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The God of the Woods
- By: Liz Moore
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
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Some said it was tragic, what happened to the Van Laars. Some said the Van Laars deserved it. That they never even thanked the searchers who stayed out for five nights in the freezing forest trying to help find their missing son. Some said there was a reason it took the family so long to call for help. That they knew what happened to the boy. Now, fifteen years later, the daughter the family had in their grief has gone missing in the same wilderness as her brother.
By: Liz Moore
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Versions of a Girl
- By: Catherine Gray
- Narrated by: Maeve Smyth
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Fern's mother is a social climber and a former ballet dancer who lives a plush life in a London townhouse. Fern's father only climbs if there's a bottle at the top, has an IQ of 133 and lives hand-to-mouth in Californian motels. Aged 14, Fern has spent equal time with each of her parents. That is, until an unexpected visitor triggers a life-changing dilemma – whether she should get on a plane to London to be with her mother, or stay in California with her father. Here, Fern's narrative splices in two.
By: Catherine Gray
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First Wife’s Shadow
- By: Adele Parks
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Smart, wealthy and grounded, Emma has worked hard for her success. When she meets Matthew, a kind, handsome widower, he seems like the icing on the cake. Initially, Emma’s friends are delighted, but as the relationship quickly develops, they worry Emma could be being exploited. She’s a rich woman, after all.
By: Adele Parks
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Our Holiday
- By: Louise Candlish
- Narrated by: George Naylor, Dawn Murphy, Alix Dunmore, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Charlotte and Perry long for summers at Cliff View, their gorgeous holiday home overlooking the turquoise waters of Pine Ridge. And now that city friends Amy and Linus have bought a property nearby, they plan lazy weeks of sun, sea and sipping rosé on Charlotte’s summerhouse veranda. A rising tide of resentment towards second-home owners is heading their way and small acts of criminal damage are escalating into something more menacing. By the end of the summer, families and friendships will be torn apart and Pine Ridge will be known for more than its sun-drenched beaches.
By: Louise Candlish
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On the Edge
- By: Sarah Turner
- Narrated by: Florence Howard
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Joni’s always felt like an outsider in her blended family, and as an adult she’s done all she can to avoid them. The only person she’s remained close to is her beloved Nana. When Nana dies, she leaves behind something unexpected: an itinerary of pre-arranged activities for the whole family to complete over the course of a week. After years of trying but failing to bring Joni back into the fold, this appears to be Nana’s parting shot. After all, nothing says ‘family bonding’ quite like abseiling and ballroom dancing.
By: Sarah Turner
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Good Sisters
- By: Sinéad Moriarty
- Narrated by: Emma Lowe, Alison McKenna, Angeline Ball
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Single parent Louise is trying to help her fragile young daughter navigate life. So, when the nine-year-old insists on finding out who her father is, Louise organizes a sisters’ outing to track down her Italian one-night stand. Meanwhile, due to her sons’ sporting success, mother-of-four Julie is anointed Cook-Bottlewasher-and-Cheerleader-in-Chief for the rugby parents’ group. Finally, glamorous Sophie is determined that her daughter Jess won’t be boy-crazy and image-obsessed like she was. But when things go wrong at a teen party, Sophie and her sisters are forced to take drastic measures.
By: Sinéad Moriarty
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The God of the Woods
- By: Liz Moore
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Some said it was tragic, what happened to the Van Laars. Some said the Van Laars deserved it. That they never even thanked the searchers who stayed out for five nights in the freezing forest trying to help find their missing son. Some said there was a reason it took the family so long to call for help. That they knew what happened to the boy. Now, fifteen years later, the daughter the family had in their grief has gone missing in the same wilderness as her brother.
By: Liz Moore
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Versions of a Girl
- By: Catherine Gray
- Narrated by: Maeve Smyth
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Fern's mother is a social climber and a former ballet dancer who lives a plush life in a London townhouse. Fern's father only climbs if there's a bottle at the top, has an IQ of 133 and lives hand-to-mouth in Californian motels. Aged 14, Fern has spent equal time with each of her parents. That is, until an unexpected visitor triggers a life-changing dilemma – whether she should get on a plane to London to be with her mother, or stay in California with her father. Here, Fern's narrative splices in two.
By: Catherine Gray
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First Wife’s Shadow
- By: Adele Parks
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Story
Smart, wealthy and grounded, Emma has worked hard for her success. When she meets Matthew, a kind, handsome widower, he seems like the icing on the cake. Initially, Emma’s friends are delighted, but as the relationship quickly develops, they worry Emma could be being exploited. She’s a rich woman, after all.
By: Adele Parks
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Our Holiday
- By: Louise Candlish
- Narrated by: George Naylor, Dawn Murphy, Alix Dunmore, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Charlotte and Perry long for summers at Cliff View, their gorgeous holiday home overlooking the turquoise waters of Pine Ridge. And now that city friends Amy and Linus have bought a property nearby, they plan lazy weeks of sun, sea and sipping rosé on Charlotte’s summerhouse veranda. A rising tide of resentment towards second-home owners is heading their way and small acts of criminal damage are escalating into something more menacing. By the end of the summer, families and friendships will be torn apart and Pine Ridge will be known for more than its sun-drenched beaches.
By: Louise Candlish
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On the Edge
- By: Sarah Turner
- Narrated by: Florence Howard
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Joni’s always felt like an outsider in her blended family, and as an adult she’s done all she can to avoid them. The only person she’s remained close to is her beloved Nana. When Nana dies, she leaves behind something unexpected: an itinerary of pre-arranged activities for the whole family to complete over the course of a week. After years of trying but failing to bring Joni back into the fold, this appears to be Nana’s parting shot. After all, nothing says ‘family bonding’ quite like abseiling and ballroom dancing.
By: Sarah Turner
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Good Sisters
- By: Sinéad Moriarty
- Narrated by: Emma Lowe, Alison McKenna, Angeline Ball
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Single parent Louise is trying to help her fragile young daughter navigate life. So, when the nine-year-old insists on finding out who her father is, Louise organizes a sisters’ outing to track down her Italian one-night stand. Meanwhile, due to her sons’ sporting success, mother-of-four Julie is anointed Cook-Bottlewasher-and-Cheerleader-in-Chief for the rugby parents’ group. Finally, glamorous Sophie is determined that her daughter Jess won’t be boy-crazy and image-obsessed like she was. But when things go wrong at a teen party, Sophie and her sisters are forced to take drastic measures.
By: Sinéad Moriarty
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Resurrection
- By: Danielle Steel
- Narrated by: Dan John Miller
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Darcy Gray leads a charmed life. A wildly successful blogger and influencer, she has spent twenty happy years with her husband, Charlie Gray, the equally high-powered head of a fashion retail empire. Together with their twin daughters, who are both studying abroad for college, they form one of New York's most successful families. But when a shocking betrayal leaves Darcy reeling, she flees to Paris, devastated and nursing a broken heart.
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- By Paula Puddephatt on 05-07-24
By: Danielle Steel
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Evacuees at the Wartime Bookshop
- The Wartime Bookshop, Book 4
- By: Lesley Eames
- Narrated by: Polly Edsell
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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Victoria is looking for a life away from the dangers of wartime London for herself and two orphaned children. Her search takes her to Churchwood in Hertfordshire which looks ideal, but the village residents are already dealing with their own problems . . .With so much trouble and uncertainty in the village, can Victoria and her little family find the safe haven they crave?
By: Lesley Eames
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The Orange House
- By: Isabelle Broom
- Narrated by: Gloria Sanders
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
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Henry and Violet first met in the garden of The Orange House on the beautiful island of Majorca. They promised their lives to each other, poured their love into restoring the house and built the foundations of their marriage within its walls. First it was their private idyll, then a place to escape with their son, Luke - but now it has become a battleground. For, as the years have passed, cracks have appeared and secrets have built barriers between them. Finally, on the brink of divorce, they have come back to Majorca to sell up. Will this final summer together be the end - or a new beginning?
By: Isabelle Broom
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More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
- By: Satoshi Yagisawa
- Narrated by: Susan Momoko Hingley
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
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In Tokyo, there is a neighbourhood with the highest number of bookstores in the world. It is called Jinbocho where book lovers can browse to their heart's delight and where hunters of first editions or autographed copies prowl the bookcases. The Morisaki bookshop, a small family-run shop, is so packed with books that barely five people can fit inside. Books crowd the shelves and invade every corner of the floor; when a customer arrives, the owner, Satoru, immediately pops out from behind the counter.
By: Satoshi Yagisawa
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I Will Crash
- By: Rebecca Watson
- Narrated by: Rebecca Watson
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
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It's been six years since Rosa last saw her brother. Six years since they last spoke. Six years since they last fought. Six years since she gave up on the idea of having a brother. She's spent that time carefully not thinking about him. Not remembering their childhood. Not mentioning those stories, even to the people she loves. Now the distance she had so carefully put between them has collapsed. Can she find a way to make peace—to forgive, to be forgiven—when the past she's worked so hard to contain threatens to spill over into the present?
By: Rebecca Watson
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A Song of Courage
- By: Rachel Wesson
- Narrated by: Harrie Dobby
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Connie Fitzwalter never imagined that her passion for music would lead her into a world of danger and intrigue. When her old family friend, Stephen, who works for the foreign office, tells Connie the true scale of the violence against Jewish people in Germany and Austria, she can stand aside no longer. Together, Stephen and Connie devise a daring mission to help families escape the clutches of Nazi persecution. Under their cover as music enthusiasts traveling to high-society concerts in Europe, Connie and her sister Dottie begin by smuggling money and valuables for families over the border.
By: Rachel Wesson
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Bad Tourists
- By: Caro Carver
- Narrated by: Lesley Sharp
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Darcy, Camilla and Kate have each come on this trip of a lifetime for a reason - to celebrate a divorce, to find love, to try to put a traumatic past behind them. Their dream getaway? The Sapphire Island Resort in the Maldives. With crystal-clear waters and sun-drenched white sand beaches, relaxation is guaranteed. But all is not as it seems in paradise, and this is no ordinary friendship. They've got nine days to go...and old wounds are already reopening.
By: Caro Carver
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Old Girls on Deck
- By: Maddie Please
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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When retired Jill Parker wins an all-expenses paid Mediterranean cruise for two she is thrilled! At 63 life in retirement has got a little bit bland for Jill and this might be just the holiday she and husband Eddy need to get the sparks back in their marriage. But when Eddy admits he would much prefer to build his patio and look through the latest DIY magazine, Jill is left with only one other option – her sister Diana. Diana has become rather reclusive since her husband, Caspar died, but perhaps this is the push she needs to bring some excitement back into her life, too?
By: Maddie Please
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How to Get a Life
- By: Julietta Henderson
- Narrated by: Yannick Lawry
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
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Danny is the definition of a man who 'could do better'. He drinks more than he should, lives in his best friend's garden shed - and he hasn't spoken to his sister in sixteen years. But when Danny is the subject of a misleading newspaper article, claiming his lifestyle might actually be quite enlightened, he suddenly finds himself in the limelight. Letters begin to flood in from strangers seeking his guidance.
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Four Letters of Love
- A Novel
- By: Niall Williams
- Narrated by: Niall Williams
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
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Nicholas Coughlan is twelve years old when his father, an Irish civil servant, announces that God has commanded him to become a painter. He abandons the family and a wife who is driven to despair. Years later, Nicholas’s own civil-service career is disrupted by tragic news: his father has burned down the house, with all his paintings and himself in it. Isabel Gore is the daughter of a poet. She’s a passionate girl, but her brother is the real prodigy, a musician. And yet this family, too, is struck by tragedy: a seizure leaves the boy mute and unable to play.
By: Niall Williams
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A Good Place to Hide a Body
- By: Laura Marshall
- Narrated by: Karina Fernandez
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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For women of Penny's generation, being on hand for elderly parents is just part of life. But for Penny, things have become a little more serious. When she receives a frantic phone call from her parents one night, with express instructions NOT to call the police, Penny rushes over at once. But they haven't had a fall. They haven't forgotten their computer passwords. They've killed someone. And his body is lying in the garden, right next to the rose bushes.
By: Laura Marshall
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Rosarita
- By: Anita Desai
- Narrated by: Meera Simhan
- Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
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A young student sits on a bench in a jardín in San Miguel. Bonita is away from her home in India to learn Spanish. She is alone, somewhere she has never been and has no connection to. It is bliss. And then a woman approaches her. The woman claims to recognize Bonita because she is the spitting image of her mother, who made the same journey from India to Mexico as a young artist. No, says Bonita, my mother didn’t paint. She never travelled to Mexico. But this strange woman insists, and so Bonita follows her.
By: Anita Desai