New Audiobooks
1399147838 
Audio book 
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Karen Cass. 11 discs When Paige turns up unannounced at the Wynthorpe Hall, with nothing more in mind than a fleeting visit for Christmas, she discovers the place she knew as a child has changed beyond recognition. She's only here for a short time, but she is quickly pulled back into local life. One night, while driving home from delivering library books and shopping to isolated residents, she stumbles across a derelict-looking cottage and meets Albert, its elderly and rather grumpy owner. Determined not to leave him to rot away like his cottage, Paige sets about smartening up the place and, with the help of Marcus, a full-time artist, she brings Albert out of his shell. But everyone has a secret they are keeping and this Christmas all will be revealed.
139912790X 
Audio book
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: Magna Story Sound
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Catherine Harvey. 10 discs Lancashire, 1897. As the country celebrates Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, a new community is forming on the banks of a lake in the Pennines. 'Jubilee Lake' will bring employment to the local villagers, and pleasure to holidaymakers from across the county - but the landowner needs an heir to run his new business. When he tempts his youngest grandson back from seeking his fortune in Australia, life at Jubilee Lake is turned upside down - especially for the impoverished young woman chosen to be his wife. But this young man might not be everything he seems.
1399156241 
Audio book
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: Little Acorn
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Candida Gubbins. 5 discs Turn on your torches and join Aveline Jones! Aveline is thrilled when she discovers that the holiday cottage her mum has rented for the summer is beside a stone circle. Thousands of years old, the local villagers refer to the ancient structure as the Witch Stones, and Aveline cannot wait to learn more about them. Then Aveline meets Hazel. Impossibly cool, mysterious yet friendly, Aveline soon falls under Hazel's spell. In fact, Hazel is quite unlike anyone Aveline has ever met before, but she can't work out why. Will Aveline discover the truth about Hazel, before it's too late? The second in a deliciously spine-tingling, spooky series, where mysteries are always solved, spirits are always laid to rest, and everybody gets to bed on time.
1788899598 
Audio book
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: Magna Story Sound
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Helen Lloyd. 10 discs Christmas time is fast approaching at Mary Vale and newcomer Libby is ready to start a fresh chapter working alongside the Wartime Midwives. When she discovers that the local primary school is struggling, Libby rallies the midwives to band together and work with the local community. With the help of midwife Ada and teacher Margaret, Libby has a plan to save Christmas. But not everyone likes what Libby is doing, and local landlord Thorpe is hiding something.
1399122037 
Audio book
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Joanne Froggatt. 11 discs Two strangers. One big secret. And a Christmas to remember. Merry has always wanted a family to spend Christmas with, and this year her dream comes true as she says 'I do' to father-of-two Cole. But as she juggles her rapidly-growing business, wedding planning and the two new children in her life, her dream begins to unravel. Emily is desperately waiting for the New Year to begin, so she can finally have a fresh start. She has always put her family first, leaving little time for happiness and love. When her beloved father, Ray, moves into a residential home, she discovers a photograph in his belongings that has the potential to change everything. As past secrets come to light, will this be a magical Christmas for Emily and Merry to remember?
1399113526 
Audio book
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: Oakhill
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Caroline Lennon. 9 discs When London TV producer Penny finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, it throws her carefully thought-out future plans into disarray - and her concerned mother Val's constant attempts to guide her don't help to calm her panic. Meanwhile Penny's grandmother Marguerite - Val's widowed mother - has recently returned to her childhood home in Wicklow and is struggling to show her concern for Penny without it looking like disapproval. Then Marguerite has an idea - she and Val will make a keepsake quilt for the baby, a way of welcoming this new member of the family and keeping themselves distracted until Penny is more receptive to their advice. But as they begin to piece together treasured textiles, Marguerite becomes fascinated by a mysterious portrait of her own mother and Val is forced to confront her feelings about the past.
1399143301 
Audio book
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: Soundings Audio Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by John Telfer. 8 discs White Priory was a beautiful old mansion outside London. Its owner, a playwright, had invited some people down to discuss his new play, among other things. But someone had come not to talk, but to kill. When Scotland Yard joined the houseparty, everyone started to talk, but all they did was accuse each other of murder - and all their accounts seemed equally plausible. It was a case for Sir Henry. Only Merrivale could sort out the suspects and mark the murderer before he killed again.
1399149202 
Audio book
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Gloria Sanders. 13 discs In a lonely village in the Peak District, during the onset of a once-in-a-lifetime snow storm, Constable Ellie Cheetham finds a body. The man, a local ne'er-do-well, appears to have died in a tragic accident: he drank too much and froze to death but the facts don't add up - the dead man is clutching a knife in one hand, and there's evidence he was hiding from someone. Someone who watched him die. Stranger still, an odd mark has been drawn onto a stone beside his body. As the storm rises and the body count grows, Ellie realises she has a terrifying problem on her hands: someone - or some thing - is killing indiscriminately, attacking in the darkness and using the storm for cover.
1399156055 
Audio book
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: Little Acorn
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Nikki Patel. 8 discs On the day they are born, each Swift is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name and a definition, and it is assumed they will grow up to match. Unfortunately, Shenanigan Swift has other ideas. So what if her relatives all think she's destined to turn out as a troublemaker, just because of her name? Shenanigan knows she can be whatever she wants - pirate, explorer or even detective. Which is lucky, really, because when one of the Family tries to murder Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, someone has to work out whodunit. With the help of her sisters and cousin, Shenanigan grudgingly takes on the case, but more murders, a hidden treasure and an awful lot of suspects make things seriously complicated. Can Shenanigan catch the killer before the whole household is picked off?
1399156381 
Audio book
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: Little Acorn
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Camilla O'Grady. 7 discs Maggie's parents send her to freezing Cornwall to stay with her grandfather, a doctor, who she hardly knows. Here, she stumbles upon an abandoned young snow leopard in the woods. But once the cub's presence is discovered by others, danger follows.
1399104411 
Audio book
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: Little Acorn
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Alex Wingfield. 3 discs Joe, Tom and Pip are excited about spending the Easter holidays at Granny's in Muddlemoor village. They plan to climb trees, eat chocolate and loll around on Granny's sofa. But wait! They've forgotten that Muddlemoor is a hitspot for crime. When a sign appears in Mr Draper's cow field, announcing plans for a horrible battery chicken farm, the children are fed up. They join a protest group to try to stop the farm and save the chickens. But they soon notice that Mr Draper's enemies keep getting sick. Oh no! Is Mr Draper poisoning them? And, if so, is Granny in danger?
1399111639 
Audio book
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: Oakhill
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Victoria Blunt. 9 discs Lexi Forde adores Christmas. She's especially looking forward to it this year as it's the first Christmas with her boyfriend Ben and her older brother is visiting from Canada with his family. They'll all be spending Christmas at her parents' house in Devon. But when Lexi surprises Ben at work, she sees him kissing someone else and discovers he's been having an affair. Devastated, she travels to Devon alone. She's determined not to let her break-up spoil her family Christmas. But when she arrives, Lexi discovers the council won't allow the Christmas tree on the green to be decorated this year; it's too dangerous and has to come down. Lexi is desperate to save their favourite family tradition and make this Christmas extra special. Can she save the tree and mend her broken heart in time for Christmas?
139914135X 
Audio book
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: Soundings Audio Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Julia Franklin. 9 discs When Orla Payne was seven years old, her brother, Callum, mysteriously vanished from the Hanging Wood in the Lake District. Shrouded in complicated family matters and with no clear leads, the case was eventually dismissed. His body was never found.
1399148125 
Audio book
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Bessie Carter. 10 discs January 1804. Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of governess. At thirty-one years old, she has no previous experience of either teaching or fine country houses. But her mother has died and she desperately needs an independent income if she is to survive. For her new charge, twelve-year-old Fanny Austen, Anne's arrival is all novelty and excitement. But Anne is keenly aware that her new role is an awkward one - she is neither one of the servants nor one of the family, and to balance a position between the 'upstairs' and 'downstairs' members of the household is a diplomatic chess game. One wrong move may result in her instant dismissal. She has just begun to settle into her position when dashing Henry Austen and his younger sister Jane come to stay. Both take an immediate interest in the pretty, clever governess who quickly becomes drawn into the above stairs life of the Austen family.
1399113461 
Audio book
Year: 2022
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: Oakhill
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Andrew Wincott. 17 discs Former Tornado navigator John Nichol tells the incredible story of the RAF Tornado force during the First Gulf War in 1991; the excitement and the danger, the fear and the losses. It is an extraordinary account of courage and fortitude.
1445096005 
Audio book
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Katherine Fenton. 10 discs A year has passed since LAPD detective Ren? Ballard quit the force in the face of misogyny, demoralisation, and endless red tape. Yet, after the chief of police himself tells her she can write her ticket within the department, Ballard takes back her badge, leaving 'the Late Show' to rebuild the cold case unit at the elite Robbery-Homicide Division. For years, Harry Bosch has been working a case that haunts him but that he hasn't been able to crack - the murder of an entire family by a psychopath who still walks free. Ballard makes Bosch an offer: come work with her as a volunteer investigator in the new Open-Unsolved Unit, and he can pursue his 'white whale' with the resources of the LAPD behind him. The two must put aside old resentments to work together again and close in on a dangerous killer.
1399124463 
Audio book
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Catherine Harvey. 10 discs Winter has come early to the tiny Siberian village of Roslazny, but for Olga Pushkin, aspiring writer and Railway Engineer (Second Class), it only makes leaving the harder. Olga is being forced overseas by her jealous superior, and now faces two years in exile from her beloved rail-side hut, her white-breasted hedgehog Dmitri, and Vassily Marushkin, sergeant-in-charge at the tiny Roslazny police station. Fate seems to intervene when Olga's train crashes outside Roslazny, shutting the line and killing two on board - local celebrity Danyl Petrovich and his wife, Anoushka. But Vassily Marushkin soon discovers that the Trans-Siberian locomotive was derailed on purpose. As the weather closes in, trapping the villagers - and the suspects - inside, Vassily begins a murder investigation in which Olga and her long-lost friend, Nevena Komarov, soon become closely involved.
1399113585 
Audio book
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: Oakhill
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Caroline Sheen. 9 discs Social worker Kit Goddard is convinced that Sandbeach Child Services have let an injured 17-year-old boy down, just like they'd done to her brother ten years earlier. Since the referral came in, it had been passed between departments, her own manager Georgia and colleague Tim brushing it off as a low risk, low priority case. But Kit can't shake the feeling that something isn't quite right. Scanning the referral, she notices that the house 17-year-old Dylan Meredith lives in with his 'weird' mother had been described as decrepit. The anonymous caller said he was injured, frightened and afraid to tell the truth. As Kit begins to look deeper into the history of the family, she learns that Dylan's grandmother had been an inpatient at Penlan psychiatric hospital and had died there in 2012. In a bid to trace the anonymous caller for more information, Kit sets off to the small coastal town of Rock.
1445087626 
Audio book
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Mark Meadows. 10 discs Detective Inspector Sam Berger's life has been turned upside down. He is suspected of a murder and his partner, Secret Service agent, Molly Blom, is in a coma. Meanwhile, a terrorist attempt is threatening Stockholm and a wanted murderer is on the loose. Berger escapes to the Stockholm Archipelago while he waits for orders from the Swedish Security Service's chief executive. But is he the solution or is he part of the problem?
1399142356 
Audio book
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Audio book
Publisher: Soundings Audio Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Read by Sam Dastor. 9 discs December 1864. As a cold winter wind scours the Worcestershire countryside, an excursion train comes through a tunnel in the Malvern Hills to be confronted by a blockage on the line ahead. The driver manages to slow the train down so that the impact is minimised, but the passengers are alarmed. The first person to alight is Cyril Hubbleday, the man in charge of the excursion to the delightful spa town of Great Malvern. He walks to the front of the locomotive and as he is talking to the driver, fireman and guard, Hubbleday is shot dead by a sniper. Christmas is coming all too soon and Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Leeming are under pressure to solve the case quickly. However, with a number of disputes and enemies in the shadows behind the seasonal excursion and the investigation hampered by heavy snow, the hunt for a cold-blooded killer is far from straightforward.