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Scandalize My Name

by Fiona Sinclair ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series series British Library Crime Classics
Unabridged

6 hours 38 min

On the eve of Elaine Southey's 21st birthday, Ivan Sweet has been found dead in his flat in the basement of the Southeys' historic north London home. A slick charmer to some of the tenants and a loathsome young scoundrel to others, his death doesn't draw out many tears among the house's residents and neighbours. And yet the sordid truth starts to seep into the heart of their small community. A ... Read more

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On the eve of Elaine Southey's 21st birthday, Ivan Sweet has been found dead in his flat in the basement of the Southeys' historic north London home. A slick charmer to some of the tenants and a loathsome young scoundrel to others, his death doesn't draw out many tears among the house's residents and neighbours. And yet the sordid truth starts to seep into the heart of their small community. A
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The Mermaid's Cry

by Kate Rhodes ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series Audiobook 9 - DI Ben Kitto
Unabridged

8 hours 25 min

When DI Ben Kitto sees a baby thrown into Penzance harbour, he prays it's a trick of the light. But the threat is real. The child survives – barely – and soon a chilling pattern emerges. As the Burning Sky Festival brings dancers, dreamers and stargazers to Cornwall's coast, children begin to vanish. A small mermaid figurine is found beside each scene, echoing the legend of the Mermaid of Zennor, ... Read more

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When DI Ben Kitto sees a baby thrown into Penzance harbour, he prays it's a trick of the light. But the threat is real. The child survives – barely – and soon a chilling pattern emerges. As the Burning Sky Festival brings dancers, dreamers and stargazers to Cornwall's coast, children begin to vanish. A small mermaid figurine is found beside each scene, echoing the legend of the Mermaid of Zennor,
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A Death in Berlin

A gripping new World War 2 thriller from the bestselling author

by Simon Scarrow ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series Audiobook 3 - CI Schenke
Unabridged

10 hours 5 min

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!'Scarrow's Berlin is sharply drawn with closely observed detail, a place that reeks of threat and fear - and not just from the Gestapo' Financial Times'Gripping, with an electric atmosphere and cracking pace' SunBerlin. 1940. Hitler's rule casts a menaci... ... Read more

$37.99 USD

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!'Scarrow's Berlin is sharply drawn with closely observed detail, a place that reeks of threat and fear - and not just from the Gestapo' Financial Times'Gripping, with an electric atmosphere and cracking pace' SunBerlin. 1940. Hitler's rule casts a menaci...
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The Birthday Boys

by Beryl Bainbridge ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Unabridged

5 hours 47 min

A brilliantly realised evocation of the thoughts and voices of Captain Scott and the four men with him, who suffered extraordinary hardships before finally dying during their 1912 attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole. The Birthday Boys tells story of Scott's doomed expedition through the voices of five men on the voyage. As Scott, Petty Officer Taff Evans, ship's doctor Edward Wilson, ... Read more

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A brilliantly realised evocation of the thoughts and voices of Captain Scott and the four men with him, who suffered extraordinary hardships before finally dying during their 1912 attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole. The Birthday Boys tells story of Scott's doomed expedition through the voices of five men on the voyage. As Scott, Petty Officer Taff Evans, ship's doctor Edward Wilson,
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Wolf Six

An explosive start to a series! An action-packed thriller from Alex Shaw

by Alex Shaw ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series Audiobook 1 - A Wolf Six Thriller
Unabridged

8 hours 13 min

The first in a BRAND NEW action thriller series from the Wilbur Smith Prize-Shortlisted author Alex Shaw.Perfect for fans of Tom Wood, Vince Flynn and Mark Greaney, this is an explosive action thriller you won’t be able to put down ‘Another excellent stripped-back, razor-edge thriller from Alex Shaw’ - New York Times bestselling author James SwallowKilling for a living is easy, living for a reason ... Read more

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The first in a BRAND NEW action thriller series from the Wilbur Smith Prize-Shortlisted author Alex Shaw.Perfect for fans of Tom Wood, Vince Flynn and Mark Greaney, this is an explosive action thriller you won’t be able to put down ‘Another excellent stripped-back, razor-edge thriller from Alex Shaw’ - New York Times bestselling author James SwallowKilling for a living is easy, living for a reason
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Death of a Stranger

Step into Tudor England in this gripping historical mystery from John Pilkington

by John Pilkington ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Bishopsgate Ward Mysteries
Unabridged

7 hours 54 min

Discover the first in a BRAND NEW gripping Tudor mystery from bestselling author John Pilkington. Perfect for fans of Andrew Taylor and S. J. Parris. ☠️'Pilkington transports us back to the Elizabethan era so deftly you can smell the stink of it, and feel the danger lurking in every shadow.' - Richard Cullen1594, Bishopsgate Ward, London. Within the walls and without, unease and uncertainty lurk ... Read more

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Discover the first in a BRAND NEW gripping Tudor mystery from bestselling author John Pilkington. Perfect for fans of Andrew Taylor and S. J. Parris. ☠️'Pilkington transports us back to the Elizabethan era so deftly you can smell the stink of it, and feel the danger lurking in every shadow.' - Richard Cullen1594, Bishopsgate Ward, London. Within the walls and without, unease and uncertainty lurk
... Read more

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The Baby-Snatcher

An Inspector Ramsay Novel

by Ann Cleeves ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series Audiobook 6 - Inspector Ramsay Series
Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the Inspector Ramsay series featuring a talented, brilliant detective—now available for the first time in the US.Marilyn Howe and her mother Kathleen are an inseparable duo, until one night Kathleen doesn’t come home . . .Fifteen-year-old Marilyn turns up alone and frightened on Inspector Ramsay’s doorstep so he takes the young girl home to the isolated ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the Inspector Ramsay series featuring a talented, brilliant detective—now available for the first time in the US.Marilyn Howe and her mother Kathleen are an inseparable duo, until one night Kathleen doesn’t come home . . .Fifteen-year-old Marilyn turns up alone and frightened on Inspector Ramsay’s doorstep so he takes the young girl home to the isolated
... Read more

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The Healers

An Inspector Ramsay Novel

by Ann Cleeves ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Inspector Ramsay Series
Unabridged

6 hours 56 min

Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the Inspector Ramsay series featuring a talented, brilliant detective—now available for the first time in the US.News of the murder came to Inspector Stephen Ramsay early on Monday morning: isolated farmer Ernie Bowles was found lying on his kitchen floor, gruesomely strangled.Ramsey fears this case will not be simple. In his experience, most murders are ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the Inspector Ramsay series featuring a talented, brilliant detective—now available for the first time in the US.News of the murder came to Inspector Stephen Ramsay early on Monday morning: isolated farmer Ernie Bowles was found lying on his kitchen floor, gruesomely strangled.Ramsey fears this case will not be simple. In his experience, most murders are
... Read more

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Death of a Fugitive

Discover a gripping Tudor mystery of crime, deceit and danger for 2026

by John Pilkington ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Bishopsgate Ward Mysteries
Unabridged

7 hours 47 min

A BRAND NEW instalment in a gripping Tudor mystery from bestselling author John Pilkington. Perfect for fans of Andrew Taylor and S. J. Parris.This Ward, Cutler… it seethes, does it not?1595, Bishopsgate Ward, London. Matthew Cutler, constable for the parish of Spitalfields, prides himself on always being on the side of justice. So when a young man on the run, whose only ‘crime’ was protesting ... Read more

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A BRAND NEW instalment in a gripping Tudor mystery from bestselling author John Pilkington. Perfect for fans of Andrew Taylor and S. J. Parris.This Ward, Cutler… it seethes, does it not?1595, Bishopsgate Ward, London. Matthew Cutler, constable for the parish of Spitalfields, prides himself on always being on the side of justice. So when a young man on the run, whose only ‘crime’ was protesting
... Read more

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The Ruffler's Child

Step into a gripping historical mystery from John Pilkington

by John Pilkington ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Thomas the Falconer Mysteries
Unabridged

6 hours 46 min

Get ready for the first adventure in the fabulous Thomas the Falconer Tudor mystery series from John Pilkington. A must-read for fans of C. J. Sansom and Andrew Taylor. ‘A truly fine historical series’ - Library JournalBE YE HUNTER OR PREY?Introducing Thomas Finbow – falconer to Sir Robert Vicary and Lady Margaret of Petbury, Berkshire. He keeps his mind sharp and his body primed as he goes about ... Read more

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Get ready for the first adventure in the fabulous Thomas the Falconer Tudor mystery series from John Pilkington. A must-read for fans of C. J. Sansom and Andrew Taylor. ‘A truly fine historical series’ - Library JournalBE YE HUNTER OR PREY?Introducing Thomas Finbow – falconer to Sir Robert Vicary and Lady Margaret of Petbury, Berkshire. He keeps his mind sharp and his body primed as he goes about
... Read more

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A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy

An Inspector Ramsay Novel

by Ann Cleeves ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Inspector Ramsay Series
Unabridged

6 hours 5 min

Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the Inspector Ramsay series featuring a talented, brilliant detective—now available for the first time in the US.For Dorothea Cassidy, Thursdays were special. Every week she would look forward to the one day she could call her own, a welcome respite from the routine duties of being a vicar’s wife. But one Thursday in June would be her last—the day ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the Inspector Ramsay series featuring a talented, brilliant detective—now available for the first time in the US.For Dorothea Cassidy, Thursdays were special. Every week she would look forward to the one day she could call her own, a welcome respite from the routine duties of being a vicar’s wife. But one Thursday in June would be her last—the day
... Read more

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Death on the Down Beat

by Sebastian Farr ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series series British Library Crime Classics
Unabridged

5 hours 4 min

As a rousing Strauss piece is reaching its crescendo in Maningpool Civic Hall, the talented yet obnoxious conductor Sir Noel Grampian is shot dead in full view of the Municipal Orchestra and the audience. It was no secret that he had many enemies - musicians and music critics among them - but to be killed mid-flow suggests an act of the coldest calculation. Told through the letters and documents ... Read more

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As a rousing Strauss piece is reaching its crescendo in Maningpool Civic Hall, the talented yet obnoxious conductor Sir Noel Grampian is shot dead in full view of the Municipal Orchestra and the audience. It was no secret that he had many enemies - musicians and music critics among them - but to be killed mid-flow suggests an act of the coldest calculation. Told through the letters and documents
... Read more