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Code
- By: Kathy Reichs
- Narrated by: Cristin Milioti
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall85
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Performance78
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Story77
Tory Brennan - great niece of Dr Temperance Brennan - and the Virals return for their most terrifying adventure yet. Life appears peaceful on Loggerhead Island – rescued from financial disaster, the research institute is flourishing once more. But the tranquillity is quickly shattered when Tory Brennan and her technophile gang discover a mysterious box buried in the ground.
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Code.
- By Fran Sandling on 30-09-16
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Code
- Narrated by: Cristin Milioti
- Series: Virals, Book 3
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 14-02-13
- Language: English
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Horse Play
- By: Jo Carnegie
- Narrated by: Susie Riddell
- Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall53
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Performance35
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Story35
Church minster village - picturesque, quaint, sleepy - OR NOT...A place where women know exactly what they want, and it's not cream tea with the vicar. A place where anything can happen . . . so be careful what you wish for. And a place where the men had better behave . . . because the ladies won't take it lying down (well, not unless they want to!)
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Jilly Cooperesque
- By sarahmoose2000 on 14-02-12
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Horse Play
- Narrated by: Susie Riddell
- Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 27-01-12
- Language: English
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Balancing Act
- an absorbing and authentic novel from one of Britain’s most popular authors
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall58
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Performance50
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Story48
Family and business, husbands and wives, parents and children. It's always a balancing act... In this emotional and thought-provoking novel, multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope expertly weaves a study of familial relationships with a lightness of tone and real sense of...
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Hugely disappointing
- By Saffy on 11-05-14
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Balancing Act
- an absorbing and authentic novel from one of Britain’s most popular authors
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 27-02-14
- Language: English
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Exciting Times
- Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021
- By: Naoise Dolan
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall551
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Performance449
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Story449
'The book of the summer ... Kept me rapt until the final page' THE TIMES 'A sharp, smart, witty modern love story. I loved it' David Nicholls, author of ONE DAY 'More than lives up to the hype ... Likely to fill the Sally-Rooney-shaped hole in many readers' lives' IRISH TIMES 'Droll, shrewd and...
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Exhausted by Ava’s tedious self-absorption
- By AD on 20-10-20
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Exciting Times
- Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 12-04-20
- Language: English
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The Quality of Silence
- By: Rosamund Lupton
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins, Harriet Carmichael
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall266
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Performance241
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Story241
Set in the extreme landscape of Alaska, The Quality of Silence follows the story of Yasmin and her deaf daughter, Ruby. Yasmin arrives in Alaska to be told her husband, Matt, is dead, the victim of a catastrophic accident. Yasmin, unable to accept this as truth, sets out into the frozen winter landscape, taking Ruby with her, in search of answers. But as a storm closes in, Yasmin realises that a very human danger may be keeping pace with them.
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Fantastic start but ludicrous storyline
- By Dr B Gumbrell on 21-09-15
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The Quality of Silence
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins, Harriet Carmichael
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 02-07-15
- Language: English
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Zambezi
- By: Tony Park
- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
- Length: 16 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance15
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Story15
When a young American research assistant is killed by a man-eating lion, three people are devastated. Jed Banks, an American Special Forces soldier serving in Afghanistan; Professor Christine Wallis, a wildlife researcher in South Africa; and Hassan bin Zayid, a hotel magnate in Zambia. The victim, Miranda Banks-Lewis, was their daughter, protegee and lover respectively. Desperate to find out what happened to Miranda, Jed and Christine with the help of a determined Australian journalist.
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Fast paced story with lots of twists in the plot
- By Celia on 08-10-24
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Zambezi
- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
- Length: 16 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 01-07-13
- Language: English
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The Dreamers
- By: Karen Thompson Walker
- Narrated by: Erin Hunter
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance33
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Story33
‘Riveting, profoundly moving’ Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven ‘Beautiful and devastating’ Red ‘Thought-provoking and profound’ Cosmopolitan Imagine a world where sleep could trap you, for days, for weeks, for months… She sleeps through sunrise. She sleeps through...
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Beautifully written
- By M.M on 27-08-25
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The Dreamers
- Narrated by: Erin Hunter
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 07-02-19
- Language: English
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Fugly
- By: Jenny Rachel Weiner
- Narrated by: Tavi Gevinson, Ethan Jones, Heléne Yorke, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall13
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Performance13
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Story13
31-year-old Lee has her dream job at tech startup Everfore—but being the youngest-looking person in the office means she's always fighting to be taken seriously among the bros on her team who treat her more like a kid sister than a colleague. When her boss challenges the team to develop the next viral app for Gen Z, Lee sees her chance to finally shine—even if it means going undercover as a high school student in the process.
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A true treat for all millennials
- By rosie hopegood on 27-03-26
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Fugly
- Narrated by: Tavi Gevinson, Ethan Jones, Heléne Yorke, Timothy Simons, Josh Pais, Oona Yaffe, Noah Pacht, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Savannah Ruiz, Sofie Zamchick
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Release date: 26-03-26
- Language: English
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The Grownup
- By: Gillian Flynn
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall249
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Performance223
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Story223
The Edgar-winning short story from the author of Gone Girl. A young woman is making a living, faking it as a cut-price psychic working at Spiritual Palms (with some illegal soft-core sex work on the side). She makes a decent wage - mostly by telling people what they want to hear. But then she meets Susan Burke. Susan moved to the city one year ago with her husband and 15-year-old stepson, Miles. They live in a Victorian house called Carterhook Manor, built in 1893.
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Short but sweet!
- By ula on 12-11-15
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The Grownup
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 03-11-15
- Language: English
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Daughters-in-Law
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall92
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Performance56
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Story57
Rachel has always loved being at the centre of her large family. She has fiercely devoted herself to her three sons all their lives, and continues to do so even now they are all grown up. They are, of course, devoted to her – she and Anthony, their father, hold the family together at their big, beautiful, ramshackle house near the wide, bird-haunted coast of Suffolk. But when Luke, her youngest, gets married, Rachel finds that control is slipping away.
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A gentle, well narrated book
- By WeimOwner on 01-09-11
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Daughters-in-Law
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 08-07-11
- Language: English
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Silk - The Clerks’ Room: Series 1 and 2
- A BBC Radio 4 Drama Based on the BBC TV Series
- By: Mick Collins
- Narrated by: Neil Stuke, John MacMillan, Amy Wren, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance4
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Story4
Inspired by Peter Moffat's popular BBC One show, Silk, this compelling courtroom drama returns to Shoe Lane Chambers, but from a different perspective. Rather than focussing on the lawyers, it centres on the people who can make or break their careers—their clerks.
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Excellent
- By Emily Aherne on 16-07-23
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Silk - The Clerks’ Room: Series 1 and 2
- A BBC Radio 4 Drama Based on the BBC TV Series
- Narrated by: Neil Stuke, John MacMillan, Amy Wren, Theo Barklem-Biggs, full cast
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 16-06-22
- Language: English
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Find Me
- By: André Aciman
- Narrated by: Michael Stuhlbarg
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall445
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Performance390
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Story389
In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, now a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train upends Sami's visit and changes his life forever. Elio soon moves to Paris, where he, too, has a consequential affair, while Oliver, a New England college professor with a family, suddenly finds himself contemplating a return trip across the Atlantic. Aciman is a master of sensibility, of the intimate details and the nuances of emotion that are the substance of passion.
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I'm sad I didnt pick it up sooner
- By FENARETI on 24-01-20
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Find Me
- Narrated by: Michael Stuhlbarg
- Series: Call Me By Your Name, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 29-10-19
- Language: English
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My Italian Bulldozer
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Timothy Ackroyd
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall147
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Performance134
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Story135
When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already late book, it seems like the perfect escape from stressful city life. Upon landing, however, things quickly take a turn for the worse when he discovers his hired car is nowhere to be found. With no record of any reservation and no other cars available, it looks like Paul is stuck at the airport. That is, until an enterprising stranger offers him an unexpected alternative.
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Good quality easy listening.
- By Mary Carnegie on 26-06-16
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My Italian Bulldozer
- Narrated by: Timothy Ackroyd
- Series: Paul Stewart, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 19-05-16
- Language: English
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The Landscape of Love
- By: Sally Beauman
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister, Sophie Ward
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance22
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Story22
The year is 1967. Thirteen-year-old Maisie is at her decaying family home, once a medieval abbey. Lucas, an artist and friend, is painting a portrait of Maisie and her sisters. Maisie embarks on a portrait of her own: telling the story of herself, her sisters and their lovers, and of her friend, Daniel Nunn. Twenty-three years later, Lucas's now-famous portrait features in a retrospective of his work. Daniel, obsessed by the sisters and determined to understand what happened that summer at the abbey, pursues answers.
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A great listen
- By MaE on 22-11-13
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The Landscape of Love
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister, Sophie Ward
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 14-12-12
- Language: English
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Veiller sur elle - Prix Goncourt 2023 - Prix du roman Fnac 2023 - Grand Prix des Lectrices Elle 2024
- By: Jean-Baptiste Andrea
- Narrated by: Léo Dussolier, Lila Tamazit
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall35
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Performance35
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Story35
Au grand jeu du destin, Mimo a tiré les mauvaises cartes. Né pauvre, il est confié en apprentissage à un sculpteur de pierre sans envergure. Mais il a du génie entre les mains. Toutes les fées ou presque se sont penchées sur Viola Orsini. Héritière d'une famille prestigieuse, elle a passé son enfance à l'ombre d'un palais génois. Mais elle a trop d'ambition pour se résigner à la place qu'on lui assigne.
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Le plus beau livre que j'ai lu pendant toute l'année.
- By Jan on 24-12-25
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Veiller sur elle - Prix Goncourt 2023 - Prix du roman Fnac 2023 - Grand Prix des Lectrices Elle 2024
- Narrated by: Léo Dussolier, Lila Tamazit
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 24-08-23
- Language: French
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Jacaranda
- By: Gaël Faye
- Narrated by: Gaël Faye
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance19
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Story19
Quels secrets cache l’ombre du jacaranda, l’arbre fétiche de Stella ? Il faudra à son ami Milan des années pour le découvrir. Des années pour percer les silences du Rwanda, dévasté après le génocide des Tutsi. En rendant leur parole aux disparus, les jeunes gens échapperont à la solitude. Et trouveront la paix près des rivages magnifiques du lac Kivu. Sur quatre générations, avec sa douceur unique, Gaël Faye nous raconte l’histoire terrible d’un pays qui s’essaie malgré tout au dialogue et au pardon.
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Un très beau livre
- By pascual on 08-02-26
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From a Low and Quiet Sea
- Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2018
- By: Donal Ryan
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan, Gerry O'Brien, Ramon Tikaram
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall200
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Performance173
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Story173
Random House presents the audiobook edition of From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan, read by Stephen Hogan, Gerry O'Brien and Ramon Tikaram. Farouk’s country has been torn apart by war. Lampy’s heart has been laid waste by Chloe. John’s past torments him as he nears his end. The refugee...
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Strong and Poetic
- By Hugh M. Clarke on 14-05-18
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From a Low and Quiet Sea
- Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2018
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan, Gerry O'Brien, Ramon Tikaram
- Length: 5 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 22-03-18
- Language: English
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The Offing
- A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick
- By: Benjamin Myers
- Narrated by: Ralph Ineson
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall519
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Performance481
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Story480
Bloomsbury presents The Offing by Benjamin Myers, read by Ralph Ineson. FROM THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GALLOWS POLE COMES A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR _______________________ ‘What a radical thing, these days, to have written a book so full of warmth and...
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Lyrical, intimate story of an unlikely friendship
- By WhatCathyReadNext on 01-07-20
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The Offing
- A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick
- Narrated by: Ralph Ineson
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 16-10-19
- Language: English
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The Gameshouse
- The Serpent, The Thief and The Master
- By: Claire North
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall289
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Performance272
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Story271
It is the place where fortunes can be made and lost though chess, backgammon - every game under the sun. But those whom fortune favours may be invited to compete in the higher league...where the games played are of politics and nations, of economics and kings. It is a contest where Capture the Castle involves real castles and where hide and seek takes place on the scale of a continent. Among those worthy of competing in the higher league, three unusually talented contestants play for the highest stakes of all....
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An amazing story that is wonderfully read!
- By Kush on 03-12-15
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The Gameshouse
- The Serpent, The Thief and The Master
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Gameshouse, Book 1-3
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 05-11-15
- Language: English
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A Kiss Before Dying
- Introduction by Chelsea Cain
- By: Ira Levin
- Narrated by: Mauro Hantman
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall89
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Performance75
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Story75
Dorothy meets a handsome young man with an eye for her inheritance while she is in her sophomore year. They are to be married and her life will be blissful; but Dorothy is pregnant and her fiancé's plans are ruined, for Dorothy would be disinherited if her father discovered the truth. So the...
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Superb
- By L. Black on 24-11-20
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A Kiss Before Dying
- Introduction by Chelsea Cain
- Narrated by: Mauro Hantman
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 30-03-17
- Language: English
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