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A Deadly Affair

Unexpected Love Stories from the Queen of Mystery

by Agatha Christie ...

Narrated by David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Joan Hickson, Judith Boyd ...

Unabridged

6 hours 48 min

Multicast narration featuring David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Joan Hickson, and more“[We] can’t get enough of Christie’s plush and murderous thrills.” —Entertainment WeeklyFrom the Queen of Mystery—this all-new collection of stories about love gone horribly wrong will get your heart racing.Love can propel us to our greatest heights . . . and darkest depths. In this new compendium of Agatha Christie ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Multicast narration featuring David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Joan Hickson, and more“[We] can’t get enough of Christie’s plush and murderous thrills.” —Entertainment WeeklyFrom the Queen of Mystery—this all-new collection of stories about love gone horribly wrong will get your heart racing.Love can propel us to our greatest heights . . . and darkest depths. In this new compendium of Agatha Christie
... Read more

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Katherine Swynford

by Alison Weir ...

Narrated by Judith Boyd ...

Unabridged

16 hours 35 min

In her remarkable new book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest and most remarkable love stories of medieval England. It is the extraordinary tale of an exceptional woman, Katherine Swynford, who became first the mistress, and later the wife, of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. But Katherine Swynford was much more than that. She was the mother of the Beauforts, and through them the ... Read more

$24.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In her remarkable new book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest and most remarkable love stories of medieval England. It is the extraordinary tale of an exceptional woman, Katherine Swynford, who became first the mistress, and later the wife, of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. But Katherine Swynford was much more than that. She was the mother of the Beauforts, and through them the
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The Lady in the Tower

The Fall of Anne Boleyn

by Alison Weir ...

Narrated by Judith Boyd ...

Unabridged

16 hours 52 min

The imprisonment and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, in 1536 was unprecedented in English history and never before has there been a book devoted entirely to her fall. But here Alison Weir has reassessed the evidence and created a richly researched and detailed portrait of the last days of one of the most influential and important figures in English history. ... Read more

$24.17 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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The imprisonment and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, in 1536 was unprecedented in English history and never before has there been a book devoted entirely to her fall. But here Alison Weir has reassessed the evidence and created a richly researched and detailed portrait of the last days of one of the most influential and important figures in English history.
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A Touch of Mortality

by Ann Granger ...

Narrated by Judith Boyd ...

Series series Mitchell and Markby Series
Unabridged

10 hours 48 min

When Sally Caswell persuaded her scientist husband Liam to move from London to the quiet of rural Oxfordshire it was in the hope of a more peaceful existence. But so far the move has led to nothing but discord. Liam's sabbatical book project is not going well so, frustrated and isolated, he quarrels incessantly both with Sally and with their next-door neighbour, the crotchety pensioner Bodicote ... Read more

$16.76 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

When Sally Caswell persuaded her scientist husband Liam to move from London to the quiet of rural Oxfordshire it was in the hope of a more peaceful existence. But so far the move has led to nothing but discord. Liam's sabbatical book project is not going well so, frustrated and isolated, he quarrels incessantly both with Sally and with their next-door neighbour, the crotchety pensioner Bodicote
... Read more
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Murder Among Us

by Ann Granger ...

Narrated by Judith Boyd ...

Series series Mitchell and Markby Series
Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

When an ambitious hotelier announces that he will be converting Springwood Hall into a smart country hotel, it is greeted with a chorus of local disapproval led by the fearsome Hope Mapple - head of the Society for the Preservation of Historical Bamford. So the grand opening, to which all are invited, promises to be a lively affair, and particularly since Hope is planning a disruptive protest ... Read more

$16.76 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

When an ambitious hotelier announces that he will be converting Springwood Hall into a smart country hotel, it is greeted with a chorus of local disapproval led by the fearsome Hope Mapple - head of the Society for the Preservation of Historical Bamford. So the grand opening, to which all are invited, promises to be a lively affair, and particularly since Hope is planning a disruptive protest
... Read more
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A Fine Place for Death

by Ann Granger ...

Narrated by Judith Boyd ...

Series series Mitchell and Markby Series
Unabridged

9 hours 25 min

In the heart of the Cotswolds a body is found. A teenage girl, probably local - somebody's daughter who went out one evening and didn't come back. It is not long before she is identified: fifteen-year-old Lynne Wills, who habitually drank underage in The Silver Bells pub and, on the night of her death, was seen leaving with an unknown man. Chief Inspector Markby's friend Meredith Mitchell has been ... Read more

$16.76 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In the heart of the Cotswolds a body is found. A teenage girl, probably local - somebody's daughter who went out one evening and didn't come back. It is not long before she is identified: fifteen-year-old Lynne Wills, who habitually drank underage in The Silver Bells pub and, on the night of her death, was seen leaving with an unknown man. Chief Inspector Markby's friend Meredith Mitchell has been
... Read more
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Say it With Poison

by Ann Granger ...

Narrated by Judith Boyd ...

Series series Mitchell and Markby Series
Unabridged

8 hours

When Meredith Mitchell agreed to stay with her actress cousin Eve in the run up to Eve's daughter's wedding she anticipated a degree of drama. But she can hardly have expected it to include murder, blackmail and unrequited love. Or to involve a certain Chief Inspector Markby, a middle aged divorcee. As material witness to the only case of murder the Cotswold village of Westerfield has ever seen, ... Read more

$16.76 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

When Meredith Mitchell agreed to stay with her actress cousin Eve in the run up to Eve's daughter's wedding she anticipated a degree of drama. But she can hardly have expected it to include murder, blackmail and unrequited love. Or to involve a certain Chief Inspector Markby, a middle aged divorcee. As material witness to the only case of murder the Cotswold village of Westerfield has ever seen,
... Read more
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Wings Over the Watcher

by Priscilla Masters ...

Narrated by Judith Boyd ...

Series series Joanna Piercy Series
Unabridged

9 hours 51 min

In separate locations in Staffordshire, three separate tableaux are being played out. DI Joanna Piercy is writing to her lover to try and explain recent events; her sidekick Mike Korpanski is filling in insurance forms after his wife has had a prang in the car; and an unknown person is penning love letters to a local doctor.It seems that no one could lead a more mundane life than Beatrice ... Read more

$16.76 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In separate locations in Staffordshire, three separate tableaux are being played out. DI Joanna Piercy is writing to her lover to try and explain recent events; her sidekick Mike Korpanski is filling in insurance forms after his wife has had a prang in the car; and an unknown person is penning love letters to a local doctor.It seems that no one could lead a more mundane life than Beatrice
... Read more
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Shades of Murder

by Ann Granger ...

Narrated by Judith Boyd ...

Series series Mitchell and Markby Series
Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

The two elderly sisters of the Oakley family live in poverty in an ancient mansion, and have decided to sell up to live comfortably from the profits. However, things become more complicated when a young Polish man appears claiming rights to half the fortune. When he dies in circumstances familiar to the Oakley family, the sisters are haunted by the shadow of crime, and Superintendent Markby must ... Read more

$16.76 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The two elderly sisters of the Oakley family live in poverty in an ancient mansion, and have decided to sell up to live comfortably from the profits. However, things become more complicated when a young Polish man appears claiming rights to half the fortune. When he dies in circumstances familiar to the Oakley family, the sisters are haunted by the shadow of crime, and Superintendent Markby must
... Read more
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Mud, Muck and Dead Things

by Ann Granger ...

Narrated by Judith Boyd ...

Series series Campbell and Carter Mystery
Unabridged

9 hours 39 min

The first thrilling installment of the Campbell and Carter mysteries.When the body of a young woman is discovered in the cowshed of Cricket Farm, the tranquility of the British countryside is shattered. Inspector Jess Campbell is on the case, but with few leads, a grumbling partner, and the new superintendent Ian Carter piling on the pressure, she's beginning to wonder why she chose to be a ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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The first thrilling installment of the Campbell and Carter mysteries.When the body of a young woman is discovered in the cowshed of Cricket Farm, the tranquility of the British countryside is shattered. Inspector Jess Campbell is on the case, but with few leads, a grumbling partner, and the new superintendent Ian Carter piling on the pressure, she's beginning to wonder why she chose to be a
... Read more

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The Oracle - The Oracle Trilogy (Unabridged)

by Catherine Fisher ...

Narrated by Judith Boyd ...

Unabridged

8 hours 33 min

In a land without rain, the people turn to the Archon, the god-on-Earth, to end their suffering and, for their sake, the old man must make a terrible sacrifice. Suddenly Mirany, a young priestess, finds herself thrust unwillingly into a desperate struggle to find the child who will be the new Archon. And the only help that she can find are Oblek, a drunken musician and Seth, a conniving scribe. If ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In a land without rain, the people turn to the Archon, the god-on-Earth, to end their suffering and, for their sake, the old man must make a terrible sacrifice. Suddenly Mirany, a young priestess, finds herself thrust unwillingly into a desperate struggle to find the child who will be the new Archon. And the only help that she can find are Oblek, a drunken musician and Seth, a conniving scribe. If
... Read more
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Married Love

by Tessa Hadley ...

Narrated by Anne Dover, Judith Boyd, Multiple Narrators ...

Unabridged

7 hours 1 min

Lottie announces that she is getting married. The youngest daughter of a large and close-knit family, Lottie is nineteen but looks five years younger. Her fiancé is Edgar Lennox, a lecturer at Lottie's university, forty-five years her senior. We follow as Lottie's life unfolds; it is a story of romantic dreams and daily reality, family loyalties and the comedy and solace to be found in small ... Read more

$16.76 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Lottie announces that she is getting married. The youngest daughter of a large and close-knit family, Lottie is nineteen but looks five years younger. Her fiancé is Edgar Lennox, a lecturer at Lottie's university, forty-five years her senior. We follow as Lottie's life unfolds; it is a story of romantic dreams and daily reality, family loyalties and the comedy and solace to be found in small
... Read more