity.”

OBSERVER

“ A post-apocalyptic triumph…

Immensely rewarding…

Genuinely terrifying.”

THE TIMES

The Gospel of Loki Joanne M. Harris

The fi rst adult epic fantasy novel from the multi-million copy bestselling author of Chocolat.

The novel is a brilliant first-person narrative of the rise and fall of the Norse gods – retold from the point of view of the world’s ultimate trickster, Loki. It tells the story of Loki’s recruitment from the underworld of Chaos, his many exploits on behalf of his one-eyed master, Odin, through to his eventual betrayal of the gods and the fall of Asgard itself.

“ One of Britain’s most popular novelists.”

DAILY MAIL

“ She is so terrific, she can write about anywhere, anything, anyone.”

DAILY TELEGRAPH

SOP: AVID3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Allan Corduner · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471260605

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The Time Traveller’s Almanac: Experiments Edited by Jeff VanderMeer

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

The Time Traveller’s Almanac is the largest, most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Gathered by intrepid chrononauts and worldrenowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, here is over a century’s worth of literary travels into past and the future. This first volume contains stories all about experiments.

SOP: AVID3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Science Fiction · DURATION: - · ISBN 9781471260612

“ A roll call of the great and good… it will go down in posterity as comprehensive and indispensable.”

GUARDIAN

“ Playful, richly imaginative and vast… a fabulous collection complemented by essays on the science, fashions and music of time travel.”

METRO

The Unquiet House Alison Littlewood

From the bestselling author of A Cold Season comes a creepy masterpiece.

Mire House is dreary, cold and infested with midges. But when Emma Dean inherits it, she immediately feels a sense of belonging. It isn’t long before Charlie Mitchell, grandson of the original owner, appears claiming an interest in his long-lost relative. But when she starts seeing ghostly figures, Emma begins to wonder: is Charlie trying to scare her away, or are there darker secrets lurking in the corners of Mire House?

Alison Littlewood is a writer of dark fantasy and horror fiction. Her debut novel A Cold Season was chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club.

SOP: AVID3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Horror · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471260940

Channel Blue Jay Martel

“A laugh-out-loud look at the absurdities of modern-day America.” louis theroux Earth used to be Galaxy Entertainment’s most lucrative show. The inhabitants of the Western Galaxy just couldn’t get enough of the day-to-day details of the average Earthling’s live. But Channel Blue’s ratings are flagging and its producers are planning a spectacular finale, the TV show is set to go out with a bang. The trouble is, so will Earth. Only one man can save our planet and he’s hardly a likely hero…

“ His Hitch-hikerisms work neatly… it’s a lot of fun.”

INDEPENDENT

“ Skip the blurbs and just start reading this very funny book.”

MICHAEL MOORE

SOP: AVID3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Science Fiction · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471260926

The Rose and the Thorn Michael J. Sullivan

Two thieves want answers. Riyria is born.

For more than a year, Royce Melborn has tried to forget Gwen DeLancy, the woman who saved him and his partner Hadrian Blackwater. Unable to stay away any longer, they return to Medford to a very different reception – she refuses to see them. Once more she is shielding them, this time from the powerful noble who abused her. But she doesn’t know the rules Royce would break to see her safe.

The stunning conclusion to the Riyria Chronicles, this fantasy epic tells the earliest adventures of the thief Royce Melborn and his mercenary partner Hadrian Blackwater.

SOP: AVID3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Tim Gerard Reynolds · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471260933

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Changeless Gail Carriger

In the delightfully wicked follow-up to Soulless, Alexia Tarabotti is entangled once more in Victorian London’s supernatural mysteries.

Alexia Tarabotti, now Lady Maccon, awakens to find her werewolf husband yelling at the top of his lungs.

Then he disappears – leaving her to deal with a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria.

But Alexia is armed with her trusty parasol, so even when her investigations take her into the backwaters of Scotland, she is prepared. She might even find time to track down her wayward husband, if she feels like it.

SOP: AVID3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Emily Gray · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471261824

Breach Zone Myke Cole

“Black Hawk Down meets the X-Men… Military fantasy like you’ve never seen it before.” peter v. brett Breach Zone is the third book in Myke Cole’s acclaimed Shadow Ops series. The Great Reawakening introduced magic into an already volatile world. Many of those with newfound powers have been conscripted by the US Army… but when the barriers between our reality and the source of this magic starts to fall, they will have to decide who they are really fighting for.

“ Hands down, the best military fantasy I’ve ever read… a chilling, enthralling story. Myke Cole just might be a wizard himself.”

ANN AGUIRRE, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ENCLAVE

“ It’s not just military… it’s just a great book.”

PATRICK ROTHFUSS ON CONTROL POINT

SOP: AVID3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471261794

Bird Box

Josh Malerman Don’t open your eyes…

People ignored the reports on the news. But soon, they began happening down the street. Then the television went silent. The phones stopped ringing.

And we couldn’t look outside anymore. Malorie raises the children the only way she can; indoors. The doors are locked, the curtains closed, mattresses are nailed over the windows. They are out there. The children sleep across the hall. Today they must leave the house. Today they will risk everything.

“ A book that demands to be read in a single sitting, and through the cracks between one’s fingers. There has never been a horror story quite like this. Josh Malerman truly delivers.”

HUGH HOWEY

SOP: AVID3 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Horror · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9780007584666

Coming soon to Avid…

Dean Koontz, Joe Abercrombie, Sarah Pinborough, Pierce Brown

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Jammer Commercial, mass-market fiction and non-fiction with a contemporary twist.

Includes content from exclusive partners such as HarperCollins, Canongate and Quercus.

Payback

Kimberley Chambers Family. They’re supposed to watch your back. Not stab you in it…

The Butler brothers are the Kings of the East End. In their world, family counts; so when the truth about Vinny’s cousin’s death comes to light, it rocks the Butlers to the core. One by one, Vinny’s friends and family are turning against him… Then, the unimaginable happens – Vinny’s little daughter Molly goes missing. She’s the one chink of light in all their lives, and the one they’d commit murders to bring back. But is it already too late for that?

The Butlers are back in this gripping, compulsive sequel to The Trap.

SOP: JAM5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Annie Aldington · Crime · DURATION: 15 · ISBN 9780007543908

“ [A] fast-paced tale with gritty authenticity.”

GUARDIAN

“ Brilliantly delivers a story of violence, treachery and family ties… Easy to read and hard to put down.”

NEWS OF THE WORLD

The Toy Taker Luke Delaney

The third novel in the DI Sean Corrigan series, perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and Stuart MacBride.

A child is snatched in the dead of night. There’s no sign of forced entry, no one heard or saw a thing. DI Sean Corrigan investigates, but his ability to see into dark minds, to think like those he hunts, has deserted him – just when he needs it most.

Another child vanishes. What kind of monster is Corrigan hunting? And will he work it out in time to save the children?

SOP: JAM5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Robin Bowerman · Crime · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9780007543373

“ An authentic voice on how the police operate with a stone-cold killer striking randomly around London… scary authenticity.”

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Apple Tree Yard Louise Doughty

“Once you start you can’t stop reading. Terrific.” helen dunmore Yvonne Carmichael has worked hard to achieve the life she always wanted: a high-flying career in genetics, a beautiful home, a good relationship with her husband and their two grown-up children.

Then one day she meets a stranger at the Houses of Parliament and, on impulse, begins a passionate affair with him – a decision that will put everything she values at risk. All of her careful plans spiral into greater deceit and, eventually, a life-changing act of violence.

“ Louise Doughty… leads her unnerved reader into dark territory. A compelling and bravelywritten book.”

HILARY MANTEL

“ A superb novel. Grownup, genuinely suspenseful, wonderfully wellconstructed, intelligent and provocative. I really didn’t want to finish it. And I don’t say that very often.”

JULIE MYERSON

SOP: JAM5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Juliet Stevenson · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9781471258077

Orange is the New Black Piper Kerman

Now an original comedy-drama series, this is Piper Kerman’s bestselling memoir of the time she served in a US jail.

Piper Kerman barely resembles the rebellious young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money to Europe over a decade ago. But when she least expects it, her reckless past catches up with her and Piper becomes inmate #11187-424.

She meets women from all walks of life, who surprise her with generosity, hard truths and simple acts of acceptance. Piper’s story is a fascinating, heartbreaking and often hilarious insight into life on the inside.

“ I loved this book… Not just a tale of prisons, drugs, crime, or justice; it is, simply put, a beautifully told story about how incredible women can be, and I will never forget it.”

ELIZABETH GILBERT BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EAT, PRAY, LOVE

SOP: JAM5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Olivia Caffrey · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471258084

Until Thy Wrath Be Past Asa Larsson

“The new Larsson is one to be followed with the most minute attention.” barry forshaw for the independent

In the first thaw of spring the body of a young woman surfaces in the River Torne in the far north of Sweden. Rebecka Martinsson is working nearby, and her sleep is troubled by visions of a shadowy, accusing figure. Could the body belong to the girl in her dream? Martinsson will need all her courage to face a killer who won’t hesitate to kill again to keep the past buried under the ice and snow.

“ Larsson’s laid back style makes her unflinching probing of the icy depths of the human heart all the more chilling.”

TELEGRAPH

“ A nail biting suspensefilled mystery.”

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ON THE BLOOD SPILT

SOP: JAM5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Gabrielle Glaister · Crime · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471258060

Single Woman Seeks Revenge Tracy Bloom

What do you do when you find your love-life in ruins? Get revenge on every man who ever broke your heart of course…

Suzie Miller, a disillusioned agony aunt, can’t believe she’s been dumped from a great height yet again (this time by text!). So she decides the time is right to make every one of her exes feel the pain she felt when they carelessly cast her aside. Her methods are unusual but humiliation on a grand scale is no less than they deserve. And then she starts giving the same advice to her readers…

From the bestselling author of No One Ever Has Sex on a Tuesday comes another hilariously funny novel about ‘modern’ dating.

SOP: JAM10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471258091

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The Vintage Girl Hester Browne

“Hester Browne writes with such wit and polish. I love it.” sophie kinsella When Evie Nicholson is asked to archive the family heirlooms at Kettlesheer Castle in Scotland, she jumps at the chance. Evie’s passion for antiques means that, for her, the castle is a treasure trove of mysteries just waiting to be uncovered. Add handsome heir Robert McAndrew and a traditional candlelit gala to the mix and Evie’s heart is sent reeling with an enthusiasm that may just extend beyond the antiques…

“ [A]n adorable heroine, divine hero and gorgeous writing - basically, it’s just perfect. You’ll love this book, I promise!”

JILL MANSELL ON THE RUNAWAY PRINCESS

SOP: JAM10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Cathleen McCarron · Romance · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471258121

Buzz

Anders de la Motte The second book of the Game Trilogy, the Swedish series taking the world by storm.

How do you protect yourself from a threat whose existence you cannot prove? “ A truly remarkable After fourteen months in exile, HP misses the thrill of The Game. When he debut.” discovers that a powerful IT corporation may be affiliated to it, he begins a EVENING STANDARD ON GAME dangerous investigation. Meanwhile, his sister Rebecca is threatened by a faceless enemy – are they connected to The Game too?

Anders de la Motte’s debut novel, Game, received the First Book Award from the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy and has sold over 100,000 copies in Sweden alone.

SOP: JAM10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Thriller · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780007556335

The Bookstore Deborah Meyler

The Bookstore is a celebration of books, of the shops where they are sold, and of the people who work, read, and live in them.

Ardent and idealistic, Esme Garland arrives in Manhattan to study art history at Columbia University. When she falls in love with New York blue-blood Mitchell van Leuven, life seems to be clear sailing, until she falls pregnant and he abruptly ends it all. To make ends meet Esme starts work at a small West Side bookstore with a colorful crew of characters – but then Mitchell, glittering with charm and danger, comes back on the scene.

SOP: JAM10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471258107

“ This is a gorgeous book, witty, lyrical, and bursting with heart… when you finish you will be smiling, wondering what happened next.”

GABRIELLE DONNELLY, AUTHOR OF THE LITTLE WOMEN LETTERS

Cairo

Chris Womersley “Who wants to be the same as everyone else? You don’t want to be ordinary, do you?”

“ Real brilliance… This is a distinguished novel.”

INDEPENDENT ON BEREFT

At 18, Tom escapes ordinariness in small town Australia for Melbourne and a flat in a strange block named Cairo. There he meets the magnetic Max Cheever, and is drawn into his circle of bohemian artists and dreamers. But soon Tom is ensnared in a plot to steal a million dollar Picasso masterpiece. Among undependable forgers and violent art dealers, Tom trusts only in Max – even as he falls hopelessly in love with his beautiful wife…

“ [A]n inspiring read.

Womersley’s prose is clear, evocative and powerful; an utter joy.”

IRISH TIMES ON BEREFT

SOP: JAM10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Damien Warren-Smith · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471258114

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Take Mum Out Fiona Gibson

Three blind dates; two teenage boys messing up her plans; and one man who’ll melt Alice’s heart.

‘You need to get back in the saddle…’ Alice despises that phrase. She’s fine being single – with two slothful teenage boys and a meringue business to run, she has enough on her plate without negotiating the troublesome world of modern dating.

However, Alice’s three best friends have other ideas. Each one will present her with an utterly delicious, eligible man – all Alice has to do is pick her favourite. Fiona Gibson’s eagerly awaited new novel is full of dating disasters. Sharply observed and laugh-out-loud funny, it’s perfect for fans of Tracy Bloom and Tess Stimson.

“ Warm, funny and poignant.”

DAILY MAIL

SOP: JAM5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Caroline Guthrie · Humorous · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN - 9780007581313

Falling

Emma Kavanagh A plane falls out of the sky. A woman is murdered. Four people all have something to hide.

Jim is a retired police officer. His beloved daughter has disappeared and he knows something is wrong.

Tom has woken up to discover that his wife was on the plane and must break the news to their son. Freya is struggling to cope with the loss of her father. But as she delves into his past, she may not like what she finds.

‘Before the plane crash, after the plane crash, such a short amount of time for the world to turn on its head…’

Falling is a brilliant debut psychological thriller by a former police psychologist, perfect for fans of Nicci French and S. J. Watson.

SOP: JAM5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Julie Teal · Crime · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471259616

Sorrow Bound David Mark

In the third novel of David Mark’s DS Aector McAvoy series, the crimes become more and more personal…

“ David Mark is an original and captivating new voice.”

VAL MCDERMID

Philippa Longman will do anything for her family. Roisin McAvoy will do anything for her friends. DS Aector McAvoy will do anything for his wife.

Sorrow Bound is a powerful police procedural thriller about how those with the biggest hearts make the easiest targets; and how the corrosive venom of evil can dissolve the bonds between good people, until all they are bound by is grief.

SOP: JAM5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Toby Longworth · Crime · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471259623

“ Richly satisfying and told with remarkable flair, it confirms Mark as one of the darkest of the new faces in British crime writing, and not one to miss.”

DAILY MAIL ON ORIGINAL SKIN

Northanger Abbey Val McDermid

A modern re-imagining of Jane Austen’s gothic classic Northanger Abbey by bestselling crime author Val McDermid.

Having led a sheltered existence in rural Dorset, Cat Morland jumps at the opportunity to visit the Edinburgh Festival with her neighbours, the Allens. At first the trip is less than thrilling, but when she meets the dark-eyed Henry Tilney, and his sister Eleanor she is flung into a world of crumbling turrets, secret chambers and ghosts.

“ The Austen Project is a breathtaking tribute to Jane Austen.”

WASHINGTON POST

Northanger Abbey is part of ‘The Austen Project’, where renowned authors adapt Austen’s novels for the present day.

SOP: JAM5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Jane Collingwood · Thriller · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9780007565771

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Betrayed Jacqui Rose

She trusted the man she loved. It was the most dangerous thing she had ever done…

No one can touch Del Williams – the hardest gangster in Soho. He’s got the monopoly on the drugs, the clubs and the girls – it’d be a mistake to underestimate him. The one person he’d take a bullet for is tough, beautiful Bunny Barker, mother of their daughter Star. When a familiar face appears from their past, their family is put into terrible danger. Can Bunny protect Star from the demons of her own past, and her very worst nightmare? A gripping story of gangs, drugs, girls and unbreakable bonds, perfect for fans of Martina Cole.

“ Gritty and gripping.”

KIMBERLEY CHAMBERS

SOP: JAM5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Annie Aldington · Thriller · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9780007559060

The Outcast Dead Elly Griffiths

“The perfect ration of anticipation, shock and surprise.” independent Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway has excavated a body from the grounds of Norwich Castle; it’s believed to be that of infamous Victorian murderess Jemima Green, who was hanged in 1867 for the murder of five children in her care.

DCI Harry Nelson is immersed in the case of three infants found dead, one after the other, in their King’s Lynn home. But then a child goes missing. Could the abduction be linked to the long-dead Mother Hook?

SOP: JAM10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Clare Corbett · Crime · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471259661

“ Griffiths weaves superstition and myth into her crime novels, skilfully treading a line between credulity and modern methods of detection.”

SUNDAY TIMES

“ A memorable, breathless race against time.”

DAILY TELEGRAPH

To Die For Phillip Hunter

Former soldier and ex-boxer Joe has always invited violence.

But now Hackney’s most vicious gangs all want to kill him. Why? As he tries to unravel the knot of events that have made him a target, Joe is drawn back into his past, back to the memory of the only woman he ever loved, Brenda, whose unsolved murder still haunts him. Then a twelve year old runaway enters his life. Kid is traumatised, mute, and sees Joe as her saviour. Life has made Joe a machine. Can Kid – as Brenda once did – make him human again? To Die For is a taut thriller about betrayal, vengeance and redemption that will grab you by the throat from the very first line.

SOP: JAM10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Jamie Parker · Crime · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471259654

Emperors Once More Duncan Jepson

After centuries in the shadows, their time has come to rise…

On the eve of a crisis summit for world economic leaders, two Chinese Methodist ministers are killed in Hong Kong’s financial district. Yet Detective Alex Soong begins to suspect that the crime is more than a senseless assassination. With the eyes of the world fixed on Hong Kong, Soong must race to thwart a conspiracy born from one of the bloodiest confrontations of China’s past, which now threatens to destroy a fragile world order.

Duncan Jepson is the award-winning director and producer of five feature films. He lives in Hong Kong and regularly writes for the New York Times.

SOP: JAM10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Jeremy Swift · Crime · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471259630

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Where The Devil Can’t Go Anya Lipska

Sometimes you need to break a few laws to stop a murder…

Life’s already complicated enough for Janusz Kiszka, but when an unknown, naked girl is washed up on the banks of the River Thames, and he finds himself accused of murder, he is forced to travel back to his hometown of Gdansk to prove his innocence. Janusz must confront memories from his country’s Soviet past if he is to uncover the conspiracy – and with it, a decades old betrayal.

“ A gripping reminder of how crime fiction reveals the world around us.”

VAL MCDERMID

“ Lipska’s debut novel won’t disappoint crime fiction fans… keeps the plot twists coming at every turn.”

WE LOVE THIS BOOK

SOP: JAM10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Michael Fenner · Crime · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780007565443

Touch

Mark Sennen Part thriller, part police procedural, Touch by Mark Sennen will take you deep into the madness of a serial killer’s mind.

DI Savage and her team in Plymouth are struggling with their investigation into a “ A fast-paced serial-killer string of attacks on young women. The victims are being drugged, assaulted and chiller.” then abandoned with only a dull memory of what has happened. But when the ALEX MARWOOD, AUTHOR OF THE WICKED GIRLS mutilated body of one of these women is found on a beach, the case becomes a chilling murder inquiry. Stopping at just one victim will never be enough… not for this killer. A must-read for fans of Mark Billingham, Scott and Bailey and Broadchurch.

SOP: JAM10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Stevie Lacey · Crime · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9780007575169

A Seaside Affair Fern Britton

The wonderfully warm and witty new novel from the hugely popular Fern Britton.

When the residents of Trevay discover that their much-loved theatre is about to be taken over by a coffee chain, they are up in arms. The town is soon overrun by actors, all keen to show their support. One of the arrivals is Jess Tate, girlfriend to TV heartthrob Ryan Hearst. But when opportunity comes calling, it isn’t just her career that’s about to change…

“ A light-hearted, fun read that perfectly captures the sights and smells of village life.”

HEAT

“ Fern Britton has transferred her fun and friendly charm to the page.”

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

SOP: JAM5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Jasper Britton · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780007565863

A Single Breath Lucy Clarke

The deeper the water, the darker the secrets…

When Eva’s husband Jackson tragically drowns, she longs to meet his estranged family. The journey takes her to Jackson’s brother’s doorstep. As details about her husband’s past begin to emerge, memories of her husband start slipping through her fingers like sand, everything she thought she knew and loved about him is thrown into question. Now she’s no longer sure whether it was Jackson she fell in love with – or someone else entirely…

The gripping new novel from the author of the Richard and Judy Book Club pick, The Sea Sisters.

SOP: JAM5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12 · 9780007580521

“ A thrilling and perceptive debut which captures the complex relationship between sisters and loss at its rawest.

Trust us, you won’t be able to put it down.”

COSMOPOLITAN ON THE SEA SISTERS

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The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden Jonas Jonasson

As delightfully wry and witty as Jonas Jonasson’s bestselling debut, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.

In June 2007, the King of Sweden disappears. In 1994 South Africa dismantles six nuclear missiles. In 1961 Nombeko Mayeki is born in a Soweto shack.

Really this story is about the seventh South African missile – the one that never officially existed. The one that Nombeko knows about. So now she’s on the run.

But the fate of the King of Sweden, and indeed the world, will remain on her shoulders.

SOP: JAM5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9780007584123

“ Imaginative, laugh-outloud bestseller.”

DAILY TELEGRAPH

“ Fast-moving and relentlessly sunny… the plot is pleasingly nimble.”

GUARDIAN

Buried Angels Camilla Lackberg

Buried Angels is the new psychological thriller from the top international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg.

1974. A family vanishes from their home on an island off the Swedish coast. They have left everything behind – including their one-yearold daughter, Ebba. Now, years later, Ebba has returned with her husband, looking to make a fresh start. But within days, their house is the target of an arson attack. Soon Detective Patrik Hedstrom is on the hunt for a killer who will do anything to keep the past buried…

“ Pacy… with flashing insight into the dark places of the psyche.”

SUNDAY TIMES

“ Lackberg is an expert at mixing scenes of domestic cosiness with bloodcurdling horror.”

GUARDIAN

SOP: JAM5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Robin Bowerman · Crime · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9780007565832

Trust in Me Sophie McKenzie

Trust in Me is a gripping psychological thriller from bestselling author Sophie McKenzie.

Julia and Livy have always told each other everything, turning to each other when life gets difficult. So when Julia is found dead in her home, Livy cannot accept the verdict of suicide. Livy sets out to prove that Julia was murdered, but digging into Julia’s private life will cause her to question everything. The truths that Livy discovers will tear the very fabric of her own life apart.

“ So emotionally engaging I was in tears by the end of the first chapter… keeps you turning pages until the final dramatic twist.”

PENNY HANCOCK

“ You will race through this fast-moving thriller that saves the most shocking twist until the very end.”

SUNDAY MIRROR ON CLOSE MY EYES

SOP: JAM5 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Thriller · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9781471259586

The List

Joanna Bolouri One year. One woman. Ten very naughty challenges.

Phoebe Henderson may be single but she sure doesn’t feel fabulous.

It’s been a year since she found her boyfriend in bed with another woman, so faced with a new year, Phoebe concocts a different kind of resolution. The List: ten things she’s always wanted to do in bed but has never had the chance (or the courage!) to try. A bucket list for between the sheets. One year of pleasure, no strings attached.

“ A very naughty but nice read that will have you gasping one minute and laughing out loud the next.”

ABBY CLEMENTS, AUTHOR OF VIVIEN’S HEAVENLY ICE CREAM SHOP

“ Highly entertaining, heartwarming… A sexy read that will have you wondering about your own list.”

ANNA BELL, AUTHOR OF DON’T TELL THE GROOM

SOP: JAM10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Caroline Guthrie · Humorous · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471261367

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Vivien’s Heavenly Ice Cream Shop Abby Clements

“A sweet and scrumptious summer indulgence.” victoria fox When Imogen and Anna unexpectedly inherit their grandmother Vivien’s ice cream parlour, it turns both their lives upside-down. The sisters devise a plan to return Vivien’s to its former glory and make the parlour the newest destination on the South Coast foodie map. So whilst Imogen watches the shop, Anna flies to Italy to attend a gourmet ice cream-making course. But Anna finds that romance can bloom in the most unexpected of places…

“ Sweet, light and romantic.”

CLOSER

“ A sweet and wonderfully indulgent tale, perfect for a lazy summer’s afternoon.”

NOVELICIOUS

SOP: JAM10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Jane Collingwood · Romance · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471261374

Dead People Ewart Hutton

DS Glyn Capaldi, half Welsh, half Italian, all maverick, returns in the CWA shortlisted series blowing fresh life into crime fiction.

DS Glyn Capaldi, is called in to investigate a human skeleton that has been uncovered during the excavations for a wind farm in a remote valley. The body is missing its head and its hands. Convinced of a local connection to the murders, when other bodies start to turn up, Glyn set out to prove that there is someone capable of achieving this cold brutality, within the local community.

“ More stings in the tail than a bag of scorpions.”

VAL MCDERMID

SOP: JAM10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Iestyn Arwel · Crime · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9780007559022

The She Wolf Maurice Druon

The She-Wolf is the fifth book in the highly acclaimed Accursed Kings historical series.

Charles IV is now king of France and his sister is Edward II of England’s Queen.

Having been imprisoned by Edward as leader of the rebellious English barons, Roger Mortimer escapes to France, where he joins the war against the English Aquitaine. But it is his love affair with Isabella, the ‘She-Wolf of France’, who has come seemingly to negotiate a treaty of peace that seals his fate…

“ Blood-curdling tale of intrigue, murder, corruption and sexual passion.”

SUNDAY TIMES

“ This is the original Game of Thrones.”

GEORGE R.R. MARTIN

SOP: JAM10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Peter Joyce · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9780007565320

Look Who’s Back Timur Vernes

Look Who’s Back is a black and brilliant satire of modern media-bloated society, seen through the eyes of the Führer himself.

Berlin, 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on the ground, alive and well. Everything has changed, Hitler barely recognises his beloved Fatherland. People recognise him though, as an excellent impersonator. The inevitable happens, and ranting Hitler becomes a YouTube star, gets his own TV show, becoming someone who people listen to. All while he’s still trying to convince people that yes, it really is him, and yes, he really means it. Look Who’s Back is outrageously clever, outrageously funny – and outrageously plausible…

SOP: JAM10 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471261381

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Jammer Teen Ideal for engaging teenagers, whether new or voracious readers.

Including authors such as Holly Smale and Veronica Roth, the teen titles we select will also be popular with many adults.

Divergent Veronica Roth

The first book in the Divergent series that has swept the globe – selling millions of copies world-wide, and now a major film.

In Beatrice Prior’s Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to a virtue: selflessness, peace, honesty, bravery and knowledge. Every year, sixteen-year-olds must select the faction that they value most, and to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is – she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

“ Divergent is a captivating, fascinating book that kept me in constant suspense and was never short on surprises.”

JAMES DASHNER, AUTHOR OF THE MAZE RUNNER

“ Divergent holds its own in the [dystopian] genre, with brisk pacing, lavish flights of imagination and writing that occasionally startles with fine detail.”

NEW YORK TIMES

SOP: JAMT2 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Emma Galvin · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780007579211

Geek Girl Holly Smale

The hilariously funny Geek Girl was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2013.

Harriet Manners knows that a cat has 32 muscles in each ear and a “jiffy” lasts 1/100th of a second. But she doesn’t know why nobody at school likes her. So when Harriet is spotted by a top model agent, she grabs the chance to reinvent herself. Veering from one couture disaster to the next, Harriet’s old life starts to fall apart. Will she be able to transform herself before she ruins everything?

“ I would highly recommend Geek Girl to anyone who likes a good laugh and enjoys a one-of-a-kind story.”

GUARDIAN CHILDREN’S BOOKS

“ A smart, sassy and very funny debut.”

THE BOOKSELLER

SOP: JAMT2 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Katy Sobey · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9780007577422

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Tape

Steven Camden Tape is the outstanding teen debut of 2014. Told with crackling prose, shimmering with humour and deeply moving, it will haunt anyone who reads it…

In 1993, Ryan records on an old tape. He talks about his mother’s death, about his dreams, about his love for a new girl at school who doesn’t even know he exists. In 2013, Ameliah moves in with her grandmother after her parents die. There, she finds a tape in the spare room. Ryan and Ameliah are connected by more than just a tape. This is their story.

“ Truly gripping… a cleverly structured, movingly characterised and powerful tale.”

SUNDAY TIMES

“ [A] tender love story about grief, regret, healing and hope… builds to a wonderfully rewarding ending.”

DAILY MAIL

SOP: JAMT2 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 5.5 · ISBN 9780007579662

Echo Boy Matt Haig

The moving, gripping and stunningly written first novel for young adults by awardwinning author, Matt Haig.

In order to stay human, Audrey has built a moat around herself; a moat of books, music and dreams. It makes her different from the echoes: the sophisticated, emotionless machines, built to resemble and work for the humans. Daniel is an echo – but he’s not like the others. He has feelings he was never designed to have, and cannot explain. And when Audrey is placed in danger, he’s determined to save her.

“ Matt Haig uses words like a tin-opener. We are the tin.”

JEANETTE WINTERSON

“ Poignant and thoughtprovoking.”

THE BOOKSELLER

SOP: JAMT2 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471260957

Kite Spirit

Sita Brahmachari A potent story about grief, friendship, acceptance and making your heart whole again.

During the summer of her GCSEs Kite’s world falls apart when her best friend, Dawn, commits suicide.

Kite senses Dawn’s spirit around her and it’s not until she meets local boy, Garth, that Kite begins to open up - talking to a stranger is easier somehow. Kite would do anything to speak to Dawn just once more, to understand why… Otherwise how can she ever say goodbye?

Sita’s debut novel, Artichoke Hearts, won the 2011 Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize.

SOP: JAMT2 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9781471261831

The Carrie Diaries Candace Bushnell

Meet Carrie Bradshaw before Sex and the City! The Carrie Diaries is now a major TV series.

Before Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw was a small town girl who knew she wanted more. She’s ready for real life to start, but first she must navigate her senior year of high school.

With an unforgettable cast of characters, The Carrie Diaries is the story of how a regular girl learns to think for herself, and evolves into a sharp, insightful writer.

“ A wonderfully gripping coming-of-age tale.”

SHE

“ Essential beach reading for all SATC fans.”

BLISS

SOP: JAMT2 · AVAILABILITY: CD NARRATED BY: Sarah Drew · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9780007589913

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Playaway A new media format specially designed for audiobooks – pre-loaded MP3 players with an audiobook locked-in.

Just press play.

Mission to Paris

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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 Frederic Stahl’s decision to shoot a film in Paris seems ill-advised. Soon he is drawn into a clandestine world of foreign correspondents and spies. As a neutral who can travel freely – Stahl could be very useful indeed.

“ Ideally complex, intelligent, hugely intriguing, Furst is in a class of his own.”

WILLIAM BOYD ON NIGHT SOLDIERS

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: Daniel Gerroll · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471257780

A Mother’s Shame

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Rosie Goodwin Another fantastically gripping, romantic story from popular author Rosie Goodwin.

“ A touching and powerful new novel from a wonderful writer.”

BOOKSELLER

One dismal day in 1857, Maria Mundy arrives at Hatters Hall, home to the insane. Ordered to care for Isabelle Montgomery, daughter of an influential land-owner, she realises Isabelle has been falsely imprisoned. It’ll take courage, determination and resolve – but freedom is always worth fighting for.

“ Rosie is a born storyteller... you’ll care for her characters and lose yourself in her story.”

JEANNIE JOHNSON

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: Juanita McMahon · Saga · DURATION: 14.25 · ISBN 9781471257773

A Gift to Remember

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Melissa Hill

“ The kind of book that you can’t put down.”

SUNDAY INDEPENDENT ON SOMETHING FROM TIFFANY’S

A charming romantic comedy from the author of The Guest List.

Darcy Archer refuses to settle for anything less than the perfect man. One day, when cycling to work, Darcy crashes into a man walking his dog. He is rushed to hospital and the poor pup gets left. Darcy takes the dog and plans to reunite him with his owner. Could he be Mr. Right?

“ More twists and turns than a rollercoaster – a cracker of a read.”

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471257803

MAIL ON SUNDAY ON THE LAST TO KNOW

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The Son-in-Law

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Charity Norman A man turns his back on prison. He’s lost almost everything; all he has left are his children but he is not allowed near them.

This is the story of Joseph, who killed his wife, Zoe; their 3 children who witnessed the event; Zoe’s parents, 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...

“ Will appeal to devotees of Joanna Trollope and Jodi Picoult… [Norman] is hot on their heels.”

DAILY MAIL

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9781471257810

Saints of the Shadow Bible

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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 his team are suspected of foul play. But times have changed and the crimes of the past may not stay hidden.

“ Ian Rankin’s now iconic Rebus series provides a better biography of modern Edinburgh over the past 25 years than almost anything else.”

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: James Macpherson · Crime · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471257766

Elizabeth of York

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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, except she was a woman. She married Henry Tudor to bring peace to a war-torn England. Weir builds a portrait of this beloved queen, placing her in context of the magnificent, ceremonious, brutal world she inhabited.

“ Weir provides immense satisfaction. She writes in a pacy, vivid style, engaging the heart as well as the mind.”

INDEPENDENT

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: Maggie Mash · History · DURATION: 23 · ISBN 9781471257797

Hidden

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Casey Hill One dead body. A decades old mystery. And a silent child who holds the key…

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

Then the cops see the beautiful angel wings tattoo on her back. Forensic investigator Reilly Steel suspects there is more to the case than murder. Then the tattoo is traced to others similarly marked…

“ T he novel derives its page-turning quality from the rapid pace of events as the investigation gathers momentum.”

IRISH TIMES ON TABOO

SOP: PA9 · NARRATED BY: Caroline Lennon · Crime · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471257841

Sacrifice

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Max Kinnings

“ A tense blockbuster with worryingly credible characters.”

THE TIMES ON BAPTISM

The second novel featuring blind hostage negotiator Ed Mallory is a high tension, fast paced thriller that’ll keep you gripped.

Inside the mansion of disgraced Hedge Manager Graham Poynter a masked intruder stands over Poynter and his terrified family. Outside are police helicopters, special forces and Ed Mallory who must stop this twisted retribution.

“ T his thriller has more twists than a bag ful of snakes – and as much bite... A must read.”

PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH ON BAPTISM

SOP: PA9 · NARRATED BY: David Bauckham · Thriller · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471257834

The Villa

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Rosanna Ley

When Tess Angel receives a letter inviting her to claim her inheritance – the Villa Sirena 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.

SOP: PA9 · NARRATED BY: Anna Bentinck · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15.75 · ISBN 9781471257827

“ 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

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The Black Country

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

When members of a prominent family disappear from a coal mining village and an eyeball is found, the local police send for Scotland Yard’s new Murder Squad. Inspector Day and Sergeant Hammersmith have no idea what they’ve got into and they soon they realise they may never leave.

“ Will keep you riveted from page one.”

JEFFREY DEAVER

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

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

SOP: PA12 · NARRATED BY: Nigel Carrington · Crime · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9781471257858

Kinslayer

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Jay Kristoff

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

Shōgun Yoritomo has been assassinated, and the threat of civil war looms over the Shima Imperium. The Lotus Guild conspires to crush the growing rebellion. Assassins lurk in the palace, plotting to end the new dynasty before it begins.

“ T he innovative setting, fast-moving plot, vivid descriptions, and thrilling action scenes make this a refreshing addition to the steampunk canon.”

PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY ON STORMDANCER

SOP: PA12 · NARRATED BY: Jane Collingwood · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 18.5 · ISBN 9781471257865

Screams in the Dark

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Anna Smith

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.

Her experience will help her with a grisly new investigation: the body of a refugee has been found in a Glasgow canal. He’s not the first person to go missing – are there vigilantes at work or is there something far more sinister going on?

“ As perfectly paced and neatly plotted as any Ian Rankin novel.”

DAILY MAIL ON TO TELL THE TRUTH

SOP: PA12 · NARRATED BY: Sarah Barron · Crime · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9781471257872

Take a Look At Me Now

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

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 decides to blow her redundancy cheque and escape to San Francisco. But is the glamour too good to be true? And can Nell leave her past behind?

“ A blissfully romantic tale told with all the warmth and wit we’ve come to love from this author.”

CLAUDIA CARROLL, AUTHOR OF ME AND YOU

SOP: PA15 · NARRATED BY: Jane Collingwood · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9780007545896

Pariah

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

When two of NYPD detective Callum Doyle’s partners are murdered, suspicion falls on him.

Then he gets a message saying this is just the beginning, anyone he gets close to will die.

Desperate to find answers, but with every move putting others in danger, he has to ask: how low would he go to get his life back?

“ Recalls Harlan Coben – though for my money Jackson is the better writer.”

GUARDIAN

SOP: PA15 · NARRATED BY: Nick Landrum · Crime · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471257896

Vacant Possession

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Hilary Mantel From the double Man Booker Prize-winner, a savagely funny tale revisiting characters from the much-loved Every Day is Mother’s Day. Muriel Axon is about to re-enter the lives of Colin Sidney and Isabel Field. It is 10 years since her last tangle with them, but for Muriel this is not time enough. There are scores to be settled, truths to be faced and vengeance to be wreaked.

SOP: PA15 · NARRATED BY: Sandra Duncan · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471257889

“ Hilary Mantel’s wit is wonderful and startlingly nasty.”

SUNDAY TIMES

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Me and Mr Jones

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Lucy Diamond Me and Mr Jones focuses on the women in love with the three very different Jones brothers.

“ Seamless, engaging, believable, fun and heartfelt.”

HEAT

Izzy is determined to escape her past, but Charlie is causing complications. Alicia’s been happily married to Hugh for years but craves excitement. Emma’s relationship with David was once fun but trying for a baby has taken its toll. As the family’s future becomes uncertain, they’re thrown together unexpectedly…

“ Romantic, dreamy and fun.”

CLOSER

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: Jilly Bond · Romance · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471260032

The White Princess

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

“ Robust, unpretentious and rather shamefully compelling.”

THE TIMES ON THE WHITE QUEEN

Young princess Elizabeth of York, The White Queen, is torn between the red rose and the white. Forced into marriage with Henry VII, she must reconcile her love for him with her loyalty to the House of York, and choose between her mother’s rebellion and her husband’s tyranny.

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: Bianca Amato · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 19 · ISBN 9781471259999

The Darkening Hour

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

“ Beautifully worked and with a sharp eye for the menace in the commonplace.”

DAILY MAIL

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? Or Mona? Two women. Two stories. Who do you believe?

“ Brilliantly written and totally gripping. I loved it.”

S J WATSON

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471260025

Prayer

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Philip Kerr International bestselling author Phillip Kerr’s Prayer is a gripping story that profoundly questions faith and the act of prayer.

Gil Martins investigates domestic terrorism for the FBI. He’s a religious man but has coming close to losing his faith. Investigating a series of deaths, it becomes apparent they have been killed through prayer. His new-found atheism is challenged, and he finds his own life is next on the line.

“ Kerr’s complex intrigue allows space for brilliantly provoking political asides.”

SUNDAY TIMES ON MARCH VIOLETS

“ Taut, brutal, coarse, believable and gripping stuff.”

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ON MARCH VIOLETS

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: Mark Zeisler · Thriller · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471260018

The Lives of Stella Bain

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Anita Shreve 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.

“ Poised and absolutely steadyhanded, this is a gripping piece of deconstruction.”

SUNDAY TIMES ON TESTIMONY

When Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock, surgeon August Bridge agrees to take her in and he quickly develops a clinical interest in her. She’d been working near the front, but can’t remember anything prior to being found wounded on a French battlefield.

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471260001

The Girl on the Landing

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Paul Torday A surprising, suspenseful update of Stevenson in this 21st-century Jekyll-and-Hyde thriller.

Elizabeth has been married to Michael for 10 years, during which she has adjusted to a monotonous routine. But then Michael begins to change, 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?

“ A clever, gripping novel.”

THE TIMES

“ T he best book of the year.”

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471260049

SUNDAY EXPRESS

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City of Sins

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Daniel Blake

“ Stunning. A Chinatown for the 21st century.”

CHARLES CUMMING

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

Franco Patrese is intrigued when the PA to the city’s richest man requests a meeting regarding an unthinkable conspiracy.

The next day she’s dead and he finds himself drawn into the murkiest of underworlds. Only two things are certain – there are huge secrets and people will do anything to keep them.

SOP: PA9 · NARRATED BY: William Hope · Crime · DURATION: 14.25 · ISBN 9781471260056

Speaking From Among the Bones

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Alan Bradley

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

“ T he Flavia de Luce novels are now a cult favourite.”

The villagers of Bishop’s Lacey are holding their breath as St Tancred’s tomb is about to be opened after 500 years. 11 year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce is first at the scene, but the body she finds is not that of a saint; it is Mr Collicutt, St Tancred’s celebrated organist.

MAIL ON SUNDAY

SOP: PA9 · NARRATED BY: Sophie Aldred · Crime · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9781471260063

Origins of Love

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Kishwar Desai An unwanted child, a desperate couple and a dangerous secret.

In Delhi a small baby lies abandoned. The product of IVF and surrogacy, she’d been coveted until she was born with a fatal illness. 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...?

“ Desai’s Simran Singh novels are endowed with something else: the sense that she is delving not just into mysteries but into subjects that matter deeply. I cannot wait for her next adventure.”

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

SOP: PA9 · NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471260070

Will You Love Me?

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Cathy Glass

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

This is the true story of Cathy’s adopted daughter Lucy. She was severely distressed, withdrawn, refusing to eat and three years behind at school. But Cathy and her children bond with Lucy quickly, and finally show her the loving home she never believed existed.

“ A hugely touching and emotional true tale.”

STAR MAGAZINE ON DAMAGED

SOP: PA12 · NARRATED BY: Denica Fairman · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9780007555970

Cripple Creek

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James Sallis The second in James Sallis’ sequence of Turner novels, Cripple Creek reintroduces the compelling protagonist of Cypress Grove.

“ T he brooding atmosphere and depth of characterisation mark this as superior mystery fare.”

MAIL ON SUNDAY

Now Deputy Sheriff in his new town, Turner seems to be finally escaping his past and creating a new life for himself. 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.

“ James Sallis is a superb writer.”

THE TIMES

SOP: PA12 · NARRATED BY: Peter Brooke · Crime · DURATION: 5 · ISBN 9781471260094

Magnificent Joe

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

“ W heatley is that increasingly rare type of young writer: he has experienced life, and it shows.”

DAILY MAIL

Joe’s learning difficulties have left him isolated, until Jim, another outsider, comes home. Jim and Joe offer one another loyalty and camaraderie, but when rumours get out of control, Jim’s loyalty is put to the test, with heartbreaking consequences.

SOP: PA12 · NARRATED BY: David Nellist · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.25 · ISBN 9781471260087

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Don’t Tell The Groom

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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 she gambles away £10,000 playing online bingo! Operation ‘Don’t Tell the Groom’ rolls into action, with surprising, hilarious and moving results.

“ T his is a real feel-good story with loads of laughs, twists, tears and miscommunications.”

THE CHICKLIT CLUB

SOP: PA15 · NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Romance · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9781471260124

A Humble Companion

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Laurie Graham Loyalty tested to the limit. Dangerous secrets to keep.

“ Funny, fascinating and profoundly moving. I savoured every sentence.”

FREYA NORTH

Nellie Welche’s life changes for ever when she’s proposed as companion to the daughter of mad King George III. Taken into the family, Nellie is privy to the secrets of the rotten House of Hanover. From the French Revolution to the beginnings of the railway age, this is story of their extraordinary lives.

“ A delightfully smart and sophisticated historical novelist.”

SUNDAY TIMES

SOP: PA15 · NARRATED BY: Annie Aldington · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471260100

The Crown Tower

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Michael J. Sullivan

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

Volume One of the Riyria Chronicles. 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.

SOP: PA15 · NARRATED BY: Tim Gerard Reynolds · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9781471260117

The Island Hideaway

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

“ Brilliantly funny and bittersweet.”

COSMOPOLITAN

Eleanor Blake, distraught after breaking up with her fiancé, decides to secretly follow him to where he’s on holiday with the woman who took her place. But on the island of Panarea, distractions come in many forms and her fellow hotel guests may not be all they seem either.

“ Superbly crafted comedy… ripe for Hollywood.”

ELLE

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: Antonia Beamish · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471261855

The Circle

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Dave Eggers 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...

“ Prescient, important and enjoyable… a deft modern synthesis of Swiftian wit with Orwellian prognostication.”

GUARDIAN

“ A gripping and highly unsettling read.”

SUNDAY TIMES

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: Dion Graham · Modern Fiction · DURATION:13.75 · ISBN 9781471261800

Tempting Fate

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Jane Green In one reckless moment Gabby destroys all that she holds dear.

Are some betrayals too great to forgive?

When Gabby first met Elliott she knew he was the man for her. In 20 years of marriage she has never doubted it, but Gabby feels that time and her youth are slipping away. For the first time she is restless. And then she meets the youthful Matt…

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: Jane Green · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471261770

“ A heartbreaking tale of love and family, truly compelling.”

CLOSER

“ Compulsively readable.

I raced through it.”

DAILY MAIL

Playaway June

51

A Song For the Dying

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

Ash Henderson was a DI investigating a serial killer; now he’s looking at spending the rest of his life in prison. But when a nurse turns up dead, the investigating team manages to get Ash released. He’s out for as long as he’s useful. And if he’s out, he can get revenge.

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

MARK BILLINGHAM

“ Some of the grittiest crimewriting in the field.”

INDEPENDENT

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: Ian Hanmore · Crime · DURATION: 15.25 · ISBN 9780007564460

The Midnight Rose

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Lucinda Riley A stunning multi-layered saga that sweeps from the glittering palaces of India to the majestic stately homes of England.

“ Atmospheric, heart-rending and multi-layered.”

GRAZIA ON THE GIRL ON THE CLIFF

In the heyday of the British Raj, Anahita becomes Princess Indira’s official companion, and accompanies her to England. She meets Donald Astbury and his scheming mother. 80 years later, film star Rebecca Bradley’s latest role takes her to the now-crumbling Astbury Hall…

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: Anjana Srinivasan · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 16.75 · ISBN 9781471261732

Philomena

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Martin Sixsmith Now an Oscar-nominated film starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan Falling pregnant as a teenager in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to a convent in Co. Tipperary. She cared for her baby for three years until the Church took him and sold him to America for adoption. For the next 50 years she searched for him, unaware he was searching for her too.

SOP: PA6 · NARRATED BY: John Curless · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 15.5 · ISBN 9781471261848

Divorcing Jack

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Colin Bateman The first Dan Starkey novel – Vodka, violence and a nun with a gun.

Dan Starkey is a young married journalist in Belfast who meets a beautiful student just before she is murdered. Is it because she was not exactly who she claimed to be? The IRA? A Protestant extremist group? A jealous lover? Before long, Dan is a target himself…

Divorcing Jack was Bateman’s first novel, originally published in 1995. It introduced the world to the hapless, endlessly wily and witty Belfast journalist Dan Starkey.

“ Divorcing Jack is richly paranoid and very funny, it manages to say more about the Troubles in 280 vivid pages than reams of earnest reportage ever could.”

SUNDAY TIMES

SOP: PA9 · NARRATED BY: Adam Moore · Crime · DURATION:9 · ISBN 9781471261886

The Counsellor

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Cormac McCarthy The latest work from the author of The Road and No Country for Old Men, now a major motion picture.

This is the story of a lawyer whose desire to get rich leads him to become involved in a risky drug-smuggling venture. As the action crosses the Mexican border, things become darker, violent and more disturbing than he could have imagined.

“ It’s hard to think of a contemporary writer more worth reading.”

INDEPENDENT

SOP: PA9 · NARRATED BY: Jonathan Davis · Thriller · DURATION: 3.5 · ISBN 9781471261879

Reckless

CLIPPER

William Nicholson Reckless is a gripping novel set against the world in crisis, by a superb novelist at the height of his powers 1962. 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.

“ His particular gift is to take you inside the contemporary mind, tracing out trains of thought with astonishing agility, sensitivity and honesty.”

SOP: PA9 · NARRATED BY: Gabrielle Glaister · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 15.5 · ISBN 9781471261862

SPECTATOR ON MOTHERLAND

Playaway June

52

Broken Dolls

CLIPPER

James Carol Jefferson Winter is no ordinary investigator, the son of one of America’s most renowned serial killers, he’s spent his life trying to distance himself from his father’s legacy When he accepts a particularly disturbing case in London, Winter finds a psychopath on the loose who abducts and lobotomises young women. Winter must use all his brain power to work out who is behind the attacks, before there’s another victim.

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

KATHERINE ARMSTRONG

SOP: PA12 · NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Crime · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471261893

A Far Cry from Kensington

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Muriel Spark A Far Cry from Kensington shows Muriel Spark at the height of her powers.

“ T he divine Spark is shining at her brightest… Pure delight.”

INDEPENDENT

Mrs. Hawkins takes us back to her postwar London. As a young war-widow she spent her days working for a publisher and her nights offering advice. In both locations she uncovered difficulties: shady 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

SOP: PA12 · NARRATED BY: Juliet Stevenson · Literature · DURATION: 6.25 · ISBN 9781471261916

The Lying Game

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

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 15 years is not her biological child.

“ A truly compelling story of family ties and secrets.”

DAILY EXPRESS

“ Stimson’s prose is razor sharp.”

GLAMOUR ON WHAT’S YOURS IS MINE

SOP: PA12 · NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471261909

A Ring to Secure His Heir

CLIPPER

Lynne Graham The father of Rosie Gray’s one-night stand baby, may not be who she thinks he is…

Office-cleaner Rosie Gray is intoxicated by the after-hours attentions of a mysterious, suave businessman. Discovering she’s pregnant, she goes to confront him – but no one has heard of Alex Kolovos… They do, however, know Alexius Stavroulakis, the CEO, and he has a proposal for her!

SOP: PA15 · NARRATED BY: Rachel Michaell · Romance · DURATION: 5.75 · ISBN 9781471261923

Under Another Sky

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Charlotte Higgins

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? Charlotte Higgins leads us through the history, and by using some of Britain’s most intriguing ancient monuments invites us to see the British landscape and history, in an entirely fresh way.

“ Mesmerising.

Sophisticated and passionate.

She personalises the story in a diaristic, almost poetic tone.”

GUARDIAN

SOP: PA15 · NARRATED BY: Julia Franklin · History · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471261947

Sweet Thursday

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

Return to Cannery Row and its high-spirited world of bums, drunks and hookers, and find out what happened to everyone after the war. There’s Fauna, the madam; Doc, still there for everyone but sad himself; and Suzy, the hustler who might be the girl to save him.

SOP: PA15 · NARRATED BY: Paul Birchard · Classics · DURATION:7 · ISBN 9781471261930

“ T he outstanding quality of Steinbeck’s writing... is his feel for the lives, thoughts and aspirations of ordinary people.”

SPECTATOR

Playaway April/May

53

Five Star Billionaire

Tash Aw In Five Star Billionaire Tash Aw charts the overlapping lives of migrant Malaysian workers, forging lives for themselves in sprawling Shanghai Justin is from a successful family. Phoebe came to China full of hope, but her promised job doesn’t exist. Gary is a successful pop artist, but has lost his fans. Yinghui’s business is going well but faces big decisions. And then there is Walter, the shadowy billionaire, ruthless and manipulative, ultimately alone in the world.

“ Tash Aw’s tale of five migrant workers carving out lives in a modernising Shanghai is the stuff of a hit TV miniseries…

Engrossing.”

OBSERVER

SOP: JPA5 · NARRATED BY: Nick Taylor · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 14.5 · ISBN 9780007553778

Homeland

Andrew Kaplan An edge-of-your-seat original prequel novel based on the hit series, Homeland.

CIA agent Carrie Mathison barely escapes an ambush while attempting a secret meeting.

Back home she becomes suspicious security has been compromised and that a terrorist plot is afoot. Determined to stop it she embarks on an obsessive quest that nearly destroys her.

“ One of the smartest, swiftest and most compelling spy novels I’ve read in years.”

HARLAN COBEN

SOP: JPA5 · NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Thriller · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9780007550333

The Flavours of Love

Dorothy Koomson My name is Saffron Mackleroy and this is my story.

It’s been 18 months since my husband was murdered and I’m finishing writing the cookbook he started before he died. My 14-year-old daughter has confessed something devastating, my husband’s killer is claiming to be innocent, and it’s only a matter of time before the truth is revealed.

“ Pacy and compelling, the twists and turns come thick and fast with a surprise round every corner … a must-read.”

HEAT ON THE ROSE PETAL BEACH

SOP: JPA5 · NARRATED BY: Adjoa Andoh · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 14.75 · ISBN 9781471257902

Here’s Looking at You

Mhairi McFarlane Hilarious and poignant, Here’s Looking At You will make you laugh and cry. The new must-read novel from bestseller Mhairi McFarlane.

Anna couldn’t be happier. However, things weren’t always this way, and when James Fraser – the architect of her humiliation at school – walks back into her life, her world is turned upside down. But James seems a changed man. So why does she feel a fool to trust him?

“ Very very witty and funny. Left me in awe… a total gem.”

MARIAN KEYES ON YOU HAD ME AT HELLO

“ T he funniest, most romantic book I’ve read since One Day.” LISA JEWELL ON YOU HAD ME AT HELLO

SOP: JPA5 · NARRATED BY: Cassandra Harwood · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9780007558636

Game

Anders de la Motte Play or be played in book one of the Game Trilogy, the Swedish thriller series taking the world by storm.

It began by spray-painting a door. Then detonating a hand grenade. Each task is secretly filmed and uploaded for other ‘Players’ to comment on. The more daring the task, the greater the thrill and reward. But how far will Henrik “HP” Pettersson go? When his police officer sister is dragged in, the game looks more like a trap, and his excitement is turning to fear.

SOP: JPA5 · NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Thriller · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9780007556298

Amelia Grey’s Fireside Dream

Abby Clements Amelia has a dream: toasting chestnuts by the fire with her husband Jack in their own cosy cottage.

“ Sweet, light and romantic.”

When life takes a surprising turn, they move to Kent and start a renovation that becomes bigger than they realised. As she strips the wallpaper she discovers the story of the previous owner and a hidden secret. As her ideas about love and family change, will her dream come true?

“ A scrumptious indulgence.”

CLOSER ON VIVIEN’S HEAVENLY ICE CREAM SHOP

VICTORIA FOX

SOP: JPA5 · NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471259982

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54

The Shock of the Fall

Nathan Filer Winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award.

“I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother.

His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was never the same after that.”

“ Both funny and painful… you’re going to love it.”

DAILY MAIL

“ Bittersweet and wonderfully etched… perceptive and moving.”

TELEGRAPH

SOP: JPA5 · NARRATED BY: Oliver J. Hembrough · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9780007565382

The Death Box

J.A. Kerley Detective Carson Ryder, a specialist in twisted crimes, faces his most terrifying adversary yet in this nail-biting thriller Carson Ryder thought he’d seen the lowest depths of depravity. But then he’s called to a horrific scene: a pillar of human remains. His investigation drags him into the sordid world of human trafficking, where a girl holds the key to unraveling the web. But he’s not the only one chasing her…

“ A fascinating and frightening take on the genre.”

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

SOP: JPA5 · NARRATED BY: John Moraitis · Crime · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007540914

The Black Path

Asa Larsson The frozen body of a woman is found on the ice in northern Sweden. “ Among the current batch of The body is quickly identified, raising hopes of an open-and-shut solution. Nordic writers, the new Larsson is one to be followed with the But Rebecka Martinsson and Anna-Maria Mella soon find themselves investigating most minute attention.” corruption at the heart of one of Sweden’s most successful mining companies.

One that has powerful enemies of its own.

BARRY FORSHAW FOR INDEPENDENT

SOP: JPA5 · NARRATED BY: Gabrielle Glaister · Crime · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9781471259968

Zero Six Bravo

Damien Lewis Zero Six Bravo is a classic account of elite soldiering that ranks among the very greatest Special Forces missions of our time In March 2003, M Squadron was sent to take the surrender of the 100,000-strong Iraqi Army 5th Corps. Caught in an ambush they launched a desperate bid to escape. Zero Six Bravo recounts the most desperate battle fought by Special Forces trapped behind enemy lines since WWII.

“ More than a tale of bravery against desperate odds. It provides an object lesson in what can go wrong when intelligence is flawed and insufficient resources and too few troops are used in war.”

SUNDAY TIMES

SOP: JPA5 · NARRATED BY: Michael Fenner · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471259975

The Royal Succession

Maurice Druon Louis X is dead, poisoned, by the hand of Mahaut d’Artois. Her plan is simple – to clear the path to the throne for her son-in-law Philippe.

However, there is the small matter of Louis’ wife, Queen Clemence, and her unborn child.

With country thrown into turmoil, Philippe of Poitiers must use any means necessary to save his country from anarchy. How far would he go to become King in his own right?

“ Barbaric, sensual, teeming with life, based in wide reading and sound scholarship…among the best historical novels.”

TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

SOP: JPA5 · NARRATED BY: Peter Joyce · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007565290

A Cry in the Night

Tom Grieves A wild landscape, rife with stories. When night falls in the Lake District, fear spreads…

As detectives Zoe Barnes and Sam Taylor investigate the disappearance of two children they quickly realise they have been drawn into a complex and unnerving case: whispers grow of a community hiding a deadly secret – and talk of witches is spreading.

SOP: JPA5 · NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Crime · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471260209

“ A fast-paced, thoughtful and at times moving thriller that you won’t want to forget.”

SFX ON SLEEPWALKERS

Playaway June

55

The Moon Field

Judith Allnatt A poignant story of love and redemption, The Moon Field explores a war that destroys everything except the bonds of human hearts.

George Farrell has fallen for the rich and beautiful daughter at the Manor House, but she is already promised to another man. George tries to escape his heartbreak by going to war, but his past is not easily avoided and he is left believing that no woman will be able to love him.

“ This is a beautifully written, poignant novel, lyrically descriptive of the landscape.”

CHOICE MAGAZINE

“ A novel of rare insight, exquisitely written. A standing ovation.”

MICHAEL MORPURGO

SOP: JPA5 · NARRATED BY: Geraldine Sharrock · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9780007558773

Entry Island

Peter May Entry Island is home to a population of around 130 inhabitants – the wealthiest of which has just been discovered murdered in his home.

To Detective Sime Mackenzie the investigation appears to be a formality – the evidence points to a crime of passion. But everything is turned on its head when he meets the prime suspect, and is convinced that he knows her – even though they’ve never met.

“ In mood and texture, Peter May’s novels [...] are essentially Nordic, and he bears comparison with some of the best writers from those cold desolate climes.”

THE TIMES

SOP: JPA5 · NARRATED BY: Peter Forbes · Crime · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9781471260193

Good People

Ewart Hutton Introducing DS Glyn Capaldi, half Welsh, half-Italian, all maverick.

Six men and a young woman disappear into the night.The ones that reappear are good people with a good explanation. Only DS Capaldi remains unconvinced as he delves deeper, he starts to uncover a network of conflicts, betrayals and depravity.

“ Good People’s corkscrew plot skewers small-town hypocrisy with a wry smile and a sniff of disgust. An entertaining debut with more stings in the tail than a bag of scorpions.”

VAL MCDERMID

SOP: JPA5 · NARRATED BY: Iestyn Arwel · Crime · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9780007558988

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