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Mr Phillips
- By: John Lanchester
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance7
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Story7
Mr Phillips wakes on the morning of July 31st in his modest, nearly mortgage-free home, in the bed he has contentedly shared with his wife of 30 years - though to be honest, at night he lies beside her and dreams of other women. He's ready to face another ordinary day. Except that for Mr Phillips, it is not an ordinary day, for on July 28th, he was summarily sacked. Nonetheless, he rises at his usual hour and prepares himself as he has done his entire working life for the office he no longer has.
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Whimsical, poignant and risqué!!
- By susan on 12-05-19
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Mr Phillips
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 22-01-08
- Language: English
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Dinner at the Night Library
- The perfect next comfort read for lovers of Japanese fiction
- By: Hika Harada, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Story5
For fans of What You Are Looking For is in the Library and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Translated by Philip Gabriel, the translator of IQ84 and The Travelling Cat Chronicles The Night Library is no ordinary library. Within it are found the rarest and most unusual collections – the books of...
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Dinner at the Night Library
- The perfect next comfort read for lovers of Japanese fiction
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 18-09-25
- Language: English
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Influenced
- The explosive and conversation-starting book club read from the bestselling author!
- By: Anna Whitehouse
- Narrated by: Anna Whitehouse
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
'Darkly voyeuristic but with heart - as funny as it is painful and true. We loved it' GRAZIA on Underbelly 'So sharp, so tender... truly excellent storytelling' DAISY BUCHANAN on Underbelly INFLUENCED [v.] To affect or change how someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks. Alexandra is...
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Influenced
- The explosive and conversation-starting book club read from the bestselling author!
- Narrated by: Anna Whitehouse
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 28-08-25
- Language: English
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The Business
- By: Iain Banks
- Narrated by: Harriet Kershaw
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall97
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Performance94
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Story93
Kate Telman is a senior executive officer in The Business, a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organisation whose origins predate the Christian Church. Financially transparent, internally democratic it wants to buy its own state in order to acquire a seat at the United Nations. Kate's job is to keep abreast of current technological developments and her global reach encompasses Silicon Valley to the remote Himalayas.
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Yet another good read
- By Simon on 23-06-15
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The Business
- Narrated by: Harriet Kershaw
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 23-01-14
- Language: English
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Whitethorn Woods
- By: Maeve Binchy
- Narrated by: Stephen Armstrong, Caroline Lennon
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall68
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Performance54
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Story53
The town of Rossmore is a special place, full of character and charm. Nestled beside the Whitethorn Woods, the town has grown since the days when it was small and friendly and everyone knew everyone else. But it still has the woods, with the well dedicated to St Ann, where generations have come to pray or make wishes or just to look back at the pretty little town. Which is why there is going to be such a fuss about the plans for the new road cutting through Whitethorn Woods.
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Lightweight story - easy listening
- By Karen on 23-12-12
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Whitethorn Woods
- Narrated by: Stephen Armstrong, Caroline Lennon
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 08-11-12
- Language: English
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Eleven Minutes
- By: Paulo Coelho, Margaret Jull Costa - translator
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Emilia Fox
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Abridged
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Overall144
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Performance121
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Story121
The bestselling novel from international literary phenomenon Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist. ‘Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer…’ So says Maria, a young Brazilian girl convinced from an early age that she will never find true love. A chance meeting in Rio takes her...
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Good book. Bad choice on the reader.
- By Lisiane on 16-02-11
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Eleven Minutes
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Emilia Fox
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 15-01-09
- Language: English
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All in the Mind
- By: Alastair Campbell
- Narrated by: Clive Mantle
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall46
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Performance42
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Story41
Martin Sturrock desperately needs a psychiatrist. The problem? He is one.Emily is a traumatised burns victim, Arta a Kosovan refugee recovering from a rape. David Temple is a long-term depressive, while the Rt Hon Ralph Hall MP lives in terror of his drink problem being exposed. Very different Londoners, but they share one thing: every week they spend an hour at the Prince Regent hospital, revealing the secrets of their psyche to Professor Martin Sturrock.
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Totally absorbing
- By FREDA on 12-12-13
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All in the Mind
- Narrated by: Clive Mantle
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 07-02-11
- Language: English
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The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
- By: Dawnie Walton
- Narrated by: Priya Ayyar, Matthew Lloyd Davies, David Sadzin, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall76
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Performance68
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Story68
A queen of punk before her time. A duo on the brink of stardom. A night that will define their story for ever. Opal is a fiercely independent young woman pushing against the grain in her style and attitude, a Black punk artist before her time. Despite her unconventional looks, Opal believes she can be a star. So when the aspiring British singer/songwriter Neville Charles discovers her one night, she takes him up on his offer to make rock music together.
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So good
- By Amazon Customer on 15-04-25
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The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
- Narrated by: Priya Ayyar, Matthew Lloyd Davies, David Sadzin, Dennis Boutsikaris, Fiona Hardingham, Gabra Zackman, George Newbern, Inés del Castillo, Jackie Sanders, James Langton, Janina Edwards, Leon Nixon, Pete Simonelli
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 06-04-21
- Language: English
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Shadows on the Nile
- By: Kate Furnivall
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27
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Performance25
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Story26
It's 1932 and 27-year-old Jessica is living London life to the full when her younger brother, Tim, an ancient Egyptian archaeology expert, goes missing. Teaming up with Sir Montague Chamford - who can resist neither a damsel in distress nor the chance of adventure - Jessie vows to find her beloved brother. Following the clues Tim has left in his wake, Jessie and Monty head to Egypt. In the relentless heat of the desert, romance is kindled between them, but danger also lurks in every shadow. And then Jessie starts to wonder how much Monty really knows about her brother's disappearance....
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Charming, exciting and beautifully read
- By Flick W. on 22-02-21
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Shadows on the Nile
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 20-06-13
- Language: English
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The Lola Quartet
- By: Emily St. John Mandel
- Narrated by: Sarah Scott
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall56
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Performance48
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Story48
From the bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility—Gavin Sasaki was a promising young journalist in New York City until the day he was fired for plagiarism. The last thing he wants is to sell foreclosed real estate for his sister Eilo’s company in their Florida hometown...
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Dark, creepy, atmospheric
- By Blind Boy on 06-02-18
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The Lola Quartet
- Narrated by: Sarah Scott
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 04-04-17
- Language: English
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Zwischen Welten
- By: Juli Zeh, Simon Urban
- Narrated by: Max Urlacher, Julia Nachtmann, Rosario Bona
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance11
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Story11
Zwanzig Jahre sind vergangen: Als sich Stefan und Theresa zufällig in Hamburg über den Weg laufen, endet ihr erstes Wiedersehen in einem Desaster. Zu Studienzeiten waren sie wie eine Familie füreinander, heute sind kaum noch Gemeinsamkeiten übrig. Stefan hat Karriere bei Deutschlands größter Wochenzeitung BOTE gemacht, Theresa den Bauernhof ihres Vaters in Brandenburg übernommen. Aus den unterschiedlichen Lebensentwürfen sind gegensätzliche Haltungen geworden. Stefan versucht bei seiner Zeitung, durch engagierte journalistische Projekte den Klimawandel zu bekämpfen.
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Hoch relevant für unsere Zeit
- By Amazon Kunde on 28-06-23
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Zwischen Welten
- Narrated by: Max Urlacher, Julia Nachtmann, Rosario Bona
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 24-01-23
- Language: German
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Lullaby
- By: Leïla Slimani, Sam Taylor
- Narrated by: Finty Williams
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall315
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Performance279
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Story281
When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect caretaker for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite and devoted woman who sings to their children, cleans the family's chic apartment in Paris' upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late without complaint and is able to host enviable birthday parties.
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So many inaccuracies
- By Maggie Kiely on 27-07-18
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Lullaby
- Narrated by: Finty Williams
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 26-07-18
- Language: English
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The Other Woman
- By: Amanda Brookfield
- Narrated by: Emma Powell, Phyllida Nash
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance36
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Story36
On a normal day, in a normal house, on a normal street, wife and mother Fran has had enough. She packs a case, leaves a note for her bullying husband, Pete, and one for her beloved 21-year-old son, Harry, and heads to the airport - and freedom. In another house, on another street, Helena is desperately baiting her husband, Jack, into a fight. These days it feels like the only way to get Jack to take notice of her. Passionate, volatile, increasingly fragile, Helena is fast running out of hope.
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A wonderful book
- By Ellen Lingwood on 15-04-23
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The Other Woman
- Narrated by: Emma Powell, Phyllida Nash
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 13-10-20
- Language: English
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The Buddha, Geoff and Me
- By: Edward Canfor-Dumas
- Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall101
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Performance90
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Story90
Ed is having a hard time - at work, in his love life and, well, generally. Then he meets an unlikely Buddhist - who drinks and smokes and talks his kind of language. Bit by bit, things begin to change...Ed doesn't always take Geoff's advice. Or, when he does he lapses at the crucial moment. His path to understanding is not a straight one, especially as life keeps throwing more and more 'stuff' at him.
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excellent
- By Gary Bennett on 20-01-13
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The Buddha, Geoff and Me
- Narrated by: Nicholas Bell
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 30-06-10
- Language: English
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Tales of the City
- By: Armistead Maupin
- Narrated by: Frances McDormand
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall237
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Performance213
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Story213
Introduction written and read by Rachel Maddow Narrated by Frances McDormand The first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s bestselling San Francisco saga, and inspiration for the Netflix original series, Tales of the City “A consummate entertainer who has...
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Return to this old favourite
- By Jockette61 on 31-07-15
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Tales of the City
- Narrated by: Frances McDormand
- Series: Tales of the City, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 26-03-13
- Language: English
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And Then it Happened
- By: Linda Green
- Narrated by: Suzie Aitcheson
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall294
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Performance258
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Story258
Mel Taylor was thirteen years old when she found her Mr Right. Twenty years on they remain blissfully in love. She has the man she adores, a gorgeous daughter, a great job and a dream home. But Mel's seemingly perfect life is spoilt by a dark secret and a niggling fear that her good fortune can't last for ever. Despite her husband Adam telling her to live for the present and stop worrying about the future, Mel can't shake the feeling that someone is about to call time on their happiness. And then it happens.
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And then it happened
- By Judy on 07-04-12
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And Then it Happened
- Narrated by: Suzie Aitcheson
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 20-03-12
- Language: English
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The Cutting Season
- By: Attica Locke
- Narrated by: Lachele Carl
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance7
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Story7
Just after dawn Caren walks the grounds of Belle Vie, the historic plantation house in Louisiana that she has managed for the past four years. Today she sees nothing unusual, apart from some ground that has been dug by the fence bordering the sugar cane fields. Assuming an animal has been out after dark, she asks the gardener to tidy it up. Not long after, he calls her to say it's something else. Something terrible. A young woman lying face down in a shallow grave, her throat cut clean.
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Not the best buy...
- By Amazon Customer on 03-11-12
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The Cutting Season
- Narrated by: Lachele Carl
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 04-10-12
- Language: English
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Remember Me?
- By: Sophie Kinsella
- Narrated by: Sally Phillips
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
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Overall297
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Performance233
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Story231
Brought to you by Penguin. The hilarious romantic comedy from NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR Sophie Kinsella Lexi wakes up in a hospital bed after a car accident, thinking she's twenty-five with crooked teeth and a disastrous love life. But, to her disbelief, she learns it's actually three years...
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Loads of the book is missing!!
- By Tracey on 24-05-21
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Remember Me?
- Narrated by: Sally Phillips
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 07-01-08
- Language: English
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The Secrets Between Us
- The gripping and unforgettable historical fiction book from the top 10 bestseller
- By: Louise Douglas
- Narrated by: Jenny Funnell
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall77
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Performance66
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Story66
A Richard and Judy recommendation for the 2012 Summer Book Club, this is a brilliant Gothic novel in the vein of Daphne du Maurier. A chance encounter: When Sarah meets dark, brooding Alex, she grasps his offer of a new life miles away from her own. They've both recently escaped broken...
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Gripping story
- By Cathryn Norris on 24-08-21
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The Secrets Between Us
- The gripping and unforgettable historical fiction book from the top 10 bestseller
- Narrated by: Jenny Funnell
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 17-11-11
- Language: English
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Poppet
- By: Mo Hayder
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall240
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Performance212
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Story213
The Maude is outside. It wants to come in. It wants to sit on your chest. The mentally ill patients in Amberly Secure Unit are highly suggestible. A hallucination can spread like a virus. When unexplained power cuts lead to a series of horrifying incidents, fear spreads from the inmates to the staff. Amidst the growing hysteria, AJ, a senior psychiatric nurse, is desperate to protect his charges.
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Gripping and terrifying
- By Saffy on 12-01-14
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Poppet
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Series: Jack Caffery, Book 6
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 28-03-13
- Language: English
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