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Dear Librarian, We understand that digital audiobooks are key to modernising your library service and over the last year we’ve seen demand for our Download plans go from strength-to-strength. This year we will be expanding our range of digital content for libraries dramatically. Titles will be available in one of two formats: Multicap, designed by W F Howes to meet demand, providing simultaneous multi access, and One User, which works like a physical audiobook in its principle model. We have affordable Standing Order Plans for both and all of our eAudiobook titles are exclusive to OneClickdigital – you won’t find them anywhere else. In our Multicap standing order plans we’ve got some great bestselling titles from Rosie Goodwin, Philip Kerr and Anita Shreve, as well as the books behind some of the year’s top fi lms: Philomena and Cormac McCarthy’s The Counsellor. There’s also a selection of bestselling literary titles, romance and crime, to keep all listeners happy. Coming up in the One User plans, which have expanded this year to 20 new titles a month, are titles from Ian Rankin, Cecelia Ahern, Philippa Gregory and Peter May. We also very excited to have the winner of the Costa Book Award for 2013, Nathan Filer’s The Shock of the Fall. In our Nudged download plan, we will be publishing titles in a mixture of formats, both Multicap and One User, the format will be clearly displayed next to the title in the brochure. This quarter we have some bestselling children’s authors Derek Landy, Michael Morpurgo and Jean Ure, as well as some exciting debut kids titles such as Monsters and Chips and Room Full of Chocolate. We hope you enjoy the new brochure and would love to have your feedback. Best wishes, The Editor
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Multicap Designed by WFHowes to meet true demand. Simultaneous multiaccess: one copy = 100 lends. We will email you before they expire and Multi Cap SOPs include a mix of bestselling and award winning titles from our imprints.
Mission to Paris Alan Furst
From the author of The Warsaw Spies, comes a headily atmospheric portrait of a continent in the grip of war. Autumn 1939, war has been declared, and though bullets and bombs are yet to fly, Frederic Stahl’s decision to shoot a film in Paris seems ill-advised. Soon after his arrival, Stahl is drawn into a clandestine world of foreign correspondents, and spies of every sort. As a celebrity from neutral America – who can travel across the continent freely – Stahl could be very useful indeed…
SOP: MultiCap5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Daniel Gerroll · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471261008
“ Ideally complex, intelligent, hugely intriguing, Furst is in a class of his own.” WILLIAM BOYD ON NIGHT SOLDIERS
“ There are writers who so capture the feel of a particular historical time and place that, once you’ve read them, it’s impossible to look back to the period without sensing their presence. Alan Furst, with his novels of wartime Europe, is one of those authors.” MAIL ON SUNDAY
A Mother’s Shame Rosie Goodwin
Another fantastically gripping, romantic story from popular author Rosie Goodwin. On the outskirts of Nuneaton stands Hatters Hall, home to the mentally insane. One rainy, dismal day in 1857, Maria Mundy arrives there to work. She is ordered to care for Isabelle Montgomery, daughter of an influential land-owner, but it becomes apparent that she has been falsely imprisoned. It’s going to take courage, determination, and resolve – but freedom is always worth fighting for. SOP: MultiCap5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Juanita McMahon · Saga · DURATION: 14.25 · ISBN 9781471258985
“ A touching and powerful new novel from a wonderful writer.” BOOKSELLER
“ Rosie is a born storyteller… you’ll care for her characters and lose yourself in her story.” JEANNIE JOHNSON
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Hidden Casey Hill
One dead body. A decades old mystery. And a silent child who holds the key… When a young girl is discovered dead on an isolated Irish country road, it seems to be a simple hit and run. Then the cops see the tattoo on her back – a pair of beautifully wrought angel wings. Forensic investigator Reilly Steel is soon on the scene and she suspects that there is more to this case than a straightforward murder. Then the angel tattoo is traced to other children – both dead and alive – who are all similarly marked…
SOP: MultiCap5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Caroline Lennon · Crime · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471259012
“ [A] well-paced outand-out crime story, featuring an attractive and intelligent new heroine.” IRISH INDEPENDENT ON TABOO
“ The novel derives its page-turning quality from the rapid pace of events as the investigation gathers momentum.” IRISH TIMES ON TABOO
A Gift to Remember Melissa Hill
A charming romantic comedy from the author of The Guest List. Darcy Archer refuses to settle for anything less than being swept off her feet by the perfect man. One day, when cycling to work, Darcy accidentally crashes into a gentleman walking his dog. He is rushed to hospital and the poor pup gets left behind. Wracked with guilt, Darcy takes the dog and makes plans to reunite him with his owner, Aiden. Could he be Mr. Right?
“ A gulp-in-one-go page-turner.” EVENING STANDARD
“ More twists and turns than a rollercoaster – a cracker of a read.” MAIL ON SUNDAY ON THE LAST TO KNOW
SOP: MultiCap5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471258992
The Son-in-Law Charity Norman
On a sharp winter’s morning, a man turns his back on prison. He’s lost almost everything; all he has left are his three children but he is not allowed anywhere near them. This is the story of Joseph, who killed his wife, Zoe. Of their three children who witnessed the event. Of Zoe’s parents, Hannah and Frederick, who are bringing up the children and can’t forgive or understand Joseph. They slowly adjust to life without Zoe, until the day Joseph is released from prison… From the author of the Richard & Judy Book Club pick After the Fall comes another enthralling novel.
“ Will appeal to devotees of Joanna Trollope and Jodi Picoult… [Norman] is hot on their heels.” DAILY MAIL
SOP: MultiCap5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9781471259005
Mr Loverman
Bernardine Evaristo Mr Loverman is a tragi-comic tale of homosexual love set in contemporary London. Barrington Jedidiah Walker is seventy-four and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he’s lived in Hackney since the sixties. A flamboyant, wise-cracking local character, Barrington is a husband, father and grandfather – but he is also secretly lovers with his great childhood friend, Morris. When his marriage goes into meltdown, Barrington wants to divorce Carmel and live with Morris, but after a lifetime of fear and deception, will he manage to break away?
“ Evaristo remains an undeniably bold and energetic writer, whose world view is anything but one-dimensional.” SUNDAY TIMES
A ground-breaking exploration of Britain’s older Caribbean community, Mr Loverman explodes cultural myths and fallacies and shows the consequences of not being true to ourselves. SOP: MultiCap10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: James Goode · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471259067
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The Black Country Alex Grecian
Alex Grecian’s The Black Country sees the Scotland Yard Murder Squad return in a gruesome historical thriller. When members of a prominent family disappear from a coal-mining village – and a human eyeball is discovered in a bird’s nest – the local constable sends for help from Scotland Yard’s new Murder Squad. But Inspector Day and Sergeant Hammersmith have no idea what they’re about to get into, and the more they investigate, the more they realise they may never be allowed to leave.
“ Will keep you riveted from page one.” JEFFREY DEAVER
“ Outstanding. If Charles Dickens isn’t somewhere clapping his hands for this, Wilkie Collins surely is.” NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
SOP: MultiCap10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Nigel Carrington · Crime · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9781471259029
Pariah
David Jackson It’s a bad enough day for NYPD detective Callum Doyle when his cop partner is murdered. It’s about to get a hell of a lot worse… When the dead man’s replacement is also brutally killed, suspicion falls on Doyle himself. Then he receives an anonymous message. This is just the beginning, it says. Anyone he gets close to will die – and that includes his family. Desperate to find out who is responsible, but with his every move putting others in danger, Doyle has to ask himself an uncomfortable question: how low would he sink in order to get his life back?
“ Recalls Harlan Coben – though for my money Jackson is the better writer.” GUARDIAN
The first in a new series featuring Callum Doyle, an NYPD detective with a secret past. SOP: MultiCap10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Nick Landrum · Crime · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471259036
Kinslayer
Jay Kristoff A new and exciting dystopian steampunk fantasy with a flavour of feudal Japan, the second book in The Lotus War series. A SHATTERED EMPIRE: Shōgun Yoritomo has been assassinated, and the threat of civil war looms over the Shima Imperium. A DARK LEGACY: Yukiko and the mighty thunder tiger Buruu have been cast in the role of heroes by the Kagé rebellion. But Yukiko herself is blinded by rage over her father’s death. A GATHERING STORM: Kagé assassins lurk within the Shōgun’s palace, plotting to end the new dynasty before it begins.
“ The innovative setting, fast-moving plot, vivid descriptions, and thrilling action scenes make this a refreshing addition to the steampunk canon.” PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY ON STORMDANCER
“ A fast-paced, fantastical adventure… sharp as a Shogun’s sword.” LA TIMES ON STORMDANCER
SOP: MultiCap10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Jane Collingwood · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 18.5 · ISBN 9781471259050
Elizabeth of York Alison Weir
Acclaimed historian Alison Weir looks into the life of the first Tudor queen, revealing the woman behind the image. Elizabeth of York would have ruled England, but for the fact that she was a woman. One of the key figures of the Wars of the Roses, daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, she married Henry Tudor to bring peace to a wartorn England. In Elizabeth of York: The First Tudor Queen, Alison Weir builds a portrait of this beloved queen, placing her in the context of the magnificent, ceremonious, often brutal world she inhabited.
SOP: MultiCap10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Maggie Mash · History · DURATION: 23 · ISBN 9781471259043
“ Weir provides immense satisfaction. She writes in a pacy, vivid style, engaging the heart as well as the mind.” INDEPENDENT
“ Staggeringly useful… combines solid information with tantalising appetisers.” MAIL ON SUNDAY ON BRITAIN’S ROYAL FAMILIES
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Speaking From Among the Bones Alan Bradley
The fifth novel featuring Flavia de Luce. The villagers of Bishop’s Lacey are holding their collective breath as St Tancred’s tomb in the local church is about to be opened after five hundred years. Inveterate sleuth Flavia de Luce is first at the scene, but the body she finds lying there is not that of a desiccated saint; it is Mr Collicutt, St Tancred’s celebrated organist. Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, Flavia soon finds herself investigating one of Bishop’s Lacey’s most peculiar families.
“ The Flavia de Luce novels are now a cult favourite.” MAIL ON SUNDAY
SOP: MultiCap5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Sophie Aldred · Crime · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9781471259203
The Darkening Hour Penny Hancock
The tense and darkly atmospheric new psychological thriller from the author of award-winning Tideline. A middle class woman at her wits’ end and a struggling migrant worker with few options for survival. When tensions boil over, who will be the first to snap? Will it be Theodora, finally breaking under the pressure? Or Mona, desperate to find a way out? Two women. Two stories. Who do you believe?
“ Beautifully worked and with a sharp eye for the menace in the commonplace.” DAILY MAIL
“ Brilliantly written and totally gripping. I loved it.” S J WATSON
SOP: MultiCap5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471259210
Prayer
Philip Kerr International bestselling author Phillip Kerr’s Prayer is a gripping story that profoundly questions faith and the act of prayer. Gil Martins investigates domestic terrorism for the FBI. He is a religious man but he’s coming close to losing his faith due to the nature of his job. Gil starts to investigate a series of unexplained deaths, and as the evidence mounts, it becomes apparent that they have been killed through prayer. His newfound atheism is severely challenged, and he finds his own life is next on the line.
SOP: MultiCap5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Mark Zeisler · Thriller · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471259197
“ Kerr’s complex intrigue allows space for brilliantly provoking political asides.” SUNDAY TIMES ON MARCH VIOLETS
“ Taut, brutal, coarse, believable and gripping stuff.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ON MARCH VIOLETS
The Lives of Stella Bain Anita Shreve
From bestselling author Anita Shreve: an epic story of a woman searching for the secret of her identity against the backdrop of World War I. When an American woman, Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock in a London garden, surgeon August Bridge and his wife selflessly agree to take her in. However, Bridge quickly develops a clinical interest in his houseguest. Stella had been working as a nurse’s aide near the front, but she can’t remember anything prior to four months earlier when she was found wounded on a French battlefield. At once a ravishing love story and an intense psychological mystery The Lives of Stella Bain takes hold of its narrative and does not let go. SOP: MultiCap5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471259180
“ Poised and absolutely steady-handed, this is a gripping piece of deconstruction.” SUNDAY TIMES ON TESTIMONY
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The Girl on the Landing Paul Torday
“[A] surprising, suspenseful update of Stevenson in the 21st-century Jekyll-and-Hyde thriller.” observer
Elizabeth has been married to Michael for ten years, during which she has adjusted to a fairly monotonous routine, including frequent visits to a dank and gloomy house in a Scottish glen that Michael inherited.
“ A clever, gripping novel.” THE TIMES
“ This is an exciting novel – part But then Michael begins to change. It starts when he sees, or thinks he sees, in a painting, the figure of a girl on a landing. But who – or what – is changing Michael? love story, part psychological thriller – which confounds your expectations as it tightens its grip.” SOP: MultiCap5 · AVAILABILITY: Download SUNDAY EXPRESS NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471259227
City of Sins Daniel Blake
A pulse-pounding thriller featuring FBI agent Franco Patrese. New Orleans, Summer 2005: New FBI agent Franco Patrese is intrigued when the attractive PA to the city’s richest man requests a secret meeting. She has information regarding an unthinkable conspiracy, and will trust no-one else. The next day she’s dead – the victim of a bizarre ritual murder – and Patrese finds himself drawn into the murkiest of underworlds, piecing together connections between the city’s seediest players and its top officials.
“ Stunning. A Chinatown for the 21st century.” CHARLES CUMMING
Only two things remain certain – there are huge secrets hidden in these cesspools of corruption and crime, and some people will do anything to keep them that way. SOP: MultiCap10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: William Hope · Crime · DURATION: 14.25 · ISBN 9781471259234
Me and Mr Jones Lucy Diamond
“The new queen of the gripping, light-hearted page-turner.” easy living Meet the women in love with the very different Jones brothers: Izzy is determined to escape her troubled past, but flirtatious Charlie is causing complications. Alicia’s been happily married to loyal Hugh for years but secretly craves excitement. Emma’s relationship with David was once fun and romantic but trying for a baby has taken its toll. As the future of the family’s B&B becomes uncertain, Izzy, Alicia and Emma are thrown together unexpectedly…
“ Seamless, engaging, believable, fun and heartfelt.” HEAT
“ Romantic, dreamy and fun.” CLOSER
Me and Mr Jones is a sparkling tale of heartbreak, hope, friendship and love. SOP: MultiCap10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Jilly Bond · Romance · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471259241
Jessi-Cat Jayne Dillon
The inspiring story of Jessi-cat, named Best Friend and National Cat of the Year by the Cats Protection Awards. Lorcan was seven years old when his mother first heard him say ‘I love you’. The words were not directed at her, but at Jessi-cat, the family pet. Lorcan suffers from autism and selective mutism, rendering him unable to speak in certain situations. This all began to change with the arrival of a kitten named Jessi-cat. Jessi-cat is the stirring tale of how the affection and attention of a constant loving companion allowed a little boy to start to connect to the world around him. SOP: MultiCap10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Kate Lock · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 5.75 · ISBN 9781471259258
“ A selectively mute boy’s extraordinary bond with the family cat has inspired his mother to tell their story.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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Cripple Creek James Sallis
The second in James Sallis’ sequence of Turner novels, Cripple Creek reintroduces the compelling protagonist of Cypress Grove. Now Deputy Sheriff in his new town, Turner seems to be finally escaping his past and creating a new life for himself. That is, until a routine traffic stop results in a young man being sprung from jail, a brutal assault on the Sheriff and Turner risking everything in his wild pursuit. A novel as atmospheric and eventful as anything Sallis has written.
“ The brooding atmosphere and depth of characterisation mark this as superior mystery fare.” MAIL ON SUNDAY
“ James Sallis is a superb writer.” THE TIMES
SOP: MultiCap10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Peter Brooke · Crime · DURATION: 5 · ISBN 9781471259272
Magnificent Joe James Wheatley
“A brutal little novel that manages also to be tender and funny.” independent on sunday What Joe needs is a friend. What Jim needs is a fresh start. Living in a former pit village in the North of England, Joe’s learning difficulties have left him isolated, until Jim, another of life’s outsiders, comes home. So begins an unlikely friendship. Jim and Joe offer one another loyalty and camaraderie, but when rumours of an unthinkable crime get out of control, Jim’s loyalty is put to the test, with heartbreaking consequences.
“ Wheatley is that increasingly rare type of young writer: he has experienced life, and it shows.” DAILY MAIL
Funny, bittersweet and unforgettable, Magnificent Joe is a tale of devastation, loss, and the redemptive power of one extraordinary friendship. SOP: MultiCap10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: David Nellist · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.25 · ISBN 9781471259265
Tempting Fate Jane Green
Bestselling author Jane Green gives a powerful portrayal of a marriage rocked by betrayal in the stunning Tempting Fate. When Gabby first met Elliott she knew he was the man for her. In twenty years of marriage she has never doubted her love for him, but Gabby feels that time and her youth are slipping away. For the first time in her life she is restless. And then she meets the youthful Matt… And in one reckless moment she destroys all that she holds dear. Are some betrayals too great to forgive?
“ A heartbreaking tale of love and family, truly compelling.” CLOSER
“ Compulsively readable. I raced through it.” DAILY MAIL
SOP: MultiCap5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Jane Green · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471258602
The Counsellor Cormac McCarthy Now a major motion picture starring Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem and Brad Pitt. The Counsellor is the story of a lawyer whose desire to get rich, in order to impress “ It’s hard to think of a his fiancée, leads him to become involved in a risky drug-smuggling venture. contemporary writer more His contacts in the high-stakes cocaine trade are the mysterious Reiner and the worth reading.” seductive Malkina. As the action crosses the Mexican border, things become darker, INDEPENDENT more violent and more disturbing than he could ever have imagined. One of the greats of contemporary American Literature, Cormac McCarthy’s awards include the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. SOP: MultiCap5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Jonathan Davis · Thriller · DURATION: 3.5 · ISBN 9781471258619
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Reckless
William Nicholson
“ A profound and moving novel… tender and compassionate.”
Reckless is a gripping novel set against the world in crisis, by a superb novelist at the height of his powers. 1945. WWII has gone on too long. A little girl, Pamela, is growing up fast. A young Englishman, Rupert Blundell, vows there’ll be no more wars. 1962. Rupert is now strategic advisor to Lord Mountbatten. Pamela is eighteen and has moved to London, eager for love and experiences of every kind. But beneath the glamour, the Cuban missile crisis unfolds and the world spins ever closer to nuclear war.
GUARDIAN ON MOTHERLAND
“ His particular gift is to take you inside the contemporary mind, tracing out trains of thought with astonishing agility, sensitivity and honesty.” SPECTATOR ON MOTHERLAND
SOP: MultiCap5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Gabrielle Glaister · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 15.5 · ISBN 9781471258633
The Midnight Rose Lucinda Riley
A stunning multi-layered saga from international bestselling author Lucinda Riley The Midnight Rose sweeps from the glittering palaces of India to the majestic stately homes of England. In the heyday of the British Raj, Anahita becomes Princess Indira’s official companion, and accompanies her to England just before the outbreak of the Great War. There, she meets the young Donald Astbury – reluctant heir to a magnificent, estate – and his scheming mother. Eighty years later, Rebecca Bradley, a young American film star, has the world at her feet. Her latest role, playing a 1920s debutante, takes her to the now-crumbling Astbury Hall…
“ Atmospheric, heartrending and multilayered.” GRAZIA ON THE GIRL ON THE CLIFF
SOP: MultiCap5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Anjana Srinivasan · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 16.75 · ISBN 9781471258596
Philomena
Martin Sixsmith Now a major film starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan. Falling pregnant as a teenager in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to the convent in Co. Tipperary to be looked after as a fallen woman. She cared for her baby for three years until the Church took him and sold him, like countless others, to America for adoption. She spent the next fifty years secretly searching for him, unaware that he was searching for her from across the Atlantic. A compelling and deeply moving true story of human love and loss, both heartbreaking yet ultimately redemptive. SOP: MultiCap5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: John Curless · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 15.5 · ISBN 9781471258626
Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men Colin Bateman
The title, the terrorist and the punch-drunk pugilist… Fat Boy McMaster is a hopeless heavyweight boxer, who has somehow managed to become the champion of Ireland. His devious manager has set up a St Patrick’s Day fight in New York against Mike Tyson, and he wants journalist Dan Starkey to write about it. Once in New York, however, McMaster’s wife is kidnapped, the Champ is chased all over town by gunmen, and there’s the Big Fight to consider too… The second in Bateman’s hilarious series featuring hapless journalist Dan Starkey.
“ The funniest crime series around.” DAILY TELEGRAPH
“ Sometimes brutal, often blackly humorous and always terrific.” OBSERVER
SOP: MultiCap10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Adam Moore · Crime · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471258664
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Broken Dolls James Carol
Jefferson Winter is no ordinary investigator. The son of one of America’s most renowned serial killers, Winter has spent his life trying to distance himself from his father’s legacy.
“ Toe-clenching, nailbiting, peep-from-behindyour-fingers suspense.” S. J. BOLTON
When he accepts a particularly disturbing case in London, Winter arrives to find a psychopath on the loose who likes abducting and lobotomising young women. Winter must use all his preternatural brain power in order to work out who is behind the attacks, before another young woman becomes a victim.
SOP: MultiCap10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Crime · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471258640
“ Broken Dolls has it all. Horrifying evil, a brilliant, conflicted profiler and cracking pace and tension.” STEPHEN FRY
Her Brilliant Career Rachel Cooke
In her apron and rubber gloves, the woman of the Fifties has become a cultural symbol of all that we are most grateful to have sloughed off. But what if there was another side to the story? In Her Brilliant Career, Rachel Cooke tells the story of ten extraordinary women “ There is warmth and lightness whose pioneering professional lives – and complicated private lives – paved the of spirit to this book: it is witty, way for future generations. Including Muriel Box, film director. Alison Smithson, intelligent, kind and poignant… architect. Sheila van Damm, rally car driver and theatre owner. Jacquetta Hawkes, leaves you wanting more.” archaeologist and Rose Heilbron, QC. Plucky and ambitious, these women left THE TIMES the house, discovered the bliss of work, and ushered in the era of the working woman. This is the Fifties, retold: vivid, surprising and, most of all, modern. “ Vastly entertaining, cannily researched and sharply perceptive.” TELEGRAPH SOP: MultiCap10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Jenny Funnell · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471258657
Sweet Thursday John Steinbeck
“I ain’t never been satisfied with that book, Cannery Row. I would of went about it different.” Returning to the scene of Cannery Row, Steinbeck brilliantly re-creates its bawdy, high-spirited world of bums, drunks and hookers, telling the story of what happened to everyone after the war. There’s Fauna, the latest madam at the Bear Flag brothel; Doc, still there for everyone else but feeling strangely sad himself; and Suzy, the new hustler in town who might just be the girl to save him. John Steinbeck was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for literature.
“ The outstanding quality of Steinbeck’s writing… is his feel for the lives, thoughts and aspirations of ordinary people.” SPECTATOR
SOP: MultiCap10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Paul Brichard · Classics · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9781471258671
The Lying Game Tess Stimson
A brilliant novel from the bestselling Tess Stimson, that combines the beating heart of Jojo Moyes with the sparkling wit of Jane Fallon. There are some things we are never meant to know… Harriet Lockwood has never really bonded with her daughter the way she has with her three sons. Then one day, she discovers why. The girl she’s raised for the last fifteen years is not her biological child. As a consequence, two families are plunged into a storm of bitter rivalries and unexpected alliances.
“ A truly compelling story of family ties and secrets.” DAILY EXPRESS
“ Stimson’s prose is razor sharp.” GLAMOUR ON WHAT’S YOURS IS MINE
SOP: MultiCap10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471258688
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One User
One User eAudiobooks work just like the physical equivalent, each copy can only be downloaded by one person at a time, borrowers will be in a queue for that title. Our One User SOP’s include a mix of titles from our imprints.
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How Did All This Happen? John Bishop
“Extremely funny… told with heart-warming honesty.” mail on sunday In his own inimitable style, John guides us through his life from leaving the council estate where he grew up, to marriage, kids and the split that led him to being on a stage complaining to strangers one night – the night that changed his life and started his journey to stardom. This is a heart-warming, life-affirming and ultimately very, very funny memoir from one of the nation’s greatest comedians. How Did All This Happen? is a wonderfully entertaining autobiography, packed with the colourful reminiscences and comical anecdotes you’d expect from John Bishop.
SOP: OneUser5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: John Bishop · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9780007538584
Catastrophe Max Hastings
1914: a year of unparalleled change. The year that diplomacy failed and Imperial Europe was thrown into its first modernised warfare. But how had it happened? In Catastrophe, Max Hastings tries to find the answer to how World War I began. He traces how tensions across the continent kindled into a blaze of battles; analyses the power-brokering, vanity and bluff in the diplomatic maelstrom and reveals who was responsible for the birth of this catastrophic world in arms. Mingling the experiences of humbler folk with the statesmen on whom their lives depended, Hastings asks: whose actions were justified?
“ One could scarcely ask for a better guide to these horrors than Max Hastings… he is a superb writer with a rare gift for evoking the rhythm, mood and raw physical terror of battle.” MAIL ON SUNDAY
“ This is a magnificent and deeply moving book, and with Max Hastings as our guide we are in the hands of a master.” TELEGRAPH
SOP: OneUser5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Nigel Carrington · History · DURATION: 29 · ISBN 9780007534159
The Flavours of Love Dorothy Koomson
The latest psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Rose Petal Beach. It’s been 18 months since my husband was murdered and I’ve decided to finish writing ‘The Flavours of Love’, the cookbook he started before he died. Everyone thinks I’m coping so well without him – but now my 14-year-old daughter has confessed something devastating, and my husband’s killer is writing to me claiming to be innocent, and I know it’s only a matter of time before the truth is revealed to the world. My name is Saffron Mackleroy and this is my story. The latest psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Rose Petal Beach.
“ Pacy and compelling, the twists and turns come thick and fast with a surprise round every corner… a must-read.” HEAT ON THE ROSE PETAL BEACH
SOP: OneUser5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Adjoa Andoh · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 14.75 · ISBN 9781471259074
Saints of the Shadow Bible Ian Rankin
The past is catching up with Rebus, as an old case rears its ugly head… Inspector Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion. A 30-year-old case is being reopened, and Rebus’s team, who called themselves ‘the Saints’, and swore a bond on something called ‘the Shadow Bible’, are suspected of foul play. But times have changed and the crimes of the past may not stay hidden much longer. Who are the saints and who the sinners?
“ Genius… Rankin once again proves himself to be the consummate master of crime.” SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY ON STANDING IN ANOTHER MAN’S GRAVE.
“ Ian Rankin’s now iconic Rebus series provides a better biography of modern Edinburgh over the past 25 years than almost anything else.” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
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Sense and Sensibility Joanna Trollope
This is Joanna Trollope’s much-anticipated contemporary reworking of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. The Dashwood sisters could hardly be more different. Elinor, an architecture student, values discretion above all. Her impulsive sister Marianne dreams of going to art school. But when the family are forced out of Norland Park, their beloved home, their values are severely put to the test. Joanna Trollope casts Sense & Sensibility in a fresh new light, re-telling a comingof-age story about young love and heartbreak, and how some things never change…
“ Supremely sure of her material and purpose, compassionate but never sentimental.” SUNDAY TIMES
“ Joanna Trollope is the most emotionally intelligent of contemporary British novelists.” INDEPENDENT
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The Keeper Luke Delaney
The second novel in the DI Sean Corrigan series – authentic and terrifying crime fiction with a psychological edge, by an ex-Met detective. When the brutally murdered body of a young woman is found in the woods, DI Sean Corrigan and his team are on the case. But this is not a one-time offender. They’re on the trail of someone who has been taking women from their homes and keeping them captive before disposing of their bodies. This killer is looking for the perfect woman – and when he finds her, he’s going to keep her…
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“ A confident, aggressive and very promising debut by a former Met detective.” THE TIMES ON COLD KILLING
“ An authentic voice on how the police operate with a stone-cold killer striking randomly around London… scary authenticity.” SUN ON COLD KILLING
Homeland
Andrew Kaplan An edge-of-your-seat original prequel novel based on the hit series, Homeland. Beirut, 2006. CIA agent Carrie Mathison barely escapes an ambush while attempting a clandestine meeting with a new contact code-named Nightingale. Although sent back to Langley, she remains suspicious that security has been compromised, and becomes increasingly certain that a terrorist plot has been set in motion. Determined to stop the terrorist mastermind, she embarks on an obsessive quest that will nearly destroy her. Filled with the suspense and plot twists that have made Homeland a must-watch series, this riveting tale takes fans deeper into the life and mind of one brilliant woman spy.
“ One of the smartest, swiftest and most compelling spy novels I’ve read in years.” HARLAN COBEN
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Vacant Possession Hilary Mantel
“The macabre and wonderfully funny plot has as many twists and turns as a well-made thriller.” standard
From the double Man Booker Prize-winner, a savagely funny tale that revisits the characters from the much-loved Every Day is Mother’s Day. Muriel Axon is about to re-enter the lives of Colin Sidney and Isabel Field. It is ten years since her last tangle with them, but for Muriel this is not time enough. There are still scores to be settled, truths to be faced and vengeance to be wreaked.
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“ Hilary Mantel’s wit is wonderful and startlingly nasty.” SUNDAY TIMES
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Here’s Looking at You Mhairi McFarlane
Hilarious and poignant, Here’s Looking At You will make you laugh and cry. The new must-read novel from bestseller Mhairi McFarlane. Despite dating an awful lot of weirdos, Anna couldn’t be happier; life has turned out better than she ever thought possible. However, things weren’t always this way, and when James Fraser – the architect of Anna’s humiliation at school – walks back into her life, her world is turned upside down. But James seems a changed man. Polite. Mature. Funny, even. So why does Anna feel like she’s a fool to trust him?
“ Very very witty and funny. Left me in awe… a total gem.” MARIAN KEYES ON YOU HAD ME AT HELLO
“ The funniest, most romantic book I’ve read since One Day.” LISA JEWELL ON YOU HAD ME AT HELLO
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One Chance Paul Potts
One Chance is Britain’s Got Talent winner Paul Potts’ story, of how he skyrocketed to fame with his amazing voice. One Chance is the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts. When Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night, stepped onto the stage of Britain’s Got Talent, no one expected the phenomenal voice that would emerge. Paul went on to win Britain’s Got Talent and the hearts of millions. This memoir will tell Potts’ remarkable underdog story, revealing his experiences as he seized his biggest dreams and wowed audiences around the world. Now a major film, starring James Corden and Julie Walters. Includes an introduction narrated by the author. SOP: OneUser10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Matt Addis · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9781471259104
Five Star Billionaire Tash Aw
In Five Star Billionaire Tash Aw charts the overlapping lives of migrant Malaysian workers, forging lives for themselves in sprawling Shanghai.
“ Tash Aw’s tale of five migrant Justin is from a family of successful property developers. Phoebe has come to China workers carving out lives in a buoyed with hope, but the job she has come for seems never to have existed. Gary modernising Shanghai is the stuff of is a successful pop artist, but his fans and marketing machine disappear after a a hit TV miniseries… Engrossing.” bar-room brawl. Yinghui has businesses that are going well but must make decisions OBSERVER about her life. And then there is Walter, the shadowy billionaire, ruthless and manipulative, ultimately alone in the world. A brilliant examination of the migrations “ A fascinating cast of characters… a that are shaping this dazzling new city, and their effect on individual lives, Five Star panoramic, expertly detailed painting Billionaire was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013. of contemporary Shanghai.” SOP: OneUser15 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Nick Taylor · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 14.5 · ISBN 9780007553754
SUNDAY TIMES
Take a Look At Me Now Miranda Dickinson
Sunday Times bestselling author Miranda Dickinson returns with a charming novel about a woman who won’t let life’s events define her… How far would you go to make a new start? When Nell’s on-off boyfriend Aidan calls her into his office, losing her job is the last thing she expects. Heartbroken and unemployed, she makes a radical decision to blow her redundancy cheque and escape to the untested waters of San Francisco. But is the glamour of the city too good to be true? And can Nell leave her past behind?
“ A blissfully romantic tale told with all the warmth and wit we’ve come to love from this author.”
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CLAUDIA CARROLL, AUTHOR OF ME & YOU
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Sacrifice
Max Kinnings Max Kinnings’ second novel featuring Ed Mallory, a blind hostage negotiator, is a high tension, fast paced thriller that will keep you gripped until the very end. LONDON, CHRISTMAS MORNING. 09:13am. Disgraced hedge fund manager Graham Poynter hides shamefully in his Belgravia mansion. 10:16am. A masked intruder stands over Poynter and his terrified family, while the last remaining security guard hangs impaled on a railing spike outside the house. 10:38am. Surrounding the scene are police helicopters, special forces teams, and Ed Mallory who must stop this twisted retribution.
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The Villa Rosanna Ley
“Beautifully written, warm and romantic.” rachel hore When Tess Angel receives a solicitor’s letter inviting her to claim her inheritance the Villa Sirena, perched on a clifftop in Sicily - she is stunned. Her only link to the island is through her mother, Flavia, who left Sicily during World War II and cut all contact with her family. Flavia realises that secrets she’s kept hidden are about to be revealed and decides to try to explain her past.
“ A tense blockbuster with worryingly credible characters.” THE TIMES ON BAPTISM
“ This thriller has more twists than a bag ful of snakes - and as much bite … A must read.” PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH ON BAPTISM
“ The Villa will stay with you long after you’ve devoured this tale of family feuds, secrets and passion, Sicilian-style… Romantic, escapist and mouthwatering.” VERONICA HENRY, AUTHOR OF THE BEACH HUT
“ Vividly written with a compelling storyline, this is top escapism.” CLOSER
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Hubble Bubble Jane Lovering
The bewitching new novel from Romantic Novel of the Year award winner Jane Lovering. Holly Grey joined the woman’s group to keep her friend out of trouble - and now she’s knee-deep in hassle, in the form of apocalyptic weather, armed men and midwifery. Kai has been drawn to darkest Yorkshire by his desire to find out who he really is. What he hadn’t bargained on was getting caught up in amateur magic and dealing with a bunch of women who are trying really hard to make their dreams come true. Together they realise that getting what you wish for is sometimes just a matter of knowing what it is you want… Jane Lovering’s Please Don’t Stop the Music won the Romantic Novel of the Year and the Romantic Comedy Award from the Romantic Novelists’ Association. SOP: OneUser15 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Rachael Louise Miller · Romance · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471259135
Game
Anders de la Motte Play or be played in book one of the Game Trilogy, the Swedish thriller series taking the world by storm. It began by spray-painting a door. Then detonating a hand grenade. Each task is secretly filmed and uploaded for other ‘Players’ to comment on. The more daring the mission, the greater the thrill and reward – and the acclaim. But how far will Henrik “HP” Pettersson go before the seemingly innocent game begins to play him? With his police officer sister dragged into the action, the game is looking more and more like a trap, and HP’s excitement is turning to fear. Dripping with suspense, thrills and action, Game is the first instalment in Anders de la Motte’s hot new Scandinavian thriller series SOP: OneUser20 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Thriller · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9780007556267
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Return of the Border Warrior Blythe Gifford
Set in the Scottish Borders, in the turbulent Tudor era, Blythe Gifford’s new series features the Brunson Clan: the family that will kneel to no one! Word in the Royal Court has spread that the Wild Scottish Borders are too unruly. Upon the King’s command, John Brunson must return home to persuade his family to honour the King’s call for peace. To succeed, John knows winning over the daughter of an allied family, Cate Gilnock, holds the key. But this intriguing beauty is beyond the powers of flattery and seduction… Blythe Gifford is the author of several medieval romances. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE called her work ‘the perfect balance between history and romance.’ SOP: OneUser20 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Cathleen McCarron · Romance · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471259166
The Elephant Girl Henriette Gyland
A compelling mystery, The Elephant Girl is a beautiful story of love, friendship, revenge and redemption.
“ Lots of drama in this exciting Norfolk-based romance with possible murder, damaged people and family secrets to the fore.” LOVEREADING ON UP CLOSE
When five-year-old Helen Stephens witnesses her mother’s murder, her whole world comes crumbling down. Twenty years later, her mother’s killer is let out of jail, and Helen swears vengeance. Jason Moody runs a halfway house, desperate to distance himself from his father’s gangster dealings. But when Helen shows up on his doorstep, he decides to dig into her past, and risks upsetting some very dangerous people. As Helen begins to question what really happened to her mother, Jason is determined to protect her. But Helen is getting too close to someone who’ll stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden… SOP: OneUser20 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Tania Rodrigues · Mystery · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9781471259142
Flappers
Judith Mackrell Glamorised, mythologised and demonised – the women of the 1920s prefigured the 1960s in their determination to reinvent the way they lived.
“ Flappers is all good, dirty fun… Mackrell is an engaging storyteller with a deceptively light touch.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Flappers is in part a biography of that restless generation: it focuses on six women “ [S]cintillating… This who between them exemplified the range and daring of that generation’s spirit. enthralling, elegant Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard, Tallulah Bankhead, Zelda Fitzgerald, Josephine book conjures up all the Baker and Tamara de Lempicka were far from typical flappers. Talented, reckless glamour and razzmatazz and wilful, with personalities that transcended their class and background, they but never flinches from the re-wrote their destinies in remarkable, entertaining and tragic ways. caverns of pain beneath.” SOP: OneUser20 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Julia Franklin · History · DURATION: 18.25 · ISBN 9781471259159
DAILY EXPRESS
A Bride for the Island Prince Rebecca Winters
Dottie guards her heart fiercely, but can a Prince who needs her help with his daughter break down her defences? Prince Alexius will do anything to help his four-year-old daughter learn to speak – which is why the intensely reserved royal finds himself opening up to bubbly speech therapist Dottie. She’s a breath of fresh air in the palace, and motherless Zoe blossoms in her care – as does the reluctant attraction Alex feels towards his new employee! Rebecca Winters has written almost 50 romance novels and has previously won both the National Readers’ Choice Award and the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award. SOP: OneUser20 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Eliza Foss · Romance · DURATION: 5.5 · ISBN 9781471259173
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How to Fall in Love Cecelia Ahern
She has just two weeks. Two weeks to teach him how to fall in love – with his own life. One night, when Christine is crossing the Ha’penny Bridge in Dublin a man is there, threatening to jump. Adam is desperate – but Christine makes a crazy deal with him: to show him life is worth living in the two weeks before his 35th birthday. The two of them embark on wild escapades, grand romantic gestures and some unlikely late-night outings. Slowly, Christine thinks Adam is starting to fall back in love with his life. But is that all that’s happening?
“ This exceptional novel about bereavement, friendship and lost love is both heartbreaking and uplifting.” EXPRESS ON P.S I LOVE YOU
A thoughtful, captivating and ultimately uplifting novel from the uniquely talented Cecelia Ahern. SOP: OneUser5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Aoife McMahon · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9780007538898
Magician’s End Raymond. E. Feist
The fate of the black Magician will be sealed as prophecy becomes truth. Civil war is tearing apart the Kingdom of the Isles, for the throne lies empty and rivals are converging. Somewhere in the Grey Towers Mountains something not of this world is emerging. It will require that alliances be made between mortal enemies if disaster is to be averted. Elves and men must stand together, ancient heroes must rise again, and the magicians must be prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice if the whole world is to be saved.
“ If you gain any enjoyment whatsoever from reading fantasy then this is a novel that you simply cannot afford not to read.” FANTASY BOOK REVIEW
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The Shock of the Fall Nathan Filer
“ Both funny and painful… you’re going to love it.” DAILY MAIL
Winner of the Costa Book of the Year. An extraordinary portrait of one man’s descent into mental illness, The Shock of the Fall is a brave and ground-breaking novel from an exciting new voice in fiction.
“ Bittersweet and wonderfully etched… perceptive and moving.”
“I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was never the same after that.”
“ A deeply moving (but also funny) first novel.”
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Will You Love Me? Cathy Glass
The Latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass. Will You Love Me? tells the true story of Cathy’s adopted daughter Lucy, who was born to a single mother who couldn’t cope, and was taken into permanent foster care aged 8. By the time Lucy was fostered with Cathy she was severely distressed, withdrawn, refusing to eat and three years behind at school. But Cathy and her two children bond with Lucy quickly, and finally show her the loving home she never believed existed.
“ A hugely touching and emotional true tale.” STAR MAGAZINE ON DAMAGED
Cathy has been a foster carer for over 25 years, during which time she has looked after more than 100 children, of all ages and backgrounds. SOP: OneUser5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Denica Fairman · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9780007555956
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The White Princess Philippa Gregory
Recently dramatised as part of the BBC drama The White Queen, this is Phillipa Gregory at her best. The beautiful eldest daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville – the White Queen – young princess Elizabeth of York faces a conflict of loyalties between the red rose and the white. Forced into marriage with Henry VII, she must reconcile her slowly growing love for him with her loyalty to the House of York, and choose between her mother’s rebellion and her husband’s tyranny.
“ Robust, unpretentious and rather shamefully compelling.” THE TIMES ON THE WHITE QUEEN
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The Sea Sisters Lucy Clarke
There are some currents in the relationship between sisters that run so dark and so deep, sometimes it’s better never to know what’s beneath… Katie’s world is shattered by the news that her headstrong younger sister, Mia, has been found dead in Bali – and the police claim it was suicide. With Mia’s travel journal as her guide, Katie retraces the last few months of her sister’s life, and begins to uncover the mystery surrounding her death. But will her search for the truth push their sisterly bond – and Katie – to breaking point? The Sea Sisters is a compelling story of the enduring connection between sisters; a Richard and Judy Book Club pick for Summer 2013.
“ A thrilling and perceptive debut that explores the complex relationship between sisters and loss at its rawest. Trust us, you won’t be able to put it down.” COSMOPOLITAN
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The Strangled Queen Maurice Druon
“This is the original Game of Thrones.” george r. r. martin The King is dead. Long live the King! Philip IV is dead and his great kingdom is in disarray. It seems the fatal curse of the Templars is plaguing the royal house of France. His son has been enthroned as Louis X; but with his disgraced wife Marguerite imprisoned in the Chateau Gaillard for her adultery, Louis can produce no heir with which to secure the succession. But neither can he marry again while she lives…
“ Dramatic and colourful… but stiffened by historical accuracy and political insight.” SUNDAY TIMES
The web of scandal, murder and intrigue that wove itself around the court of the Iron King continues to draw in his descendants, and threatens to destroy his dynasty. SOP: OneUser10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Peter Joyce · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9780007533589
As Luck Would Have It Derek Jacobi
Star of stage, screen and television, and one of only two people to be awarded two Knighthoods, Sir Derek Jacobi is one of Britain’s most distinguished actors. Derek Jacobi’s life has been devoted to acting, since his stage debut at the age of seven, in a local library production of The Prince and the Swineherd. Cast as the National Youth Theatre’s Hamlet during his final year at school, Derek won a scholarship to Cambridge, where he studied and acted alongside other future acting greats. He has since starred in roles ranging from the lead in I, Claudius to Hitler in Inside the Third Reich. Funny, warm and honest, Jacobi brings us his insider’s view on the world of acting. From a simple childhood in the East End to the height of fame on stage and screen, Derek recalls his journey in full. SOP: OneUser10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Derek Jacobi · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9780007534067
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About a Girl Lindsey Kelk
About a Girl is the latest hilarious novel from the immensely popular bestseller Lindsay Kelk. Tess’s carefully planned life takes an unexpected twist when she accidently answers her flatmate Vanessa’s phone and accepts a photography assignment in Hawaii! Tess is soon in big trouble – she isn’t a photographer, she isn’t Vanessa, and the gorgeous journalist on the shoot with her is an egotistical monster. Far from home and in someone else’s shoes, Tess must decide whether to fight on through, or ‘fess up and run… SOP: OneUser10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9780007533930
The Black Path Asa Larsson
“A superior example of Scandinavian noir.” sunday telegraph The frozen body of a woman is found on the ice near Torneträsk in northern Sweden. She has been brutally tortured, but the killing blow was clumsy, almost amateur. The body is quickly identified, raising hopes of an open-and-shut solution. But Rebecka Martinsson and Anna-Maria Mella soon find themselves investigating corruption at the heart of one of Sweden’s most successful mining companies. One that has powerful enemies of its own.
“ Outrageous, witty, exciting and romantic, we simply adored this sparkling read.” CLOSER
“ Kelk has a hilarious turn of phrase and a sparkling writing style… A frothy and fun read.” DAILY EXPRESS
“ Among the current batch of Nordic writers, the new Larsson is one to be followed with the most minute attention.” BARRY FORSHAW FOR INDEPENDENT
“ Larsson’s laid back style makes her unflinching probing of the icy depths of the human heart all the more chilling.” TELEGRAPH
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GI Brides
Duncan Barrett & Nuala Calvi From the bestselling authors of The Sugar Girls, GI Brides weaves together the real-life stories of women who crossed the ocean for love. The ‘friendly invasion’ of Britain by over a million American GIs caused a sensation. But American soldiers offered something even more tantalising than just a supply of chocolate and nylon stockings. Becoming a GI bride provided an escape route from Blitz-ravaged Britain, and an opportunity for a whole new life in America. Some 70,000 GI brides crossed the Atlantic at the end of the war – but the long voyage was just the beginning of a much bigger journey.
“ An authoritative and highly readable work of social history.” MELANIE MCGRATH ON THE SUGAR GIRLS
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Amelia Grey’s Fireside Dream Abby Clements
Amelia has a dream: toasting chestnuts by the fire with her husband Jack in their own cosy cottage. Their real life is another world - a cramped one-bedroom flat in Hackney. But when life takes a surprising turn, they move to Kent to start a renovation that soon becomes bigger than they realised. Amelia begins to strip back the wallpaper and fittings in the cottage and discovers the story of the previous owner - and a hidden secret. As Amelia’s ideas about love and family change, will her fireside dream finally come true? SOP: OneUser15 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471259333
“ Sweet, light and romantic.” CLOSER ON VIVIEN’S HEAVENLY ICE CREAM SHOP
“ A scrumptious indulgence.” VICTORIA FOX
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A Humble Companion Laurie Graham
Loyalty tested to the limit. Dangerous secrets to keep. Nellie Welche’s life changes for ever when she’s proposed as companion to Princess Sophia, daughter of mad King George III and Queen Charlotte. Taken into the heart of the family, Nellie is privy to the innermost secrets of the rotten House of Hanover. From the first rumblings of the French Revolution to the beginnings of the railway age, Nellie charts their story of their extraordinary lives.
“ Funny, fascinating and profoundly moving. I savoured every sentence.” FREYA NORTH
“ A delightfully smart and sophisticated historical novelist.” SUNDAY TIMES
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Zero Six Bravo
Damien Lewis Zero Six Bravo is a classic account of elite soldiering that ranks among the very greatest Special Forces missions of our time. In March 2003, M Squadron was sent 1,000 kilometres behind enemy lines on a true mission impossible, to take the surrender of the 100,000-strong Iraqi Army 5th Corps. From the very start their tasking earned the nickname ‘Operation No Return’. Caught in a ferocious ambush M Squadron launched a desperate bid to escape; the elite operators destroyed sensitive kit and prepared for death or capture as the Iraqis closed their deadly trap. Zero Six Bravo recounts in vivid and compelling detail the most desperate battle fought by British and allied Special Forces trapped behind enemy lines since World War Two.
“ More than a tale of bravery against desperate odds. It provides an object lesson in what can go wrong when intelligence is flawed and insufficient resources and too few troops are used in war.” SUNDAY TIMES
“ One of the most remarkable stories in the history of special forces’ operations.” DAILY EXPRESS
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The Crown Tower Michael J. Sullivan
Two men who hate each other. One impossible mission. A legend in the making. Hadrian, a warrior with nothing to fight for, is paired with Royce, a thieving assassin with nothing to lose. Together they must steal a treasure that no one can reach. The Crown Tower is the grandest fortress ever built and home to the realm’s most prized possessions. But it isn’t gold or jewels that their employer is after; if he can keep them from killing each other, they might just get him his prize. The Crown Tower is the first book in The Riyria Chronicles, a series featuring the early adventures of Royce and Hadrian, set twelve years before the events in the bestselling The Riyria Revelations.
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Don’t Tell The Groom Anna Bell
A light-hearted, fun romantic comedy about planning a wedding on a shoestring budget… Penny has big dreams for her wedding day. When Mark finally pops the question, it’s the best moment of her life. Until Penny checks her wedding fund and is horrified to discover that she’s somehow gambled away £10,000 playing online bingo! Working under the pretense of surprising Mark with her plans on their big day, operation ‘Don’t Tell the Groom’ rolls into action, with surprising, hilarious and moving results.
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“ This is a real feel-good story with loads of laughs, twists, tears and miscommunications.” THE CHICKLIT CLUB
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Origins of Love Kishwar Desai
An unwanted child, a desperate couple and a dangerous secret… In Delhi a small baby lies alone and abandoned. The product of IVF and surrogacy, she had been so coveted - until she was born with a fatal illness. Thousands of miles away in London, Kate and Ben are desperate for a baby. As Kate suffers another miscarriage, she knows something has to change. But will her desire for a baby stop at nothing…? The second novel featuring feisty social worker Simran Singh sees her uncovering the truth behind the shadowy facade of the multi-million dollar surrogacy industry.
“ Origins of Love is a serious, issue-based novel that is also a page-turner.” METRO
“ Desai’s Simran Singh novels are endowed with something else: the sense that she is delving not just into mysteries but into subjects that matter deeply. I cannot wait for her next adventure.” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
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The Children of Henry VIII John Guy
A detailed, engaging account of the family drama that shaped Britain more than five hundred years ago… Nothing drove Henry VIII, England’s wealthiest and most powerful king, more than producing a legitimate male heir and perpetuating his dynasty. To that end he married six wives, became the subject of the most notorious divorce case of the sixteenth century, and broke with the Pope, all in an age of international competition and warfare, social unrest and growing religious intolerance and discord.
“ Rarely have first-class scholarship and firstclass storytelling been so effectively combined.” DAILY TELEGRAPH ON THE LIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
“ Guy, whose prose is commendably readable, has a real gift for bringing Tudor history to life for 21st-century readers.” INDEPENDENT
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Sparks Fly With the Billionaire Marion Lennox
He was hoping for a manager, someone who knew figures and was businesslike. What he found was a woman in pink sequins, talking to a camel. Banker Mathew Bond is more used to boardroom antics than circus ones. The king of emotional detachment, he wouldn’t normally foreclose on a loan in person, but Sparkles Circus meant a lot to him once. Feisty Allie Miski won’t allow a man in a suit to evict her family, no matter how gorgeous he is! But underneath this brooding billionaire’s cold exterior, Allie’s sure he has a heart of gold…
“ [W]ith an array of memorable characters, this heartfelt and exciting story is bound to be an immediate favourite.” ROMANTIC TIMES BOOK REVIEWS
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The Cowboy Comes Home Patricia Thayer
Can Johnny break down Jess’ barriers from her past relationship, and gain her trust? Single mum Jess can’t help but notice sexy cowboy Johnny. He’s as wild as the stallions he trains. But Jess has learned never to trust a man in a stetson. Their fiery attraction is as hot as a Texan summer but can this wild wanderer finally be tamed? Patricia Thayer has written over thirty books, and has been nominated for both the National Reader’s Choice Award and the prestigious RITA award. Her book, Nothing Short of a Miracle, won a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice award.
SOP: OneUser20 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Jack Garrett · Romance · DURATION: 5.5 · ISBN 9781471259388
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The Island Hideaway Louise Candlish
How far would you follow him before you accept it’s over? Eleanor Blake, distraught after breaking up with her fiancé Will, decides to do what most would scarcely dare: secretly follow him to the island hideaway where he’s on holiday with the woman who took her place. But on the shimmering, sundrenched Sicilian island of Panarea, distractions come in many forms and her fellow hotel guests Lewis and Frannie may not be all they seem either.
“ Brilliantly funny and bittersweet.” COSMOPOLITAN
“ Superbly crafted comedy… ripe for Hollywood.” ELLE
SOP: OneUser5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Antonia Beamish · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471259395
The Circle Dave Eggers
“Tremendous. Inventive, big hearted and very funny. Prepare to be addicted.” daily mail When Mae is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. Mae can’t believe her great fortune to work for them - even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public… Fast, thrilling, and compulsively gripping, The Circle is Dave Eggers’s timely novel about our obsession with the internet. SOP: OneUser5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Dion Graham · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9781471259401
“ Prescient, important and enjoyable… a deft modern synthesis of Swiftian wit with Orwellian prognostication.” GUARDIAN
“ A gripping and highly unsettling read.” SUNDAY TIMES
A Song for the Dying Stuart MacBride
A heart-stopping crime thriller from the bestselling author of Birthdays for the Dead. Eight years ago Ash Henderson was a Detective Inspector investigating a disturbing serial killer nicknamed the Inside Man; now he’s looking at spending the rest of his life in prison. But when a nurse turns up dead, killed with the signature style of the Inside Man, the investigating team manages to get Ash released and working the case. He’s out for as long as he’s useful. And if he’s out, he can get revenge.
“ Fierce, unflinching and shot through with the blackest of humour; this is crime fiction of the highest order.” MARK BILLINGHAM
“ Some of the grittiest crimewriting in the field.” INDEPENDENT
SOP: OneUser5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Ian Hanmore · Crime · DURATION: 15.25 · ISBN 9780007564453
Entry Island Peter May
Only two kilometres wide and three long, Entry Island is home to a population of around 130 inhabitants – the wealthiest of which has just been discovered murdered in his home. Detective Sime Mackenzie arrives from Montreal, but the investigation itself appears little more than a formality. The evidence points to a crime of passion: the victim’s wife the vengeful culprit. But for Sime the investigation is turned on its head when he comes face to face with the prime suspect, and is convinced that he knows her – even though they have never met.
SOP: OneUser5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Peter Forbes · Crime · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9781471259418
“ In mood and texture, Peter May’s novels […] are essentially Nordic, and he bears comparison with some of the best writers from those cold desolate climes.” THE TIMES
“ One of the best-regarded crime series of recent years.” INDEPENDENT ON THE LEWIS TRILOGY
One User June
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Becoming Johnny Vegas Johnny Vegas
“My name is Michael Pennington, and I am not a comic character. I’m often mistaken for one though. You might know him by another name. Johnny Vegas.” Johnny Vegas has become one of Britain’s best-loved comic actors, but before he’d ever drunk tea with a knitted monkey, he was perhaps the most fearlessly confessional stand-up comedian this country has ever produced.
“ This man is one of the true comic greats.” GUARDIAN
How did an eleven-year-old Catholic trainee priest from St Helens grow up to become the North West of England’s answer to Lenny Bruce? That’s just one of the many questions answered in this darkly hilarious tale of family, faith and the creative application of alcohol dependency. SOP: OneUser5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Johnny Vegas · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9780007538676
The Moon Field Judith Allnatt
A poignant story of love and redemption, The Moon Field explores a war that destroys everything except the bonds of human hearts. 1914. George Farrell has fallen for the rich and beautiful daughter at the Manor House, Miss Violet, but when she lets slip that she is already promised to another man, he is devastated. George attempts to escape his heartbreak by joining the patriotic rush to war, but his past is not so easily avoided. His rite of passage into adulthood leaves him believing that no woman will be able to love the man he has become.
“ This is a beautifully written, poignant novel, lyrically descriptive of the landscape.” CHOICE MAGAZINE
“ A novel of rare insight, exquisitely written. A standing ovation.” MICHAEL MORPURGO
SOP: OneUser10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Geraldine Sharrock · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9780007558759
Wish Upon a Star Trisha Ashley
A wonderfully warm novel, perfect for fans of Katie Fforde and Jill Mansell. Single mum Cally has no time for love; her life is all about her little girl Stella. But when Stella gets sick, and Cally is forced to move in with her mother to save money for Stella’s operation, Cally realizes how tough it can be to go it alone. Can laid-back, charming Jago unlock Cally’s frozen heart and show her that the best gifts aren’t always found under the tree?
“ Full of down-to-earth humour.” SOPHIE KINSELLA
“ One of the best writers around!” KATIE FFORDE
SOP: OneUser10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Romance · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9780007545926
Stalkers Paul Finch
Dark, terrifying and unforgettable, Stalkers will keep fans of Stuart MacBride and Katia Lief looking over their shoulder… Detective Sergeant Mark ‘Heck’ Heckenburg is investigating the disappearance of 38 different women. Each one was happy and successful until they vanished without a trace. Desperate to find her missing sister, Lauren Wraxford seeks out Heck’s help. Together they enter a seedy underworld of gangsters and organised crime. And then they hear rumours about the ‘Nice Guys Club’, a gang that can arrange anything you want. Provided you pay the price… SOP: OneUser10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Paul Thornley · Crime · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN
“ Really terrific, compulsive stuff… definitely a talent to watch.” THE BOOKSELLER
One User June
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Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain Charlotte Higgins
Shortlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. What has ‘Roman Britain’ meant to the British people since the Romans left? And what does Roman Britain mean to us now? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? Charlotte Higgins leads us through the history, and by using some of Britain’s most intriguing ancient monuments, Under Another Sky invites us to see the British landscape, and history, in an entirely fresh way.
“ Mesmerising. Sophisticated and passionate. She personalizes the story in a diaristic, almost poetic tone.” GUARDIAN
“ An utterly original history, lyrically alive to the haunting presence of the past and our strange and familiar ancestors.” SUNDAY TIMES
SOP: OneUser10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Julia Franklin · History · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471259425
The English Girl Daniel Silva
A spellbinding new thriller from bestselling author Daniel Silva, featuring his most loved character: art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon. When a beautiful young British woman vanishes on the island of Corsica, a prime minister’s career is threatened with destruction. And Gabriel Allon, master art restorer, spy, and assassin, is thrust into a game of shadows where nothing is what it seems, and where the only thing more dangerous than his enemies might be the truth…
“ Allon is the 21st century Bond – elegantly paced, subtle and well-informed.” DAILY MAIL
“ Sexily brooding Allon… must be the most famous superspy not played by Daniel Craig.” DAILY TELEGRAPH
SOP: OneUser10 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Jim Barclay · Thriller · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9780007536160
Soulless
Gail Carriger Soulless is a comedy of manners set in Victorian London: full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinking. Firstly, Alexia Tarabotti has no soul. Secondly, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Thirdly, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible. Can she figure out what is actually happening to London’s high society? Who is the real enemy, and do they have treacle tart?
“ Funny, action-packed, sometimes raunchy, unashamedly fashionconscious steampunk adventures.” TRUDI CANAVAN (SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR)
“ Spectacular debut novel.” ROMANTIC TIMES
SOP: OneUser15 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Emily Gray · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471259456
Me and You Claudia Carroll
Heartbreaking and uplifting, Me and You is a story about how hard it is to leave our old selves behind and how love and friendship can heal the most damaged of hearts.
“ It bubbles and sparkles like pink champagne.”
Angie knows a lot about her best friend Kitty. She knows she’s incredibly funny and generous but also very unreliable. And she knows that there is a perfect explanation for Kitty standing her up on her birthday. Kitty knows that she is the happiest she has ever been. But what she doesn’t know is that on this night, her past is finally going to catch up with her and change everything…
“ Hilarious, effervescent, heart-warming…Claudia Carroll has another winner on her hands.”
SOP: OneUser15 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Claudia Carroll · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9780007533978
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Keane’s Company Iain Gale
Keane’s Company is the first in a new series, depicting the unconventional soldiers of the Napoleonic War. James Keane, one of the finest but most rebellious soldiers in the British army, is under threat of court martial for disobeying Wellesley’s strict rules. But his special, even ungentlemanly, skills have caught his general’s eye, so he is selected to form a unique hand-picked unit which will work behind enemy lines. Their task: holding a vital crossing post over a river against overwhelming forces, will test Keane’s leadership skills to the uttermost.
SOP: OneUser15 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: David Timson · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471259449
“ Richard Sharpe would be delighted to have James Keane on his side! Iain Gale’s creation is a wonderfully imaginative addition to the fascinating tales of Britain’s defiance of Bonaparte.” BERNARD CORNWELL
“ A treat for every history buff, and a vivid picture of men at war.” SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY ON FOUR DAYS IN JUNE
Good People Ewart Hutton
Introducing DS Glyn Capaldi, half Welsh, half-Italian, all maverick. DS Capaldi has fallen from grace and been exiled to the back-end of Wales. A place where, supposedly, he can do little harm. Six men and a young woman disappear into the night. They don’t all reappear. The ones that do are good people with a good explanation. Only Capaldi remains unconvinced. As he delves deeper, he starts to uncover a network of conflicts, betrayals and depravity that resonates below the outwardly calm surface of rural respectability. Good People was shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association New Blood Dagger for Best First Novel.
“ Good People’s corkscrew plot skewers small-town hypocrisy with a wry smile and a sniff of disgust. An entertaining debut with more stings in the tail than a bag of scorpions.” VAL MCDERMID
SOP: OneUser15 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Iestyn Arwel · Crime · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9780007558964
Red Dust Ma Jian
“Honest, raw, insightful… The Chinese equivalent of On the Road.” time In 1983, Ma Jian turned 30 and was overwhelmed by the desire to escape the confines of his life in Beijing. Deng Xiaoping was clamping down on ‘Spiritual Pollution’; young people were rebelling. With his long hair, jeans and artistic friends, Ma Jian was under surveillance. One day he bought a train ticket to the westernmost border of China and set off in search of himself. The result is a compelling and utterly unique insight into the teeming contradictions of China that only a man who was both an insider and an outsider in his own country could have written.
“ Red Dust is a tour de force, a powerfully picaresque cross between the sort of travel book any Western author would give his eye-teeth to write, and a disturbing confession.” INDEPENDENT
SOP: OneUser15 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: William Rycroft · Travel & Geography · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471259432
The Missing One Lucy Atkins
Kal McKenzie had a tricky relationship with her mother, Elena, but when she dies of breast cancer, Kal is bereft: how do you mourn a mother whose love you could never count on? Clearing out Elena’s art studio, after her death, Kal finds a drawer packed with postcards all from one woman, Susannah Gillepsie. On impulse, Kal sets off with her toddler, Finn, in tow, desperate to find out more about her mother’s mysterious past. Once she arrives at Susannah’s isolated home, Kal quickly realizes she has made a big mistake. Susannah refuses to talk about her friendship with Elena and her behaviour grows more and more erratic. Most worryingly of all, Susannah is becoming increasingly preoccupied with little Finn… SOP: OneUser20 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Buffy Davis · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 21 · ISBN 9781471259494
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A Ring to Secure His Heir Lynne Graham
An unexpected glitch in his plan… Office-cleaner Rosie Gray is intoxicated by the after-hours attentions of mysterious, suave businessman, Alex, but her dreams are destroyed with the slamming of the bedroom door on their one-night stand. Discovering she’s pregnant, she goes to confront him – but no one at work has heard of Alex Kolovos… They do, however, know Alexius Stavroulakis, the CEO, and he has a glittering proposal for her! Lynne Graham is a bestselling Mills and Boon author with sales of twenty six million books worldwide.
SOP: OneUser20 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Rachel Michaell · Romance · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9781471259470
A Cry in the Night Tom Grieves When night falls, fear spreads… The Lake District: a wild landscape, rife with stories. Detectives Zoe Barnes and Sam Taylor are called to investigate the disappearance of two children. But they quickly realise they have been drawn into a complex and unnerving case that hides a much darker intent: as they dig deeper, whispers grow of a community hiding a deadly secret – and talk of witches is spreading.
“ A fast-paced, thoughtful and at times moving thriller that you won’t want to forget.” SFX ON SLEEPWALKERS
Zoe and Sam will have to work fast to save lives; but in this atmosphere of fear and mistrust, can they even rely on each other? Tom Grieves is a screenwriter and television producer who has worked on The Bill and Hornblower. A Cry in the Night is his second novel. SOP: OneUser20 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Crime · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471259487
A Bargain Struck Liz Harris
Set in Wyoming in 1887, a story of a man and a woman brought together through need, not love… Widower Connor Maguire advertises for a wife to raise his young daughter, Bridget, to work the homestead and bear him a son. Ellen O’Sullivan longs for a home, a husband and a family. On paper, she is everything Connor needs in a wife. However, it soon becomes clear that Ellen has not been entirely truthful. As their personal feelings blur the boundaries of their deal, they begin to wonder if a bargain struck makes a marriage worth keeping.
“ Liz Harris’s vivid portrayal of 1880s mid-west America as a place ruled by the elements where neighbourly trust is essential to survival, is another sure hit.” DAILY MAIL
SOP: OneUser20 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Buffy Davis · Romance · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471259463
How to Ruin a Reputation Bronwyn Scott
Ashton Bedevere: renowned libertine who can ruin a reputation quicker than other gentlemen can drink their brandy! After years in Italy, honing his skills in the delicious art of seduction, Ashe returns to London’s high-class establishments. There, his scandalous ways are abruptly ended by his father’s death. To claim what is rightfully his, Ashe must do the inconceivable – take a wife! But who could possibly even think about marrying such a man? Certainly not the lovely Genevra Ralston. After all, she’d be finished in polite society. Wouldn’t she?
SOP: OneUser20 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Romance · DURATION: 8.25 · ISBN 9781471259500
“ Scott brings freshness and sassiness… in this fast paced, sensual and delightful light read.” ROMANTIC TIMES
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Nudged A world of fun spoken word stories by bestselling authors, just for children aged 2 to 12. Designed to ignite a lifelong love of reading, including adventures from Julia Donaldson, David Walliams and Michael Morpurgo.
Otter Chaos: The Dam Busters Michael Broad
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From award-winning author Michael Broad comes the second otterly chaotic title! There’s a new family on the river… the beavers. And they’re ruining everything for the Otters. The beavers’ big fat dam has blocked up the river and it’s stopped their supply of delicious crayfish! It seems like things can’t get any worse for our otters until they discover a mountain lion has also moved in. Can the riverside families overcome their differences to scare off this hungry-looking foe? Part of the Awesome Animals range – the funniest fiction staring the wildest wildlife!
SOP: Nudged DL5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Jot Davies · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 1.5 · ISBN 9780007550500
The Princess and the Foal Stacy Gregg
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A novel of heart and courage inspired by the incredible story of a real life princess. Princess Haya, daughter of the King of Jordan, loves her family more than anything. So when tragedy strikes at its heart, she is devastated. The Princess becomes ever more withdrawn until, on her birthday, the King gives her a life-changing present. An incredible new friendship grows and the heartbroken princess begins to dream of an extraordinary future. Inspired by the real-life story of Olympic equestrienne Princess Haya Al Hussein and set against the exotic backdrop of Arabia, The Princess and the Foal is destined to become a modern classic. Stacy Gregg is the author of fifteen books for children in the Pony Club Secrets and Pony Club Rivals series. SOP: Nudged DL5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9780007552184
Last Stand of Dead Men Derek Landy
The latest instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe has arrived… War has finally come. Allies turn to enemies, friends turn to foes, and Skulduggery and Valkyrie must team up with the rest of the Dead Men if they’re going to have any chance at all of maintaining the balance of power and getting to the root of a vast conspiracy that has been years in the making…
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“ This is a writer at the height of his powers and Landy is getting better with every book… Whatever your age, read them and enjoy the ride.” IRISH INDEPENDENT
“ A fast evolving plot and a great mix of scariness and humour.” SUNDAY EXPRESS
SOP: Nudged DL5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Stephen Hogan · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 19.25 · ISBN 9780007534371
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The Dancing Bear Michael Morpurgo
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A gentle and deeply moving story, told with great charm by award-winning author Michael Morpurgo. High in the mountains, in a tiny village, an abandoned bear cub is adopted by a lonely orphan child. Soon they are inseparable, beloved by whole village - safe, until the arrival of a glamorous film crew who need a dancing bear… Former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain’s best loved children’s authors, and has won countless prizes for his novels.
“ It’s rare to find a story that combines so successfully a contemporary plot and modern morality with a feel for legend and fairy tale.” SHE MAGAZINE
SOP: Nudged DL5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Ian McKellan · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 0.75 · ISBN 9780007533794
Year of the Griffin Diana Wynne Jones
The Year of the Griffin is the sequel to The Dark Lord of Derkholm, set several years after the abolition of commercial ‘fantasy world’ tourism from our world. The University is now broke, and out of date in terms of what it teaches. The new head, Wizard Corkoran has selected children from wealthy families to fill his own first-year classes, hoping to beg for money. But his students turn out to be more than he expected in oh-so-many ways, and despite the incompetence of their teacher, it falls to them to save the university – and themselves…
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“ Truly magical – guaranteed to leave you gasping – even hotter than Potter.” THE BOOKSELLER
“ The best writer of Magic there is.” NEIL GAIMAN
SOP: Nudged DL5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Jonathan Broadbent · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9780007558728
Hello Kitty: The Wedding Day and The Beach Holiday
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Linda Chapman and Michelle Misra
The latest books in Hello Kitty’s brand new series all about fun and friendship! In The Wedding Day, Hello Kitty and Mimmy are asked to be bridesmaids! But when disaster strikes, can the Friendship Club to step in and save the big day? In The Beach Holiday, will Tammy’s brother Timmy’s love of tricks get in the way of the Friendship Club having the best holiday ever? Each book in the series has a fun lesson about how to be a great friend. SOP: Nudged DL5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Jane Collingwood · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 1.25 · ISBN 9780007540167
Time Hunters: Gladiator Clash Chris Blake
Join Tom on an incredible treasure hunt through time and battle history’s mightiest warriors, in this first book in a new time-travelling series. When ten-year-old Tom accidentally smashes a statue in a museum he releases Isis, a young Egyptian mummy who has been imprisoned for thousands of years. To break an ancient curse, the duo must travel back in time to find six hidden amulets – battling Gladiators, Knights, Greeks, Vikings, Pirates and Egyptian Warriors! On Tom and Isis’s first adventure they arrive in Ancient Rome. To find the amulet they will have to fight the fiercest gladiator who ever lived! SOP: Nudged DL5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Oliver J. Hembrough · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 2 · ISBN 9780007564415
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Monster and Chips David O’Connell
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Meet the amazing monster customers and sample the foul-food served up daily at Fuzzby’s diner – the innovative series from debut author and illustrator, David O’Connell. When Joe the ‘hooman’ gets a job at Fuzzby’s diner, he learns to bake zombiecupcakes, exploding milkshakes and not to stare at the customers – even the ones who are see-through. He also foils a terrible plan to sabotage the annual Grand Cooking Competition.
“ Lots of wacky monsters, slapstick humour and cartoon strips to please.” THE BOOKSELLER
With a Special’s Board that’ll make your tummy churn, take a seat at Fuzzby’s and join the fun. SOP: Nudged DL5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Oliver J. Hembrough · Humorous · DURATION: 1.5 · ISBN 9780007560981
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made Stephan Pastis
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Meet Timmy Failure, founder of the ‘best’ detective agency in town – Total Failure, Inc. With the help of his polar bear, Total, the clueless, comically self-confident Timmy already has plans for world domination. Plans that will make his mother rich and unpaid bills a thing of the past. And plans that will defeat Corrina Corrina, ‘The One Whose Name Shall Not Be Uttered’. But she’s not going away. Riotously funny, Timmy Failure is sure to have children in stitches.
“ Readers should be simultaneously amused and touched by this quirky antihero” BOOKLIST
SOP: Nudged DL5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Jared Goldsmith · Humorous · DURATION: 2.75 · ISBN 9781471261237
Supercat vs The Chip Thief Jeanne Willis
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The first book in a super new series by bestselling author and queen of comedy, Jeanne Willis. Meet Tiger – an ordinary, tubby tabby cat. But Tiger has a secret! Just one lick of a toxic sock and he transforms into… SUPERCAT! Now, with his astonishing powers and his best friend James, can Supercat save the world, and all the chips, from the dastardly Count Backwards…? When the chips are down, there’s only one cat to call! Jeanne Willis is an award-winning children’s author, who has written over 150 books including picture books, novelty, teen novels and poetry. She was shortlisted for the Whitbread and The Red House Children’s Book Award and has won the Smarties Silver Prize. SOP: Nudged DL5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Paul Panting · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 1.5 · ISBN 9780007564378
The Last Viking Terry Deary
From the author of the bestselling Horrible Histories series. The Viking invaders have arrived to make Ellie and her fellow villagers slaves! But nobody at the monastery where she and her brother, Symeon, live, will believe that they are under attack! Will they be able to outwit the raiders and escape? The Last Viking is full of fun, facts and adventure!
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A Room Full of Chocolate Jane Elson
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A story of friendship, family and pot-bellied pigs… Grace’s Mum has found a lump. Her world totally falls apart when she is sent to live with her grumpy old granddad in Yorkshire while her mother goes into hospital to get better. But when Grace meets Rainbow Girl Megan and her pig, Claude even the school bullies don’t seem so bad. Soon they begin to hatch a plot that will help Grace finally get to see her mum… A Room Full of Chocolate is a gorgeous story of courage and friendship that will tug at your heart strings.
“ At times, desperately moving, and others riotously fun, this is a special book that is destined to charm readers old and young.” WE LOVE THIS BOOK
SOP: Nudged DL5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Katy Sobey · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 4.5 · ISBN 9781471261251
The Woebegone Twins Christopher William Hill
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For fans of Roald Dahl and Lemony Snicket, The Woebegone Twins is a creepily comic adventure in the world of Schwartzgarten. When twins Greta and Feliks lose their beloved Aunt Gisela to a poisoned marzipan cake and are sent to the ill-omened Schwartzgarten Reformatory for Maladjusted Children it seems their fate is sealed… that is until they are rescued by the glamorous and wealthy Olga Van Veenen, a fabulous children’s author. The two twins are grateful but something tells them that Olga’s motives are not entirely genuine…
“ A deliciously dark invitation to the strange world of Schwartzgarten.” WE LOVE THIS BOOK
SOP: Nudged DL5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Simon Shepherd · Humorous · DURATION: 6.5 · ISBN 9781471261244
The Kissing Game Jean Ure
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Salvatore d’Amato is determined to get a kiss before his birthday – easier said than done. But he won’t settle for just any kiss. We wants a kiss from his heart’s desire – the lovely, loveable, luscious Lucy! With his wonderful love poetry, and his secret body-building, how will she be able to resist? If only that horrible Harmony Hynde would stop bothering him in the meantime!
“ Jean Ure’s books are funny, funky, feisty – and fantastic reads!” JACQUELINE WILSON
SOP: Nudged DL5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 2.5 · ISBN 9780007558704
Freaky Families Diana Wynne Jones
Two quirky and hilarious stories from the bestselling author Diana Wynne Jones. The Four Grannies. Erg and Emily are left alone with their four very different grandmas. Erg tries to make all the grannies leave him alone, but manages to turn them into one ‘Super-Granny’… Auntie Bea’s Day Out. Annoying Auntie Bea always does things her way. And when she decides to take her nieces and nephews to the seaside, she is determined that they will sit on an isolated, magical island.
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“ A curiosity shop of a book… a pleasure to lose yourself in.” SUNDAY TIMES ON THE MERLIN CONSPIRACY
“ The characterisation is first rate, the ideas are fabulous… This is fantasy at its most inventive – canny, funny and far-reaching.” DAILY TELEGRAPH ON THE MERLIN CONSPIRACY
SOP: Nudged DL5 · AVAILABILITY: Download NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 1.5 · ISBN 9780007545841
Coming Soon Representing traditional genres such as sagas and mysteries and long established authors such as Maureen Lee, Josephine Cox and Patricia Cornwell.
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