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The latest digital releases
» A Delicate Truth
Get the downloadable, digital audiobook edition of John le Carré's gripping new thriller A Delicate Truth, read by the author himself. A counter-terror operation, codenamed Wildlife, is being mounted in Britain's most precious colony, Gibraltar. Its purpose: to capture and abduct a high-value jihadist arms- buyer. Its authors: an ambitious Foreign Office Minister, and a private defence contractor who is also his close friend.
» Artful
The downloadable, digital audiobook edition of Ali Smith's remarkable exploration of love, life and death, read by the author herself. Originally four lectures given by Ali Smith at Oxford University, Artful is a tidal wave of ideas in four thematically organised bursts of thought: 'On Time', 'On Form', 'On Edge' and 'On Offer and On Reflection'.
» Natural Causes
Scared? You will be after listening to James Oswald's Natural Causes, the first novel in the Detective Inspector McLean series. When a young girl's mutilated body is discovered in a sealed room, her remains carefully arranged in what seems to have been a cruel and macabre ritual, Inspector McLean treats it as a standalone case. But when a series of bloody killings terrify the inhabitants of Edinburgh, he becomes convinced that these deaths
» The Aftermath
A superbly controlled emotional thriller of passion, betrayal and conscience, set in post-War Germany (and soon to be made into a major film). First though, enjoy the downloadable, digital audiobook edition. Rhidian Brook transports us to Hamburg, 1946 where thousands remain displaced in what is now the British Occupied Zone. From each side, two families meet and in this charged and claustrophobic atmosphere all must confront their true selves as enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal.
A selection of our favourite audio CDs
» Oh Dear Silvia
The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Dawn French’s second brilliant novel, Oh Dear Silvia. A full cast recording featuring the voices of Gareth Armstrong, Jane Collingwood, Beattie Edmondson, James Fleet, Llewella Gideon, Jack Lowden, James McArdle, Pauline McLynn, Patrice Naiambana, Celine Rosa Tan, Maggie Steed and Ruby Turner and Dawn herself.
» My Animals & Other Family
The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of My Animals and Other Family, Clare Balding’s wildly funny and deeply moving childhood memoir, read brilliantly by the author herself.
» Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
Greg Heffley has always been in a hurry to grow up. But is getting older really all it's cracked up to be? Suddenly Greg is dealing with the pressures of boy-girl parties, increased responsibilities, and even the awkward changes that come with getting older. And after a big fight with his best friend Rowley, it looks like Greg is going to have to face the "ugly truth" all by himself...
» The Mystery of Mercy Close
Actress Niamh Daly reads the unabridged audiobook edition of Marian Keyes’ heartbreaking stunner of a novel, The Mystery of Mercy Close.
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» The Shadow World
The downloadable audiobook edition of Andrew Feinstein's powerful exposé, The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, complete and unabridged and read by the actor Gildart Jackson. Pulling back the curtain on the secretive world of the global arms trade, Andrew Feinstein reveals the corruption and the cover-ups behind weapons deals ranging from the largest in history, to BAE's controversial transactions in South Africa, Tanzania and eastern Europe.
» NW
This is the story of a city. The north-west corner of a city. Here you’ll find guests and hosts, those with power and those without it, people who live somewhere special and others who live nowhere at all. And many people in between. Enjoy the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of NW, Zadie Smith’s first novel since the bestselling On Beauty. Read by Don Gilet and Karen Bryson.
» Devil's Gate
The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Clive Cussler and Graham Brown's latest novel from the NUMA files, Devil's Gate, brilliantly read by the award-winning narrator Scott Brick. A Japanese cargo ship cruises the eastern Atlantic near the Azores - when it bursts into flames. As Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, and the rest of NUMA's Special Assignments Team rush to investigate, they find themselves drawn into the extraordinary ambitions of an African dictator, the creation of a weapon of almost mythical power, and an unimaginably audacious plan to extort the world's major nations.
» Young Bond: By Royal Command
By Royal Command is the fifth and final heart-stopping audiobook in the phenomenal Young Bond series written and read by Charlie Higson, now available to download. Following a treacherous rescue mission high in the freezing Alps, James Bond is preparing for life back at Eton. But James is under surveillance; his every move is being watched. He alone holds the clue to a sinister plot that will bring bloodshed and carnage to his school - and his country.
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