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Dear Librarian, Welcome to our new digital collection, full of beloved authors and hot bestsellers!

In our Multicap Standing Order Plans you’ll find the number one smash Us by David Nicholls. The Independent called it “a perfect book.” For crime fans, The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid introduces a brilliant new detective and weaves a chilling tale of love, retribution and the atrocities in 1990s Yugoslavia. Research by Philip Kerr and Before We Met by Lucie Whitehouse will also keep listeners on the edge of their seats.

In Lamplight we have Chestnut Street, a wonderful collection of stories and the last work by Maeve Binchy. The return of forensic sleuth Kay Scarpetta in Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell, and the memoir Recipe For Life by baking guru Mary Berry are also sure to be a hit with borrowers. The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah is the new Hercule Poirot mystery, published to great acclaim and backed by the Agatha Christie Estate.

In our One User Plans you’ll find The Year I Met You by Cecelia Ahern – a thoughtful, captivating and uplifting new novel from this uniquely talented author. And Emma by Alexander McCall Smith is part of the ‘Austen Project’, a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s classic novels by some of our best-loved authors. Great comfort reads for long winter nights! Our One User Plans also include brilliant new bestsellers from Raymond E. Feist, Mark Lawrence and Lars Kepler.

In Nudged we have plenty to keep kids entertained – look out for Awful Auntie, the hilarious new book written and narrated by David Walliams. Goth Girl has captured children’s imaginations – you can also listen to Ada Goths’s adventures in Ghost of a Mouse.

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

Best wishes, The Editor

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Multicap Designed to meet true demand, our simultaneous multi-access Multicap SOPs include a mixture of bestselling and award-winning titles from across our imprints. This quarter includes authors such as Martin Amis, Ali Smith and David Nicholls

Martin Amis

From one of England’s most renowned authors, comes an unforgettable new novel.

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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MAIL ON SUNDAY

NARRATED BY: Sean Barratt · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471280283

The Girl Who Couldn’t Read 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.

New England, 1890. Doctor John Shepherd arrives at a women’s mental hospital to begin work as an 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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“ An electrifying writer who likes to shock his fans and share his sharply contemporary concerns…

Amis is a maddening master you need to read – the best of his generation.”

NARRATED BY: William Roberts · Horror · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471280313

“ 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

“ Imagine Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw reworked by Edgar Allan Poe… nothing prepares you for the chillingly ruthless but inevitable finale.”

THE TIMES ON FLORENCE AND GILES

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The Italian Girl 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…

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“ Atmospheric, heartrending and multilayered.”

GRAZIA ON THE GIRL ON THE CLIFF

NARRATED BY: Eva Alexander · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15.5 · ISBN 9781471280290

More Than You Can Say Paul Torday

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.

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“ A high-octane and lifeaffirming adventure.”

DAILY EXPRESS

“ Paul Torday is a remarkably original novelist.”

EVENING STANDARD

NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471280306

Fall From Grace Tim Weaver

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.

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NARRATED BY: Ben Allen · Thriller · DURATION: 17 · ISBN 9781471280276

“ Weaver’s books get better each time – tense, complex, sometimes horrific, written with flair as well as care.”

GUARDIAN ON NEVER COMING BACK

“ Weaver has delivered another cracking crime thriller.”

DAILY MAIL ON NEVER COMING BACK

The Story of Us Dani Atkins

From the bestselling author of Fractured, comes another fascinating romance.

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?

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NARRATED BY: Emma Gregory · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471280320

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

SUN

“ Definitely makes the list of my top reads of 2013.”

COSMO ON FRACTURED

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Monsoon Mists 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.

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NARRATED BY: Cathleen McCarron · Romance · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471280344

Death Will Have Your Eyes James Sallis

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 catand-mouse game played out across the American landscape.

“ Sallis is a superb writer and this is his best novel yet!”

MICHAEL MOORCOCK

“ Vivid and strange, with prose like blown glass…

I was enthralled.”

JONATHAN LETHEM, AUTHOR OF MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN

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NARRATED BY: William Roberts · Thriller · DURATION: 5 · ISBN 9781471280337

Black Dog Summer Miranda Sherry

An exciting debut novel from South African author Miranda Sherry.

Yesterday, Sally was living in an idyllic South African farmstead with her teenage daughter Gigi. Now Sally is dead, murdered, and Gigi is alone. But Sally lingers unseen in her daughter’s shadow. When Gigi moves in with her aunt, Sally comes too. Then Gigi’s cousin develops an obsession with African black magic. Now Sally must find a way to stop her daughter from making a mistake that will destroy the lives of everyone.

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NARRATED BY: Jilly Bond · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471280368

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.

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 famine-stricken Niger for Oxfam.

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NARRATED BY: Chris Stewart · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9781471280351

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“ When an author is as modest and humorous as this, his story cannot be told too often.”

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Missing You 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. With lives on the line, including her own, Kat must venture deeper into the darkness than she ever has before, and discover if she has the strength to survive there.

“ 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

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NARRATED BY: Kerry Shale · Thriller · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471282645

Research Philip Kerr

Another outstanding novel from the international bestselling author, Philip Kerr.

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.

First there’s the police. If he’s innocent, why did he flee? Then again, maybe he was set up by one of his enemies. The scenario reads like the plot of one of Houston’s million-copy-selling thrillers…

“ A high-concept novel tackled in unabashed fashion.”

INDEPENDENT

“ A cracking thriller… the story unfolds at a white-knuckle pace with a sense of the unknown that is genuinely disturbing.”

THE TIMES

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NARRATED BY: Nigel Carrington · Crime · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471282652

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher Hilary Mantel

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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DAILY MAIL

“ Succeeds brilliantly in every particle… it’s an imaginative achievement to exhaust superlatives.”

SPECTATOR

NARRATED BY: Jane Carr · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 4.5 · ISBN 9781471282638

The Bone Clocks David Mitchell

The new title from the author of Cloud Atlas: a kaleidoscopic mixture of metaphysical thriller and profound meditation on mortality and survival 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.

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“ Simply exceptional … I envy anyone who hasn’t yet read it.”

NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Literature · DURATION: 24.5 · ISBN 9781471282621

“ 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

“ The most audacious, thrilling and, above all, entertaining young British novelist there is.”

OBSERVER

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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.

“ Smith can make anything happen, which is why she is one of our most exciting writers today.”

DAILY TELEGRAPH

“ Her writing lifts the soul.”

EVENING STANDARD

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NARRATED BY: John Banks · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471282676

The Dark Net Jamie Bartlett

A ground-breaking examination of the darkest corners of the internet.

The Dark Net is not a separate realm, but one that stretches from popular social media sites to the most secretive corners of the deep web. It is a world that is rarely out of the news but one that is little understood – and almost never explored. In The Dark Net, Jamie Bartlett presents a revelatory portrait of the internet’s strangest subcultures: of trolls, drug dealers, hackers and political extremists.

Based on extensive first-hand experience and exclusive interviews The Dark Net offers a startling glimpse of human nature under the conditions of freedom and anonymity.

Jamie Bartlett is the Head of the Violence and Extremism Programme and the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think-tank Demos.

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NARRATED BY: Matt Bates · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 6.5 · ISBN 9781471282713

A Natural History of Dragons Marie Brennan

“You, dear reader, continue at your own risk.”

From Scirland to the farthest reaches of Eriga, Isabella, Lady Trent is known to be the world’s preeminent dragon naturalist. Here at last, in her own words, is the true story of a pioneering spirit who risked her reputation and her prospects to satisfy her scientific curiosity – of how she sought true love and happiness despite her lamentable eccentricities; and how she made the first of many historic discoveries that would change the world forever.

“ A rich and absorbing tale.”

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“ It’s a compelling book, with the authority of a great writer, and it’s the start of what surely will be a wonderful series.”

THE BOOK BAG

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NARRATED BY: Kate Reading · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471282683

The Time of Our Lives 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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NARRATED BY: Alex Tregear · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471282720

“ Funny, sexy and moving – a hilarious holiday romp with a heart.”

SOPHIE KINSELLA

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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.

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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“ A creepily effective thriller, Whitehouse… marshals her creations to an enjoyably nail-biting, spine-tingling denouement.”

OBSERVER

“ A fiendishly spun tissue of lies and charm eventually gives way to a bloody showdown.”

INDEPENDENT

NARRATED BY: Polly Whitehouse · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471282690

New Hope for the Dead Charles Willeford

Following on from Miami Blues, New Hope for the Dead is the second in the Hoke Moseley series.

Sergeant Hoke Moseley is called to investigate the overdose of a young junkie.

But what 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…

“ 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.”

MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI

“ One of the clandestine favourites of crime aficionados.”

THE TIMES

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NARRATED BY: Paul Birchard · Crime · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9781471282706

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The Dead Pass 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.

“ He just seems to get better and better.”

IAN RANKIN

“ Sometimes brutal, often blackly humorous and always terrific.”

OBSERVER

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NARRATED BY: Adam Moore · Crime · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471287138

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Howard Jacobson Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014.

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.

Howard Jacobson won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse award in 2000 for The Mighty Walzer and then again in 2013 for Zoo Time. In 2010 he won the Man Booker Prize for The Finkler Question.

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NARRATED BY: Colin Mace · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471287121

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The Skeleton Road Val McDermid

The Queen of the psychological thriller returns with her latest chilling novel.

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…

“ McDermid remains unrivalled… brilliant.”

OBSERVER ON CROSS AND BURN

Val McDermid was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for 2010, and in 2011 she received the Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award.

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NARRATED BY: Cathleen McCarron · Crime · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471287091

Us

David Nicholls The much-anticipated new novel from David Nicholls, author of the multimillion-copy bestseller, One Day. 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.

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“ 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

NARRATED BY: Justin Salinger · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471287107

Savage Magic Lloyd Shepherd

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?

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“ A joyously, flamboyantly melodramatic scamper.”

GUARDIAN ON THE ENGLISH MONSTER

NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471287145

Sugar and Spice Angela Britnell

The way to a hero’s heart…

Lily Redman is sure of two things: that she knows good food and that she gets what she wants. And she wants to make a success of her new TV show, Celebrity Chef Swap. Back from a stint in Afghanistan, Kenan Rowse is recovering from a messy divorce, and not looking for love. So when he lands a job as Lily’s driver, he’s not too pleased to find they can’t keep their hands off each other!

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NARRATED BY: Antonia Beamish · Romance · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9781471287213

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Watch Me James Carol

Jefferson Winter is back in James Carol’s second thriller featuring the ex-FBI profiler from the bestselling 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?

“ 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

“ Strikingly well-researched and written with a real swagger, it leaves you desperate for more.”

THE MAIL

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NARRATED BY: William Hope · Crime · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471287169

The Surfacing 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.

“ 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

“ The surfacing of love in the face of solitude.”

COLUM M CCANN

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NARRATED BY: Nick McArdle · Literature · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471287190

The Temporary Bride Jennifer Klinec

Moving, fascinating and full of the sights, smells and tastes of Iran, this is a heartwarming tale of love against the odds.

Raised in Canada to Hungarian-Croatian parents, Jennifer Klinec has travelled to countries most people are fearful of, in search of ancient recipes. Her quest leads her to Iran where she is introduced to a local woman who will teach her the secrets of the Persian kitchen. Vahid, her son, is unused to seeing an independent woman. But a compelling attraction pulls them together and pits them against the harsh Iranian laws and customs.

Getting under the skin of one of the most complex and fascinating nations on earth, The Temporary Bride is a soaring story of being loved, being fed, and the struggle to belong.

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NARRATED BY: Laurence Bouvard · Travel & Geography · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9781471287237

The Moon Pool Sophie Littlefield

North Dakota is like nowhere Colleen has ever seen.

Vast rolling plains of silvery snow, studded with shimmering black pools. A landscape both beautiful and terrible. The landscape that swallowed Colleen’s son. Across town another mother searches for her missing boy. He too went missing from the oilfields where he worked. Alone, these two women will never find out the truth. But if they team up, then maybe this freezing wilderness will give them back their sons.

Sophie Littlefield has been nominated for the Edgar, Barry and Macavity awards and has won the Anthony Award.

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NARRATED BY: Laurence Bouvard · Thriller · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471287244

“ Littlefield has a gift for pacing… page-turning action and evocative, harrowing descriptions.”

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One User One User eAudiobooks work just like the physical equivalent, each copy can only be downloaded by one person at a time. Our One User SOPs include a mix of titles from all of our imprints. This quarter features authors such as Alexander McCall Smith, Scott Mariani and Cecelia Ahern.

JANUARY

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.

“ Taking Europe by storm… ferocious, visceral storytelling that wraps you in a cloak of darkness.”

DAILY MAIL

“ Kepler has a direct line to a very dark place in the human soul.”

TIME

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NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Thriller · DURATION: 14.5 · ISBN 9780007566785

Prince of Fools Mark Lawrence

From the critically-acclaimed author of The Broken Empire series comes a brilliant new epic fantasy series, The Red Queen’s War. The Red Queen is old but the kings of the Broken Empire fear her as they fear no other. Her grandson Jalan Kendeth is a coward, a cheat and a womaniser and tenth in line to the throne. While his grandmother shapes the destiny of millions, Prince Jalan pursues his debauched pleasures. Until he gets entangled with Snorri ver Snagason, a huge Norse axe man, and dragged against his will to the icy north.

“ Excellent – on a par with George R. R. Martin.”

CONN IGGULDEN

“ A hard-edged tale of survival and conquest in a brutal medieval world, well told and very compelling.”

TERRY BROOKS

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NARRATED BY: Sean Ohlendorf · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9780007581559

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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 and the Irish bathroom 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.

In a hilarious and touching portrayal of a kindly and misunderstood soul, McCall Smith has created yet another memorable character who will become an instant favourite to his many fans.

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“ 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

NARRATED BY: Steven Crossley · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 4 · ISBN 9781471280047

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage 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. Tsukuru visited his friends in Nagoya and Finland one by one, and uncovers the real reason as to why their relations were broken off.

The new masterpiece – a book that sold more than a million copies the first week it went on sale in Japan – from the internationally-acclaimed author, his first since 1Q84.

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NARRATED BY: Michael Fenton Stevens · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471280054

The Story of You 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.

“ Katy Regan is a brilliant writer and this tale is another belter.”

SUN

“ Beautifully written, this tale absolutely fizzes with energ y, has totally believable characters, convincing dialogue and is funny, moving and memorable.”

SUNDAY MIRROR

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NARRATED BY: Mel Hudson · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007581757

The Royal Succession Maurice Druon

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

Louis X is dead, poisoned, by the hand of Mahaut d’Artois. Her plan is simple – to clear the path to the throne for her son-in-law Philippe. However, there is the small matter of Louis’ wife, Queen Clemence, and her unborn child. As the country is thrown into turmoil, Philippe of Poitiers must use any means necessary to save his country from anarchy. How far would he go to become King in his own right?

“ Barbaric, sensual, teeming with life, based in wide reading and sound scholarship…among the best historical novels.”

TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

The fourth novel in Maurice Druon’s acclaimed historical series based on true events, The Accursed Kings.

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NARRATED BY: Peter Joyce · Modern Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007565276

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Fatty O’Leary’s Dinner Party

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Good Girls Don’t Die Isabelle Grey

You’d know if someone close to you was capable of lethal violence, right? Dead wrong.

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?

“ Isabelle Grey is good at ratcheting up tension… well-crafted… the subject matter is fascinating.”

DAILY MAIL

“ She slackens and tightens tension with perfect timing… a very good read… a gripping tale.”

LITERARY REVIEW

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NARRATED BY: Melody Grove · Crime · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471280092

A Trick of the Mind Penny Hancock

A new tense thriller from the author of award-winning Tideline.

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 9781471280061

Jail Busters Robert Lyman

Operation Jericho remains one of the most audacious and innovative missions ever flown.

In February 1944, the French Resistance in the Amiens area had been decimated

by German aggression. Hundreds of its members languished in the city’s jail, awaiting an almost certain death. Immediate action was imperative. What followed was a precision air attack on the prison, of hitherto unrivalled daring.

These pilots’ bravery and skill created a breach in the prison’s walls that allowed the Nazis’ captives to break free.

“ Unbearably tense… will make you feel proud to be British.”

DAILY EXPRESS

“ This comprehensive retelling of the story has not lost any of its firepower.”

DAILY MAIL

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NARRATED BY: Peter Noble · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471280078

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.

This is the no-holds-barred, witty and utterly engaging next chapter in the life of a remarkable young woman.

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NARRATED BY: Sally Orrock · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9781471280085

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Nicola Barker

“Open yourself up again to all that terrible light and savage bliss and deafening reverberation…”

Set in a 1984 which seems almost as distantly located in the past as Orwell’s was in the future, In the Approaches offers a captivating glimpse of something more shocking than any dystopia – the possibility of faith. On the one hand an oldfashioned romantic comedy, on the other a wild and most haunting tale.

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“ When a new novel by Nicola Barker arrives, there is a host of reasons to break into a smile.”

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Literature · DURATION: 16 · ISBN 9780007584246

Blameless Gail Carriger

From the delightful, tea-sodden, steampunk-fueled imagination of Gail Carriger comes the further adventures of Alexia Tarabotti and her parasol.

Quitting her husband’s house and moving back in with her horrible family, Alexia Tarabotti becomes the scandal of the London season. After being dismissed by Queen Victoria from the Shadow Council and attacked by homicidal mechanical ladybugs, she flees England for Italy in search of the mysterious Templars.

Only they can explain her increasingly inconvenient condition, but they may be worse than vampires – and they’re armed with pesto.

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NARRATED BY: Emily Gray · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471280122

Tales From the Dead of Night Edited by Cecily Gayford

Classic ghost stories from the world’s best authors: just try not to think about what’s lurking just out of sight.

From rural England to colonial India, in murky haunted mansions and under modern electric lighting, these master storytellers unfold spinetinglers which pull back the veil of everyday life to reveal the nightmares which lurk just out of sight. And as you’d expect from these writers, the stories are more than simply frightening – they’re also disquieting exposures of mortality, loneliness and the human capacity for both evil and remorse.

Contains ghost stories by: Ruth Rendell, M. R. James, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton, E. F. Benson, E. Nesbit, Saki, W. W. Jacobs, W. F. Harvey, Hugh Walpole, Chico Kidd and L. P. Hartley.

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Horror · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471280115

The House is Full of Yogis Will Hodgkinson

Hilarious, reflective and heartbreaking, The House is Full of Yogis is the story of a childhood turned upside down.

London in the 1980s. Liz and Neville Hodgkinson lived with their sons, Tom and Will. Then Neville had a revelation. Hordes of white-clad Yogis began meditating in the living room. Liz denounced motherhood as a form of slavery. While Tom took it all in his stride, the arrival of the Brahma Kumaris threw Will into crisis.

And if the end of the world weren’t enough, he was also hopelessly in love with his best friend’s sister.

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NARRATED BY: Thomas Judd · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9780007590308

“ An utterly charming, funny and touching memoir.”

SATHNAM SANGHERA, AUTHOR OF MARRIAGE MATERIAL

“ I laughed until I levitated.”

JARVIS COCKER

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In the Approaches

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Tiger Milk

Stefanie de Velasco An explosive story of love, death, rebellion and an extraordinary friendship, Tiger Milk is a novel to define a generation.

“ A major debut full of strength, pain and love.”

EXPRESS

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 9781471280108

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.

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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“ 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

NARRATED BY: Peter Brooke · Crime · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007598946

His Instant Heir Katherine Garbera

Can this little guy soften his heart?

Cari Chandler can’t forget no-commitment millionaire Declan Montrose even though he’s her family’s sworn enemy. Their one night of passion ended in a baby – a son he doesn’t know about. But now Dec’s back… with a vengeance! And when he finds out about his son, Dec will want to claim him… no matter the cost.

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“ Katherine Garbera doesn’t disappoint. Her stories are a hot, sensuous and passionate treat for every romantic.”

BRENDA JACKSON

NARRATED BY: Celeste Ciulla · Romance · DURATION: 5.5 · ISBN 9781471280139

A Girl Called Summer Lucy Lord

Island life is just one step away…

“ The perfect read.”

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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NARRATED BY: Penny MacDonald · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780007598908

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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…

“ A nail-biting thriller that will keep your pulse racing all the way to the explosive climax.”

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Cut Dead

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ALEX KAVA

“ A fast-paced serial-killer chiller.”

ALEX MARWOOD

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NARRATED BY: Stevie Lacey · Crime · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9780007575244

A Marriage Made in Italy Rebecca Winters

A great contemporary romance on the true meaning of family.

Single dad Leon Malatesta is determined to keep his baby daughter out of the headlines. So when a mysterious beauty starts asking questions, the brooding Italian’s protective instinct goes into overdrive.

But when this stunning stranger turns out to be an innocent, Leon knows Belle brings with her the possibility of a new future… if he can convince her he wants to marry her for love!

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

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NARRATED BY: Antoinette LaVecchia · Romance · DURATION: 5.25 · ISBN 9781471280146

Cecelia Ahern

A thoughtful, captivating and uplifting novel from this uniquely talented author.

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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“ Brilliantly vivid characters and a story to fall in love with; one of our favourite Cecelia Ahern novels yet.”

HEAT

“ A tender, funny and romantic drama with a dash of darkness and desperation.”

MARIE CLAIRE

NARRATED BY: Remil Purtill-Clarke · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9780007567263

A Darkness at Sethanon Raymond E. Feist

The battle may be over, but war is coming…

The Kingdom forces may have won the first conflict but the enemy has a strong grip on Midkemia. Arutha travels north to confront the Dark Elves. With Tomas, Pug must scour the world – and beyond – to find the one person with enough power to give them a chance. If they fail, Midkemia will be the first of many worlds to fall to a madman with the power to dominate death itself…

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

WASHINGTON POST

“ Well-written… intelligent… intriguing.”

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

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NARRATED BY: Peter Joyce · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 21 · ISBN 9780007556502

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The Year I Met You

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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.

“ 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 full-on action.”

SUNDAY EXPRESS

“ With fresh plots, interesting characters and vibrant settings, Jack Higgins has firmly cemented his reputation as one of the world’s most successful thriller writers.”

STRAND MAGAZINE

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NARRATED BY: Nigel Carrington · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9780007581474

Trust in Me Sophie McKenzie

Sophie McKenzie follows her bestselling first novel for adults, Close My Eyes, with another gripping psychological thriller.

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.

“ 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

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

SUNDAY MIRROR ON CLOSE MY EYES

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NARRATED BY: Clare Corbett · Thriller · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471282768

One Step Closer to You Alice Peterson

A heart-warming and touching novel, this is Alice Peterson at her emotional and uplifting best.

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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“ This poignant story about love, grief and forgiveness is wonderfully touching.”

CLOSER

NARRATED BY: Laura Kirman · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9781471282775

Not That Kind of Girl Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham displays her unique powers of observation, wisdom and humour in this exceptional collection of essays.

“If I can take what I’ve learned in this life and make one treacherous relationship or 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.”

“ 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.”

CAITLIN MORAN FOR THE TIMES

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NARRATED BY: Lena Dunham · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007597024

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Ali Harris

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.

“ Ali Harris is snapping at Cecelia Ahern’s heels.”

INDEPENDENT

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 9781471282782

The Kills: The Massive Richard House

The second book in the epic series The Kills, nominated for the Man Booker Prize.

Down on his luck and desperate for money, Rem Gunnersen accepts an unusual proposition: to lead a team of seven men to Camp Liberty. A remote military base in the Iraqi desert, it is the place where the detritus of war is incinerated, buried, removed from memory. For a long time the camp has been unmanned.

Rem and his men have no idea why they need to be there. Then Stephen Lawrence Sutler arrives.

“ 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.

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NARRATED BY: Robert Slade · Thriller · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471282799

Homeland: Saul’s Game Andrew Kaplan

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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“ One of the smartest, swiftest and most compelling spy novels I’ve read in years.”

HARLAN COBEN

NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Thriller · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780007595631

The Blooding James McGee

An action-packed historical thriller, perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell.

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.

“ Rumbustious… a darkly attractive hero, terrific period atmosphere and action.”

THE TIMES

“ Breakneck pace, brutal action, clever characterisation and twisty plotting.”

REGINALD HILL

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NARRATED BY: David Timson · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 17.5 · ISBN 9780007566563

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To Kill For 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 hitman 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…

A poignant thriller about love, revenge and redemption from a superb new voice in British crime.

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NARRATED BY: Joe Absolom · Thriller · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9781471282829

The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes Anna McPartlin

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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“ What a beautiful book.

I cried and smiled my way through.”

JANE GREEN

NARRATED BY: Caroline Lennon · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471282812

Orfeo

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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“ A magnificent and moving novel.”

LOS ANGELES TIMES

“ Once again, Richard Powers proves himself to be one of our finest novelists.”

NEWSDAY

NARRATED BY: William Roberts · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9781471282805

Allegiant

Veronica Roth The thrillingly dark conclusion to the bestselling Divergent trilogy.

The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered – fractured by violence and power struggles. So when offered a chance to explore the world beyond the fence, Tris is ready. But Tris’s new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love.

“ The next big thing.”

ROLLING STONE

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

NEW YORK TIMES ON DIVERGENT

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9780007579280

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Jeff VanderMeer In the second volume of the Southern Reach Trilog y, questions are answered, stakes are raised, and mysteries are deepened…

Following the disastrous twelfth expedition, the government agency responsible for Area X appoints a new head, John Rodriguez. His first day is spent grappling with the fall-out from the mission. Slowly, Rodriguez is exposed to disturbing truths about both himself, and the agency he’s promised to serve. The more he uncovers, the more he risks, for the secrets of the Southern Reach are more sinister than anyone could have known.

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“ Creepy and fascinating.”

STEPHEN KING

“ VanderMeer’s mindbending story is written with the pace and intensity of a thriller… vastly entertaining.”

THE TIMES

NARRATED BY: Bronson Pinchot · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9780007588718

The Redemption of Rico D’Angelo Michelle Douglas

The man behind the Italian good looks…

Gorgeous Rico D’Angelo is single-handedly saving the world, one disadvantaged teen at a time. The opening of his charity café should be enough for him to put the regrets of his childhood behind him, but even on opening day it’s not enough. Until Neen Cuthbert walks through the door and offers an unexpected blast of sunshine! Neen won’t let him push her away —especially now she’s discovering that Rico might need her most of all…

An enchanting new romance from Michelle Douglas.

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NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Romance · DURATION: 6.25 · ISBN 9781471282867

Kadian Journal Thomas Harding

A poignant, painful and inspiring evocation of a lost son, and of the burden of grief.

In July 2012 Thomas Harding’s fourteen-year-old son Kadian was killed in an accident. Shortly afterwards Thomas began to write. Beginning on the day of Kadian’s death, and continuing to the one-year anniversary, Kadian Journal is a record of grief, and of a mind in shock. Interspersed within the journal are fragments of memory: jewel-bright everyday moments that slowly combine to form a biography of a lost son.

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“ This is the very best account of a parent’s bereavement I have ever read, a powerfully immediate and clear-eyed record of a devastating experience. It is also a love story, true and deep.”

JULIA SAMUEL, FOUNDER OF CHILD BEREAVEMENT UK

NARRATED BY: Thomas Harding · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9781471282843

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.

A gripping thriller from Danish crime author, Steffen Jacobsen.

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NARRATED BY: Andrew Wincott · Crime · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471282874

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One Night Heir Lucy Monroe

Only a royal wedding…

Bitter life lessons have taught Crown Prince Maksim Yurkovich that duty must come before desire. His country needs an heir, so when he discovers his lover can’t have children he must sever their ties. Only Maks can’t resist spending one last night in her bed… against all odds Gillian Harris falls pregnant, and Maks’s is not above using their mutual passion to convince Gillian that she must be his queen!

Award winning author Lucy Monroe has written national bestsellers in the US and UK.

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NARRATED BY: Laurence Bouvard · Romance · DURATION: 4.5 · ISBN 9781471282850

After Before Jemma Wayne

‘That was the day that Mama made the rules, “if they come, run.

Be quite and run. But not together. Never together. If one is found, at least the other survives…”’

During a cold, British winter, three women reach crisis point. Emily, an immigrant survivor of the Rwandan genocide is existing but not living. Vera, a Christian Londoner is striving to live a moral life, undermined by secrets from her past. Lynn, battling a disease, is consumed by resentment for what she hasn’t achieved. Each suffers their own demons. But as their paths interweave, they begin to unravel their pasts, and change each other’s futures.

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“ Rich, haunted, gripping, painful and beautifully entwined.”

RUTH PADEL

“ A fearless and meticulously observed examination of pain transformed by the redeeming power of friendship.”

VANORA BENNETT

NARRATED BY: Anna-Marie Wayne · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471282836

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Waterloo

Bernard Cornwell 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.

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · History · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9780007568079

“ Cornwell’s narration is quite masterly and supremely wellresearched.”

OBSERVER

“ The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive.”

GEORGE R.R. MARTIN

Stay Alive Simon Kernick

The gripping new race-against-time thriller from the bestselling author of Relentless.

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.

“ As ever, Kernick’s research is impeccable. The plotting is brilliant and makes for a tense, actionpacked read.”

SUNDAY MIRROR

“ Simon Kernick writes great plots, great characters, great action.”

LEE CHILD

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NARRATED BY: Paul Thornley · Thriller · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471287077

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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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“ Among the current batch of Nordic writers, the new Larsson is one to be followed with the most minute attention.”

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NARRATED BY: Gabrielle Glaister · Crime · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471287114

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

ANDY M C DERMOTT

NARRATED BY: William Rycroft · Thriller · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780007596065

Emma

Alexander McCall Smith Beloved and bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith lends his delightful touch to the Austen classic, Emma.

“ The Austen Project is a breath-taking tribute to Jane Austen.”

Fresh from university, Emma Woodhouse arrives home eager to get her fledging WASHINGTON POST 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.

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

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NARRATED BY: Georgina Terry · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9780007596102

Harm’s Reach Alex Barclay

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 9780007567225

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“ Gripping, stylish, convincing.”

SUNDAY TIMES

“ Tense, no-punches-pulled thriller that will have you on the edge of your deckchair.”

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Fool’s Assassin Volume One Robin Hobb

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

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

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

CONN IGGULDEN

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

THE TIMES

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NARRATED BY: Avita Jay · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9780007593668

The Wedding Proposal 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’ wedding proposal scared Elle away…

Sue Moorcroft has been nominated for many awards by the Romantic Novelists Association, and won Best Romantic Read.

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NARRATED BY: Melody Grove · Romance · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471287176

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.”

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NARRATED BY: Carol Monda · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9781471287206

Shark 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.

Will Self’s work has won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction and the Aga Khan Prize for Fiction. His previous novel, Umbrella, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

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NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Literature · DURATION: 17.5 · ISBN 9781471287152

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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?

A hilarious, straight-talking read from Kerry Fisher.

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NARRATED BY: Sally Orrock · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9780008104214

These Days Are Ours 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.

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“ Engrossing… resonates with authenticity and gravitas.”

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

NARRATED BY: Katharine Mangold · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 6.75 · ISBN 9781471287251

Everland

Rebecca Hunt Two groups, almost a hundred years apart, find 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.

“ Nothing short of stunning… something very powerful and unusual indeed.”

GUARDIAN

“ Part-thriller, part adventure story, part social drama and utterly absorbing.”

DAILY MAIL

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NARRATED BY: Peter Noble · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471287220

The Dog

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.

“ O’Neill is a writer of dizzying elegance.”

FINANCIAL TIMES

“ [E]nraged, brutal, witty and at times brilliant.”

SUNDAY TIMES

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NARRATED BY: TBC · Literature · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9780008113261

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Astonish Me Maggie Shipstead

From a prize-winning author comes an exquisitely written, “ Shipstead is a gifted writer compelling glimpse into the demanding world of professional ballet. who examines families and Astonish Me is the irresistible story of Joan, a young American dancer who helps a Soviet ballet star, the great Arslan Rusakov, defect in 1975. A passionate love affair follows, but when her relationship with Arslan sours, Joan decides to make a new life for herself. Yet there is no mistaking that her son Harry is a prodigy. Inevitably Joan is soon pulled back into a world she thought she’d left behind.

relationships in a poignant, insightful way.”

STYLIST

“ A novel you must read…

Shipstead has captured the mercurial flow of artistic genius.”

WASHINGTON POST

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NARRATED BY: Rebecca Lowman · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9780007581436

Tempted by Her Innocent Kiss Maya Banks

Devon Carter was her first; now newlywed Ashley wants their passion to last…

But her dreams of true love are crushed by the discovery that their marriage is another of Daddy’s business deals. Her strategy: act the part of perfect wife and make Devon love her. But Devon misses the bubbly, noholds-barred woman his wife used to be. Will he find a way to rekindle the fire in her eyes…especially now that she’s pregnant?

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Maya Banks returns with another stellar romance.

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NARRATED BY: Harry Berkeley · Romance · DURATION: 5.5 · ISBN 9781471287299

Working Girls Maureen Carter

Working Girls is the first in Maureen Carter’s series of acclaimed Bev Morriss Mysteries.

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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“ 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

NARRATED BY: Frances Barber · Crime · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471287268

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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NARRATED BY: J. R. Horne · Crime · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9780008104016

“ Jance beautifully evokes the desert and towns of her beloved southwest as well as the strong individuals who live there.”

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The Evil Inside Philip Taffs

Darkness waits within…

December 1999: Guy Russell arrives in New York along with his young family, seeking a fresh start. Yet something won’t let Guy lay his troubles to rest. A sinister force from his darkest past begins to scratch its way back into his present.

And the behaviour of his son, Callum, becomes increasingly disturbing. As he grapples with the evil tormenting his son, and his own mind, he pushes himself ever closer to the edge.

“ A chilling, captivating journey and I am left completely dazed by the end of it.”

RANA DASGUPTA

“ A terrifying, engaging page-turner.”

KIRKUS

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NARRATED BY: David Dullan · Horror · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471287275

Mistress to the Marquis Margaret McPhee

She might grace his bed, but she will never wear his ring…

They whisper her name in the ballroom’s shadows – the Marquis’ mistress! It will take all of Alice Sweetly’s acting skills to play this part: smile until it no longer hurts, until they believe your lies, until you believe. If the Marquis of Razeby thinks he can let his mistress go easily, he is so very wrong. Each night she appears before a rapturous Covent Garden audience, taunting him with her beauty.

Margaret McPhee is an author of historical romance, including the series Gentlemen of Disrepute.

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NARRATED BY: Jilly Bond · Romance · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471287282

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“ A wrenching examination of a journey through Europe that goes terribly wrong and a consideration of what it means to be a parent today.”

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JANUARY

Recipe for Life 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.

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471280375

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.

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NARRATED BY: Noreen Leighton · Saga · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9780007597956

“ A stirring and heartrending family saga… the choices and dreams of a generation of women combine to create this passionate story.”

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Sophie Hannah

The new Hercule Poirot novel – another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his ‘little grey cells.’

“ Perfect… a pure treat for Agatha Christie fans.”

TANA FRENCH

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?

In the hands of internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah, Poirot plunges into a mystery set in 1920s London – a diabolically clever puzzle that can only be solved by the talented Belgian detective.

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NARRATED BY: Julian Rhind-Tutt · Mystery · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007566969

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.

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.

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“ An unqualified seal of approval for Under Enemy Colours.

This is gloriously readable stuff.”

THE BOOKSELLER ON UNDER ENEMY COLOURS

NARRATED BY: Daniel Philpott · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9781471280382

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?

“ Taylor shows once again how skilful a historical novelist he is.”

SUNDAY TIMES

“ Andrew Taylor’s historical crime fiction is always an event.”

GUARDIAN

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NARRATED BY: Leon Williams · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9780007566839

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…

The Atlas of Us will take you on a moving and enthralling journey across the globe, and into the most intimate spaces in a relationship.

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15 · ISBN 9780007597901

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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.

“ Beautifully written, with perfect form and pace.

Fern and Elliott’s vivid emotional journey will stay with me.”

HILARY BOYD

“ A man, a woman, and a ‘what-if’ moment that will give you goose bumps.

A genuine contender for the crown of this year’s One Day.” LOUISE CANDISH

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NARRATED BY: Anne Dover · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471280429

Keane’s Challenge Iain Gale

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.

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“ Richard Sharpe would be delighted to have Keane on his side.”

BERNARD CORNWELL

NARRATED BY: David Timson · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471280412

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?

“ Gifford moves nimbly between the centuries and voices of her intriguing tale. She is a singular and poetic writer.”

RHIDIAN BROOK

“ Fans of historical fiction, folklore and Scotland will all enjoy this.”

WE LOVE THIS BOOK

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NARRATED BY: Nathaniel Tapley · Saga · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471280405

The King of Diamonds Simon Tolkien

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 exgirlfriend, 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.

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NARRATED BY: Leighton Pugh · Crime · DURATION: 14.5 · ISBN 9780007584741

“ Compulsively readable.

Crafted with cunning and imbued with menace.”

RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH

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Maeve Binchy

Another insightful and thought-provoking collection of stories, from bestseller Maeve Binchy.

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.

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“ 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

“ Maeve Binchy’s work continues to inspire… thought-provoking, warm and funny in equal measure.”

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NARRATED BY: Kate Binchy · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471283062

The Grand Duchess of Nowhere 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. As Russia unravels in 1917, the Romanov dynasty falls and Ducky is right at the heart of it.

“ 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

“ Empathetic and entertaining novel.”

INDEPENDENT ON THE LIAR’S DAUGHTER

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NARRATED BY: Juanita McMahon · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471283093

The Emperor Waltz Philip Hensher

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.

“ Hensher is gifted with a great virtuosity and a relentless intelligence.”

GUARDIAN

The Emperor Waltz is an absorbing echo-chamber of a novel, innovative and compelling, that explores what it means for us to belong to each other.

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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 22 · ISBN 9780007581719

Don’t Look Back Gregg Hurwitz

Don’t Look Back is the brilliant new thriller from bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz.

After the breakup of her marriage, Eve 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, Eve will be forced to find reserves of strength, courage and ingenuity she never dreamt existed.

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NARRATED BY: Laurel Lefkow · Thriller · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471283109

“ Thriller writing at its best.”

TESS GERRITSEN

“ Pure nail-biting stay-up-all-night suspense.”

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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…

A novelisation of the popular TV series featuring Martin Clunes.

Sam North is a screenwriter and author of eight novels, who has won the Somerset Maugham Award, and been nominated for the Man Booker Prize.

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NARRATED BY: Mark Meadows · Humorous · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471283048

Master of War David Gilman

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.

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NARRATED BY: Daniel Philpott · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 18.75 · ISBN 9781471283130

“ I see flashes of brilliance that surpass Bernard Cornwell.”

THE BOOKBAG

“ Page turning novel… a gritty book sparing nothing in its descriptions of the realities of Medieval warfare.”

DAILY MAIL

The Repercussions Catherine Hall

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.

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“ Gripping reality of war, as well as race, guilt, love and loss.”

THE TIMES

“ Her writing has a terse and fierce precision that tightens into tragic fury.”

INDEPENDENT

NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.25 · ISBN 9781471283178

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…

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NARRATED BY: Peter Noble · Crime · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471283154

“ [A] hugely atmospheric and violent tale.”

TELEGRAPH ON THE GILDED EDGE

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‘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.

Moving, original and elegant, this is a bravura re-imagining of the life of one of English literature’s most multi-faceted and contradictory heroines.

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NARRATED BY: Laura Kirman · Literature · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471283192

The Poppy Factory Liz Trenow

A captivating story of two young women, bound together by the tragedy of two very different wars.

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?

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“ 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

NARRATED BY: Maggie Mash · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9780008103774

MARCH

Flesh and Blood Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell delivers the next enthralling thriller in her highstakes 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.

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“ Cornwell’s books run on high octane fuel, a cocktail of adrenalin and fear.”

THE TIMES

“ Forget the pretenders.

Cornwell reigns.”

MIRROR

NARRATED BY: Lorelei King · Crime · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780007596300

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.

Together they cook up an idea and Vee starts to make a profit. But there are plenty of other people making money out of the war and some of them are dangerous…

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NARRATED BY: Jo Unwin · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471287046

“ The best novel I have read in the last five years… I couldn’t love it more.”

INDIA KNIGHT

“ Quirky, clever and incredibly funny…

Lissa Evans is the Tom Sharpe for a new generation.”

LISA JEWELL

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Cover Your Eyes 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.

“ Wonderfully evocative… a not-to-be-missed treat.”

PENNY VINCENZI ON FACING THE LIGHT

Adele Geras is an award winning author of children’s and adults books, including Troy.

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NARRATED BY: Alex Tregear · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471287015

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.

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NARRATED BY: Jilly Bond · History · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471287183

The Hundred Foot Journey Richard C. Morais

Now a major motion picture starring Helen Mirren and Om Puri.

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.

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NARRATED BY: Sartaj Garewal · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471287039

“ Don’t read this book if you’re hungry. You might eat it.”

SIMON BEAUFOY, OSCAR AWARD WINNING SCREENWRITER OF SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

“ I enjoyed this book very much. It has great charm and is colorfully written, sensual and evocative.”

JOANNE HARRIS

The Things I’d Miss Andrew Clover

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.

“ Heartstopping, and genuinely instructive about love.”

GILES COREN

“ A modern fable about working out what is really important.”

DAILY EXPRESS

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NARRATED BY: Helen Duff · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.25 · ISBN 9781471287053

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MARCH

Funeral in Berlin Len Deighton

A ferociously cool Cold War thriller from the author of The Ipcress File.

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 go-between. 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…

“ A master of fictional espionage.”

DAILY MAIL

“ A most impressive book in which the tension, more like a chronic ache than a sharp stab of pain, never lets go.”

EVENING STANDARD

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NARRATED BY: James Lailey · Crime · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007566068

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 coldhearted grandparents who treated her like an inconvenience.

Enlightening and wonderfully uplifting, Irene’s evocative story will transport readers back to a time when dance troupes like The Tiller Girls were the epitome of glitz and glamour.

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NARRATED BY: Kate Lee · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9780008114657

Christmas for One Amanda Prowse

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?

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Sarah Vaughan

There are many reasons to bake: to feed; to create; to impress; to nourish; to define ourselves; and, sometimes, it has to be said, to perfect.

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.

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“ A modern day love story.”

DAILY MAIL

“ Captivating, heartbreaking and superbly written.”

CLOSER

NARRATED BY: Antonia Beamish · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471287060

The Art of Baking Blind

NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471287084

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“ Delicious… friendship, rivalry and exposed secrets, gorgeously told.”

ELLE

“ Vaughan’s engaging writing is packed with brilliant baking tips not to mention delectable descriptions of the food the contestants create. Enjoy.”

WI MAGAZINE

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Nudged A world of fun spoken word stories by bestselling authors, just for children aged 2–12. Designed to ignite a lifelong love of reading, including adventures from David Walliams, Chris Riddell and Jean Ure.

JANUARY

The Story of Captain Nemo Dave Eggers

“You can call me Captain Nemo. We are on board the Nautilus, a ship of my invention…”

This science-fiction classic has been reimagined by Dave Eggers in modern times. Fourteen-year-old Consuelo and the famous oceanographer Pierre Arronax set sail from New York to hunt down a mysterious sea-monster. But they discover an even stranger truth: the ‘sea-monster’ is in fact a submarine, captained by Nemo! Consuelo and Arronax join Nemo on the submarine, and so begin their exciting adventures...

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“ Dave Eggers takes nicely judged liberties with Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea… but stays true to its spirit.”

OBSERVER

NARRATED BY: Jeff Harding · Classics · DURATION: 1.5 · ISBN 9781471280450

The Glass Bird Girl Esme Kerr

An adventurous and exciting book, perfect for fans of Enid Blyton.

Orphan Edie is sent by her art dealer guardian to Knight’s Haddon School, on a secret mission to find out whether Anastasia, a Russian princess, is being persecuted by the other girls. But what Edie uncovers instead is a dangerous mystery that only the girls themselves can solve.

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NARRATED BY: Katy Sobey · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9781471280443

“ There wasn’t a moment where you didn’t want to read on as the plot kept you captivated with its twists and turns.”

GUARDIAN

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Diana Kimpton

Enjoy the fi rst pony-mad story in the bestselling series by Diana Kimpton.

Princess Ellie is pony-mad! She’d much rather be riding or helping out at the royal stables than having boring waving lessons. But someone is spying on her… and when Sundance, one of her beloved ponies, goes missing, Ellie is sure that the mysterious girl in the woods is to blame. Can she solve the mystery and rescue Sundance before it’s too late?

Princess Ellie to the Rescue was voted one of the 50 Recommended Reads of the Year in the Red House Book Awards.

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NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 1 · ISBN 9781471280467

My Brother’s Secret Dan Smith

Who is the real enemy?

Germany, 1941. 12-year-old Karl Engel is looking forward to joining the Hitler Youth, like all boys his age. But when his father is killed, his rebellious older brother Stefan shows him things that leave his faith in the Führer shaken. What does it mean to be a good German? What does it mean to wear the mysterious flower sewn inside his brother’s jacket? Who is the real enemy?

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“ I did not want to put it down.”

LOVEREADING4KIDS

NARRATED BY: Leon Williams · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 6.75 · ISBN 9781471280436

Supercat Vs the Party Pooper Jeanne Willis

Supercat is back in the second instalment of everybody’s favourite cat superhero series, from bestselling author Jeanne Willis.

Tiger was an ordinary pet, until the day he licked a toxic sock and was transformed into… SUPERCAT! Now, the evil Count Backwards has kidnapped the Queen from her own birthday party and plans to take over the world! With his superpowers, his best friend James, and a few tricks in his party bag, can Supercat save the day?

Jeanne Willis is an award-winning children’s author, who has written over 150 books including picture books, novelty, teen novels and poetry. She was shortlisted for the Whitbread and The Red House Children’s Book Award and has won the Smarties Silver Prize.

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NARRATED BY: Paul Panting · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 1.5 · ISBN 9780007566617

Harry the Poisonous Centipede Goes to Sea Lynne Reid Banks

The third adventure in the series that will make you squirm…

Harry and George face the toughest adventure yet when they are shipped west in a crate of bananas. Far across the no-end puddle, miles away from home, they must find a way to survive the bitter cold and hide from the hundreds of Hoo-Mins do-diddling around them. They run away as fast as they can, but inadvertently squirm into a Hoo-Min Nest and come face to face with a hairy-yowler!

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“ A real ground level story that rockets along on hundreds of legs… bug fans will love this.”

KIDSTUFF SCHOOL BOOKS RTE GUIDE

NARRATED BY: Lynne Reid Banks · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 2.25 · ISBN 9780007588138

JANUARY

Princess Ellie to the Rescue

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Sammy Feral’s Diaries of Weird: Dragon Gold Eleanor Hawken

Things are about to get WEIRD – again.

Sammy couldn’t be more excited when two pandas arrive at Feral Zoo. But when he finds a golden egg hidden inside the panda crate, he knows things are about to get WEIRD – again. Soon the egg hatches, and Sammy comes face to face with a tiny dragon. Sammy needs answers, and he needs them fast – who sent the dragon, and why? It’s not long before Sammy realises he’s in a lot of trouble…

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“ [A] fast-paced fantasy adventure which is both hilarious and hair raising.”

WE LOVE THIS BOOK, ON SAMMY FERAL’S DIARIES OF WEIRD

NARRATED BY: Stephen Perring · Humorous · DURATION: 3.5 · ISBN 9781471280474

Lemonade Sky Jean Ure

A poignant, moving and uplifting story about family and friendship by the original Queen of Tween, Jean Ure. Ruby, Tizz and Sam are sisters. At 12, Ruby is the oldest but with all the stuff she has to worry about right now, sometimes she feels more like the mum of the family. And speaking of mums, the sisters do have one, and she loves her three girls to the moon and back, but she suffers from something called bipolar disorder which can sometimes make life very difficult…

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“ Funny, funky, feisty – and fantastic reads!”

JACQUELINE WILSON

NARRATED BY: Jilly Bond · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 3.5 · ISBN 9780007593224

FEBRUARY

The Castle Sophia Bennett

Behind its walls lie the truth…

Peta Jones is an ordinary girl struggling with the loss of her father, an ex-army hero who died in mysterious circumstances. When she receives clues that he may still be alive, she embarks on a dangerous rescue across the Mediterranean to a clifftop castle, home to an exiled billionaire. Soon she discovers that what some people will do for money, Peta will do for love.

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“ A treat… elegant and funny and has real narrative verve.”

DAVID ALMOND, AUTHOR OF SKELLIG

NARRATED BY: Melody Grove · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471285899

Hello Kitty: The Makeover Party & The Animal Adventure Linda Chapman and Michelle Misra

Come join Hello Kitty and her friends in this super series all about fun and friendship!

Hello Kitty and her friends decide that a pamper day is JUST what they need. But when they get a chance to make their own products to send in to a competition, it all goes horribly wrong. Can the group of friends pull together and work as a team?

It’s the school holidays, and Hello Kitty and her friends are off to visit a farm for an animal adventure. There’s so much to do, and lots to learn, even if the biggest lesson isn’t what they expect.

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NARRATED BY: Oliver J. Hembrough · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9780007599011

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Chris D’Lacey

From bestselling children’s author Chris D’Lacey comes a brandnew action-adventure series!

Michael Malone’s life has not been the same since his father disappeared three years ago. Determined to find him, Michael gets unwittingly drawn into supernatural organisation UNICORNE, who claim to have vital information for his quest. But they want something in return. Something that is hidden in Michael’s very bones…

“ Chris d’Lacey keeps the twists and revelations coming.”

FINANCIAL TIMES

A bold and thrilling tale of alternate realities, paranormal mystery, and extraordinary adventure.

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NARRATED BY: Jane Collingwood · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 6.75 · ISBN 9781471285875

Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse Chris Riddell

Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse was the winner of the Costa Children’s Book Award.

Ada Goth is the only child of Lord Goth. The two live together in the enormous Ghastly-Gorm Hall. It’s hard for her to make friends and, if she’s honest, she’s rather lonely. Then one day William and Emily Cabbage come to stay at the house, and together with a ghostly mouse called Ishmael they begin to unravel a dastardly plot. Ada and her friends must work together to foil the evil gamekeeper, Maltravers, before it’s too late!

“ [A] cracking combination of rollicking mystery adventure and ghost story, beautifully… written with an outright humour aimed at children and a sly, literary wit aimed at parents.”

DAILY MAIL

“ [W]arm, witty… delivers an original, entertaining and heart-warm tale of courage, friendship and loyalty.”

LANCASHIRE EVENING POST

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NARRATED BY: Lucy Brown · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 2.5 · ISBN 9781471285875

Barry Loser: I Am Still Not a Loser Jim Smith

I Am Still Not a Loser is a madcap must-read!

Barry has a new problem: Gordon Smugly – who’s got the most perfect name for himself ever in the history of having a name, because he looks like a Gordon and is smug and ugly – has stolen Barry’s best friend.

Join Barry as he attempts to get Bunky back, organises a girly-screamvoice test and tries to avoid seeing his teacher kissing his gran.

Jim Smith’s hilarious books with their comedy genius make him (and Barry, of course) the coolest – or ‘keelest’ – new writer of books for kids.

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NARRATED BY: Huw Parmenter · Humorous · DURATION: 1.25 · ISBN 9781471285882

The Story of Don Juan Alessandro Baricco

The crazy life and courageous death of a man who loved women too much to want only one.

Don Giovanni is an adoring lover of life and women. One night, the Commendatore of Calatrava catches him kissing his daughter, and challenges him to a duel. Don Giovanni wins the duel, which of course means that the Commendatore is slain and so begins the end for Don Giovanni…

“ Alessandro Barrico’s take on Don Juan does a brilliant job… this […] series offers younger readers vivid, accessible first encounters with some literary heavyweights.”

METRO

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NARRATED BY: Peter Noble · Classics · DURATION: 1.25 · ISBN 9781471285929

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A Dark Inheritance

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Time Hunters: Greek Warriors Chris Blake

Join Tom on an incredible treasure hunt through time and battle history’s mightiest warriors!

When ten-year-old Tom accidentally smashed a statue in a museum he released Isis, a young Egyptian mummy who has been imprisoned for thousands of years. The duo travel back in time to find six hidden amulets. On their fourth adventure Tom and Isis become Spartan soldiers. As they dodge clashing swords and flying arrows, will they find the next amulet?

A great time travelling series, with lots of fun historical facts thrown in!

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NARRATED BY: Oliver J. Hembrough · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 1.75 · ISBN 9780007587520

Thursdays with the Crown Jessica Day George

This charming series continues with the story of the origin of Castle Glower.

Castle Glower has been acting weird, so it’s no surprise when it transports Celie and her siblings to an unknown land. As they set out through the forest to find out where they are, they discover two wizards and an entire lost people, the oldest inhabitants of Castle Glower. And it seems they may know more of the Castle’s secrets than Celie! But do they know how to get her back home?

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“ [A] charming story of court intrigue and magic.

A satisfying mix of Hogwarts and Howl’s Moving Castle.”

SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

“ A sweet, funny, sincere story in which siblings work together.”

KIRKUS REVIEWS

NARRATED BY: Suzy Jackson · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 6 · ISBN 9781471285912

MARCH

Take Your Last Breath Lauren Child

“Lauren Child has put imagination and fun back into the real worlds of childhood.” guardian Intrepid detective. Schoolgirl. Everyone’s favourite girl detective is back, with all her trademark off-the-wall humour, action and friendship. This time, though, it’s an adventure on the wide open ocean, and Ruby is all at sea… can she crack the case of the Twinford pirates while evading the clutches of a vile sea monster as well as the evil Count von Viscount? Well, you wouldn’t want to bet against her…

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“ [C]lues, gadgets, secret HQs, a heist, explosions… t-shirts with cool slogans and a supply of jelly doughnuts. What more could adventureloving girls want?”

SUNDAY TIMES

NARRATED BY: Rachael Stirling · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9780007556090

Turning to Jelly Candy Guard

Meet the hilarious Jelly in this charming comedy!

Jelly (who is wobbly when she runs and when she sees Roger Lovely) and her dorky best friends Ruby and Myf are going to senior school. They want to be cool – the trouble is, none of them are cool at all. Jelly’s mum and stepdad are like chalk (a bit screechy) and cheese (a bit smelly). They’re not helping the cool situation either, until Jelly’s mum suggests a birthday party…

Candy Guard is a writer, animator and cartoonist. She had a long-running strip cartoon in the Observer magazine and makes films for Channel 4.

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NARRATED BY: Daisy Dunlop · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 2 · ISBN 9781471287312

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MARCH

Awful Auntie David Walliams

From number one bestselling author David Walliams comes another heartfelt but hilarious hoot of an adventure…

Stella Saxby is the sole heir to Saxby Hall. But awful Aunt Alberta and her giant owl will stop at nothing to get it from her. Luckily Stella has a secret – and slightly spooky – weapon up her sleeve…

“ I absolutely love David Walliams’s books. In a few more years they will become classics.”

SUE TOWNSEND, AUTHOR OF ADRIAN MOLE

“ A triumphant mix of wit and warmth.”

TELEGRAPH

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NARRATED BY: David Walliams · Humorous · DURATION: 5 · ISBN 9780007566877

Lucky

Chris Hill In the leafy boughs of Albion Park, two grey squirrel clans fight daily for survival, as well as battling each other!

When lost red squirrel Lucky finds himself in Albion Park, the native squirrels all around him are bigger, tougher, and much more… grey. He needs all the luck he can find to fit in, and even more to pass the Squirrel Trial that will give him a permanent place in the park. But when Lucky discovers a plot that threatens their home, he’ll need more than just good fortune on his side…

“ Full of action and excitement, betrayal and intrigue.”

THE BOOK BAG

A warm and classic animal adventure story!

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NARRATED BY: Huw Parmenter · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 4.25 · ISBN 9781471287329

Princess Ellie’s Secret Diana Kimpton

The second book in the enchanting pony-mad series by bestselling Diana Kimpton.

Princess Ellie is pony-mad! She loves helping out at the stables and riding her ponies. It’s so long since she learned to ride on Shadow, her Shetland pony, that now her feet touch the ground when she’s riding him. The King thinks she looks silly and decides to sell Shadow. But Ellie can’t bear to lose him. Can she invent a plan to save Shadow?

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“ A heady cocktail of princesses, horses and mystery is enough to make any girl giddy. The text trots along with humour and enough horsey fact to hold the attention.”

BBC PARENTING

NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 1.25 · ISBN 9781471287336

The Story of Gilgamesh Yiyun Li

The oldest written story on Earth, retold for children in an amazing new edition.

Godlike Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, has built a beautiful city, but is also a terrible tyrant. In answer to the prayers of his oppressed citizens, the gods create Enkidu, a wild man whose destiny is to first fight Gilgamesh, and then become his lifelong friend. They embark on adventures together, but when they kill the Bull of Heaven, Enkidu must pay the ultimate price.

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NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Classics · DURATION: 1.25 · ISBN 9781471287343

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“ Gripped from page one, I found it impossible to put down.”

GUARDIAN

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Hearts and Flowers for Clara Margaret McNamara

An enchanting series, featuring Tinker Bell’s little sisters.

Before Tinker Bell met Peter Pan she lived on Sheepskerry Island with her fairy sisters – Clara, Lily, Rosie, Silver and Squeak the baby. Every fairy loves the Valentine’s Games on Sheepskerry Island. There’s races, feasts and friendly visitors to compete with. Clara wants it all to be perfect so she uses a little more magic than usual. But newfound magic can be risky, and Clara’s kindness puts her in terrible danger…

Young listeners will love the captivating stories and characters in this charming series.

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NARRATED BY: Jane Collingwood · Supernatural & Fantasy · DURATION: 1.25 · ISBN 9780007587377

Timmy Failure: We Meet Again Stephan Pastis

From the best-selling creator of Timmy Failure comes a third adventure about the comically overconfident sleuth.

His name is Failure. Timmy Failure. And his detective agency is on the verge of global domination. Global riches. Global fame. And yet the gods keep throwing him curveballs: for starters, academic probation. The coveted Miracle Report is the key to everything, including a good grade. It’s dirty business. It’s best you know nothing. But one thing is for sure: Timmy Failure will be triumphant again!

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“ A fabulously fun read.

Original and quirky, with real heart.”

GUARDIAN

NARRATED BY: Jared Goldsmith · Humorous · DURATION: 2.5 · ISBN 9781471287350

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