NEW RELEASES Unabridged Audiobooks October – December 2014 CD & Playaway
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Dear Librarian, Welcome to our new catalogue featuring our latest releases from Clipper, Lamplight, Avid and Jammer Audiobooks. We’re extremely excited to present to you an incredible selection of Man Booker longlisted titles available from Clipper in this brochure. We have two of the most eagerly anticipated publications of 2014: Us by David Nicholls, his first novel since the runaway bestseller One Day; and The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell, one of Britain’s most exciting and experimental literary novelists. They are accompanied by J by Howard Jacobson, a futuristic novel from the previous winner of the Man Booker Prize, How to be Both by Ali Smith, The Dog by Joseph O’Neill and Orfeo by Richard Powers. Alongside these we also have many of the year’s most exciting thrillers, with titles from Simon Kernick, Harlan Coben and Val McDermid. Our non-fiction list celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo with an in-depth examination of the famous battle from Bernard Cornwell, the author of the Sharpe series. Avid is pleased to welcome two giants in the world of fantasy writing to the list. We have Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence, the author described as ‘on a par with George R. R. Martin’ by Conn Iggulden. Also in this quarter is Robin Hobb’s new title, Fool’s Assassin, an epic about three once inseparable friends: Fitz, Nighteyes and the Fool. Now one is long dead, and one long-missing… In Jammer we have some big winter blockbusters from Cecelia Ahern and Jack Higgins, as well as Alexander McCall Smith’s new take on Jane Austen’s Emma from the ‘Austen Project’. There is also an inspirational memoir Beautiful Ever After from model-turned-activist Katie Piper, whose life changed forever after an acid attack; and the hilarious writings from Lena Dunham of HBO’s Girls fame in Not That Kind of Girl. Lamplight’s highlights include Mary Berry’s autobiography Recipe for Life, Lesley Pearse’s epic new saga Survivor and Maeve Binchy’s last collection of stories Chestnut Street. We’re also thrilled to be publishing the new Hercule Poirot mystery, The Monogram Murders. Written by bestselling crime author Sophie Hannah, with full approval from the Agatha Christie estate, it promises to be a most intriguing mystery! We hope you enjoy the new titles, and please get in touch with any feedback. With best wishes, The Editor
Contents
CLIPPER
Clipper
Lamplight
Avid
Jammer
3 – 23
24 – 31
32 – 34
35 – 42
Jammer Teen
Playaway
Playaway
Playaway
clipper
lamplight
jammer
45 – 52
53 – 58
58 – 63
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CLIPPER
Clipper Representing award winners, shortlisted titles and top bestsellers. This quarter includes new titles from popular authors such as David Nicholls, David Mitchell and Martin Amis.
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.
SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ 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.” MAIL ON SUNDAY
NARRATED BY: Sean Barratt · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471269240
Fatty O’Leary’s Dinner Party Alexander McCall Smith
A brand new novel from one of the world’s most popular authors. When his loving wife Betty plans a trip to Ireland for Fatty O’Leary’s 40th birthday things go wrong almost immediately: the seats in economy class on the plane are too small; Irish bathroom furniture is not as commodious as he’d have liked. And all the time Fatty must put up with the unthinking cruelty of strangers. 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.
SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Steven Crossley · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 3.75 · ISBN 9781471269257
“ 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
OCTOBER
The Zone of Interest
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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.
SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Ben Allen · Thriller · DURATION: 17 · ISBN 9781471269233
“ 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
In the Approaches 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.
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ When a new novel by Nicola Barker arrives, there is a host of reasons to break into a smile.” OBSERVER
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Literature · DURATION: 16 · ISBN 9780007584239
Terminal City Linda Fairstein
International bestselling author Linda Fairstein returns with a breathless, explosive thriller exploring the dark side of New York City. When the body of a woman is found in one of the most prestigious hotels in Manhattan, Assistant DA Alex Cooper and Detective Mike Chapman find themselves hunting for an elusive killer whose signature is carving a symbol, bearing a striking resemblance to train tracks, into his victims’ bodies. Alex and Mike must contend with the city’s expansive underground tunnels to find a killer who is heading straight to the heart of the city…
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ One of my favourite writers… her stories never fail to thrill.” KARIN SLAUGHTER
NARRATED BY: Barbara Rosenblat · Crime · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471269295
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.
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Laura Kirman · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471269301
“ Beautifully worked and with a sharp eye for the menace in the commonplace.” DAILY MAIL
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John Harding
A sinister Gothic tale in the tradition of The Woman in Black and The Fall of the House of Usher, the sequel to the bestselling Florence and Giles. New England, 1890. Doctor John Shepherd arrives at a women’s mental hospital to begin work as assistant to the owner. As Shepherd struggles to conceal his secrets, he finds the asylum has plenty of its own. Intrigued by a girl who is fascinated by books but cannot read, Shepherd embarks upon an experiment to help her. In this chilling literary thriller everyone has something to hide and no one is what they seem.
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: William Roberts · Horror · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471269271
“ 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
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.
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Michael Fenton Stevens · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471269288
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…
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ Atmospheric, heartrending and multilayered.” GRAZIA ON THE GIRL ON THE CLIFF
NARRATED BY: Eva Alexander · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15.5 · ISBN 9781471269264
In a Country of Mothers A. M. Homes
An interesting look at the boundaries, fantasy and reality within and outside of the therapy room. For Claire Roth, an established psychotherapist, her new patient – Jody Goodman, a young filmmaker – is a welcome diversion from her predictable life. Jody, successful, yet uncertain, is disarmed by Claire’s interest and approval. Gradually, the lines between friendship and family, between love and compulsion, start to blur. In a Country of Mothers is a transfixing psychological thriller, that forces us to confront our own judgments about sanity, danger and desire.
SOP: CD12 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Jennifer Woodward · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471269592
“ Homes couldn’t be more deliciously named: she kicks over the doll’s house and gives suburbanity a good shake.” GUARDIAN
“ The imagination that shapes A. M. Homes’s fiction is exhilaratingly perverse.” NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
OCTOBER
The Girl Who Couldn’t Read
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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.
SOP: CD12 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Jilly Bond · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471269325
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.
SOP: CD12 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ 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 9781471269318
The Root of All Evil Roberto Costantini
A thrilling exploration of the choices that can corrupt a man’s future. Rome, 1982. Commissario Balistreri escapes his regrets through sex, alcohol and gambling. His sole responsibility is to a rising television starlet needing protection from the pitfalls of fame. As the threats to this girl, Claudia Teodori, begin to rise along with her reputation, both their fates become inextricably linked. This driven young woman must help this damaged detective fight a foe that refuses to forget him.
“ Utterly compelling.” PETER MAY
“ One of those rare novels that brings together the best elements of literature… and a nonstop thriller that drives readers relentlessly from first page to last.” JEFFREY DEAVER ON THE DELIVERANCE OF EVIL
SOP: CD15 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Crime · DURATION: 21.5 · ISBN 9781471269349
Life is Elsewhere Milan Kundera
“Kundera is the saddest, funniest, and most lovable of authors” the times A budding poet and his adoring mother are the central characters of this intriguing early novel by Milan Kundera. He takes us through the young man’s fantasies and love affairs in a characteristic tour de force, alive with wit, eroticism and ideas.
“ A remarkable book.” DAILY TELEGRAPH
“ Tender and unsparing… Life is Elsewhere is a remarkable portrait of an artist as a young man.” NEWSWEEK
“ Brilliant.”
SOP: CD15 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Richmond Hoxie · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471269356
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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
SOP: CD15 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: William Roberts · Thriller · DURATION: 5 · ISBN 9781471269332
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.
SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ An utterly charming, funny and touching memoir.” SATHNAM SANGHERA, AUTHOR OF MARRIAGE MATERIAL
“ I laughed until I levitated.” JARVIS COCKER
NARRATED BY: Thomas Judd · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9780007590315
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 strength 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 Nazi’s 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
SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Peter Noble · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471269363
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.
SOP: NF · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Chris Stewart · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9781471269370
“ When an author is as modest and humorous as this, his story cannot be told too often.” THE TIMES
OCTOBER
Death Will Have Your Eyes
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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?
SOP: RO3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ 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
NARRATED BY: Emma Gregory · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471269417
How to Get a (Love) Life Rosie Blake
Three months, ten dodgy dates, one true love? Nicola is the kind of girl who double-locks the front door, leaves the plastic covering on new furniture and definitely does not date. Caroline knows that Nicola’s living only half a life. And so she lays down the gauntlet: Nicola must go on as many dates as it takes to find true love in time for Valentine’s Day. Nicola is about to find out that letting go isn’t quite as scary as she imagined…
SOP: RO3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ Rosie captures worst-casescenarios and turns them into hilarious anecdotes.” HELLO MAGAZINE
NARRATED BY: Clare Corbett · Romance · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9781471269424
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.
SOP: RO3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Cathleen McCarron · Romance · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471269431
Reforming the Viscount Annie Burrows
To refuse him once was a mistake – to refuse him twice would be madness! Viscount Rothersthorpe can’t tear his eyes from Lydia Morgan any more than he can calm the fury coursing through his veins. Furtive glances across the ballroom are not helping to ease Lydia’s state of shock – the man who once uttered a marriage proposal has returned. But when he stuns her with a outrageous but wickedly delicious proposal, it is clear that despite the rumours, the rake from her past has not reformed! Bestselling Regency Romance author Annie Burrows’ books have been shortlisted for the Festival of Romance Best Historical read, and been awarded the Cataromance Reviewers Award twice.
SOP: RO3 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Jilly Bond · Romance · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471269387
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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.
SOP: RO3 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ Katherine Garbera doesn’t disappoint. Her stories are a hot, sensuous and passionate treat for every romantic.” BRENDA JACKSON
NARRATED BY: TBC · Romance · DURATION: 6.25 · ISBN 9781471269394
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.
SOP: RO3 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Romance · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471269400
The Space Between Diana Gabaldon
An irresistible novella brimming with adventure, history, and suspense. Joan MacKimmie is on her way to Paris to take up her vocation as a nun. Yet her decision is less a matter of faith than fear, for Joan is plagued by mysterious voices and visions. Her chaperone is Michael Murray, a young widower who finds himself drawn to his charge. But when the time-traveling Comte St. Germain learns of Joan’s presence in Paris, Murray is drawn into a battle he did not anticipate. Fantasy writer Diana Gabaldon is the internationally bestselling author of the Outlander series.
SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Davina Porter · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 3.25 · ISBN 9781471269967
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly Sun-mi Hwang
An unforgettable character in world literature, now an international bestseller. This is the story of a hen named Sprout. No longer content to lay eggs only to have them carted off to the market, she glimpses her future every morning through the barn doors, where the other animals roam free, and comes up with a plan to escape into the wild and to hatch an egg of her own. An anthem for individuality and motherhood, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly has captivated millions of readers.
SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Jill Larson · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 3 · ISBN 9781471269974
“ A subtle morality tale that will appeal to readers of all ages.” KIRKUS REVIEWS
OCTOBER
His Instant Heir
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Bring Him Back Scott Mariani
James Bond meets Jason Bourne, with a historical twist. Twelve-year-old Carl Hunter has been snatched at gunpoint from his home on Jersey. He and his kidnapper have vanished without a trace. Enter Ben Hope, now working freelance to rescue kidnapped children. But as Ben begins his search for Carl, he soon discovers that nothing about this case is as it seems. Behind the mystery of the boy’s disappearance lies a sinister secret that threatens to destroy anyone who comes into contact with it…
SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ If you’ve got a pulse, you’ll love Scott Mariani.” SIMON TOYNE
NARRATED BY: Leighton Pugh · Thriller · DURATION: 3.75 · ISBN 9781471269950
NOVEMBER
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
SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Kerry Shale · Thriller · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471273650
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
SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Nigel Carrington · Crime · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471273674
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.
“ 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
SOP: CD9 TUP · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Literature · DURATION: 24 · ISBN 9781471273643
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Jane Costello
Three best friends. One five-star hotel. Will it be the holiday of a lifetime? Imogen and her friends Meredith and Nicola have had their fill of budget holidays. So when Meredith wins a VIP holiday at Barcelona’s hippest new hotel, they plan to sip champagne with the jet set and party. But when the worst crisis of her working life erupts, Imogen has to juggle her BlackBerry with a Manhattan. Between a robbery and an encounter on a nudist beach, the friends stumble from one disaster to the next.
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ Funny, sexy and moving – a hilarious holiday romp with a heart.” SOPHIE KINSELLA
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471273735
Bryant & May – The Bleeding Heart Christopher Fowler
It’s a fresh start for the Met’s oddest investigation team, the Peculiar Crimes Unit. Two teenagers who see a dead man rising from his grave. And if that’s not alarming enough, one of them is killed in a hit and run accident. Soon it seems death is all around and Bryant and May must confront a group of latter-day bodysnatchers. More graves are desecrated, further deaths occur, and when Bryant is blindfolded and taken to a secret society, he realises that this case is more complex than even he had imagined.
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ One of our most unorthodox and entertaining writers.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471273728
Saving Grace Jane Green
From bestselling author Jane Green comes a stunning new novel about a shattered marriage and a devastating betrayal. Grace Chapman has an enviable set-up, living comfortably with her husband on the Hudson River. Then Ted advertises for a new assistant, and Beth walks into their lives. Organised, passionate and eager to learn, Beth quickly makes herself indispensable to Ted and his family. But Grace soon begins to feel sidelined in her home – and her marriage – by this ambitious younger woman. Is Grace paranoid or is there more to Beth than there appears?
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ Compulsively readable.” DAILY MAIL
“ Green is women’s fiction royalty… a compelling family drama.” HEAT
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471273698
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.
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 4.5 · ISBN 9781471273681
“ Simply exceptional … I envy anyone who hasn’t yet read it.” DAILY MAIL
“ Succeeds brilliantly in every particle… it’s an imaginative achievement to exhaust superlatives.” SPECTATOR
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The Time of Our Lives
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How to be Both 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
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471277245
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?
SOP: CD9 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Polly Whitehouse · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471273704
“ 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
The Kills: The Massive Richard House
The second book in the epic 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. This is Book 2.
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NARRATED BY: Robert Slade · Thriller · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471273759
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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NARRATED BY: Caroline Lennon · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471273742
“ What a beautiful book. I cried and smiled my way through.” JANE GREEN
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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: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471277252
The Invention of Exile Vanessa Manko
This dazzling, sweeping novel is a profoundly moving story of family, history and the meaning of home. Connecticut, 1913. Wrongly accused of attending anarchist gatherings Austin Voronkov, engineer, an inventor and Russian immigrant is deported with his young family. While his wife and children are eventually able to return, Austin becomes indefinitely stranded in Mexico City because of the black mark on his record. He keeps a daily correspondence with Julia, as they struggle to remain a family across a distance of two countries.
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NARRATED BY: Kevin Orton · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471273773
“ A brilliant debut. I commend it to you all.” SALMAN RUSHDIE
“ An achingly immediate, sensuous and psychologically acute novel about a man whose life has been suspended by the madness of American politics.” SIRI HUSTVEDT
After Before Jemma Wayne
That was the day that Mama made the rules: If they come, run. Be quiet 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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NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471273780
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…
“ 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
“ 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 9781471273797
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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: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471273827
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: TBC · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9781471273803
The World’s War David Olusoga
A unique account of the millions of colonial troops who fought in the First World War. Every major battle fought on the Western Front, from the First Battle of Ypres to the Second Battle of the Marne, was fought by Allied armies that were multi-racial and multi-ethnic. Yet from the moment the guns fell silent the role of non-white soldiers was forgotten. The World’s War brings to life the searing experiences of the hundreds of thousands of non-white troops whose bravery contributed to the final Allied victory. David Olusoga is a historian and a BBC producer, and an expert on the themes of colonialism, slavery and racism.
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NARRATED BY: TBC · History · DURATION: 16.75 · ISBN 9781471273810
First We Take Manhattan Colette Caddle
A compelling, emotional story from number one bestseller Colette Caddle. After graduating, identical twins Sinead and Sheila Fields decide to open their own hat shop. It’s a small business but thanks to hard work and talent, they build up a loyal clientele. But tragedy strikes when Sheila disappears and is presumed dead. Months later, when there is a sighting of her sister, Sinead is filled with both hope and dread. Why would Sheila have deserted her twin? They had always told each other everything… hadn’t they?
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471273889
“ Caddle can whip up a tremendous love story.” IRISH INDEPENDENT
“ If you like Marian Keyes, you’ll love Colette Caddle.” COMPANY
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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: 14.75 · ISBN 9781471273865
Dance Until Dawn Berni Stevens
Do you believe in love after life? At twenty-five, West-End dancer, Ellie Wakefield should be having the time of her life. The only problem is, since waking up in a three-hundred-year-old vampire’s leaky cellar, Ellie’s been very much dead.
“ A fun vampire tale with a nice take on being a 21st-century vampire. Good fun.” THE BOOKSELLER
William James Austen has fallen hard. He’s spent the last year loving Ellie from afar and now he’s finally able to be truthful about who and what he is. But this time, Will might just have bitten off more than he can chew.
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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Romance · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471273872
A Baby Between Friends Kathie DeNosky
More than anything, Summer Patterson wants a baby… What she doesn’t want is a husband. Thankfully, her best friend, Ryder McClain, makes the perfect sperm donor. Ryder is loyal, undeniably sexy and the one man she trusts – but when he suggests they make a baby naturally, Summer can’t deny their chemistry! Kathie DeNosky’s romance novels have received numerous awards, including two Reader’s Choice Awards, and regularly appear on bestselling lists.
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Romance · DURATION: 4.5 · ISBN 9781471273841
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: 6.5 · ISBN 9781471273858
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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 9781471273834
Like a Bone in the Throat Lawrence Block
A noir beauty from one of the masters of crime. William Charles Croydon, a convicted murderer sentenced to death, amuses himself by exchanging correspondence with the misguided women who send him fan mail. But soon even that loses its attraction, and so he begins to write to the brother of his victim, Paul Danridge. At first, Danridge doesn’t reply, so he writes again, and again. After ignoring the letters initially, Dandridge finally can’t help himself and begins writing back.
“ Block is still one of the greatest crime writers of his or any other generation.” DAILY MAIL
Lawrence Block has been awarded the Crime Writers’ Association Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for a lifetime’s achievement in crime writing.
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Horror · DURATION: 1.25 · ISBN 9781471275166
Grand Designs Linda Mitchelmore
You can change the house but can you change the man? Carrie Fraser cannot believe her luck when she is invited to work at Oakenbury Hall, a beautiful manor house in the English countryside. Nor can she quite get over the owner of Oakenbury – the gorgeous Morgan Harrington. The more time Carrie spends with him, the further she begins to fall. But the likes of Carrie Fraser could never be enough for a high-flying businessman like Morgan… could she? Linda Mitchelmore is the author of To Turn Full Circle and Emma: There’s No Going Back.
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NARRATED BY: Avita Jay · Romance · DURATION: 3.75 · ISBN 9781471275159
Aristotle: Philosophy in an Hour Paul Strathern
Philosophy for busy people: a succinct account of the philosophy of Aristotle in just one hour. The philosophy of Aristotle dominated Western thought for over a thousand years. He had a mind that mastered all disciplines from mathematics to politics and had a continuing impact on every sphere of knowledge he touched. Above all, Aristotle is credited with the founding of logic. He divided human knowledge into separate categories, and enabled our understanding of the world to develop in a systematic fashion.
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NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 1.25 · ISBN 9780007550654
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Howard Jacobson J is a love story of incomparable strangeness, both tender and terrifying. Two people fall in love. Kevern doesn’t know why his father always drew two fingers across his lips when he said a word starting with a J. Ailinn too has grown up in the dark about where she came from. On their first date Kevern kisses the bruises under her eyes. He doesn’t ask who hurt her. Hanging over the lives of everyone is a past event shrouded in suspicion, now referred to as What Happened, If It Happened. 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: Anjoa Andoh and Colin Mace · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471275326
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: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471275333
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 9781471276095
The Dead Pass Colin Bateman
Dan Starkey returns! An exciting, endlessly inventive new novel.
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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: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471276101
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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: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471275401
Upstairs at the Party Linda Grant
The brilliant new novel from the Man Booker shortlisted author of The Clothes on Their Backs. In the early Seventies a glamorous couple known collectively as Evie/Stevie appear out of nowhere on the isolated concrete campus of a new university. To a group of teenagers experimenting with radical ideas they seem blown back from the future, unsettling everything and uncovering covert desires. But the flamboyant self-expression hides deep anxieties. For Adele, with the most to conceal, Evie/Stevie become a lifelong obsession.
“ My only complaint? I fear I may not read a better book all year.” EVENING STANDARD
“ Ambitious… like the best novels, it makes you examine your own moral compass alongside that of its characters.” OBSERVER
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NARRATED BY: Tricia Kelly · Literature · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471273711
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 9781471275364
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: Will Self · Literature · DURATION: 15.75 · ISBN 9781471275388
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Lloyd Shepherd
Lloyd Shepherd’s most ambitious novel to date is a triumph of the imagination.
“ A joyously, flamboyantly melodramatic scamper.” GUARDIAN ON THE ENGLISH MONSTER
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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NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471275371
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 9781471273766
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: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471275418
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 9780008113278
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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: TBC · Literature · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471275449
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.
“ Littlefield has a gift for pacing… page-turning action and evocative, harrowing descriptions.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471275432
Astonish Me Maggie Shipstead
From a prize-winning author comes an exquisitely written, compelling glimpse into the demanding world of professional ballet 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.
“ Shipstead is a gifted writer who examines families and 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: 10.5 · ISBN 9780007581443
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: TBC · History · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780007568086
“ 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
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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 9781471275463
Encounter Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera’s brilliant collection of essays is a passionate defence “ Milan Kundera can be ranked among the greatest of art in an era that, he argues, no longer values art or beauty. With the same dazzling mix of emotion and idea that characterises his novels Milan Kundera illuminates the art and artists who remain important to him and whose work helps us better understand the world. Art, he argues, is what we have to cleave to in the face of evil, against the expression of the darker side of human nature.
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novelists of post-war Europe.”
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NARRATED BY: Graeme Malcolm · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 4.25 · ISBN 9781471275456
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 9781471275524
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’s 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: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471275517
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Talk to Me Jules Wake
Olivia and Daniel certainly aren’t talking the language of love… Olivia has been in love with Daniel forever, but they’ve never been able to make it work. Their relationship has always been a series of mixed messages and misunderstandings and the final straw comes when Daniel starts dating her flatmate, Emily. Hurt, Olivia resolves to forget her heartache with a spot of speeddating. Can she rely on Daniel to step in when events take a terrifying turn or will it ultimately result in tragedy?
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“ A heart-warming debut.” THE BOOKSELLER
NARRATED BY: Jenny Funnell · Romance · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471275500
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.
SOP: RO3 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Romance · DURATION: 5.5 · ISBN 9781471275470
She’s Having the Boss’s Baby Kate Carlisle
Nothing can stop Ellie Sterling’s baby-making attempt at the fertility clinic… Nothing but her best friend and billionaire CEO boss Aidan Sutherland, who offers an alternative to leaving their island headquarters: making a baby with him the old-fashioned way… but will one hot night be enough for them? Kate Carlisle is a New York Times bestselling romance author.
SOP: RO3 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Madeleine Maby · Romance · DURATION: 5.75 · ISBN 9781471275487
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’s 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.
SOP: RO3 M&B · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Jilly Bond · Romance · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471275494
Clipper Audio
Rupert Colley
In 1917 the world changed forever… One of the most influential and contentious events in recent history, the Russian Revolution unleashed the greatest political experiment ever conducted, one which continues to influence both Eastern and Western politics today. The Russian Revolution: History in an Hour gives you a clear and straightforward overview: from the circumstances behind the rise of Lenin and the Bolsheviks, to the consequences of their struggle for a new socialist utopia.
SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · History · DURATION: 1.5 · ISBN 9780008115135
Command: Henry V Marcus Cowper
Immortalised in the plays of Shakespeare, Henry V is the most famous and celebrated of all England’s medieval monarchs. Henry V is the most famous and celebrated of all England’s medieval monarchs. On his accession to the throne, he turned his attention towards foreign affairs and the English position in France. This title will examine Henry’s key battles and sieges and how he was perceived by his contemporaries as a military leader. It will also deal with his controversial military decisions, such as the slaughter of the French prisoners at Agincourt.
SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ Brisk pacing and firm articulation define this short history of Britain’s legendary warrior king.” DAW AUDIOFILE
NARRATED BY: Jamie Glover · History · DURATION: 2 · ISBN 9781471279096
Grendel’s Lair Paul Finch
A chilling tale from a master of suspense… Gordon Grimwood, a suspected murderer, leads a bunch of cops into a network of derelict air-raid shelters to find a missing child – where a hideous evil awaits them! Paul Finch has won the British Fantasy Award twice and the International Horror Guild Award.
SOP: SSCD3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Horror · DURATION: 1 · ISBN 9781471277009
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DECEMBER
The Russian Revolution: History in an Hour
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Lamplight Representing traditional genres such as sagas and mysteries. This quarter includes long established authors such as Maeve Binchy, Lesley Pearse as well as the new Hercule Poirot novel by Sophie Hannah.
OCTOBER
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.
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471272707
Child of the Mersey Annie Groves
For the ordinary people of Empire Street, life will never be the same again. Since her mother died, Kitty Fisher has cooked, cleaned and scraped to make ends meet for her drunken father and her brothers. Rita Kennedy, living with her husband under the roof of his spiteful mother, is desperate for their own home. For the two women, the threatening clouds of war will bring heartache and tragedy. It will take courage and the bonds of family to help them see this through.
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Noreen Leighton · Saga · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9780007597963
“ A stirring and heartrending family saga… the choices and dreams of a generation of women combine to create this passionate story” LIVERPOOL DAILY POST
Lamplight Audio
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.
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Mystery · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007566976
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.
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ 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: 16 · ISBN 9781471272714
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
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Leon Williams · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9780007566846
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.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15 · ISBN 9780007597918
OCTOBER
The Monogram Murders
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OCTOBER
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
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Anne Dover · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471272745
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.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ Richard Sharpe would be delighted to have Keane on his side.” BERNARD CORNWELL
NARRATED BY: David Timson · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471272738
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
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Nathaniel Tapley · Saga · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471272721
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.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Leighton Pugh · Crime · DURATION: 14.5 · ISBN 9780007584758
“ Compulsively readable. Crafted with cunning and imbued with menace.” RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH
Lamplight Audio
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.
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Kate Binchy · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471275203
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.
“ 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.” WOMAN
“ 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
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Juanita McMahon and Andrew Wincott · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471275210
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.
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 22.25 · ISBN 9780007581726
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, Evie takes the holiday of a lifetime: a few weeks of hiking, rafting and jungle adventure at an eco-lodge in Mexico. But nothing is quite what it seems. There are secrets hidden that can’t be allowed to leave their jungle hiding place. If she is ever to see her son again, Evie will be forced to find reserves of strength, courage and ingenuity she never dreamt existed.
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Laurel Lefkow · Thriller · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471275227
“ Thriller writing at its best.” TESS GERRITSEN
“ Pure nail-biting stay-up-all-night suspense.” HARLAN COBEN
NOVEMBER
Chestnut Street
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NOVEMBER
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.
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Humorous · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471275197
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.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 18.75 · ISBN 9781471275241
“ 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.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ 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: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.25 · ISBN 9781471275265
Exit the Thief Danny Miller
Cannes 1966 – and Vince is on the Riviera mixing with movie stars, drug barons and assassins alike. When Vince Treadwell spots a famous jewel thief in Soho one night and the next day reads about a daring robbery at the Ritz, he takes it upon himself to investigate the case as the missing jewels belong to the beautiful French movie star Capucine, with whom Vince is smitten. But it soon leads to murder – and he is the chief suspect…
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Peter Noble · Crime · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471275258
“ [A] hugely atmospheric and violent tale.” TELEGRAPH ON THE GILDED EDGE
Lamplight Audio
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Gwendolen
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Diana Souhami
‘I was winning until I met your gaze…’ Gambling at the roulette tables, Gwendolen Harleth glances up to meet Daniel Deronda’s arresting stare. Thirty years on, the flawed heroine and true protagonist of Eliot’s last great novel writes her confessional. The egotism, naiveté and sensitivity of her youth is evoked with bittersweet wisdom; a passionate remembrance of the events leading up to the marriage that broke her spirit, and the loss of the man who broke her heart. 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.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Laura Kirman · Literature · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471275234
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?
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ 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: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780008103781
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…
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471277344
“ 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
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. Adele Geras is an award winning author of children’s and adults books, including Troy.
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Alex Tregear · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471267826
“ Wonderfully evocative… a not-to-be-missed treat.” PENNY VINCENZI ON FACING THE LIGHT
DECEMBER
Crooked Heart
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DECEMBER
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.
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471277337
“ 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
Survivor
Lesley Pearse From internationally bestselling author, Lesley Pearse, Survivor is a story of bravery and love. 1938: Headstrong eighteen-year-old Mari Carrera leaves a small town in rural New Zealand aboard the SS Rimutaka, bound for the bustling anonymity of London – but she is all too willing to be seduced by the temptations of the glittering West End. Until war comes and snatches it all away. As the Blitz rains death on London, Mari’s life is blown apart. And soon this born survivor must risk everything – putting her life on the line for others.
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ Utterly riveting, brilliant.” CLOSER
“ Characters it is impossible not to care about.” DAILY MAIL
NARRATED BY: Alison Dowling · Saga · DURATION: 16.75 · ISBN 9781471277320
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?
SOP: LAMP5 · AVAILABILITY: CD
“ A modern day love story.” DAILY MAIL
“ Captivating, heartbreaking and superbly written.” CLOSER
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471277351
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
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471277368
Lamplight Audio
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
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: James Lailey · Crime · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007566051
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.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9780008114664
Spitfire Girl
Jackie Moggridge “We had returned to a different world. We had taken off in peace at nine-thirty and landed in war at noon.” Jackie Moggridge was just nineteen when World War Two broke out. Determined to do her bit, she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary. Ferrying aircraft from factory to frontline was dangerous work, but there was also fun, friendship and even love in the air. At last the world was opening up to women... or at least it seemed to be. From her first flight at fifteen to smuggling Spitfires into Burma, Jackie describes the trials and tribulations, successes and frustrations of her life in the sky.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · History · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9781471278334
The Art of Baking Blind 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.
SOP: LAMP10 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471277382
“ 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
DECEMBER
Funeral in Berlin
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Avid An imprint dedicated to the increasingly popular genre fiction – specifically supernatural, horror, fantasy and sci-fi.
OCTOBER
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.
SOP: AVID3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Emily Gray · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471266164
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 LP Hartley.
SOP: AVID3 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Horror · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471269189
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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.”
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“ 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 9780007581566
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: TBC · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471275173
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 9780007556496
Authority
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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NARRATED BY: TBC · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9780007588725
“ Creepy and fascinating.” STEPHEN KING
“ VanderMeer’s mindbending story is written with the pace and intensity of a thriller… vastly entertaining.” THE TIMES
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A Natural History of Dragons
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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: TBC · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9780007593668
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: 7.5 · ISBN 9781471276989
The Time Traveller’s Almanac: Mazes and Traps (Volume 3) Edited by Jeff & Ann VanderMeer
The Time Traveller’s Almanac will reacquaint readers with beloved classics and introduce them to thrilling contemporary examples of the time travel genre.
“ Something of a dream come true… the breadth of scientific and literary choices in styles and approaches is exemplary.”
MORNING STAR The Time Traveller’s Almanac is the largest, most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer have scoured time itself to bring you these classic stories. Be warned: reality will be warped, wormholes opened, paradoxes woven and parallel universes breached.
This is the third volume
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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471276996
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Hester Browne
From the bestselling author Hester Browne comes another glamorous romance. The Bonneville Hotel, Mayfair, used to host movie stars but recent years haven’t been kind. However, thanks to the organisational genius of Rosie Macmillan, Events Manager, it’s reclaiming some of its former glory. While Rosie’s weddings are the ultimate in romance, Rosie herself isn’t. Her focus is fixed firmly on the details. But when Rosie is forced to collaborate with the Bonneville heir, Joe, her career and her love life are turned upside down.
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“ Hester Browne writes with such wit and polish. I love it.” SOPHIE KINSELLA
“ Deliciously addictive.” COSMOPOLITAN
NARRATED BY: Jessica Ball · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9781471269196
The Lily and the Lion Maurice Druon
“This was the original game of thrones.” george r.r. martin Robert of Artois, the kingmaker, and his aunt, Mahaut, involve Phillipe VI of France in their vicious, no-holds-barred power struggle. Mahaut dies and Robert is banished. He travels to England where he inspires the new king, Edward III, to start the Hundred Years’ War. Meanwhile the sorceress Beatrice, Jeanne the Lame, and the mysterious La Divion come forward to play their sinister parts in this tale of conspiracy and murder.
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NARRATED BY: Peter Joyce · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780007565245
“ Blood-curdling tale of intrigue, murder, corruption and sexual passion.” SUNDAY TIMES
“ Dramatic and colourful as a Dumas romance but stiffened by historical accuracy and political insight.” SUNDAY TIMES
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The Honeymoon Hotel
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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 9780007566792
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: 8.25 · ISBN 9781471269202
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 9780007581764
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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NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007598953
“ 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
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Stefanie de Velasco An explosive story of love, death, rebellion and an extraordinary friendship, Tiger Milk is a novel to define a generation. Nini and Jameelah are fourteen. They don’t want to grow up. As the summer holidays stretch out before them, Berlin becomes their playground. At night they descend on the red light district, impersonating the prostitutes there in order to practice for their first time, giggling to each other, tipsy on Tiger Milk. But then, one night, Nini and Jameelah witness a crime that threatens to ruin everything.
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“ A major debut full of strength, pain and love.” EXPRESS
NARRATED BY: Sarah Feathers · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9781471269226
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: 11 · ISBN 9781471269219
A Girl Called Summer Lucy Lord
Island life is just one step away… Bella and Andy have escaped the rat race for a relaxed lifestyle on the island of Ibiza. But with a run-down house and a distractingly gorgeous neighbour, is their island idyll all that it seems? Summer Larsson has always known Ibiza as home. But in Bella, she’s found the friend she always needed, and when Bella’s glamorous Hollywood friends come to visit, it looks like she might have found true love as well…
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“ The perfect read.” HEAT
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780007598915
Cut Dead Mark Sennen
DI Charlotte Savage is back, chasing a killer who they presumed dead… now he’s back and more dangerous than ever. When three headless bodies are found in a pit, the bodies bear the hallmarks of a killer who was never caught, last at large ten years ago. Could this be a copycat or has the killer resurfaced? With a steady stream of bodies arriving at the morgue, DI Savage is up against it to find the killer. The past has caught up with them. And so has he…
“ A nail-biting thriller that will keep your pulse racing all the way to the explosive climax.” ALEX KAVA
“ A fast-paced serial-killer chiller” ALEX MARWOOD
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NARRATED BY: Stevie Lacey · Crime · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9780007575251
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The Year I Met You 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: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9780007567287
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 9780007581481
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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HARLAN COBEN
NARRATED BY: TBC · Thriller · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007595648
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. Already a well-established author of young adult fiction, Sophie McKenzie’s first novel for adults, Close My Eyes was met with critical acclaim and became a bestseller.
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“ One of the smartest, swiftest and most compelling spy novels I’ve read in years.”
NARRATED BY: Clare Corbett · Thriller · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9781471259586
“ 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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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: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471274107
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: TBC · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007597048
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: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471274114
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: 13 · ISBN 9781471274138
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Closed For Winter Jørn Lier Horst
Closed for Winter was the winner of the Norwegian Booksellers Prize. “ The writer’s career as a The summer cottages are closed and peace is settling over the coast of Vestfold, but the autumn fog conceals evil deeds. Ove Bakkerud’s cottage is ransacked by burglars, and next door he discovers the body of a man who has been beaten to death. Police Inspector William Wisting is uneasy; the desperation he sees in this latest murder is troubling. Meanwhile, dead birds are dropping from the sky.
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police chief has supplied a key ingredient for the crime fiction form: credibility.” BARRY FORSHAW
NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Crime · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471274121
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 9780007566570
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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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“ Gripping, stylish, convincing.” SUNDAY TIMES
“ Tense, no-punches-pulled thriller that will have you on the edge of your deckchair.” WOMAN AND HOME
NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Crime · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780007567218
The Second Deadly Sin Åsa Larsson
“A superior example of Scandinavian Noir.” sunday telegraph At the end of a bear hunt across the wilderness of Northern Sweden, the successful hunters are shaken by a grisly discovery. Across in Kurravaara, a woman is murdered with frenzied brutality: crude abuse scrawled above her bloodied bed, her young grandson nowhere to be found. Dropped from the case thanks to a jealous rival, Rebecka Martinsson stands alone against a killer, spawned by a horrifying crime that festers after one hundred years on ice.
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471276064
“ Among the current batch of Nordic writers, the new Larsson is one to be followed with the most minute attention.” BARRY FORSHAW FOR INDEPENDENT
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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: TBC · Thriller · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9780007596072
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: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9780007596119
Beautiful You Chuck Palahniuk
The new novel from the author of Fight Club. Penny Harrigan is a low-level associate in a law firm with no love life. So it comes as a shock when she’s invited to dinner by C. Linus Maxwell, a mega-billionaire. After dinner, he whisks Penny off to a hotel suite in Paris where Penny discovers that she is a test subject for the development of new sex toys. So effective are these devices that women lock themselves in their room and stop coming out…
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“ Palahniuk continues to push limits… his cheeky wit is at its best in this grotesque novel.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9781471276026
Working Girls Maureen Carter
Working Girl 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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NARRATED BY: Frances Barber · Crime · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471279102
“ 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
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Not My Father’s Son Alan Cumming
“This is a beautiful book – sad, funny, haunting, surprising, suspenseful, gut-wrenching, endearing. It will linger inside of you long after you turn the final page.” harlan coBen Alan Cumming’s father Alex was a man who held his family hostage, who meted out violence with a frightening ease. Alex was the dark, enigmatic heart of Cumming family life. But he was not the only mystery. Alan’s maternal grandfather, Tommy Darling, had disappeared to the Far East after the Second World War. Curious to explore this mystery, Alan committed to filming an episode of the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? Then out of the blue, his father called. He had a secret he had to share.
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“ What a shattering, compelling and extraordinary story Alan Cumming has to tell. And he does so with such style and grace.” STEPHEN FRY
“ Not My Father’s Son is a beautifully written, honest look at the forces of blood and bone that make us what we are.” NEIL GAIMAN
NARRATED BY: TBC · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 6.5 · ISBN 9781471278327
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: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9780008104221
The Arc of the Swallow Sissel-Jo Gazan
A hunter after truth will be hunted as prey… When Professor Kristian Storm is found hanged in his office, his assistant Marie Skov refuses to believe that it is suicide. Having just returned from West Africa, the late scientist had uncovered a shocking truth about immunology programmes in the developing world. While Marie grapples with Storm’s disputed legacy, Søren Marhauge leads them both beyond legal boundaries and behind the scenes of the cut-throat pharmaceutical industry. From the bestselling author of The Dinosaur Feather come this outstanding novel, full of ingenious research, complex characterisation and suspenseful plotting. Sissel-Jo Gazan was the winner of the Danish Crime Novel of the Decade Award.
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NARRATED BY: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 17.75 · ISBN 9781471276040
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: TBC · Crime · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9780008104023
“ Jance beautifully evokes the desert and towns of her beloved southwest as well as the strong individuals who live there.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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Candace Bushnell
Meet teenage Carrie Bradshaw as she hits the bright lights, big city of New York! Summer is a magical time in New York City and Carrie is in love with all of it – the crazy characters in her neighbourhood and the glamorous man who has swept her off her feet. Best of all, she’s finally in a real writing class. But as it becomes increasingly difficult to reconcile her past with her future, Carrie realises that making it in New York is much more complicated than she ever imagined.
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“ A gem of a read.” CLOSER
“ The long-awaited prequel to Sex and the City… [is] an entertaining comeof-age story.” TATLER ON THE CARRIE DIARIES
NARRATED BY: Jenna Lamia · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9780007587148
Geek Girl: Picture Perfect Holly Smale
The laugh out loud follow-up to award-winning Geek Girl and Model Misfit will have you in stitches! Harriet Manners knows more facts than most. She knows that New York is the most populous city in the United States. She knows that its official motto is ‘Ever Upward’. But she knows nothing whatsoever about modelling in the Big Apple and how her family will cope with life stateside. And even more importantly, what to do when the big romantic gestures aren’t coming your way from your boyfriend…
“ I would highly recommend Geek Girl to anyone who likes a good laugh and enjoys a one-of-a-kind story.” GUARDIAN CHILDREN’S BOOKS ON GEEK GIRL
“ A feel-good satisfying gem that will have teens smiling from cover to cover, and walking a little taller after reading.” BOOKS FOR KEEPS ON GEEK GIRL
SOP: JAMT2 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Katy Sobey · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9780007579778
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Summer and the City
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NOVEMBER
Breaking Butterfl ies M. Anjelais
A beautiful and twisted story of fi rst love. Two teens are drawn together, promised to each other since childhood by their dreaming mothers. The girl is sweet, empathetic and ordinary. The boy: brilliant, charismatic – and ill. No one knows it yet, but he is incapable of feeling. Their relationship twists and turns to a terrifying climax about making the ultimate sacrifice. M. Anjelais’s work was shortlisted for The Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition.
SOP: JAMT2 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471275142
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
SOP: JAMT2 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9780007579297
DECEMBER
The Elite Kiera Cass
‘The Selection’ gets fierce as rivals stake their claim on the prince. Six girls, one life-changing prize… Surviving ‘The Selection’ is tough. Rivals are battling to become Prince Maxon’s bride as the threat of rebel violence just beyond the palace walls escalates into war. Only six girls are left and sworn friendships are tested to breaking point. America’s feelings for Maxon grow stronger, but she suspects darker mysteries in his royal past. With ex-lover Aspen waiting for her in the shadows, where do her loyalties truly lie?
“ Reality TV meets dystopian fairy tale… Charming, captivating, and filled with just the right amount of swoon!” KIERSTEN WHITE ON THE SELECTION
The follow up to the bestselling The Selection, hailed as The Hunger Games meets Gossip Girl.
SOP: JAMT2 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: TBC · Romance · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9780007587735
A Little in Love Susan E. Fletcher
This is the fi rst novel for teens from Whitbread prize-winning author Susan Fletcher. As a young child Eponine never knew kindness, except once from her family’s kitchen slave, Cosette. When at sixteen the girls’ paths cross again and their circumstances are reversed, Eponine must decide what that friendship is worth, even though they’ve both fallen for the same boy. In the end, Eponine will sacrifice everything to keep true love alive. Inspired by the Victor Hugo literary classic and bestselling musical and multi award winning film, Les Misérables, this is Eponine’s story.
SOP: JAMT2 · AVAILABILITY: CD
NARRATED BY: Melody Grove · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 6.5 · ISBN 9781471277023
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Playaway A new media format specially designed for audiobooks – pre-loaded MP3 players with an audiobook locked-in. Just press play.
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Lucy Diamond
How do you say ‘I love you’ in Italian? Anna knows the father she’s never met is Italian. Now she’s baking focaccia and learning the language, determined to go and find him. After Catherine’s husband walked out on her, she’s trying to pick up the pieces of her life. But she discovers his deception runs even deeper than infidelity.
SOP: PA6
“ Funny, sunny and wise. An absolute treat.” KATIE FFORDE
NARRATED BY: Geraldine Sharrock · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471269660
Death Angel
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Linda Fairstein
Once again, Linda Fairstein thrills with an explosive novel fi lled with a shocking realism that only she can deliver. In Central Park, Assistant DA Alex Cooper and Detective Mike Chapman race to track down a serial killer. Is the body found in the Ramble the first victim of a deranged psychopath, or could other missing women be connected?
SOP: PA6
“ One of my favourite writers… her stories never fail to thrill.” KARIN SLAUGHTER
NARRATED BY: Barbara Rosenblat · Crime · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471269684
Tigerman
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Nick Harkaway From the highly acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World and Angelmaker comes Nick Harkaway’s brilliant new novel. Lester Ferris needs a rest. He’s spent his life being shot at, and Afghanistan was the last stop on his road to exhaustion. Mancreu is the ideal place for Lester to relax. A former British colony, soon to be destroyed because of its very special version of toxic pollution.
SOP: PA6
NARRATED BY: Matt Bates · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9781471269615
“ [O]ne of the most enjoyable books I’ve read in ages… brilliantly entertaining… what a splendid ride.” GUARDIAN ON ANGELMAKER
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One Night in Italy
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Darkness, Darkness
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John Harvey
The final DI Charlie Resnick novel, from the author of Cold in Hand. Thirty years ago, the Miners’ Strike threatened to tear the country apart, turning neighbour against neighbour – enmities which smoulder still. Resnick had run an information gathering unit at the heart of the dispute. Now, in retirement, and grieving over the death of his partner, the discovery of the body of a woman who disappeared during the Strike brings Resnick back, and forces him to confront his past.
SOP: PA6
“ If only every series of crime novels could end with such grace and style.” JOHN CONNOLLY
NARRATED BY: Mike Grady · Crime · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471269622
The Murder Bag
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Tony Parsons
The number one bestseller… If you like crime-novels by Ian Rankin and Peter James, you will love this. Twenty years ago seven students became friends at their exclusive private school, Potter’s Field. Now they have started dying in the most violent way imaginable. Detective Max Wolfe follows the bloody trail from the backstreets and bright lights of the city, to the darkest corners of the corridors of power. As the bodies pile up, Max finds he is fighting not only for justice, but for his own life…
SOP: PA6
NARRATED BY: Colin Mace · Crime · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471269608
A House of Knives
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William Shaw
“London in 1968 is an evocative setting and Shaw skilfully re-creates an era of social turmoil and class conflict.” sunday times Marylebone, November 1968. Detective Sergeant Breen has a death threat and two burned bodies on his hands. One is an un-mourned vagrant; the other the son of a politician. One case suffers the apathy of the police; the other is obstructed by a PR conscious father. Then the potential perpetrator of Breen’s death threats is murdered.
SOP: PA6
“ A first-rate police thriller set amidst the seamy underside of the swinging sixties.” C. J. SAMSON ON A SONG FROM DEAD LIPS
NARRATED BY: Cameron Stewart · Crime · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9781471269677
The Trigger
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Tim Butcher
An exploration of the life of the teenager who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and so triggered the First World War. On a summer morning in Sarajevo a hundred years ago, a teenage assassin fired not just the opening shots of the First World War but the starting gun for modern history. By killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Gavrilo Princip triggered conflict that would claim millions of lives in battle, and turmoil that would change our world.
SOP: PA9
“ A fascinating study… an incisive, shrewd, wholly compelling investigation.” WILLIAM BOYD
NARRATED BY: Tim Butcher · History · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471269691
Skeletons
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Jane Fallon
Top ten bestselling author Jane Fallon writes of discovered secrets and the price of keeping them in her stunning new novel, Skeletons.
“ Intelligent, edg y and witty.” GLAMOUR
Jen has discovered a secret. If she tells her husband Jason, will he forgive her for telling the truth? If she tells someone else in Jason’s family, she’d not only tear them apart but could also find herself on the outside. But if she keeps this to herself, how long can she pretend nothing is wrong? Jen knows the truth – but is she ready for the consequences?
SOP: PA9
NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471269707
The Ties That Bind
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Erin Kelly
The new novel from the author of The Burning Air will confirm her as one of Britain’s foremost psychological thriller writers.
“ Kelly’s most accomplished book to date… a gripping tale of secrets, revenge and obsession, masterfully done.” GUARDIAN ON THE BURNING AIR
Joss Grand once ruled the Brighton underworld with his sidekick Jacky Nye – until Jacky washed up by the West Pier in 1968. Though Grand’s alibi seems cast-iron, Luke, a true crime writer, is sure there’s more to the story, and he convinces the criminalturned-philanthropist to be interviewed for a book about his life. Soon Luke realises that in stirring up secrets from the past, he may be in terrible danger.
SOP: PA9
NARRATED BY: Robert Blackwood · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471269714
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Christina Courtenay
How do you start a new life, leaving behind all you love? It’s 1641, and when Midori Kumashiro, the orphaned daughter of a warlord, is told she has to leave Japan or die, she has no choice but to flee to England. Midori is trained in the arts of war, but is that enough to help her survive a journey, with a lecherous crew and an attractive captain she doesn’t trust? Having come to Nagasaki to trade, the last thing Captain Nico Noordholt wants is a female passenger. How can he protect her from his crew when he can’t keep his own eyes off her? When they arrive in England, a civil war is brewing, and only by standing together can Midori and Nico hope to survive.
SOP: PA12
NARRATED BY: Julia Franklin · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471269721
Salt River
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James Sallis
In the final novel in Sallis’ Turner trilogy, Turner finds himself at the centre of a community that, like so many others, is drying up, disappearing before his eyes. Two years have passed since Turner’s lover, Val Bjorn, was shot as they sat together on the porch of his cabin. Then the sheriff’s long-lost son comes ploughing down Main Street in what appears to be a stolen car. And waiting at Turner’s cabin is his good friend, Eldon Brown. Haunted by his own ghosts, Turner nonetheless goes in search of a truth he’s not sure he can live with.
SOP: PA12
“ Haunting… Sallis writes poetic rings around the subject.” NEW YORK TIMES
NARRATED BY: Peter Brooke · Crime · DURATION: 3.5 · ISBN 9781471265006
Jam
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Jake Wallis Simons One of Britain’s most compelling and original voices in fiction. As darkness falls on the M25, the flow of traffic comes to a halt. Time passes. More time passes. Then more. Drivers switch off their engines, then get out of their cars. And so the story begins…
SOP: PA12
DAILY TELEGRAPH
NARRATED BY: Jake Wallis Simons · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9781471269738
Jack
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A. M. Homes From the prize-winning author of May we be Forgiven, Jack is a poignant and hilariously truthful coming of age novel. Jack is a teenager who wants nothing more than to be normal – even if being normal means having divorced parents and a rather strange best friend. But when Jack’s father takes him out rowing on a lake and tells his son that he’s gay, nothing will ever be normal again. Out of Jack’s struggle to redefine ‘family’, comes a work of enormous humour, charm and resonance.
SOP: PA15
“ Jake Wallis Simons homes in on the motorway like a modern Dante.”
“ A moving novel and a very refreshing one. Jack is such an engaging, attractive human being, it’s a pleasure to believe in him.” DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
NARRATED BY: Thomas Judd · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 6 · ISBN 9781471269936
Marked
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David Jackson Her tattoo wasn’t just a mark for life; it marked her for death too… In New York a young girl is brutally raped and murdered. Detective Callum Doyle has visited the distraught family. Now he wants justice. Doyle is convinced he knows who the killer is; the problem is he can’t prove it. And the more he pushes his prime suspect, the more he learns that the man is capable of pushing back in ways more devious and twisted than Doyle could ever have imagined.
SOP: PA15
“ Recalls Harlan Coben – though for my money Jackson is the better writer.” GUARDIAN
NARRATED BY: Nick Landrum · Crime · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471269745
The Dead
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Howard Linskey The Dead is the third book in Howard Linskey’s series featuring Newcastle gangster David Blake. Life is sweet for David Blake until his accountant is arrested for murder. The money man is set for a life sentence until he puts five million pounds out of Blake’s reach. Now Blake faces a choice; fix the acquittal of a child killer or lose out on the cash. Meanwhile, Serbian gangsters are taking over his territory and his girlfriend is asking awkward questions.
SOP: PA15
NARRATED BY: David Nellist · Crime · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471269769
“ A Tyneside Dashiell Hammett to put Martina Cole firmly in her place.” THE TIMES
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The Gilded Fan
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Want You Dead
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Peter James
Want You Dead is Peter James’ tenth book in his multi-million-copy selling crime series featuring the definitive detective, Roy Grace. When Red Westwood meets Bryce Laurent through an online dating agency, there is an instant attraction. But as their love blossoms, the truth about his past begins to emerge. Everything he has told Red about himself turns out to be lies, and her infatuation with him gradually turns to terror.
SOP: PA6
“ Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business.” KARIN SLAUGHTER
NARRATED BY: Daniel Weyman · Crime · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471270864
The Deadliest Sin
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The Medieval Murderers
The tenth installment in this thrilling series from The Medieval Murderers. In the spring of 1348, tales begin of poisonous clouds fast approaching, which have overwhelmed whole cities, with scarcely a human being left. While some pray earnestly, there are those who hope that God’s wrath might be averted by pilgrimage. When a group of pilgrims are forced to shelter at an inn, their host encourages them to tell their stories of sin, so that it might emerge which one is the best. And the worst…
SOP: PA6
“ With the combined imaginations of Bernard Knight… Susanna Gregory, Ian Morson, and Philip Gooden, this is a thoroughly enjoyable read.” DAILY MAIL ON THE SACRED STONE
NARRATED BY: Colin Mace · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 15.5 · ISBN 9781471270901
The Way Back Home
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Freya North
The new novel from bestselling author Freya North. Brought up in an artists’ commune in Derbyshire, Oriana Taylor had freedom at her fingertips in a home full of extraordinary people. The Bedwell brothers, Malachy and Jed, shared their childhood with Oriana in the rambling old house and tangled grounds. Their dreams and desires, taking wing unchecked. But too much freedom comes at a price. Something happened the summer they were fifteen. And now, having been gone eighteen years, Oriana is back.
SOP: PA6
“ [S]tands out from the crowd with its twists, turns and simply stunning writing.” SUN
NARRATED BY: Melody Grove · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9780007566402
The Thrill of it All
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Joseph O’Connor
A captivating novel filled with music, friendship and teenage dreams, from the bestselling author of Ghost Light and Star of the Sea. At college in the 1980s, Robbie Goulding, an Irish-born teenager, meets Fran Mulvey, a Vietnamese refugee. Together they form a band. Joined by cellist Sarah-Thérèse Sherlock and her brother Seán on drums, they set out to chase fame. Spanning 25 years, we fast-forward through an evocative soundtrack of struggle and laughter. Infused with blues, New Wave and punk, the tale stretches from the Glastonbury Festival to Long Island, culminating in July 2012, a night that changes everything.
SOP: PA6
NARRATED BY: Ciarán Hinds · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471270888
The Unfinished Symphony of You and Me
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Lucy Robinson
Laugh out loud and follow your heart with Lucy Robinson’s The Unfinished Symphony of You and Me.
“ One of Britain’s most talented rising stars.”
Sally is an incredible singer but she’d rather join a nudist colony than sing in public. That is until she ventures to New York where a wild summer of love and loss changes her forever. Sally returns home to London, but as she’s about to embark on her new life, a beautiful man turns up on Sally’s doorstep. Does he hold the truth to what happened in New York?
SOP: PA6
HUFFINGTON POST
NARRATED BY: Stevie Lacey · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15.5 · ISBN 9781471270895
The Marriage Game
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Alison Weir
Their affair is the scandal of Europe… Queen Elizabeth cannot resist her dashing but married Master of Horse, Lord Robert Dudley. Many believe them to be lovers. The formidable young Queen is regarded by most as a bastard and a heretic, yet many seek her hand in marriage. Desperately insecure, Elizabeth embarks on a perilous balancing act, using sex and high-powered diplomacy to play what becomes known as ‘the Marriage Game’.
SOP: PA6
NARRATED BY: Julia Franklin · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 16.5 · ISBN 9781471270871
“ The reader has the blissful sense of seeing history as it happens.” THE TIMES
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Michael Cunningham
A luminous, compassionate novel from the author of the critically acclaimed The Hours.
“ Luminously written, page-turningly enjoyable.”
Barrett Meeks is walking through Central Park when he looks up; in the sky he sees a pale light that regards him in a distinctly godlike way. In Brooklyn, Tyler Meeks is determined to write a song that will be an enduring expression of love. Barrett turns unexpectedly to religion, while Tyler grows convinced that drugs can release his creative powers.
SOP: PA9
OBSERVER
NARRATED BY: Claire Danes · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 6.75 · ISBN 9780007583515
Elizabeth is Missing
“ The novel is both a gripping detective yarn and a haunting Emma Healey depiction of mental illness, but also more poignant and A fast-paced mystery and a moving meditation on memory and identity, blackly comic than you might all told through Maud’s unforgettable voice. expect from that description… Maud is forgetful. She makes a cup of tea and doesn’t remember to drink it. She sometimes thinks perhaps Healey’s greatest her daughter Helen is a total stranger. But there’s one thing Maud is sure of: her friend Elizabeth is achievement is the flawless missing. The note in her pocket tells her so. And no matter who tells her to stop going on about it, voice she creates for Maud.” Maud will get to the bottom of it. A debut novel about a mind in the grips of dementia. OBSERVER
SOP: PA9
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NARRATED BY: Anna Bentinck · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471270918
Last Man Off
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Matt Lewis
Last Man Off is a first-hand account of an ocean tragedy. Antarctica, June 6th 1998. 23-year-old Matt Lewis has just started his dream job: an observer aboard a deep sea fishing boat. As the crew haul in their lines for the day, the waves seem bigger than usual – they are casting shadows on the deck. A storm is brewing. What follows is an astonishing story of courage and tragedy. Lewis leads the escape onto three life rafts, where the battle for survival begins. This brilliantly written and thrilling account will be enjoyed by fans of A Perfect Storm and Touching the Void.
SOP: PA9
NARRATED BY: Malcolm Hamilton · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471269646
Arctic Summer
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Damon Galgut
A fictional exploration of the life and times of one of Britain’s finest novelists, E. M. Forster, from a twice Man Booker shortlisted author. In 1912, the SS Birmingham approaches India. On board is Morgan Forster, novelist and man of letters. It will be another twelve years, and a second time spent in India, before A Passage to India, E. M. Forster’s great work of literature, is published. During these years, Morgan will come to a profound understanding of the infinite subtleties and complexity of human nature.
SOP: PA12
“ Galgut seems the most likely of the crop of young South African novelists to fill J.M. Coetzee’s shoes.” GUARDIAN
NARRATED BY: Finlay Robertson · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471270932
The Hopeless Life of Charlie Summers
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Paul Torday
A modern retake on A Tale of Two Cities by the bestselling author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.
“ Torday is one of the most original voices in modern fiction.”
METRO Hector Chetwode-Talbot, also known as Eck, is at a loose end when he is approached by an old army friend to join his investment company. Soon Eck can afford a luxury car and flat, and it is on holiday in France that Eck meets Charlie Summers. Then Charlie appears on Eck’s doorstep, intent on staying and launching his dog food business, and Eck begins to question how different he really is from Charlie Summers…
SOP: PA12
NARRATED BY: Simon J. Williamson · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471270949
Miami Blues
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Charles Willeford
A brutal, thrilling ride, Miami Blues is a classic of Florida crime fiction, revealing the sordid side of the Sunshine State.
“ No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford.”
ELMORE LEONARD Ex-con Freddy ‘Junior’ Frenger lands in Miami with three stolen wallets and plans for a new life of crime, and leaves the airport with a snatched suitcase and a corpse behind him. Homicide detective Hoke Moseley is soon chasing Junior and his hooker girlfriend through the seedy suburban sprawl of Miami in a game of hide and seek that will leave Hoke beaten and robbed – but determined to get his man.
SOP: PA12
NARRATED BY: Paul Birchard · Crime · DURATION: 5.75 · ISBN 9781471270925
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The Snow Queen
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The Ruby Slippers
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Keir Alexander
The Ruby Slippers is a rare and moving story about the search for meaning, and the meaning of value. Old Rosa the bag lady shuffles along the streets, stinking, silent and shunned. Time and again her nephew, Michael Marcinkus, has tried to help – but Rosa remains unknowable. Then Rosa has a terrible accident. As she lies in a coma, Michael visits her squalid flat and unearths something remarkable from the junk: two glittering pieces of Hollywood history. How on earth has Rosa come to own such treasure? And what is to be done with them now?
SOP: PA15
NARRATED BY: Eric Meyers · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471270970
Don’t Tell the Boss
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Anna Bell
The follow up to the bestselling Don’t Tell the Groom is another fun romantic comedy starring Penny, a wedding planner on a budget!
“ Funny, surprising and touching, this feel-good read has bags of charm.”
CLOSER When newlywed Penny begins some casual wedding planning, she only wants to help women afford the big day of their dreams. But taming bridezillas turns out to be a full-time occupation, and what began as a hobby becomes a nightmare. Soon Penny is struggling to keep her day job and prevent her own marriage from collapsing: tired, stressed and knee-deep in ivory satin, is Penny’s life and livelihood hanging by a thread?
SOP: PA15
NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471270956
Falling Apart
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Jane Lovering
In the mean streets of York, the stakes just got higher – and even pointier. Jessica Grant liaises with Otherworlders for York Council so she knows that falling in love with a vampire takes a leap of faith. But her lover Sil wouldn’t run out on her, he wouldn’t let his demon get the better of him. Or would he? With her loyalties already questioned for defending zombies, the Otherworlders no one cares about, Jess must choose which side she’s on. Whatever she decides, there’s a high price to pay. From the award winning author of Please Don’t Stop The Music.
SOP: PA15
NARRATED BY: Geraldine Sharrock · Romance · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471270963
DECEMBER
The Discourtesy of Death
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William Brodrick
A brilliant crime novel which explores the most acute of moral questions “ William Brodrick’s crime novels surrounding how we end our lives, from the winner of the CWA Gold Dagger. have the great (and unusual) merit of An anonymous letter is sent, accusing Peter Henderson of murder: the calculated killing of Jenny, his disabled partner, who everyone believed to have died peacefully two years previously from a sudden attack of cancer. Now though, Anselm has been told the truth, and he must move cautiously to expose the killer.
SOP: PA6
being unlike anyone else’s.” SPECTATOR ON THE DAY OF THE DEAD
NARRATED BY: Gordon Griffin · Crime · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471274626
The Baklava Club
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Jason Goodwin
Jason Goodwin’s much-loved Inspector Yashim returns to solve one final mystery – his most thrilling and most colourful case yet. In nineteenth-century Istanbul, a Polish prince has been kidnapped. His assassination has been bungled and he’s held captive in an unused farmhouse. Little do the kidnappers realise that their revolutionary cell has been penetrated by their enemies.
SOP: PA6
“ When you read a historical mystery by Jason Goodwin, you take a magic carpet ride to the most exotic place on earth.” NEW YORK TIMES
NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Crime · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471274664
One Big Damn Puzzler
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John Harding
Hitting the funny bone and touching the heart, the exuberantly original novel from John Harding. On a remote South Pacific island, the struggles of an elderly tribesman to translate Hamlet into local pidgin English are interrupted by the arrival of an unexpected visitor. William Hardt is an obsessive young American lawyer who has come to help. From that moment on, nothing will ever be the same.
SOP: PA6
NARRATED BY: Peter Brooke · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 18.75 · ISBN 9781471274671
“ Wonderfully funny, original and moving. Harding has knife-sharp observation, immaculate timing and the guts to take his story as far as it will go.” HELEN DUNMORE
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“ Nobody does epic romance like Santa Montefiore. Everything she writes, she writes from the heart.”
DECEMBER
The Beekeeper’s Daughter
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Santa Montefiore
Sometimes you find your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. England, 1932: Grace Hamblin, the beekeeper’s daughter, knows her place and her future, until her father dies. She’s alone, except for one man who she just can’t shake from her thoughts… Massachusetts, 1973: Grace’s daughter Trixie Valentine is in love. But when he has to go home to England, he promises to come back, if she will wait for him. Both mother and daughter are searching for love and happiness, unaware of the secrets that bind them.
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JOJO MOYES
NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471274640
Vagabond
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Gerald Seymour Vagabond shows Gerald Seymour writing at the top of his powers and returning to the territory of Harry’s Game. Danny Curnow, known in the army family by his call sign, Vagabond, ran agents, informers. Now he lives in quiet isolation and works as a guide to tourists visiting the Normandy’s D-Day beaches. But violence in Northern Ireland is on the rise again.
SOP: PA6
“ Once again demonstrating his ability to probe the moral murkiness of the spy trade and create an absorbingly diverse ensemble, Seymour crafts a sophisticated, reader-teasing tale.” SUNDAY TIMES ON THE CORPORAL’S WIFE
NARRATED BY: John O’Mahony · Thriller · DURATION: 18.5 · ISBN 9781471274633
An Open Marriage
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Tess Stimson
When you abandon the rules, can you ever go back? Mia Allen has never adjusted to living in England. She misses the States , but her husband Kit loves the sense of community. Like Mia, Kit’s boss Charlie is looking for more excitement in her life. So when she and her husband are invited to dinner, she jumps at the chance to make new friends. The increasing attraction between all of them is intense. Can any of their relationships survive this unconventional arrangement?
SOP: PA6
“ A truly compelling story of family ties and secrets.” DAILY EXPRESS ON THE LYING GAME
NARRATED BY: Laurence Bouvard · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471274657
Good Morning, Mr Mandela
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Zelda la Grange
Zelda la Grange served Nelson Mandela in different capacities over nineteen years. She was serving as his Personal Assistant when he passed on in December 2013. Good Morning, Mr Mandela is the journey of an awkward young typist later chosen to become the President’s most loyal servant, spending most of her adult life travelling with, and caring for the man she would come to call ‘Khulu’, or ‘grandfather’. Here Zelda pays tribute to Nelson Mandela as she knew him. A man who forgave and respected all, but who was also frank, teasing and direct. Now she shares his inspiring gifts with the world.
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NARRATED BY: Adjoa Andoh · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9781471269653
The Giant, O’Brien
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Hilary Mantel
From the two-time Man Booker winner, The Giant, O’Brien is an unforgettable novel; lyrical, shocking and spliced with black comedy. Charles O’Brien, Irish bard and giant. The cynical are moved by his flights of romance; the craven stirred by his tales of epic deeds. The Surprising Irish Giant may be the sensation of the season but only his compatriots seem to attend to his mythic powers of invention. Where is a man as unique as The Giant to hide his bones when he is yet alive?
SOP: PA9
“ A novelist of remarkable diversity… she writes with wit, compassion and great elegance. Her books never fail to surprise, nor to delight: in this one she is at her very best – so far.” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
NARRATED BY: Patrick Moy · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 6.25 · ISBN 9781471274688
History of the Rain Niall Williams
Nominated for the Man Booker Prize 2014.
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“ Extremely moving, poignantly capturing Ruth’s doomed childhood relationship with her twin brother. By the final chapter I was weeping.”
SUNDAY TIMES Bedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father. To find him Ruthie must first trace the jutting jaw lines, narrow faces and gleamy skin of the Swains from the restless Reverend Swain, her great-grandfather, to her father, Virgil – via pole-vaulting, leaping salmon, poetry and the three thousand, nine hundred and fifty eight books piled high beneath the two skylights in her room.
SOP: PA9
NARRATED BY: Jennifer McGrath · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471274701
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The Devil’s Workshop
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Alex Grecian
The Devil’s Workshop is the third historical thriller in Alex Grecian’s acclaimed Scotland Yard Murder Squad series.
“ Will keep you riveted from page one.”
April, 1890. London wakes to the shocking news of a mass prison escape. The Scotland Yard Murder Squad now face a desperate race against time: if they don’t re-capture the four convicted murderers before night settles, they’ll vanish into the dark alleys of the London’s criminal underworld forever.
SOP: PA12
JEFFREY DEAVER
NARRATED BY: Nigel Carrington · Crime · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471274718
The Towers of Samarcand
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James Heneage
“Fascinating historical mysteries and vivid colourful characters. It’s a page-turner fast enough to make its own breeze.” conn iggulden on the walls of byzantium A band of soldiers led by Luke Magoris are given the mission of persuading Tamerlane to defend Constantinople. Luke, torn away from the woman he loves, is trained as a Mongol warrior to impress Tamerlane and his army. No longer an innocent patriot, Luke is caught in the crossfire and begins to question if his mission is honourable.
SOP: PA12
“ A stirring tale of the struggle for Byzantium. Heneage brings to life both the tragedy and the heroism.” TOM HOLLAND ON THE WALLS OF BYZANTIUM
NARRATED BY: Colin Mace · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 15.25 · ISBN 9781471274732
An Act of Kindness
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“ A compelling new series.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ON A PRIVATE BUSINESS
Barbara Nadel
Lee Arnold and Mumtaz Hakim run a detective agency in London’s East End. But their latest case could have devastating consequences. A young Asian couple move into a dilapidated house in Upton Park. The woman, Nasreen, spends her time working alone on the house, whilst her husband Abdullah goes to work. When a homeless man disappears, Nasreen is reluctant to go to the police and reaches out to the Arnold Detective Agency. Mumtaz Hakim begins to dig into Abdullah’s past and into the house itself which, she finds, holds its own grim secrets.
SOP: PA12
NARRATED BY: Paul Thornley · Crime · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471274725
The Man Who Couldn’t Stop
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David Adam
In this captivating fusion of science and personal memoir, writer David Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mind. David has suffered from OCD for twenty years, and The Man Who Couldn’t Stop is his honest attempt to understand the condition. At what point does a harmless idea become a blinding blizzard of unwanted thoughts?
SOP: PA15
“ Superb… a brave and helpful contribution to deepening our understanding of the intricate complexities of mental ill-health.” THE TIMES
NARRATED BY: Daniel Philpott · Body, Mind & Spirit · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471274763
The Road to Reckoning
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Robert Lautner
The remarkably poignant story of 12-year-old orphan Thomas Walker and his treacherous journey home through the wide open lands of America. Tom Walker cannot believe his luck when he joins his father on the road, selling Samuel Colt’s newly-invented revolver. On the road west the towns get smaller and the path more unforgiving. A devastating encounter cuts their journey short, and leaves Tom alone in the wilderness.
SOP: PA15
“ It’s a thrilling, violent, dangerous piece of old-fashioned storytelling that is also humane and unshowily moving.” THE TIMES
NARRATED BY: TBC · Literature · DURATION: 6.5 · ISBN 9781471274749
Follow a Star
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Christine Stovell
Sometimes your heart’s the only navigator you need… May Starling’s had enough of her demanding career and even more demanding ex. Responding to a ‘crew-wanted’ ad, she follows her dreams of escape only to find herself at sea with red-haired Bill Blythe. But May’s dream of escaping her former life is in danger of being swept away when several unwelcome blasts from the past follow her ashore, all seemingly hell-bent on reminding her that it’s never that easy to clear the decks.
SOP: PA15
NARRATED BY: Jenny Funnell · Romance · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471274756
“ Refreshing, funny and romantic, it’s like a breath of fresh sea sir with a cast of terrific characters.” KATE HARRISON ON TURNING THE TIDE
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Catherine Alliott
Step into Alliott country with the fabulously funny and wonderfully heartwarming My Husband Next Door. Separated in every way but distance, Sebastian resides in an outhouse across the lawn from his ex-wife Ella’s ramshackle farmhouse. With a home crowded by hostile teenaged children and gender-confused chickens, Ella finds comfort in the company of the very charming gardener, Ludo.
SOP: LAMPA5
“ I raced through it, completely gripped from start to finish.” DAILY MAIL
NARRATED BY: Alison Reid · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15 · ISBN 9781471269882
Miss Appleby’s Academy Elizabeth Gill
“An enthralling and satisfying novel that will leave you wanting more.” catherine King
Emma Appleby’s arrival in the County Durham village of Tow Law provokes deep suspicion in the locals who want nothing to do with her – except for pub landlord Mick Castle. When Emma opens an academy and sets herself up in competition with the local school, she provokes a savage response from the community.
SOP: LAMPA5
“ Elizabeth Gill writes with a masterful grasp of conflicts and passions hidden among men and women of the wild North Country.” LEAH FLEMING
NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Saga · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471269851
The Abduction Jonathan Holt
The Abduction has begun… The teenage daughter of a US soldier disappeared in Venice last night. Now clues are appearing on anonymous website Carnivia.com – and the police are always one step behind. Kat Tapo of the Venice Carabinieri and US intelligence analyst Holly Boland are working together to find the girl, but the race to save her will uncover a conspiracy that powerful men will kill to keep hidden.
SOP: LAMPA5
“ Impressive… the characters are strong and Venice is a magnificent backdrop for a story of secrets and lies.” DAILY MAIL ON THE ABOMINATION
NARRATED BY: Michael Fenner · Crime · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471269868
Return to Mandalay Rosanna Ley
Another sweeping history from the bestselling author of The Villa and Bay of Secrets. Eva Gatsby has often wondered about her grandfather Lawrence’s past, and what happened to him in Burma during the Second World War. When Eva’s job requires a trip to Mandalay, Lawrence finally breaks his silence and asks her to return a mysterious artefact – a chinthe – to its rightful owner.
SOP: LAMPA5
“ A gorgeous mouth-watering dream of a holiday read!” RED ONLINE ON THE VILLA
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15.5 · ISBN 9781471269844
The Heroes’ Welcome Louisa Young
The Heroes’ Welcome is the incandescent sequel to the bestselling My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You, evoking a time deeply wounded by the pain of WW1. 1919, and Britain is realising that it is no longer at war. Now, Nadine and Riley, Rose, and Peter and Julia, must try to regain a sense of normality. But shadows cast by the war dim the potential joys of peacetime, and matters of the heart prove arduous and bewildering. Normality doesn’t exist the way it did, and there is no ‘going back’ to anything.
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Dan Stevens · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9780007568529
“ This novel is a triumph.” ELIZABETH JANE HOWARD
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My Husband Next Door
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Angel of Death Ben Cheetham
Would you break the law to see justice done? In Sheffield, a bankrupt businessman has murdered his family. It seems like an open-andshut case: a desperate man resorting to desperate measures. In Middlesbrough, a woman named Angel is heading south. She is a woman alone. A prostitute. Now a murderer. And she has only one thing on her mind: revenge. Two crimes, a hundred miles apart, but a terrible secret connects them.
SOP: LAMPA10
“ Fast-moving action and lots of twists make this debut novel a most enjoyable read.” THE TIMES ON BLOOD GUILT
NARRATED BY: Nigel Carrington · Crime · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471269912
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr
The epic new novel, set during World War Two, from Sunday Times Short Story Prize-winner Anthony Doerr. Marie-Laure has been blind since the age of six. Her father builds a miniature version of their neighbourhood so she can memorise it. But when the Nazis invade, they flee with a dangerous secret.
SOP: LAMPA10
“ A tender exploration of this world’s paradoxes; the beauty of the laws of nature and the terrible ends to which war subverts them.” M.L. STEDMAN, AUTHOR OF THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS
NARRATED BY: Julie Teal · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 17 · ISBN 9780007590452
The Enlightenment of Nina Findlay Andrea Gillies
Perhaps romantic love is always a kind of undiagnosed madness… Nina Findlay, always the heroine of her own life, has found an irresistible safety in being adored by two men. But when her sister-in-law becomes gravely ill, the triangle Nina has depended on becomes unstable. The life she’s known begins to unravel, and odd things begin to happen which those around her insist are all in her mind. Can Nina be sure of the truth?
SOP: LAMPA10
“ Gillies writes magnificently on everything she touches.” SUNDAY TIMES
NARRATED BY: Lucy Paterson · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 14.75 · ISBN 9781471269905
The Winter of our Discontent John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck’s last great novel focuses on the theme of success and what motivates men towards it. Ethan Hawley has lost the spirit of his wealthy forebears, a long line of proud New England sea captains and Pilgrims. Scarred by failure, Ethan works as a grocery clerk in a store his family once owned. But his wife is restless and his teenage children hungry for the material comforts he cannot provide.
SOP: LAMPA10
“ Returns to the high standards of The Grapes of Wrath and to the social themes that made his early work… so powerful.” SAUL BELLOW
NARRATED BY: Jeff Harding · Classics · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471269899
The Inheritance Simon Tolkien
A gripping Oxford-based thriller from Simon Tolkien. When an eminent historian is found dead, all the evidence points to his son, Stephen. With five other people in the house at the time, the police soon reveal that Stephen’s father was involved in a hunt for a priceless relic during World War II. As Stephen’s trial unfolds, Inspector Trave decides he must find out what really happened in 1944. What artefact could be so valuable it would be worth killing for?
SOP: LAMPA10
“ A fine novel. A thinking person’s Da Vinci Code.” CHICAGO TRIBUNE
NARRATED BY: Leighton Pugh · Thriller · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9780007584819
NOVEMBER
The Lie
Helen Dunmore Set during and just after the First World War, The Lie is an enthralling, heart-wrenching novel of love, memory and devastating loss. Cornwall, 1920. A young man stands on a headland, looking out to sea. He is back from the war, homeless and without family. Behind him lies the terror of the trenches. Behind him is also the most intense relationship of his life. Daniel has survived, but will he ever be able to escape the terrible, unforeseen consequences of a lie?
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Darren Benedict · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9781471271021
“ An electrifying and original talent.” GUARDIAN
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Barbara Erskine
From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes an epic tale of love, passion and heartbreak. Summer 1940, most eyes are on the skies. But young Evie Lucas spends hours sketching endless portraits of a dashing young pilot called Tony. His parents want something to remember him by if it all goes wrong… Seventy years later, art historian Lucy is uncovering the mystery surrounding the painting.
SOP: LAMPA5
“ Her forte is mood, atmosphere and the toe-curling frisson.” SUNDAY TIMES
NARRATED BY: Sandra Duncan · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 20.5 · ISBN 9780007566723
The Curse of the House of Foskett M. R. C. Kasasian
Sidney Grice and March Middleton investigate the murky world of Victorian Death Societies, the second book in the darkly comic Gower Street Detective series.
“ One of the most delightful and original novels of the year.” DAILY MAIL
125 Gower Street, 1882: Sidney Grice was once London’s premier personal detective. But since his last case led an innocent man to the gallows, business has been light. Then an eccentric member of a Final Death Society has the temerity to die on his study floor.
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Emma Gregory · Crime · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471271052
Will You Remember Me? Amanda Prowse
A heart-wrenching new novel from bestselling author Amanda Prowse. Poppy Day is an ordinary woman. She’s a 32 year old stay-at-home mum with two gorgeous children, while her husband Mart tours with the army. Her simplest pleasure is having her family together in a happy home. But Poppy is too busy to notice the fatigue in her body and the menacing lump growing on her breast. If there’s anyone strong enough to defeat cancer it’s Poppy. But does life really work like that?
SOP: LAMPA5
“ Captivating, heart-breaking and superbly written.” CLOSER ON WHAT HAVE I DONE?
NARRATED BY: Melody Grove · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471271038
The Care and Management of Lies Jacqueline Winspear
The Care and Management of Lies is a lyrical drama of love struggling to survive in a damaged, fractured world. July 1914: the ties between Kezia Marchant and Thea Brissenden, friends since girlhood, have become strained – by Thea’s passionate embrace of women’s suffrage, and by the imminent marriage of Kezia to Thea’s brother, Tom, who runs the family farm. When Tom enlists to fight for his country and Thea is drawn reluctantly onto the battlefield, the farm becomes Kezia’s responsibility. They must all find a way to endure the ensuing cataclysm and turmoil.
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Josie Dunn · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471271045
The Garden of Burning Sand Corban Addison
The Garden Of Burning Sand addresses international human rights issues within the framework of deeply researched and compelling human stories. On a dark night in Lusaka, Zambia, a young girl is brutally assaulted and left for dead. Her identity is a mystery. Zoe Fleming, a human rights lawyer, is determined to find the perpetrator. Also investigating is Joseph Kabuta of the Zambian police. Their task is not only to help the girl recover, but also to ensure justice doesn’t fail her again.
SOP: LAMPA10
“ A compelling novel with a conscience and a heart, gripping in its drama and unique in its insights into a hidden and dangerous world.” RICHARD NORTH PATTERSON
NARRATED BY: Robin Miles · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9781471271076
Where I Found You Amanda Brooke
A touching and emotional novel from the author of Richard and Judy Book Club pick Yesterday’s Sun. Maggie Carter is blind; but newly married and expecting her first baby, she isn’t sure if she will cope. Elsie is also expecting her first child, and is terrified that her baby will be taken away. But when Maggie meets Elsie, all is not as it seems. Elsie lost her baby sixty years ago, and now, suffering from Alzheimer’s, she keeps re-living the trauma.
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Juanita McMahon · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9780007590407
“ Haunting and heart-breaking.” FERN BRITTON
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The Darkest Hour
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Horse Under Water Len Deighton
The dead hand of a long-defeated Nazi Third Reich reaches out to Portugal, “ A master of fictional espionage.” London and Marrakech in Deighton’s classic second novel. DAILY MAIL The detail is frightening but unfaultable; the story as up to date as ever it was. The un-named hero of The Ipcress File the same: insolent, fallible, capricious – in other words, human. But he must draw on all his abilities, good and bad, when plunged into a story of murder, betrayal and greed every bit as murky as the waters off the coast of Portugal, where the answers lie buried.
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY: James Lailey · Crime · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9780007565993
Red Light
Graham Masterton “One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time.” peter james In a grimy flat in the city of Cork, a man lies dead. His face is unrecognisable: seven gunshots have shattered cartilage and bone. Yet DS Katie Maguire, of the Irish Garda, knows exactly who he is. Amir Xaaji Maxamed, an evil man who trafficked young girls to be sold for sex. When a second pimp is killed, Katie must decide. Are these vigilante murders justified? And can she stop them spiralling out of control?
SOP: LAMPA10
“ A natural storyteller with a unique gift for turning the mundane into the terrifyingly real.” NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS
NARRATED BY: Caroline Lennon · Crime · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9781471271069
Otherwise Engaged Amanda Quick
In Amanda Quick’s Ladies of Lantern Street series the lives of the Victorian gentry are filled with secrets – and secret powers… One does not expect to be kidnapped on a London street in broad daylight. Amity Doncaster barely escapes. Her quick thinking, and her secret weapon, save her. But the monster known as the Bridegroom, who has left a trail of female victims in his wake, has survived the wounds she inflicts and will soon be back.
SOP: LAMPA10
“ Tautly written, with enough twists to keep readers on their toes, Quick’s novel features a double love story, a bit of gothic flair and a passionate scientist hero to spice up the plot.” RT BOOK REVEIWS
NARRATED BY: Louisa Jane Underwood · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471271083
DECEMBER
A Strong Hand to Hold Anne Bennett
A heartbreaking tale of love and loss in a time of war. Linda Prosser is just twelve years old when she becomes buried beneath a mass of debris. It is Jenny O’Leary, an ARP warden, who crawls through the wreckage of the house to rescue her. So begins their friendship. But when Linda falls in love with a man that Jenny despises, she is faced with sacrificing her future happiness for the friend who gave her everything…
SOP: LAMPA5
“ [Anne Bennett is] blessed with a vivid imagination and a natural aptitude for writing.” DAILY POST
NARRATED BY: Avita Jay · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 15.25 · ISBN 9780007596935
Enemies At Home Lindsey Davis
From renowned author Lindsey Davis comes the second novel in her all-new series set in Ancient Rome. Albia is a remarkable woman in a man’s world: young, widowed and fiercely independent, she lives alone on the Aventine Hill in Rome and makes a living as an investigator. A mysterious death at a local villa may be murder and, as the household slaves are implicated, Albia is forced to involve herself. Her fight is not just for justice; she’s also battling for the lives of people who can’t fight for themselves. In 2011 Lindsey Davis was awarded the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement.
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Lucy Brown · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471274848
Maeve’s Times Maeve Binchy
A collection of timeless writing reminds us of why the leading Irish writer was so universally loved. Maeve Binchy is well-known for her bestselling novels but for many years Maeve was a journalist, writing for the Irish Times. Arranged in decades, from the 1960s to the 2000s, and including Maeve’s first and last ever piece of writing for the Irish Times, the columns also give a fascinating insight into the author herself.
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Kate Binchy · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471275203
“ Maeve’s Times is funny and clever and kind, which are excellent qualities in both books and people.” IRISH TIMES
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Alan Titchmarsh
Alan Titchmarsh’s new novel takes us to the Scottish Highlands for a bewitching tale of betrayal, mystery and romance.
“ A perfect love story.” KATIE FFORDE
Standing at the door, Charlie Stuart welcomes his guests. Conversation and the clinking of glasses soon fill the air as friends and neighbours come together to toast the laird’s happiness. But Charlie sees the truth behind the façade: the sacrifices made to safeguard the estate. And in a few hours the perfect afternoon will come to an end.
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Alan Titchmarsh · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471274831
For Better For Worse
“ A heartrending story.” KITTY NEALE
Pam Weaver
When Henry Royal is found guilty of bigamy, the seaside town of Worthing is rocked by scandal. But what will become of his wives? July 1948. As Britain recovers from WWII, Annie Royal is looking forward to a future with her husband. But a knock at the door brings Annie’s world crashing down. On her doorstep stands Sarah. She is also Henry’s wife. Struggling, Annie is forced to accept the truth when Henry is arrested. Alone, with no one to support her, Annie must look to the most unlikely of places to find support in her darkest hour…
SOP: LAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Jenny Funnell · Saga · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9780007596973
A Slight Trick of the Mind Mitch Cullin
A devastating literary novel about Sherlock Holmes, soon to be a major film starring Ian McKellen.
“ A wise and touching examination of the human condition.” LOS ANGELES BOOK REVIEW
It is 1947, and the long-retired Sherlock Holmes, now 93, lives in a remote Sussex farmhouse with his housekeeper and her young son. But in the twilight of his life, as people continue to look to him for answers, Holmes revisits a case that may provide him with answers of his own to questions he didn’t even know he was asking.
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY:Simon Jones · Mystery · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9781471274879
Turning the Stones Debra Daley
A compelling, puzzling and absorbing tale. Young Em Smith is brought up by the Waterland family, where she serves as a companion to their daughter, Eliza. But when she finds herself implicated in a horrific crime, she flees for her life. Her frantic escape takes her onto the high seas, where she is at the mercy of the enigmatic smuggler, Captain McDonagh. But there is a more potent force drawing Emily on. There she will confront the astonishing secret of her origins.
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Noreen Leighton · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9781471274855
Vixen
Rosie Garland Rosie Garland’s extraordinary new novel is a story of superstition and devotion in the time of the Black Death.
“ Garland’s lush prose is always a pleasure.” GUARDIAN
Devon, 1349. In Brauntone, Father Thomas arrives as the new priest, determined to impress his congregation. For Anne, Thomas’s arrival is a great opportunity, and she becomes his housekeeper, but his home is without love or kindness. So when a strange, mute Maid is taken in, Anne is grateful for the company.
SOP: LAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9780007590193
A Dog’s Life Michael Holroyd
What will happen to them all if the dog dies? Without euphoria, without a touch of sentimentality, with truth and humour and submerged pity, Michael Holroyd reveals twenty-four hours in the life of the Farquhar family revolving, three generations strong, around a dying dog. It is a day like any other, a dog’s life, gathering momentum and working to a climax in which irony and realism are so completely fused that laughter and sadness mingle.
SOP: LAMPA10
“ A brilliant writer blessed with perfect pitch.”
NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 5.75 · ISBN 9781471274886
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Bring Me Home
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The Heather Blazing Colm Tóibín
“If Colm Tóibín were a singer you would say he had perfect pitch.” spectator Eamon Redmond is a judge in Ireland’s high court, a man remote from his wife, his son and daughter. The life he has built for himself, between his work in Dublin and his family’s retreat by the sea at Cush, is distinguished by order and by achievement. When, like his beloved coastline, it begins to slip away, he is pulled sharply into the present, and finds himself revisiting his past.
SOP: LAMPA10
“ Proceeds with stately grace from past to present, incident to incident, slowly forming, as it moves, the full shape of a man’s public and private life.” WASHINGTON POST
NARRATED BY: Tim Gerard Reynolds · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.25 · ISBN 9781471274862
OCTOBER
The Inheritance Tilly Bagshawe
Welcome to Tilly Bagshawe’s Swell Valley, where the scandal is in a class of its own. Tatiana Flint-Hamilton’s gilded cage is torn away when her father dies. As the beloved family estate slips through her fingers, the ruthless Brett Cranley steps up to take it all away. His wife Angela is the perfect homemaker, and Furlings soon becomes Angela’s lifeline, one she’s not going to give up easily.
SOP: JAMPA5
“ You’re always guaranteed a corking characters and a fast-paced read with a Bagshawe story, and this doesn’t disappoint.” HEAT
NARRATED BY: Scarlett Mack · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 16 · ISBN 9780007584291
The Killing Club Paul Finch
Get hooked on Heck: the maverick detective who knows no boundaries. DS Mark ‘Heck’ Heckenburg is used to bloodbaths. Two years ago, he put the ringleader of The Nice Guys Club – a vicious rape and murder gang – behind bars. But Heck knows that this depraved organisation stretches far beyond UK shores. When brutal murders start happening across the country, it’s clear that the Nice Guys are at work again. And Heck knows it won’t be long before they come for him.
SOP: JAMPA5
“ Really terrific, compulsive stuff which was given top marks… definitely a talent to watch.” THE BOOKSELLER ON STALKERS
NARRATED BY: Paul Thornley · Crime · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9780007573875
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Karen Joy Fowler
“ A novel so readably juicy and surreptitiously smart, it deserves all the attention it can get.” BARBARA KINGSOLVER
Nominated for the Man Booker Prize 2014. Rosemary’s started college, and she’s decided not to tell anyone about her family. Rosemary is now an only child, but she used to have a sister the same age as her, and an older brother. Both are now gone – vanished from her life. There was something unique about Rosemary’s sister, Fern. You’ll have to find out for yourself what it is that makes her unhappy family unlike any other.
SOP: JAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Katharine Mangold · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471269776
The Book of You Claire Kendal
A terrifying psychological thriller about obsession and power. Clarissa is becoming more and more frightened of her colleague, Rafe. He won’t leave her alone. Being selected for jury service is a relief, the courtroom is a safe haven. But as a violent tale of kidnap and abuse unfolds, Clarissa begins to unravel the twisted fairytale that Rafe has spun – and discovers that the ending he envisions is more terrifying than she could have imagined.
SOP: JAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Orlagh Cassidy · Thriller · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9780007581412
“ Addictive… I literally hardly breathed as I raced to the end. It’s a terrifying thriller” SAMANTHA HAYES, AUTHOR OF UNTIL YOU’RE MINE
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Laline Paull
The Handmaid’s Tale meets The Hunger Games in this brilliantly imagined debut. Born into the lowest class of society, Flora 717 is a sanitation bee. Yet Flora has talents that are not typical. And while mutant bees are usually destroyed, Flora is reassigned to feed the newborns, and then becomes a forager, before finally finding her way into the Queen’s inner sanctum.
SOP: JAMPA5
“ The Bees is one wild ride. A sensual, visceral mini-epic about timeless rituals and modern environmental disaster.” EMMA DONOGHUE, AUTHOR OF ROOM
NARRATED BY: Orlagh Cassidy · Science Fiction · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9780007584598
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
“ A global phenomenon.” LE MONDE
Joel Dicker
Nothing you’ve read or even felt before can prepare you for the internationally bestselling The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair. August 30, 1975. The summer Harry Quebert fell in love with fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan. Thirty-three years later, her body is dug up from his yard along with a manuscript copy of his career-defining novel. Quebert is the only suspect.
SOP: JAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Robert Slade · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 20.5 · ISBN 9781471269806
The Dress Thief Natalie Meg Evans
A modern tale of desire and deception set in the gloriously chic world of 1930s Parisian haute couture. Alix Gower has a dream: to join Coco Chanel. But Alix also has a secret: she supports her family by stealing designs to create bootlegs for the foreign market. When Alix is given the chance to finally realise her dream – but at the price of copying the Spring Collection – she accepts the arrangement. But Alix learns that the slightest misstep could be all it takes for her life to begin falling apart at the seams.
SOP: JAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Anna Bentinck · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 15.5 · ISBN 9781471269820
Biblical
Christopher Galt An apocalyptic thriller on an epic scale that will make you question your own reality… All around the world, people start to see things. To start with, the visions are unremarkable: things caught out of the corner of the eye. But, as time goes on, the visions become more sustained, more vivid. More terrifying. As the visions become truly apocalyptic, some turn to religion, others to science. But what John Macbeth uncovers is much bigger than either religion or science. So big it could cost him his sanity.
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NARRATED BY: Christopher Ragland · Thriller · DURATION: 14.25 · ISBN 9781471269837
Ostrich
Matt Greene Growing up is hard enough without a deadline. Alex has the concerns every 12-year-old has but lately, ever since his brain surgery, everyone in his life is behaving a little mysteriously. He decides it’s time to investigate. So begins the journey that will take him to the limits of his understanding and take you back to the wonder and conviction of your own adolescence, to a time when you understood the world so much better than it understood you.
SOP: JAMPA10
“ At once hilarious and heartwrenching.” DAILY TELEGRAPH
NARRATED BY: Thomas Judd · Humorous · DURATION: 6.75 · ISBN 9781471269790
Time to Die Alex Howard
To save a child’s life she’ll break all the rules… but is it already too late? The kidnapping of a 12-year-old diabetic boy has blown the case of some missing children wide apart and the finger is pointing at the heart of the Met. Boss Corrigan sends in the only cop in his team who would care more about the life of a boy than about her own career. Detective Inspector Hanlon. And then he sends someone to spy on her… Time to Die is the first title in a gripping new crime series, featuring DI Hanlon, a woman with a habit of breaking the rules.
SOP: JAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Adjoa Andoh · Crime · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471269813
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The Director David Ignatius
From the bestselling author and prize-winning journalist, comes another gripping modern day spy thriller. Graham Weber, the new director of the CIA, is tasked with revolutionising an agency in crisis. Weber’s task greatens when a young computer genius approaches the CIA with proof their systems have been compromised. There is a breach. There is a mole. Weber must move quickly and he must choose his allies carefully.
SOP: JAMPA5
“ Ignatius ranks with Graham Greene in his knowledge of espionage and the human heart.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ON BODY OF LIES
NARRATED BY: George Guidall · Thriller · DURATION: 3.5 · ISBN 9781471271007
The Memory Killer J.A. Kerley
Detective Carson Ryder faces a cunning and inventive adversary in this terrifying thriller. Young men in Miami are being abducted and tortured after their drinks are spiked. Detective Carson Ryder knows the predator’s name, height, age, colouring… everything. It’s impossible for the perpetrator to avoid detection. Yet he does. With each abduction, the violence becomes more horrific, and it’s only a short time until torture turns to murder.
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“ Kerley will truly scare the pants off his readers. This one’s another winner from a writer moving towards the top of the thriller heap.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
NARRATED BY: John Moraitis · Crime · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9780007543830
The Nemesis Program Scott Mariani
The explosive, thrilling new Ben Hope adventure from bestselling author, Scott Mariani. American biologist Dr Roberta Ryder receives a strange letter from her friend Claudine and travels to Paris to see her, only to learn of her shocking death. Ben Hope, now trying to retire, finds his life turned upside down by Roberta’s arrival.
SOP: JAMPA5
“ Slick, serpentine and very, very entertaining… if you’ve got a pulse, you’ll love Scott Mariani; if you haven’t, then maybe you crossed Ben Hope.” SIMON TOYNE
NARRATED BY: William Rycroft · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9780007559138
Animals
Emma Jane Unsworth “I wish I had written this book… Withnail with girls.” caitlin moran Laura and Tyler are best friends who live together, angrily philosophising and leading each other astray in the pubs and flats of Manchester. But things are set to change. Laura is engaged to teetotal Jim, the wedding is just months away, and Tyler becomes hell-bent on sabotaging her friend’s plans for a different life.
SOP: JAMPA5
“ A gloriously over-the-top account of female friendship.” GUARDIAN
NARRATED BY: Chloe Massey · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9781471270994
Children of War Martin Walker
Another nail-biting thriller from Martin Walker, in his ever-popular Bruno Courrèges series.
“ A satisfyingly intriguing, wish-youwere-there read.”
GUARDIAN Bruno, chef de police in the French town of St Denis, is already busy when the body of an undercover French Muslim cop is found, a man who called Bruno for help only hours before. Meanwhile, a Muslim youth named Sami turns up at an army base in Afghanistan hoping to get home to St Denis. Bruno must unravel these mysteries, and find a way to protect his town and its people.
SOP: JAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Peter Noble · Crime · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471270987
Dregs
Jørn Lier Horst Four feet… from four different victims? In Stavern around midsummer a severed left foot in a training shoe is washed up on the shore. Then another, and yet another. Altogether four left feet in the course of one week. Police Inspector William Wisting has many years of murder experience behind him, but he has never examined evidence like this. Four feet… from four different victims?
SOP: JAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Crime · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471271014
“ Jørn Lier Horst has once more written a well-founded and tense crime novel, with space for both the expected and the downright surprising.” AFTENPOSTEN
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Anya Lipska
The second Kiszka and Kershaw crime thriller, from the author of Where the Devil Can’t Go.
“ Crime fiction at its best – great characters, great plot, great read.” JAMES CRAIG
When one of his closest friends is brutally stabbed to death, Janusz Kiszka must dig deep into London’s criminal underbelly to deliver justice. Meanwhile, his old nemesis, police detective Natalie Kershaw is struggling with an apparent suicide that makes no sense. Sparks fly as Kiszka and Kershaw’s paths cross again, but they must call a truce when their separate investigations call for a journey to Poland’s wintry eastern borders…
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NARRATED BY: Michael Fenner · Crime · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9780007565504
Bubble
Anders de la Motte Will the conspiracy collapse or conclude with a deadly end-game? Bubble is the concluding part of the Game trilogy. Until now the truth behind The Game has been carefully hidden in a bubble of disinformation and distraction. But all bubbles burst eventually, and as HP and Rebecca battle to uncover the connection between The Game and their father’s shocking past, it looks like it’ll soon be Game Over in the conclusion to the Scandinavian series taking the world by storm.
SOP: JAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Thriller · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9780007556373
Bad Blood Mark Sennen
Bad Blood is a twisting blend of thriller and police procedural from bestselling author Mark Sennen. When the body of a six-year-old girl is found buried beneath a patio, nobody is surprised when a local paedophile is murdered shortly afterwards. But when a member of DI Charlotte Savage’s team is abducted and several men are executed in cold blood it becomes apparent that there’s a psychopath on the loose…
SOP: JAMPA10
“ A nail-biting thriller that will keep your pulse racing all the way to the explosive climax.” ALEX KAVA
NARRATED BY: Stevie Lacey · Crime · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9780007575220
The Way Inn Will Wiles
The Way Inn takes the polished surfaces of modern life and twists them into a nightmare… ‘The Way Inn’ is a global chain of budget hotels, and Neil Double is a valued member of its loyalty scheme. His life of budget travel would be hell for most, but for Neil it’s a kind of paradise. But then Neil meets a woman he has seen before in unsettling circumstances.
SOP: JAMPA10
“ This is a terrific first novel, written with a very engaging deadpan wit, and an understated sense of the absurd.” THE TIMES ON CARE OF WOODEN FLOORS
NARRATED BY: William Rycroft · Mystery · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007581535
Lauren Beukes
A terrifying new thriller from Lauren Beukes, award-winning author of The Shining Girls. Detective Gabi Versado no longer believes in justice. She’s seen too much stupidity, corruption and just plain badness. But never anything like this. Detroit is the decaying corpse of the American Dream. Motor-city. Murder-city. Now a killer with the touch of an artist is turning it into the worst kind of nightmare…
SOP: JAMPA5
“ An ingenious and imaginative thriller… compulsively readable” SUNDAY MIRROR ON THE SHINING GIRLS
NARRATED BY: Laurence Bouvard · Crime · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9780007566372
The Dinosaur Feather Sissel-Jo Gazan
The Dinosaur Feather is the Danish Crime Novel of the Decade. Anna Bella Nor is just two weeks away from revealing her controversial research on the evolutionary origin of birds when her supervisor, Lars Helland, is found dead – his tongue and a copy of her thesis in his lap. As the police investigate the most brutal and calculated case they’ve ever known, Anna remains convinced someone is trying to frame her. She must fight to prove her innocence… and fight for her life.
SOP: JAMPA5
NARRATED BY: Kristin Milward · Thriller · DURATION: 17.25 · ISBN 9781471274787
“ A top-flight thriller – smart and outrageously entertaining.” FINANCIAL TIMES
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What a Girl Wants Lindsey Kelk
A summer bestseller from the immensely popular Lindsey Kelk. Tess Brookes was the girl with a plan. Now she’s the girl with a choice. For the first time, Tess has to choose between the life she always dreamed of and a future she never imagined possible. With her heart and her head pulling her in different directions, Tess has to make a life-changing decision.
SOP: JAMPA5
“ Outrageous, witty, exciting and romantic, we simply adored this sparkling read.” CLOSER
NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9780007581825
Irène
Pierre Lemaitre There can only be one winner – whoever has the least to lose… For Commandant Verhoeven life is beautiful: he is happily married, expecting his first child with the lovely Irène. But his blissful existence is punctured by a murder of unprecedented savagery. When he discovers that the killer has killed before – and that each murder is a homage to a classic crime novel – the newspapers are quick to coin a nickname – The Novelist.
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“ It enthralls at every stage of its unpredictability.” THE TIMES ON ALEX
NARRATED BY: Peter Noble · Crime · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471274770
Avenged Jacqui Rose
You make a deal with the devil; you pay your dues… Franny Doyle has always known that her father Patrick has been up to no good. You don’t become London’s number one gangster without ruffling a few feathers. But when something terrible happens to Patrick, Franny realises that he has some very dangerous enemies. Patrick has taught her to be a fighter and she’s determined to make him proud, even if it means paying the ultimate price – her own life.
SOP: JAMPA5
“ Gritty and gripping.” KIMBERLEY CHAMBERS
NARRATED BY: Annie Aldington · Crime · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9780007598014
Low Expectations Elizabeth Aaron
Girls meets The Devil Wears Prada in Dalston. Stuck somewhere between a quarter-life crisis and self-fulfillment, Georgie is determined that this year, everything will be different. Her boss doesn’t know her name, her friends are useless, and she’s been celibate for eighteen months! So, armed with only her sense of humour and some black eyeliner, she’s determined to change her life. But just how long will the new improved Georgie last? Low Expectations is a smart, raunchy, laugh-out-loud novel about what it means to be a ‘Real Woman’ today.
SOP: JAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Humorous · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9781471274800
A Burnable Book Bruce Holsinger
A stunning debut historical thriller set in the turbulent 14th century. London, 1385. A kingdom ruled by the headstrong young King Richard II, haunted by the spectre of revolt. For John Gower, part-time poet and full-time trader in information, secrets are his currency. The request is simple: track down a missing book. It should be easy for a man of Gower’s talents. But what Gower does not know is that this book has already caused one murder, and that its contents could destroy his life.
SOP: JAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Tim Bruce · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 14.25 · ISBN 9780007575121
“ Holsinger carries the reader to Oxford, Italy and Spain, but the highlight is his description of medieval London with its murky, poverty-stricken streets… enjoyable and intelligent.” DAILY MAIL
Wild People Ewart Hutton
The third novel in the Glyn Capaldi series. DS Glyn Capaldi is in hospital recuperating from a car crash. His passenger, a woman whom he was bringing in for questioning, is dead. Was it truly an accident? What could a young woman have possibly done to warrant such retribution? Glyn explores these questions, and, in doing so, unveils a conspiracy of arson, torture, blackmail, and a clutter of bodies that further muddy the already murky waters.
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NARRATED BY: Iestyn Arwel · Crime · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9780007558919
“ An entertaining debut with more stings in the tail than a bag of scorpions.” VAL MCDERMID ON GOOD PEOPLE
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Andreas Norman
This dizzying thriller anticipated the Edward Snowden revelations and rocked Sweden on publication.
“ Rarely have I read such a well-written debut novel as this… well orchestrated dramaturg y, rich language, and extremely believable characters.” DAGENS NYHETER NEWSPAPER, SWEDEN
Carina Dymek is on fast track for promotion at the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, when she is approached by a stranger and given a USB stick. Unwittingly, she delivers a time bomb of classified information. Bente Jensen is tasked with investigating how Dymek gained access to the confidential report but he begins to suspect she is a red herring caught in a far wider net: one in which civil rights are sacrificed to national security.
SOP: JAMPA10
NARRATED BY: Maggie Mash · Thriller · DURATION: 18.5 · ISBN 9781471274817
The Swimmer Joakim Zander
The truth weighs nothing… Klara Walldeen, orphaned as a child and brought up by her grandparents, is now a political aide in Brussels. And she has just seen something she shouldn’t. On the other side of the world, an old spy hides. Once, he was a man so dedicated that he abandoned his daughter. Now the only thing he lives for is swimming. Then Klara is thrown into a terrifying chase through Europe. Only the Swimmer can save her. But time is running out…
SOP: JAMPA10
“ Guilt and atonement and revenge… The Swimmer is an impressive, fast-paced thriller.” PQ SOURCE
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Thriller · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471274794
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