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| September 2010 | |
| Ava McCarthy The Courier Read by Fiona Clarke Approached to crack a safe by the owner’s suspicious wife, reformed hacker Henrietta ‘Harry’ Martinez can’t resist the challenge. Now her client’s absconded with a fortune in diamonds, leaving Harry sole witness to a brutal murder. The police are unconvinced, suspicious of Harry’s past. It’s up to Harry to track down her mystery client. The trail leads from a top racing yard to a smuggling operati... More > |
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| David Lloyd The World According to Bumble: Start the Car Read by The Author Legendary SkySports cricket commentator David “Bumble” Lloyd is a legend in our living rooms, a genuine “good bloke” all cricket fans feel they know inside out because of his infectious, larger-than-life personality and that distinctive Lancashire burr. He has earned cult status as a commentator and pundit. Enjoy the camaraderie that exists among the SkySports team and laugh out loud at the storie... More > |
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| Gillian Greenwood The Ghost Lover Read by Karen Cass Josie Price has given up much of her life for the sake of the wealthy Haddeley family. She works with them, lives with them and knows their secrets. So when a young man, Luke, appears and claims to be the son of Kit Haddeley’s late wife Alice, Josie tries to help the Haddeleys come to terms with the family ghosts they hoped had been laid to rest. With her intimate knowledge of the family past, it ... More > |
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| Suzannah Dunn The Confession of Katherine Howard Read by Jane McDowell When 12-year-old Katherine Howard comes to live in the Duchess of Norfolk’s household, poor relation Cat Tilney is deeply suspicious of her yet, despite herself, Cat is drawn to her. Summoned to court at 17, Katherine leaves Cat in the company of her ex-lover, Francis. Within months, the king has set aside his Dutch wife Anne for Katherine. But when allegations are made about her girlhood love aff... More > |
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| Barbara Delinsky Not My Daughter Read by Dian Perry When Susan Tate’s 17-year-old daughter, Lily, announces she is pregnant, Susan is stunned. A single mother, she has struggled to do everything right. Then comes word of two more pregnancies who happen to be Lily’s best friends – and the town turns to talk of a pact. As fingers start pointing, the most ardent criticism is directed at Susan. As Susan struggles with the implications of her daughter’s... More > |
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| Andrea Camilleri The Paper Moon Read by Daniel Philpott As he gets older, Inspector Montalbano is plagued by existential questions. But he doesn’t have much time to wax philosophical before the gruesome murder of a man – shot in the face at point-blank range with his pants down – commands his attention. Add two evasive, beautiful women as prime suspects, dirty cocaine, dead politicians, mysterious computer codes, and a series of threatening letters, an... More > |
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| A. L. Berridge Honour and the Sword Read by Jonathan Oliver It is 1636 – the height of the Thirty Years War. The Spanish armies swell out of the Artois region of the Netherlands, flooding into King Louis XIII’s France. The border village of Dax-en-roi stands in their way. The Chevalier de Roland rallies a valiant defence, but his household guard is no match for the invaders. There is only one survivor of the Spanish brutality: the lone heir to the Roland n... More > |
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| Alastair Campbell Maya Read by Jonathan Oliver Maya Lowe is one of the world’s biggest movie stars. Steve Watkins is her life-long friend. Both swear their relationship hasn’t changed since they shared a school desk. But can a friendship like theirs really survive a fame as great as Maya’s? Steve certainly thinks so. But amid the twists and turns of Maya’s public and private lives, the gulf between what Steve thinks and the reality gets ever w... More > |
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| August 2010 | |
| Jacqueline Winspear Among the Mad: A Maisie Dobbs Mystery Read by Julia Barrie Christmas Eve,1931. On the way to see a client, Maisie Dobbs witnesses a man commit suicide on a busy London street. The following day, the Home Secretary receives a letter threatening a massive loss of life if certain demands are not met. Maisie is invited into Scotland Yard’s elite Special Branch as a special adviser on the case – and becomes involved in a race against time to find a man who has... More > |
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| Nicola Barker Burley Cross Postbox Theft Read by Helen Lacey and Gareth Cassidy The village of Burley Cross has been plunged into turmoil by the theft of the contents of its postbox, and when PC PC Roger Topping takes over the case, his expectations of success are not high. Yet Topping’s investigation into the curtain-twitching lives of Burley Cross weird and wonderful characters, will not only uncover the dark underbelly of his scenic beat, but also the fundamental strengths... More > |
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| Mark Sanderson Snow Hill Read by Jonathan Keeble “Friday, 18 December, 1936. I went to my funeral this morning!” So begins the diary of Johnny Steadman, an ambitious reporter on London’s Fleet Street. When he gets a tip-off about a Snow Hill policeman’s death he thinks he’s found the scoop that will make his career. Trouble is, no one at the station seems to know anything about it – or they’re not telling. Johnny’s one lead takes him to the mea... More > |
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| Linda Holeman The Saffron Gate Read by Laurel Lefkow Sidonie O’Shea enjoys the quiet life she shares with fiancé Etienne Duverger in upstate New York. But when Etienne suddenly disappears without word, she finds a letter that turns her world upside down. Refusing to believe that Etienne would abandon her, Sidonie travels to Morocco in search of him, determined to know the truth. Set against the spellbinding backdrop of 1930s Marrakech, Sidonie’s jou... More > |
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| Stuart MacBride Dark Blood Read by The Author Richard Knox has served his time, so why can’t he live wherever he wants? Yes, he was a violent rapist, but he’s seen the error of his ways. Found God. Wants to make a new start. Or so he says. DS Logan McRae isn’t thrilled to be helping Knox settle into his new Aberdeen home. He’s even less thrilled to be stuck with DSI Danby from Northumbria Police – the man who put Knox behind bars – supposedly... More > |
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| Karen Maitland The Owl Killers Read by David Thorpe England 1321: Deep in the countryside lies an isolated village governed by a sinister regime of Owl Masters. But their dark status quo is disturbed by the arrival of a house of religious women. Why do their crops succeed when village crops fail, their cattle survive despite the plague? Accusations of witchcraft and heresy run rife, while the Owl Masters rain down hellfire and torment on the women,... More > |
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| Alan Titchmarsh Knave of Spades Read by Peter Wickham When Alan Titchmarsh left school at 15 he found his spiritual home in the ancient greenhouses of the local nursery. He journeyed south to college and then to Kew Gardens where he encountered rare plants collected by Captain Cook. Then fate took a hand when he landed a job on BBC’s Nationwide as their gardening presenter. His childhood dream of inheriting the mantle of gardening god Percy Thrower w... More > |
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| Colleen McCullough Too Many Murders Read by Robert Garret The year is 1967 and chief of detectives Carmine Delmonico walks into Chubb University halls to be greeted by a limp corpse clamped in a bear trap. And this is just the beginning. Twelve murders have taken place in one day. Are they dealing with one killer or many? And if this wasn’t enough, Carmine finds himself pitted against the mysterious spy, Ulysses – who is giving military secrets to the Ru... More > |
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| July 2010 | |
| Iain Gale Alamein Read by Eamonn Riley Some battles change the course of history: Alamein is one of those. In October 1942, Britain and its allies were in real difficulties: Germany and its Axis partners seemed to be triumphant everywhere. It was in North Africa that the stand was made, that the tide of World War II began to turn. Iain Gale tells this dramatic story through seven characters, revealing the flow of battle, the strategies... More > |
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| Andrew Gross Reckless Read by Christian Hoff Ty Hauck has left law enforcement for a job with a big-time private security firm. When a successful Wall Street trader is murdered in his suburban home along with his wife and daughter, it looks like a case of burglary gone wrong. Then another financial executive is found dead in a very suspicious ‘suicide’. As Hauck digs deeper he uncovers a horrifying worldwide financial conspiracy. And the mas... More > |
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| Susan Abulhawa Mornings in Jenin Read by Jilly Bond 1948. The Abulheja family are forcibly removed from their ancestral home in Ein Hod and sent to live in a refugee camp in Jenin. Through Amal, the bright granddaughter of the patriarch, we witness the stories of her brothers: one, stolen then raised by a Jewish family, becomes an Israeli soldier; the other who in sacrificing everything for the Palestinian cause will become his brother’s enemy.... More > |
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| Guy Walters Hunting Evil Read by Daniel Philpott At the end of the Second World War, some of the highest ranking Nazis escaped from justice. Aided by the Vatican, they travelled down secret ‘rat lines’ and were taken in by shady Argentine secret agents. Vengeful Holocaust survivors and inept politicians attempted to bring them to justice and there were daring plots to kidnap or assassinate the fugitives. Guy Walters has travelled the world in pu... More > |
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| Ed O’Loughlin Not Untrue and Not Unkind Read by John Cormack In Dublin, a newspaper editor called Cartwright is found dead. One of his colleagues, Owen Simmons, discovers a dossier where he finds a photograph which brings him back to a dusty road in Africa and to the woman he once loved. A gripping story of friendship, rivalry and betrayal amongst a group of journalists and photographers covering Africa’s wars, this is an astonishingly powerful and accompli... More > |
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| Stephen Booth Lost River Read by Mike Rogers May Bank Holiday in the Peak District tourist hotspot of Dovedale is overshadowed by the tragic drowning of an eight-year-old girl. For DC DC Ben Cooper the incident leads him to become involved in the tangled lives of the Neilds, the dead girl’s family. Meanwhile, DS Diane Fry is drawn into an investigation among the inner city streets of Birmingham. Fry realises there is only one person she can ... More > |
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| Tony Parsons The Men from Boys Read by Jonathan Keeble Life is good for Harry Silver. He has a beautiful wife, three wonderful children and a great job as producer of a cult radio show. But then Harry’s teenage son Pat moves out to live with Harry’s ex-wife, his job is at risk, and his wife is unsettled by the reappearance of her own ex. Into the chaos stroll two old soldiers who fought alongside Harry’s late father in the war. Can they help Harry rec... More > |
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| Rebecca Jenkins The Duke's Agent Read by Stephen Thorne July 1811. Raif Jarrett has returned from war and taken up a new role as agent to the Duke of Penrith. Sent to Woolbridge in Durham, he finds its people caught in a web of crime and corruption. He is beginning to make sense of the town when a young girl is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect. It will take all his deductive skills, charm and wit, plus a visit from the Duke’s son, to help clea... More > |
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