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456 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsHear all the latest book previews, author interviews and audiobook extracts from Hodder & Stoughton.
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SHORT RANGE, by Stephen Leather, read by Paul Thornley - audiobook extract
July 25, 2019 00:00Dan 'Spider' Shepherd's career path - soldier, policeman, MI5 officer - has always put a strain on his family. So he is far from happy to learn that MI5 is using teenagers as informants. Parents are being kept in the dark and Shepherd fears that the children are being exploited. As an undercover specialist, Shepherd is tasked with protecting a 15-year-old schoolboy who is being used to gather evidence against violent drug dealers and a right-wing terrorist group. But when the boy's life is...
SECRETS OF THE HOMEFRONT GIRLS, by Kate Thompson, read by Gina Murray - audiobook extract
July 25, 2019 00:00Britain may be at war, but on the home front keeping up morale and keeping up appearances go hand in hand. For the young women working on the lipstick production line at Yardley's cosmetics factory, it's business as usual. Headstrong Renee Gunn is the queen of the lipstick belt - although her cheeky attitude means she's often in trouble. When Esther, an Austrian refugee, arrives at Yardley's, it's Renee who takes her under her wing and teaches her to be a true cockney. But outside of the fa...
DOPEWORLD, by Niko Vorobyov, read by Alexi Armitage - audiobook extract
July 25, 2019 00:00Welcome to Dopeworld. Ecstasy in London, crack in Los Angeles, LSD in Tokyo, heroin in Sofia, cocaine in Medellin, bounty hunting in Manilla, opium in Tehran. Get ready for your next fix. __________ Dopeworld is a bold and intoxicating journey into the world of drugs. From the cocaine farms in South America to the streets of Manila, we trace the emergence of psychoactive substances and our intimate relationship with them. With unparalleled access to drug lords, cartel leaders, street de...
SOUL FUEL, by Bear Grylls, read by Elliot Fitzpatrick - Audiobook extract
July 25, 2019 00:00Bestselling author Bear Grylls has survived a free-fall parachute accident that left him with a broken back, possibly unable to walk again; falling down a mountain in the Rockies, severing a finger in the Vietnam jungle, a broken shoulder in Antarctica. He passed the gruelling training to join the SAS, crossed the North Atlantic in an open inflatable boat, and held the highest ever open-air formal dinner party, in a balloon at 25,000 feet. But the hardest thing he has ever had to face, he sa...
PRIVATE PARTS, written and read by Eleanor Thom - audiobook extract
July 25, 2019 00:00How to live happily and well with endometriosis, from someone who has tried everything and lived to tell (and laugh at) the tale. What the internet can tell you about endometriosis: Endometriosis is a chronic and incurable condition that affects 1 in 10 women with approximately 1.6 million sufferers in the UK alone, but only 20% of the general public have heard of it. It takes an average of seven and a half years to get a diagnosis in the UK and affects sufferers' capacity to work, their f...
ONE SUMMER, by Roisin Meaney, read by Michele Moran - audiobook extract
July 25, 2019 00:00Nell Mulcahy grew up on the island so when the old stone cottage by the edge of the sea went up for sale, the decision to move back from Dublin was easy. But when Nell decides to rent out her cottage for the summer to help raise money her forthcoming wedding to Tim, she's unprepared for what's about to happen ... As she welcomes holiday-makers to her cottage, Nell must face some truths: about her upcoming wedding to Tim, and her friendship with his brother, James. And, meanwhile, her fa...
THE BONE FIRE, by S D Sykes, read by Ewan Goddard - audiobook extract
July 25, 2019 00:001361. Plague has returned to England - thirteen years after the devastation of The Black Death. As destruction advances towards his estate in Kent, Oswald de Lacy leads his family to the safety of a remote castle in the marshes - where his friend Godfrey is preparing a fortress to survive the coming disaster. The rules are clear: once the de Lacys and other guests are inside the castle the portcullis will be lowered and no-one permitted to enter or leave until the Pestilence has passed. A...
THE END OF TIME, by Gavin Extence, read by Homer Todiwala - audiobook extract
July 25, 2019 00:00An unforgettable new novel from literary sensation Gavin Extence that brings to life the human condition, with insight, tenderness and humour. Beneath the stars, on a stony beach, stand two brothers. They are wearing lifejackets that are too big for them and their most precious belongings are sealed in waterproof bags tucked inside the rucksacks on their backs. Turkey is behind them. Two or three kilometres' swim away is the Greek island of Samos, now only a smudge in the moonlight. ...
BASTARD BRIGADE, by Sam Kean, read by Ben Sullivan - audiobook extract
July 18, 2019 00:00Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely in history have scientific secrets been as vital as they were during World War II. In the midst of planning the Manhattan Project, the U.S. Office of Strategic Services created a secret offshoot - the Alsos Mission - meant to gather intelligence on and sabotage if necessary, scientific research by the Axis powers. What resulted was a plot worthy of the finest thriller, full of spies, sabotage, and murder. At its heart was the 'Lightning A' team,...
CASANOVA, by Andrew Miller, read by John Sackville
July 18, 2019 00:00Giacomo Casanova arrives in England in the summer of 1763 at the age of thirty-eight, seeking a respite from his restless travels and liaisons. But the lure of company proves too hard to resist and the dazzlingly pretty face of young Marie Charpillon even harder. Casanova's pursuit of this elusive bewitcher drives him from exhilaration to despair and to attempt to reinvent himself in the roles of labourer, writer and country squire. Based on a little-known episode in Casanova's life, this is ...
WHITE PRIVILEGE UNMASKED, by Judy Ryde, read by Fenella Fudge - audiobook extract
July 11, 2019 06:00A primer on understanding white privilege, with strategies for breaking down race barriers in professional organizations. All white people understand cultural differences from a platform of relative privilege, affecting their personal and professional interactions. How should they respond when confronted with this knowledge? This introductory book looks at the concept of whiteness, and shows how individuals can 'unmask' their own whiteness and take meaningful steps to break down unconscious ...
GIRL AT MIDNIGHT, by Katarzyna Bonda, read by Kristin Atherton - audiobook extract
July 11, 2019 00:00For seven years, Sasza Zulaska has lived with her little girl in the north of England. Far from her previous job as an undercover cop, far from her dependence on alcohol and the traumatic case that made her flee from the police, her family and her native Poland. But now she is coming back. This time, Sasza is looking for a quieter life. She has studied to become a psychological profiler and she soon picks up a freelance job to check out some threats made against the owner of a nightcl...
JUST F*CKING DO IT, written and read by Noor Hibbert - audiobook extract
July 11, 2019 00:00Stop thinking small. Just put yourself out there, aim for the sky, and JFDI. JUST F**KING DO IT will take you on a mind-altering journey of self discovery and personal transformation using an approach which combines psychological rigour with spiritual power -helping you to become the best version of yourself and create a life of happiness and abundance. True personal development can be achieved only through changing how we think and the way we interact with the world around us. This book wi...
GIRLS LIKE US, by Cristina Alger, read by Kyla Garcia - audiobook extract
July 11, 2019 00:00What happens when your father is the prime suspect in a murder case? 'Full of surprises you truly don't see coming' HARLAN COBEN 'Instantly gripping and compulsively readable' RILEY SAGER ******************************** FBI Agent Nell Flynn is about to work the most personal case of her life. Back home for the first time in a decade, Nell is getting ready to close the family estate after her father's death. But there's one piece of unfinished business. Her father, a homicide detective, ...
GUARDIAN ANGEL, by Sara Paretsky, read by Liza Ross - audiobook extract
July 11, 2019 00:00The seventh novel in the V.I. Warhawski crime series, set in Chicago, from prize-winning author Sara Paretsky. V.I. Warshawski's Chicago neighbourhood is prospering. As it's out with the old and in with the new, long-term residents like elderly Hattie Frizell find themselves viciously under threat . . . But that's not all that's troubling V.I. When the body of her neighbour's friend is found washed up in the Sanitary Canal, her investigations lead her to uncover a world of corporate conspir...
TUNNEL VISION by Sara Paretsky, read by Liza Ross - audiobook extract
July 11, 2019 00:00The eighth V.I. Warshawski thriller from one of America's greatest female crime writers, combining contemporary issues, social injustice and fast-paced suspense. The discovery of a destitute family in her office basement leads V.I. Warshawski to homeless charity Home Free. But the organisation's frosty reception gives V.I. cause for concern, especially when one of its board members is then found murdered, sprawled across her desk . . . Taking on the case, V.I. uncovers a framework of domest...
TRANSGRESSIVE, by Rachel Anne Williams, read by Lisa Rost-Welling - audiobook extract
July 11, 2019 00:00Provocative essays that empower readers, raise awareness and break down misconceptions about trans identities How do I know I am trans? Is trans feminism real feminism? What is there to say about trans women's male privilege? This collection of insightful, pithy and passionately argued think pieces from a trans-feminist perspective explores issues surrounding gender, feminism and philosophy and challenges misconceptions about trans identities. The book confronts contentious debates in gend...
INGENIOUS PAIN, by Andrew Miller, read by John Sackville - audiobook extract
July 11, 2019 00:00The extraordinary prize-winning debut from Andrew Miller. Winner of the IMPAC Award and James Tait Black Memorial Prize. At the dawn of the Enlightenment, James Dyer is born unable to feel pain. A source of wonder and scientific curiosity as a child, he rises through the ranks of Georgian society to become a brilliant surgeon. Yet as a human being he fails, for he can no more feel love and compassion than pain. Until, en route to St Petersburg to inoculate the Empress Catherine against small...
THREE DAYS IN FLORENCE, by Chrissie Manby, read by Karen Cass - audiobook extract
July 11, 2019 00:00Kathy Courage has never visited the famous Italian city of Florence before, so she's thrilled when she and her boyfriend Neil are invited there for a wedding. Unfortunately, with Neil's constant complaining and his teenage children in tow, it's not exactly the romantic break Kathy was hoping for. But when a mix-up with her flights leaves Kathy stranded in the city, she decides to embrace the unexpected and stay on alone. What follows is a life-changing few days in the Tuscan sun, as Kathy b...
THIS IS GOMORRAH, by Tom Chatfield, read by Homer Todiwala - audiobook extract
July 11, 2019 00:00The Dark Web is everywhere - and those who know where to look, and who to ask, can find anything. Drugs, guns, porn, ideologies, lives and deaths are all up for sale . . . and everything must go. Set in the technological underbelly of the 21st century, this conspiracy thriller follows elite hacker Azi Bello on a journey of discovery into the dark marketplace known as Gomorrah, within which the world's worst people trade lives and influence. Taking the reader between London, Berlin, Athens a...
HOW TO PRAY written and read by Pete Greig - audiobook extract
July 04, 2019 07:50Everyone prays. But no one finds it easy. We all need a little help. Pete Greig has been teaching on prayer - and leading a non-stop prayer movement - for twenty years. Now, for the first time, he puts his life's work into a response to the question everybody ultimately asks: how do I pray? This down-to-earth introduction to life's greatest adventure will guide you deeper in your relationship with God, helping you to become more centred and still, clearer in discerning God's voice, more a...
THE POWER OF SMALL, by Aisling and Dr Trish Leonard-Curtin, read by Aisling Leonard-Curtin
July 04, 2019 00:00Feeling overwhelmed? This is the book for you. 'At last! A book that shows you realistically how to transform your life, one small step at a time.' Russ Harris, author of international bestseller The Happiness Trap Rather than waiting for the big life-changing moments, which more often than not don't happen, The Power of Small shows you how to take manageable steps as opportunities to change your life, one decision at a time -- emphasising self-compassion as a means to gently expand your co...
THE A-Z OF THERAPEUTIC PARENTING, written and read by Sarah Naish - audiobook extract
July 04, 2019 00:00The complete guide to therapeutic parenting, with an A-Z of applied advice for 60 common issues Therapeutic parenting is a deeply nurturing parenting style, and is especially effective for children with attachment difficulties, or who experienced childhood trauma. This book provides everything you need to know in order to be able to effectively therapeutically parent. Providing a model of intervention, The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting gives parents or caregivers an easy to follow process to...
ASPERGIRLS, by Rudy Simone, read by Lucie McNeil - audiobook extract
July 04, 2019 00:00The award-winning handbook for girls and women on the autism spectrum, perceptive and wise reflections and advice. Girls with Asperger's Syndrome are less frequently diagnosed than boys, and even once symptoms have been recognised, help is often not readily available. The image of coping well presented by AS females of any age can often mask difficulties, deficits, challenges, and loneliness. This is a must-have handbook written by an Aspergirl for Aspergirls, young and old. Rudy Simone gui...
THE SPARK IN THE MACHINE, by Dr. Daniel Keown, read by Gavin Osborn - audiobook extract
July 04, 2019 00:00Ground-breaking book showing how the theories of western and Chinese medicine support each other. Full of good stories and surprising details. Why can salamanders grow new legs, and young children grow new finger tips, but adult humans can't regenerate? What is the electricity that flows through the human body? Is it the same thing that the Chinese call Qi? If so, what does Chinese medicine know, that western medicine ignores? Dan Keown's highly accessible, witty, and original book shows h...
EMPIRE OF DEMOCRACY by Simon Reid-Henry, read by Elliot Fitzpatrick
June 27, 2019 06:00The first panoramic history of the Western world from the 1970s to the present day: Empire of Democracy is the story for those asking how we got to where we are. Half a century ago, at the height of the Cold War and amidst a world economic crisis, the Western democracies were forced to undergo a profound transformation. Against what some saw as a full-scale 'crisis of democracy' - with race riots, anti-Vietnam marches and a wave of worker discontent sowing crisis from one nation to the next ...
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, by Roisin Meaney, read by Michele Moran - audiobook extract
June 27, 2019 00:00The new novel from No.1 bestselling author Roisin Meaney. Another summer is in full swing on the island of Roone, and preparations are underway for a big birthday party at the local hotel. But beneath the air of celebration, many of the islanders have their own struggles to contend with. Imelda, isolated by her recent heartbreak, has no memory of accepting a month-long Bed & Breakfast booking, but when a stranger turns up on her doorstep looking forward to his stay, she has little choice bu...
HOW TO BE HAPPY ALL THE TIME, written and read by Tim Dowling - audiobook extract
June 27, 2019 00:00We all obsess about worrying less, but worrying can actually be good for you. Similarly we strive to be proactive and fast - but aren't there hidden benefits to procrastinating? The last thing a parent is meant to do is neglect their offspring, but children do amazing things when you just leave them alone. And at work we spend hours frantically brainstorming, but isn't there a benefit to just lazily staring out of the window? EVERYTHING BAD IS GOOD FOR YOU is a new series of short audioboo...
EVVIE DRAKE STARTS AGAIN, by Linda Holmes, read by Julia Whelan and Linda Holmes - audiobook extract
June 27, 2019 00:00You don't always get to start your life over. Sometimes, life starts itself over for you. One morning, Eveleth 'Evvie' Drake got up, packed her suitcase, and got ready to leave her life - and her perfect husband - behind. But before she walked out of the door, she received a phone call asking her to come to the hospital. That day, Evvie's new life as a widow began. Now wrestling with her guilt and grief, Evvie has found her independence, but not the way she planned. Unable to leav...
THE CLAPBACK, by Elijah Lawal, read by Michael Obiora - audiobook extract
June 20, 2019 00:00In order to have an honest and open conversation about race, we need to identify areas where things are not right. The Clapback: How to Call Out Harmful Black Stereotypes examines the evolution of the negative stereotypes towards the black community and arms you with the tools to shut them down once and for all. Taking readers on a journey through history, and providing facts and detailed research, this is an eye-opening and refreshing look at race and language. With a light-hearted, razo...
JOE COUNTRY, by Mick Herron, read by Sean Barrett - audiobook extract
June 20, 2019 00:00'We're spies,' said Lamb. 'All kinds of outlandish shit goes on.' Like the ringing of a dead man's phone, or an unwelcome guest at a funeral . . . In Slough House memories are stirring, all of them bad. Catherine Standish is buying booze again, Louisa Guy is raking over the ashes of lost love, and new recruit Lech Wicinski, whose sins make him outcast even among the slow horses, is determined to discover who destroyed his career, even if he tears his life apart in the process. And with wi...
Sara Cox on why she loves audiobooks: Love Audio Week 2019
June 16, 2019 06:00Author and audiobook narrator Sara Cox tells us why she loves audiobooks in celebration of #LoveAudio Week 2019. TILL THE COWS COME HOME is available now in hardback, eBook and audiobook.
Janet Ellis on why she loves audiobooks: Love Audio Week 2019
June 14, 2019 06:00Author and narrator Janet Ellis tells us why she loves audiobooks in celebration of #LoveAudio Week 2019. HOW IT WAS is out in hardback, eBook and audiobook on 8th August 2019.
Chrissie Manby on why she loves audiobooks: Love Audio Week 2019
June 14, 2019 06:00Author Chrissie Manby tells us why she loves audiobooks in celebration of #LoveAudio Week 2019. THREE DAYS IN FLORENCE is out in eBook and audiobook on 11th July 2019.
Jill Dawson on why she loves audiobooks: Love Audio Week 2019
June 13, 2019 06:00Author Jill Dawson tells us why she loves audiobooks in celebration of #LoveAudio Week 2019. Jill's latest novel THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS is out now in hardback, eBook and audiobook.
S.D. Sykes on why she loves audiobooks: Love Audio Week 2019
June 13, 2019 06:00Author S.D. Sykes tells us why she loves audiobooks in celebration of #LoveAudio Week 2019. Her latest novel THE BONE FIRE, featuring Oswald de Lacy, is out on 25th July 2019 in hardback, eBook and audiobook.
A MONK'S GUIDE TO HAPPINESS, written and read by Gelong Thubten
June 13, 2019 06:00A guide to meditation and mindfulness written by Buddhist monk Gelong Thubten. Modern life is fast-paced and demanding - we're constantly racing from one place to the next, mentally and physically, but how often do we pause and consider whether we're truly happy? A Monk's Guide to Happiness is an insightful and practical guide to meditation, mindfulness and the nature of true, lasting happiness. This book will help you to understand the power of meditation, living in the present, and how th...
THE GREAT SUCCESSOR, by Anna Fifield, read by Olivia Mackenzie-Smith - audiobook extract
June 13, 2019 00:00The behind-the-scenes story of the rise and reign of the world's strangest and most elusive tyrant, Kim Jong Un, by the journalist with the best connections and insights into the bizarrely dangerous world of North Korea. The Great Successor is an irreverent yet insightful quest to understand the life of Kim Jong Un, one of the world's most secretive dictators. Kim's life is swathed in myth and propaganda, from the plainly silly--he supposedly ate so much Swiss cheese that his ankles gave way...
THE DEVIL'S SLAVE, by Tracy Borman, read Esther Wane - audiobook extract
June 13, 2019 00:00Frances Gorges has already survived the accusation of witchcraft. But if her torturers at the court of King James knew of her love for Tom Wintour, one of the executed members of the gunpowder plot, it would mean certain death. Pregnant with Tom's child, hiding under the reluctant protection of her spiteful and ambitious brother, Frances lives in fear - until she is offered the chance to make a respectable - if loveless - marriage and return to court. She will not be expected to sleep wi...
DON'T SAY A WORD, by Rebecca Tinnelly, read by Eilidh Beaton - audiobook extract
June 13, 2019 00:00The next gripping psychological thriller by Rebecca Tinnelly, with a twist that'll shock you to your core. Some family secrets demand to be told . . . Connie lost her words at the age of five, the day she witnessed her mother and father's untimely death. Since then she has been all but mute, only being able to choke out a few select words. Now, years on, Connie's husband is on his deathbed and all she can do is quietly sit by his side. But there are so many dreadful secrets locked up in...
HOMING, by Jon Day, read by Matt Addis - audiobook extract
June 13, 2019 00:00A feral history of home, and our relationship with that most unloved bird. As a boy, Jon Day was fascinated by pigeons, which he used to rescue from the streets of London. Twenty years later he moved away from the city centre to the suburbs to start a family. But in moving house, he began to lose a sense of what it means to feel at home. Returning to his childhood obsession with the birds, he built a coop in his garden and joined a local pigeon racing club. Over the next few years, as he ma...
INSPECTOR CHOPRA AND THE MILLION DOLLAR MOTOR CAR, by Vaseem Khan, read by Madhav Sharma
June 13, 2019 00:00An enchanting Baby Ganesh Agency short story: a million-dollar car is missing. Chopra has two days to find it, or the gangster who bought it will not be happy. The Premier No.1 Garage is the place to go in Mumbai if you want a luxury car. Even Mumbai's biggest gangster shops there - he's just ordered a classic race car worth millions. But now the car is gone. Stolen from a locked room, in the middle of the night. Who stole it? The mechanic who is addicted to gambling? The angry ex-worker...
LAST VICTIM OF THE MONSOON EXPRESS, by Vaseem Khan, read by Madhav Sharma - audiobook extract
June 13, 2019 00:00A new novella in the charming Baby Ganesh Agency series. In a symbolic journey of reconciliation, the Monsoon Express is travelling between hostile neighbours India and Pakistan. The passenger list includes politicians, celebrities, former Mumbai policeman Inspector Chopra and his baby elephant ward Ganesha. Then a senior diplomat is found murdered in his cabin. Accusations fly, tensions rise, and an international incident seems certain. But is the murder political - or personal? Tasked to...
HOUSE BY THE LOCH, by Kirsty Wark, read by Siobhan Redmond - audiobook extract
June 13, 2019 00:00Scotland, 1950s Walter MacMillan is bewitched by the clever, glamorous Jean Thompson and can't believe his luck when she agrees to marry him. Neither can she, for Walter represents a steady and loving man who can perhaps quiet the demons inside her. Yet their home on remote Loch Doon soon becomes a prison for Jean and neither a young family, nor Walter's care, can seem to save her. Many years later, Walter is with his adult children and adored grandchildren on the shores of Loch Doon where t...
MIRACLE CREEK, by Angie Kim, read by Jennifer Lim - audiobook extract
June 13, 2019 00:00In rural Virginia, Young and Pak Yoo run an experimental medical treatment device known as the Miracle Submarine - a pressurised oxygen chamber that patients enter for "dives", used as an alternative therapy for conditions including autism and infertility. But when the Miracle Submarine mysteriously explodes, killing two people, a dramatic murder trial upends the Yoos' small community. Who or what caused the explosion? Was it the mother of one of the patients, who claimed to be sick that day...
THE STARTER WIFE, by Nina Laurin, read by Molly Parker Myers - audiobook extract
June 13, 2019 00:00A gripping new psychological thriller, for fans of The Girl on the Train, The Girl Before and The Wife Between Us. Claire Westcott tries to be the perfect wife to Byron but fears she will never measure up to his ex, Colleen. After all, it's hard to compete with the dead. Colleen went missing eight years ago. Her body was never found but the police ruled it a suicide. So when Claire receives a phone call from a woman she believes is Colleen, it opens up a million terrifying questions. Clair...
SUMMER OF '69, by Elin Hilderbrand, read by Laurel Lefkow - audiobook extract
June 13, 2019 00:00Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century . . . Every year the Levin children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother's historic island home, but this year it's not to be. Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Middle sister Kirby is caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests with her friend Mary Jo Kopechne. And Tiger, the only son, has just been deployed to Vietnam. Thirteen-ye...
HAPPY MONEY, by Ken Honda, read by Louis Ozawa Changchien - audiobook extract
June 13, 2019 00:00Follow the zen path to happiness with money, based on the Japanese bestseller which has sold 1 million copies! Look around you - what do you see? You may discover to your surprise that the people who are most at peace with money are the ones who walk nimbly between having too little and having too much. They have found a balance between indulgence and austerity; between success and happiness; between motivation and inspiration; and between any number of other poles we tend to think of as eit...
Olly Richards on why he loves audiobooks: Love Audio Week 2019
June 12, 2019 06:00Author Olly Richards tells us why he loves audiobooks in celebration of #LoveAudio Week 2019. The Short Stories for Language Beginners series is available now in English, Russian, Spanish, Italian, French and German in paperback, eBook and audiobook.
David Shelley on why he loves audiobooks: Love Audio Week 2019
June 10, 2019 07:00Hachette UK CEO David Shelley tells us why he loves audiobooks in celebration of #LoveAudio Week 2019.