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Flashpoint
- The brand-new WWII thriller for 2026 from the master of adventure
- By: Wilbur Smith, David Churchill
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Unabridged
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AN IMPOSSIBLE MISSION. A QUEST FOR THE TRUTH. ONLY SHE HAS WHAT IT TAKES . . . 1943, America SOE's Saffron Courtney is back in New York, but even as she recovers from her mission to Washington, events on the other side of the Atlantic are making her return to England inevitable. The War Office...
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Flashpoint
- The brand-new WWII thriller for 2026 from the master of adventure
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 27-08-26
- Language: English
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The Mitford Vanishing
- The Mitford Murders, Book 5
- By: Jessica Fellowes
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall56
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Performance44
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1937. War with Germany is dawning and a civil war already raging in Spain. Split across political lines, the six Mitford sisters are more divided than ever. Meanwhile their former maid Louisa Cannon is now a private detective, working with her ex-policeman husband, Guy Sullivan. Louisa and Guy are surprised when a call comes in from novelist Nancy Mitford requesting that they look into the disappearance of her Communist sister, Jessica, nicknamed Decca. It quickly becomes clear that Decca may have made for the war in Spain - and not alone.
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Another great story
- By Maz on 01-12-22
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The Mitford Vanishing
- The Mitford Murders, Book 5
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Series: The Mitford Murders, Book 5
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 04-11-21
- Language: English
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Storm of Mercia
- Eagle of Mercia Chronicles, Book 9
- By: MJ Porter
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The Viking raiders' devastation has been halted once more by the shields of Mercia as opposed to Wessex. But their whereabouts are unknown. King Wiglaf of Mercia is keen to ensure the Viking raiders are swept from his shared border with Wessex but these Viking ships are quick and difficult to track and Icel is once more deployed with Ealdorman Ælfstan warriors to do his King's bidding. However, Icel's quest is beset with many more obstacles and it's not all about the seax and shield. Worrying news from home overshadows Icel's every deadly encounter.
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Storm of Mercia
- Eagle of Mercia Chronicles, Book 9
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Series: Eagle of Mercia Chronicles, Book 9
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 01-04-26
- Language: English
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The 14th Colony
- Book 11
- By: Steve Berry
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall51
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Performance43
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The explosive new Cotton Malone thriller by the international bestseller Steve Berry. People say the Cold War is coming back. For some, it never went away. Shot down over Siberia in what was to be a simple meet-and-greet mission, ex-Justice Department agent Cotton Malone is forced into a fight...
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Another exciting Cotton Malone adventure!
- By AB on 11-10-16
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The 14th Colony
- Book 11
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Series: Cotton Malone, Book 11
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 07-04-16
- Language: English
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The Translator
- By: Harriet Crawley
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Clive Franklin, a Russian language expert in the Foreign Office, is summoned unexpectedly to Moscow to act as translator for the British Prime Minister. His life is upended when he discovers that his former lover, Marina Volina, is the interpreter to the Russian President. Together they will try to stop the attack that could paralyse communications and collapse the Western economy.
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Great book great story
- By Truffle on 23-07-24
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The Translator
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 21-03-24
- Language: English
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Heartstone
- By: C. J. Sansom
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Abridged
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Overall233
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Performance127
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Abridged edition. Heartstone is C. J. Sansom's fifth spellbinding mystery in the Shardlake series. Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel. As the English fleet gathers at Portsmouth...
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Abridged ?
- By John Blackmore on 24-12-10
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Heartstone
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Series: Shardlake, Book 5
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 09-09-10
- Language: English
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Riding the Tempest
- The After Dunkirk Series, Book 5
- By: Lee Jackson
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Promoted within the British intelligence service, Paul is sent to Algiers during a ceasefire announced by French General Darlan. But when a deadly new assignment pushes his skills to the limit, will he step up to the challenge of his new role? At Bletchley Park, Claire and her team of analysts discern from decoded messages that the Germans have employed a new type of radar that is decimating RAF bombers. And the messages she decodes grow more troubling by the hour.
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Riding the Tempest
- The After Dunkirk Series, Book 5
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Series: The After Dunkirk, Book 5
- Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 30-05-23
- Language: English
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Ring of Spies
- The Richard Prince Thrillers, Book 3
- By: Alex Gerlis
- Narrated by: Rupert Bush
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall92
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Performance82
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As the war approaches its end, Prince once more has to risk everything. Berlin, 1939: a German intelligence officer learns a top agent is quickly moving up the British Army ranks. He bides his time. Arnhem, 1944: British paratroopers have been slaughtered in one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War. A shell shocked officer is convinced that the Germans knew they were coming. But who betrayed them? Back in London, Richard Prince, detective and spy, is approached by MI5 about a counterintelligence operation.
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Good plot with characters to care about
- By "jblizzard5" on 19-04-26
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Ring of Spies
- The Richard Prince Thrillers, Book 3
- Narrated by: Rupert Bush
- Series: The Richard Prince Thrillers, Book 3
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 15-04-21
- Language: English
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The House Between Tides
- By: Sarah Maine
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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A captivating story of a crumbling estate in the wilds of Scotland, its century-old secret and an enduring mystery.... Following the death of her last living relative, Hetty Deveraux leaves London and her strained relationship behind for Muirlan, her ancestral home in Scotland - now in ruins. As Hetty dives headfirst into the repairs, she discovers a shocking secret protected by the house for a hundred years.
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Wonderfully descriptive of Hebridean coast.
- By loofar on 28-12-19
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The House Between Tides
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 03-10-19
- Language: English
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Fen Country
- By: Edmund Crispin
- Narrated by: Paul Panting
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Dandelions and hearing aids, a bloodstained cat, a Leonardo drawing, a corpse with an alibi, a truly poisonous letter … just some of the unusual clues that Oxford don/detective Gervase Fen and his friend Inspector Humbleby are confronted with in this sparkling collection of short mystery...
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A jolly collection of very short puzzle stories, but beware of the narrator's pronunciation!
- By Errol on 20-04-26
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Fen Country
- Narrated by: Paul Panting
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 02-11-23
- Language: English
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A Very British Ending
- Catesby, Book 5
- By: Edward Wilson
- Narrated by: Richard Attlee
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Bremen, 1951. An MI6 officer, haunted by an SS atrocity, kills a Nazi war criminal in the ruins of a U-boat bunker. The German turns out to be a CIA asset being rat-lined to South America. Britain, 1947. A young cabinet minister negotiates a deal with Moscow trading Rolls-Royce jet engines for cattle fodder and wood. The fates of the two men become entwined as one rises through MI6 and the other to Downing Street where, in the mid-1970s, a secret plot unfolds on both sides of the Atlantic to overthrow the prime minister. Can MI6 officers Catesby and Bone prevent it?
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A Very British Ending
- By Liz on 24-07-22
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A Very British Ending
- Catesby, Book 5
- Narrated by: Richard Attlee
- Series: Catesby, Book 5
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 14-06-19
- Language: English
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Flash for Freedom!
- The Flashman Papers, Book 5
- By: George MacDonald Fraser
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall420
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Performance368
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Flashman must choose - politcs in London or slave trading in Africa - not that it matters really in this hilarious third installement of the Flashman Papers. When Flashman was inveigled into a game of pontoon with Disraeli and Lord George Bentinck, he was making an unconscious choice about his own future - would it lie in the House of Commons or the West African slave trade? Was there, for that matter, very much difference?
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Re visit.
- By Anonymous on 23-01-18
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Flash for Freedom!
- The Flashman Papers, Book 5
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Series: The Flashman Papers, Book 5
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 23-04-15
- Language: English
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Ungentlemanly Warfare
- By: Howard Linskey
- Narrated by: Jonthan Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall310
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Performance292
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A soldier and a spy, an officer but not quite a gentleman, Captain Harry Walsh is SOE's secret weapon. Loathed by his own commanding officer, haunted by the death of his closest friend and trapped in a loveless marriage, Harry Walsh is close to burnout when he is ordered to assassinate the man behind the ME 163 Komet, Hitler's miracle jet fighter. If Walsh fails, there is no prospect of Allied victory in Europe. Harry Walsh is ruthless, unorthodox and ungentlemanly. He is about to wreak havoc....
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Gripping
- By JET on 12-09-20
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Ungentlemanly Warfare
- Narrated by: Jonthan Keeble
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 06-06-19
- Language: English
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Sparks of Bright Matter
- 'A debut novel of great imagination and originality'- THE SUNDAY TIMES
- By: Leeanne O'Donnell
- Narrated by: Gerry O’Brien
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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'A debut novel of great imagination and originality' - The Sunday Times 'Think Hilary Mantel, Neil Gaiman, Susanna Clarke crossed with Liam O'Flaherty, Lady Gregory, WB Yeats and the Celtic Revival - all expertly blended into a cracking page-turner that's as exquisitely deep, beautiful and...
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A glorious weaving of history and folklore.
- By Susan Nares on 12-03-25
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Sparks of Bright Matter
- 'A debut novel of great imagination and originality'- THE SUNDAY TIMES
- Narrated by: Gerry O’Brien
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 11-04-24
- Language: English
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Presidential Agent
- The Lanny Budd Novels, Book 5
- By: Upton Sinclair
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 29 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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An American art expert raised in a world of European wealth and privilege, Lanny Budd is dedicated to his socialist ideals and to combatting the twin scourges of Nazism and Fascism. In 1937, a chance encounter in New York with Professor Charles Alston—his boss at the Paris Peace Conference and now one of President Roosevelt’s top advisors—provides Lanny with the opportunity to make a profound difference.
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Presidential Agent
- The Lanny Budd Novels, Book 5
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Series: The Lanny Budd Novels, Book 5
- Length: 29 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 15-11-22
- Language: English
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The Queen’s Rival
- By: Anne O'Brien
- Narrated by: Elaine Claxton
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall52
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Performance45
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England, 1459: Cecily, duchess of York, is embroiled in a plot to topple the weak-minded King Henry VI from the throne. But when the Yorkists are defeated at the Battle of Ludford Bridge, Cecily’s family flee and abandon her to face a marauding Lancastrian army on her own. Cecily can only watch as her lands are torn apart and divided up by the ruthless Queen Marguerite.
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Queens Rival
- By Rosieb on 24-01-21
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The Queen’s Rival
- Narrated by: Elaine Claxton
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 03-09-20
- Language: English
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One Good Deed
- The Pulse-Pounding, Page-Turning Private Investigator Mystery From The Number One Bestselling Author Of The 6:20 Man
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,140
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Murder and family secrets, a touch of romance and deeply-felt revenge – with the twist of all twists – make up the perfect audiobook, One Good Deed, from one of the world's bestselling thriller writers, David Baldacci. 'One of his finest books. Great character, great story, great portrait of...
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Baldacci Hits the Top Forties!
- By Simon on 30-07-19
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One Good Deed
- The Pulse-Pounding, Page-Turning Private Investigator Mystery From The Number One Bestselling Author Of The 6:20 Man
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Series: Private Investigator Archer, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 25-07-19
- Language: English
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Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie
- By: James Lee Burke
- Narrated by: Amanda Stribling
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Bestselling author James Lee Burke tells his most thrilling and insightful story yet through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Bessie Holland **** At the beginning of the twentieth century, as America grapples with forces of human and natural violence more powerful than humanity has ever seen...
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A linear joyless saga
- By Neil on 07-05-26
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Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie
- Narrated by: Amanda Stribling
- Series: Holland Family, Book 5
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 12-06-25
- Language: English
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Crucible of Secrets
- Alexander Seaton, Book 3
- By: S.G. MacLean
- Narrated by: Crawford Logan
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Knowledge is power, and when it gets in the wrong hands it can be lethal. Alchemy and murder combine in a gripping race against time from the CWA award-winning author of The Seeker. 'One of the best writers of historical crime' The Times Aberdeen, 1631. University librarian Robert Sim takes...
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disappointed
- By Christine Caluori on 06-06-26
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Crucible of Secrets
- Alexander Seaton, Book 3
- Narrated by: Crawford Logan
- Series: Alexander Seaton, Book 3
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 30-01-25
- Language: English
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The Garden of Angels
- By: David Hewson
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall519
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Performance467
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The Palazzo Colombina is home to the Uccello family: three generations of men, trapped together in the dusty palace on Venice's Grand Canal. Awkward 15-year-old Nico. His distant, business-focused father. And his beloved grandfather, Paolo. Paolo is dying. But before he passes, he has secrets he's waited his whole life to share.
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Excellent. Beautifully written, expertly narrated.
- By bookylady on 11-02-21
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The Garden of Angels
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage
- Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 28-01-21
- Language: English
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