Emilia Fox
Author
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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"When fifteen-year-old Margot and her three sisters arrive at Applecote Manor in June 1959, they expect a quiet English country summer. Instead, they find their aunt and uncle still reeling from the disappearance of their daughter, Audrey, five years before. As the sisters become divided by new tensions when two handsome neighbors drop by, Margot finds herself inexplicably drawn into the life Audrey left behind. When the summer takes a deadly turn,...
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Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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A second installment in a planned five-part series finds Harry despairing of a marriage to Emma and joining the Merchant Navy before assuming the identity of a fallen American soldier whose past proves even more turbulent than Harry's own.
Author
Series
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestseller Jeffrey Archer continues his beloved Clifton Chronicle series as Harry and Emma finally begin building a happy life-but a dangerous family enemy is about to resurface.
Best Kept Secret opens a moment after the end of The Sins of the Father, with the resolution of the trial and the triumphant marriage of Harry Clifton and Emma Barrington, finally uniting their family. Harry, now a bestselling novelist, Emma, their son Sebastian,...
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"The Man in the Brown Suit" by Agatha Christie is a captivating mystery novel that weaves a tale of suspense, murder, and international intrigue. The story unfolds through the eyes of Anne Beddingfeld, a spirited and adventurous young woman with a penchant for mystery. When she stumbles upon a cryptic death in London, Anne finds herself drawn into a complex web of conspiracy and danger.
The plot takes an unexpected turn when Anne follows the...
5) Domina
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
In this riveting sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller, Maestra, femme fatale Judith Rashleigh once again leads readers into the mesmerizing and dangerous underworld of Europe’s glamorous elite.
Since opening her own art gallery in Venice, Judith Rashleigh—now Elisabeth Teerlinc—can finally stop running. She’s got the paycheck, lifestyle, and wardrobe she always dreamed of,...
Since opening her own art gallery in Venice, Judith Rashleigh—now Elisabeth Teerlinc—can finally stop running. She’s got the paycheck, lifestyle, and wardrobe she always dreamed of,...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A practical joke goes chillingly, murderously wrong in Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie's classic detective story, The Seven Dials Mystery. Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper, so the other houseguests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6:30 a. M. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank then backfired, with tragic consequences. For...
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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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"From the popular author of Kane and Abel and A Prisoner of Birth comes the story of one family across generations, across oceans, from heartbreak to triumph. The epic tale of Harry Clifton's life begins in 1920, with the words, "I was told that my father was killed in the war." A dock worker in Bristol, Harry never knew his father, but he learns about life on the docks from his uncle who expects Harry to join him at the shipyard once he's left school....
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"Dizzying, dazzling... When did you last read a genuinely original thriller? The wait is over."
—A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
There are rules for murder mysteries. There must be a victim. A suspect. A detective.
Grant McAllister, a professor of mathematics, once sat down and worked all the rules out – and wrote seven perfect detective stories to demonstrate.
9) Nemesis
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Even the unflappable Miss Marple is astounded as she reads the letter addressed to her on instructions from the recently deceased tycoon Mr. Jason Rafiel, whom she had met on holiday in the West Indies (A Caribbean Mystery). Recognizing in her a natural flair for justice and a genius for crime-solving, Mr. Rafiel has bequeathed to Miss Marple a £20,000 legacy -- and a legacy of an entirely different sort. For he has asked Miss Marple to investigate...his...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
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IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
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'An instant childhood classic' - Independent
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Mr Wolf is revealed to be not quite so big and bad as you might imagine in this charming picture book, from the author of the bestselling No Matter What.
What's the time, Mr Wolf? It's story time with Debi Gliori!
Accompany Mr Wolf as he goes about his daily routine...
'An instant childhood classic' - Independent
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Mr Wolf is revealed to be not quite so big and bad as you might imagine in this charming picture book, from the author of the bestselling No Matter What.
What's the time, Mr Wolf? It's story time with Debi Gliori!
Accompany Mr Wolf as he goes about his daily routine...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The quaint village of St Mary Mead has been glamourized by the presence of screen queen Marina Gregg, who has taken up residence in preparation for her comeback. But when a local fan is poisoned, Marina finds herself starring in a real-life mystery-supported with scene-stealing aplomb by Jane Marple, who suspects that the lethal cocktail was intended for someone else. But who? If it was meant for Marina, then why? And before the final fade-out, who...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A Murder is Announced in a small-town newspaper advertisement-and Miss Marple must unravel the fiendish puzzle when a crime does indeed occur. The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises "A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p. M." A childish practical joke? Or a spiteful hoax? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, the locals arrive at Little...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER • Soon to be a BBC One and HBO Max limited four-part series, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Morning Show; Misbehaviour) and multiple Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Emmy-nominated actor David Oyelowo (Selma; Les Misérables)
“A pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense” (Lee Child) that spins one woman’s seemingly good fortune, and another woman’s mysterious...
“A pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense” (Lee Child) that spins one woman’s seemingly good fortune, and another woman’s mysterious...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The delightful Miss Marple is ensnared in A Caribbean Mystery when a retired military man sparks her curiosity with a photograph and a strange story of a murderer
As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened.
Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about a murderer
...Author
Series
Antique hunters volume 1
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Description
"In this irresistible and thrilling debut novel, a former antique hunter investigates a suspicious death at an isolated English manor, embroiling her back in the dangerous world of tracking stolen artifacts. What antique would you kill for? Freya Lockwood is shocked when she learns that Arthur Crockleford, antiques dealer and her estranged mentor, has died under mysterious circumstances. She has spent the last twenty years avoiding her quaint English...
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In Agatha Christie's classic mystery 4:50 From Paddington, a woman in one train witnesses a murder occurring in another passing one…and only Miss Marple believes her story. For an instant the two trains ran side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth McGillicuddy stared helplessly out of her carriage window as a man tightened his grip around a woman's throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away. But who, apart from Mrs. McGillicuddy's...
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Publisher
BBC Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, a seminal text that remains the most widely published and influential book in the English language. Once described as 'the noblest monument of English prose', it has been recognised for centuries as both a religious and a literary classic. This compilation features James Naughtie's acclaimed three-part documentary series 'The Story of the King James Bible' - a fascinating exploration of how...
19) Gaslight
Author
Publisher
Copyright Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Emilia Fox (Silent Witness, Rebecca, Merlin) stars as troubled newlywed Bella Manningham in this brand new full cast audio production of the classic thriller Gaslight. Despite seemingly having every advantage and an outwardly doting husband, Bella is being driven slowly mad... but can the cause of her madness truly be her husband? What is the dark, terrible, secret lurking in his past, and where does he disappear to each evening? Left alone in
...Author
Publisher
Canongate Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The novel relates the adventures of an eccentric family, the Mortmains, struggling to live in genteel poverty in a decaying English castle during the 1930s. The first person narrator is Cassandra Mortmain, an intelligent teenager who tells the story via her personal journal.