NEW RELEASES
Unabridged Audiobooks January – March 2015 CD & Playaway
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Dear Librarian, Happy New Year! We’re delighted to start off 2015 by welcoming back international bestseller Marian Keyes to Clipper! Her stunning new novel The Woman Who Stole My Life is about losing the life you had and finding a better one, and is full of her trademark warmth and wit. Also returning is Erica James with another poignant read, The Dandelion Years, a heart-rending story of wartime love discovered by a reclusive book restorer. For crime fans, Jeffery Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme series continues with The Kill Room with our detectives investigating what looks like a contract killing from high up in the US government. We also have a non-fiction title from phenomenal crime author Val McDermid, and new fiction titles from Bernard Cornwell and Chris Brookmyre. Jammer starts the New Year off with an impressive selection of gritty, adrenaline pumping crime thrillers. Stuart McBride continues the exploits of Logan McRae in The Missing and the Dead, as he starts a manhunt in the wilds of Aberdeenshire. Paul Finch offers us the fourth book in the DS Mark Heckenburg series with Dead Man Walking. And Peter May provides a unique crime novel spanning fi fty years in Runaway, as he follows a group of friends with a secret. Allow Avid to make a believer of you as Jack Finney takes you back in time in Time And Again, and Myke Cole brings you back from the dead in Gemini Cell. Or you could help James S. A. Corey uncover an interstellar conspiracy in Leviathan Wakes, and follow Raymond E. Feist into the dangerous Great Empire of Kesh in his continuation of the Riftwar series, Prince of the Blood. In Lamplight this quarter we are pleased to present Chris Tarrant’s moving and heartfelt tribute to his father in Dad’s War, which not only covers Chris’s emotional journey as he discovers his father’s exploits during in the war, but also acknowledges the sacrifices made by the soldiers of World War Two. Wilbur Smith returns to his successful Egyptian series with Desert God, a historical epic like no other. And in No Safe House, number one bestselling author Linwood Barclay delivers another gripping thriller guaranteed to keep listeners on the edge of their seats. We hope you enjoy our selection of titles, and please get in touch if you have any feedback. With best wishes, The Editor
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Representing award winners, shortlisted titles and top bestsellers. This quarter includes new titles from authors such as Harlan Coben, Marian Keyes and Dave Eggers.
Harlan Coben The eagerly anticipated new novel in the Mickey Bolitar series, following Seconds Away and Edgar Award-nominated Shelter. Mickey and his friends once again face dangers untold in their quest to discover the truth about the mysterious Abeona Foundation and what really happened to Mickey’s father. Things take a strange turn for Mickey when one of the basketball players from his team disappears and another is accused of taking steroids. An unexpected hand of friendship is offered – and Mickey and Ema may just be a step closer to unravelling the mystery…
SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD
EOIN COLFER ON SHELTER
NARRATED BY: Eric Meyers · Crime · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9781471279881
The Empty Throne Bernard Cornwell
In the battle for power, there can be only one ruler. The ruler of Mercia is dying, leaving no legitimate heir and the vacant throne leaves a dangerous opportunity for the West Saxons to seize control. But Edward of Wessex is distracted by the succession of his own throne. And while the kingdoms are in disarray, the Vikings will go on the rampage once more. A hero is needed, one who will ultimately decide the fate of a nation…
SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ A powerhouse thriller with a heart that beats like a triphammer… Coben has created a hero worth following to hell and back.”
NARRATED BY: Matt Bates · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9780007567027
“ Tense, powerful, compulsive.” THE TIMES
“ The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive.” GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
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The Woman Who Stole My Life Marian Keyes
International bestselling author Marian Keyes is back with another masterfully told story, full of wit and charm. One day, sitting in traffic, Stella Sweeney attempts a good deed. The resulting car crash changes her life. But in this event is born the seed of something which will take Stella thousands of miles from her old life, turning an ordinary woman into a superstar, wrenching her whole family apart. For the first time real, honestto-goodness happiness is just within her reach. But is Stella Sweeney, Dublin housewife, ready to grasp it?
SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ When it comes to writing page-turners that put a smile on your face and make you think, Keyes is in a class of her own.” DAILY EXPRESS
“ Chatty and warmhearted, Keyes’s talent is to tell it how it is.” INDEPENDENT
NARRATED BY: Aoife McMahon · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15 · ISBN 9781471279874
Midnight In Europe Alan Furst
Alan Furst returns with a thrilling new novel set during the tense build-up to World War Two. Paris, 1938. A shadow edges over Europe, while in Spain the war has already begun. Cristián Ferrar, a handsome Spanish lawyer in Paris, is approached to help a clandestine agency supply weapons to beleaguered Republican forces and agrees, putting his life on the line. Joining Ferrar is an unlikely group of allies: including Max de Lyon, a man hunted by the Gestapo, and the Marquesa Maria Cristina, a refined beauty with a taste for danger.
“ In the world of the espionage thriller Alan Furst is in a world of his own.” WILLIAM BOYD
“ A richly enjoyable mix of spy adventures, love stories, thrillers and social histories.” MAIL ON SUNDAY
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Peter Noble · Crime · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471279911
The Burning Mind M. G. Gardiner
The Burning Mind is the new thriller from the acclaimed Edgar Award-winning writer, M. G. Gardiner. Harper Flynn nearly died when gunmen attacked the L.A. club where she worked. A year later, Harper tries to rebuild her life – but is failing. Not only is she convinced there was a third gunman who escaped, but she also believes that he is targeting the survivors. The only person who will listen is Sherriff Deputy Aiden Garrison. But he has a secret of his own – one that makes him suspicious and highly volatile…
“ One of my favourite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. The Burning Mind should go to the top of your ‘to be read’ pile.” KARIN SLAUGHTER
“ Gardiner’s strengths are working better than ever here – characters as real as your friends, and a plot as real as your nightmares.” LEE CHILD
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Laurence Bouvard · Thriller · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471279904
Dear Thief
Samantha Harvey A novel about female friendship, betrayal and imagination, from prize-winning author Samantha Harvey. In the middle of the night, a woman wraps herself in a blanket and starts writing. In answer to a question you asked a long time ago, she writes, and so begins a letter that both women would have preferred to forget. She writes night after night – a letter of friendship, by turns a belated outlet of rage and forgiveness, the letter dissects what is left of a friendship caught between the forces of hatred and love.
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NARRATED BY: Anna Bentinck · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471279997
“ A glorious, sensuous, grown-up novel, intelligent and passionate.” TESSA HADLEY
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“ As observant, intuitive, wry, inventive and eloquent as Graham Greene.”
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Mr Bones Paul Theroux
Mr Bones is a sparkling and darkly humorous collection of short stories by bestselling novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux. A family watches, horrified, as their patriarch transforms into the wise-cracking lead of an old-timey minstrel show. An art collector gleefully destroys his most valuable pieces. A young artist devotes himself to a wealthy, malicious gossip, knowing that it’s just a matter of time before she turns on him. In this new collection of short stories, Paul Theroux explores the tenuous leadership of the elite and the surprising revenge of the overlooked.
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“ One of the most accomplished and worldly-wise writers of his generation.” THE TIMES
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9781471279928
A War of Flowers Jane Thynne
The third title in Jane Thynne’s evocative and thrilling Clara Vine series set in the build up to World War Two. August, 1938. British actress, Clara Vine, is in Paris to film her latest movie, mingling with society and passing snippets of information to her contacts in the British embassy. When Clara is approached by an undercover British operative who asks her to befriend Eva Braun, Hitler’s girlfriend, she knows that she is putting herself in danger. But Clara will do everything in her power to protect her country.
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SUNDAY TIMES
“ An absolute cracker of a read… fast-paced and gripping from the start…Thynne expertly maintains the suspense.” SUNDAY TIMES ON THE WINTER GARDEN
“ A thoroughly enjoyable read: fast-paced, atmospheric and genuinely suspenseful.” MAIL ON SUNDAY ON THE WINTER GARDEN
NARRATED BY: TBC · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9781471280009
The Supreme Macaroni Company Adriana Trigiani
The Supreme Macaroni Company is an unforgettable narrative about family, work, romance, and the unexpected turns of life and fate. For a hundred years, the Angelini Shoe Company has relied on Vechiarelli & Son leather from Tuscany, and with a twist of fate, Valentine Roncalli falls in love with Gianluca Vechiarelli. After the wedding, Valentine awakes to the hard reality of a new business and a new family. She will have to fight for everything she wants and savour all she deserves – the bitter and the sweet of life itself.
“ A rich, sweeping epic… utterly splendid.” KATHRYN STOCKETT, AUTHOR OF THE HELP
Adriana Trigiani weaves a story that crosses generations of an Italian family, from the Italian Alps at the turn of the twentieth century, to the cobblestone streets of Little Italy.
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Laurel Lefkow · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471279898
The Killing Season Mason Cross
Slick, fast-paced and assured, The Killing Season is the first novel in the gripping new Carter Blake series. When Caleb Wardell escapes from death row, the FBI calls on the services of Carter Blake, a man whose skills lie in finding those who don’t want to be found. As they try desperately to second guess a man who kills purely for the thrill, they uncover a hornets’ nest of corruption. Now Blake must break the rules and go head to head with the FBI if he is to stop Wardell.
“ One of the most interesting ‘loner’ heroes to have arrived in recent years… told with pace and vigour by a writer who seems to have a natural aptitude for thrillers, it is not to be missed.” DAILY MAIL
SOP: CD12 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Eric Meyers · Thriller · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471275425
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Music for Torching A. M. Homes
“There have been very few women writers like Homes.” zadie smith Paul and Elaine have two boys and a beautiful home, yet they find themselves thoroughly, inexplicably stuck. Obsessed with ‘making things good again’, they spin the quiet terrors of family life into a fantastical frenzy that careens well and truly out of control. From a hilarious encounter in the pantry with a Stepford Wife neighbour, to a hostage situation at the school, Homes lays bare the foundations of marriage and family life.
“ Homes describes nice people doing not-sonice deeds in luminous, precise prose.” TIM APPELO
“ Brilliant… I found myself rapt from beginning to end.” NEW YORK TIMES
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NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471265037
The Kills: The Kill Richard House
The third book in the epic The Kills, nominated for the Man Booker Prize 2013. One summer in Naples two brothers turn a murder story into reality. Inspired by an old crime novel called The Kill, two brothers travel to Naples. They abduct an American student, take him to a basement – and cut him to pieces. An investigation begins. The crime becomes a media sensation because of its fictional inspiration. And then another student disappears.
“ Richard House has written a gripping, hallucinogenic – and enormous – novel that deals with the aftermath of the Iraq conflict.” GUARDIAN
The Kills is an epic novel of crime and conspiracy told in four books. It begins with a man on the run and ends with a burned body. This is Book 3.
SOP: CD12 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Robert Slade · Thriller · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471280153
Shakespeare’s Counsellor Charlaine Harris
The fifth novel in the Shakespeare series featuring intrepid cleaning woman and karate expert Lily Bard, from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series. Trying her best to cope with her terrifying memories, Lily Bard decides to join a therapy group. The group members’ feelings aren’t the only things that need sorting out, as they assemble for a session only to find a woman dead. Lily soon finds herself embroiled in the murder and its aftermath. But can Lily solve the crime before the killer strikes again?
SOP: CD15 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ Lily Bard is the equivalent of Kay Scarpetta, Kinsey Milhone and V. I. Warshawski even on a bad day.” LIBRARY JOURNAL
“ Harris writes neatly and with assurance.” NEW YORK TIMES
NARRATED BY: Julia Gibson · Thriller · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471280160
Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro
“Kazuo Ishiguro is a master storyteller, in a class of his own making.” independent
“ A page-turner and a heartbreaker, a tour-deforce of knotted tension and buried anguish.”
In one of the most acclaimed and strange novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version TIME of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now 31, Never Let Me Go hauntingly dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love, friendship and memory, Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life; it was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Now a major film starring Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan.
SOP: CD15 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Kerry Fox · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9781471239281
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Lee Rourke
Haunted and haunting, Vulgar Things is part mystery, part romance, part odyssey. Jon Michaels – a divorced and fatigued editor living a nondescript life in North London – receives a phone call informing him that his uncle has been found dead in his caravan on Canvey Island. Dismissed from his job only the day before, Jon reluctantly agrees to sort through his uncle’s belongings. What follows is a quixotic week on Canvey as Jon becomes ever more enchanted by the island – its landscape and its atmosphere.
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“ As poignant and unsettling as a beam of light hitting the night sky from across the far-off wastes.” EIMEAR MCBRIDE AUTHOR OF A GIRL IS A HALFFORMED THING
“ A claustrophobic work that’s ripe with alcohol and despair.” GUARDIAN
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9780008125547
A Man Most Driven Peter Firstbrook
The true story of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and the founding of America. He fought and beheaded three Turkish adversaries in duels. He was sold into slavery, then murdered his master to escape. He was captured by pirates – twice – and marched to the gallows to be hanged, only to be reprieved seconds before the noose dropped over his head. And all this happened before he was thirty years old. This is Captain John Smith’s life. This is a riveting, enlightening dissection of this mythology-making man, England’s arrival on the world stage and the invention of America.
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9781471280177
Judy: A Dog in a Million Damien Lewis
Damien Lewis’ heart-warming story about World War Two’s only animal POW, Judy. Judy, the only animal POW of World War Two, truly was a dog in a million. She was cherished and adored by the British, Australian, American and other Allied servicemen who fought to survive alongside her. It was in recognition of the extraordinary friendship and protection she offered amidst the savage environment of a Japanese prison camp in Indonesia that she gained her formal status as a POW. Her incredible story is one of the most inspiring tales you will ever read.
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MAIL ON SUNDAY
“ One of the most famous animals of the Second World War.” DAILY EXPRESS
NARRATED BY: Ben Addis · History · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471280542
Unspeakable Things Laurie Penny
“This is not a fairytale. This is a story about how sex and money and power police our dreams.” This is a book about poverty and prejudice, online dating and eating disorders and lies on the television. The backlash is on against sexual freedom for men and women and social justice. Penny speaks for a new feminism that is about justice and equality. It’s about the freedom to be who we are, to love who we choose, to invent new gender roles, and to speak out fiercely against those who would deny us those rights.
SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ The dog of war whose sixth sense saved hundreds of British lives.”
NARRATED BY: Jo Hall · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 8.25 · ISBN 9781471280184
“ As Penny demonstrates… we are dealing with a new world order. This book is funny and cheeky and refreshingly generous.” OBSERVER
“ Laurie Penny can certainly coin a phrase. She writes well, inclusively and cogently with passion.” HERALD
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The Promise Robyn Carr
An uplifting story about overcoming loss and finding unexpected love. The small community of Thunder Point has embraced the widowed Scott Grant and his two children. But as the town’s only doctor, the dating scene is awkward. That is, until a physician’s assistant applies for a job at his clinic. Peyton Lacoumette is willing to stay for a three-month period while she explores other options. But love can blossom faster than you think when the timing is right, and this visit might hold the promise of forever.
SOP: RO3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ Strong conflict, humour and well-written characters are Carr’s calling cards, and they’re all present here.” ROMANTIC TIMES
“ An intensely satisfying read. By turns humorous and gut-wrenchingly emotional, it won’t soon be forgotten.” ROMANTIC TIMES
NARRATED BY: Therese Plummer · Romance · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471282744
I’ll Take New York Miranda Dickinson
The Sunday Times bestselling author returns to New York with her most heart-warming, romantic story yet. When her boyfriend lets her down for the last time, Brooklyn bookshop owner Bea James makes a decision – no more men. Psychiatrist Jake Steinmann is making a new start too, leaving his broken marriage behind in San Francisco. At a party where they seem to be the only two singletons, Bea and Jake meet, and decide there’s just one thing for it. They will make a pact: no more relationships. But the city has other plans…
SOP: RO3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ The perfect book to curl up with on a cold winter’s eve.” CLOSER
“ A guilty pleasure.” GRAZIA
NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9780008104139
Do Opposites Attract? Kathryn Freeman
There’s no such thing as a class divide – until you’re on separate sides. Brianna Worthington has beauty, privilege and a very healthy trust fund. Yet when she’s invited to visit her mother’s charity, Medic SOS, in South America, even Brianna is surprised when she accepts. Mitch McBride, Chief Medical Officer, doesn’t need the patron’s daughter disrupting his work and he’s not about to risk losing his job for a pretty face. Poles apart, can Brianna and Mitch ever bridge the gap separating them?
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“ Little rich girl learns about life in a disaster area in South America. It’s a fun debut.” THE BOOKSELLER
NARRATED BY: Avita Jay · Romance · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471280238
How to Melt a Frozen Heart Cara Colter
Since his wife’s death, architect Brendan Grant has felt that his heart is in the deep freeze, iced up and impenetrable. Until a sick cat brings him reluctantly to Nora Anderson’s door. Nora has a reputation for mending broken creatures, but Brendan wonders if her healing touch works on people, too. Spending time with Nora and her orphaned nephew is defrosting his defenses. But Nora is like a lioness, protecting the new life she has struggled to create for herself and her nephew. She won’t let just anyone past the threshold…
SOP: RO3 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Celeste Ciulla · Romance · DURATION: 5.5 · ISBN 9781471280221
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The Sheikh’s Prize Lynne Graham
The flaw in his jewel… When Sheikh Zahir Ra’if Quarishi took a western woman as his wife it caused outrage amongst his people. And marrying Sapphire Marshall turned out to be the biggest mistake of Zahir’s life. Cold and untouchable as her jeweled namesake, Sapphire fled the kingdom before sharing the marriage bed, leaving Zahir to face the shame alone – and his bank account five million dollars lighter… Lynne Graham is a bestselling Mills and Boon author with sales of twenty six million books worldwide.
SOP: RO3 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Romance · DURATION: 5.25 · ISBN 9781471280207
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Brenda Jackson “Brenda Jackson writes romance that sizzles and characters you fall in love with.” lori foster
No woman walks away from Zane Westmoreland… until Channing Hastings, who does just that, and it leaves the rancher reeling. Then nearly two years later she returns to the town engaged! Now Zane will do whatever it takes to show her that he is the only man for her.
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“ Jackson’s characters are wonderful, strong, colourful and hot enough to burn the pages.” ROMANTIC TIMES BOOK REVIEW
NARRATED BY: Celeste Ciulla · Romance · DURATION: 5.25 · ISBN 9781471280214
Christmas Gifts at the Beach Café Lucy Diamond
A charming festive short story from Lucy Diamond. With her Beach Café closed for the winter, Evie should be looking forward to lazy days and a happy Christmas… But her sister Ruth is coming to stay, following her marriage breakdown, along with her three unhappy children, and her boyfriend Ed breaks the news that he’s going to spend Christmas in London, for family reasons. There are still a few surprises in store for Evie though, that look set to make this Beach Café Christmas the most memorable one yet… Lucy Diamond is the bestselling author of Me and Mr Jones and One Night in Italy.
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NARRATED BY: Melody Grove · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 3.5 · ISBN 9781471281679
Hunting Shadows Tom Gallagher
“From the sun beleaguered town, the refugees fled west…” As a teenager Tom Gallagher trained at Denny’s Shipyard in Dumbarton. Ultimately however he was more influenced by his mother’s love of language and the spoken word, and commenced on a new career as a local journalist. Drawn from Gallagher’s journalistic pieces, Hunting Shadows offers an evocative and personal view of the area. Born and bred in Dumbarton, narrator Robert Trotter is very much at home with these affectionate memories of the town on the Clyde.
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NARRATED BY: Robert Trotter · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 1 · ISBN 9781471280870
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The Lowdown: The EU – Should We Stay or Should We Go? Paul Kent
What has the EU ever done for us? Faced with the prospect that the UK electorate might be asked whether it wants in or out of Europe in 2017, Paul Kent discovered he didn’t have the first clue which side he was on. So instead of relying on journalists or politicians to feed him their distorted, dull or partisan half-truths, he decided to find out for himself – emerging with this short, pithy and funny survey that puts everything in perspective so you don’t have to. With the increasing focus on an in/out referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, this is a highly topical and enlightening take on the issue.
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NARRATED BY: Daniel Weyman · Business, Money & Economics · DURATION: 2 · ISBN 9781471280887
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The Kill Room Jeffery Deaver
The Kill Room is edge-of-your-seat suspense, from Number One bestselling author Jeffery Deaver. They are calling it the ‘million-dollar bullet’: a sniper shot from a near-impossible distance. This murder has all the hallmarks of a contract killing and district attorney Nance Laurel won’t let it go. But there is no crime scene investigation and no co-operation from the police. Putting her career on the line, she calls Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs. Their reputation for seeing what others miss is unparalleled, and she knows they will risk everything to seek the truth…
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Thriller · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9781471285677
“ The Kill Room is full of… trademark twists, breathless suspense and ironic humour… the only response can be sighs of satisfaction and admiration.” EVENING STANDARD
“ Deaver’s undoubted skill is in creating a story that is as gripping as it is entirely believable – the esoteric details that he uses to create his killers and the world they inhabit are mesmerising.” IRISH NEWS
January Window Philip Kerr
Everyone knows football is a matter of life and death. But this time, it’s murder. Scott Manson is team coach for London City football club. He’s also their all-round fixer – he gets the lads into training, and out of trouble, keeps the wags at bay and the press in his pocket. But now London City manager Joao Zarco is dead, killed at his team’s beloved stadium at Silvertown Docks. Even Scott Manson can’t smooth over murder… but can he catch the killer before he strikes again? Philip Kerr is the bestselling author of the Bernie Gunther thrillers, for which he received a CWA Dagger Award.
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471285653
The Seven Sisters Lucinda Riley
The first book in a new series from the number one international bestseller.
“ What an absolutely fantastic storyteller – I was immediately immersed in the story, and absolutely compelled.” KATHERINE WEBB
Maia D’Apliése and her five sisters were all adopted as babies. When their father dies each of them are given a clue to their true heritage – a clue which takes Maia across the world… Rio de Janeiro, 1927, Izabela Bonifacio convinces her father to allow her to accompany him to Europe. There, in the heady, vibrant cafés of Montparnasse, she meets ambitious young sculptor Laurent Brouilly, and knows at once that her life will never be the same again… This sweeping epic tale is the first in a unique, spellbinding series of seven books, based on the legends of the Seven Sisters star constellation.
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NARRATED BY: Emily Lucienne · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 18.5 · ISBN 9781471285660
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James Lee Burke
The new novel from the crime-writing genius, James Lee Burke. In 1934, sixteen-year-old Weldon Avery Holland confronts the notorious outlaws Bonnie and Clyde, resulting with Weldon firing a gun, unsure whether it hit its mark. Ten years later, Second Lieutenant Weldon Holland barely survives the Battle of the Bulge, in the process saving the lives of Hershel Pine, and a young prisoner of war, Rosita Lowenstein – a woman who holds the same romantic power over him as the beautiful Bonnie Parker.
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“ A fantastic novelist… so far above the prevailing standards of crime fiction that it is pointless to make the comparison.” DAILY EXPRESS
NARRATED BY: TBC · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9781471285684
The Wish List Jane Costello
The Big 3-0 is looming, but there’s so much still to do… Emma and her friends are about to turn thirty, and for Emma it’s a defining moment. Defined, that is, by her having achieved none of the things she’d imagined she would. She’s never jumped out of a plane, hasn’t met the man she’s going to marry, or snogged anyone famous. As Emma hurtles towards her thirtieth, she discovers, with hilarious consequences, that some of them are trickier to tick off than she’d thought…
“ If you like Sophie Kinsella you’ll love Jane Costello.” COSMOPOLITAN
“ Close the doors, open a bottle of wine, get out the chocs and enjoy this wonderfully witty read. Jane Costello at her best.” MILLY JOHNSON
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471285714
Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? Dave Eggers
A brilliantly executed story of one man struggling to make sense of the world. In the barracks on an abandoned military base, miles from the nearest road, Thomas watches as the man he has brought wakes up. Kev, a NASA astronaut, doesn’t recognize his captor, though Thomas remembers him. Kev cries for help. He pulls at the chain. Thomas didn’t want to have to resort to this. But they really needed to have a conversation, and Kev didn’t answer his messages. And now, Thomas has a few questions.
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“ Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? stretches… toying with literary forms to new lengths… compelling.” EVENING STANDARD
“ Possibly the most admired and emulated American author of his generation.” INDEPENDENT
NARRATED BY: TBC · Literature · DURATION: 5.5 · ISBN 9781471285691
Mr Mac and Me Esther Freud
A compelling story of an unlikely friendship with a man who was one of the most brilliant and misunderstood artists of his generation. It is 1914, and Thomas Maggs lives with his parents on the Suffolk coast. Life is quiet – shaped by the seasons. Then one day a mysterious Scotsman arrives, looking for all the world like Sherlock Holmes. Mac is what the locals call him as they whisper. But Mac isn’t a detective, he’s the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and together with his red haired artist wife, they soon become a source of fascination and wonder to Thomas.
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471285707
“ It’s undoubtedly her most accomplished novel yet. Freud is a modern literary rarity: a born storyteller.” THE TIMES
“ An elegiac novel of art, war and friendship.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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Poisoned Ground Barbara Nadel
The third Hakim and Arnold mystery from bestselling crime author Barbara Nadel. Ex-soldier Lee Arnold and his assistant Mumtaz Hakim run a detective agency in London’s ethnically diverse, crime-ridden East End. Mumtaz is approached by an Egyptian woman, Salwa, whose husband is in Belmarsh on terrorism charges. Salwa convinces Mumtaz of her husband’s innocence and persuades her to go undercover to prove it. But Salwa is not what she seems. Trapped in an old tunnel that leads to the London docks, will Mumtaz escape with her life?
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ A compelling new series.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
“ A new and original pair of detectives… it has the ring of truth” INDEPENDENT
NARRATED BY: Paul Thornley · Crime · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471275395
The Age of Magic Ben Okri
The new novel from the Booker and Commonwealth Prize winning author, is an intoxicating and absorbing tale. Eight weary film-makers, travelling from Paris to Basel, arrive at a small Swiss hotel on the shores of a luminous lake. Above them, strewn with lights that twinkle in the darkness, looms the towering Rigi mountain. Over the course of three days and two nights, the travellers will find themselves drawn in to the mystery of the mountain reflected in the lake. One by one, they will be disturbed, enlightened, and transformed, each in a different way.
“ Okri is incapable of writing a boring sentence.” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
A dreamlike tale unfolds. Allow yourself to be transformed.
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 5.25 · ISBN 9781471285721
Outline
Rachel Cusk A novel about self-effacement and self-expression from one of Granta’s Best Young Novelists. A female writer goes to Athens to teach a writing course. Though her own circumstances remain indistinct, she becomes the audience to a chain of narratives, as the people she meets tell her one after another the stories of their lives. The more they talk the more certain themes begin to emerge: the experience of loss, the difficulty of intimacy and the mystery of creativity itself.
“ A stellar accomplishment.” GUARDIAN
“ [T]his has to be one of the oddest, most breathtakingly original and unsettling novels I’ve read in a long time… Outline is a triumph of attitude and daring, a masterclass in tone.” OBSERVER
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NARRATED BY: Kate Lock · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9781471285738
I am China Xiaolu Guo
Two lovers, separated by oceans and an oppressive political regime, desperate to find their way back to each other. In a detention centre in Dover, Chinese musician Jian is awaiting his fate. In Beijing his girlfriend Mu sends desperate letters to London to track him down. Above a noisy London market, translator Iona Kirkpatrick starts work on a Chinese letter. As she unravels the story of these Chinese lovers, Iona sets out to bring them back together, but time seems to be running out.
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Literature · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471285745
“ Heart-wrenching… an extraordinary and important book.” INDEPENDENT
“ Dark, witty fiction.” FINANCIAL TIMES
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Andrew Marr
The first novel from Britain’s most celebrated political commentator is a gleefully twisted take on what goes on behind the door of 10 Downing Street. September 2017, and the United Kingdom is on the verge of a referendum that will determine if the country remains a member of the European Union. The stakes could not possibly be higher. But, unknown to all but a handful of members of the Prime Minister’s innermost circle, there is a shocking secret that would change everything. A group of determined individuals will stop at nothing – including murder – to prevent that from happening.
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NARRATED BY: Steven Crossley · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9780008103828
“ Superb, colourful, outspoken, fresh and richly entertaining. Don’t miss.” THE TIMES
“ Lively, full of rich anecdotes and sparkling pen portraits. He has the rare gift of being able to explain complex issues in a few crisp sentences.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
The Spire
William Golding From the author of Lord of the Flies, The Spire is a dark and powerful portrait of one man’s will, and the folly that he creates. Dean Jocelin has a vision: that God has chosen him to erect a great spire on his cathedral. His mason anxiously advises against it, for the old cathedral was built without foundations. Nevertheless, the spire rises octagon upon octagon, pinnacle by pinnacle, until the stone pillars shriek and the ground beneath it swims. Its shadow falls ever darker on the world below, and on Dean Jocelin in particular.
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“ Quite simply, a marvel.” FRANK KERMODE
“ Superb… the book should become a classic.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
NARRATED BY: Benedict Cumberbatch · Classics · DURATION: 6.75 · ISBN 9781471285776
Clay
Melissa Harrison An intimate and captivating portrait of four people struggling with the concrete confines of city life. Eight-year-old TC skips school to explore the city’s overgrown, forgotten corners. Sophia, seventy-eight, watches with concern as he slips past her window, through the park. Jozef can’t forget the farm he left behind in Poland, its woods and fields still a part of him, although he is a thousand miles away. When he meets TC he finds a kindred spirit: both lonely, both looking for something, both lost.
“ Heartfelt, elegaic… lovingly observed.” SUNDAY TIMES
“ Harrison gives lovely expression to her vision of an ecosystem thrumming away beneath the grime of city life.” GUARDIAN
SOP: CD15 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Clare Corbett · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9781471285752
He Wants Alison Moore
A surprising, lingering and intensely moving tale from a Man Booker shortlisted novelist. Retired teacher Lewis Sullivan always imagined living by the sea. He lives instead in the Midlands village in which he was born. His grown-up daughter visits every day, bringing soup. He does not want soup. He frequents his second-favourite pub, where he can get half a shandy and a speciality sausage. When a childhood friend appears on the scene, Lewis finds his life and comfortable routine shaken up.
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NARRATED BY: Gordon Griffin · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 4.75 · ISBN 9781471285769
“ A haunting and accomplished novel.” INDEPENDENT
“ Moore’s writing has a superb sense of the weight of memory” THE TIMES
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The Establishment Owen Jones
A biting critique of the British Establishment and a passionate plea for democracy. Behind our democracy lurks a powerful but unaccountable network of people who wield massive power and reap huge profits in the process. In exposing this shadowy and complex system that dominates our lives, Owen Jones sets out on a journey into the heart of our Establishment, from the lobbies of Westminster to the newsrooms, boardrooms and trading rooms of Fleet Street and the City.
SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ This is the most important book on the real politics of the UK in my lifetime, and the only one you will ever need to read. You will be enlightened and angry.” IRVINE WELSH
“ [A] fine writer, and this is a truly necessary book.” PHILIP PULLMAN
NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 15 · ISBN 9781471285790
The Art of the Novel Milan Kundera
“Milan Kundera is probably the most interesting writer alive.” alain de botton
In this collection of essays, Kundera examines the work of such important and diverse figures as Rabelais, Cervantes, Sterne, Diderot, Flaubert, Tolstoy, and Musil. He is especially penetrating on Hermann Broch, and his exploration of the world of Kafka’s novels vividly reveals the comic terror of Kafka’s bureaucratized universe. Kundera’s discussion of his own work includes his views on the role of historical events in fiction, the meaning of action, and the creation of character in the post-psychological novel.
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“ Kundera’s writing is lucid, severe, ironical and concentrated.” OBSERVER
“ A thought-provoking collection.” SUNDAY TIMES
NARRATED BY: Graeme Malcolm · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 4.5 · ISBN 9781471285783
Forensics
Val McDermid Bestselling crime writer Val McDermid picks up the scalpel to uncover the secrets of forensic medicine. The dead talk. To the right listener, they tell us all about themselves: how they lived, how they died – and who killed them. Val McDermid uncovers the secrets of forensic medicine with ground-breaking research and her own experience. Along the way you’ll wonder at how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine time of death and how a DNA trace a millionth the size of a grain of salt can be used to convict a killer.
SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ McDermid has the ruthless psychological scalpel that forms part of the equipment of all good novelists, whatever their genre. And, fortunately for us, she knows just how to use it.” GUARDIAN
NARRATED BY: Sarah Barron · History · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471285806
Two Weddings and a Baby Scarlett Bailey
This summer is going to be an adventure… Tamsyn Thorne has not been back to her home town of Poldore for five years. But now her brother, Ruan, is about to get married and she has no excuse. Her plans to arrive in Cornwall looking chic and successful are dashed when a storm turns her from fashion goddess to a drowned rat. Worse, she ends up insulting the local hunky vicar – and then finds a tiny baby abandoned in his churchyard.
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NARRATED BY: Alex Tregear · Romance · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471285868
“ A fab summery book that’s got everything from Chanel coats to sexy vicars!” FABULOUS MAGAZINE
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Rhoda Baxter
If you keep looking back, you might miss what’s standing right in front of you… Six months after a painful break-up from Gordon, Beth’s finally getting her life back on track. She has faith in her scientific theories and is willing to work hard to prove them. And Hibs, her dedicated lab partner, has always held a candle for Beth. So when Gordon arrives back from America without warning, she’s totally thrown. Will she realise there’s more to life than being bullied by the one who’s meant to love her? Will Beth foresee the explosive nature beneath Gordon’s placid surface before he destroys everything she’s worked for, both inside and outside the lab?
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NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Romance · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9781471285844
Follow Me Follow You Laura E. James
Can a first love last forever? Victoria Noble has pulled the plug on romance. As director of social networking site, EweSpeak, and single mother to four-year-old Seth, she wrestles with her work-life balance. Enter Chris Frampton, Hollywood action hero and Victoria’s first love. His return from LA has sparked the media’s attention, and he’s desperate to escape. But finding a way forward is never simple. Has he been adrift too long to know how to move on? With the risk of them breaking, will either follow their heart?
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NARRATED BY: Antonia Beamish · Romance · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471284731
A Cowboy to Come Home To Donna Alward
Friendship? Forgiveness… Fatherhood! When Melissa Stone discovered her husband was cheating and that Cooper – her best friend – had known all along, she was devastated. But she can’t ignore Cooper forever – especially now they’re working together! When Melissa confides her plans to start a family – alone – Cooper wants to be there for her this time. And maybe even the father of her baby…? Donna Alward is a two-time Colorado Award of Excellence winner and a RITA Award nominee.
SOP: RO3 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Pilar Witherspoon · Romance · DURATION: 6 · ISBN 9781471285820
Taken By the Border Rebel Blythe Gifford
Tormented by her innocence. As leader of his clan, Black Rob Brunson has earned every dark syllable of his name. But, having taken hostage his enemy’s daughter in a fierce act of rebellion, he is tormented by feelings of guilt and torn apart with the growing need to protect her – and seduce her! Stella Storwick feels Rob’s disdain from the first. Then slowly she starts to see behind his eyes to a man in turmoil. Something he has no words for, something that can only be captured in a heart-wrenching kiss…
SOP: RO3 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Cathleen McCarron · Romance · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471285813
“ Each story in the series becomes more powerful than the one before.” RT BOOK REVIEWS
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How to Sin Successfully Bronwyn Scott
Bronwyn Scott introduces another Rake Beyond Redemption… The whole of society knows there isn’t a redeemable bone in Riordan Barrett’s sinfully sexy body. Suddenly Riordan finds himself not only an Earl… but father to two young wards! His only experience is in the art of irresponsibility. This rake needs help – and hiring a pretty young governess won’t be such a hardship! Sweet, innocent Maura Caulfield is seemingly unaware of Riordan’s disreputable ways. But it won’t stay like that for long. He’ll show her just how much fun sinning can be…
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“ In a light and amusing love story… Scott gifts readers with an enjoyable holiday read.” ROMANTIC TIMES
NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Romance · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9781471285837
The Lowdown: A Short History of the Origins of the Vietnam War Dr David Anderson
A concise history of the origins of The Vietnam War for a new generation. This fascinating story of how the Vietnamese people resisted external control and moved outward like pioneer settlers to occupy the country that became Vietnam, creating a unified and independent government, is in many ways like the story of early America. Dr David Anderson examines the events that led to one of the most controversial wars the US has ever known and succinctly explains, for a new generation, why this conflict still matters today.
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NARRATED BY: Lorelei King · History · DURATION: 1 · ISBN 9781471282751
The Glenmutchkin Railway W. E. Aytoun
This historical document comes to new life on audio. The Glenmutchkin Railway was published in 1845. It relates the history of building railways in Scotland at a time of dramatic industrial development. The first wave of truly manic railway promotion took place in 1844. By the summer of 1845, when Aytoun was writing his piece, the British Parliament was finishing its consideration of the projects hatched in 1844, approving some lines and rejecting others.
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NARRATED BY: TBC · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 1 · ISBN 9781471282737
Philosophy in an Hour: Nietzsche Paul Strathern
Philosophy for busy people. A succinct account of the philosophy of Neitzsche in just one hour. Philosophy has always been dangerous for philosophers; Friedrich Nietzsche made it dangerous for everyone. His ideas presaged a collective madness which was to ravage Europe, drawing a chilling parallel with the insanity that gripped Nietzsche towards the end of his life. Viewing Christianity as a subtle perversion of the Will to Power, Nietzsche is famous for his pronouncement that ‘God is dead’. Here is a concise, expert account of Nietzsche’s life and philosophical ideas. Paul Strathern also helps listeners place Nietzsche in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.
SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Genre · DURATION: 1.25 · ISBN 9780008126957
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Dead Girl Walking Chris Brookmyre
Life is dangerous when you have everything to lose. Famous, beautiful and talented, Heike Gunn has the world at her feet. Then, one day, she simply vanishes. Jack Parlabane has lost everything. A call from an old friend offers a chance for redemption – but only if he can find out what happened to Heike. From Berlin to Barcelona, from the streets of Milan to remote Scottish islands, Parlabane must find out what happened before it’s too late, all while the walls are closing in…
“ Chilling, compelling… Brookmyre is unique.” MARK BILLINGHAM
“ A strident blast of the trumpet to wake up crime fiction readers everywhere.” VAL MCDERMID
SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 16.25 · ISBN 9781471286353
A Place for Us Harriet Evans
Martha Winter’s family is finally coming home. The house has soft, purple wisteria twining around the door. You step inside. The hall is cool after the hot summer’s day. The welcome is kind, and always warm. Yet something makes you suspect life here can’t be as perfect as it seems. After all, the brightest smile can hide the darkest secret. But wouldn’t you pay any price to have a glorious place like this?
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“ Harriet Evans knows what she’s doing.” RED
“ Hard to resist.” ELLE
NARRATED BY: Gabrielle Glaister · Saga · DURATION: 16 · ISBN 9781471286346
The Dandelion Years Erica James
A gorgeous tale of friendship and love from Sunday Times bestseller Erica James. Ashcombe was the most beautiful house Saskia had ever seen as a little girl, providing a perfect sanctuary to hide from the tragedy which shattered her childhood. Now an adult, Saskia is still living at Ashcombe and as a book restorer devotes her days tending to broken, battered books. When she discovers a notebook carefully concealed in an old Bible, Saskia finds herself drawn into a heart-rending tale of wartime love…
“ [A] heart-warming, romantic story full of engaging characters, an emotional rollercoaster.” DAILY EXPRESS ON THE HIDDEN COTTAGE
“ A big hug of a novel that leaves you feeling warm and fuzzy.” WOMAN
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15.75 · ISBN 9781471286360
Carnival of Shadows R. J. Ellory
Murder, conspiracy and a hint of the supernatural: the powerful thriller from bestselling author R. J. Ellory. Kansas, 1959. A travelling carnival appears overnight, intriguing the townsfolk with acts of inexplicable magic and illusion. But when a man’s body is discovered beneath the carousel, FBI Special Agent Michael Travis is sent to investigate. But things are not that they seem, and with each new turn of the investigation, Travis’s faith is challenged as he struggles to open his mind to a truth that defies comprehension.
“ An atmospheric thriller with a gallery of fascinating characters.” IRISH INDEPENDENT
“ At a time when crime fiction has become so formulaic, it’s a relief to find a book as left-field as this latest offering from R. J. Ellory… an intriguing, delightfully unpredictable novel.” MAIL ON SUNDAY
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Jeff Harding · Crime · DURATION: 19.75 · ISBN 9781471286377
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The Book of Strange New Things Michel Faber
This is Michel Faber’s first novel in twelve years, and it is an all-out masterpiece. Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, he boards a flight for a remote and unfamiliar land, a place where the locals are hungry for the teachings of the Bible – his ‘book of strange new things.’ It is a quest that will challenge Peter’s beliefs, his understanding of the limits of the human body and, most of all, his love for Bea.
“ This is a man who could give Conrad a run at writing the perfect sentence.” GUARDIAN
“ It is maniacally gripping. I didn’t so much read The Book of Strange New Things as inhabit it.” DAVID MITCHELL
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Josh Cohen · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 19.5 · ISBN 9781471286407
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour Joshua Ferris
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014. Paul O’Rourke is a man out of touch with modern life. While his dental practice occupies his days, his nights are filled with darker thoughts, as he alternately marvels at and rails against the optimism of the rest of humanity. So it goes, until someone begins to impersonate Paul online. What began as an outrageous violation of privacy soon becomes something far more soul-frightening: the possibility that the virtual ‘Paul’ might be a better version…
“ Frenetic, very funny, it confirms Ferris as a rising star of American fiction.” MAIL ON SUNDAY
“ Dismayingly funny in the way that only really serious books can be.” GUARDIAN
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NARRATED BY: Campbell Scott · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471286384
The Killing Room Christobel Kent
A new Sandro Cellini investigation from thrilling crime writer Christobel Kent. When private investigator Sandro Cellini is invited to attend a glamorous launch party in Florence, he has no idea what he’s walking into. The former head of security for this elite development has just died under suspicious circumstances and Sandro finds himself stepping into dead man’s shoes. When one of the residents is found murdered in her room, events begin to spiral out of control.
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DAILY MAIL
NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9781471286414
Curtain Call Anthony Quinn
Murder, ambition, ugly politics and dangerous love in London’s Theatreland. On a sultry afternoon in 1936 a woman accidentally interrupts an attempted murder in a London hotel room. Nina Land, a West End actress, faces a dilemma: she’s not supposed to be at the hotel, and certainly not with a married man. But once it becomes apparent that she may have seen the face of the man the newspapers have dubbed ‘the Tie-Pin Killer’ she realises that other people’s lives could be at stake. Anthony Quinn is the author of The Streets and Half of the Human Race.
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“ Dark, gloomy and often sinister… an intelligent and convincing thriller with fleshed-out characters you want to meet again.”
NARRATED BY: TBC · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471286421
“ Ambitious, gripping and disturbingly well done.” THE TIMES ON THE STREETS
“ Quinn blends his history, his political concerns, his ideals, his plot and his characters elegantly, with a light hand and the pace of a thriller.” DAILY TELEGRAPH ON THE STREETS
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“My name is Raphael Ignatius Phoenix and I am a hundred years old – or will be in ten days’ time, in the early hours of 1st January, 2000, when I kill myself…”
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The Final Testimony of Raphael Ignatius Phoenix “ More than lives up to its promise… as darkly funny as it is original.” MAIL ON SUNDAY
Born at the beginning of the 20th century, Raphael Ignatius Phoenix is determined to take his own life as the new millennium begins and he turns a hundred years old. But before he ends it all, he wants to get his affairs in order, and that includes making sense of his own life. He decides to write it down, remembering the experiences, the myriad encounters and, of course, the ten murders he committed along the way…
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NARRATED BY: Gordon Griffin · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 14.75 · ISBN 9781471286391
Thirst
Kerry Hudson An unconventional love story, taking us from London to Siberia and from hope to heartbreak, and back again. The beginning of a relationship is usually all about getting to know each other. Not so for Dave and Alena. He’s from London, she’s from Siberia. They meet in a slick Bond Street department store, where she’s up to no good and it’s his job to catch her. So begins an unlikely relationship between two people with pasts, with secrets. But despite everything they don’t have in common, they’re still fighting for a future together.
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471286445
The True and Splendid History of the Harristown Sisters Michelle Lovric
Inspired by a true story, this is the glorious, grubby and magnificent tale of the rise and fall of the seven long-haired Swiney sisters. It begins with a singing and dancing septet in dusty church halls. But it is not the sisters’ dancing that fills the seats: it is the torrents of hair they let loose at the end of each show. And their hair will pull them out of poverty, to the salons of Dublin and the palazzi of Venice. It will bring some of them love and each of them loss. For their fame and fortune will come at a terrible price…
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Zia Haider Rahman
A bold, epic novel shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Prize and the Goldsmiths Prize. One September morning in 2008, an investment banker approaching forty, his career in collapse and his marriage unravelling, receives a surprise visitor at his home. He struggles to place the dishevelled figure carrying a backpack, until he recognises a friend from his student days, a brilliant man who disappeared years earlier, under mysterious circumstances. As the friends begin to talk, a journey begins that is by turns exhilarating, shocking, intimate and strange.
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“ An unusual love story… a refreshing change from the plethora of middleclass novel fare that simply holds a mirror to the majority of readers.” DAILY MAIL
“ Hudson captures the bustle of life in Hackney and Russia with energ y and a sharp eye for detail. [Her characters] have love, guts, humour and conscience.” GUARDIAN
“ Michelle Lovric is devilishly clever, fiendishly comic and generally just an irresistible novelist. I delighted in every page.” ELIZABETH GILBERT, AUTHOR OF EAT, PRAY, LOVE
“ Has a swagger and style that makes it an enjoyable read.” SUNDAY TIMES
NARRATED BY: TBC · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 17 · ISBN 9781471286575
In the Light of What We Know
NARRATED BY: Ralph Lister · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 21.25 · ISBN 9781471286438
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“ [A]n ambitious and extraordinary achievement… a novel about the entwining of politics and love and the painful quest for identity… this is a dazzling debut.” SUNDAY TIMES
“ [A] heartbreaking love story and a gripping account of one man’s psychological disintegration… an exploration of the post-9/11 world that is both personal and political, epic and intensely moving.” OBSERVER
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The Broken Token Chris Nickson
Pickpockets, pimps, and prostitutes: all in a day’s work for the city constable. When Richard Nottingham, Constable of Leeds, discovers his former housemaid murdered in a particularly sickening manner, his professional and personal lives move perilously close to each other. Then circumstances seem to conspire against him and more murders follow. Soon the city fathers cast doubt on his capability, and he is forced to seek help from an unsavoury source. Answers start to emerge, but Nottingham may get much more than he bargained for…
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“ Nickson has made 18thcentury Leeds a character in and of itself… anyone wishing a return to the ‘good old days’ would do well to read this wellwritten novel.” MYSTERY SCENE
NARRATED BY: Steven Pacey · Crime · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471286476
Thief
Mark Sullivan The prize he must steal. The person he must save… Deep within the Brazilian rainforest lies a secret of incalculable value to mankind. Robin Monarch must locate and extract this enigmatic treasure: not for greed or gain, but because a life is at stake. Sister Rachel Diego del Mar, the missionary who saved Monarch’s life when he was a homeless orphan, has been kidnapped by a vengeful past adversary. If Monarch does not give his enemy the Amazon’s secret, they will take her life.
“ [R]eminded me of the Bourne books and movies, only it’s much, much better.” JAMES PATTERSON
“ Jason Bourne meets Robin Hood with a dash of Bond thrown in… I had a blast.” GREGG HURWITZ
SOP: CD15 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Eric Meyers · Thriller · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471286469
Sideswipe
Charles Willeford “No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford.” elmore leonard
Sergeant Hoke Moseley is losing his mind: his ex-wife just remarried, his teenage daughters want to quit school, his beat partner is eight months pregnant – and living in his house. A handsome, cowboy-hatted psychopath is planning another armed robbery – one that will leave half-a-dozen bystanders dead. And in this hilarious, wicked tale of crime and mid-life crisis, it seems that only Hoke can stop him.
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“ The master of cynical Florida crime fiction.” THE TIMES
“ Better than Hall and Hiaasen and as good as Elmore Leonard at his best.” TIME OUT
NARRATED BY: Paul Birchard · Crime · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471286452
The Reason I Jump
Naoki Higashida and David Mitchell The No.1 Sunday Times and internationally bestselling account of life as an autistic child. Written by Naoki Higashida when he was only thirteen, this remarkable book provides a rare insight into the behaviour of autistic children. Using a question and answer format, Naoki explains why he talks loudly or repeats the same questions, and why he likes to jump. Abundantly proving that people with autism do possess imagination, humour and empathy, he also makes clear how badly they need our compassion, patience and understanding.
“ The freshness of voice coexists with so much wisdom… it will stretch your vision of what it is to be human.” THE TIMES
“ This is a wonderful book. I defy anyone not to be captivated, charmed and uplifted by it. But above all, you will never feel the same about autism again.” EVENING STANDARD
SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Body, Mind & Spirit · DURATION: 2.5 · ISBN 9781471286506
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Centuries of Change Ian Mortimer
History’s greatest tour guide is back. And he’s ringing the changes. In a contest of change, which century from the past millennium would come up trumps? Imagine the Black Death took on the female vote in a pub brawl, or the Industrial Revolution faced the internet in a medieval joust – whose side would you be on? In this hugely entertaining book, celebrated historian Ian Mortimer takes us on a whirlwind tour of Western history, pitting one century against another in his quest to measure change.
“ The endlessly inventive Ian Mortimer is the most remarkable medieval historian of our time.” THE TIMES
“ His curiosity is boundless and his profound scholarship is leavened by a sense of fun.” DAILY EXPRESS
SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Mike Grady · History · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471286490
Talking to Terrorists Jonathan Powell
An inside look at the subterranean exchanges that occur between governments and terrorist organisations. Across the world governments proclaim that they will never ‘negotiate with evil.’ And yet they always have done and always will. Why then do we ignore the lessons of this history of clandestine communication, often with devastating consequences? Jonathan Powell has spent nearly two decades mediating between governments and terrorist organisations. Here he argues that with attention to the lessons of the past, patience and above all political leadership, these conflicts can be solved.
SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ Essential reading for all parties in conflict” INDEPENDENT
NARRATED BY: Dugald Bruce Lockhart · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 15.75 · ISBN 9781471286483
Silver Thaw
Catherine Anderson A charming romance about first love, second chances, and hope reborn. After years of living in fear, Amanda Banning has left her husband and moved for a fresh start with her six-year-old daughter. Jeb Sterling has no idea why he feels so compelled to help Amanda and her daughter when a cold snap leaves them temporarily homeless. Amanda seems to have given up on her dreams, but Jeb refuses to quit until he makes her every wish come true…
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“ Catherine Anderson has a gift for imbuing her characters with dignity, compassion, courage, and strength that inspire readers.” ROMANTIC TIMES
NARRATED BY: TBC · Romance · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9781471286544
Fool’s Gold Zana Bell
Love – is it worth its weight in gold? New Zealand, 1866: the gold rush is on. Left to fend for herself, Lady Guinevere Stanhope is determined to do whatever it takes to rescue her ancestral home. Forced out of his native Ireland, Quinn O’Donnell dreams of striking gold. When a flash flood hits, Quinn is compelled to rescue Guinevere. Will they realise in time that all that glitters is not gold? Though a most inconvenient attraction forms between them, both remain determined to pursue their dreams, whatever the cost.
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“ [H]eady mix of romance and adventure, with plenty of twists in the tale… a perfectly indulgent, cosy read.” THE BOOKBAG ON CLOSE TO THE WIND
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Some Veil Did Fall Kirsty Ferry
What if you recalled memories from a life that wasn’t yours, from a life before…? When Becky steps into Jonathon Nelson’s photography studio, she is simply a journalist looking for a story. But when she puts on the beautiful Victorian dress and poses, she encounters flashbacks from a life that isn’t her own. As she and Jon begin to unravel the mystery, the attraction they have for each other continues to grow and leads them to question – have they met not just in this life but in another? Kirsty Ferry is the winner of the English Heritage/Belsay Hall National Creative Writing competition.
SOP: RO3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Romance · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471286568
Undone by Her Tender Touch Maya Banks
Pregnancy and passion… Pippa should have known better. She knew that Cameron had built a fortress around his feelings. Yet here she was, pregnant, after an evening of passion with the enigmatic entrepreneur. He would surely offer her a financial arrangement, but given his tragic past, would he ever want more? New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Maya Banks returns with another stellar romance.
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Romance · DURATION: 5.5 · ISBN 9781471286537
Marriage For Her Baby Raye Morgan
Two strangers and a baby… Spontaneity may be in her blood but walking down the aisle to wed a stranger is the riskiest thing Sara Darling’s ever done. But to adopt her infant niece, she’ll first need to say an ‘I do’ of convenience to wartraumatised soldier Jake Martin. She thought she could resist his rugged charm, but before long Sara needs their ready-made family as much as he does… Raye Morgan grew up in Holland, Guam and California. She now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and her four sons.
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NARRATED BY: Laurence Bouvard · Romance · DURATION: 4.75 · ISBN 9781471286520
His Ring is Not Enough Maisey Yates
Ajax Kouros has a plan and being jilted at the altar is not part of it. His company’s future depends on marrying a Holt, so when his bride’s sister steps up to the altar – can he say no? Leah Holt has grown up watching her beautiful sister hang on Ajax’s arm. Now she has the chance to save her family’s fortune, but saying ‘I do’ is only the beginning. Leah soon realises that the man she has married is far more complex than the boy of her childhood fantasies… Bestselling romance author Maisie Yates has been nominated for a RITA award for her novels.
SOP: RO3 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Lisa Smith · Romance · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9781471286513
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Hell in the Cathedral Paul Finch
An idyllic holiday quickly turns into something far more frightening… Rob and Karen are enjoying a relaxing and idyllic holiday by the beach of Sicily, taking in the local culture and beautiful scenery. When offered a daytrip to visit ‘the Cathedral’- an impressive cave system accessible only by sea- they happily accept. However, in the depths of the caverns, they see far more than stalactites and mineral formations. For in this cave lurks a beast that legends are made of… Paul Finch has won the British Fantasy Award twice and the International Horror Guild Award.
SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Horror · DURATION: 0.75 · ISBN 9781471283321
A Western Heart Liz Harris
Will Rose play into her sister’s plot or has her heart already been won? Wyoming 1880. Childhood sweethearts Rose McKinley and Will Hyde have always been destined to marry, and with their parents just as keen on the match, there is nothing to stop them. Except perhaps Cora, Rose’s younger sister. Lovesick and hung-up on Will, she is sick of the happy couple. So when the handsome Mr Galloway comes to town and turns Rose’s head, Cora sees an opportunity to get what she wants – Will.
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“ Liz Harris’s vivid portrayal of 1880s midwest America as a place ruled by the elements where neighbourly trust is essential to survival, is another sure hit.” DAILY MAIL
NARRATED BY: Laurence Bouvard · Romance · DURATION: 3.25 · ISBN 9781471283345
The Lowdown: A Short History of the World Cup Mark Ryan
How did the sporting phenomenon begin? Journalist Mark Ryan gives a fascinating insight into the story and the people behind the World Cup tournament, the key players and teams who have inspired millions of people around the globe to cheer their team on to glory and to see their country claim that most prized sporting trophy in the history of the ‘beautiful game’. For any lovers of football, this is a must-listen.
SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Mark Ryan · History · DURATION: 0.75 · ISBN 9781471283338
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Lamplight Representing traditional genres such as sagas and mysteries. This quarter includes long established authors such as Hilary Boyd and Linwood Barclay, as well as Hide Her Name, the new novel from bestselling author, Nadine Dorries.
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No Safe House Linwood Barclay
“Brilliantly plotted… [a] fast-paced and brilliantly twisty thriller.” sunday mirror
Seven years ago, Terry Archer and his family experienced a horrific ordeal; the echoes of which are still felt. When their daughter Grace foolishly follows her delinquent boyfriend into a strange house, the Archers must do more than stay together. Caught between family loyalty and betrayal, Terry must find a way to extricate his family from a lethal situation. All he knows is that to live, he may have to do the unthinkable...
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“ Barclay takes the didn’t-see-it-coming twist (of which he is master) to cosmic levels here and has the reader open-mouthed at his ingenuity throughout.” FINANCIAL TIMES
NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471290480
A Most Desirable Marriage Hilary Boyd
We all have secrets, but not like this… Lawrence and Jo have enjoyed a strong marriage, they are the envy of their friends. Even after thirty years they have lots to say to each other, many interests in common and, until recently, a good sex life. But Lawrence seems wary and restless. Something’s wrong. Just how wrong though, Jo is about to discover. Can they use their years of history – all the things they’ve shared – to overcome a devastating betrayal?
“ I was ripping through this book… addictive.” EVENING STANDARD ON TANGLED LIVES
“ Poignant, well observed and wonderfully written, this is a bit of a heart string-puller.” CLOSER ON TANGLED LIVES
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NARRATED BY: Jenny Funnell · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471280894
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“ The characters are engaging, the streets scenes cinematic and the theme of the novel powerful.”
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Hide Her Name Nadine Dorries
This gripping follow on from the bestselling The Four Streets uncovers a community alive with rumours and gossip. No one knows who did it, least of all the police. Somewhere, in this tight-knit Irish Catholic community, someone must know something. 14-year-old Kitty Doherty, pregnant with the dead man’s child, is a danger to everyone who needs to keep the secret. Her mother, Maura and Kitty’s best friend’s grandmother, decide the girls must be spirited away to Ireland to await the birth of the baby. But it isn’t easy to keep a secret that big.
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THE TIMES ON THE FOUR STREETS
“ A vigorous and vibrant story… as fast-paced as it is entertaining. An addictive novel to be devoured in one sitting.” SUNDAY EXPRESS ON THE FOUR STREETS
NARRATED BY: Emma Gregory · Saga · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9781471280900
Iron and Rust Harry Sidebottom
In a single year, six Emperors will lay claim to the Throne of the Caesars. AD 235: a surprise attack and the brutal murder of the Emperor Alexander and his mother ends the Severan dynasty and shatters four decades of Roman certainty. Military hero Maximinus Thrax is the first Caesar risen from the barracks. A simple man of steel and violence, he will fight for Rome. The Senators praise the new Emperor with elaborate oratory, but will any of them accept a Caesar who was once a shepherd boy?
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“ An amazing story of bloodlust, ruthless ambition and revenge.” THE TIMES
“ Explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama.” GUARDIAN
NARRATED BY: Colin Mace · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780008104108
Desert God Wilbur Smith
Ex-slave. Philosopher. Chosen one. On the banks of the Nile, a hero will rise. Taita stands as a unique advisor to the Pharaoh. He is a confidant, strategist and father figure to the Pharaoh’s teenage sisters, Tehuti and Bekatha. But Southern Egypt has an enemy, and Taita has an ingenious plan to finally crush them. They will meet battle and betrayal on their journey but Taita must also contend with his charges, the spirited young princesses, who threaten Taita’s plan to use them as offerings in his alliance with Crete.
“ Big, brave and blockbusting… brilliantly detailed descriptions of life on the Nile.” MAIL ON SUNDAY ON RIVER GOD
Wilbur Smith is a master at the helm of one of the greatest stories of all time.
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Simon Vance · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 15.25 · ISBN 9780007567133
Ashes in the Wind Christopher Bland
An epic saga, following the tumultuous history of a torn-apart Ireland. “ A convincing and Ashes in the Wind interweaves the destinies of two families – the Anglo-Irish Burkes and the Catholic Irish Sullivans, beginning in 1919 with a shocking murder and the burning of the Burkes’ ancestral castle in Kerry. Childhood friends John Burke and Tomas Sullivan will find themselves on opposite sides of an armed struggle which engulfs Ireland. Only sixty years later will the triumphant and redemptive finale of this enthralling story be played out.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Laurence Kennedy · Saga · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9781471280924
exciting page-turner.” IRISH INDEPENDENT
“ An ambitious and enjoyable debut.” THE SUNDAY TIMES
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The Petticoat Men Barbara Ewing
Fanny and Stella are dangerous ladies, and these are dangerous times… The Victorian gossipmongers call them The Petticoat Men. But to Mattie Stacey, they are Freddie and Ernest, her gentlemen lodgers. She admires their sparkling gowns, and laughs at their stories of attending society balls dressed up as the glamorous ‘Fanny’ and ‘Stella.’ But one fateful night Fanny and Stella are arrested. Outraged, Mattie is determined to save her friends and expose the establishment’s hypocrisy…
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ Ewing is an accomplished storyteller, who puts the pleasure of her readers first.” INDEPENDENT
NARRATED BY: Barbara Ewing · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9781471280917
The Mysterious Affair at Castaway House Stephanie Lam
Stephanie Lam’s stunning novel is a gripping read laced with mystery, secrets and love. It’s 1965 and Rosie Churchill has arrives at the run-down Castaway House. But when she uncovers a scandal locked away in the old house, she soon realises that secrets never stay buried for long. In 1924 fresh-faced Robert Carver comes to Castaway House to spend the summer with his cousin, Alec Bray. But the Brays are a damaged family. As Rosie begins to learn more about Robert, the more their stories, old and new, entwine. Stephanie Lam was born and raised in London. She now lives in Brighton, close to the sea.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 15.5 · ISBN 9781471280931
The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis
A symbolic fantasy which finds a busload of condemned ghosts faced with the choice of giving up their cherished sins to enter the gates of Paradise. In a dream, the narrator boards a bus on a drizzly afternoon and embarks on an incredible voyage through Heaven and Hell. He meets a host of supernatural beings far removed from his expectations, from the disgruntled, ghostly inhabitants of Hell, to the angels and souls who dwell on the plains of Heaven. This powerful, exquisitely written fantasy is one of C. S. Lewis’ most enduring works of fiction and is a profound meditation on good and evil.
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“ There is attractive imagery and amusing satire… Mr Lewis rouses curiosity about life after death only to sharpen awareness of this world.” GUARDIAN
NARRATED BY: Julian Rhind-Tutt · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 3.25 · ISBN 9780008112868
Honeyville Daisy Waugh
A hooker. A mistress. A murder. This town was built on sin. Trinidad, Colorado 1913: the only town for a thousand miles where prostitution is still legal. This is a town that is living by its own rules, where the corrupt rule and money flows. Honeyville follows two women, both trying to make their way in a frontier town built and run for men. One lives within society’s boundaries – a decent, rich life, behind lace curtains. The other is a celebrated hooker.
“ A lubricious new novel… period charm and sexual intrigue.”
Honeyville is based on a real-life event – a massacre of women and children – so brutal it stopped America in its tracks.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Gabrielle Glaister · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780008104061
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Mary Gibson
The lives and loves of 1920s factory girls, in this charming novel from the author of Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts. Three sisters in 1920s struggle to make ends meet and protect their mother from their violent father. Milly works in Southwells jam factory. Elsie dreams of a career on the stage, while little Amy runs wild with her friends. All three of the girls fear the unforgiving temper of their father and their courageous attempts to protect their defenseless mother will have dramatic, disastrous consequences for them all.
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ A fabulous, fascinating read.” VANESSA FELTZ ON CUSTARD TARTS AND BROKEN HEARTS
“ A cracking tale full of warmth and history.” BELLA ON CUSTARD TARTS AND BROKEN HEARTS
NARRATED BY: TBC · Saga · DURATION: 16.5 · ISBN 9781471282553
The Flowers of the Field – Part One Sarah Harrison
The superb, bestselling novel of one family, and the devastating changes brought by the First World War. Thea Tennant, eldest daughter of a wealthy family, yearns to do more with her life. When her beautiful but flighty sister Dulcie brings trouble to the family, both Thea and Dulcie are sent to relatives in Austria. But with the onset of War, their lives change beyond recognition. It isn’t just the Tennants whose lives have changed: for their parlour maid, Primmy, the War brings opportunities she is determined to take.
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Saga · DURATION: 14.75 · ISBN 9781471290466
“ Smashing… a story which hurried you along from page to page at breakneck pace.” DAILY MIRROR
“ Sarah Harrison shows herself to be more than equal to the complexities of her plot, handling its developments with impeccable timing.” THE TIMES
Dad’s War Chris Tarrant
A touching, deeply personal memoir about fathers and sons, and the courage of our war heroes. Chris Tarrant and his father Basil were very close, they enjoyed sport together and shared the same sense of humour. Chris loved and admired his father; it was only after his death he realised that he hardly knew him at all. Chris discovered that Basil was involved in some of World War Two’s most significant campaigns, including the Dunkirk evacuation, the D-Day landings and also took part in some of the most brutal, closerange fighting in Cleve. Chris Tarrant OBE is an English radio broadcaster and television presenter, best known for hosting the ITV quiz show,
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471282591
The Snow Angel Lulu Taylor
A forbidden passion. A lifetime of consequences. Cressida is living the high life in 1960s London. Her father decrees that she must have her portrait painted to mark her upcoming marriage. When Cressida meets the painter Ralph, she knows her life will never be the same. In the present day, Emily is told of a mysterious legacy – a house in Cumbria, left to her by a woman she has never met. Could this house provide the chance to start anew?
“ [This] engrossing romantic saga is a hugely enjoyable, escapist treat.” DAILY MIRROR ON THE WINTER FOLLY
“ An absorbing read that switches intriguingly between the Sixties and the present day.” PAMELA HARTSHORNE
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Saga · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9781471282560
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Before the Fall Juliet West
A great war. A powerful love. An impossible choice. 1916. Across the channel, the Great War rages. In London’s East End, with her husband away fighting, Hannah Loxwood battles with the overwhelming burden of ‘duty.’ She has sacrificed so much for a husband who may never come home. When she meets Daniel – thoughtful, intelligent, quietly captivating – Hannah finds herself faced with the most dangerous of temptations. Soon Hannah and Daniel will realise just how precarious their happiness is, as their destiny rushes towards them…
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ As poignant as it is powerful.” ALISON MACLEOD, AUTHOR OF MAN BOOKER NOMINATED UNEXPLODED
“ Before the Fall is… a breathtaking portrayal of life and love in all its complexity. Juliet West’s powerful yet subtle prose is utterly riveting.” SUZANNAH DUNN
NARRATED BY: TBC · Saga · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471282546
Shots Fired C. J. Box
Ten stories from international bestseller C. J. Box, full of dark deeds and dangerous impulses. In Shots Fired, Joe Pickett’s investigation into a radio call threatens to become his last. In Pirates of Yellowstone, two Eastern Europeans find out just how ruthless American tough guys can be. In Le Sauvage Noble, a Lakota Indian takes a job at Disneyland Paris. These gripping tales are proof, once again, of why Box is a force to be reckoned with.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ Solid-gold A-list must-read.” LEE CHILD
“ Heart-stoppingly good.” DAILY MAIL
NARRATED BY: David Chandler · Mystery · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9781471282577
The Book of Lost and Found Lucy Foley
“In many ways, my life has been rather like a record of the lost and found. Perhaps all lives are like that.” Hertfordshire, 1928: The paths of Tom and Alice collide. There’s excitement and the beginning of a love story that finds its feet one moonlit evening… Paris, 1939: Alice is living in the city but the pain of the last decade has left its mark. She and Thomas Stafford – now a world famous artist – meet once more… London, 1986: Bestowed with an old portrait, Kate’s journey into its past takes her far and into the heart of a love story that’s life changing… Sweeping and heartrending this is the perfect read for fans of Victoria Hislop and Kate Morton.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Jessica Anne Ball · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9780008122614
After the Storm Jane Lythell
Would you put your life in the hand of strangers? Rob and Anna have arrived for their holiday in the Caribbean. Kim and Owen, a friendly couple they met in the harbour, offer to charter their beautiful boat to take them to a distant island. Rob dreams of lazy afternoons spent snorkeling. Anna looks forward to the silence of days at sea. But why is Owen so secretive? Why does Kim keep a knife zipped into her moneybelt? Maybe Anna and Rob shouldn’t trust strangers…
“ Fascinating… clever… the author’s real skill is her ability to invent memorable original characters. A thrilling read.” DAILY MAIL ON THE LIE OF YOU
“ A clever psychological thriller… Lythell has a flair for leading the reader into assumptions then pulling away the foundations.” DAILY EXPRESS ON THE LIE OF YOU
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9781471282607
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Seré Prince Halverson
Step into the home that lay empty for decades… Step into the house of frozen dreams…
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The House of Frozen Dreams
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After a family tragedy, the old Alaskan homestead lay abandoned for two decades, until the one person who needed it came looking. What Kache found was more than a house full of old memories – he found Nadia who had been hiding from the world, for ten years. Held captive by a painful past, too dangerous to face, they must now break free – and face the ghosts that have never stopped haunting them. Seré Prince Halverson is the international bestselling author of The Underside of Joy, which was translated into seventeen languages.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Tara Ward · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780008122508
The War at the Edge of the World Ian Ross
The epic first instalment in a sequence of novels set at the end of empire in the reign of the Emperor Constantine. Once a soldier in an elite legion from the Danube, Aurelius Castus believes his glory days are over, stuck in Britain’s provincial backwater. But history is about to take a hand and when the king of the Picts, the savage people beyond Hadrian’s Wall, dies in mysterious circumstances, Castus is selected to command the bodyguard of a Roman envoy sent to negotiate with the barbarians. But the diplomatic mission ends in bloody tragedy… Ian Ross has been researching and writing about the later Roman world and its army for over a decade.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471282584
MARCH
The Windmill Girls Kay Brellend
A compelling wartime drama from the author of The Campbell Road Girls and East End Angel. On losing her job as a chambermaid, Dawn goes to work as a dancer at The Windmill Theatre. Despite refusing to appear on stage naked, she is taken on and gets a glimpse of London’s seductive underbelly. She meets Olive, Renee and Rosie, women all with secrets. Each of them will have to draw on their courage to survive the life they have chosen and the men that they cannot escape… The Windmill Girls is a gripping saga, perfect for fans of Pam Weaver and Kitty Neale.
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Annie Aldington · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9780008119904
I Can’t Begin to Tell You Elizabeth Buchan
Denmark, 1940. War has come and everyone must choose a side. For Kay, living on her husband Bror’s country estate, the Nazi invasion is a time of uncertainty. Bror is desperate to preserve the legacy of his home, even if it means co-existing with the enemy; Kay cannot do the same. She is lured by British Intelligence into a world of resistance. Tasked with protecting an SOE agent, Kay learns the art of subterfuge. Caught on opposing sides, will Kay and Bror find their way back to one another?
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 16.25 · ISBN 9781471286599
“ This is such a good novel, full of incident and history and the minutiae of life as a spy.” DAILY EXPRESS
“ She who dares wins in Buchan’s gripping doorstopper about the Nazi occupation in Denmark.” DAILY MAIL
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Far From My Father’s House Elizabeth Gill
A powerful saga from the author of Miss Appleby’s Academy. 1915. As a child it never mattered to Blake that he has no mother. But when his grandparents die suddenly, Blake’s world collapses. Taken in by a neighbouring farmer, Blake’s life becomes focused on the land – and a secret love for Annie, his employer’s daughter. Determined to make his name, Blake leaves for the busy shipyards of Sunderland. He swears one day he will come back – but will Annie wait for him?
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“ Original and evocative – a born storyteller.” TRISHA ASHLEY
“ An enthralling and satisfying novel that will leave you wanting more.” CATHERINE KING
NARRATED BY: TBC · Saga · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471286612
Sleep in Peace Tonight James MacManus
An extraordinary story of diplomacy, intrigue and a dangerous love affair set during the fiery nights of the Blitz. It’s January 1941, and the Blitz is devastating England. As America maintains its isolationist position, Churchill knows that Britain is doomed without its powerful ally. Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt’s most trusted adviser, is sent to London as his emissary and comes face to face with the Prime Minister himself as well as an attractive and determined young female driver who may not be what she seems.
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471286605
Pasha
Julian Stockwin The new novel in Julian Stockwin’s acclaimed Captain Kydd series. Following Nelson’s death two years earlier, England is in need of heroes and Kydd is the talk of London. Feted by the king, Kydd is soon on detachment into the Dardanelles, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea; providing a route to India. The French covet this route and when they whip up strong antiEnglish sentiment, the British ambassador to Constantinople has to flee – a deadly stand-off ensues…
“ Readers will savour this breathtaking ride… a heady, heartbreaking romance.” PAM JENOFF, AUTHOR OF THE KOMMANDANT’S GIRL
“ London of the Blitz comes vividly to life… compulsive reading.” SIMON MAWER, AUTHOR OF THE GIRL WHO FELL FROM THE SKY
“ 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: Christine Rodska · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471286582
Galina Petrovna’s Three-Legged Dog Story Andrea Bennett
Filled to the brim with pickle, misadventure and tears. Galina Petrovna hasn’t missed one talk since she joined the Azov House of Culture Elderly Club. But she would much rather be at home with her three-legged dog Boroda. Boroda isn’t ‘hers’ exactly, they belong to each other really, and that’s why she doesn’t wear a collar. And that’s how Mitya The Exterminator got her. And that’s why Vasily Semyonovich was arrested. And Galina had to call on Zoya who had to call on Grigory Mikhailovich. And go to Moscow. Andrea Bennett spent a good part of the “Yeltsin years” living and working in Russia. On her return to the UK she joined the Civil Service, and she now works in the charity sector. This is her first novel.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9780008120108
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The Fall of Lady Grace Julia London
A regency romance from bestselling author Julia London. Grace Cabot and her sisters await the shame of losing status and luxuries upon the death of the Earl of Beckington. The dire circumstances are inevitable unless Grace’s wicked plot to seduce a wealthy viscount into marriage goes off without a single hitch. But once she is discovered in the arms the Earl of Merryton, her plan takes a most unexpected twist!
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ Rich in characters, unique in plot, heartwarming and heartfelt.” ROMANTIC TIMES
NARRATED BY: Rosalyn Landor · Romance · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471286643
The Villa Rouge Maggie Ross
The whitest lies can leave the darkest legacies. Morgan’s marriage is already disintegrating when her husband volunteers for service in France. She sends their children west to safety and leaves London for the Villa Rouge to take shelter under her father’s roof. Caught between the open hostility of her father’s housekeeper and the suffocating affection of her crippled younger brother, Morgan is relieved to find her days brightened by the RAF squadron – a chance to relive the romances of her wilder youth. Maggie Ross has written two novels: The Gasteropod which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and Milena as well as poetry, short stories, radio dramas and television screenplays.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: John Sackville · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9781471286629
The Story of Land and Sea Katy Simpson Smith
A spellbinding, searing story of love, loss and the bonds that make and break us. August, 1793. John longs to sail, but he must stay on land for his daughter, Tabitha. But when Tab catches yellow fever John steals her onto a boat in the hope the sea air will cure her. Twenty years earlier, Helen is given a slave girl for her birthday. Soon the girls are confidantes and it’s an enduring friendship until the arrival of John, a pirate turned soldier. Helen must decide between security or a sea adventure with the man she loves.
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“ Poignant and intensely lyrical.” NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
“ Astonishingly relatable characters.” HUFFINGTON POST
NARRATED BY: Edoardo Ballerini · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9780008120009
Love and Treasure Ayelet Waldman
A fugitive train loaded with a plunder of doomed people. A dazzling jewelled pendant in the form of a stylized peacock. Three men – an American infantry captain in World War Two, an Israeli-born dealer in art stolen by the Nazis, and a pioneering psychiatrist in fin-de-siècle Budapest – find their carefully wrought lives turned upside-down by three women. A mystery – where does the worth of people and its treasures truly lie? What is the value of a gift, when giver and recipient have been lost – of a love offering when the beloved is no more?
“ Waldman skilfully interweaves this striking and enigmatic object – a symbol, as the book progresses, of fatal bad luck – into an ambitious sweep of history.” NEW YORK TIMES
“ Love and Treasure is like the treasure train it chases: fast-paced, bound by a fierce mission, full of bright secrets and racingly, relentlessly moving.” LEMONY SNICKET
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The Tropic of Serpents Marie Brennan
“During these years I found myself accused of fornication, high treason, and status as the worst mother in all of Scirland…” Three years after her journey through Vystrana, the illustrious (and occasionally scandalous) Lady Trent defies convention to embark on an expedition to the wartorn continent of Eriga, home of the legendary swamp-wyrm. Accompanied by an old associate and a runaway heiress, Lady Trent must brave oppressive heat and other hazards in order to satisfy her fascination with all things draconian. Her courage, resourcefulness and scientific curiosity will be tested like never before.
“ Uncompromisingly honest and forthright… with a heroine at once admirable, formidable and captivating. Reader, lose no time in making Isabella’s acquaintance.” KIRKUS
“ Lady Trent makes for an intrepid and pleasingly independent protagonist, mastering challenges both emotional and physical.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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NARRATED BY: Kate Reading · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471280597
Prince of the Blood Raymond E. Feist
Raymond E. Feist’s continuation of his classic Riftwar series. Set twenty years after the events in The Riftwar Saga, Prince of the Blood follows the adventures that erupt when a group of powerful nobles attempt to overthrow the Empress of Kesh. In the centre of the conflict are the two princes of Krondor, Borric and Erland. If the traitors were to succeed, they would start a war that could tear the Empire apart.
“ A solid backdrop and engaging characters inhabit a well-rounded fantasy world.” PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY
“ A significant contribution to the growth of the field of fantasy.” WASHINGTON POST
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 15 · ISBN 9780007576685
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Jeff VanderMeer
The highly anticipated third volume of the haunting, disturbing and evocative Southern Reach trilogy. A new team embarks across the border, on a mission to find a member of a previous expedition who may have been left behind. As they press deeper into the unknown – navigating new terrain and new challenges – the threat to the outside world becomes only more daunting. In this last instalment of the Southern Reach Trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may have been solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound – or terrifying.
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“ A deliciously creepy atmosphere of dread.” FINANCIAL TIMES
“ I’m loving the Southern Reach Trilogy… Creepy and fascinating.” STEPHEN KING
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9780007588763
James S. A. Corey
A fast-paced and thoroughly gripping space adventure… Humanity has colonised the planets – interstellar travel is still beyond our reach, but the solar system has become a dense network of colonies. But there are tensions – the mineral-rich outer planets resent their dependence on Earth and Mars. When Captain Jim Holden’s ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war…
“ Corey combines nononsense storytelling with hard-boiled dialogue as the novel races to a truly cosmic ending.” TELEGRAPH
“ Corey… has created a refreshingly blue-collar tale, with well-drawn characters and a compelling narrative sweep.” FINANCIAL TIMES
NARRATED BY: TBC · Science Fiction · DURATION: 19 · ISBN 9781471280610
Time and Again Jack Finney
Let Jack Finney take you on an incredible tour in words and pictures of a time long gone… Si Morley is bored with his job as a commercial artist and his social life doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. So when he’s approached by an affable ex-football star and told that he’s just what the government is looking for to be part of a top secret project, he doesn’t hesitate. One night he steps out of his twentiethcentury New York apartment into the winter of 1882 and finds a kind of Eden.
“ A cult time-traveling favourite… this one is pure New York fun.” ALICE HOFFMAN, AUTHOR OF PRACTICAL MAGIC
“ One of the most important, and most moving, timeslip texts yet composed.” ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASY
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Science Fiction · DURATION: 17.25 · ISBN 9781471280603
Into the Fire Peter Liney
The fi res of hell don’t burn much hotter than this. Having escaped the Island, Clancy thought his fight was over. But with the punishment satellites that kept them on the Island gone, hell has been unleashed. A mysterious organisation has begun to decimate the population; those it doesn’t kill outright are herded into the streets and then set free to run – for the rich and powerful to hunt. Clancy is about to discover that his work is far from over. This is Peter Liney’s follow up to his phenomenal dystopian feat of imagination The Detainee.
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NARRATED BY: Jeff Harding · Science Fiction · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471280627
“ A solid continuation of The Detainee. Peter Liney doesn’t let his story falter at any given moment.” THE BOOK PLANK
“ An impressively dark, dystopian piece with much to say about capitalism’s tendency to treat human beings as commodities, disposable when no longer useful.” FINANCIAL TIMES ON THE DETAINEE
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Leviathan Wakes
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Gemini Cell Myke Cole
Myke Cole continues to blow the military fantasy genre wide open with Gemini Cell, an all-new epic adventure. Nothing means more to US Navy Jim Schweitzer than protecting his loved ones, but when an enemy brings the battle to his door, he is overwhelmed and taken down. It should be the end of the story. But Jim is raised from the dead by a sorcerer and recruited by a secret unit known only as the Gemini Cell. With powers he doesn’t understand, Jim is called back to duty – as the ultimate warrior…
“ Black Hawk Down meets the X-Men… military fantasies like you’ve never seen it before.” PETER V. BRETT
“ A chilling, enthralling story. Myke Cole just might be a wizard himself.” ANN AGUIRRE
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471282331
Fool’s Assassin Volume 2 Robin Hobb
“Fantasy as it ought to be written.” george r. r. martin Tom Badgerlock has been living peacefully in the manor house at Withywoods with his beloved wife Molly for many years; the estate is a reward to his family for loyal service to the crown. Then one Winterfest night a messenger arrives to seek out Tom, but mysteriously disappears, leaving nothing but a blood-trail. What was the message? Who was the sender? And what has happened to the messenger?
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“ Hobb is superb, spinning wonderful characters and plots from pure imagination.” CONN IGGULDEN
“ Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers.” THE TIMES
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 16 · ISBN 9780008101862
The Time Traveller’s Almanac: Communiqués Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
The Time Traveller’s Almanac will reacquaint readers with beloved classics and introduce them to thrilling contemporary examples of the time travel genre. The Time Traveller’s Almanac is the largest, most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer have scoured time itself to bring you this final instalment from their über-guide to exploring the fourth dimension. Be warned: reality will be warped, wormholes opened, paradoxes woven and parallel universes breached.
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“ This kind of SF has an irresistible, eternal appeal.” GUARDIAN
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9781471280634
The Woman Who Stole My Life
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The latest novel from internationally bestselling author Marian Keyes “Chatty and warmhearted, Keyes’s talent is to tell it how it is” INDEPENDENT
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Jammer Commerical, mass-market fiction and nonfiction with a contemporary twist. This quarter features authors such as Claudia Carroll, Elly Griffiths and the fourth novel in Paul Finch’s DS Mark Heckenburg series.
Claudia Carroll
Breaking up is hard to do… Chloe Townsend was dumped at the altar. But now she’s running a pioneering boutique ‘divorce hotel.’ It will make every aspect of breaking-up pain-free – all in a single weekend. No one is better qualified than Chloe to deal with relationships at crisis point, but with three unhappy couples needing her help, she’s forced to tackle her own secret heartbreak. Can she hold it together and prove that she’s up to the job?
“ An emotional rollercoaster… asks some probing questions about relationships and keeps the reader wondering until the very end.” IRISH INDEPENDENT
“ Full of warmth and humour and emotion, this is a wonderfully written, unconventional love story… I adored it… I guarantee you’ll love it!” MELISSA HILL
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NARRATED BY: Amy McAllister · Romance · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9780008103941
Dead Man Walking Paul Finch
Beware of the stranger in the night… Consigned to a remote valley in the Lake District, DS Mark ‘Heck’ Heckenburg is getting used to a quieter life – a far cry from the bloodbath of the Serial Crimes Unit. Unknown to Heck, ‘The Stranger’ has returned. Last seen on Dartmoor ten years earlier, this prolific serial killer has found a new home. As The Stranger lays siege to the remote community, Heck helplessly watches as the killer viciously picks off his victims… The fourth unputdownable book in the DS Mark Heckenburg series, a spinetingling, suspenseful read.
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NARRATED BY: Paul Thornley · Crime · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9780007571482
“ An explosive thriller that will leave you completely hooked on Heck.” WE LOVE THIS BOOK ON THE KILLING CLUB
“ Really terrific, compulsive stuff which was given top marks, [...] definitely a talent to watch.” THE BOOKSELLER ON STALKERS
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Love Me Or Leave Me
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The Zig Zag Girl Elly Griffiths
Magic and murder – never trust an illusionist… When the body of a girl is found, cut into three, Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is reminded of a magic trick: The Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick is an old friend of Edgar’s. They served together in the war as part of a shadowy unit called The Magic Men. When Edgar receives a letter warning of another ‘trick’, the Wolf Trap, he knows that they are all in danger…
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“ A memorable, breathless race against time… one of the most cinematic finales in recent British crime novels.” DAILY TELEGRAPH ON DYING FALL
NARRATED BY: Daniel Philpott · Crime · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471280016
The Apostle J. A. Kerley
From bestselling author J. A. Kerley, The Apostle is a chilling tale of ritual murder and corruption, featuring Detective Carson Ryder
“ A fascinating and frightening take on the genre.” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Reverend Schrum, a renowned minister, tells the media he has come home to die. Detective Carson Ryder is investigating ritualistic murders, with religious “ Kerley will truly scare the overtones. Meanwhile, Harry Nautilus takes a job as a driver and bodyguard for pants off his readers. This Richard Owsley, a pastor. Owsley meets with Schrum and is enlisted to complete a one’s another winner from a mysterious ‘project’. writer moving towards the As Carson digs deeper and Harry’s interest piques from all the hushed goings-on top of the thriller heap.” of his employer, their independent investigations begin to converge… PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9780007567713
It’s Not Me, It’s You Mhairi McFarlane
Another hilarious and romantic story from the author of the bestselling You Had Me at Hello. Delia Moss isn’t quite sure where she went wrong. Everything was going smoothly. But with one annoying little ‘beep beep,’ Delia’s life is turned upside down and she decides the best thing to do would be get some head space and leave for London. But with a dodgy new job in media PR, where a suspicious yet devastatingly handsome journalist seems to be sniffing around, Delia can’t run forever.
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CLAUDIA CARROLL
“ I loved this: an original, genuinely funny, genuinely moving, modern love story.” KATY REGAN ON YOU HAD ME AT HELLO
NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9780007596263
Unmanned Dan Fesperman
Even the well intentioned must sometimes run for their lives… As an F-16 fighter pilot, Darwin Cole was a family man on top of his world. Now he’s a washout, drunk and alone, haunted by the memory of an Afghan child running for her life from the Predator drone he ‘piloted.’ Reluctantly, Cole teams up with three journalists seeking to discover the identity of the anonymous intelligence operative who called the shots in that ill-fated mission.
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“ Bitingly sharp and achingly funny… Guaranteed to have you bent double. I absolutely loved it!”
NARRATED BY: Armand Schultz · Thriller · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471280023
“ A new book by Dan Fesperman is becoming a major literary event… an utterly compelling thriller and quite simply the best.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
“ A first-class thriller that explores how drones may spell the end of privacy.” FINANCIAL TIMES
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Jørn Lier Horst
The prize winning novel at the top of Norwegian crime lists. Seventeen years ago William Wisting led the investigation into one of Norway’s most notorious criminal cases, the murder of young Cecilia Linde. When it is discovered that evidence was falsified, he is suspended from duty. It looks like a man has been wrongly convicted, and suddenly the media are baying for blood. Wisting, who has spent his life hunting criminals, is now the hunted.
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“ The writer’s career as a police chief has supplied a key ingredient for the crime fiction form: credibility.” BARRY FORSHAW, AUTHOR OF NORDIC NOIR
“ All lovers of crime fiction should read his new book. It is simply sensationally successful.” TORBJORN EKELUND, DAGBLADET
NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Crime · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471279980
Black Sheep C. J. Lyons
A young girl is taken. A father is silenced. The lies run deep. It’s the one mystery Special Agent Caitlyn Tierney has never solved – her father’s unexpected suicide. So when the man she holds responsible for her father’s death pleads her assistance in finding his missing daughter, Caitlyn is horrified. Her search brings her back to her North Carolina hometown and to an unknown enemy who will do anything to keep Caitlyn from the truth…
“ Everything a great thriller should be – action packed, authentic and intense.” LEE CHILD
“ A pulse-pounding adrenalin rush!” LISA GARDNER
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NARRATED BY: Nick Landrum · Crime · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471280030
The Idea of Him Holly Peterson
The Idea of Him is a novel of conspiracy, intrigue and intense passion – and discovering your greatest strength through your deepest fears. Allie Crawford has the life she always dreamed of – she works at a high-profile PR firm and has two kids she adores. Her husband, Wade, is everything she thought a man was supposed to be.
“ Sharp and hugely enjoyable read.” HEAT ON THE MANNY
“ A cleverly sub-plotted metropolitan fairy tale.” GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ON THE MANNY
But when Allie finds Wade locked in their laundry room with a stunning blonde, a scandal ensues. And when an old flame calls, she starts to think – maybe she’s not fallen in love with Wade – but with the idea of him.
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NARRATED BY: Laurence Bouvard · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9780008105433
Dead Gone Luca Veste
Fear is all she has… A serial killer is stalking the streets of Liverpool, gruesomely murdering victims as part of a series of infamous, unethical and deadly psychological experiments. When it becomes apparent that each victim has ties to the City of Liverpool University, DI David Murphy and DS Laura Rossi realise they’re chasing a killer unlike any they’ve hunted before – one who doesn’t just want his victims’ bodies, but their minds too…
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NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Crime · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780008116934
“ A chilling début from a writer to watch.” MARK BILLINGHAM
“ A darkly impressive first novel, disturbing and intelligent.” THE TIMES
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The Hunting Dogs
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Suspicion
Joseph Finder Lie to your daughter. Betray your friend. Trust no-one. Danny can’t afford the costs for the private school his teenage daughter, Abby, adores. He can’t bear to tell his daughter he has failed her. By a stroke of brilliant luck, Danny meets Thomas Galvin, one of the richest men in Boston. When Danny accepts a loan from him, the authorities turn up at his door. Now he has a choice. Face prison, or become part of a sting operation to bring down his extremely dangerous new best friend…
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NARRATED BY: Jeff Harding · Mystery · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471282515
“ A heart-pounding, sweaty-palmed, utterly terrifying ride.” TESS GERRITSEN
“ Completely original, emotionally satisfying, expertly twisted, and genuinely entertaining. The thriller to read this year.” LISA GARDNER
The Missing and the Dead Stuart MacBride
One mistake can cost you everything… A little girl’s body washes up just outside the sleepy town of Banff, kicking off a massive manhunt. The Major Investigation Team is up from Aberdeen, wanting answers, and they don’t care who they trample over to get them. As his old colleagues stomp around the countryside, burning bridges, Logan gets dragged deeper and deeper into the investigation…
“ Some of the grittiest crimewriting in the field.” INDEPENDENT
“ Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order.” MARK BILLINGHAM
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Genre · DURATION: 17.75 · ISBN 9780007567553
The Forgotten Holocaust Scott G. Mariani
The breath-taking new adventure starring Ben Hope… Ben Hope, ex-SAS soldier is searching for peace, but trouble soon appears when Kirsten Hall, a young journalist, is murdered right in front of him. Unable to prevent it, Ben is driven to hunt down the killers. Ben’s quest leads him across the world and finally to Oklahoma, where a deadly secret awaits. What connects the journals Kirsten was researching, a wealthy American politician and an intrigue surrounding the Irish famine?
“ Slick, sharp and very, very entertaining.” SIMON TOYNE
“ Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart… Scott Mariani packs a real punch.” ANDY M C DERMOTT
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9780007567362
Runaway Peter May
Runaway is a crime novel covering fifty years of friendships solidified and severed, dreams shared and shattered and passions lit and extinguished. In 1965, five teenage friends fled Glasgow for London to pursue their dream of musical stardom. Yet before the year’s end, only three of the five boys returned – and they returned damaged. In 2015, a brutal murder forces those three friends, now in their sixties, to journey back to London and finally confront the dark truth they have run from for five decades.
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471282508
“ An absorbing read from a writer at the top of his game.” DAILY EXPRESS ON ENTRY ISLAND
“ Told with exceptional clarity and a fine eye for the claustrophobia of island life, it . . . proves that May is a writer to be cherished.” DAILY MAIL ON ENTRY ISLAND
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“ A very surprising, very funny book.”
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The Apologist Jay Rayner
The Apologist is a deliciously funny satire on the complexity and greed of international and personal politics. Marc Basset, restaurant critic for a national newspaper, has made vitriol his trademark. His vivid cruelty makes his many readers laugh – until a chef roasts himself to death in his bread oven, leaving Bassett’s review of his restaurant stuck to the door. When Marc learns of the chef’s suicide, he experiences a new sensation - remorse. By apologising to the wife and daughter, he begins to experience levels of self-satisfaction that he never thought possible.
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Rachel Abbott
When obsession takes over… When Olivia calls the police to report that her husband and children are missing, she believes she will never see them again. Two years later, Detective Chief Inspector Tom Douglas is called to investigate, but this time it’s Olivia who has disappeared. Her car is in the garage and her purse is in her handbag. For some reason every single picture of this family has been removed from albums, phones and computers. Then they find the blood…
Michele Gorman
Imagine a world where looks don’t matter… Pixie, Ellie, Katie and Jane have been best friends since meeting at Slimming Zone. Tired of being judged, they decide to form a different kind of club. The fun evenings they spend together, not worrying about their size, make them happier than they’ve been for years! But the club doesn’t stop real life from getting in the way and together the girls have to address some much bigger issues than just their weight…
“ Rachel Abbott will keep you guessing long into the night and just as soon as you’ve figured it out… think again!” SUSPENSE MAGAZINE
“ Abbott creates a tangled web of deception, secrets, and red herrings.” BOOKLIST
“ Michele’s writing is so engaging and witty, yet insightful and empathetic. And she can certainly pull off a twist!” SOPHIE KINSELLA
“ I love Michele’s books. A fun, sassy writer who always makes me smile.” CAROLE MATTHEWS
NARRATED BY: Jenny Funnell · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780008122553
The Sookie Stackhouse Companion Charlaine Harris
The Sookie Stackhouse Companion is a unique guide to Sookie Stackhouse and her world. Visit Tour Bon Temps, the small Louisiana town that Sookie calls home, as well as visiting Sookie’s Gran and her vampire lover, Bill. Browse through her best friend Tara’s dress shop and prowl around the werewolf and were-panther communities. Belly up to the Merlotte Bar where Sookie works and discover the delicious Bon Temps recipes – including Caroline Bellfleur’s famous chocolate cheesecake.
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THE INDEPENDENT
NARRATED BY: TBC · Thriller · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471282614
The Curvy Girls Club
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“ It is a brave writer who apologises for his novel in the preface, but Jay Rayner has apolog y taped… The timeliness of the novel is a terrific coup.”
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471282669
Sleep Tight
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ARABELLA WEIR
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471290190
“ I fell in love with these stories […] I loved the world, I loved how funny it was, how sexy and romantic and dramatic and scary.” ALAN BALL, CREATOR OF TV SERIES, TRUE BLOOD
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The Ice Twins S. K. Tremayne
An unbreakable bond. An unbreakable truth. A year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies in an accident, Angus and Sarah Moorcraft move away, hoping to put together the pieces of their shattered lives. But when their surviving daughter, Kirstie, claims they have mistaken her identity – that she, in fact, is Lydia – their world comes crashing down once again. Sarah finds herself tortured by the past – what really happened on that fateful day one of her daughters died?
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“ Unbearably gripping and suspenseful.” SOPHIE HANNAH
“ Tremayne has created a haunting, powerful thriller.” PAULA DALY
NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007567751
The Boy in the Shadows Carl-Johan Vallgren
A little boy vanished. A troubled man on the hunt for the truth… In an overcrowded Stockholm underground station a father and his two boys are late for their train. Joel is howling in his pushchair and his seven-year-old brother, Kristoffer, refuses to take the lift. A young woman approaches and offers to lead Kristoffer up the stairs. Reluctantly his father agrees, but when he arrives on the platform Kristoffer and the woman have vanished. Many years later, Joel, now an adult, goes missing in suspicious circumstances… Carl-Johan Vallgren is one of Sweden’s most loved writers, and winner of the Swedish Prize for Best Novel of the Year.
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471282522
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As Good as it Gets? Fiona Gibson
A mother-and-daughter shopping trip. That’s where it all started… It was just a day like any other when Charlotte’s 16-year-old daughter Rosie is scouted by a top model agency. With Rosie’s new career taking off, Charlotte reluctantly agrees to take part in a ‘models and their mums’ photo shoot for a national magazine. But when it catches the attention of Fraser, Charlotte’s first love – and father of Rosie – Charlotte starts to regret her decision.
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“ Warm, funny and poignant.” DAILY MAIL
“ Frivolous fun.” GRAZIA
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780008102838
The Scent of Almonds and Other Stories Camilla Lackberg
The Scent of Almonds and Other Stories is a collection of short stories from the No. 1 international bestseller Camilla Lackberg.
“ Lackberg is an expert at mixing scenes of domestic cosiness with bloodcurdling horror.” GUARDIAN
“ Both chilling and Policeman Martin Mohlin is begrudgingly accompanying his girlfriend to a family thrilling.” reunion on the island of Valön outside of Fjällbacka. The connection to the THE SUN mainland is cut off by a snowstorm and when the patriarch Ruben collapses during Christmas dinner, Martin is forced to intervene. He soon establishes that Ruben was murdered and since they are completely isolated on the island, one of the family members must be the murderer… Featuring a charming story in the style of Agatha Christie this collection is perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 5 · ISBN 9780008127015
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No Limits Ian Poulter
An honest and revealing memoir from one of golf’s greats. Ian Poulter is one of golf’s most charismatic figures, with an appeal extending way beyond his sport. Here he tells his inspirational story, from his early rejection as a Spurs youth player, through to his match-winning contributions to European Ryder Cup triumphs. As well as insights into the crucial moments in his career, and the life of a professional golfer, he talks about his passions outside the game. His book is as forthright and passionate as Poulter himself. Ian Poulter is an English professional golfer. He has been ranked as high as number 5 in the world rankings, won twelve times on the European Tour and twice on the PGA Tour, and has one of the best Ryder Cup records.
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NARRATED BY: Paul Mendez · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471283925
Without You Saskia Sarginson
A captivating blend of mystery, thriller and emotional family drama, Without You will leave you unsettled, even as it touches your heart. 1984, Suffolk. When 17-year-old Eva goes missing at sea, everyone except her younger sister presumes that she drowned. Faith refuses to consider a life without Eva; she’s determined to find her sister and bring her home alive. Close to the shore looms a mysterious island, dotted with windowless concrete huts. What nobody knows is that inside one of the huts Eva is being held captive. That she is fighting to survive – and to return home.
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“ Thrilling stuff.” THE BOOKSELLER
“ An unusual and engaging read… vividly described… I would recommend.” THE BOOKBAG
NARRATED BY: TBC · Romance · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471290046
Tell Tale
Mark Sennen DI Charlotte Savage is back in another page-turning thriller, perfect for fans of Broadchurch and Tim Weaver. DI Charlotte Savage knows who killed her daughter. As she struggles with what to do with this knowledge, a series of terrible events starts to unfold on the moors… a bag containing clothes and a passport is found floating in a reservoir. Where is the young woman they belong to? Someone has entombed a man in an ancient pagan grave. Who is he? Someone’s been telling tales…
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“ A fast-paced serialkiller chiller.” ALEX MARWOOD, AUTHOR OF THE WICKED GIRLS
NARRATED BY: TBC · Thriller · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780008120054
A Killing Winter Tom Callaghan
“The Kyrgyz winter reminds us that the past is never dead, simply waiting to ambush us around the next corner.” When Inspector Akyl Borubaev of Bishkek Murder Squad arrives at the brutal murder scene of a young woman, all evidence hints at a sadistic serial killer on the hunt for more prey. But when the young woman’s father turns out to be a leading government minister, the pressure is on Borubaev to solve the case not only quickly but also quietly, by any means possible. Until more bodies are found… Borubaev descends into Bishkek’s brutal underworld, a place where no-one and nothing is as it seems and where violence is the only solution.
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Thriller · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471283932
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Nobody Walks Mick Herron
Mick Herron introduces Tom Bettany, an ex-spook with a violent past and only one thing to live for – avenging his son’s death. Tom Bettany is working in France when he gets a voicemail from an Englishwoman he doesn’t know, telling him that his estranged 26-year-old son is dead. Since he cut all ties years ago, Bettany returns home to London to find out the truth about his son’s death. Maybe it’s the guilt he feels about losing touch with his son, but either way he’ll get to the bottom of the tragedy, no matter whose feathers he has to ruffle. Mick Herron is a Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger winning author.
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NARRATED BY: Gerard Doyle · Crime · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9781471287756
The Invention of Fire Bruce Holsinger
A richly atmospheric new thriller set in the turbulent 14th century, this is perfect for historical fiction fans. London, 1386: Sixteen corpses have been discovered in a sewer, their wounds like none ever seen before. Whoever threw the bodies into the sewer knew they would be found… Enter John Gower, poet and intellectual whose ‘vocation’ is dealing in men’s secrets. Against the backdrop of medieval London, Gower pursues his dangerous quarry and comes to the shocking conviction that the men have been killed by a new and deadly weapon of war.
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“ An enjoyable story of murder and intrigue in 14th-century London.” SUNDAY TIMES ON A BURNABLE BOOK
“ [E]njoyable and intelligent.” DAILY MAIL ON A BURNABLE BOOK
NARRATED BY: TBC · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 15 · ISBN 9780008119645
Mainlander Will Smith
A thrilling novel from comedian and screenwriter Will Smith – a novel about loneliness, about not belonging and about the corroding effects of keeping secrets.
“ Will Smith is the coolest guy in the world (if uncool is the new cool) – he’s also terrifically funny.”
Jersey 1987. Sitting on a headland stewing over the discovery that his wife used HARRY ENFIELD to date Rob de la Haye, who is everything that Colin is not, he spots a pupil near the edge of the cliff. Worried that the boy may have intended to jump, he drives him home. When the boy fails to turn up to school the next day, Colin feels duty bound to track him down.
Will Smith is a writer on the multi-award winning television shows Veep and The Thick Of It, in which he also starred as hapless Tory researcher Phil Smith
SOP: JAM10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780008127060
His Other Life Beth Thomas
The story of a couple with seemingly perfect lives… and the secrets they hide behind closed doors. On paper, Grace’s new husband Adam is the perfect package. Good looking, great job, charming – some would say out of her league.
“ An easy-to-read, often thought-provoking tale about grief and family feuds.” DAILY MAIL
So when he disappears from her life one evening, Grace has a lot of questions. As she tries to track him down, Grace opens a Pandora’s Box of secrets and lies and soon troubling facts about Adam’s past emerge; facts she finds hard to square with the man she married. What secrets was Grace’s husband hiding behind closed doors? And is the truth so terrible it will tear her apart?
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9780008120177
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Jammer Teen Ideal for engaging teenagers, whether new or voracious readers. Including authors such as Anne Cassidy and Tim Bowler. The titles we select will also be popular with many adults.
Tim Bowler
An edge of your seat adventure from an award winning author. Zinny’s life is falling apart. Shadowy figures are following him. His parents are keeping secrets but he can’t figure out why. Then his mum ends up in hospital, his dad disappears, and Zinny has to do whatever he can to save his family. Even if it means helping the very men he’s been running from… As the clock ticks, Zinny knows it’s only a matter of time before someone ends up dead – and it could be him.
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“ The master of the psychological thriller.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
“ One of the truly individual voices in British teenage fiction.” INDEPENDENT
NARRATED BY: Daniel Coonan · Thriller · DURATION: 5.5 · ISBN 9781471280559
Solitaire
Alice Oseman “The Catcher in the Rye for the digital age.” the times In case you’re wondering, this is not a love story. My name is Tori Spring. I like to sleep and I like to blog. Last year – before all that stuff with Charlie and before I had to face the harsh realities of A-Levels and university applications – I had friends. Now there’s Solitaire. And Michael Holden. I don’t know what Solitaire are trying to do, and I don’t care about Michael Holden. I really don’t.
“ The most honest and authentic account of modern teenage life that you’ll read this year… outstanding contemporary fiction with appeal to fans of John Green.” THE BOOKSELLER
SOP: JAMT2 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Holly Gibbs · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9780007590506
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Night Runner
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Dead and Buried Anne Cassidy
The dark, page-turning fi nale of The Murder Notebooks series will have you on the edge of your seat. It’s been five years since Rose’s mother Kathy went missing and all Rose wants to do is get on with her life. Then police officer Henry Thompson comes calling: a body has been found buried in the garden of Rose’s old house. The body of a missing teenage girl. Rose and Joshua have one last chance to clear their parents’ names. But if they fail, the consequences will be deadly…
“ An edg y, edge-of-yourseat thriller.” GLASGOW HERALD
Killing Rachel, the second book in The Murder Notebooks series was nominated for The Red House Children’s Book Award for Older Readers
SOP: JAMT2 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Julia Teal · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 8.25 · ISBN 9781471280573
The Jewel Amy Ewing
A shocking and compelling Young Adult series, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent. Violet Lasting is no longer a human being. Tomorrow she becomes Lot 197, auctioned to the highest royal bidder in the Jewel of the Lone City. Tomorrow she becomes the Surrogate of the House of the Lake, her sole purpose to produce a healthy heir for the Duchess, imprisoned in the opulent cage of the palace, where the royal women compete to secure their bloodline and the surrogates are treated as disposable commodities… The Jewel is The Handmaid’s Tale meets The Other Boleyn Girl, an intriguing dystopia for teen and young adult listeners.
SOP: JAMT2 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Laura Kirman · Crime · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9781471280566
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Hacked
Tracy Alexander When a bit of fun becomes a deadly game… It was hard to remember when the genuine hacking started… By the time Dan is contacted online by Angel, he is eager for the challenge laid before him creating tricky bits of code. But Dan begins to suspect that something more nefarious may be planned for his code. He will have to decide what truly matters more: protecting his anonymity or preventing a deadly terror attack… Tracy Alexander’s first book won the Hull Children’s Book Award. She also writes the Tribe series under the name T. M. Alexander.
SOP: JAMT2 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 6 · ISBN 9781471280580
The Rain
Virginia Bergin Just one drop will kill you… It has been two weeks, and now Ruby is totally alone. People weren’t prepared for the rain, got caught out in it, didn’t realise that you couldn’t drink water from the taps either. Even a drop of rain would infect your blood, and eat you from the inside out. Ruby sets off on a journey that will take her the length of the country – surviving in the only way she knows how.
“ Distinctly British dystopian survival thriller. Great page turner, and I particularly enjoyed the very normal heroine.” THE BOOKSELLER
“ Tense, scary, and high emotion, The Rain will have you on the edge of your seat and afraid to step outside.” DARK-READERS.COM
SOP: JAMT2 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Thriller · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471290077
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Playaway A new media format designed for audiobooks – preloaded MP3 players with an audiobook locked in. Just press play.
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Martin Amis
From one of England’s most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel. “ An electrifying writer who likes to What happens when we discover who we really are? And how do we come to terms with it? Can we even meet each other’s eye, after we have seen who we really are? Fearless and original, The Zone of Interest is a violently dark love story set against a backdrop of unadulterated evil, and a vivid journey into the depths and contradictions of the human soul.
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shock his fans and share his sharply contemporary concerns… Amis is a maddening master you need to read – the best of his generation.” MAIL ON SUNDAY
NARRATED BY: Sean Barrett · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471279218
Terminal City
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Linda Fairstein
International bestselling author Linda Fairstein returns with a breathless, explosive thriller exploring the dark side of New York City. When the body of a woman is found in one of the most prestigious hotels in Manhattan, Assistant DA Alex Cooper and Detective Mike Chapman find themselves hunting for an elusive killer whose signature is carving a symbol, bearing a striking resemblance to train tracks, into his victims’ bodies.
SOP: PA6
KARIN SLAUGHTER
NARRATED BY: Barbara Rosenblat · Crime · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471279270
Fatty O’Leary’s Dinner Party
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Alexander McCall Smith
A brand new novel from one of the world’s most popular authors. When his loving wife Betty plans a trip to Ireland for Fatty O’Leary’s 40th birthday things go wrong almost immediately: the seats in economy class on the plane are too small; Irish bathroom furniture is not as commodious as he’d have liked. And all the time Fatty must put up with the unthinking cruelty of strangers. McCall Smith has created yet another memorable character who will become an instant favourite to his many fans.
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“ One of my favourite writers… her stories never fail to thrill.”
NARRATED BY: Steven Crossley · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 3.75 · ISBN 9781471279140
“ McCall Smith’s generous writing and dry humour, his gentleness and humanity, and his ability to evoke a place and a set of characters without caricature or condescension have endeared his books to readers.” NEW YORK TIMES
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The Zone of Interest
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage
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Haruki Murakami
The new international bestseller from the author of 1Q84, Norwegian Wood and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. Tsukuru Tazaki’s life was irreparably changed when his relationships with his high school best friends became severed during Tsukuru’s college days, with no explanation. Now at 35, Tsukuru’s girlfriend Sara suggests he goes to talk to these high school friends in person to mend the relationships.
SOP: PA6
NARRATED BY: Michael Fenton Stevens · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471279249
The Italian Girl
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Lucinda Riley
A tale of passion and betrayal from bestselling author Lucinda Riley. Rosanna Menici is just a girl when she meets Roberto Rossini, the man who will change her life. In the years to come, their destinies are bound together by their extraordinary talents as opera singers and by their enduring but obsessive love for each other – a love that will ultimately affect the lives of those closest to them. For, as Rosanna slowly discovers, their unison is haunted by irreversible events from the past…
SOP: PA6
“ Atmospheric, heart-rending and multi-layered.” GRAZIA ON THE GIRL ON THE CLIFF
NARRATED BY: Eva Alexander · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15.5 · ISBN 9781471279171
Fall From Grace
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Tim Weaver
“ Weaver’s books get better each time – tense, complex, sometimes horrific, written with flair as well as care.” GUARDIAN ON NEVER COMING BACK
Fall From Grace is the latest missing persons case in the bestselling David Raker series by Tim Weaver.
When Leonard Franks and his wife Ellie leave London for a dream retirement in Dartmoor, everything seems perfect. But one afternoon, Leonard goes to fetch firewood, and never returns. With the police investigation dead in the water, Ellie turns to David Raker. Raker tracks down missing people for a living, but nothing can prepare him for this. Because, behind Leonard’s disappearance, lies a deadly secret, buried so deep it was never meant to be found.
SOP: PA6
NARRATED BY: Ben Allen · Thriller · DURATION: 17 · ISBN 9781471279126
The Root of All Evil
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Roberto Costantini
A thrilling exploration of the choices that can corrupt a man’s future.
“ Utterly compelling.”
Rome, 1982. Commissario Balistreri escapes his regrets through sex, alcohol and gambling. His sole responsibility is to a rising television starlet needing protection from the pitfalls of fame. As the threats to this girl, Claudia Teodori, begin to rise along with her reputation, both their fates become inextricably linked. This driven young woman must help this damaged detective fight a foe that refuses to forget him.
SOP: PA9
PETER MAY
NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Crime · DURATION: 21.5 · ISBN 9781471279409
A Trick of the Mind
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Penny Hancock
A new tense thriller from the author of award-winning Tideline. PA Description Driving to the cottage she’s newly inherited, Ellie is so excited that she barely notices when the car bumps against something. That evening Ellie hears a news flash; a man was seriously injured in a hit and run. Could she have been responsible for putting a man in hospital? Unable to hold the doubts at bay, she decides to visit the victim, little knowing that the consequences of this decision will change her life forever.
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“ Beautifully worked and with a sharp eye for the menace in the commonplace.” DAILY MAIL
NARRATED BY: Laura Kirman · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471279379
The Girl Who Couldn’t Read
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John Harding
A sinister Gothic tale in the tradition of The Woman in Black and The Fall of the House of Usher, the sequel to the bestselling Florence and Giles.
“ Real atmosphere is increasingly rare in novels and here it is in spades… a darkly glamorous tour de force.” DAILY MAIL ON FLORENCE AND GILES
New England, 1890. Doctor John Shepherd arrives at a women’s mental hospital to begin work as assistant to the owner. As Shepherd struggles to conceal his secrets, he finds the asylum has plenty of its own. Intrigued by a girl who is fascinated by books but cannot read, Shepherd embarks upon an experiment to help her. In this chilling literary thriller everyone has something to hide and no one is what they seem.
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NARRATED BY: William Roberts · Horror · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471279355
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Christina Courtenay
Sometimes the most precious things cannot be bought… 1759, Jamie Kinross has started a new life in India as a gem trader, but when his mentor’s family is kidnapped he vows to save them. There he encounters Zarmina Miller. She is rich and beautiful, but when it becomes clear that Zarmina’s step-son is involved in the plot, he begins to see another side to her – a dark past and a heart just waiting to be thawed. But is it too late? This is the final novel in Christina Courtenay’s award-winning Kinross series, the sequel to Trade Winds and Highland Storms.
SOP: PA12
NARRATED BY: Cathleen McCarron · Romance · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471279416
Death Will Have Your Eyes
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James Sallis
“ Sallis is a superb writer and this is his best novel yet!” MICHAEL MOORCOCK
John le Carré meets the Coen brothers in this inspired road novel about secret agents on a mission to find meaning in their lives. David was one of an elite corps of spies trained during the Cold War. But those days are gone and for nine years he has been an ordinary citizen… until a phone call in the middle of the night. The only other known survivor of that elite corps has gone rogue. They need David to stop him. What ensues is an existential cat-and-mouse game played out across the American landscape.
SOP: PA12
NARRATED BY: William Roberts · Thriller · DURATION: 5 · ISBN 9781471279423
More Than You Can Say
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Paul Torday
“ A high-octane and life-affirming adventure.” DAILY EXPRESS
The bestselling author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen returns with a Buchan-esque thriller. Traumatised by his tour of Iraq, Richard Gaunt returns home. Finding it difficult to settle into civilian life, he turns to drink and gambling – and is challenged to a bet he cannot resist. All he has to do is walk from London to Oxford in under twelve hours. But what starts as a harmless venture turns into something altogether different when Richard recklessly accepts an unusual request from a stranger.
SOP: PA12
NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471279430
The Story of Us
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Dani Atkins
From the bestselling author of Fractured, comes another fascinating romance.
“ I’m expecting great things in the future from this author.”
Though Emma survived the car accident, her memories are hazy. Sometimes she can hear snatches of her friend’s screams, or smell the fumes of petrol. Most of all though, she sees the shadowy man who saved her life. No one else saw him. And as he pulled her from the wreckage, he promised he would always stay right behind her. But where is he now?
SOP: PA15
SUN
NARRATED BY: Emma Gregory · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471279478
In a Country of Mothers
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A. M. Homes
“ Homes couldn’t be more deliciously named: she kicks over the doll’s house and gives suburbanity a good shake.” GUARDIAN
An interesting look at the boundaries, fantasy and reality within and outside of the therapy room.
For Claire Roth, an established psychotherapist, her new patient – Jody Goodman, a young filmmaker – is a welcome diversion from her predictable life. Jody, successful, yet uncertain, is disarmed by Claire’s interest and approval. Gradually, the lines between friendship and family, between love and compulsion, start to blur. In a Country of Mothers is a transfixing psychological thriller, that forces us to confront our own judgments about sanity, danger and desire.
SOP: PA15
NARRATED BY: Jennifer Woodward · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471279447
Last Days of the Bus Club Chris Stewart
From the British and Spanish bestselling author, Chris Stewart, comes another hilarious account of life in Andalucía.
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“ When an author is as modest and humorous as this, his story cannot be told too often.” THE TIMES
It’s two decades since Chris Stewart moved to his farm on the wrong side of a river in southern Spain and his daughter Chlöe is preparing to leave for university. We find Chris, a local literary celebrity, using his fame to help his old sheep-shearing partner find work on a raucous road trip; cooking a TV lunch for visiting British chef, Rick Stein; and, most movingly, visiting faminestricken Niger for Oxfam.
SOP: PA15
NARRATED BY: Chris Stewart · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9781471279461
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Monsoon Mists
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Missing You
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Harlan Coben
A heart-pounding new thriller about the ties we have to our past… and the lies that bind us together. As Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the profile on the online dating site, she feels her whole world explode. Staring back at her is her ex-fiancé Jeff, the man who shattered her heart. But when she reaches out to the man in the profile, her reawakened hope quickly turns to terror.
SOP: PA6
“ Genius American crime writer Coben has a knack of writing mysteries that are emotionally engaging as well as taut and suspenseful, and this is perhaps his most deeply felt effort yet, with a witty, smart woman at its centre.” HEAT
NARRATED BY: Kerry Shale · Thriller · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471280498
Saving Grace
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“ Compulsively readable.” DAILY MAIL
Jane Green
From bestselling author Jane Green comes a stunning new novel about a shattered marriage and a devastating betrayal. Grace Chapman has an enviable set-up, living comfortably with her husband on the Hudson River. Then Ted advertises for a new assistant, and Beth walks into their lives. Organised, passionate and eager to learn, Beth quickly makes herself indispensable to Ted and his family. But Grace soon begins to feel sidelined in her home – and her marriage – by this ambitious younger woman. Is Grace paranoid or is there more to Beth than there appears?
SOP: PA6
NARRATED BY: Jane Green · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471280528
Research
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Philip Kerr
Another outstanding novel from the international bestselling author, Philip Kerr.
“ A high-concept novel tackled in unabashed fashion.”
Bestselling novelist John Houston’s wife is found murdered at their luxury apartment in Monaco. Now Houston, the prime suspect in his wife’s murder, has disappeared. He owns a boat and has a pilot’s licence – he could be anywhere and there are many who’d like to find him.
SOP: PA6
INDEPENDENT
NARRATED BY: Nigel Carrington · Crime · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471280504
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
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Hilary Mantel
“ Simply exceptional… I envy anyone who hasn’t yet read it.” DAILY MAIL
A brilliant – and rather transgressive – collection of short stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies. In these ten bracingly subversive tales, all of Hilary Mantel’s gifts of characterisation and observation are fully engaged. Childhood cruelty is played out behind the bushes in Comma; nurses clash in Harley Street over something more than professional differences. Whether set in a claustrophobic Saudi Arabian flat or on a precarious mountain road in Greece, these stories share an insight into the darkest recesses of the spirit.
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NARRATED BY: Jane Carr · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 4.5 · ISBN 9781471280511
The Bone Clocks
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David Mitchell
The new title from the author of Cloud Atlas: a kaleidoscopic mixture of metaphysical thriller and profound meditation on mortality and survival.
“ Open up Mitchell’s head and a whole magical, ecstatic symphony of inventiveness and ideas will fly out as if from a benign and felicitous Pandora’s box. Read him.” THE TIMES
One summer’s day in 1984, teenage runaway Holly Sykes encounters a strange woman who offers a small kindness in exchange for ‘asylum.’ Decades will pass before Holly understands what sort of asylum the woman was seeking… The Bone Clocks follows Holly’s life: not so far out of the ordinary, yet punctuated by flashes of precognition, visits from people who emerge from thin air and brief lapses in the laws of reality.
SOP: PA6
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Literature · DURATION: 24.5 · ISBN 9781471280481
Before We Met Lucie Whitehouse
A major pick for the Richard and Judy Summer Book Club, Before We Met is a chilling ‘marriage noir’ thriller.
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“ A creepily effective thriller, Whitehouse… marshals her creations to an enjoyably nail-biting, spine-tingling denouement.” OBSERVER
A whirlwind romance. A perfect marriage. Hannah Reilly has seized her chance at happiness. Until the day her husband fails to come home… the more questions Hannah asks, the fewer answers she finds. But are the secrets that Mark has been keeping designed to protect him or protect her? And can you ever really know what happened before you met?
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NARRATED BY: Polly Whitehouse · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471280535
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Jane Costello
Three best friends. One five-star hotel. Will it be the holiday of a lifetime? Imogen and her friends Meredith and Nicola have had their fill of budget holidays. So when Meredith wins a VIP holiday at Barcelona’s hippest new hotel, they plan to sip champagne with the jet set and party. But when the worst crisis of her working life erupts, Imogen has to juggle her BlackBerry with a Manhattan. Between a robbery and an encounter on a nudist beach, the friends stumble from one disaster to the next.
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“ Funny, sexy and moving – a hilarious holiday romp with a heart.” SOPHIE KINSELLA
NARRATED BY: Alex Tregear · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471280665
Bryant & May and The Bleeding Heart
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Christopher Fowler
“ One of our most unorthodox and entertaining writers.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
It’s a fresh start for the Met’s oddest investigation team, the Peculiar Crimes Unit. Two teenagers who have seen a dead man rising from his grave. And if that’s not alarming enough, one of them is killed in a hit and run accident. Soon it seems death is all around and Bryant and May must confront a group of latter-day bodysnatchers. More graves are desecrated, further deaths occur, and when Bryant is blindfolded and taken to a secret society, he realises that this case is more complex than even he had imagined.
SOP: PA9
NARRATED BY: Tim Goodman · Crime · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471280658
How to Be Both
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Ali Smith
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014. How to be Both is a novel all about art’s versatility. There’s a renaissance artist of the 1460s. There’s the child of a child of the 1960s. Two tales of love and injustice twist into a singular yarn where time gets timeless, structural gets playful, knowing gets mysterious, fictional gets real – and all life’s givens get given a second chance.
SOP: PA9
“ Smith can make anything happen, which is why she is one of our most exciting writers today.” DAILY TELEGRAPH
NARRATED BY: John Banks · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471280641
The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes
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Anna McPartlin
“ What a beautiful book. I cried and smiled my way through.” JANE GREEN
Here is a truth that can’t be escaped: for Mia ‘Rabbit’ Hayes, life is coming to an end… Rabbit Hayes loves her life, ordinary as it is, and the extraordinary people in it. She loves her spirited daughter, Juliet; her colourful, unruly family; the only man in her big heart, Johnny Faye. But it turns out the world has other plans for Rabbit, and she’s OK with that. Because she has plans for the world too, and only a handful of days left to make them happen.
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NARRATED BY: Caroline Lennon · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471280672
Orfeo
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“ A magnificent and moving novel.” LOS ANGELES TIMES
Richard Powers Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014.
Seventy-year old avant-garde composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police outside. His DIY microbiology lab has come to the attention of Homeland Security. Panicked by the raid on his house, Els flees and turns fugitive, waiting for the evidence to clear him and for the alarm surrounding his activities to blow over. But alarm turns to national hysteria. As Els feels the noose around him tighten, he embarks on a cross-country trip to visit, one last time, the people in his past who have most shaped his failed musical journey.
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NARRATED BY: William Roberts · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9781471280689
New Hope for the Dead
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Charles Willeford
Following on from Miami Blues, New Hope for the Dead is the second in the Hoke Moseley series.
“ Captures the quirky, violent, contradictory place that is Miami. Drugs, beaches, crazed immigrants, rednecks, cults, alligators and crooked cops, it’s all here in abundance.”
Sergeant Hoke Moseley is called to investigate the overdose of a young junkie. But what MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI seems like a routine OD gives Moseley cause to doubt – particularly when he meets the dead kid’s stunningly attractive stepmother. With his two teenage daughters dumped on him, it starts to feel like maybe that stepmother might be that answer to all his problems. Or maybe she’s just the start of them…
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NARRATED BY: Paul Birchard · Crime · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9781471280696
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The Time of Our Lives
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First We Take Manhattan
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Colette Caddle
“ Caddle can whip up a tremendous love story.” IRISH INDEPENDENT
A compelling, emotional story from number one bestseller Colette Caddle.
After graduating, identical twins Sinead and Sheila Fields decide to open their own hat shop. It’s a small business but thanks to hard work and talent, they build up a loyal clientele. But tragedy strikes when Sheila disappears and is presumed dead. Months later, when there is a sighting of her sister, Sinead is filled with both hope and dread. Why would Sheila have deserted her twin? They had always told each other everything… hadn’t they?
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NARRATED BY: Lara Hutchinson · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9781471280702
Written in the Stars
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Ali Harris
“ Ali Harris is snapping at Cecelia Ahern’s heels.” INDEPENDENT
One decision + two different paths = how many happy endings? Have you ever wondered ‘What if…?’ When Bea Bishop slips while walking down the aisle on her wedding day, she is momentarily knocked unconscious. And in a flash, her world splits and two separate parallel lives take her on two very different journeys. In one, Bea flees back down the aisle and out of the church. In the other, she glides blissfully towards Adam, her intended. Each path will see her life change for better and for worse. But which story will lead to her happy-ever-after?
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NARRATED BY: Jilly Bond · Romance · DURATION: 14.5 · ISBN 9781471280726
The World’s War
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David Olusoga
A unique account of the millions of colonial troops who fought in the First World War. Every major battle fought on the Western Front, from the First Battle of Ypres to the Second Battle of the Marne, was fought by Allied armies that were multi-racial and multi-ethnic. Yet from the moment the guns fell silent the role of non-white soldiers was forgotten. The World’s War brings to life the searing experiences of the hundreds of thousands of non-white troops whose bravery contributed to the final Allied victory.
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NARRATED BY: Nigel Carrington · History · DURATION: 16.75 · ISBN 9781471280719
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The Dead Pass
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Colin Bateman
Dan Starkey returns! An exciting, endlessly inventive new novel. Hired to find the missing son of retired political activist Moira Doherty, Dan Starkey knows his new case is going to be challenging. Billy ‘the Bear’ Doherty, a criminal with a nasty drug habit, isn’t an easy man to find – his mum is convinced he’s been murdered. But when Moira herself is killed, Dan finds himself in the middle of a deadly game of cat and mouse.
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“ He just seems to get better and better.” IAN RANKIN
NARRATED BY: Adam Moore · Crime · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471275357
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Howard Jacobson J is a love story of incomparable strangeness, both tender and terrifying. Two people fall in love. Kevern doesn’t know why his father always drew two fingers across his lips when he said a word starting with a J. Ailinn too has grown up in the dark about where she came from. On their first date Kevern kisses the bruises under her eyes. He doesn’t ask who hurt her. Hanging over the lives of everyone is a past event shrouded in suspicion, now referred to as What Happened, If It Happened.
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NARRATED BY: Colin Mace · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471283635
Stay Alive
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Simon Kernick
The gripping new race-against-time thriller from the bestselling author of Relentless.
“ As ever, Kernick’s research is impeccable. The plotting is brilliant and makes for a tense, action-packed read.” SUNDAY MIRROR
You’re on a trip with your family, miles from anywhere. A shot rings out – and your whole life changes in an instant. A woman is racing towards you. Although you don’t know it, she harbours a deadly secret. She’s in terrible danger. And now you are too. You’re running, terrified, desperate to find safety. You know that the men hunting you have killed before. And if they catch you, you’ll be next.
SOP: PA6
NARRATED BY: Paul Thornley · Thriller · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471283680
Playaway CLIPPER
Val McDermid
The Queen of the psychological thriller returns with her latest chilling novel. “ McDermid remains unrivalled… When a skeleton is discovered hidden at the top of a gothic Victorian building in Edinburgh, which is scheduled for renovation, Cold Case Squad detective Karen Pirie is given the task of identifying the decades-old bones. Her investigation leads her back to past conflicts, false identities and buried secrets…
SOP: PA6
brilliant.”
OBSERVER ON CROSS AND BURN
NARRATED BY: Cathleen McCarron · Crime · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471283659
Us
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David Nicholls The much-anticipated new novel from David Nicholls, author of the multimillion-copy bestseller, One Day.
“ Us is epic and intimate, funny and heartbreaking. No-one can write as brilliantly, poignantly and hilariously as David Nicholls about love, life and loss. His many fans will not be disappointed.” SCOOP
Douglas Petersen’s family is on the brink of dissolution. His marriage of twenty-one years to Connie is almost over. When autumn comes around, their son Albie will leave for college. Connie has decided to leave soon after. But before everything falls apart, there’s still the summer holidays to get through – a Grand Tour of Europe’s major cities – and over the course of the journey, Douglas devises a plan to win back the love of his wife and repair his troubled relationship with his son.
SOP: PA6
NARRATED BY: Justin Salinger · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471275340
Savage Magic
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Lloyd Shepherd
“ A joyously, flamboyantly melodramatic scamper.” GUARDIAN ON THE ENGLISH MONSTER
Lloyd Shepherd’s most ambitious novel to date is a triumph of the imagination. 1814, London’s Covent Garden entices rich and poor alike with a cocktail of gin, beer and sex. In the surrounding parishes a group of young men are found murdered, all of them wearing masks, all of them behind locked doors. Constable Charles Horton’s investigation into these violent crimes begins at Thorpe Lee House in Surrey, where accusations of witchcraft have swept the village. What connects these broken London men, and a village awash with talk of burning witches?
SOP: PA6
NARRATED BY: Steven Crossley · Crime · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471283703
Watch Me
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James Carol
Jefferson Winter is back in James Carol’s second thriller featuring the ex-FBI profiler from the bestselling Broken Dolls.
“ Broken Dolls has it all. Horrifying evil, a brilliant, conflicted profiler and cracking pace and tension. I read it in what seemed like two trembling gulps.” STEPHEN FRY ON BROKEN DOLLS
Ex-FBI profiler Jefferson Winter has taken a new case in sunny Louisiana, where the only thing more intense than the heat is a killer on the loose in the small town of Eagle Creek. So far there’s just one body, but there are going to be more. But in a town where secrets are rife and history has a way of repeating itself, can Winter solve the case before someone else dies?
SOP: PA9
NARRATED BY: William Hope · Crime · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471283741
Upstairs at the Party
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Linda Grant
“ My only complaint? I fear I may not read a better book all year.” EVENING STANDARD
The brilliant new novel from the Man Booker shortlisted author of The Clothes on Their Backs. In the early Seventies a glamorous couple known collectively as Evie/Stevie appear out of nowhere on the isolated concrete campus of a new university. To a group of teenagers experimenting with radical ideas they seem blown back from the future, unsettling everything and uncovering covert desires. But the flamboyant self-expression hides deep anxieties. For Adele, with the most to conceal, Evie/Stevie become a lifelong obsession.
SOP: PA9
NARRATED BY: Tricia Kelly · Literature · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471283734
Shark
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Will Self
A stunning and thought-provoking new novel from an award winning author. 4th May, 1970. President Nixon has ordered American ground forces into Cambodia. By the end of the day four students will be shot dead in the grounds of Kent State University. On the other side of the Atlantic, maverick psychiatrist Dr Zack Busner has been tricked into joining a decidedly ill advised LSD trip. Five years later, sitting in a nearby cinema watching Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, Busner realizes the true nature of the events that transpired on that dread-soaked day.
SOP: PA9
NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Literature · DURATION: 17.5 · ISBN 9781471283727
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The Skeleton Road
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Waterloo
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Bernard Cornwell
“ Cornwell’s narration is quite masterly and supremely well-researched.” OBSERVER
The true story of the Battle of Waterloo from bestselling author Bernard Cornwell.
On the 18th June, 1815 the armies of France, Britain and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. In the previous three days the French army had beaten the British at Quatre Bras and the Prussians at Ligny. The Allies were in retreat. Now, brought to life by the celebrated novelist Bernard Cornwell, this is the chronicle of the four days leading up to the actual battle and a thrilling hour by hour account of that fateful day.
SOP: PA12
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · History · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9780008112066
Everland
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Rebecca Hunt
“ Nothing short of stunning… something very powerful and unusual indeed.” GUARDIAN
Two groups, almost a hundred years apart, fi nd themselves on the same desolate Antarctic island. 1913: Dinners, Millet-Bass, and Napps – three men bound by survival will be immortalised by their decision to scout out a series of unknown islands in the Antarctic. 2013: Brix, Jess, and Decker – three researchers set out on a field trip to the same ancient lumps of rock and snow. Under the harsh ultraviolet light they unknowingly begin to mirror the expedition of 100 years ago.
SOP: PA12
NARRATED BY: Peter Noble · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471283758
The Wedding Proposal
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Sue Moorcroft
Can a runaway bride stop running? Elle Jamieson is a private person, in relationships as well as at work – and for good reason. But then she’s made redundant and with no ties to hold her, she heads off to sunny Malta. Lucas Rose is furious when his summer is interrupted by the arrival of Elle, his ex. Forced to live in close proximity, it’s hard to ignore what they had shared before Lucas’s wedding proposal scared Elle away… Sue Moorcroft has been nominated for many awards by the Romantic Novelists Association, and won Best Romantic Read.
SOP: PA12
NARRATED BY: Melody Grove · Romance · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471283765
These Days Are Ours
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Michelle Haimoff
A shrewdly observed coming-of-age story set in New York. Only six months have passed since 9/11 and New York is still reeling. For Hailey, living back with her parents after graduation, life feels like a struggle – to find a job and to come to terms with her new post 9/11 home. But when she meets Adrian, a recent Brown graduate, she finds her world view turned upside down and begins to realise that there is more to life and love than she ever believed.
SOP: PA15
“ Engrossing… resonates with authenticity and gravitas.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
NARRATED BY: Katharine Mangold · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 6.75 · ISBN 9781471283796
The Surfacing
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Cormac James
A powerful novel of isolation and impasse. The Surfacing is set on board a ship in the 1850s, searching for Franklin’s lost expedition. It’s a challenging and dangerous endeavour in a very male world – that is until Morgan, the second-in-command of the Impetus, realises there is a pregnant stowaway on board. It is too late to turn back, the ice is closing in, and the child will have to be born into the vast and icy wilderness of the Arctic.
SOP: PA15
NARRATED BY: Nick McArdle · Literature · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471283789
The Dog
“ Cormac James’s writing is very assured, with a harsh poetic edge. His evocations of barren landscape, sea weather, pack ice, frozen skies are terrific. He takes the reader there.” ROSE TREMAIN
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Joseph O’Neill Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014. In 2007, a New York attorney bumps into an old college buddy – and accepts his friend’s offer of a job in Dubai, as the overseer of an enormous family fortune. Haunted by the collapse of his relationship and hoping for a fresh start, our strange hero begins to suspect that he has exchanged one inferno for another.
SOP: PA15
NARRATED BY: Erik Davies · Literature · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9780008113285
“ O’Neill is a writer of dizzying elegance.” FINANCIAL TIMES
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Mary Berry
Fans of The Great British Bake Off will love to get their hands on Mary Berry’s autobiography, Recipe for Life. Born in 1935, in the city of Bath, Mary’s childhood was nearly cut short by an almost fatal bout of polio when she was thirteen. Recovery saw her turn to her one true passion – cookery. And so began a love affair that has spanned six decades. In this touching, evocative and fascinating memoir, we accompany Mary on her journey. It is the life of a delightfully traditional but thoroughly modern woman. Mary’s culinary career has taken her from recipe tester and cookery editor, to TV personality on The Great British Bake Off.
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Patricia Hodge · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471279577
Child of the Mersey Annie Groves
For the ordinary people of Empire Street, life will never be the same again. Since her mother died, Kitty Fisher has cooked, cleaned and scraped to make ends meet for her drunken father and her brothers. Rita Kennedy, living with her husband under the roof of his spiteful mother, is desperate for their own home. For the two women, the threatening clouds of war will bring heartache and tragedy. It will take courage and the bonds of family to help them see this through.
SOP: LAMPA5
“ A stirring and heartrending family saga… the choices and dreams of a generation of women combine to create this passionate story” LIVERPOOL DAILY POST
NARRATED BY: Noreen Leighton · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9780007597970
The Monogram Murders Sophie Hannah
“ Perfect… a pure treat for Agatha Christie fans.” TANA FRENCH
The new Hercule Poirot novel – another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his ‘little grey cells.’ Hercule Poirot’s quiet supper in a London coffee house is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. She is terrified, but begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done. Later, Poirot learns that three guests at a London hotel have been murdered. Could there be a connection with the frightened woman?
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Julian Rhind-Tutt · Mystery · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007566983
Until the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead Sean Thomas Russell
Until the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead is masterful maritime fiction – Sean Thomas Russell’s latest Charles Hayden voyage.
“ An unqualified seal of approval for Under Enemy Colours. This is gloriously readable stuff.” THE BOOKSELLER ON UNDER ENEMY COLOURS
Reunited with his crew aboard the frigate HMS Themis, Captain Charles Hayden is ordered by the Admiralty to the West Indies to carry war to the French among their own islands. Before he makes port in Barbados, the Themis intercepts a single boat adrift in the middle of the ocean – its sole occupants, two young Spanish noblemen. But all is not as it seems with Hayden’s unexpected guests.
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Daniel Philpott · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9781471279591
The Silent Boy Andrew Taylor
A brilliant new historical thriller set during the French Revolution. Paris, 1792. Terror reigns as the city writhes in the grip of revolution. Edward Savill, working in London, receives word that his estranged wife Augusta has been killed in France. She leaves behind ten-year-old Charles, who is brought to England. Only when Savill arrives does he discover that Charles is mute. The boy has witnessed horrors, but what terrible secret haunts him so deeply that he is unable to utter a word?
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Leon Williams · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9780007566853
“ Taylor shows once again how skilful a historical novelist he is.” SUNDAY TIMES
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The Atlas of Us Tracy Buchanan
How far would you go for the one you love the most? When Louise Fenton flies to Thailand to find her mother, Nora, after the Boxing Day tsunami, she fears the worst when the only trace she can find is her mother’s distinctive bag. In the bag is a beautiful atlas owned by travel journalist Claire Shreve, with her notes slipped in-between the pages. As people are beginning to put their lives back together, Louise uncovers the secrets that her mother has been guarding all these years…
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15 · ISBN 9780007597925
The Moment Claire Dyer
Twenty-five years apart. One day to decide the future. Paddington station, nine a.m. Time suddenly stands still for two people: Fern and Elliott, ex-lovers who parted twenty-five years before and never expected to see each other again. But here they are, face to face, and the connection is as powerful as it was the day they first met. As their emotions go round in circles, counting down the minutes to eight p.m. – and the moment the future is in their hands.
SOP: LAMPA10
“ Beautifully written, with perfect form and pace. Fern and Elliott’s vivid emotional journey will stay with me.” HILARY BOYD
NARRATED BY: Anne Dover · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471279669
Keane’s Challenge Iain Gale
“ Richard Sharpe would be delighted to have Keane on his side.” BERNARD CORNWELL
Keane’s Challenge draws a fascinating picture of a disparate group of men brought together in a Peninsular War adventure. The Iberian Peninsula, 1809. Wellington needs information. French troops led by one of Napoleon’s best generals are massing on the border. That’s where Captain Keane and his company of reformed scouting officers come in. But it soon becomes apparent that someone in Wellington’s headquarters is a spy for the French and Keane’s enemies are quick to point the finger. Keane must defend his crew against their accusers – or root out the traitor himself.
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY: David Timson · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471279652
Return to Fourwinds Elisabeth Gifford
One house. Two families. A lifetime of secrets. At Fourwinds they gather: Alice and Ralph, Patricia and Peter, to celebrate the marriage of their children. But the bride is nowhere to be seen. As both families are drawn together, the past floods through the corridors of the old house. What secret has Ralph been keeping from his wife? What is it about Alice’s wartime encounter with Peter that has haunted her ever since? And what caused Sarah to vanish without a word?
SOP: LAMPA10
“ Gifford moves nimbly between the centuries and voices of her intriguing tale. She is a singular and poetic writer.” RHIDIAN BROOK
NARRATED BY: Nathaniel Tapley · Romance · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471279645
The King of Diamonds Simon Tolkien
“ Compulsively readable. Crafted with cunning and imbued with menace.” RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH
Simon Tolkien has once again written a gripping and nuanced thriller laced with historical detail and treachery. David Swain is two years into his life sentence for murdering the lover of his ex-girlfriend, Katya Osman. In the dead of night, he escapes from prison. Hours later, Katya is found murdered. Inspector Trave heads the manhunt and Swain is recaptured. A guilty verdict seems guaranteed. But suddenly the investigation takes an unexpected turn, convinced that they have arrested the wrong man, Trave must risk everything he holds dear to bring his unlikely target to justice.
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Leighton Pugh · Crime · DURATION: 14.5 · ISBN 9780007584765
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Chestnut Street Maeve Binchy
Another insightful and thought-provoking collection of stories, from bestseller Maeve Binchy.
“ The author gives us one last extraordinary look at ordinary people as they struggle with family relationships, romances gone awry, and the possibility for a better future.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Just round the corner from St Jarlath’s Crescent is Chestnut Street. Here, the lives of the residents are revealed in Maeve Binchy’s wonderfully compelling tales: Bucket Maguire, the window cleaner, must do more than he bargained for to protect his son. Nessa Byrne, whose aunt comes to visit from America for six weeks every summer. Lilian, the generous girl with a big heart, and the fiancé not everyone approves of. And Melly, whose gossip about the neighbours leads to trouble.
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Kate Binchy · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471280795
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Laurie Graham
Perhaps there is one great love in everyone’s life. For Ducky, hers was a Romanov, a member of the doomed Russian monarchy. Princess Victoria Melita, or Ducky, daughter of Prince Alfred, Queen Victoria’s second son, is confined in an unhappy marriage and desperate for a new life. She begins an adventure that leads her far beyond England’s bounds, from Malta to the French Rivera, Finland and St Petersburg.
SOP: LAMPA5
“ Through love and loss, hardship and hope, Laurie Graham has once again created a tour de force where nothing is quite as it seems, with characters that breathe life and energy, which will have you laughing and crying in equal measure.” DAILY MAIL ON THE LIAR’S DAUGHTER
NARRATED BY: Juanita McMahon · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471280801
The Emperor Waltz Philip Hensher
“ Hensher is gifted with a great virtuosity and a relentless intelligence.” GUARDIAN
The new novel from Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip Hensher – his most ambitious and daring yet. In a third-century desert settlement on the fringes of the Roman Empire, a new wife becomes fascinated by a cult being persecuted by the Emperor Diocletian. In 1922, Christian, a young artist, travels to Weimar to begin his studies at the Bauhaus. And in 1970s London, Duncan uses his inheritance to establish the country’s first gay bookshop, whatever the neighbours think and despite persecution from the police.
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 22 · ISBN 9780007581733
Don’t Look Back Gregg Hurwitz
“ Thriller writing at its best.” TESS GERRITSEN
Don’t Look Back is the brilliant new thriller from bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz. After the breakup of her marriage, Evie takes the holiday of a lifetime: a few weeks of hiking, rafting and jungle adventure at an eco-lodge in Mexico. But nothing is quite what it seems. There are secrets hidden that can’t be allowed to leave their jungle hiding place. If she is ever to see her son again, Evie will be forced to find reserves of strength, courage and ingenuity she never dreamt existed.
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Laurel Lefkow · Thriller · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471280818
Doc Martin: Mistletoe and Whine Sam North
Meet the ultimate Scrooge… Doc Martin’s idea of a perfect Christmas Day is to remain steadfastly alone and catch up with back issues of The Lancet. However, Portwenn is fighting off the cold and frost with a period of determined revelry before it heads into its deep winter sleep, and his patients are even more exasperating than usual. It will take all of Doc Martin’s willpower to fend off the attentions of the Christmas spirit…
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Mark Meadows · Humorous · DURATION: 8.25 · ISBN 9781471280771
Master of War David Gilman
“ I see flashes of brilliance that surpass Bernard Cornwell.” THE BOOKBAG
A major new historical series, centring on the bloodiest conflict in medieval history. England, 1346. For Thomas Blackstone the choice is easy – dance on the end of a rope for a murder he did not commit, or join the king’s invasion. As he fights his way across northern France, Blackstone learns the brutal lessons of war. Vastly outnumbered, Edward III’s army will finally confront the armoured might of the French nobility on the field of Crécy. It is a battle that will change the history of warfare.
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Daniel Philpott · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 18.75 · ISBN 9781471280832
The Repercussions Catherine Hall
“ Gripping reality of war, as well as race, guilt, love and loss.” THE TIMES
The Repercussions is Catherine Hall’s most ambitious novel to date: a sweeping narrative dealing with the psychological and emotional reality of war. When war photographer Jo returns from her latest assignment in Afghanistan and moves into the Brighton flat she’s just inherited, she hopes to restore equilibrium to her chaotic life. But images and events of her recent past and the reading of her great-grandmother Elizabeth’s diary haunt her night and day, forcing Jo to come to terms with demons she thought she could leave behind.
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.25 · ISBN 9781471280825
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Exit the Thief Danny Miller
Cannes 1966 – and Vince is on the Riviera mixing with movie stars, drug barons and assassins alike. When Vince Treadwell spots a famous jewel thief in Soho one night and the next day reads about a daring robbery at the Ritz, he takes it upon himself to investigate the case as the missing jewels belong to the beautiful French movie star Capucine, with whom Vince is smitten. But it soon leads to murder – and he is the chief suspect…
SOP: LAMPA10
“ [A] hugely atmospheric and violent tale.” TELEGRAPH ON THE GILDED EDGE
NARRATED BY: Peter Noble · Crime · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471280849
Gwendolen Diana Souhami
“I was winning until I met your gaze…” Gambling at the roulette tables, Gwendolen Harleth glances up to meet Daniel Deronda’s arresting stare. Thirty years on, the flawed heroine and true protagonist of Eliot’s last great novel writes her confessional. The egotism, naiveté and sensitivity of her youth is evoked with bittersweet wisdom; a passionate remembrance of the events leading up to the marriage that broke her spirit, and the loss of the man who broke her heart.
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Laura Kirman · Literature · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471280856
The Poppy Factory Liz Trenow
A captivating story of two young women, bound together by the tragedy of two very different wars.
“ A novel about the human spirit – Liz Trenow paints with able prose a picture of the prejudices that bind us and the love that sets us free… splendid.” PAM JENOFF, AUTHOR OF THE KOMMANDANT’S GIRL
Rose is looking forward to welcoming home her beloved husband, Alfie, from the battlefields. But his return is not what Rose had expected. Traumatised by what he has seen, the Alfie who comes home is a different man. Many years later, Jess returns from her final tour of Afghanistan, haunted by nightmares and wondering if her life will ever be the same again. Can comfort come through her great-grandmother Rose’s diaries?
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Maggie Mash · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9780008103798
MARCH
The Things I’d Miss Andrew Clover
“ Heartstopping, and genuinely instructive about love.” GILES COREN
If you could change your past, would you? Lucy is married, she has children, but she is haunted by the feeling that somewhere along the line her life’s gone wrong. One cross, hectic day, she has a car crash, and when she wakes, she is eighteen again and lying beside the man she’s always loved – the one she never kissed. She wants to do it now. She thinks she’s in control. But she’s not, and she has far more to lose than she realised.
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Helen Duff · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471283871
Flesh and Blood Patricia Cornwell
“ Cornwell’s books run on high octane fuel, a cocktail of adrenalin and fear.” CLOSER
Patricia Cornwell delivers the next enthralling thriller in her high-stakes series starring Kay Scarpetta. The master forensic sleuth finds herself in the middle of a nightmarish pursuit of a serial sniper who seems to leave no evidence except fragments of copper. The shots are so perfect, they cause instant death and seem impossible. First New Jersey, then Massachusetts, and then into the murky depths off the coast of South Florida. There she must face an unthinkable truth that points in the direction of her techno genius niece, Lucy, Scarpetta’s own flesh and blood.
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Lorelei King · Crime · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780007596324
Crooked Heart Lissa Evans
Lissa Evans’s novels have been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Costa Book Awards. When Noel Bostock – aged ten, no family – is evacuated from London to escape the Blitz, he ends up living in St Albans with Vera Sedge. The war’s thrown up new opportunities for making money but on her own, she’s a disaster. With Noel, she’s a team.
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Jo Unwin · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471283864
“ The best novel I have read in the last five years… I couldn’t love it more.” INDIA KNIGHT
Playaway
Adele Geras
Eva Conway has spent a lifetime hiding from a ghost in the mirror… Eva was once a legendary fashion designer. Now widowed, she lives with her family in Salix House. Megan is a journalist working in London who interviewed Eva for a magazine. Torn apart by the brutal end of a love affair, Megan is drawn back to Salix House and Eva. Both are hiding something, but perhaps together they can confront their fears and discover the truth of Salix House’s secrets.
SOP: LAMPA5
“ Wonderfully evocative… a not-to-be-missed treat.” PENNY VINCENZI ON FACING THE LIGHT
NARRATED BY: Alex Tregear · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471274824
The Hundred-Foot Journey Richard C. Morais
Now a major motion picture starring Helen Mirren and Om Puri.
“ Don’t read this book if you’re hungry. You might eat it.” SIMON BEAUFOY, OSCAR AWARD WINNING SCREENWRITER OF SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Hassan Haji, a boy from Mumbai, embarks, along with his boisterous family, on a picaresque journey first to London and then across Europe, before they ultimately open a restaurant opposite a famous chef, Madame Mallory, in the remote French village of Lumiere. A culinary war ensues, pitting Hassan’s Mumbai-toughened father against the imperious Michelin-starred cordon bleu, until Madame Mallory realizes that Hassan is a cook with natural talents far superior to her own.
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Sartaj Garewal · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471283857
Funeral In Berlin Len Deighton
“ A master of fictional espionage.” DAILY MAIL
A ferociously cool Cold War thriller from the author of The Ipcress Files. In Berlin, where neither side of the wall is safe, Colonel Stok of Red Army Security is prepared to sell an important Russian scientist to the West – for a price. British intelligence are willing to pay, providing their own top secret agent acts as gobetween. It soon becomes apparent that behind an elaborate facade lies a deadly game in which the blood-stained legacy of Nazi Germany is enmeshed in the intricate moves of cold war espionage…
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY: James Lailey · Crime · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9780007566037
Tales of a Tiller Girl Irene Holland
A heart-warming nostalgic memoir from a member of the world famous dance troupe. This is the story of a little girl who loved to dance. Growing up in London in the 1930s, dancing was so much more to Irene than just a hobby. It was her escape away from the horrors of World War Two, from the grief of losing her father and missing her mother who she didn’t see for three years. And far away from her cold-hearted grandparents who treated her like an inconvenience.
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Kate Lee · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9780008114671
Spitfire Girl
Jackie Moggridge “We had returned to a different world. We had taken off in peace at nine-thirty and landed in war at noon.” Jackie Moggridge was just nineteen when World War Two broke out. Determined to do her bit, she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary. Ferrying aircraft from factory to frontline was dangerous work, but there was also fun, friendship and even love in the air. At last the world was opening up to women… or at least it seemed to be. From her first flight at fifteen to smuggling Spitfires into Burma, Jackie describes the trials and tribulations, successes and frustrations of her life in the sky.
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Jilly Bond · History · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9781471283888
Christmas For One Amanda Prowse
“ A modern day love story.” DAILY MAIL
A wonderful, warm festive treat from a bestselling author, Amanda Prowse. Single mother Meg is determined to give her four year old son a Christmas he’ll never forget. As a child in foster care, Meg always dreamed of her perfect Christmas, now she can finally make it come true. But a chance meeting with a handsome stranger in New York unravels everything she’s planned. Will Meg finally get the Christmas she deserves? Or will she be alone this Christmas after all?
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Antonia Beamish · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471283895
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The Art of Baking Blind Sarah Vaughan
There are many reasons to bake: to feed; to create; to impress; to nourish; to defi ne ourselves; and, sometimes, it has to be said, to perfect.
“ Delicious… friendship, rivalry and exposed secrets, gorgeously told.” ELLE
In 1966, Kathleen Eaden, cookery writer and wife of a supermarket magnate, published The Art of Baking, her guide to nurturing a family by creating the most exquisite pastries, biscuits and cakes. Now, five amateur bakers are competing to become the new ‘Mrs Eaden.’ As unlikely alliances are forged and secrets rise to the surface, making the choicest choux bun seems the least of the contestants’ problems.
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471283901
JANUARY
The Honeymoon Hotel Hester Browne
“ Hester Browne writes with such wit and polish. I love it.” SOPHIE KINSELLA
From the bestselling author Hester Browne comes another glamorous romance. The Bonneville Hotel, Mayfair, used to host movie stars but recent years haven’t been kind. However, thanks to the organisational genius of Rosie Macmillan, Events Manager, it’s reclaiming some of its former glory. While Rosie’s weddings are the ultimate in romance, Rosie herself isn’t. Her focus is fixed firmly on the details. But when Rosie is forced to collaborate with the Bonneville heir, Joe, her career and her love life are turned upside down.
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NARRATED BY: Jessica Anne Ball · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471279492
The Lily and the Lion Maurice Druon
“This was the original game of thrones.” george r.r. martin Robert of Artois, the kingmaker, and his aunt, Mahaut, involve Phillipe VI of France in their vicious, no-holds-barred power struggle. Mahaut dies and Robert is banished. He travels to England where he inspires the new king, Edward III, to start the Hundred Years’ War. Meanwhile the sorceress Beatrice, Jeanne the Lame, and the mysterious La Divion come forward to play their sinister parts in this tale of conspiracy and murder.
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“ Blood-curdling tale of intrigue, murder, corruption and sexual passion.” SUNDAY TIMES
NARRATED BY: Peter Joyce · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9780007565252
The Sandman Lars Kepler
The No.1 Swedish thriller by the author of The Fire Witness. During a cold winter night in Stockholm a young man is found walking alongside a railway bridge. The hospital declares that he is suffering from hypothermia and legionella. They also discover a death certificate stating that the man has been dead for over seven years. Where has this man been during all these years? Thanks to an unexpected testimony this intriguing case is reopened.
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“ Taking Europe by storm… ferocious, visceral storytelling that wraps you in a cloak of darkness.” DAILY MAIL
NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Thriller · DURATION: 14.5 · ISBN 9780007566808
Beautiful Ever After Katie Piper
Katie Piper’s extraordinary story of strength and recovery, since an acid attack changed her life forever, has captivated Britain. Katie tells the remarkable story of what’s happened in the years since she bravely left the safety of her parents’ home. She reveals the genuine fears she continues to overcome behind closed doors, and the realities, both physical and emotional, of her ongoing, painful recovery. Her story is still dark at times, but it will also delight and surprise; she has found her Prince Charming, and Katie reveals both the wonder and anxiety of becoming a mother.
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NARRATED BY: Sally Orrock · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9781471279522
Playaway
Katy Regan
There is no story of me without the story of you… I want to explain it all to you. How that summer – the summer I was 16 – made me the person I am today. I want to share my memories with you: the happy memories are like sunbursts, sparkling on the sea. But then, like a current dragging me under, there’s that summer of 1997. The summer my life exploded. The summer you came into my life. And so this is the story of you.
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“ Katy Regan is a brilliant writer and this tale is another belter.” SUN
NARRATED BY: Mel Hudson · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007581771
No Mercy John Burley
No Mercy is a harrowing tale of suspense, brutal murder and the dark secrets that lie beneath the surface of a placid, tight-knit town.
“ It’s become a cliché to say you read a book in one sitting, and it’s not true here. I had to get up in the middle of No Mercy for a drink to calm my nerves.” LINWOOD BARCLAY
The peaceful town of Wintersville is a place where neighbours feel like family. But when a teenager is discovered murdered in the woods, it becomes clear that a psychopath is roaming the streets. Dr Ben Stevenson, the town’s medical examiner becomes entangled in the hunt for the murderer. But as Ben uncovers the secrets of his community, he confronts a truth that will put those he loves in danger.
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NARRATED BY: Peter Brooke · Crime · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007598960
Good Girls Don’t Die Isabelle Grey
You’d know if someone close to you was capable of lethal violence, right? Dead wrong.
“ Isabelle Grey is good at ratcheting up tension… well-crafted… the subject matter is fascinating.” DAILY MAIL
Grace Fisher, working as part of the Major Investigation Team in Essex, is on a new case. A student is missing, last seen at a popular bar. When a second student, also out drinking, is murdered and left grotesquely posed, the case becomes headline news. Someone is leaking disturbing details to a tabloid crime reporter. Is it the killer? Or a detective close to the case?
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NARRATED BY: Melody Grove · Crime · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471279546
A Girl Called Summer Lucy Lord
Island life is just one step away… Bella and Andy have escaped the rat race for a relaxed lifestyle on the island of Ibiza. But with a run-down house and a distractingly gorgeous neighbour, is their island idyll all that it seems? Summer Larsson has always known Ibiza as home. But in Bella, she’s found the friend she always needed, and when Bella’s glamorous Hollywood friends come to visit, it looks like she might have found true love as well…
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“ The perfect read.” HEAT
NARRATED BY: Penny MacDonald · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780007598922
Cut Dead Mark Sennen
DI Charlotte Savage is back, chasing a killer who they presumed dead… now he’s back and more dangerous than ever. When three headless bodies are found in a pit, the bodies bear the hallmarks of a killer who was never caught, last at large ten years ago. Could this be a copycat or has the killer resurfaced? With a steady stream of bodies arriving at the morgue, DI Savage is up against it to find the killer. The past has caught up with them. And so has he…
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“ A nail-biting thriller that will keep your pulse racing all the way to the explosive climax.” ALEX KAVA
NARRATED BY: Stevie Lacey · Crime · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9780007575268
Tiger Milk
Stefanie de Velasco
“ A major debut full of strength, pain and love.” EXPRESS
An explosive story of love, death, rebellion and an extraordinary friendship, Tiger Milk is a novel to define a generation. Nini and Jameelah are fourteen. They don’t want to grow up. As the summer holidays stretch out before them, Berlin becomes their playground. At night they descend on the red light district, impersonating the prostitutes there in order to practice for their first time, giggling to each other, tipsy on Tiger Milk. But then, one night, Nini and Jameelah witness a crime that threatens to ruin everything.
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NARRATED BY: Sarah Feathers · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9781471279560
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The Year I Met You Cecelia Ahern
A thoughtful, captivating and uplifting novel from this uniquely talented author.
“ Brilliantly vivid characters and a story to fall in love with; one of our favourite Cecelia Ahern novels yet.” HEAT
Jasmine knows two things: one, she loves her vulnerable sister unconditionally. Two, she’s only ever been good at one thing – her job. So when she’s sacked, Jasmine realises that she has nothing to fill her life. She finds herself watching the antics of her neighbour, Matt. Jasmine has every reason to dislike Matt. But not everything is as it seems, and soon Jasmine and Matt are forced to think again…
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NARRATED BY: Remie Purtill-Clarke · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9780007567294
The Death Trade Jack Higgins
The hunt is on, in the mesmerizing new Sean Dillon thriller. The world’s most dangerous man has escaped – and it’s up to Sean Dillon to find him, before he falls into the hands of al Qaeda. When Iran’s head of nuclear weapons programme absconds he is hunted by everyone: the Iranians, al Qaeda and Sean Dillon’s team of specialists. It quickly becomes a must-win race. Because what the scientist knows could be used to save lives, or bring about the end of all life.
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“ Open a Jack Higgins novel and you’ll encounter a master craftsman at the peak of his powers… first-rate tales of intrigue, suspense and fullon action.” SUNDAY EXPRESS
NARRATED BY: Nigel Carrington · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9780007581498
Homeland: Saul’s Game Andrew Kaplan
“ One of the smartest, swiftest and most compelling spy novels I’ve read in years.” HARLAN COBEN
The second, edge-of-your-seat prequel novel based on the hit series, Homeland. Damascus, Syria, 2009. Carrie Mathison is leading an operation to capture al Qaeda terrorist, Abu Nazir. But arriving at the compound where he was supposed to be in hiding, they find it empty. Carrie is sure that someone is leaking CIA information to the enemy. To expose the double agent, her boss, Saul Berenson, devises an elaborate ruse that will send her on the most dangerous mission of her life.
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NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Thriller · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780007595655
Trust in Me Sophie McKenzie
Sophie McKenzie follows her bestselling first novel for adults, Close My Eyes, with another gripping psychological thriller.
“ Close My Eyes is 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
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.
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NARRATED BY: Clare Corbett · Thriller · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471266027
One Step Closer to You Alice Peterson
A heart-warming and touching novel, this is Alice Peterson at her emotional and uplifting best.
“ This poignant story about love, grief and forgiveness is wonderfully touching.” CLOSER
After Polly ends her relationship with the father of her young son, Louis, she is determined to move on. She wants to focus on her job, her friends and being a good mum. Then Polly meets Ben. Ben is guardian of his niece, Emily. Their friendship is unexpected, with Polly teaching Ben how to plait Emily’s hair, and Ben playing football with Louis. But when Louis’s dad reappears, all Polly’s mistakes come back to haunt her…
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NARRATED BY: Laura Kirman · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471280733
Not That Kind of Girl Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham displays her unique powers of observation, wisdom and humour in this exceptional collection of essays.
“ There has never been anyone like Lena Dunham – running a massive, pop-culture phenomenon, on her own, at the age of 26. To a generation of girls, she is the thing. The very thing. The absolute thing.”
“If I can take what I’ve learned in this life and make one treacherous relationship or CAITLIN MORAN FOR THE TIMES degrading job easier for you, perhaps even prevent you from becoming temporarily vegan, then every misstep of mine will have been worthwhile. This book contains stories about wonderful nights with terrible boys and terrible days with wonderful friends, about ambition and the two existential crises I had before the age of twenty.”
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NARRATED BY: Lena Dunham · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007597031
Playaway
Phillip Hunter
She died for him. Now he will kill for her… Ex-boxer and ex-paratrooper Joe once had meaning in his life. Then he lost everything, and now he is a hit-man for London’s most vicious criminals. Brenda was the only woman who ever loved him. The only woman who believed he could escape the underworld. She died protecting others; now Joe wants revenge on her killers. With nothing left to lose, Joe prepares for the fight of his life…
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To Kill For
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NARRATED BY: Joe Absolom · Thriller · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9781471280740
Trophy
Steffen Jacobsen Two hours to get away, 22 more to survive. Security consultant and private investigator Michael Sander is tasked with the investigation of a video that seems to show two people being hunted to their deaths. His job is to find out who they are, and why they were murdered. But this isn’t just another case, and these deaths are only one piece of the puzzle. This time Michael is investigating the darkest reaches of humanity, uncovering crimes that reach further than he ever imagined.
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NARRATED BY: Andrew Wincott · Crime · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9781471280764
Closed For Winter Jørn Lier Horst
Closed for Winter was the winner of the Norwegian Booksellers Prize. The summer cottages are closed and peace is settling over the coast of Vestfold, but the autumn fog conceals evil deeds. Ove Bakkerud’s cottage is ransacked by burglars, and next door he discovers the body of a man who has been beaten to death. Police Inspector William Wisting is uneasy; the desperation he sees in this latest murder is troubling. Meanwhile, dead birds are dropping from the sky.
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“ The writer’s career as a police chief has supplied a key ingredient for the crime fiction form: credibility.” BARRY FORSHAW
NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Crime · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471280757
The Blooding James McGee
An action-packed historical thriller, perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell.
“ Rumbustious… a darkly attractive hero, terrific period atmosphere and action.” THE TIMES
1812: Matthew Hawkwood is stranded in America, behind enemy lines. Heading for the safety of the Canadian border, Hawkwood’s route gives him a chance sighting of former comrade Major Douglas Lawrence – within a consignment of British prisoners. As they make their escape they uncover a plot to invade Canada. Pursued by a relentless enemy, Hawkwood and Lawrence set off across the snow-bound Adirondack Mountains; the land the Iroquois call ‘The Hunting Grounds.’ But they are not alone.
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NARRATED BY: David Timson · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 17.5 · ISBN 9780007566587
Alex Barclay
“ Gripping, stylish, convincing.” SUNDAY TIMES
The past has a way of echoing down the years and finding its way into the present. Special Agent Ren Bryce discovers the body of a woman in an abandoned car. But the more she uncovers about the victim’s last movements, the more questions are raised. Why was Laura Flynn driving towards a ranch for troubled teens? And what did she know about a case from fifty years ago, which her death dramatically reopens? A picture begins to emerge of a family determined to hide some very dark secrets, whatever the cost.
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NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Crime · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780007567201
The Second Deadly Sin Åsa Larsson
“A superior example of Scandinavian Noir.” sunday telegraph At the end of a bear hunt across the wilderness of Northern Sweden, the successful hunters are shaken by a grisly discovery. Across in Kurravaara, a woman is murdered with frenzied brutality: crude abuse scrawled above her bloodied bed, her young grandson nowhere to be found. Dropped from the case thanks to a jealous rival, Rebecka Martinsson stands alone against a killer, spawned by a horrifying crime that festers after one hundred years on ice.
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NARRATED BY: Gabrielle Glaister · Crime · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471283819
“ Among the current batch of Nordic writers, the new Larsson is one to be followed with the most minute attention.” BARRY FORSHAW FOR INDEPENDENT
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The Alchemist’s Secret Scott Mariani
Discover the secrets of immortality – if you don’t die first… Ben Hope, a former elite member of the SAS, now devotes his time to finding kidnapped children. When Ben is approached by a businessman to trace an ancient manuscript whose secret could save a dying girl, he teams up with beautiful American scientist Dr Roberta Ryder to crack the code. The trail leads Ben and Roberta to ancient Languedoc, where an astonishing secret has hidden for centuries…
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“ Deadly conspiracies, bonecrunching action and a tormented hero with a heart… Scott Mariani packs a real punch.” ANDY M C DERMOTT
NARRATED BY: William Rycroft · Thriller · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9780008115647
Emma
Alexander McCall Smith
“ The Austen Project is a breathtaking tribute to Jane Austen.” WASHINGTON POST
Beloved and bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith lends his delightful touch to the Austen classic, Emma. Fresh from university, Emma Woodhouse arrives home eager to get her fledging design business off the ground. At the helm of her own dinner parties and instructing her new protégée, Harriet Smith, Emma reigns supreme in Highbury. But there is one person capable of crushing Emma’s confidence, her inscrutable neighbour George Knightly. But for a young woman who knows everything, Emma has a lot to learn about herself.
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NARRATED BY: Georgina Terry · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9780007596126
Beautiful You Chuck Palahniuk
The new novel from the author of Fight Club. Penny Harrigan is a low-level associate in a law firm with no love life. So it comes as a shock when she’s invited to dinner by C. Linus Maxwell, a mega-billionaire. After dinner, he whisks Penny off to a hotel suite in Paris where Penny discovers that she is a test subject for the development of new sex toys. So effective are these devices that women lock themselves in their room and stop coming out…
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“ Palahniuk continues to push limits… his cheeky wit is at its best in this grotesque novel.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
NARRATED BY: Carol Monda · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9781471283802
Working Girls Maureen Carter
Working Girls is the first in Maureen Carter’s series of acclaimed Bev Morriss Mysteries.
“ A hard-hitting debut… fast moving with a well-realised character in Detective Sergeant Bev Morriss. I’ll look forward to her next appearance.” MYSTERY LOVERS
Schoolgirl prostitute Michelle Lucas died in agony, utterly alone. The sight breaks the heart of Sergeant Bev Morriss. Plunging herself into the seedy heart of Birmingham’s vice-land she struggles to infiltrate the deadly jungle of hookers, evil pimps and violent johns. When a second victim dies, Bev knows time is running out. If she is to win the trust of the working girls – she has to take the biggest, most dangerous, gamble of her life… out on the streets.
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NARRATED BY: Frances Barber · Crime · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471283918
Not My Father’s Son Alan Cumming
“This is a beautiful book – sad, funny, haunting, surprising, suspenseful, gut-wrenching, endearing. It will linger inside of you long after you turn the final page.” harlan coben Alan Cumming’s father Alex was a man who held his family hostage, who meted out violence with a frightening ease. Alex was the dark, enigmatic heart of Cumming family life. But he was not the only mystery. Alan’s maternal grandfather, Tommy Darling, had disappeared to the Far East after the Second World War. Curious to explore this mystery, Alan committed to filming an episode of the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? Then out of the blue, his father called. He had a secret he had to share.
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NARRATED BY: Alan Cumming · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 6.5 · ISBN 9781471283826
The School Gate Survival Guide Kerry Fisher
If only it were the kids who had the tantrums… Feisty Maia Etxeleku is a cleaner for ladies who lunch. She spends her life wiping up spilt Sauvignon and hoovering around handbags before rushing back home to her children. But an unusual inheritance catapults her into a different world. As she blunders through a middle class minefield, she is drawn to the one man who can help her family fit in. But will her modern My Fair Lady experiment end in disaster?
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NARRATED BY: Sally Orrock · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9780008104238
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MARCH
The Arc of the Swallow Sissel-Jo Gazan
A hunter after truth will be hunted as prey… When Professor Kristian Storm is found hanged in his office, his assistant Marie Skov refuses to believe that it is suicide. Having just returned from West Africa, the late scientist had uncovered a shocking truth about immunology programmes in the developing world. While Marie grapples with Storm’s disputed legacy, Søren Marhauge leads them both beyond legal boundaries and behind the scenes of the cut-throat pharmaceutical industry.
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NARRATED BY: Kristin Milward · Crime · DURATION: 17.75 · ISBN 9781471283833
Second Watch J. A. Jance
A suspenseful mystery from bestselling author J. A. Jance. J. P. Beaumont is finally taking some time off to have knee-replacement surgery. But a series of dreams takes him back to his early days on the force, and then even earlier, to his days in Vietnam. Are they just drug-induced hallucinations? Beaumont isn’t so sure. When tugging on those threads from long ago leads to present-day murders, Beau’s suspicions are confirmed. Some bodies from the second watch just won’t stay buried.
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“ Jance beautifully evokes the desert and towns of her beloved southwest as well as the strong individuals who live there.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
NARRATED BY: J.R.Horne · Crime · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9780008104030
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