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Dear Librarian, Welcome back to our digital brochure, which this quarter sees the introduction of Lamplight titles available for download and on Standing Order Plans. These titles will be published in a mixture of formats, both Multicap and One User, and the format will be clearly displayed next to the title in the brochure. We’re kicking it off in great style as well, with titles from Josephine Cox, Linwood Barclay and Julian Stockwin, as well as the novelisation of popular television series Doc Martin and the new Kay Scarpetta novel Dust from Patricia Cornwell. Coming up in our Multicap standing order plans we’ve got titles from Erica James, Alexander McCall Smith and Jojo Moyes, as well as a thrilling collection of short stories from Jeffery Deaver: Trouble in Mind, with stories featuring his much-loved characters Kathryn Dance and Lincoln Rhyme. In the One User plans, we’re publishing titles from Fern Britton, Jodi Picoult, Rowan Coleman and Barbara Taylor Bradford, as well as the latest title in the ambitious ‘Austen Project’, Val McDermid’s take on Northanger Abbey. As usual, there’s something to entertain all listeners. Available in our Nudged download plan are great children’s authors Eva Ibbotson, Diana Wynne Jones and Michael Morpurgo, as well as the follow up to the much-praised The Last Wild, The Dark Wild from Piers Torday. We hope you enjoy the brochure, and would love to hear any feedback you have. Best wishes, The Editor
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Multicap Designed by WFHowes to meet true demand. Simultaneous multi-access: 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.
Nick Harkaway
Nick Harkaway’s astounding literary debut: part adventure, part comic opera, available in unabridged audio for the fi rst time. The Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it’s on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out – but there’s more to the fire than meets the eye. A story of love and loss; of ninjas and pirates; and of a friendship stretched beyond its limits. But it’s also the story of a world, not unlike our own, in desperate need of heroes – however unlikely they may seem.
“ Breathtakingly ambitious… a bubbling cosmic stew of a book, written with such exuberant imagination that you are left breathless by its sheer ingenuity.” OBSERVER
“ A post-apocalyptic triumph… immensely rewarding… genuinely terrifying.” THE TIMES
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NARRATED BY: Matt Bates · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 22 · ISBN 9781471259524
Summer at the Lake Erica James
It was a wedding invitation that changed everything for Floriana… A fateful car crash sets in motion a series of events for Floriana and Esme. Floriana gathers the courage to attend the wedding of her one true love, and Esme journeys with her to Lake Como to find the man who stole her heart many years ago. It’s time for Esme and Floriana to face the past – and the future – on the shore of the most romantic and enchanting of lakes. The latest novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Erica James.
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NARRATED BY: Antonia Beamish · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15.75 · ISBN 9781471259517
“ A heart-warming, romantic story full of engaging characters, an emotional rollercoaster.” DAILY EXPRESS ON THE HIDDEN COTTAGE
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The Gone-Away World
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The Following Girls Louise Levene
“Louise Levene is a zesty storyteller and a master of the needle-sharp oneliner.” daily telegraph School, the happiest days of your life? Not for Amanda Baker, sixteen and sick of it as she moves miserably between lessons. Her only solace is her fifth form gang – the four Mandies – and a low-calorie diet of king-sized cigarettes, until she teams up with Julia Smith, games captain and consummate game player. So begins a passionate friendship that will threaten her future, menace her sanity and risk the betrayal of everything and everyone she holds dear.
“ Her characters are a delight [and] she gets the period beautifully right, so that one is all the time aware of the serious intent behind all the gruesome fun.” BARBARA TRAPIDO, AUTHOR OF BROTHER OF THE MORE FAMOUS JACK
The Following Girls weaves the minutiae of Seventies girlhood into an unsparing tragi-comedy of shrinking horizons, dangerous alliances and not-so-happy families.
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NARRATED BY: Louise Levene · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9781471259579
Winter
Christopher Nicholson From the author of The Elephant Keeper, nominated for the Costa Award for Best Novel, comes a poignant imagining of Thomas Hardy’s relationship with his last muse. A celebrated author, in the winter of his life, awaits a visit from a beautiful young actress – the leading lady in a staging of his most famous tragedy. But his wife is troubled. An anxious and sickly woman, she watches the growing intimacy between her husband and the young woman, and becomes tormented by the idea that they will betray her.
“ Captivatingly original… a wonderful feat of storytelling, remarkable for its ability to wrench your heart without resorting to sentimentality.” DAILY MAIL ON THE ELEPHANT KEEPER
“ Nicholson’s book is gentle, profound and sweet-natured.” OBSERVER ON THE ELEPHANT KEEPER
Inspired by the true story of the first theatrical production of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Christopher Nicholson paints a subtle and moving portrait of life’s little ironies, its disappointments and its desires.
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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Literature · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471259548
Treachery S. J. Parris
Summer, 1585: As English ships are held captive in Spain, fear mounts of King Philip’s Invincible Armada, ready to invade English shores. Sir Francis Drake prepares to embark on an expedition by royal commission to cross the Atlantic and seize major Spanish ports, diverting Philip’s American treasure supplies to Queen Elizabeth. When a ship captain is brutally murdered, and Drake’s life threatened, it becomes clear that someone plans to destroy the expedition before it begins. Giordano Bruno and Sir Philip Sidney hunt for the killer, but are they being lured into a trap?
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“ Fascinating… the period is incredibly vivid and the story utterly gripping.” CONN IGGULDEN
NARRATED BY: Laurence Kennedy · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 20 · ISBN 9781471259531
Soul Murder Daniel Blake
An exciting thriller featuring Francesco Patrese, FBI expert on religious crime.
“ Daniel Blake makes New Orleans the setting for a story that’s as hot, steamy and shot through with voodoo madness as the city itself. Highly recommended!”
Pittsburgh homicide detective, Franco Patrese, is about to be put to the test by TOM CAIN, AUTHOR OF THE ACCIDENT MAN ON a series of shocking murders. The charred body of a renowned brain surgeon is CITY OF SINS found in one of the city’s luxury apartment blocks. Then a Catholic bishop is set alight in his Cathedral. Patrese’s investigation uncovers high-class prostitution, medical scams and religious obsession, but it will take a terrible betrayal to uncover the truth.
Daniel Blake is the pseudonym of award-winning novelist and screenwriter Boris Starling, who created the BBC1 programme Messiah which ran for five series.
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NARRATED BY: William Hope · Crime · DURATION: 14.75 · ISBN 9781471267222
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The Helper David Jackson
A fast-paced and unforgettable novel from David Jackson, a rising star of the thriller genre, The Helper will appeal to fans of Lee Child and Harlan Coben. After a grisly murder in a shabby New York bookstore, Detective Callum Doyle starts receiving sinister phone calls. Doyle is told more deaths are planned but the caller will give him clues, on the condition that he keeps them to himself. As more increasingly vicious deaths follow, the pressure on Doyle to find a link becomes unbearable. Does he continue to gamble with people’s lives? Or should he sacrifice everything to defeat a ruthless and manipulative enemy?
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“ Recalls Harlan Coben – though for my money Jackson is the better writer.” GUARDIAN
“ A clever device, adroitly executed and fun to read.” THE TIMES
NARRATED BY: Nick Landrum · Crime · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471259555
Peace and War: Britain in 1914 Nigel Jones
1914 dawned with Britain at peace, albeit troubled by faultlines within and threats without… Nigel Jones depicts every facet of a year that changed Britain for ever. From gun-running in Ulster, to an attack by suffragettes on a Velasquez painting in the National Gallery; from the opening of London’s first nightclub, to the embarking for Belgium of the British Expeditionary Force, he traces the events of a momentous year from its benign domestic beginnings to its descent into the nightmare of European war. Nigel Jones is an author, a former editor at History Today and BBC history magazines, and has been a TV and radio broadcaster.
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NARRATED BY: Mike Grady · History · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9781471259593
Is This Love? Sue Moorcroft
How many ways can one woman love? When Tamara’s sister, Lyddie, is involved in an accident that leaves her in need of constant care, Tamara resolves to remain home to care for her. But when Lyddie’s teenage sweetheart Jed Cassius returns, he brings news that shakes her family to their core. Can Tamara find a balance between her love for Lyddie and growing feelings for Jed, or will she discover that some kinds of love just don’t mix?
“ A delight to read. Full of laughter and tears.” KATIE FFORDE
Sue Moorcroft won the Festival of Romance Best Romantic Read Award with her novel Love & Freedom and was shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year Award.
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NARRATED BY: Julie Teal · Romance · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471259609
Cairo
Chris Womersley “Who wants to be the same as everyone else? You don’t want to be ordinary, do you?” At 18, Tom escapes ordinariness in small town Australia for Melbourne and a flat in a strange block named Cairo. There he meets the magnetic Max Cheever, and is drawn into his circle of bohemian artists and dreamers. But soon Tom is ensnared in a plot to steal a million dollar Picasso masterpiece. Among undependable forgers and violent art dealers, Tom trusts only in Max – even as he falls hopelessly in love with his beautiful wife…
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“ Real brilliance… this is a distinguished novel.” INDEPENDENT ON BEREFT
“ [A]n inspiring read. Womersley’s prose is clear, evocative and powerful; an utter joy.” IRISH TIMES ON BEREFT
NARRATED BY: Damien Warren-Smith · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471259562
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The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches Alan Bradley
Flavia DeLuce, teenage detective, faces her latest adventure when her mother returns from oblivion…
“ The Flavia DeLuce novels are a cult favourite.” MAIL ON SUNDAY
The absence of Flavia DeLuce’s mother, Harriet, has always cast a shadow, since her presumed death in a mountaineering accident in Tibet. Now, astonishingly, a specially commissioned train is bringing Harriet back to Buckshaw. But rather than putting the past finally to rest, Harriet’s return is set to trigger a further series of bizarre and deadly events, as a most curious group of individuals converge on Buckshaw to pay their respects… As Flavia begins to unravel the shocking revelations of Harriet’s past she discovers an extraordinary tale of espionage and betrayal that seems to be the key to her own destiny.
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NARRATED BY: Sophie Aldred · Crime · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9781471267963
Trouble in Mind Jeffery Deaver
A cunning collection of short stories from the master of misdirection, including original tales featuring characters Lincoln Rhyme and Kathryn Dance. This collection of short stories from king of suspense Jeffery Deaver grips with every page. An aging actor attempts to revive his career by entering a celebrity poker game for a reality TV show. A successful crime writer dies under seemingly natural circumstances, but for one cop, doubts are lingering. Lincoln Rhyme is at the end of the line, or is it just another twist in the tale?
“ The pace is terrific, the suspense inexorable, and there is an excellent climax… if you want thrills, Deaver is your man.” GUARDIAN
“ Devious, diabolical and devilish.” NEW YORK TIMES
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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Crime · DURATION: 17.25 · ISBN 9781471267956
The One Plus One Jojo Moyes
The One Plus One is the beautiful, poignant and utterly compelling new novel by the internationally bestselling author Jojo Moyes. With two jobs and two children, Jess Thomas does her best. But it’s hard on your own. And sometimes you take risks you shouldn’t. Jess’s quirky daughter Tanzie is brilliant with numbers, but without a helping hand she’ll never get the chance to shine. And Nicky, Jess’s teenage stepson, can’t fight the bullies alone. Into their lives comes Ed Nicholls, a man whose life is in chaos, but he wants to help…
“ Majestic, utterly compelling, tremendous. A heart-stopping read.” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
“ Truly beautiful. Made us laugh, smile and sob like a baby – you simply have to read it.” CLOSER
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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9781471269141
The Accident Chris Pavone
From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Expats, comes a riveting time-bomb of a thriller. In New York, literary agent Isabel Reed is turning the final pages of an anonymous manuscript. In Copenhagen, CIA operative Hayden Gray is suddenly staring down the barrel of a gun. And in Zurich, the author himself is hiding in a shadowy expat life. Over the course of one long, perilous day, these lives collide as the book begins its dangerous march toward publication, placing everything at risk – and everyone in mortal peril. Gripping, sophisticated, and impossible to put down, The Accident is a masterful thriller.
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NARRATED BY: Laurence Bouvard · Thriller · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471267949
“ Smart, clever suspense, skillfully plotted… a lot of fun to read.” JOHN GRISHAM
“ Bristling with suspense and elegantly crafted.” PATRICIA CORNWELL
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Lynne Truss
A new Hammer Horror novel from acclaimed storyteller Lynne Truss, author of the bestselling Eats, Shoots and Leaves. A cottage on the coast on a windy evening. Under a pool of yellow light, two figures face each other across a kitchen table. A man and a cat.
“ A truly inventive comic writer.” IRISH TIMES
The story about to be related is so unusual yet so terrifyingly plausible that it demands to be told in a single sitting. The man clears his throat, and leans forward, expectant. “Shall we begin?” says the cat… This is the mesmerising tale of a cat with nine lives, and a relationship as ancient as time itself and just as powerful.
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NARRATED BY: Mike Grady · Humorous · DURATION: 5.25 · ISBN 9781471267925
Fractured Dani Atkins
What would you do if life gave you a second chance? The accident changed everything… Now, five years on, Rachel’s life is crumbling. She lives alone in a tiny flat, desperate with guilt over her best friend’s death.
“ I’m expecting great things in the future from this author.” SUN
The accident was a lucky escape… Now, five years on, Rachel’s life is perfect. She has a wonderful fiancé and loving friends around her. But why can’t Rachel shake the memory of a different life? Fractured is a magical love story that asks: can two different stories lead to the same happy ending?
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NARRATED BY: Susan Duerden · Romance · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471268014
The Secret Kiss of Darkness Christina Courtenay
From the award winning author of Trade Winds comes a passionate, time-slip drama. Kayla Sinclair knows she’s in trouble when she almost bankrupts herself to buy a portrait of a mysterious eighteenth century man. Jago Kerswell, inn-keeper and smuggler, will take any risk to be with Lady Eliza Marcombe. Over two centuries separate Kayla and Jago, but thanks to a gypsy’s spell, their lives become inextricably linked. Kayla finds herself on a quest that could heal the past, but will she find heartache or happiness?
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NARRATED BY: Jenny Funnell · Romance · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471267987
A Pleasure and a Calling Phil Hogan
“A wonderfully creepy novel, macabre and blackly comic with a deeply unsettling and original hero.” rosamund lupton You won’t remember Mr Heming. He showed you round your comfortable home, before you took the plunge and bought it. But all these years later, he still has the key. That’s absurd, you laugh. Of all the many hundreds of houses he has sold, why would he still have the key to mine? The answer to that is, he has the keys to them all.
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NARRATED BY: Leighton Pugh · Thriller · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471267970
“ Very clever. A creepily alluring voice.” JULIA CROUCH, AUTHOR OF CUCKOO AND TARNISHED
“ One to watch: an eerie page-turner.” THE BOOKSELLER
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Cat Out of Hell
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The Winter Garden Jane Thynne
The sequel to the impressive Black Roses, Jane Thynne’s evocative thriller set in a Berlin fast approaching war… Berlin in 1937 radiates glamour and ambition. Anna Hansen, a bride-to-be, is at one of Hitler’s notorious Nazi Bride Schools. When she is brutally murdered Clara Vine, an undercover British Intelligence agent and Anna’s friend, is disturbed by news of her death. Clara must work to find the truth and send it back to London. It is a dangerous path she treads, and it will take everything she has to survive…
“ [T]he crosscurrents and dangers of the build-up to war are established with expertise and not a little menace. Terrific.” SUNDAY TIMES ON BLACK ROSES
“ [Its] exploration of the Third Reich’s bizarre attitude to women gives it an original take on Nazi Germany.” MAIL ON SUNDAY ON BLACK ROSES
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NARRATED BY: Julie Teal · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 14.75 · ISBN 9781471268007
Peas and Queues Sandi Toksvig
The award-winning Radio 4 broadcaster and writer offers guidance on the social pitfalls of everyday life. How do you get rid of unwanted guests? What do you do if there’s a racket in the quiet carriage? How should you eat peas, and behave in queues? How to behave, like how to punctuate, is an aspect of life that many are no longer taught. Thankfully, Sandi Toksvig has come to the rescue with her entertaining guide to modern manners, with characteristic wit and perceptiveness.
“ This little book will change your life – and that of your loved (and unloved) ones. For the better. And make you laugh.” JOHN HUMPHRYS
“ The tone is chatty and there are plenty of etiquetterelated nuggets here to enhance a reader’s own conversational repertoire.” SPECTATOR
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NARRATED BY: Sandi Toksvig · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9781471267994
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The Temporary Gentleman Sebastian Barry
A stunning return from prize-winning and best-selling author, Sebastian Barry. Jack McNulty is a ‘temporary gentleman’, an Irishman whose commission in the British army in the Second World War was never made permanent. In 1957, in his lodgings in Accra, he sets out to write his story. He is an ordinary man, both petty and heroic, but he has seen extraordinary things. He has wandered the world – as a soldier, an engineer, a UN observer – following his childhood ambition to better himself.
“ Fascinating and Moving, [it] shows Sebastian Barry to be one of our finest novelists – daring, accommodating and humane.” JOHN BANVILLE
The Temporary Gentleman is a heart-breaking portrait of one man’s life – and his last bid for freedom, from the savage realities of the past and from himself.
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NARRATED BY: Frank Grimes · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9781471268236
The Lost Get-Back Boogie James Lee Burke
Trouble is rising in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley and only one man is willing to stop it… Frank Riordan is waging a one-man campaign to shut down the local pulp mill that is polluting the air and devastating the environment; tensions are growing, and the only man who can help already has troubles of his own. Having served time for accidentally killing a man Iry Paret is making a fresh start on Frank’s ranch, where he meets a dynamic and beautiful woman who will test the limits of Iry’s loyalty to his friends.
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NARRATED BY: Will Patton · Crime · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471268168
“ No argument: James Lee Burke is among the finest of all contemporary American novelists.” DAILY MAIL
“ Burke is the master of his material… fine writing.” SUNDAY EXPRESS
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David Hewson
From the author of The Flood comes a brand new crime series, set in Amsterdam. Anneliese Vos, sixteen-year-old daughter of detective, Pieter Vos, disappeared three years ago. Her father’s desperate search revealed nothing. One day, Laura Bakker, a trainee detective visits to tell him that the daughter of local politician, Katja Prins, has gone missing in circumstances similar to Anneliese. Vos is drawn back into the life of a detective, hoping that somewhere will be a clue to his daughter’s fate…
“ Dark and atmospheric with breathless pacing.” LINWOOD BARCLAY
David Hewson is the author of the Nic Costa series, set in Italy as well the novelisation of the hit TV show The Killing.
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NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Crime · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471268137
The Forever Girl Alexander McCall Smith
A novel about love and following one’s heart, and the unexpected places to which this can lead us.
“ True to one’s experience of life in a way that comparatively few novelists are.”
At the age of four Clover chooses her own name. Aged six, she falls in love with her best friend, James. But in the adult world, things are not so simple: Clover’s ALLAN MASSIE mother finds she’s fallen out of love with her husband, and realises that James’s father is interested in her. As Clover and James, and their parents, navigate their irresistible but baffling mazes of emotion, we are given a beautifully realised tale about how love can shape a life.
Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world’s most prolific and most popular authors, with series including the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Isabel Dalhousie and Corduroy Mansions.
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NARRATED BY: Susan Lyons · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471268182
After the Bombing Clare Morrall
From the author of Astonishing Splashes of Colour, comes an ambitious and moving exploration of the lasting impact of the Second World War.
“ Morrall writes with poise and delicacy, and her subjects are delightfully offbeat.”
On May 3rd, 1942, fifteen-year-old Alma Braithwaite and her fellow boarders at SUNDAY TIMES ON THE ROUNDABOUT MAN Goldwyn’s school huddle in an air-raid shelter as bombs rain down on Exeter. When the girls emerge, the school is in ruins. Twenty-one years on, Alma lives alone and teaches music at her old school. The arrival of a new student takes Alma back to that summer and the long shadow it cast on her life. In this enthralling novel, Clare Morrall captures the impact of the Second World War on those at home and its effect on a generation of women.
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NARRATED BY: Charlotte Strevens · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471268205
Turbulent Priests Colin Bateman
The third novel in the hilarious Dan Starkey series from the master of comedy crime, Colin Bateman. Dan Starkey arrives on Wrathlin Island to investigate the residents’ belief that the Messiah is alive, female, and about to start school there: it’s not a commission that turns up everyday. He finds a mess of religious intolerance and illicit drinking in a tiny community that is big on religious fervour but small on hospitality. Apart from the Messiah’s mum of course, who’s clung to her sanity. And her lager.
“ The funniest crime series around.” DAILY TELEGRAPH
“ A delightfully subversive take on crime fiction done with affection. Read it and weep with tears of laughter.” SUNDAY EXPRESS
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NARRATED BY: Adam Moore · Crime · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471268274
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The House of Dolls
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The Confusion of Karen Carpenter Jonathan Harvey
“I enjoyed it HUGELY, I couldn’t put it out of my hand! A total page-turner, very entertaining, then very moving.” marian keyes
“ I knew Jonathan Harvey could make me laugh. I didn’t expect him to make me cry too.”
Hello. Two things you should know about me: 1) My name is Karen Carpenter. 2) Just before Christmas my boyfriend left me. I’m not THE Karen Carpenter. I just have the most embarrassing name in Christendom. Oh yeah. The boyfriend. After eleven ‘happy’ years he left me. No explanation just a post it on the kettle I think I’m handling it really well. I don’t think I’m confused at all. What was my name again?
JOJO MOYES
Jonathan Harvey is an award winning writer, who has worked on shows such as Rev, The Catherine Tate Show and Coronation Street.
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NARRATED BY: Susanna Hurst · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471268281
Sweet Nothing Alison May
A fresh and funny retelling of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, set in the present day. Ben Messina is a certified maths genius and romance sceptic. He and Trix are constantly quarrelling, not least because of Ben’s decision to end their relationship! Charming Claudio Messina, is as different from his brother as it is possible to be. But his pursuit for perfection may end in a disaster that will see both him and Trix’s best friend Henrietta, starting from zero once again?
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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Romance · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471268267
The Wife Who Ran Away Tess Stimson
There are some things you can never leave behind… Kate Forrest is invisible… her husband doesn’t seem to know she’s alive and her two children have become stroppy adolescents. With her fortieth birthday approaching, Kate walks out of her life, and gets on a plane to Italy. With no responsibilities, she soon finds herself caught up in the arms of a man half her age. But eventually Kate will be forced to choose between her past and the future.
“ A truly compelling story of family ties and secrets.” DAILY EXPRESS ON THE LYING GAME
A brilliant novel from the bestselling Tess Stimson, author of The Adultery Club and The Lying Game, for fans of Jojo Moyes and Jane Fallon.
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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471268250
Vanishing
Gerard Woodward The new novel from the Booker Prize nominated novelist and poet. Towards the end of the Second World War a British artist called Kenneth Brill is arrested for painting near the village of Heathrow. Under interrogation a picture emerges as Brill tells the story of his life. Vanishing sees the world through the eyes of one of the forgotten geniuses of British Art, a man whose artistic vision is so piercing he has trouble seeing what is right in front of him.
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NARRATED BY: Finlay Robertson · Humorous · DURATION: 16 · ISBN 9781471268243
“ English eccentricity, black farcical comedy and fine phrasing… makes Woodward’s writing so moreish.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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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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Payback
Kimberley Chambers Family. They’re supposed to watch your back. Not stab you in it… The Butler brothers are the Kings of the East End. In their world, family counts; so when the truth about Vinny’s cousin’s death comes to light, it rocks the Butlers to the core. One by one, Vinny’s friends and family are turning against him… Then, the unimaginable happens – Vinny’s little daughter Molly goes missing. She’s the one chink of light in all their lives, and the one they’d commit murders to bring back. But is it already too late for that? The Butlers are back in this gripping, compulsive sequel to The Trap.
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“ Brilliantly delivers a story of violence, treachery and family ties… easy to read and hard to put down.” NEWS OF THE WORLD
NARRATED BY: Annie Aldington · Crime · DURATION: 15 · ISBN 9780007543885
The Memory Book Rowan Coleman
The name of your fi rst-born. The face of your lover. Your age. Your address… What would happen if your memory of these began to fade? Is it possible to rebuild your life? Raise a family? Fall in love again? When Claire starts to write her Memory Book, she already knows that this scrapbook of mementoes will soon be all her daughters and husband have of her. But how can she hold onto the past when her future is slipping through her fingers…? From the author of Dearest Rose and Lessons in Laughing Out Loud, The Memory Book is an original, heartwarming and uplifting novel.
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“ [A] fast-paced tale with gritty authenticity.”
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471259692
“ I can’t tell you how much I loved this book. It did make me cry but it also made me laugh… I couldn’t put it down. A tender testament to maternal love.” KATIE FFORDE
“ Written with great tenderness, The Memory Book manages to be heartbreakingly sad yet uplifting too… I absolutely loved it!” LUCY DIAMOND, AUTHOR OF ME AND MR JONES
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JULY
Dead Letter Drop Peter James
Now reissued with a brand new introduction from the author, Dead Letter Drop is his first ever novel. Max Flynn, undercover agent, has the unenviable job of spying on his own side. When to kill, who to kill, whether to kill are all questions which have to be answered. But why does an innocuous airline ticket No. 14B matter so much? Who has gone to the trouble of committing suicide? The murky world of counter espionage leaves no room for errors and Flynn knows he’s finished if he makes one false move.
“ Peter James is one of the best British crime writers, and therefore one of the best in the world.” LEE CHILD
Peter James is the author of the bestselling Roy Grace series, with sales of thirteen million copies worldwide.
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NARRATED BY: Christopher Webster · Crime · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9781471259678
It Felt Like a Kiss Sarra Manning
Against the glamorous settings of the London art world and the music industry, this novel is Sarra Manning at her best. Ellie manages a swank Mayfair gallery, has really good hair, loyal friends, and a loving family. It’s only her succession of lame duck boyfriends that ruin the picture. Oh, and the famous rock-star father she’s never met. Then Ellie’s perfect life is smashed to pieces when her secret is sold to the tabloids. Enter charming and handsome David Gold, her father’s ruthless lawyer. Ellie doesn’t trust him at all. So why is it that every time they’re alone together, damage limitation is the last thing on their minds?
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“ A deliciously addictive tale of romance and reinvention.” MARIE CLAIRE ON YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME
NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 15.25 · ISBN 9781471259685
Lone Wolf Jodi Picoult
A life hanging in the balance. A family torn apart. The internationally bestselling author Jodi Picoult tells an unforgettable story about family, love, and letting go. When Luke Baxter is involved in a car accident which leaves him in a coma, his family face an impossible dilemma. His daughter Cara will fight everything and everyone to save her father’s life. But his son Edward can’t imagine that a man who once ran with wolves could ever be happy with a different life. Now they must choose: Do they keep Luke alive, hoping for a miracle? Or do they let him go?
“ Never one to shy away from moral and ethical dilemmas, or from presenting every side of the debate, Picoult gives her readers all the virtuosic plotting, cliffhangers and twists they’ve come to expect.” DAILY MAIL
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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9781471259708
Further Confessions of a GP Benjamin Daniels
You’ll never feel the same about going to the doctor again… Drawing on his time working as a medical student, a locum, and a general practitioner, Dr Daniels would like to introduce you to super nurses, anxious parents, hypochondriacs, jumpy medical students and kaleidoscope of care workers that make up Dr Daniels’ daily shift. With more eyebrow-raising stories from the world of general practice, Dr Daniels will once again amuse, shock and surprise.
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NARRATED BY: Leighton Pugh · Humorous · DURATION: 6.25 · ISBN 9780007564224
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The Toy Taker Luke Delaney
The third novel in the DI Sean Corrigan series, perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and Stuart MacBride. A child is snatched in the dead of night. There’s no sign of forced entry, no one heard or saw a thing. DI Sean Corrigan investigates, but his ability to see into dark minds, to think like those he hunts, has deserted him – just when he needs it most.
“ An authentic voice on how the police operate with a stone-cold killer striking randomly around London… scary authenticity.” THE SUN
Another child vanishes. What kind of monster is Corrigan hunting? And will he work it out in time to save the children?
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NARRATED BY: Robin Bowerman · Crime · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9780007543380
Until Thy Wrath Be Past Asa Larsson
“The new Larsson is one to be followed with the most minute attention.” barry forshaw for the independent
In the first thaw of spring the body of a young woman surfaces in the River Torne in the far north of Sweden. Rebecka Martinsson is working nearby, and her sleep is troubled by visions of a shadowy, accusing figure. Could the body belong to the girl in her dream? Martinsson will need all her courage to face a killer who won’t hesitate to kill again to keep the past buried under the ice and snow.
“ Larsson’s laid back style makes her unflinching probing of the icy depths of the human heart all the more chilling.” TELEGRAPH
“ A nail biting suspensefilled mystery.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ON THE BLOOD SPILT
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NARRATED BY: Gabrielle Glaister · Crime · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471259722
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street Hilary Mantel
From the two-time Man Booker Prize winner, a haunting and prescient novel of life in Saudi Arabia. Frances Shore is a cartographer by trade, a maker of maps, but when her husband’s work takes her to Saudi Arabia she finds herself unable to map the Kingdom’s areas of internal darkness. The regime is corrupt and harsh, and the streets are not a woman’s territory; confined in her flat, she finds her sense of self begin to dissolve. She hears whispers, sounds of distress from the ‘empty’ flat above her head. As her days empty of certainty and purpose, her life becomes a blank – waiting to be filled by violence and disaster.
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“ Horrifyingly gripping. It urges the reader to suspend normal life entirely until the book is read.” SUNDAY TIMES
“ A memorably appalled and hellishly funny novel.” GUARDIAN
NARRATED BY: Sandra Duncan · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471259715
Marriage Material Sathnam Sanghera
An epic tale of family, love and politics told with humour, tenderness “ A stunning novel… touching and funny and and insight by one of Britain’s most promising young writers. To Arjan Banga, returning to the Black Country after the unexpected death of his father, his family’s corner shop represents everything he has tried to leave behind. But when his mother insists on keeping the shop open, he finds himself being dragged back, forced into big decisions about his imminent marriage back in London and uncovering the history of his broken family.
feels so fresh… it just leaps off the page. I adored it.” DEBORAH MOGGACH
“ Marriage Material is a wonderfully engaging book, full of heart and wit… its characters stay with you.” SUSIE BOYT
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NARRATED BY: Asif Khan · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471259739
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Single Woman Seeks Revenge Tracy Bloom
What do you do when you find your love-life in ruins? Get revenge on every man who ever broke your heart of course… Suzie Miller, a disillusioned agony aunt, can’t believe she’s been dumped from a great height yet again (this time by text!). So she decides the time is right to make every one of her exes feel the pain she felt when they carelessly cast her aside. Her methods are unusual but humiliation on a grand scale is no less than they deserve. And then she starts giving the same advice to her readers… Single Woman Seeks Revenge is a romantic comedy with a kick: a kick up the backside to any man who believes he got away with treating a woman badly and to any woman who doesn’t fight back. From the bestselling author of No One Ever Has Sex on a Tuesday comes another hilariously funny novel about ‘modern’ dating.
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NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471259746
The Darling Girls Emma Burstall
A moving story of love, loss, and the prevailing power of female friendship. When the world-famous conductor Leo Bruck dies suddenly, the three women who loved him meet for the first time at his graveside. Victoria, his partner of twenty years and mother of two of his children; Maddy, mother of Leo’s daughter Phoebe; and twenty-four year old Cat. Can these three very different women, whose lives become inextricably bound, break free from the masterful control Leo exerts – even from the grave?
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“ I couldn’t put it down. I loved this honest, absorbing story. A terrific read.” LORRAINE KELLY
“ Smart, funny and poignant.” DAILY MIRROR
NARRATED BY: Laura Kirman · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9781471259777
Young Prince Philip Philip Eade
A gripping biography of the early life of Prince Philip; although married to the most famous woman in the world, his origins remain curiously shrouded in obscurity. Young Prince Philip recounts the Prince’s extraordinary upbringing in Greece, France, Nazi Germany and Britain. His deaf mother was committed to a psychiatric clinic when he was nine, and his father left him to be brought up by her family. He emerged from this unsettled background self-confident, capable and famously opinionated, yet also prone to outbursts and putting his foot in it, characteristics which would have profound consequences for his family and the monarchy.
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“ The narrative is as suspenseful as any thriller. Truly an excellent read.” SUNDAY TIMES
“ Highly readable… this engaging book deserves to take its place among the first rank of modern royal biographies.” DAILY MAIL
NARRATED BY: William Rycroft · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9780007533541
Bay of Secrets Rosanna Ley
“Elegant storytelling at its best; poetic and touching. Like all good escapism it takes you to another place and another time.” veronica henry, author of the long weekend Spain, 1939. A young girl, Julia, enters a convent to stay safe during the war. Whilst volunteering in a maternity clinic, the worrying adoption practices force Sister Julia to decide on helping those placed in her care. England, 2011. Six months after her parents’ death, 34-year-old journalist Ruby Rae has finally found the strength to sell the family home. But as she does so, she unearths a devastating secret her parents have kept from her all her life.
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NARRATED BY: Sandra Duncan · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 14.75 · ISBN 9781471259753
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“ Explores a sensitive subject in a unique and inspirational style, bringing to light a subject that for many children in Spain is still a harsh reality.” NOVELICIOUS
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Wreaking
James Scudamore A brilliantly dark and unsettling novel from the author of the Man Booker longlisted Heliopolis and one of the UK’s most talented young writers. Perilously ill, Jasper Scriven spends his days roaming the wards of a derelict psychiatric hospital. Meanwhile his daughter Cleo is watched by Roland, a hulking, silent figure. These solitary characters are connected by an event that defies understanding, even as it continues to define them. In this brilliantly imagined and disturbing novel, James Scudamore explores the fallibility of memory and the notions of madness.
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“ Relentlessly inventive.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
“ The question of what constitutes madness… is intelligently explored. Bold, grotesque, bawdy… memorable.” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471259760
The Scarred Earl Elizabeth Beacon
Can a reclusive and distrustful lord, scarred by betrayal, learn to trust a pampered society beauty who seems to have the whole world at her feet? When Alexander Forthin, Earl of Calvercombe, clashes with Persephone Seaborne it seems not… but a series of mysterious disappearances links their two families, forcing the embittered soldier and the toast of St James into an unlikely alliance – one that starts the gossips’ tongues wagging. Especially after they are caught in a secret midnight tryst! A fascinating regency mystery with hints of historic romance.
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NARRATED BY: Jilly Bond · Romance · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9781471264504
Yours Truly
Kirsty Greenwood “Kookier than Kinsella, but just as comical. Fabulous feel-good fun!” ali mcnamara
Newly engaged Natalie will do anything for a quiet life and telling a few white lies never does any harm. It’s not like people will ever discover what she’s really thinking… Until one night, thanks to a pub hypnotist, Natalie’s most private thoughts pop out of her mouth. When she has no way to break the hypnotist’s spell, Natalie is forced to face the truths she has been avoiding her whole life…
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“ I cannot tell a lie… this book is fabulous.” LUCY DIAMOND, AUTHOR OF ME AND MR JONES
“ Funny, feel-good and full of characters to fall in love with, Yours Truly is a brilliant debut from an exciting new voice in women’s fiction. A truly gorgeous read.” VICTORIA FOX
NARRATED BY: Rachael Louise Miller · Romance · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9781471264481
A Game With One Winner Lynn Raye Harris
Paparazzi darling Caroline Sullivan is hiding a secret behind her dazzling-yet-inscrutable smile. Her ex-flame, Russian businessman Roman Kazarov, is back on the scene – is he seeking revenge for her humiliating rejection or just to take possession of her troubled business? Sources confirm that the cut-throat Kazarov is seriously ruffling the pristine feathers of the normally cautious Caro… rumours of scorching-hot secret trysts are flying… Only one thing is certain – in this supreme game of wills only one person can win, and Roman believes he holds the ace…
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NARRATED BY: Lisa Smith · Romance · DURATION: 6.5 · ISBN 9781471264511
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The Bookstore Deborah Meyler
The Bookstore is a celebration of books, of the shops where they are sold, and of the people who work, read, and live in them. Ardent and idealistic, Esme Garland arrives in Manhattan to study art history at Columbia University. When she falls in love with New York blue-blood Mitchell van Leuven, life seems to be clear sailing, until she falls pregnant and he abruptly ends it all. To make ends meet Esme starts work at a small West Side bookstore with a colorful crew of characters – but then Mitchell, glittering with charm and danger, comes back on the scene.
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“ This is a gorgeous book, witty, lyrical, and bursting with heart… when you finish you will be smiling, wondering what happened next.” GABRIELLE DONNELLY, AUTHOR OF THE LITTLE WOMEN LETTERS
NARRATED BY: Lucy-Jane Quinlan · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471264498
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Anders de la Motte The second book of the Game Trilogy, the Swedish series taking the world by storm.
“ A truly remarkable debut.” EVENING STANDARD ON GAME
How do you protect yourself from a threat whose existence you cannot prove? After fourteen months in exile, HP misses the thrill of The Game. When he discovers that a powerful IT corporation may be affiliated to it, he begins a dangerous investigation. Meanwhile, his sister Rebecca is threatened by a faceless enemy – are they connected to The Game too? Anders de la Motte’s debut novel, Game, received the First Book Award from the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy and has sold over 100,000 copies in Sweden alone.
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NARRATED BY: Saul Reichlin · Thriller · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780007556311
Barbara Taylor Bradford A sweeping saga set around an aristocratic family and their servants, this is Barbara Taylor Bradford at her best. Cavendon Hall is a grand, imposing house nestled in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales, home to its owners, the aristocratic Ingham family, and the Swann family who serve them. But in the summer of 1913, a devastating event changes their futures forever, and threatens the Ingham name. Life as the families of Cavendon Hall know it, is about to alter beyond recognition as the storm clouds of war gather.
“ Few novelists are as consummate as Barbara Taylor Bradford at keeping the reader turning the page. She is one of the world’s best at spinning yarns.” GUARDIAN
“ Romantic and thrilling.” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
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NARRATED BY: Anna Bentinck · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9780007541041
A Hundred Pieces of Me Lucy Dillon
If you had the chance to make a fresh start, what would you keep from your old life? What would you give away? Letters from the only man she’s ever truly loved. A keepsake of the father she never really knew. A blue glass vase that catches the light on a grey day. Gina Bellamy is starting again, after a few years she’d rather forget. But the belongings she’s treasured for so long don’t seem to fit who she is now. So Gina makes a resolution. She’ll keep just a hundred special items – the rest can go. But that means coming to terms with her past and learning to embrace the future, whatever it might bring…
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NARRATED BY: Juanita McMahon · Romance · DURATION: 17.5 · ISBN 9781471268687
“ Such a brilliant book. So satisfying and clever and deeply moving. I’ll be passing it on to all my friends.” SOPHIE KINSELLA
“ This vibrant and uplifting novel has not only entertained me hugely, but made me change the way I look at life.” KATIE FFORDE
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Silverthorn
Raymond. E. Feist The second volume in Raymond E. Feist’s highly acclaimed epic fantasy, the Riftwar Saga. With the Kingdom of the Isles at peace, Prince Arutha can at last look forward to marrying the Princess Anita. But the capital harbours many shadows. When Jimmy, a young thief, upsets an assassination attempt on Arutha, a sinister plot is uncovered. As the dead rise and assassins stalk the darkness, Arutha must rally the Kingdom if he is to save his beautiful princess, felled by a poisoned arrow on her wedding day.
“ Epic scope… vivid imagination… a significant contribution to the growth of the field of fantasy.” WASHINGTON POST
“ Well-written… intelligent… intriguing.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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NARRATED BY: Peter Joyce · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 16.75 · ISBN 9780007556458
The Outcast Dead Elly Griffiths
“The perfect ration of anticipation, shock and surprise.” independent Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway has excavated a body from the grounds of Norwich Castle; it’s believed to be that of infamous Victorian murderess Jemima Green, who was hanged in 1867 for the murder of five children in her care. DCI Harry Nelson is immersed in the case of three infants found dead, one after the other, in their King’s Lynn home. But then a child goes missing. Could the abduction be linked to the long-dead Mother Hook?
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“ Praise for the author: ‘Griffiths weaves superstition and myth into her crime novels, skilfully treading a line between credulity and modern methods of detection.” SUNDAY TIMES
“ A memorable, breathless race against time.” DAILY TELEGRAPH
NARRATED BY: Clare Corbett · Crime · DURATION: 9.25 · ISBN 9781471268694
Northanger Abbey Val McDermid
A modern re-imagining of Jane Austen’s gothic classic Northanger Abbey by bestselling crime author Val McDermid.
“ The Austen Project is a breathtaking tribute to Jane Austen.”
Having led a sheltered existence in rural Dorset, Cat Morland jumps at the WASHINGTON POST opportunity to visit the Edinburgh Festival with her neighbours, the Allens. At first the trip is less than thrilling, but when she meets the dark-eyed Henry Tilney, and his sister Eleanor she is flung into a world of crumbling turrets, secret chambers and ghosts. But Cat soon learns that the world of Northanger Abbey might be altogether more disturbing than the pages within her books. Northanger Abbey is part of ‘The Austen Project’, where renowned authors adapt Austen’s novels for the present day.
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NARRATED BY: Jane Collingwood · Thriller · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9780007565795
Andrew’s Brain E. L. Doctorow
This brilliant new novel by an American master, takes us on a radical trip into the mind of a man who has been an inadvertent agent of disaster. Speaking from an unknown place and to an unknown interlocutor, Andrew is talking, telling the story of his life, his loves, and the tragedies that have led him to this place and point in time. And as he confesses, peeling back the layers of his strange story, we are led to question what we know about truth and memory, brain and mind, personality and fate, about one another and ourselves.
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NARRATED BY: E. L. Doctorow · Literature · DURATION: 4 · ISBN 9781471268700
“ Mind-bending and brilliant… it fizzes with intellectual energ y, verbal pyrotechnics and satiric flair. It is a late-career tour de force.” SUNDAY TIMES
“ Ambitious, finely wrought, posing questions that cut to the heart of identity and storytelling.” DAILY MAIL
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Fiona Gibson
Three blind dates; two teenage boys messing up her plans; and one man who’ll melt Alice’s heart. “You need to get back in the saddle…” Alice despises that phrase. She’s fine being single – with two slothful teenage boys and a meringue business to run, she has enough on her plate without negotiating the troublesome world of modern dating.
“ Warm, funny and poignant.” DAILY MAIL
However, Alice’s three best friends have other ideas. Each one will present her with an utterly delicious, eligible man – all Alice has to do is pick her favourite. Fiona Gibson’s eagerly awaited new novel is full of dating disasters. Sharply observed and laugh-out-loud funny, it’s perfect for fans of Tracy Bloom and Tess Stimson.
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NARRATED BY: Caroline Guthrie · Humorous · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9780007581306
Echo Boy Matt Haig
The moving, gripping and stunningly written first novel for young adults by award-winning author, Matt Haig. In order to stay human, Audrey has built a moat around herself; a moat of books, music and dreams. It makes her different from the echoes: the sophisticated, emotionless machines, built to resemble and work for the humans. Daniel is an echo – but he’s not like the others. He has feelings he was never designed to have, and cannot explain. And when Audrey is placed in danger, he’s determined to save her.
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“ Matt Haig uses words like a tin-opener. We are the tin.” JEANETTE WINTERSON
“ Poignant and thoughtprovoking.” THE BOOKSELLER
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471268731
Betrayed Jacqui Rose
“ Gritty and gripping.” KIMBERLEY CHAMBERS
She trusted the man she loved. It was the most dangerous thing she had ever done… No one can touch Del Williams – the hardest gangster in Soho. He’s got the monopoly on the drugs, the clubs and the girls – it’d be a mistake to under-estimate him. The one person he’d take a bullet for is tough, beautiful Bunny Barker, mother of their daughter Star. When a familiar face appears from their past, their family is put into terrible danger. Can Bunny protect Star from the demons of her own past, and her very worst nightmare? A gripping story of gangs, drugs, girls and unbreakable bonds, perfect for fans of Martina Cole
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NARRATED BY: Annie Aldington · Thriller · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007559053
The Rose and the Thorn Michael J. Sullivan
Two thieves want answers. Riyria is born. For more than a year, Royce Melborn has tried to forget Gwen DeLancy, the woman who saved him and his partner Hadrian Blackwater. Unable to stay away any longer, they return to Medford to a very different reception – she refuses to see them. Once more she is shielding them, this time from the powerful noble who abused her. But she doesn’t know the rules Royce would break to see her safe. The stunning conclusion to the Riyria Chronicles, this fantasy epic tells the earliest adventures of the thief Royce Melborn and his mercenary partner Hadrian Blackwater.
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NARRATED BY: Tim Gerard Reynolds · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9781471268717
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Impossible Things Kate Johnson
Are they Cursed as well as Chosen? Kael Vapensigsson is one of the elite Chosen – a Warlord whose strength comes from the gods themselves. When Kael summons Ishtaer, a blind slave, to his room and discovers the marks of the Chosen on her body, including the revered mark of the Warrior, both Warlord and slave seem to have met their match. But as their lives become increasingly entangled, Ishtaer wonders whether the Chosen are ever able to choose their own fate. Kate Johnson’s previous novel The UnTied Kingdom was shortlisted for the Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year Award.
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NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Romance · DURATION: 13.5 · ISBN 9781471268762
Where The Devil Can’t Go Anya Lipska
Sometimes you need to break a few laws to stop a murder… Life’s already complicated enough for Janusz Kiszka, but when an unknown, naked girl is washed up on the banks of the River Thames, and he finds himself accused of murder, he is forced to travel back to his hometown of Gdansk to prove his innocence. Janusz must confront memories from his country’s Soviet past if he is to uncover the conspiracy – and with it, a decades old betrayal.
“ A gripping reminder of how crime fiction reveals the world around us.” VAL M C DERMID
“ Lipska’s debut novel won’t disappoint crime fiction fans… keeps the plot twists coming at every turn.” WE LOVE THIS BOOK
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NARRATED BY: Michael Fenner · Crime · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780007565436
Do No Harm Henry Marsh
An astonishingly candid insight into the life and work of a modern neurosurgeon – its triumphs and disasters. What is it really like to be a brain surgeon, to hold someone’s life in your hands, to drill down into the stuff that creates thought, feeling and reason? In this brutally honest account, one of the country’s top neurosurgeons reveals what it is to play god in life-and-death situations. Henry Marsh gives us a rare insight into the intense drama of the operating theatre and the exquisite complexity of the human brain. Henry Marsh is a Consultant Neurosurgeon who has been the subject of two major documentary films, Your Life In Their Hands, and Emmy-Award winning The English Surgeon. He was made a CBE in 2010.
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NARRATED BY: Jim Barclay · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471268755
Divergent Veronica Roth
The first book in the Divergent series that has swept the globe – selling millions of copies world-wide, and now a major film. In Beatrice Prior’s Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to a virtue: selflessness, peace, honesty, bravery and knowledge. Every year, sixteen-year-olds must select the faction that they value most, and to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is – she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
“ Divergent is a captivating, fascinating book that kept me in constant suspense and was never short on surprises.” JAMES DASHNER, AUTHOR OF THE MAZE RUNNER
“ Divergent holds its own in the [dystopian] genre, with brisk pacing, lavish flights of imagination and writing that occasionally startles with fine detail.” NEW YORK TIMES
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NARRATED BY: Emma Galvin · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9780007579204
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Mark Sullivan An enemy emerging from the east. A treachery tracing to the top. The US Secretary of State is abducted while conducting negotiations aboard a tanker in the South China Sea. They have seven days before she is beheaded, live on the internet. Seven days for Robin Monarch to save her. The CIA’s strongest asset journeys into the underworld of Southeast Asia, but as he navigates this shady labyrinth, he unravels a worrying conspiracy: stretching from the red-lit underbelly of Asia to the White House itself.
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JAMES PATTERSON
“ [A] Jason Bourne for the new millennium.” JAMES ROLLINS
NARRATED BY: Eric Meyers · Thriller · DURATION: 12.5 · ISBN 9781471268748
The Pike
Lucy Hughes-Hallett Winner of the 2013 Costa Book Awards Biography of the Year. In September 1919 Gabriele D’Annunzio, successful poet and occasional politician, declared himself Commandante of the city of Fiume in modern day Croatia. His intention – to establish a utopia based on his fascist and artistic ideals. It was the dramatic pinnacle to an outrageous career. In The Pike Lucy Hughes-Hallett charts the controversial life of D’Annunzio, the debauched artist who became a national hero whilst addressing the cult of nationalism and the origins of political extremism.
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“ Reminded me of the Bourne books and movies, only it’s much, much better.”
“ This is a magnificent portrait of a preposterous character… deplorable, brilliant, ludicrous, tragic but above all irresistible.” DAILY MAIL
“ A cracker of a biography, an extraordinary story of literary accomplishment, passionate war-mongering and sexual incorrigibility.” SPECTATOR
NARRATED BY: Karoline Newman · Biography & Autobiography · DURATION: 23.75 · ISBN 9780007579716
Emperors Once More Duncan Jepson
After centuries in the shadows, their time has come to rise… On the eve of a crisis summit for world economic leaders, two Chinese Methodist ministers are killed in Hong Kong’s financial district. Yet Detective Alex Soong begins to suspect that the crime is more than a senseless assassination. With the eyes of the world fixed on Hong Kong, Soong must race to thwart a conspiracy born from one of the bloodiest confrontations of China’s past, which now threatens to destroy a fragile world order. Duncan Jepson is the award-winning director and producer of five feature films. He lives in Hong Kong and regularly writes for the New York Times.
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NARRATED BY: Jeremy Swift · Crime · DURATION: 11.5 · ISBN 9781471268786
A Scandal, a Secret, a Baby Sharon Kendrick
He’ll make her pay for trying to keep his child from him… Dante D’Arezzo is the last person famous songwriter Justina Perry wants to see at her best friend’s wedding. The wickedly sexy Italian is ruthless to the core. He broke her heart once; she won’t surrender to his insatiable desire again. But when Justina’s pregnancy hits the front page, Dante knows he’s the father. This Italian will claim his heir and – if he wants her – a wife!
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NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Romance · DURATION: 5.25 · ISBN 9781471268793
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Channel Blue Jay Martel
“A laugh-out-loud look at the absurdities of modern-day America.” louis theroux
Earth used to be Galaxy Entertainment’s most lucrative show. The inhabitants of the Western Galaxy just couldn’t get enough of the day-to-day details of the average Earthling’s life. But Channel Blue’s ratings are flagging and its producers are planning a spectacular finale, the TV show is set to go out with a bang. The trouble is, so will Earth. Only one man can save our planet and he’s hardly a likely hero…
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“ His Hitch-hikerisms work neatly… it’s a lot of fun.” INDEPENDENT
“ Skip the blurbs and just start reading this very funny book.” MICHAEL MOORE
NARRATED BY: Lance Fuller · Science Fiction · DURATION: 10.75 · ISBN 9781471268779
Touch
Mark Sennen Part thriller, part police procedural, Touch by Mark Sennen will take you deep into the madness of a serial killer’s mind. DI Savage and her team in Plymouth are struggling with their investigation into a string of attacks on young women. The victims are being drugged, assaulted and then abandoned with only a dull memory of what has happened. But when the mutilated body of one of these women is found on a beach, the case becomes a chilling murder inquiry. Stopping at just one victim will never be enough… not for this killer.
“ A fast-paced serial-killer chiller.” ALEX MARWOOD, AUTHOR OF THE WICKED GIRLS
A must-read for fans of Mark Billingham, Scott and Bailey and Broadchurch.
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NARRATED BY: Stevie Lacey · Crime · DURATION: 11 · ISBN 9780007575152
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A Seaside Affair Fern Britton
The wonderfully warm and witty new novel from Fern Britton, the much-loved TV personality. When the residents of Trevay discover that their much-loved theatre is about to be taken over by a coffee chain, they are up in arms. The town is soon overrun by actors, all keen to show their support. One of the arrivals is Jess Tate, girlfriend to TV heartthrob Ryan Hearst. But when opportunity comes calling, it isn’t just her career that’s about to change…
“ A light-hearted, fun read that perfectly captures the sights and smells of village life.” HEAT
“ Fern Britton has transferred her fun and friendly charm to the page.” GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
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NARRATED BY: Gabrielle Glaister · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780007565870
A Colder War Charles Cumming
From the winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year comes a gripping and suspenseful new spy novel. Arriving in Istanbul to investigate a mysterious plane crash, Kell discovers that MI6 operations in the region have been fatally compromised. A traitor inside Western Intelligence threatens not just the Special Relationship, but the security of the entire Middle East. Kell’s search for the mole takes him from London, to Greece, and into Eastern Europe. He will do anything to see this operation through – including putting himself, and others, in the line of fire…
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NARRATED BY: Jot Davies · Crime · DURATION: 12 · ISBN 9780007565900
“ Charles Cumming is a man put on this earth to perpetuate the spy thriller.” DAILY TELEGRPAH
“ We are in Smiley country, but with extra 21st century nuance… Cumming has an exquisite touch and we should treasure him.” DAILY MAIL
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Everything to Lose
Andrew Gross
When you have everything to lose, you stop playing by the rules… Hilary Cantor has lost her job, is about to lose her house, and is running out of money to care for her son with Asperger’s syndrome. When Hilary is first on the scene of a car accident, she finds a satchel full of cash on the backseat. Her splitsecond decision takes her to the heart of a conspiracy involving blackmail and a powerful figure who’ll do anything to keep the past buried.
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LEE CHILD
“ Starts at full throttle and stays there till the end.” LINWOOD BARCLAY
NARRATED BY: Tavia Gilbert · Thriller · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9780007568499
Buried Angels Camilla Lackberg
Buried Angels is the new psychological thriller from the top international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg. 1974. A family vanishes from their home on an island off the Swedish coast. They have left everything behind – including their one-year-old daughter, Ebba. Now, years later, Ebba has returned with her husband, looking to make a fresh start. But within days, their house is the target of an arson attack. Soon Detective Patrik Hedstrom is on the hunt for a killer who will do anything to keep the past buried…
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“ Pacy… with flashing insight into the dark places of the psyche.” SUNDAY TIMES
“ Lackberg is an expert at mixing scenes of domestic cosiness with blood-curdling horror.” GUARDIAN
NARRATED BY: Robin Bowerman · Crime · DURATION: 13.25 · ISBN 9780007565825
Look Who’s Back Timur Vermes
Look Who’s Back is a black and brilliant satire of modern media-bloated society, seen through the eyes of the Führer himself. Berlin, 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on the ground, alive and well. Everything has changed, Hitler barely recognises his beloved Fatherland. People recognise him though, as an excellent impersonator. The inevitable happens, and ranting Hitler becomes a YouTube star, gets his own TV show, becoming someone who people listen to. All while he’s still trying to convince people that yes, it really is him, and yes, he really means it. Look Who’s Back is outrageously clever, outrageously funny – and outrageously plausible…
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NARRATED BY: Julian Rhind-Tutt · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471268038
A Single Breath Lucy Clarke
The deeper the water, the darker the secrets… When Eva’s husband Jackson tragically drowns, she longs to meet his estranged family. The journey takes her to Jackson’s brother’s doorstep. As details about her husband’s past begin to emerge, memories of her husband start slipping through her fingers like sand, everything she thought she knew and loved about him is thrown into question. Now she’s no longer sure whether it was Jackson she fell in love with – or someone else entirely…
“ A thrilling and perceptive debut which captures the complex relationship between sisters and loss at its rawest. Trust us, you won’t be able to put it down.”
The gripping new novel from the author of the Richard and Judy Book Club pick, The Sea Sisters.
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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9780007580514
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The Poisoned Crown
Maurice Druon
No man is impervious to the poisons of the crown… Having murdered his wife and exiled his mistress, King Louis X of France becomes besotted with Princess Clemence of Hungary and makes her his new Queen and embarks on an ill-fated war against Flanders. Where his father, Philip IV, was strong, Louis is weak, and the ambitions of his proud, profligate barons threaten his power and the future of a kingdom once ruled by an Iron King.
“ Blood-curdling tale of intrigue, murder, corruption and sexual passion.” SUNDAY TIMES
“ Barbaric, sensual, teeming with life, based in wide reading and sound scholarship… among the best historical novels.” TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
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NARRATED BY: Peter Joyce · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 8.25 · ISBN 9780007535606
Daddy’s Little Princess Cathy Glass
The latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass. Little Beth, aged 7, and Derek, her father, clearly love each other very much and Derek spoils his daughter, treating her like a princess. But when he is suddenly admitted to hospital with psychiatric problems, Beth is taken into care and arrives at Cathy’s. There is something bothering Cathy about their relationship, something she can’t quite put her finger on. Events take a dramatic turn for both Beth and Cathy and her family; as Cathy strives to pick up the pieces all their lives are changed forever. Cathy Glass has been a foster carer for over 25 years, during which time she has looked after more than 100 children, of all ages and backgrounds. She has written 16 books, including bestselling memoirs Damaged, Cut, and Will You Love Me?
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NARRATED BY: Denica Fairman · General Non Fiction · DURATION: 9.5 · ISBN 9780007577873
Somewhere Beyond the Sea Amanda James
When love begins with a lie, where will it end? Tristan Ainsworth has returned to the village where he grew up in a desperate attempt to make his wife happy. Karen Ainsworth daren’t reveal her true feelings, she knows her husband can’t put up with her moods much longer. Surely the past can’t hurt her now?
“ A pure delight.” THE BOOKSELLER ON A STITCH IN TIME
As a tide of blackmail heads their way, Karen and Tristan face a difficult question. Is their love strong enough to face the truth when it might cost them everything?
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NARRATED BY: Juanita McMahon · Mystery · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471268090
The Girl who Saved the King of Sweden Jonas Jonasson
As delightfully wry and witty as Jonas Jonasson’s bestselling debut, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.
“ Imaginative, laugh-outloud bestseller.”
In June 2007, the King of Sweden disappears. In 1994 South Africa dismantles six nuclear missiles. In 1961 Nombeko Mayeki is born in a Soweto shack.
“ Fast-moving and relentlessly sunny… the plot is pleasingly nimble.”
Really this story is about the seventh South African missile – the one that never officially existed. The one that Nombeko knows about. So now she’s on the run. But the fate of the King of Sweden, and indeed the world, will remain on her shoulders.
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NARRATED BY: — · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9780007584130
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Paula Byrne This is the story of Dido Belle, whose adoption by an aristocratic family challenged the conventions of 18th century England. Dido Belle was the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy captain and a slave woman, adopted by the Earl of Mansfield. As Lord Chief Justice of England he would preside over the drowning of 142 slaves by a shipping company. This is the story of a family that defied convention, the legal trial that exposed the cruelties of slavery and the woman who challenged notions of race at the highest rank.
“ Elegant and emotionally satisfying… tells a continually fascinating, unusually layered story.” VARIETY
“ Engaging, compelling, a delightful and engrossing book… Byrne’s passion is nothing if not persuasive” SUNDAY TIMES ON THE REAL JANE AUSTEN
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NARRATED BY: Maggie Mash · History · DURATION: 6.25 · ISBN 9780007565726
Changeless Gail Carriger
In the delightfully wicked follow-up to Soulless, Alexia Tarabotti is entangled once more in Victorian London’s supernatural mysteries. Alexia Tarabotti, now Lady Maccon, awakens to find her werewolf husband yelling at the top of his lungs Then he disappears - leaving her to deal with a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria. But Alexia is armed with her trusty parasol, so even when her investigations take her into the backwaters of Scotland, she is prepared. She might even find time to track down her wayward husband, if she feels like it.
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NARRATED BY: Emily Gray · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471268113
Vivien’s Heavenly Ice Cream Shop Abby Clements
“A sweet and scrumptious summer indulgence.” victoria fox When Imogen and Anna unexpectedly inherit their grandmother Vivien’s ice cream parlour, it turns both their lives upside-down. The sisters devise a plan to return Vivien’s to its former glory and make the parlour the newest destination on the South Coast foodie map. So whilst Imogen watches the shop, Anna flies to Italy to attend a gourmet ice cream-making course. But Anna finds that romance can bloom in the most unexpected of places…
“ Sweet, light and romantic.” CLOSER
“ A sweet and wonderfully indulgent tale, perfect for a lazy summer’s afternoon.” NOVELICIOUS
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NARRATED BY: Jane Collingwood · Romance · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471268144
Gingerbread Robert Dinsdale
Fairy tale and history, wilderness and civilisation collide in this brilliant and magical new novel from the author of Little Exiles. In the depths of winter in the land of Belarus, where ancient forests straddle modern country borders, an orphaned boy and his grandfather go to scatter his mother’s ashes in the woodlands. But the driving snow also hides a frozen history of long-buried secrets. And as man and boy travel deeper among the trees, grandfather’s tales begin to interweave with the shocking reality of his own past.
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NARRATED BY: Jonathan Keeble · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13.75 · ISBN 9781471268120
“ Gingerbread is a novel of perfect balance… with each turn of the page the atmosphere intensifies…” ALI SHAW, AUTHOR OF THE GIRL WITH GLASS FEET
“ Matches the rigour of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road but as if the Brothers Grimm had hijacked it… gripping.” JAMES LONG, AUTHOR OF FERNEY
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Dead People
Ewart Hutton
DS Glyn Capaldi, half Welsh, half Italian, all maverick, returns in the CWA shortlisted series blowing fresh life into crime fiction.
“ More stings in the tail than a bag of scorpions.” VAL M C DERMID
DS Glyn Capaldi, is called in to investigate a human skeleton that has been uncovered during the excavations for a wind farm in a remote valley. The body is missing its head and its hands. Convinced of a local connection to the murders, when other bodies start to turn up, Glyn set out to prove that there is someone capable of achieving this cold brutality, within the local community.
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NARRATED BY: Iestyn Arwel · Crime · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9780007559015
A Real Cowboy Sarah M. Anderson
James Roberts Bradley burned out early. Ten years ago, he walked away from multi-million dollar fi lm roles and disappeared.
“ A sensual, emotional romance worth reading.” ROMANTIC TIMES
Assistant producer Thalia Thorne has promised to lure James back into the limelight - no matter what it takes. But this real-life cowboy makes it hard for Thalia to resist the man he’s now become… then a blizzard strikes. Suddenly they’re alone, with only body heat to keep them warm… Sarah M. Anderson writes contemporary Western romances, and won a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award in 2012.
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NARRATED BY: Jack Garrett · Romance · DURATION: 7 · ISBN 9781471268229
Kite Spirit
Sita Brahmachari A potent story about grief, friendship, acceptance and making your heart whole again. During the summer of her GCSEs Kite’s world falls apart when her best friend, Dawn, commits suicide. Kite senses Dawn’s spirit around her and it’s not until she meets local boy, Garth, that Kite begins to open up – talking to a stranger is easier somehow. Kite would do anything to speak to Dawn just once more, to understand why… Otherwise how can she ever say goodbye? Sita’s debut novel, Artichoke Hearts, won the 2011 Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize
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NARRATED BY: — · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 7.75 · ISBN 9781471268175
The Sea of Innocence Kishwar Desai
The thrilling new adventure starring Kishwar Desai’s enthralling heroine, Simran Singh. Simran Singh is desperate for a break and so the idyll of Goa seems perfect – white beaches, blue seas and no crime. But when a video appears on her phone, featuring a girl being attacked by a group of men, she realises that darkness festers in this supposed paradise. And when she discovers out that the girl is Liza Kay, a British teenager who has gone missing, she knows she must act. Kishwar Desai won the Costa First Novel Award for her first Simran Singh novel, Witness the Night.
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NARRATED BY: Vayu Naidu · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 8.5 · ISBN 9781471268151
“ Desai’s Simran Singh novels are endowed with something else: the sense that she is delving not just into mysteries but into subjects that matter deeply. I cannot wait for her next adventure.” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY ON ORIGINS OF LOVE
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Blythe Gifford
To marry him will be to betray her family… Bessie has sacrificed herself for her family’s honour and is at the mercy of the court of King James. She’s enticed not only by her mortal enemy, Lord Thomas Carwell, but also by the opulence of a world far removed from her own. When the King demands her brother’s head, Carwell is the only one to whom she can turn. But she must pay the ultimate price for his protection…
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“ Bold, exciting, sensual… just the type of romance Scottish medieval fans crave.” RT BOOK REVIEWS
NARRATED BY: Cathleen McCarron · Romance · DURATION: 8 · ISBN 9781471268212
Reading Upside Down Jo Platt
“…perfect setting, perfect dress, perfect flowers, one hundred and eight guests – and one, total and utter, rat.” Abandoned at the altar, Rosalind Shaw descends into the kind of depression which involves her watching too much daytime TV. After several inebriated months, Ros relocates to St Albans and begins a new life, as partowner of a bookshop. However, just when Ros begins to feel that life might be improving, her rather hairy neighbour, Daniel, knocks on her door with a bunch of flowers and some rather distressing news… A funny, intelligent, fast-paced, chickwit – a feel good novel of mistaken assumptions and misread intentions.
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NARRATED BY: Penelope Rawlins · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471268199
The Number One Bestseller From the author of Me Before You and The Girl You Left Behind “ Majestic, utterly compelling.” INDEPENDENT
“ Raw, funny, real and sad, this is storytelling at its best.” MARIE CLAIRE
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JULY
A Tap on the Window Linwood Barclay
Linwood Barclay’s latest suspenseful masterpiece will keep the reader hooked from page one… Driving home one rainy night Cal Weaver tries to ignore the bedraggled-looking teenaged girl trying to hitch a lift. But when he realizes she’s one of his son’s classmates, he can’t. OK, so giving a ride to a teenage girl might not be the smartest move, but how much harm could it do?
“ [A] tension-fuelled tale that is underpinned by a bleakly fatalistic noir tone.” IRISH TIMES
The next morning the police turn up at his door and ask him if he gave a lift to a girl the previous night. A girl who has now been found brutally murdered.
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NARRATED BY: Mark Zeisler · Crime · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471265792
Dust
Patricia Cornwell Dust is a thrilling, addictive novel featuring one of the most iconic, original and compelling characters in crime fiction today. The body of a woman has been discovered inside the gates of MIT, draped in an unusual cloth. An examination reveals that the body is covered in a fine dust that under ultra-violet light fluoresces blood-red, emerald-green and sapphire-blue. As Kay Scarpetta pieces together the evidence, she draws herself and her team deeper into the dark world of designer drugs, drone technology and shocking corruption at the highest level.
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NARRATED BY: Lorelei King · Crime · DURATION: 12.75 · ISBN 9781471265785
“ America’s most stimulating and chilling writer of Crime-fiction.” THE TIMES
“ A perfectly formed thriller.” THE SUN
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The Runaway Woman Josephine Cox
No-one thought she had the courage… Those looking in from the outside think Lucy Lovejoy’s life is like any other, but over the years, her children have watched while their father chipped away at Lucy’s self-confidence. Now the children are following their own paths, and Lucy has never felt more alone. When tragedy strikes at the heart of the family, it’s a wake-up call for Lucy. She knows that it’s time to make a choice.
“ Cox’s talent as storyteller never lets you escape the spell.” DAILY MAIL
Is she brave enough to find herself again?
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NARRATED BY: Carole Boyd · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9780007543335
Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts Mary Gibson
They call them the custard tarts – the girls who work at Pearce Duff ’s custard powder factory in Bermondsey before the First World War.
“ A fabulous, fascinating read.” VANESSA FELTZ
Conditions are hard but nothing can quench the spirit of humour and friendship – or the rising tide of anger that will finally bring the girls out on strike for a better deal. For one of them, striking spells disaster. Nellie Clark’s wages keep her young brothers and sister from starvation, while her father sinks into drunken violence after the death of their mother. And over them all looms the shadow of the coming war, which will pull London’s East End together as never before – even while it tears the world apart.
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NARRATED BY: Anne Dover · Romance · DURATION: 15.5 · ISBN 9781471265815
Doc Martin: Practice Makes Perfect Sam North
Relive the magic of ITV’s best loved drama series starring Martin Clunes. Doc Martin arrives in the picture postcard fishing village of Portwenn, Cornwall. Once a high-flying London surgeon, his suddenly developed blood phobia means he has to take a job in a local practice. But while the Doc’s medical skills are second to none, his bedside manner leaves a lot to be desired. He immediately starts infuriating the locals, none more so than school teacher Louisa Glasson… Sam North is a screenwriter and author of eight novels, including The Automatic Man which won the Somerset Maugham Award, and The Unnumbered, which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize.
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NARRATED BY: Mark Meadows · Humorous · DURATION: 8.25 · ISBN 9781471265808
Blood Guilt Ben Cheetham
“Last night, eight-year old Ethan Reed was abducted at gunpoint from his home by an armed intruder.” Four years ago, Detective Inspector Harlan Miller killed someone. Now – divorced, alone, consumed by guilt – the world outside his prison walls holds little for him. Until an eight-year-old boy is abducted. Ethan Reed. The son of the man he killed. Frustrated by a police search that finds nothing, Ethan’s mother appeals to the man she has reason to hate most in the world. She has one question to ask – beg – of Harlan Miller. Find her little boy. Do whatever it takes. Ben Cheetham is an award-winning writer and Pushcart Prize nominee. His short stories have been widely published in magazines in the UK, US and Australia.
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NARRATED BY: Andrew Wincott · Crime · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471265860
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Secrets of the Sea House Elisabeth Gifford
Secrets of the Sea House is an epic, sweeping tale of loss and love, hope and redemption, and how we heal ourselves with the stories we tell. Scotland, 1860. Reverend Alexander Ferguson takes up his new parish, an isolated patch on the Hebridean island of Harris. His time there will change his life, but the Sea House, on the edge of the dunes keeps its silence long after Alexander departs. More than a century later, Ruth and Michael buy the grand but dilapidated building for the family they hope to have. But their dreams are marred by a shocking discovery.
“ Secrets of the Sea House is an arresting tale of the things that haunt us. But the real pleasure in this debut novel is Elisabeth Gifford’s finely wrought prose; at turns acute, delicate and fierce.” LIZA KLAUSSMAN
“ A sweeping summer read, packed with an epic tale of loss, love and hope.” IRISH NEWS
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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10.25 · ISBN 9781471265853
The Mangle Street Murders M. R. C. Kasasian
A funny, fresh and sharply plotted Victorian crime starring a detective duo to rival Holmes and Watson. Gower Street, London, 1882: Sidney Grice, London’s most famous personal detective, is expecting a visitor. He drains his fifth pot of morning tea, and glances outside, where a young, plain woman picks her way between the piles of horse-dung towards his front door. Sidney Grice shudders. For heaven’s sake – she is wearing brown shoes.
“ One of the most delightful and original new novels of the year, this is the first in a series that could well become a cult. Grice and Middleton promise to become a positive treat. Catch them now.” DAILY MAIL
Set between the refined buildings of Victorian Bloomsbury and the stinking streets of London’s East End, The Mangle Street Murders is for those who like their crime original, atmospheric, and very, very funny.
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NARRATED BY: Emma Gregory · Crime · DURATION: 7.5 · ISBN 9781471265822
Broken Angels Graham Masterton
One cold spring morning in County Cork, two fishermen find a bundle of rags floating in the Blackwater River. It is the mutilated corpse of a retired music teacher. His hands and feet are bound, and his neck bears the mark of a garrotting wire. The Garda want to wrap this case up before the press get hold of it. But when a second man is found murdered, the body bearing all the same marks as the first, it looks like the hallmark of a serial killer…
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“ One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time.” PETER JAMES
“ One of the few true masters.” JAMES HERBERT
NARRATED BY: Caroline Lennon · Crime · DURATION: 12.25 · ISBN 9781471265839
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Carthage
Joyce Carol Oates A stirring examination of grief, faith, justice and the atrocities of war, from literary legend Joyce Carol Oates.
“ A gripping exploration of a community in crisis after a young girl disappears.”
Zeno Mayfield’s daughter has disappeared into the night, gone missing in the SUNDAY TELEGRAPH wilds of the Adirondacks. But when the community of Carthage joins a father’s frantic search for the girl, they discover instead the unlikeliest of suspects – a decorated Iraq War veteran with close ties to the Mayfield family. As grisly evidence mounts against the troubled war hero, the family must wrestle with the possibility of having lost a daughter forever. Dark and riveting, Carthage is a powerful novel that explores the human capacity for violence, love and forgiveness, and asks if it’s ever truly possible to come home again.
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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 19.5 · ISBN 9780007569465
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Isabel Allende A gripping thriller from the bestselling author Isabel Allende. The Ripper players, free from any moral and legal restraints, are free to pursue any line of enquiry to solve the cases that the police cannot. It is just a game. As their unique power leads them ever closer to the truth of their latest case, one of the players, Amanda’s, mother suddenly vanishes. Could her disappearance be linked to the serial killer? And will Amanda and her accomplices solve the mystery before it’s too late?
“ You’ll find it hard not to be beguiled by the charm and ingenuity of Allende’s storytelling.” THE TIMES
“ Allende is incapable of telling a bad story… her heroically sustained narrative, her lovingly prepared plots and surprise inventions explode in an exaltation.” INDEPENDENT
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NARRATED BY: Edoardo Ballerini · Crime · DURATION: 14.5 · ISBN 9780007569427
The Gods of Guilt Michael Connelly
The ‘Lincoln Lawyer’ returns with a haunting case in the gripping new thriller from bestselling author Michael Connelly. Murder cases have the highest stakes and the biggest paydays. But then Mickey Haller learns that the murder victim was his own client, a prostitute he thought he had rescued. Far from saving her, Mickey may have been the one who put her in danger. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, Mickey must work tirelessly on a case that could mean his ultimate redemption or proof of his ultimate guilt.
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“ Connelly is one of the great crime writers… his mastery of place and character, his ease with dialogue, his control of plot gives his books a subtlety that is irresistible.” DAILY MAIL
“ A crime-writing genius.” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
NARRATED BY: Peter Giles · Thriller · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471265624
The Fall and Rise of Lucy Charlton Elizabeth Gill
A gripping and powerful family saga, set in the aftermath of the First World War. 1920, Durham. Lucy Charlton has always dreamed of working with her father in the family solicitor’s firm. But when a scandal shatters her dreams and her father disowns her, she is left to fight for a job as a legal secretary. When Joe Hardy arrives to claim his mystery inheritance, she promises to help uncover the truth behind his mystery benefactor. Before long, the past comes back to haunt them both…
“ Original and evocative – a born storyteller.” TRISHA ASHLEY
Elizabeth Gill is a bestselling saga author, best known for Miss Appleby’s Academy.
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NARRATED BY: Julia Barrie · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 14 · ISBN 9781471265594
The Seven Streets of Liverpool Maureen Lee
Once again Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller Maureen Lee brings to life the small Liverpool street where everyone has a key on a string in their letterbox, in case a friend is in need… Pearl Street, Liverpool, Christmas 1942. Despite the drama and tragedy of the War, the street’s spirit and friendship in adversity binds them together. Since her husband was injured, Eileen has worried about the growing distance between them. Lena Newton longs for a baby but with her husband posted in the Navy, it’s looking unlikely. And Kitty has hidden away since she discovered her lover was married, too ashamed to return in disgrace with her baby.
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NARRATED BY: Emma Gregory · Saga · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471265532
“ An excellent novel which runs along at a cracking pace […] You won’t want to put this book down.” TELEGRAPH & ARGUS
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A Little Love Amanda Prowse
From bestselling author Amanda Prowse, this is a story about love, loss and lies – and finding happiness before it’s too late…
“ A modern day love story.”
Pru Plum is the owner of a famous Mayfair bakery. She wears Chanel and her hair is expensively cut. Few would believe that she turned sixty-six last year. But Pru is not the confident, successful businesswoman she appears. She has done shameful things to get to where she is today. And she will do anything to protect the secrets of her past – especially now she has finally fallen in love…
“ [C]aptivating, heartbreaking and superbly written.”
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CLOSER ON WHAT HAVE I DONE?
Amanda Prowse is the author of the bestselling Poppy Day and What Have I Done?
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NARRATED BY: Julia Franklin · Romance · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471265563
The Ipcress File Len Deighton
Len Deighton’s classic first novel, whose protagonist is a nameless spy – later christened Harry Palmer and made famous in the iconic film starring Michael Caine.
“ A master of fictional espionage.”
The Ipcress File was not only Len Deighton’s first novel, it was his first bestseller and the book that broke the mould of thriller writing. For the working class narrator, an apparently straightforward mission to find a missing biochemist becomes a journey to the heart of a dark and deadly conspiracy.
“ The self-conscious cool of Deighton’s writing has dated in the best way possible… a stone-cold cold war classic.”
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NARRATED BY: James Lailey · Thriller · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9780007564491
A Darker Shade
Edited by John Henri Holberg Original Swedish crime stories from the masters of Nordic noir, including a never-before published short story by Stieg Larsson. Ever since Stieg Larsson shone a light on the brilliance of Swedish crime writing, readers have devoured this dark and compelling genre. Now the nation’s best crime writers have been brought together to form the first ever anthology of Swedish crime. The collection includes stories from Stieg Larsson, author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Henning Mankell, creator of Wallander and Eva Gabrielsson, writer and thirty-year partner to Stieg Larsson.
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“ Gripping… these unsettling dark tales reaffirm the dominance of Swedish writers with original crime fiction.” THE SUN
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Crime · DURATION: 11.75 · ISBN 9781471265631
The Lie of You Jane Lythell
A chilling psychological thriller about obsession, jealousy, and lying to those you love. To the outside world, Kathy is the very picture of a happy and fulfilled modern woman. She has a beautiful baby boy, a clever, handsome husband and a glamorous, high-powered job. But not everybody is fooled. Her employee, Heja, knows the truth: the cracks in Kathy’s marriage, her self-doubt, her fear of failure at work. In fact, Heja is perfectly placed to destroy Kathy’s life…
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“ An entertaining collection with an imaginative story from Stieg Larsson… demonstrates the depth of the Swedish crime pool.”
NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Thriller · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9781471265662
“ A very credible portrait of obsession to the point of madness… a clever, involving first novel.” LITERARY REVIEW
“ Fascinating… clever… the author’s real skill is her ability to invent memorable original characters. A thrilling read.” DAILY MAIL
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Zoe Miller
Sometimes, old friends are the ones you know the least… Childhood friends Juliet, Rebecca, Rose and Matthew grew up in a small village outside Dublin. Now privileged, wealthy and powerful, they appear to have it all. But when Juliet is involved in a suspicious accident and lies trapped between life and death at the bottom of a cliff, a secret that has been hidden for years threatens the seemingly perfect lives of the close-knit group.
“ In writing this fresh and vibrant ‘whodunit’, Miller has built on her previous triumphs and has shouted from the rooftops that she will broker no compromise with anyone, least of all her readers.”
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NARRATED BY: Multiple Narrators · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 13 · ISBN 9781471265655
The Late Scholar Jill Paton Walsh
A new murder mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey – now a Duke – and his wife Harriet Vane, set in Oxford in the 1950s. When the fellows at an Oxford college appeal to Peter Wimsey to resolve a dispute, he and Harriet are happy to oblige. The dispute between the two passionate parties is evenly balanced, that is, until several of the fellows unexpectedly die. And the causes of death bear an uncanny resemblance to the murder methods in Peter’s past cases – methods that Harriet has used in her novels…
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“ Sayers’s fans won’t be disappointed, and newcomers are in for a treat.” GUARDIAN ON THE ATTENBURY EMERALDS
“ A pitch-perfect Golden Age mystery; not a pastiche but a gem of a period puzzle that belongs on the shelf beside the Wimsey originals.” FINANCIAL TIMES ON THE ATTENBURY EMERALDS
NARRATED BY: Gordon Griffin · Crime · DURATION: 9.75 · ISBN 9781471265648
Sally Beauman
A beautifully written and epic story of love, regret and secrets, set against the haunting, troubled and exotic background of 1920s Egypt. Sent abroad to Egypt in 1922, eleven-year-old Lucy is caught up in the excitement that surrounds the hunt for Tutankhamun’s tomb. When she meets Frances, the daughter of an American archaeologist, the two girls spy on the grown-ups and a lifelong bond is formed. Haunted by the ghosts of her past, the mistakes she made, Lucy disinters her past. And she finally comes to terms with what happened after Egypt, when Frances needed Lucy most.
“ Once you start reading a Beauman book, you can’t put it down.” GUARDIAN
“ [An] evocative and compulsive reworking of the balance of power between the sexes.” THE TIMES ON REBECCA’S TALE
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NARRATED BY: Laurel Lefkow · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 20.75 · ISBN 9781471266201
East End Angel Kay Brellend
Two sisters living in London’s tough East End… will Jennifer and Kathy be tough enough to survive? Katherine and Jennifer Finch are like chalk and cheese: Katherine is a midwife, and Jennifer is a prostitute. Jennifer begins a battle with drink and drugs, and falls pregnant. Her labour is nearly fatal, but her sister steps in to save her and the baby. Kathy knows that the society Jennifer keeps is damaging her. But then Kathy begins to fall for an East End wide boy, and her heart will not listen to her head… Kay Brellend is the author of a series of sagas set in the East End, including The Street and Campbell Road Girls.
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The Four Streets
Nadine Dorries
A heart-breaking family saga set in 1950s Liverpool, the first novel from the talented Nadine Dorries MP. 1950s Liverpool. In the tight-knit community of the Four Streets, two girls are growing up. One is motherless and hated by the cold woman determined to take her dead mother’s place. The other is hiding a dreadful secret which she dare not tell to anyone. The people of Four Streets laugh, grieve and hope together. But what can they do when a betrayal at the heart of their world comes to light? Nadine Dorries grew up in a working class family in Liverpool, and became an MP in 2005. She appeared on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here in 2012.
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NARRATED BY: Emma Gregory · Saga · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471266195
Bittersweet
Colleen McCullough From author of The Thorn Birds, one of the biggest-selling books of all time, comes an epic saga of love, betrayal and redemption in 1920s Australia. The four Latimer sisters were famous throughout New South Wales for their beauty, wit and sisterly love. But then they left home to train as nurses, swapping their feather beds for the bunks of nursing accommodation. And now, as the Depression casts its shadow across Australia, they must confront their own secret desires. Will the sisters find the independence they crave? Or is life – like love – always bittersweet?
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“ A true epic… it’s easy to see why this stunning tale has been called the Australian Gone With The Wind.” OBSERVER ON THE THORN BIRDS
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Caribbee
Julian Stockwin Caribbee is the 14th novel in the fast paced Captain Kydd series, the best-loved sea tales of our generation. Thomas Kydd, a hero of Trafalgar, holds the glory of being Post-Captain of the 32gun frigate, L’Aurore. A Caribbean posting seems a welcome respite for the war hero, but when more and more merchantmen begin vanishing from the sea, fear starts to spread. Kydd must embark on a dangerous game of espionage in order to destroy this new and terrible danger to the Empire..
“ Stockwin’s writing is enriched by his own experiences in the Royal Navy, which gives scenes of fighting and tempest an authenticity to delight anyone who shares his passion for the sea.” DAILY TELEGRAPH
“ Paints a vivid picture of life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-line.” DAILY EXPRESS
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NARRATED BY: Christian Rodska · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 11.25 · ISBN 9781471266218
Stone Cold C. J. Box
A Joe Pickett Novel from the award winning author C. J. Box. Everything about the ranch is a mystery. Rumours abound about the millionaire who owns it, the women who live with him and the sudden disappearances. Joe Pickett is tasked by the governor to find the truth. There are two other men living up at the ranch. One is a stone-cold killer who takes an instant dislike to Joe. The first man doesn’t frighten him. But the second is another story entirely.
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NARRATED BY: Jeff Harding · Crime · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471266249
“ One of today’s solid-gold A-list must-read authors.” LEE CHILD
“ Heart-stoppingly good.” DAILY MAIL
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Claire Dyer
What happens if you fall in love with the wrong person? Rose knows only too well the exhilaration and devastation of loving a married man. So she watches with a keen eye as Eve – her closest companion – meets Myles, the new tenant in her downstairs flat. Quietly and softly, Myles and Eve fall in love and, as they try to have the perfect affair like Rose did before them, they come know what it is to be torn between love and duty.
“ An exquisitely written, emotional book about impossible love and the moments that make life beautiful.” JULIE COHEN
“ This year’s One Day.” LOUISE CANDLISH ON THE MOMENT
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NARRATED BY: Anne Dover · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 10 · ISBN 9781471266232
Soldiers’ Wives Fiona Field
This page-turning novel from Fiona Field interweaves the stories of three very different women trying to get to grips with the life of a military wife.
“ I couldn’t put it down.” KATIE FFORDE
Chrissie finds solace in her career as a medic in the regiment, but will love for a married man prove her undoing? Maddy is bogged down with a fretful baby and a super-ambitious officer husband. Will she be able to stand life as a regimental wife? And then there’s bad girl Jenna, who doesn’t believe in rules and regulations. Will she destroy her husband’s career? Or will it destroy her?
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The Boat
Clara Salaman It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime… Johnny and his new bride Clem have arrived in Turkey for a year’s honeymoon. Young, blissfully happy but poor, they are surviving on love, luck and a spirit of adventure. So when a boat appears, crewed by a bohemian couple, they do not think twice about stepping on board. But all is not as it seems. And when they finally open their eyes to the truth, the boat is in the middle of the vast open sea… With echoes of Alex Garland’s The Beach, this is a hypnotic, emotionally charged novel about two sweet young lovers who lose their innocence in paradise.
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NARRATED BY: Leon Williams · Thriller · DURATION: 10.5 · ISBN 9781471266263
Ghost Girl
Lesley Thomson “Lesley Thomson is a class above.” ian rankin Stella Darnell’s father died a year ago, but she has not moved on. He was Chief Superintendent at Hammersmith police station, and cleaning his house, Stella discovers a folder of photographs in his darkroom. The oldest photograph is dated 1966; to the very day the Moors Murderers were sent to prison for life. As Stella inches closer to the truth, the events of that day begin to haunt her too…
“ Skilfully evokes the era and slow-moving childhood summers… a study of memory and guilt with several twists.” GUARDIAN
“ This is a haunting novel about loss and reconciliation, driven by a simple but clever plot.” SUNDAY TIMES
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NARRATED BY: Annie Aldington · Thriller · DURATION: 14.5 · ISBN 9781471266225
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JULY
Hello Kitty: The Treasure Hunt and The Talent Show Linda Chapman & Michelle Misra
Come join Hello Kitty and her friends in this super series all about fun and friendship! When Dear Daniel comes home, Hello Kitty decides to welcome him back with a treasure hunt for all her friends! There is a lot to do, and not much time. Can she do it all on her own? Hello Kitty’s school is holding a Talent Show, and the Friendship Club friends are all excited to show off. But Tammy’s not sure what she is good at… Can her friends help her figure it out?
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NARRATED BY: Jane Collingwood · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 1.75 · ISBN 9780007543205
Wrestling Trolls: Big Rock and the Masked Avenger Jim Eldridge
A total troll smack-down wrestle-fest. Just don’t get in the way… Jack knows every wrestling move there is to know, and his dreams come true when he’s recruited as a training assistant to Waldo’s Wrestling Trolls. Little does Jack know that he’s actually part troll, and that when his new family is in trouble he morphs into the terrifying Thud! He’ll have to build a team of wrestling trolls to take on Lord Veto’s evil orcs at the tournament of tournaments. Jim Eldridge is a prolific children’s author and scriptwriter, with over 90 books published, and three million copies sold.
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NARRATED BY: Stephen Perring · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 2.25 · ISBN 9781471265372
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A Dog Called Homeless Sarah Lean
A tender story of hope and courage. Cally Fisher saw her mum bright and real and alive. But no one believes her, so Cally’s stopped talking. She hasn’t spoken for thirty-one days. A mysterious wolfhound always seems to be there when her mum appears and now he’s started following her everywhere. But how can Cally convince anyone that Mum is still with them, or persuade Dad that the huge silver-grey dog is their last link with her?
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“ An exceptional debut… richly characterised.” SUNDAY TIMES
“ Genuinely moving and beautifully written.” THE BOOKSELLER
NARRATED BY: Katy Sobey · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 3.75 · ISBN 9780007577569
Oliver and the Seawigs Phillip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre
Oliver grew up in a family of explorers – but his biggest adventure is about to begin! Along with his new friends, a grumpy old albatross, a short-sighted mermaid and a friendly island called Cliff, Oliver goes off in search of his missing parents. But before he can put his rescue plan into action there’s the evil Stacey de Lacey and an army of pesky sea monkeys to contend with… EEP!
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“ A delightfully told, beautiful tale of nautical hairdressing, saltwater primates and sarcastic seaweed – this is my kind of book!” CHRIS RIDDELL
NARRATED BY: Clive Mantle · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 2.25 · ISBN 9781471265365
The Islands of Chaldea Diana Wynne Jones
The brand new and fi nal novel from the magical and whimsical pen of ‘the Godmother of Fantasy’, Diana Wynne Jones. Of the four Islands of Chaldea, the largest island has been cut off from the others for decades – and is slowly draining the magic from them. But Aileen’s Aunt is involved in a prophecy, one which will bring down the magical barrier between the islands and unite them all again. And she’s insisting on dragging Aileen along too! But with magic on their side, nothing can go wrong. Right?
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“ The best writer of magic there is.” NEIL GAIMAN
“ Diana Wynne Jones could teach Stephen King and JK Rowling a thing or two.” SFX
NARRATED BY: Ursula Jones · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 7.25 · ISBN 9780007565597
Blackberry Blue Jamila Gavin
Prepare to enter a world of magicians, enchanted forests, talking animals and wicked witches… Here are six magical stories to thrill and enchant you. Watch Blackberry Blue rise from the bramble patch; follow Emeka the pathfinder on his mission to save a lost king; and join Princess Desire as she gallops across the Milky Way on her jet-black horse. These beautifully written and original stories will delight readers of all ages.
“ Jamila Gavin is one of our most consistently good writers of fiction for children young and old. The feel is timeless, but the stories are all original, touched with the magic of Gavin’s vibrant and varied imagination.” INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
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NARRATED BY: Juanita McMahon · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 4.5 · ISBN 9781471265389
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Monster and Chips: Night of the Living Bread David O’Connell
Somewhere hidden in the city is a very special diner. What’s so special about it? Well it does the best chips anywhere and the customers are monsters! Joe is getting the hang of flipping squashed-frog burgers at the monster diner. But things heat up in Fuzzby’s kitchen when they are asked to cater the Night Mayor’s feast. Rumour is that if the Night Mayor doesn’t like the food, the monster chefs are thrown into the dungeon… forever! Will the brave pair return to the monster diner? Or have they served their last bowl of bumbean stew?
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“ Lots of wacky monsters, slapstick humour and cartoon strips to please.” THE BOOKSELLER
NARRATED BY: Oliver J. Hembrough · Humorous · DURATION: 1.75 · ISBN 9780007561032
A Boy Called Hope Lara Williamson
A Boy Called Hope is a brave, bold and funny debut about family in all its shapes and sizes. I’m Dan Hope and inside my head I keep a list of things I want to come true. For example, I want my sister to go to university at the North Pole and only come back once a year. I want to help Sherlock Holmes solve his most daring mystery yet. I want to be the first eleven-year-old to land on the moon. And finally I want my dad to love me.
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“ This book totally blew me away.” CATHY CASSIDY
“ A thought-provoking, moving and very funny debut.” BOOKSELLER
NARRATED BY: Leon Williams · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 5.5 · ISBN 9781471265396
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Guinea Pigs Online: Bunny Trouble Jennifer Gray & Amanda Swift
More hilarious antics from everyone’s favourite rodents, with a pesky bunny creating havoc! Fuzzy and Coco’s owners are organising an Easter Fair at the Rescue Centre. They bring home a naughty little bunny called Binny in the hope that she will learn to behave and then they’ll find her a new owner. But Binny is determined to cause havoc and her antics lead to Eduardo’s capture by the humans! Can Fuzzy and Coco rescue Eduardo and find a new home for Binny?
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“ Jennifer Gray and Amanda Swift’s comical Guinea Pigs Online series for 5+ brings stories about pets surprisingly up to date.” SUNDAY TIMES
NARRATED BY: Oliver J. Hembrough · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 1.5 · ISBN 9781471265877
Sammy Feral’s Diaries of Weird: Yeti Rescue Eleanor Hawken
Sammy’s back for another weird adventure! Ever since Sammy discovered that there are crazier animals in the world than just lemurs and lions, his life has become pretty weird. So when a Mongolian Death Worm turns up at his zoo, he’s not that surprised. The Death Worm’s best friend, Bert the Yeti Chief, has gone missing. Can Sammy summon the Ministry of Yetis and rescue Bert? He’s also going to need help from a very reluctant Wish Frog…
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NARRATED BY: Stephen Perring · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 3 · ISBN 9781471265884
“ [A] fast-paced fantasy adventure which is both hilarious and hair raising.” WE LOVE THIS BOOK, ON SAMMY FERAL’S DIARIES OF WEIRD
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Margaret McNamara
An enchanting new series, featuring Tinker Bell’s little sisters, inspired by the character from Peter Pan, by J. M. Barrie. Clara, Golden, Rosy, Silver, and baby Squeak are fairy sisters who live on Sheepskerry Island. Usually Silver and her sisters get along just fine—until the week of the Fairy Ball. Silver has her heart set on going, but fairies must be eightyears-old to attend, and Silver’s birthday is the day after the ball. But before the night is over, Silver’s big sisters will need her to come to their rescue.
“ McNamara… fills the pages with whimsical details of fairy life, and her knowing narration… gives the story its gentle warmth and humour.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Young listeners will love the enchanting stories and characters in this charming series.
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NARRATED BY: Jane Collingwood · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 1.25 · ISBN 9780007587223
Sparrow: The Story of Joan of Arc Michael Morpurgo
A superb re-imagining of Joan of Arc’s story from master storyteller and author of War Horse, Michael Morpurgo Eloise has always loved Joan of Arc. Noble and brave, she was everything Eloise wishes to be. And on a bright sunny day in Orleans, Eloise has a very special daydream… A young girl faces an impossible task – to save her beloved France from tyrants. She listens to her heart and with unbreakable spirit, Joan of Arc leads armies to victory and finds the strength to face the cruellest of destinies.
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“ There are few children’s writers as compelling as Michael Morpurgo.” DAILY EXPRESS
“ Morpurgo’s gift is to make this long-ago world of danger and heartbreak accessible without ever patronising his young readers.” SUNDAY MERCURY
NARRATED BY: Amy Enticknap · Historical Fiction · DURATION: 4 · ISBN 9780007587179
The Dark Wild Piers Torday
The sequel to the highly acclaimed The Last Wild, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children Book Prize. Twelve-year-old Kester thought he had discovered the last wild animals in the land. He thought his adventure was over. He was wrong. Below the sparkling city of Premium, deep underground, a dark wild remains: animals who believe the time is right to rise up against their human enemies. And soon Kester realises: he is the only one who can stop them. Kester Jaynes saved the animals. Can he save the humans too?
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THE TIMES ON THE LAST WILD
“ A darkly comic and hugely inventive adventure… it could be the next big thing.” EOIN COLFER ON THE LAST WILD
NARRATED BY: Oliver J. Hembrough · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 8.75 · ISBN 9781471265846
Curse of Kings Alex Barclay
In the tone of The Hobbit, comes a thrilling story in an epic fantasy adventure, from a major new voice. Fourteen-year-old Oland Born lives in a world ruled by evil tyrant, Vilius Ren. Vilius has wrecked the kingdom, once ruled by good King Micah, and Oland works as Vilius’s servant knowing little about his past – or why Vilius keeps a close eye on him. One night, Oland finds a letter addressed to him, from the long-dead king. Oland must restore the shattered kingdom. Let the trials of Oland Born begin…
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“ Highly recommended.”
NARRATED BY: Ben Allen · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 9 · ISBN 9780007588800
“ Fiercely imaginative, with razor-sharp twists and a plot that moves so fast it ignites.” DEREK LANDY, AUTHOR OF THE SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT SERIES
“ Curse of Kings firmly establishes Alex Barclay as a name to watch in the world of children’s books.” IRISH IDEPENDENT
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Time Hunters: Knight Quest
Chris Blake
The second book in a new time-travelling series – perfect for fans of Beast Quest. When Tom accidentally smashes a statue in a museum he releases Isis, an Egyptian mummy who has been imprisoned for thousands of years. To break an ancient curse, they must travel back in time to find six hidden amulets – battling Gladiators, Greeks, Vikings and Egyptian Warriors! On their second quest, Tom and Isis meet King Arthur’s heroic knights! They must prove their bravery in a race to find a legendary golden sword!
“ A great new adventure series.” LOVEREADING4KIDS
Join Tom on an incredible treasure hunt through time and battle history’s mightiest warriors!
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NARRATED BY: Oliver J. Hembrough · Action & Adventure · DURATION: 1.75 · ISBN 9780007587575
Timmy Failure: Now Look What You’ve Done Stephan Pastis
The clueless, comically self-confident kid detective returns in a sequel to the bestselling Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made. Timmy is about to crack the biggest case of his generation: a school competition to find a stolen globe. But someone is clearly trying to con the system. So it’s up to Timmy Failure, with the dubious help of Total, his lazy polar-bear partner, and his unlikely new ally, eccentric Great-Aunt Colander, to find a way to defeat this injustice. If he can only get his entry form in on time.
“ A fabulously fun read. Original and quirky, with real heart.” GUARDIAN ON TIMMY FAILURE: MISTAKES WERE MADE
“ This ironic, knowing, inspired book will prompt constant laughter.” SUNDAY TIMES ON TIMMY FAILURE: MISTAKES WERE MADE
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NARRATED BY: Jared Goldsmith · Humorous · DURATION: 2.5 · ISBN 9781471265945
SEPTEMBER
A Year in Brambly Hedge Jill Barklem
The mice of Brambly Hedge have delighted adults and children alike for more than thirty years. The mice of Brambly Hedge love exploring the miniature world of the hedgerow and meeting the families that live there. They have many adventures but they always have time for fun too. All through the year, they mark the seasons with feasts and festivities and, of course, the mice never miss an opportunity to meet and celebrate. This collection contains four charming stories, one for each season.
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“ [T]he most researchedcrammed fantasy ever set before small children.” SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE
“ Spring Story, Summer Story, Autumn Story and Winter Story are beautiful tales… nostalgic Mums can enjoy them with their own kids.” THE SUN
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Pea’s Book of Holidays Susie Day
Fun, families and secrets in the latest story in this lovely series featuring Pea and her quirky family! Pea’s family are separating for the summer holidays. Big sister, Clover, is off to Drama Camp, Mum is staying at home to finish her new book, and Pea and Tinkerbell are going camping. But things don’t go quite to plan, and Pea finds her summer suddenly filled with Enid Blyton, castles, ghosts and mysteries…
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NARRATED BY: Claire Morgan · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 5 · ISBN 9781471266126
“ A funny and reassuring read, tackling issues very gently.” THE BOOKSELLER ON PEA’S BOOK OF BIG DREAMS
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Karen Foxlee
A luminous retelling of The Snow Queen, Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy is a magical tale that will enchant children and parents alike. This is the story of Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard who doesn’t believe in anything. She is still grieving for her dead mother when her father takes a job in a museum, in a city where it always snows. On her first day in the museum Ophelia discovers a boy locked away in a long forgotten room. He is a prisoner of Her Majesty the Snow Queen, and he has been waiting for Ophelia’s help.
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“ A present-day fairy tale that practically sparkles with its own icy menace… [a] memorable and ultimately moving novel for young readers.” WALL STREET JOURNAL
NARRATED BY: Katy Sobey · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 6.5 · ISBN 9781471266133
Journey to the River Sea Eva Ibbotson
An intricate, cleverly paced plot, with plenty of clues for children along the way, makes this a real page-turner. It is 1910 and Maia, tragically orphaned at 13, has been sent from England to start a new life with distant relatives in Manaus, hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She is accompanied by an eccentric and mysterious governess who has secret reasons of her own for making the journey. Both soon discover an exotic world bursting with new experiences in this highly colourful, joyous and awardwinning adventure.
“ Adventure lovers will devour this one and wish that it would continue.” SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
Journey to the River Sea won the Nestle Children’s Book Prize Gold Award, and was shortlisted for the Carnegie medal.
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Ogres Don’t Dance Kirsty McKay
Shrek meets Strictly Come Dancing! Ogden is a gnarly, man-eating ogre… with the dream of becoming a dancer. But no one will dance with him – not when they think they’re going to be his next meal! Then Ogden meets Willow, a gutsy girl who lives in a tree house. She makes a deal with him: if he’ll stop eating humans, she’ll teach him to dance. A laugh-out-loud beastly story for 7 to 9 year olds. Will Ogden the ogre achieve his dancing dreams?
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Tuesdays at the Castle Jessica Day George
A magical castle with a life of its own, and a plucky princess who will defend it at all costs… Tuesday is Princess Celie’s favourite day. Castle Glower magically grows a new room, a turret or sometimes an entire wing! No one quite knows how. When the king and queen disappear, a secret passageway appears. The Castle is definitely trying to tell her something. But it’s down to Celie to find her parents, hold on to the kingdom and protect her home before it’s too late. This page-turning adventure marks the launch of a series sure to delight fans of Jessica Day George and win her countless new ones.
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“ A satisfying mix of Hogwarts and Howl’s Moving Castle… Adventure stories fans will enjoy this as much as children who wear their wizard cloaks proudly.” SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
NARRATED BY: Suzy Jackson · Fantasy & Supernatural · DURATION: 6.25 · ISBN 9781471266140
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Bliss
Kathryn Littlewood Treat yourself to a big helping of this hilarious magical adventure! “It was the summer Rosemary Bliss turned ten that she saw her mother fold a lightning bolt into a bowl of batter and learned – beyond the shadow of a doubt – that her parents made magic in the Bliss Bakery.” Centuries old and filled with magical recipes, the Bliss family cookbook is a closely guarded secret. But when eleven-year-old Rose Bliss is left in charge, one magical mishap follows another until the town is in chaos!
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“ A heroine with baking in her blood and a zany plot liberally sprinkled with humour blend into fun family adventure… lighthearted bliss.” KIRKUS REVIEW
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Stick Dog Tom Watson
Meet Stick Dog – a new breed of hero! Stick Dog and his friends, Mutt, Stripes, Karen and Poo-Poo have caught the scent of hamburgers and what hungry stray could resist that lovely meaty waft? All they have to do is follow the smell and eat the hamburgers. But it’s not as easy as it sounds. The dogs need a ‘Master Plan’ and they’re not short of ideas. They’re just short of ideas that aren’t dangerous, or very, very silly.
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“ The story of Stick Dog and his quest for a delicious dinner is destined to be top dog.” LIVERPOOL ECHO
NARRATED BY: Andrew Eiden · Modern Fiction · DURATION: 1.5 · ISBN 9780007587971
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