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The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness, narrated by Jamie Glover
Wise, romantic, magical and funny, The Crane Wife is a celebration of the disruptive and redemptive power of love.
The Extraordinary Happens Every Day
One night, George Duncan is woken by a noise in his garden. Impossibly, a great white crane has tumbled to earth, shot through its wing by an arrow. Unexpectedly moved, George helps the bird, and from the moment he watches it fly off, his life is transformed. The next day, a kind but enigmatic woman walks into George's shop. Suddenly a new world opens up for George…
'Ness is a young writer of exciting quality and unpredictability' TIMES
'Patrick Ness is an insanely beautiful writer' TIME MAGAZINE
Patrick Ness is the award-winning author of seven novels and a short story collection. His bestselling novel A Monster Calls became the first ever to win both the Kate Greenaway and Carnegie Medals.
The Killing: Book 1 (Parts 1-6) by David Hewson, narrated by Christian Rodska
Parts one to six of David Hewson’s novel, based on the original screenplay by Søren Sveistrup, from the BAFTA award winning TV series
Sarah Lund is looking forward to her last day as a detective with the Copenhagen Police department before moving to Sweden. But everything changes when nineteen-year-old student, Nanna Birk Larsen, is found raped and brutally murdered in the woods outside the city. Lund’s plans to relocate are put on hold as she leads the investigation along with fellow detective Jan Meyer.
While Nanna’s family struggles to cope with their loss, local politician, Troels Hartmann, is in the middle of an election campaign to become the new mayor of Copenhagen. When links between City Hall and the murder suddenly come to light , the case takes an entirely different turn.
Over the course of the twisting, tortuous investigation, suspect upon suspect emerges as violence and political intrigue cast their shadows over the hunt for the killer.
‘Hewson is one of our finest crime writers. Absorbing, intelligent, and with a staggeringly vivid sense of place.’ PETER JAMES
A Stitch in Time by Amanda James, narrated by Penelope Rawlins
A charmingly romantic debut, racing through history from the Sheffield Blitz to the suffragette movement in London to the Old American West.
Sarah Yates is a thirty-something history teacher, divorced, disillusioned and desperate to have more excitement in her life. Making all her dreams come true seems about as likely as climbing Everest in stilettos.
Then one evening the doorbell rings and the handsome and mysterious John Needler brings more excitement than Sarah could ever have imagined. John wants Sarah to go back in time...
Sarah is whisked from the Sheffield Blitz to the suffragette movement in London to the Old American West, trying to make sure people find their happy endings. The only question is, will she ever be able to find hers?
The One Plus One by Jojo Moyes, narrated by Ben Elliot, Elizabeth Bower, Steven France and Nicola Stanton
The One Plus One is the beautiful, poignant and utterly compelling new novel by the internationally bestselling author Jojo Moyes.
With two jobs and two children, Jess Thomas does her best. But it's hard on your own. And sometimes you take risks you shouldn't. Jess's quirky daughter Tanzie is brilliant with numbers, but without a helping hand she'll never get the chance to shine. And Nicky, Jess's teenage stepson, can't fight the bullies alone. Into their lives comes Ed Nicholls, a man whose life is in chaos, but he wants to help…
'Majestic, utterly compelling, tremendous. A heart-stopping read' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
'Truly beautiful. Made us laugh, smile and sob like a baby - you simply have to read it' CLOSER
Jojo Moyes is a novelist and a journalist. She worked at the Independent for ten years before leaving to write full time. Her previous novels have all been critically acclaimed and include The Girl You Left Behind, Me Before You, The Last Letter from Your Lover, Ship of Brides and Foreign Fruit. She lives in Essex with her husband and their three children.
Cavendon Hall by Barbara Taylor Bradford, narrated by Anna Bentinck
A sweeping saga set around an aristocratic family and their servants, this is Barbara Taylor Bradford at her best…
Opening on the eve of the First World War, set around a stately home, Cavendon Hall, its owners the aristocratic Ingham family and the Swann family who serves them.
Two entwined families: the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them.
One stately home: Cavendon Hall, a grand imposing house nestled in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales
A society beauty: Lady Daphne Ingham is the most beautiful of the Earl’s four daughters. Being presented at Court and making a glittering marriage is her destiny.
But in the summer of 1913, a devastating event changes her future forever, and threatens the Ingham name. Yet life as the families of Cavendon Hall know it – Royal Ascot, supper dances, grouse season feasts and a full servants’ hall – is about to alter beyond recognition as the storm clouds of war gather.
‘Few novelists are as consummate as Barbara Taylor Bradford at keeping the reader turning the page. She is one of the world’s best at spinning yarns’ GUARDIAN
‘Romantic and thrilling’ INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
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