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TROUBLE AT ZERO HOUR by Rob Lofthouse, read by Peter Kenny - audiobook extract
August 21, 2019 17:57Written by a retired British soldier, Trouble at Zero Hour is a breathless and vivid story, dramatising three of the key Allied operations that turned the tide of the Second World War. 6 June, 1944, somewhere over the Normandy coastline: Robbie Stokes sits in a glider, his Bren resting on the floor between his outstretched legs. The nose lowers and the glider descends rapidly: 10 minutes of stomach-churning twists and turns until suddenly the call goes up to 'brace'. The belly makes contact...
THE STOLEN CHILD by Jennie Felton, read by Gordon Griffin - audiobook extract
August 21, 2019 17:49A powerful new saga from Jennie Felton, in the grand tradition of Josephine Cox, Dilly Court, Maggie Hope and Rosie Goodwin, of love, loss, tragedy, drama, secrets and twists and turns. Who will believe this baby is not hers? When Stella Swift is discovered holding a shard of broken glass near her newborn baby boy, fears that she might harm William result in her being taken to Catcombe - the local asylum. Although the regime is not as harsh as it once was, it's not somewhere that Tom wa...
PRAJNA: Ayurvedic Rituals For Happiness written and read by Mira Manek - audiobook extract
August 21, 2019 17:32Beautifully simple age-old rituals for modern-day living that will enhance your wellbeing and give you back your zest for life. Prajña is the Sanskrit word for wisdom. Ayurveda is one of the world's oldest healing systems, rooted in the principle of a mind-body-spirit connection. Ayurveda comes from the Sanskrit words 'ayur' and 'veda', respectively 'life' and 'knowledge', meaning 'knowledge of life'.
A KILLER'S CONFESSION by Karen Edwards, read by Jane McDowell - audiobook extract
August 21, 2019 17:22A mother's story behind one of the most dramatic true crime cases in recent history. "I have lived every parent's worst nightmare. On what would have been my daughter's 29th birthday, Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher knocked on the door and told me my beautiful Becky was dead. She had been found buried in a shallow grave in a remote field in the Gloucestershire countryside. Becky had been brutally murdered." This is Karen's story of an unbreakable love for her daughter despite uni...
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER? by Jodi Taylor, read by Zara Ramm - audiobook extract
August 21, 2019 17:13A Chronicles of St Mary's short story that is sure to entertain. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor. Includes bonus St Mary's escapades Desiccated Water and Markham and the Anal Probing - never before heard in audio - and original introductions read by the author herself 'Max, your father is here. He's come to take Matthew away.' Have you ever wondered what would happen if Max's husband met Max's father? What would Leon do? They're ...
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER? by Jodi Taylor - Author's Note
August 21, 2019 17:08A Chronicles of St Mary's short story that is sure to entertain. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor. Includes bonus St Mary's escapades Desiccated Water and Markham and the Anal Probing - never before heard in audio - and original introductions read by the author herself 'Max, your father is here. He's come to take Matthew away.' Have you ever wondered what would happen if Max's husband met Max's father? What would Leon do? They're ...
PERFECT SOUND WHATEVER, written and read by James Acaster - audiobook extract
August 16, 2019 10:54The brand new memoir from James Acaster: cult comedian, best-selling author of Classic Scrapes, undercover cop, receiver of cabbages. Perfect Sound Whatever is a love letter to the healing power of music, and how one man's obsessive quest saw him defeat the bullshit of one year with the beauty of another. Because that one man is James Acaster, it also includes tales of befouling himself in a Los Angeles steakhouse, stealing a cookie from Clint Eastwood, and giving drunk, unsolicited pep talk...
DO NOT FEED THE BEAR, by Rachel Elliott, read by Elliot Fitzpatrick and Esther Wane - extract
August 08, 2019 00:00On her forty-seventh birthday, Sydney Smith stands on a rooftop and prepares to jump... Sydney is a cartoonist and freerunner. Feet constantly twitching, always teetering on the edge of life, she's never come to terms with the event that ripped her family apart when she was ten years old. And so, on a birthday that she doesn't want to celebrate, she returns alone to St Ives to face up to her guilt and grief. It's a trip that turns out to be life-changing - and not only for herself. DO NOT F...
I NEVER SAID I LOVED YOU, written and read by Rhik Samadder - audiobook extract
August 08, 2019 00:00"I'm in bed with my mother, in a Bangkok sex hotel. It is my 30th birthday, it is time for me to become a man, and I have grave worries about the kind of man I'm going to become." On an unlikely backpacking trip, Rhik and his mother find themselves speaking openly for the first time in years. Afterwards, the depression that has weighed down on Rhik begins to loosen its grip for a moment - so he seizes the opportunity: to own it, to understand it, and to find out where it came from. Through...
HOLLOW KINGDOM, by Kira Jane Buxton, read by Robert Petkoff - audiobook
August 06, 2019 00:00A humorous, big-hearted and boundlessly beautiful romp through the apocalypse and the world that comes after, where even a cowardly crow can become a hero. Perfect for fans of Isaac Marion's Warm Bodies. S.T. is a domesticated crow. He is a bird of simple pleasures: hanging out with his owner Big Jim, trading insults with Seattle's wild crows (those idiots) and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer: Cheetos. But when Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head, S.T. starts to feel lik...
THE LOST OUTLAW, by Paul Fraser Collard, read by Dudley Hinton - audiobook extract
July 25, 2019 00:00In the midst of civil war, America stands divided. Jack Lark has faced both armies first hand, but will no longer fight for a cause that isn't his. 1863, Louisiana. Jack may have left the battlefield behind, but his gun is never far from reach, especially on the long and lonely road to nowhere. Soon, his skill lands him a job, and a new purpose. Navy Colt in hand, Jack embarks on the dangerous task of escorting a valuable wagon train of cotton down through Texas to Mexico. Working for anot...
FOUND, by Erin Kinsley, read by Lucy Paterson - audiobook extract
July 25, 2019 00:00When 11 year old Evan vanishes without trace, his parents are plunged into their worst nightmare. Especially as the police, under massive pressure, have no answers. But months later Evan is unexpectedly found, frightened and refusing to speak. His loving family realise life will never be the same again. DI Naylor knows that unless those who took Evan are caught, other children are in danger. And with Evan silent, she must race against time to find those responsible...
NOTHING TO HIDE, by James Oswald, read by Rose Akroyd - audiobook extract
July 25, 2019 00:00The new book in the brilliant Constance Fairchild series, from one of Scotland's foremost crime writers. Suspended from duty after her last case ended in the high-profile arrest of one of Britain's wealthiest men, DC Constance Fairchild is trying to stay away from the limelight. Fate has other ideas . . . Coming home to her London flat, Constance stumbles across a young man, bloodied, mutilated and barely alive. She calls it in and is quickly thrown into the middle of a nationwide investig...
MARSHMALLOWS FOR BREAKFAST, by Dorothy Koomson, read by Adjoa Andoh - audiobook extract
July 11, 2019 00:00Kendra Tamale has found two reasons to face up to her past When Kendra Tamale returns to England from Australia she rents a room from Kyle, a separated father of two, and begins a new job. She's looking forward to a fresh start and a simple life. Kyle's six-year-old twins, Summer and Jaxon, have other ideas and quickly adopt Kendra as their new mother - mainly because she lets them eat marshmallows for breakfast. Kendra eventually becomes a part of their lives, even though she's hiding a pa...
THE WOMAN HE LOVED BEFORE by Dorothy Koomson, read by Adjoa Andoh - audiobook extract
July 11, 2019 00:00Libby has a good life with a gorgeous husband and a home by the sea. But over time she is becoming more unsure if Jack has ever loved her - and if he is over the death of Eve, his first wife. When fate intervenes in their relationship, Libby decides to find out all she can about the man she hastily married and the seemingly perfect Eve. But in doing so she unearths some devastating secrets. Frightened by what she finds and the damage it could cause, Libby starts to worry that she too will en...
THE MURDERER'S APPRENTICE, Ann Granger, read by Julia Barrie - audiobook extract
July 11, 2019 00:00Dense fog masks foul play in the streets of London, as Ann Granger brings us her seventh Victorian mystery featuring Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross and his wife Lizzie. It is March 1870. London is in the grip of fog and ice. But Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross has more than the weather to worry about when the body of a young woman is found in a dustbin at the back of a Piccadilly restaurant. Ben must establish who the victim is before he can find out how and why she came to be ther...
DEATH'S DARK VALLEY, by Paul Doherty, read by Richard Burnip - audiobook extract
July 11, 2019 00:00It is four years since the death of King Edward I, but his reign of terror has cast long shadows over the kingdom. At Holyrood Abbey, sheltered in the depths of the Welsh march, the old king's former bodyguards protect his secret relics and watch over a mysterious prisoner who is kept in the abbey's dungeon. But their peaceful existence is shattered when Abbot Henry is poisoned. Summoned to Holyrood, Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, finds the fortress in chaos. Brothers An...
MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL, by Dorothy Koomson, read by Adjoa Andoh - audiobook extract
July 11, 2019 00:00Kamryn Matika has no responsibilities - one birthday card will change that forever... Best friends Kamryn Matika and Adele Brannon though nothing could come between them - until Adele di the unthinkable and slept with Kamryn's fiancé Nate. Worse still, she got pregnant and had his child. When Kamryn discovered the truth about their betrayal she vowed never to see any of them again. Years later, Kamryn receives a letter from Adele asking her to visit her in hospital. Adele is dying and begs K...
THE BABY SLEEP SOLUTION, by Lucy Wolfe, read by Naomi Frederick - audiobook extract
July 09, 2019 00:00Get your baby sleeping through the night, with the help of a leading baby and child sleep expert. Lucy Wolfe, a baby and child sleep expert, introduces the stay-and-support method for parents who want to help their babies sleep through the night. With sleep-shaping supports for newborns, top tips for toddlers, and advice for older children up to the age of six, Lucy's approach provides a gentle and emotionally considerate way to get your little one to sleep - without leaving them alone to c...
MY LEMON GROVE SUMMER, by Jo Thomas, read by Rachel Atkins - audiobook extract
July 03, 2019 07:25Could the lemon groves of Sicily be the perfect place to start over? The irresistible new novel from Jo Thomas, the author of Sunset Over the Cherry Orchard, will transport you to the island of mountains and sparkling blue seas. 'Rich, warm and sunny. A story that stays with you long after the last page is turned' Milly Johnson. When life hands you lemons ... make Limoncello! Zelda's life isn't exactly what she expected it to be in her 30's. Single, without a home of her own, and at anoth...
MY LEMON GROVE SUMMER, by Jo Thomas, read by Rachel Atkins - audiobook extract
July 03, 2019 07:25Could the lemon groves of Sicily be the perfect place to start over? The irresistible new novel from Jo Thomas, the author of Sunset Over the Cherry Orchard, will transport you to the island of mountains and sparkling blue seas. 'Rich, warm and sunny. A story that stays with you long after the last page is turned' Milly Johnson. When life hands you lemons ... make Limoncello! Zelda's life isn't exactly what she expected it to be in her 30's. Single, without a home of her own, and at anoth...
The Moment We Meet by Sheila O'Flanagan, read by Grainne Gillis
June 11, 2019 09:23A wonderful collection of short stories from Sheila O'Flanagan, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE MISSING WIFE and THE HIDEAWAY. The Moment We Meet was previously published as Destinations. Featuring an exclusive Q&A with Sheila O'Flanagan... Perfect for readers of Catherine Alliott and Marian Keyes. A young PR girl has the night of her life at a glitzy work event and finds more than just her face splashed across the newspapers the next day. Two women listen in on each other's pho...
TELL ME YOUR SECRET by Dorothy Koomson, read by Adjoa Andoh and Jennifer Saayeng
June 06, 2019 17:18The new emotional thriller from the Sunday Times best-selling author of The Ice Cream Girls, My Best Friend's Girl and The Brighton Mermaid. Dorothy Koomson, 'Queen of the big reveal', is back with a gripping audiobook full of twists and turns. Pieta has a secret. Ten years ago, Pieta was kidnapped by a man calling himself The Blindfolder who said he wouldn't kill her if she kept her eyes closed for 48 hours. She never told anyone what happened to her, vowing to move on with her life. But w...
THE JULY GIRLS by Phoebe Locke, read by Abigail Hardiman
June 06, 2019 17:15Each year, on the same night in July, a woman is taken from the streets of London. Gone without a trace; snatched by a killer who moves through the city like a ghost. Lex's wife is missing. She left for work on the morning of the July 7th bombings, and no one's seen her since. But was Olivia really among the attack victims? Or did she meet a different fate, like three other women on July nights before? Addie has a secret. On the night of the bombings, her dad came home covered in blood. At ...
SOMEONE IS LYING by Jenny Blackhurst, read by Lucy Price-Lewis
June 06, 2019 17:12The chilling new psychological thriller from Jenny Blackhurst, the number one best-selling author of How I Lost You. Full of unexpected twists, this is perfect for fans of Friend Request, Close to Home and The Guilty Wife. It's been a year since Erica Spencer died in a tragic accident at a party, and the community where she lived has moved on with their lives. Everybody has secrets. But someone thinks it wasn't an accident. Someone thinks it was murder. Some are worth killing for. And whe...
SOMEONE IS LYING by Jenny Blackhurst, read by Lucy Price-Lewis
June 06, 2019 17:12The chilling new psychological thriller from Jenny Blackhurst, the number one best-selling author of How I Lost You. Full of unexpected twists, this is perfect for fans of Friend Request, Close to Home and The Guilty Wife. It's been a year since Erica Spencer died in a tragic accident at a party, and the community where she lived has moved on with their lives. Everybody has secrets. But someone thinks it wasn't an accident. Someone thinks it was murder. Some are worth killing for. And whe...
THE UNQUIET HEART by Kaite Welsh, read by Carolyn Bonnyman
June 06, 2019 17:12Kaite Welsh's thrilling medical mystery The Unquiet Heart is the second in the gothic Sarah Gilchrist series, following a medical student turned detective in Victorian Edinburgh. For readers of Natasha Pulley's The Watchmaker of Filigree Street or Laura Purcell's The Silent Companions. This powerful novel combines a disturbing look at late Victorian attitudes towards women and morality with a satisfying murder mystery - Sunday Express Sarah Gilchrist has no intention of marrying her dull fi...
AMITY AND PROSPERITY, by Eliza Griswold, read by Tavia Gilbert - audiobook extract
June 04, 2019 00:00Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Seven years in the making, Amity and Prosperity tells the story of the energy boom's impact on a small town at the edge of Appalachia and of one woman's transformation from a struggling single parent to an unlikely activist. Stacey Haney is a local nurse working hard to raise two kids and keep up her small farm when the fracking boom comes to her hometown of Amity, Pennsylvania. Intrigued by reports of lucrative natural gas leases in ...
LOVE, UNSCRIPTED, by Owen Nicholls, read Sam Alexander
June 01, 2019 00:00For film projectionist Nick, love should mirror what he sees on the big screen. And when he falls for Ellie on the eve of the 2008 presidential election, it finally does. For four blissful years, Nick loved Ellie as much as he loved his job splicing film reels together in the local cinema. Life seemed... picture-perfect. But now it's 2012, Ellie has moved out and Nick's trying to figure out where it all went wrong. With Ellie gone and his life far from the happy ending he imagined, Nick wo...
HER LAST PROMISE, by Katheryn Hughes, read by Rachel Atkins
May 31, 2019 00:00A mysterious letter from Spain. A surprising new beginning... Fall in love this summer with Her Last Promise, a gripping, heartwrenching story of how hope can blossom in the ruins of tragedy and of the redeeming power of love. From No. 1 bestselling author Kathryn Hughes. What real readers are saying about Her Last Promise... 'Hope rises from despair and new beginnings are forged in the most extraordinary and unexpected way. Kathryn Hughes delves deeply into the heart and soul of her chara...
THE LETTER, Booktrack edition - by Kathryn Hughes, read by Rachel Atkins
May 30, 2019 00:00The Letter: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! Every so often a love story comes along to remind us that sometimes, in our darkest hour, hope shines a candle to light our way. Discover the Number One bestseller that has captured thousands of hearts worldwide... Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband. She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him, also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unh...
Good at Games Booktrack
May 25, 2019 00:00Good at Games: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! Jill Mansell's hugely entertaining bestseller GOOD AT GAMES is perfect for you if you love reading Cathy Kelly, Milly Johnson and Lucy Diamond. Reviewers love Jill Mansell: 'A lovely uplifting read' Good Housekeeping Suzy fell for Harry the moment she showed him her husband's sperm sample. It didn't really belong to her husband, though, because she wasn't married. It wasn't a sperm ...
THIS COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING, Booktrack edition - by Jill Mansell, read by Imogen Church
May 25, 2019 00:00This Could Change Everything: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! The heart-warming and romantic SUNDAY TIMES bestseller: perfect for autumn One little mistake and nothing will ever be the same again! On the one hand, if Essie hadn't written that letter - the one that only her best friend was meant to see - then she'd still be living like an actual proper grown-up, tucked up with Paul in his picture-perfect cottage, maybe even plan...
THIRTY, written and read by Christina Bradley
May 15, 2019 08:38Fresh, funny and witty, Thirty shines an honest, often awkward, often hilarious, but ultimately wonderful fresh light on what it truly means to be single, when everyone else (according to their social media accounts) seemingly has it all. Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Holly Bourne, Lucy Vine and Hannah Doyle. Thirty days till she turns 30...Just 30 dates to find The One... Bella Edwards is a hot mess. Days away from turning 30, single, struggling to reconcile where she is with where ...
A Knife To the Heart, by Barbara Nadel, read by Sean Barrett
May 14, 2019 00:00A derelict villa near Istanbul holds dark spirits, secrets and murder... Retired inspector Çetin Ikmen must confront his demons to reveal the shocking truth behind a young girl's death... When historian Suzan Tan is asked to examine the contents of a derelict villa on the Bosphorus, she is intrigued to discover a Ouija board among the artefacts. Forty years ago, a young girl was found with a knife in her heart in this villa. It is said that before her death this very Ouija board spelled ou...
HER HUSBAND'S MISTAKE by Sheila O'Flanagan, read by Aoife McMahon
May 10, 2019 16:14Should a woman be ready to forgive and forget to save her marriage? Roxy's not so sure.... The riveting new novel from number one best-selling author Sheila O'Flanagan. Perfect for fans of Marian Keyes and Kerry Fisher. When Roxy comes home unexpectedly one day to give her husband, Dave, a lovely surprise, it's Roxy who gets shock of her life. And all she wants to do is run away. Roxy knows she has to face up to what's happened and decide: forgive and forget, or bring an end to a decade-...
NEVER BE BROKEN: DI MARNIE ROME 6 by Sarah Hilary, read by Imogen Church
May 10, 2019 16:12Compulsive, gripping and dark, Never Be Broken is the stunning new novel in the Marnie Rome series, for fans of Peter James, Mark Billingham and Val McDermid. Children are dying on London's streets. Frankie Reece, stabbed through the heart outside a corner shop. Others recruited from care homes, picked up and exploited, passed like gifts between gangs. They are London's lost. Then Raphaela Belsham is killed. She's 13 years old, her father is a man of influence, from a smart part of town. A...
THE POISON SONG: The Winnowing Flame Trilogy, Book 3 by Jen Williams, read by Jot Davies
May 10, 2019 16:09From British Fantasy Award-winning author Jen Williams comes the electrifying conclusion to the Winnowing Flame trilogy. Exhilarating epic fantasy for fans of Robin Hobb. All is chaos. All is confusion. The Jure'lia are weak, but the war is far from over. Ebora was once a glorious city, defended by legendary warriors and celebrated in song. Now refugees from every corner of Sarn seek shelter within its crumbling walls, and the enemy that has poisoned their land won't lie dormant for long....
THE TUPPENNY CHILD by Glenda Young, read by Janine Birkett
May 10, 2019 16:06From the author of Belle of the Back Streets, a dramatically powerful saga of secrets, friendship, motherhood, love and betrayal, perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin. 'She's not worth more than tuppence, that child!' Those are the words that haunt Sadie Linthorpe. She is the talk of Ryhope when she arrives there, aged 17, alone, seeking work and a home in the pit village. But Sadie is keeping a secret - that she is searching for her baby girl who was taken from her at birth...
THE LIFE by Martina Cole, read by Annie Aldington
May 10, 2019 13:55The most authentic novel of gangster family life ever written, from the No. 1 bestselling author. The Bailey brothers are gangsters determined to make their mark in the world. Peter and Daniel are chalk and cheese in many ways - Peter's calm exterior belies his ruthless nature, while Daniel's penchant for spectacular violence is legendary - but together they are unstoppable. From the late seventies they rule London's East End and, when their sons join the business, it seems that no one can t...
Just My Type, by Hannah Doyle, read by Madeleine Leslay
April 18, 2019 06:00Meet Jasmine. - The quirky/cool photographer to a superstar blogger - She's going on a date with a SUPER hot guy on the London Eye tonight - Best friend Mila is her wifey for life - This millennial is #LivingHerBestLife But fast-forward a few hours, and the reality isn't quite so picture perfect. Jasmine hates her stuck-up blogger boss. She can barely afford rent in her stupid London flat. Her best friend seems to have all her sh*t together. Oh, and that date she was so excited about? Sh...
H for History Rooftop Bookclub with H.B. Lyle, Simon Scarrow, SD Sykes & Robyn Young
April 16, 2019 08:43From the H for History Rooftop Bookclub at Carmelite House, H.B. Lyle hosts the 'How Real is Your History?' panel.
FALTER, by Bill McKibben, read by Bill McKibben & Oliver Wyman - audiobook extract
April 16, 2019 06:00'This is Bill McKibben at his glorious best. Wise and warning, with everything on the line. Do not miss it' Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine Thirty years ago, Bill McKibben wrote The End of Nature, the first book that alerted us to the dangers of climate change. Falter is a new call to arms, to save not only our planet but our very souls as well. Over tens of thousands of years, through the harnessing of nature, the development of civilization, and the a...
HEY! LISTEN! written and read by Steve McNeil
April 12, 2019 15:58A hilarious history of the golden period of computer games, from Pong to Playstation, from the creator of Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit. It is fair to say Steve McNeil likes video games. When he took his Nintendo Wii on honeymoon (obviously), he played it so much he damaged an eye and had to wear an eye patch. The locals nicknamed him 'the pale pirate'. Steve's obsession with video games can be traced back to the golden period from the late '70s to the mid '90s. In this book he delves into thes...
THE DEEP by Alex Rogers, read by James Price
April 12, 2019 15:57There's so much we don't know about what lies deep beneath the ocean's surface - and the time to find out is growing increasingly precious.... Professor Alex Rogers is one of the world's leading experts in marine biology and oceanology and has spent his life studying the deep ocean - and in particular the impact of human activity on the ecosystems of the oceans. In this timely, galvanising and fascinating book, Professor Rogers offers a fundamentally optimistic view of humanity's relation...
Man vs. Todder, written and read by Matt Coyne - audiobook extract
April 12, 2019 11:22In the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Sunday Times bestseller Dummy comes Man vs. Toddler - the story of what happens when your little one is transformed from an innocent bundle of joy into a creature that walks, talks... and craps in a plastic bucket in the middle of your living room. Man vs Toddler exposes the lie that, that when it comes to parenting 'it gets easier'. But it is just as honest, foul-mouthed and heart-warming as Matt's first book, and will have you laughing and cryin...
The Hidden Wife, by Amanda Reynolds, read by Janine Cooper-Marshall - audiobook extract
March 31, 2019 00:00WHAT HAPPENED TO JULIA BLAKE? She was young and beautiful, married to a famous author. They were celebrating their anniversary at their stunning country estate. So why did Julia Blake walk out of her perfect life, apparently leaving no trace? Seren, a junior reporter for the local paper, can't believe her luck when she lands an exclusive with Julia's husband, Max. But as Seren spends more time at the couple's remote mansion, probing ever deeper into the case, dark questions await. What wa...
THE ROSE PETAL BEACH, by Dorothy Koomson, read by Adjoa Andoh
March 28, 2019 07:00Tamia Challey is horrified when her husband, Scott, is accused of something terrible - but when she discovers who his accuser is, everything goes into free fall. Backed into a corner and unsure what to think, Tamia is forced to choose who she instinctively believes. But this choice has dire consequences for all concerned, especially when matters take a tragic turn. Then a stranger arrives in town to sprinkle rose petals in the sea in memory of her lost loved one. This stranger carries with h...
THE FLAVOURS OF LOVE, by Dorothy Koomson, read by Adjoa Andoh
March 28, 2019 00:00'I'm looking for that perfect blend of flavours; the taste that used to be you.' It's been 18 months since my husband was murdered and I've decided to finish writing The Flavours of Love, the cookbook he started before he died. Everyone thinks I'm coping so well without him - they have no idea what I've been hiding or what I did back them to protect my family. But now that my 14-year-old daughter has confessed a devastating secret, and my husband's killer, who was never caught, has started t...
The Hidden Wife, by Amanda Reynolds, read by Janine Cooper-Marshall - Chapter One
March 25, 2019 17:51WHAT HAPPENED TO JULIA BLAKE? She was young and beautiful, married to a famous author. They were celebrating their anniversary at their stunning country estate. So why did Julia Blake walk out of her perfect life, apparently leaving no trace? Seren, a junior reporter for the local paper, can't believe her luck when she lands an exclusive with Julia's husband, Max. But as Seren spends more time at the couple's remote mansion, probing ever deeper into the case, dark questions await. What was...