New November 2008 Releases
C. J. Carver Gone Without Trace
Narrated by Lesia Melnyk
Ex-army captain Jay McCaulay works for TRACE, an international aid agency that
helps to track and unite families separated by conflict, and her old job seems
far away - until she spots someone from her past. When Milot Dumani, an
organised crime boss from Albania, appears on the streets of Bristol, Jay's
specialist knowledge means she is the perfect candidate for an MI6 mission to
trail him. Thrown into a world that inspires paranoia, where brutal Mafia thugs
give no quarter and where her family and loved ones are threatened, Jay is
forced to confront a trail of murder, corruption and evil...
Mystery 9781846523434 9 CDs
Catherine King Silk And Steel
Narrated by Maggie Mash
Mariah Bowes thinks that being alone and penniless is the worst thing that can
happen to a woman, until she is the victim of a horrifying act of revenge.
Daniel Thorpe is consumed with guilt, as it is his fault that Mariah endured
such terrible punishment - he'd never realised the terrible consequences his
affair with the beautiful Lily would bring. As Mariah pieces together the
remains of her life she faces further horror - the terrible secret that her
father, successful iron master and respectable member of the community Ezekiel
Bowes, is determined to keep in the dark.
Family Saga 9781846523045 12 CDs
Brian McGilloway Borderlands
Narrated by John Cormack
The body of teenager Angela Cashell is found on the Tyrone-Donegal border,
between the North and South of Ireland, in an area known as the Borderlands.
Garda Inspector Benedict Devlin finds the only clues are a gold ring placed on
her finger and an old photograph left where she died, though her father has his
own ideas about who is responsible - and how to make them pay. When another
teenager is murdered Devlin unearths a link between the killings and the
disappearance of a prostitute twenty-five years earlier - in which he fears one
of his own colleagues is implicated...
Mystery 9781846523922 7 CDs
Brian Viner The Pheasants' Revolt
Narrated by Andrew Wincott
In 2002 when Brian and Jane Viner moved, with their three children, from a
terraced house in cosmopolitan north London to a rambling grange in rural north
Herefordshire, the move coincided with the fox-hunting ban and the threat of
bird flu. Their subsequent adventures and misadventures - including
poltergeists, runaway snakes and house-breaking pheasants - are hilariously
related by a man desperate to embrace country ways and finally able to wring an
ailing chicken's neck, while knowing that, despite his best efforts, he is
destined always to seem more like a townie than a horny-handed son of the soil!
Non Fiction 9781846523274 8 CDs
Nicola Tyrer Sisters In Arms
Narrated by Patricia Gallimore
The experiences of the Queen Alexandra nurses in the Second World War are some
of the greatest adventure stories of modern times yet, incredibly, they are
largely untold. The service numbered 12,000 women during the war - middle-class
girls in their early 20s were plucked from sheltered backgrounds and subjected
to unimaginably tough training regimes and sent out to face horrific casualties.
Wherever there was a front, whenever there was a raid, a battle, a bombing, the
QAs were in the thick of it. The tales of how they coped with these trials is
profoundly moving and uplifting, as they recount their deeds with modesty and
understatement.
Non Fiction 9780753133583 10 CDs
Penny Jordan Silk
Narrated by Nicolette Mckenzie
1920s, Cheshire: Amber Vrontsky is the heiress to the wealthy Pickford dynasty,
presided over by the formidable Blanche. Obsessed with social climbing, Blanche
wants nothing more for her granddaughter than a titled husband - a prize that
she herself failed to secure, despite her immense wealth. But free spirited
Amber is intent on forging her own artistic career with the silk she loves so
much. Unable to disobey Blanche, however, she moves to society London to become
a debutante - and enters a world of illicit affairs, drug-taking, gambling and
lavender marriages... From the lavish decadence of society London to the chic
boutiques of Paris and the Nazi-controlled streets of Berlin, Silk spans the
depravity and the glamour of this tumultuous time.
General Fiction 9781407906805 17 CDs
Barbara Cartland Barbara Cartland's Etiquette Handbook
Narrated by Patricia Gallimore
Written nearly 50 years ago, Barbara Cartland's Etiquette Handbook conjures up a
time when addressing work colleagues by their first names was frowned upon,
wives could expect to receive a weekly allowance of five shillings from their
husbands and hats were ubiquitous. With her characteristic wit and wisdom,
Barbara Cartland has guidelines for every area of life. She has advice on
marriage, "Good manners in marriage mean not taking all the bedclothes in a
double bed" and on children, "Cleanliness and simplicity are two desirable
factors in children's dress". The handbook is a wonderfully evocative insight
into the manners of an England that has largely disappeared and of a politeness
that has nearly vanished from society.
Non Fiction 9781407907710 6 CDs