Adult DAISY Audio Books and Online Digital Audio - Fiction

• Christian Fiction
• Erotic Fiction
• Family Stories (Fiction)
• Fantastic Fiction
• General Fiction
• Historical Novels
• Love Stories (Fiction)
• Mysteries (Fiction)
• Science Fiction
• Short Stories
• Supernatural Fiction
• Suspense (Fiction)
• War Stories (Fiction)
• Westerns

Christian Fiction

DC14981
Code of honor by Sandra Dengler.
1 disc. Narrated by Graeme Malcolm.
Conditions in Ireland were bleak in the early 1900s. So when an offer of indenture gave Samantha Connolly and her two sisters a chance to travel, they signed up. But now that they are in Australia working for Cole Sloan, Sam begins to wonder if they made a mistake. Life is so different here, and Cole is having trouble keeping his sugar plantation solvent. Followed by "Power of Pinjarra." c1988. (Australian destiny ; 1)

DC33779
Bittersweet Bliss by Ruth Glover.
1 disc. Narrated by Margaret Williams.
Two pioneer women, as different as can be. Two secrets skillfully buried, but not forgotten. Two journeys to embrace the bittersweet bliss of the Canadian frontier. Sequel to "Seasons of Bliss" (DC31084). Followed by "Back roads to Bliss" (DC33742). 2003. (The Saskatchewan saga ; 5)

Erotic Fiction

DC34258
Hot moves by Kristin Hardy.
1 disc. Narrated by Regina Reagan.
On the dance floor the gorgeous model-turned-dance-instructor abandons herself to the sensuous throb of the tango and her imagination. But reality is a different matter. A disastrous affair has left her with cold feet in the bedroom and no juicy gossip about her love life to serve up to her worried friends. Until Brady McMillan tempts her to believe that the perfect partner really does exist and proves that his moves on and off the dance floor are as hot as she can handle! Descriptions of sex. 2008.

Family Stories (Fiction)

DC34156
Heirs of Ravenscar by Barbara Taylor Bradford.
1 disc. Narrated by Mark Elstob.
As the First World War draws to a close, all seems golden for young Edward Deravenel, charismatic head of the family empire and master of Ravenscar. Yet beneath the surface lies discord. Elizabeth Deravenel, his beautiful wife, is jealous and her lies and gossip damage the family name. Worse still is Edward's brother George. His reckless behaviour and treachery lead to blackmail and betrayal. The fortunes of the house of Deravenel begin to suffer. It is up to Edward's daughter Bess, and her son Harry to secure the Ravenscar inheritance. Sequel to "The Ravenscar dynasty" (DC31736). 2008. (House of Deravenel ; 2)

DC03750
Hannah Massey by Catherine Cookson.
1 disc. Narrated by Rachel Gurney.
Hannah is a fiercely ambitious woman who would use anyone - husband, sons, grandchild, or her beautiful daughter - to gain social acceptability. Some strong language. c1964.

DC06782
Winter: a novel of a Berlin family by Len Deighton.
1 disc. Narrated by Merwin Smith.
Peter and Pauli Winter are reunited at the Nuremberg trials. Peter, a U.S. army colonel, is on the staff of prosecuting attorneys; Pauli, a former Gestapo lawyer, may soon be on trial for his life. The family life of the Winters and the history of Germany from 1900 to the late 1940s. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1988.

DC34218
My friend Monica by Jane Duncan.
1 disc. Narrated by Stanley Pritchard.
An account of the turbulent life at the country cottage where Monica lives with her newly married friends Janet and Twice. 1960. (Reachfar ; 3)

DC34259
The northern clemency by Philip Hensher.
1 disc. Narrated by Owain Shaw.
Sheffield. We chart the relationship between two families: Malcolm and Katherine Glover and their three children; and their neighbours the Sellers family, newly arrived from London so that Bernie can pursue his job with the Electricity Board. The day the Sellers move in there is a crisis: Malcolm Glover has left home, convinced his wife is having an affair. The consequences of this rupture will spread throughout the lives of both couples and their children, in particular 10-year-old Tim Glover, who never quite recovers from a moment of his mother's public cruelty and the taunting of 15-year-old Sandra Sellers; childhood crises that will come to a head twenty years later. 2008.

DC34263
A fraction of the whole by Steve Toltz.
1 disc. Narrated by John Eastman and Peter Wickham.
Martin Dean spent his entire life analyzing absolutely everything - from the benefits of suicide to the virtues of strip clubs - and passing on his self-taught knowledge to his son, Jasper. But now that his father's dead, Jasper recounts a boyhood of outrageous schemes and shocking discoveries - about his infamous criminal uncle, his mysteriously absent mother, and Martin's constant battle to leave his mark on the world. 2008.

Fantastic Fiction

DC26509
Midnight tides: a tale of the Malazan Book of the fallen by Steven Erikson.
1 disc. Narrated by Stephen Gal.
The warlock king Hannan Mosag has united the tribes of Tiste Edur. But the relative peace is threatened by the empire of Letheras to the south, which seeks to reclaim ancient lands by bribery or force. Sequel to "House of Chains", followed by "Bonehunters". Some strong language, explicit descriptions of violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2007, c2004. (Malazan book of the fallen ; 5)

DC32877
Reaper's gale by Steven Erikson.
1 disc. Narrated by Kathleen Miller.
Emperor Rhulad of Lether slowly descends into madness while several parties attempt to overthrow him. Outside forces also threaten his rule, as both the tribal Awl'dan - led by the warrior Redmask - and Malazan soldiers prepare for confrontation. Sequel to "The Bonehunters", followed by "Toll the hounds". Explicit descriptions of violence, strong language and descriptions of sex. c2007. (Malazan book of the fallen ; 7)

DC29338
Black powder war by Naomi Novik.
1 disc. Narrated by Ann Saunders.
Captain Laurence and his Chinese dragon, Temeraire, receive urgent orders that lead them overland to Turkey, where they encounter a vengeful Lung whom they had worsted in Peking. Laurence and Temeraire reach German lands in time for the battle of Jena, where they face Napoleon's corps, a ferocious French dragon, and the disgruntled Lung. Sequel to "Throne of Jade" (DC29365). Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2006. (Temeraire ; 3)

DC16440
Triumph of the Darksword by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman.
1 disc. Narrated by Gordon Gould.
The Watchers stand at the border to see that no one crosses it. But suddenly through the border's mist come Joram and his wife. Joram approaches the Watcher holding the sword, pulls it from its sheath, and in an act of mercy drives it into the stone heart. Now Joram has the power to destroy or save the world. Sequel to "Doom of the Darksword." Some violence. 1988.

General Fiction

DC34003
The white tiger by Aravind Adiga.
1 disc. Narrated by David Thorpe.
Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes increasingly aware of immense wealth and opportunity all around him, while knowing that he will never be able to gain access to that world. As Balram broods over his situation, he realizes that there is only one way he can become part of this glamorous new India - by murdering his master. 2008.

DC35663
Blue water by A. Manette Ansay.
1 disc. Narrated by Barbara Karmazyn.
Meg and Rex Van Dorn's lives are changed when a drunk driver slams into Meg's car, killing their young son, Evan. In a small town, it's no surprise that Meg and Cindy Ann Kreisler, the driver, were once best friends. It is the story of people learning to face the unthinkable - and of the human potential for forgiveness, redemption, and grace. c2006.

DC33962
Exit lines by Joan Barfoot.
1 disc. Narrated by Anne Saxton.
Seniors settle into a retirement facility; four of them become their own little group dedicated to small acts of pleasurable rebellion. In their pasts they've had a few connections, both faint and bold, with each other, and Ruth hopes to make use of them soon, for a challenging act that needs undertaking in the dead of night. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2008.

DC34044
More by Austin Clarke.
1 disc. Narrated by Gina Clayton.
At the news of her son's involvement in gang crime, Idora Morrison collapses in her rented basement apartment. For four days and nights, she retreats into a vortex of memory, pain, and disappointment that unravels her life as a black immigrant in Toronto. Some descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2008.

DC33602
The lizard cage by Karen Connelly.
1 disc. Narrated by Bryon Johnsen.
Arrested by the Burmese police in the days of mass protest, Teza is seven years into a twenty-year sentence in solitary confinement. Enduring the harsh conditions with resourcefulness, Buddhist patience and humour, he searches for news and human connection in every being and object that is allowed into his cell. 2005.

DC15664
Beachcombing for a shipwrecked god by Joe Coomer.
1 disc. Narrated by Laura Giannarelli.
Three women share life aboard an ocean yacht in New Hampshire. The recently widowed Charlotte has fled her Kentucky in-laws and lands on a boat belonging to Grace, an elderly widow. Already aboard is Chloe, a sweet, plump teenage dropout with an abusive boyfriend. The beleaguered women escape to Nova Scotia across open ocean. c1995.

DC05323
Diary of a provincial lady by E.M. Delafield ; with a preface by Mary Borden.
1 disc. Narrated by Pamela Brook.
This gently satiric diary recounts the daily doings of a very English lady. Her days consist of an endless routine of tiresome teas, garden fetes and trips to London. First published in 1931. 1982.

DC34228
Addition by Toni Jordan.
1 disc. Narrated by Sarah Kants.
Grace Lisa Vandenburg counts - the letters in her name (19), the steps she takes every morning to the local cafe (920). Grace counts everything, because that way there are no unpleasant surprises. Seamus Joseph O'Reilly (also a 19) thinks she might be better off without the counting. If she could hold down a job, say, or open her cupboards without conducting an inventory, or leave her flat without measuring the walls. As Grace struggles to balance a new relationship with old habits, to find a way to change while staying true to herself, she realises that nothing is more chaotic than love. 2008.

DC43267
The conformist: a novel by Alberto Moravia ; translated from the Italian by Angus Davidson.
1 disc. Narrated by Male narrator.
As a young boy Marcello feels a conflict between pleasure in violent acts - like killing lizards - and his desire to be "normal." His struggle continues into adulthood during the Mussolini era, until he receives an assignment that causes him to lose control. Basis for the 1970 film by Bernardo Bertolucci. Some violence. 1983, c1951.

DC34217
The eye by Vladimir Nabokov.
1 disc. Narrated by Nigel Graham.
Set in Berlin in the 1920s, the story follows the narrator in his distressful, flurried pursuit of the real identity of a man called Smurov who, like the narrator himself, puts in a regular appearance among a circle of acquaintances. Each person he meets reflects a different Smurov, whose character seems to change. Do these reflections illumine or obscure the real identity of the man? The puzzle leads through a "hell of mirrors" to the final chilling dénouement. 1992.

DC33959
Caspian rain by Gina B. Nahai.
1 disc. Narrated by Iole Fabbro.
Tehran, during the Shah's regime. Bahar, an impoverished but optimistic teenaged Jewish girl, marries wealthy Omid despite the misgivings of both families. Bahar is rejected by Omid's society friends, is humiliated when Omid takes a lover, and is disgraced when her daughter Yaas gradually becomes deaf. Bestseller. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2008.

DC33995
My name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok.
1 disc. Narrated by David Graham.
Asher Lev painted the sensational "Brooklyn Crucifixion". Into it he poured all the anguish and torment a Jew can feel when torn between the faith of his fathers and his art. Here Asher Lev plunges back into his childhood and recounts the story of love and conflict which dragged him to this crossroads. 1974.

DC35655
Orchid bay by Patricia Shaw.
1 disc. Narrated by William Samples.
A chance meeting with Mal Willoughby involves Emilie Tissington in a controversy of murder and intrigue that will ruin her reputation. Just as the friendship blossoms, Mal is threatened with hanging for a crime he didn't commit. This is a story of innocence and fierce loyalty. Their journey into the unknown has surprising consequences. 1999.

DC34155
Couples by John Updike.
1 disc. Narrated by Eric Meyers.
Well-to-do and thirty-five-ish, the ten couples living in Tarbox, New England, form an exclusive and competitive group. They are sociable, sporty, play word games in the evenings and enjoy adultery all year round. Slipping in and out of affairs, they and their rituals are observed by the baleful eye of their self-appointed ringmaster, Freddy Thorne. Descriptions of sex. 1969.

DC34202
Roger's version by John Updike.
1 disc. Narrated by Stanley McGeagh.
Roger Lambert, a divinity professor, is visited in his office one day by Dale Kohler, a young computer hacker who believes that scientific evidence of God's existence is irresistibly accumulating. Discussions follow and strategies employed by the professor are complicated by his petite discontented wife, Esther, and Verna Ekelof, the runaway daughter of his Cleveland half-sister. Descriptions of sex. 1986.

DC35633
After Goodlakes by Terence Young.
1 disc. Narrated by Bryon Johnsen.
Fergus, owner of Goodlake's Deli, is having an affair with a much younger woman - a relationship that starts out carefree but eventually collapses the foundations of everything in his life. The crisis is by turns humorous, tragic and epic, involving not only his own story but the story of generations in an eccentric family and an entire community. 2004.

Historical Novels

DC15943
The heiress by Jude Deveraux.
1 disc. Narrated by Anne Flosnik.
In 1572 English knight Jamie Montgomery is assigned to escort the Maidenhall heiress, who is joining her fiancé. Because Jamie's family is now impoverished, his sisters convince Jamie to try to make the heiress fall in love with him. When Jamie mistakes the heiress's cousin for her and confides his plan to the heiress, she decides not to reveal her identity. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1995.

DC34004
World without end by Ken Follett.
2 discs. Narrated by Jonathan Oliver.
On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. As adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revenge. They will see prosperity and famine, plague and war. One boy will travel the world but come home in the end; the other will be a powerful, corrupt nobleman. One girl will defy the might of the medieval church; the other will pursue an impossible love. And always they will live under the long shadow of the unexplained killing they witnessed on that fateful childhood day. Sequel to "Pillars of the earth" (DC30868). 2007.

DC34232
Sea of poppies by Amitav Ghosh.
1 disc. Narrated by Steve Hodson.
At the heart of this epic saga, set just before the Opium Wars, is an old slaving-ship, The Ibis. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean, its crew a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts. Fate has thrown together a truly diverse cast of Indians and Westerners, from a bankrupt Raja to a widowed villager, from an evangelical English opium trader to a mulatto American freedman. As their old family ties are washed away they, like their historical counterparts, come to view themselves as jahaj-bhais or ship-brothers. An unlikely dynasty is born, which will span continents, races and generations. 2008.

DC34252
Faro's daughter by Georgette Heyer.
1 disc. Narrated by Colin Keith Johnson.
An amusing story of eighteenth-century London, its high society and life in one of the small gaming houses patronised by the wealthy. 1941.

DC34148
Colours aloft! by Alexander Kent.
1 disc. Narrated by Antony Higgison.
Recently-knighted Richard Bolitho is the youngest admiral on the Navy list but his new status sits uneasily upon his shoulder. With the short-lived Peace of Amiens in ruins, the French fleet is destined to put him to the test. 1986. (Richard Bolitho ; 17)

DC34273
The quest by Wilbur Smith.
1 disc. Narrated by Jon Cartwright.
"The Quest" continues the story of the Warlock, Taita, wise in the lore of the ancient Gods and a master of magic and the supernatural. Egypt is struck by a series of terrible plagues that cripple the Kingdom, and then the ultimate disaster follows: the Nile fails. The waters that nourish and sustain the land dry up. Something catastrophic is taking place in the distant and totally unexplored depths of Africa from where the mighty river springs. In desperation Pharaoh sends for Taita, the only man who might be able to win through to the source of the Nile and discover the cause of all their woes. Sequel to "The warlock" (DC29706). 2007. (The Egyptian novels ; 4)

DC34208
The leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa ; translated by Archibald Colquhoun.
1 disc. Narrated by Gene Foad.
In the spring of 1860, Fabrizio, Prince of Salina, still rules over thousands of Sicilian acres and hundreds of people, but echoes of the new political movements on the mainland are already being heard: Garibaldi is about to arrive and a revolution is about to begin. 1984.

Love Stories

DC35666
An independent woman by Candace Camp.
1 disc. Narrated by Trish Grainge.
Only one person ever treated Juliana Holcott with anything other than disdain - Nicholas Barre, heir to the estate where she grew up. When she loses her job as a lady's companion, Nick offers a marriage of convenience. Juliana wants to prove to Nick that he is capable of love they deserve. First they must pursue an urgent quarry - a murderer. 2006.

DC32968
The last rake in London and The notorious lord by Nicola Cornick.
1 disc. Narrated by Charlotte Stevens.
Under a blaze of chandeliers, in London's most fashionable club, Jack Kestrel is waiting. He hasn't come to enjoy the rich at play; he's there to uphold his family name. But first he has to get past the ice-cool owner: the beautiful Sally Bowes. And Jack wants her to warm his bed. 2008.

DC10943
The Generous earl by Catherine Coulter.
1 disc. Narrated by Jill Ferris.
When English duke Ian Carmichael inherits a Scottish earldom, he decides to make his new estate self-sufficient. His plans are complicated by his growing affection for 17-year-old Brandy and an unexpected visit from his fiancée. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1981.

DC22556
Jade Star by Catherine Coulter.
1 disc. Narrated by Mitzi Friedlander.
While swimming in the ocean off Maui, missionary's daughter Jules is kidnapped by a ship's captain, who plans to sell her into prostitution. Her childhood friend Michael, a San Francisco doctor, rescues Jules, but the captain plans to get her back. Explicit descriptions of sex, strong language, and some violence. c1999.

DC09321
Mountain laurel by Jude Deveraux.
1 disc. Narrated by Jill Ferris.
In 1859, opera singer Madalyn Worth travels to Denver to entertain the gold miners. Army captain C.H. Montgomery is assigned to guard Maddie, but he does not know that her real mission is to save her kidnapped sister. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1990.

DC09207
River lady by Jude Deveraux.
1 disc. Narrated by Mitzi Friedlander.
As a child, Leah was given a $20 gold piece by handsome Wesley Stanford and she vowed to marry him one day. Leah now is a young woman ready for marriage, but Wesley is engaged to someone else. Sequel to "Lost lady". Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1985.

DC13901
The raider by Jude Deveraux.
1 disc. Narrated by Laura Giannarelli.
Alexander Montgomery returns from sea when he learns the colonists are being harassed by the British. Deciding to become a masked man who raids against the redcoats at night, Montgomery keeps his identity secret by dressing and acting like a fat, prissy coward during the day. But he falls in love with his now-grown neighbour, Jessica Taggert, who wants the masked raider instead. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1987.

DC12698
The velvet promise by Jude Deveraux.
1 disc. Narrated by Laura Giannarelli.
Alice Valence, in love with Gavin Montgomery, is to wed Edmund Chatworth. Gavin is to wed Judith Revedoune, a young woman with no interest in marriage -- she has seen too much cruelty visited upon her mother by her father. Yet when Gavin sees Judith on their wedding day, he believes he can love her. But he does not count on Alice's vindictive nature or Judith's stubborn streak. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 1981. (Velvet Saga ; 1)

DC34205
False colours by Georgette Heyer.
1 disc. Narrated by George Hagan.
How a Regency buck impersonates his twin brother Evelyn, at a dinner party given for the girl Evelyn hopes to marry, in order to clear up his mother's debts. 1963.

DC34033
Lessons of desire by Madeline Hunter.
1 disc. Narrated by Mona Paul.
Italy, 1823. When British lord Elliot Rothwell learns that a publisher's scandalous posthumous autobiography will smear his family name, he seeks out the man's unconventional daughter, Phaedra Blair. Elliot finds her imprisoned for causing a duel - and marries Phaedra to win her freedom. Explicit descriptions of sex, some strong language, and some descriptions of violence. Rita Award. Sequel to "Rules of seduction", followed by "Secrets of surrender". 2007. (Rothwells ; 2)

DC33650
The Manning sisters by Debbie Macomber.
1 disc. Narrated by Karen McMillan-Aver.
Cougar Point, Montana. In "The Cowboy's Lady", brokenhearted Taylor Manning, the new schoolteacher from Seattle, attracts the attention of chauvinistic rancher Russ Palmer. In "The Sheriff Takes a Wife", Taylor's engaged sister Christy visits to see Taylor's baby and falls for lawman Cody Franklin. Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2008, c1990. (Manning family ; 1)

DC34255
Untouched mistress by Margaret McPhee.
1 disc. Narrated by Sally Armstrong.
Guy Tregellas, Viscount Varington, has a rakish reputation, and when he discovers a beautiful woman washed up on a beach he is more than intrigued. He doesn't believe her claims that she is a respectable widow and is determined to seduce the truth out of her! Helena McGregor must escape Scotland to anonymity in London. For the past five years she has lived a shameful life, not of her choosing. But she needs the help of her disturbingly handsome rescuer as the danger catches up with them. 2008.

DC34193
The court by Elizabeth Walker.
1 disc. Narrated by Maggie Jones.
Saga of drama, romance and sensuality set at the crumbling mansion of the Hellyn family. Descriptions of sex. 1990.

Mysteries (Fiction)

DC35674
Aunt Dimity goes West by Nancy Atherton.
1 disc. Narrated by Pat Barlow.
No sooner has Lori arrived at her Colorado vacation home, the Aerie, when things go amiss. The caretaker has disappeared; the townspeople are hiding a secret. Is the Aerie cursed or is a sinister human hand at work? With Aunt Dimity's help, Lori sets out to solve a 100-year-old mystery. 2007.

DC33606
Bad guys by Linwood Barclay.
1 disc. Narrated by Harold Roberts.
Science fiction writer Zack Walker is working as a features writer for the paper. While researching his first article, he stumbles upon a real-life crime scene. He finds himself at the centre of a violent crime wave and destined for a confrontation with a crime syndicate figure. All is not quiet on the home front either. 2005.

DC34157
Scaredy cat by Mark Billingham.
1 disc. Narrated by Tim Bruce.
Two women are dead. The killer selected his victim at Euston station, followed her home on the tube and strangled her to death in front of her child. At the same time, killed in the same way, a second body is discovered at the back of King's Cross station. It is a grisly coincidence that eerily echoes the murder of two other women, stabbed to death months before on the same day. DI Tom Thorne sees the connection between the two and starts to investigate. Sequel to "Sleepyhead" (DC34227). Followed by "Lazybones". 2006.

DC04543
Murder goes mumming by Alisa Craig.
1 disc. Narrated by Harold Roberts.
R.C.M.P. plainclothes detective Madoc Rhys has his cover blown, but that is the least of his problems. 1981.

DC16475
Wall of brass: a novel by Robert Daley.
1 disc. Narrated by Ray Foushee.
When New York police commissioner Harry Chapman is shot and killed while jogging, chief of detectives Bert Farber takes the case. Farber recalls that as a rookie cop Chapman planned to become president by age forty-five and that he had achieved each step on his timetable when he was cut down. Now, if Farber can solve Chapman's murder, he may be named commissioner. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. 1994.

DC20595
Prime cut by Diane Mott Davidson.
1 disc. Narrated by Martha Harmon Pardee.
Goldy Bear Schulz faces competition from an obnoxious fellow caterer who undercuts her prices. Her kitchen is also torn apart and left unfinished by an unscrupulous contractor who later is found dead in a friend's house. Because her husband, Tom, is suspended from the police force, Goldy investigates. Includes recipes. Some descriptions of violence. 1998.

DC17063
The grilling season by Diane Mott Davidson.
1 disc. Narrated by Martha Harmon Pardee.
Goldy Schulz, the only caterer in Aspen Meadow, Colorado, gets to cater Patricia McCracken's Stanley Cup party. But Patricia also wants Goldy's help in getting revenge against Dr. John Richard Korman - Goldy's ex-husband and Patricia's ob-gyn. When the doctor's current girlfriend is found dead, Patricia may get her wish. Some strong language. 1997.

DC35675
Full dark house by Christopher Fowler.
1 disc. Narrated by Harold Roberts.
The long partnership of detectives Arthur Bryant and John May is ended when Bryant is killed by a bomb. May is convinced that the clue to the killer's identity is to be found in their first case. It was in London, during the Blitz, when a dancer was found without her feet. The young detectives learn that criminals often hide in plain sight. 2003.

DC34229
A cure for all diseases: a novel in six volumes by Reginald Hill.
1 disc. Narrated by Robbie MacNab.
Convalescing in Sandytown, a quiet seaside resort devoted to healing, Dalziel befriends Charlotte Heywood, a fellow newcomer and psychologist, who is researching the benefits of alternative therapy. With much in common, the two soon find themselves in league when trouble comes to town. Sandytown's principal landowners have grandiose plans for the resort - none of which they can agree on. One of them has to go, and when one of them does, in spectacularly gruesome fashion, DCI Peter Pascoe is called in to investigate - with Dalziel and Charlotte providing unwelcome support. But Pascoe finds dark forces at work in a place where medicine and holistic remedies are no match for the oldest cure of all! Some descriptions of violence. 2008.

DC00615
Nightmare in pink by John D. MacDonald.
1 disc. Narrated by John Stratton.
While investigating the murder of his best friend's sister's fiancé, Travis McGee uncovers a multi-million dollar swindle. Some strong language. 1976, c1964.

DC06920
The moving target by Ross Macdonald.
1 disc. Narrated by Harold Roberts.
Lew Archer has become jaded with the problems of California's rich and bored, but even he is not prepared for what he discovers while trying to rescue Francis Martel from a French aristocrat. Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award. c1949.

DC19987
Mary, Mary by Julie Parsons.
1 disc. Narrated by Jacqueline Bishop.
Margaret, a psychiatrist who recently returned to Dublin, learns that her missing daughter has been brutally murdered. In a city where she once loved and shone, she is now faced with tragedy and sorrow that may last a lifetime. 1998.

DC34158
Kiss the girls by James Patterson.
1 disc. Narrated by Garrick Hagon.
Alex Cross is about to be thrust into a case he will never forget. This time there isn't just one serial killer, there are two. One collects beautiful, intelligent women on college campuses on the east coast. The other is terrorising LA with a series of unspeakable murders. But the truly chilling news is that the two brilliant and elusive killers are communicating, cooperating, competing - and they have Alex Cross's niece. Strong language. Sequel to "Along came a spider" (DC22839). 2004, originally published in 1995. (Alex Cross Series ; 2)

DC31824
The cruellest month by Louise Penny.
1 disc. Narrated by Margaret Wayne.
Armand Gamache is called to the village of Three Pines to investigate a mysterious death resulting from a séance. Gamache soon finds that the village is haunted by deeply buried secrets, and that he himself is the target of a powerful enemy within the Sureté du Quebec. Some descriptions of violence, strong language. 2007.

DC34138
The murder stone by Louise Penny.
1 disc. Narrated by Sondra Bolton.
The Manoir Bellechasse is playing host to the Finney family reunion, there to pay tribute to their father. Old secrets and bitter rivalries begin to simmer, and soon a dead body is discovered. Chief Inspector Gamache, also a guest at the resort, finds himself with a hotel full of suspects, including the staff, and with the hotel locked down, a cornered predator. Some descriptions of violence. 2008.

DC02900
The glitter dome by Joseph Wambaugh.
1 disc. Narrated by Bob Askey.
A look at life inside the Los Angeles Police Department focuses on two veteran detectives who are assigned to the hard-to-crack murder case of a movie producer in Hollywood. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1981.

Science Fiction

DC34169
Imajica by Clive Barker.
1 disc. Narrated by David Banks.
The Imajica: five dominions, four reconciled, and the Earth, cut off from them, her inhabitants living in ignorance on the edge of an ocean of mystery and magic. A mystical moment is coming when Earth can be reunited with the dominion, and as Judith, Gentle and Pie race to capture that moment, other forces are gathering to keep Earth in darkness. The epic journey leads to the Holy City of the Unbeheld, where their highest hopes or deepest fears will be realised. Descriptions of violence. 1991.

DC34204
Cradle by Arthur C Clarke and Gentry Lee.
1 disc. Narrated by Arthur Blake.
A dozen whales lie stranded on a beach in the Florida Keys and more are floundering towards them. The local people struggle to steer them back to sea and photo-journalist, Carol Dawson, arrives to cover the story. She hires a boat and together with the owner, Nick Williams, sets out to investigate. What they find is beyond anyone's wildest imagination. Descriptions of violence. 1988.

DC34162
Century rain by Alastair Reynolds.
1 disc. Narrated by Jon Cartwright.
Three hundred years in the future, Verity Auger is a specialist in the archaeological exploration of Earth, rendered uninhabitable after the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. After a field-trip goes badly wrong, Verity is forced to redeem herself by participating in a dangerous mission, for which her expertise is invaluable. Using a backdoor into an unstable alien transit system, Auger's faction has discovered something astonishing at the far end of a wormhole: mid-twentieth-century Earth, preserved like a fly in amber. Is it a window into the past, a simulation, or something else entirely? 2005.

DC34210
The wild shore by Kim Stanley Robinson.
1 disc. Narrated by Eric Meyers.
2047: and for sixty years America has been quarantined after a devastating nuclear attack. Seventeen-year-old Henry wants to help make America great again. Like it was before all the bombs went off. But for the people of Onofre Valley, on the coast of California, just surviving is challenge enough. Strong language. 1994.

DC34154
The Ophiuchi Hotline: science fiction by John Varley.
1 disc. Narrated by Marvin Kane.
Tweed needed agents who would be wholly dependent on him, and the easiest way was to practice cloning on Lilo - the technique supplied through mysterious transmissions from space via the Ophiuchi Hotline. 1978.

Short Stories

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With this ring: a quartet of charming stories about four very special weddings by Lori Copeland ... [et al.].
1 disc. Narrated by Mitzi Friedlander.
Four short Christian romance stories set in the nineteenth century. In "Something Old" and "Something New," recent immigrants to America face difficulties with their love interests. In "Something Borrowed," Emma arrives at her inherited ranch to find an interloper. In "Something Blue," Norwegian Astrid reaches Louisiana and learns that her husband is dead. c1998.

DC34198
Alfred Hitchcock's tales to take your breath away edited by Alfred Hitchcock and Eleanor Sullivan.
1 disc. Narrated by Various narrators.
This anthology from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine contains stories by such well-known authors as Lawrence Block, Nedra Tyre, Jack Ritchie, Brian Gardfield, John Lutz, Robert Block, Edward D. Hoch, Joyce Harrington, William Bankier, Edward Wellen and Bill Pronzini. You will find the most dastardly of plots, the most suspicious of circumstances and the strangest of fiction, exactly what you associate with the name of Alfred Hitchcock. 1982.

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Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener.
1 disc. Narrated by Chet London.
Describes the strain, boredom, heroic action, and the colour and the beauty of the South Pacific Islands during the critical days of World War ll. Pulitzer Prize winner. 1947.

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Friend of my youth: stories by Alice Munro.
1 disc. Narrated by Mitzi Friedlander.
Ten short stories are linked by themes of marriage and adultery. In the title story, the narrator reminisces about her long-dead mother and the family with whom her mother lived as a young teacher. Some descriptions of sex. 1990.

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Lives of girls and women: a novel by Alice Munro.
1 disc. Narrated by Jennifer Dale.
Having grown up in the small Canadian town of Jubilee during the 1940's, Del Jordan, young, bright and impressionable, narrates the heartache, agony and dreams of the inhabitants, including her own. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2005, c1971.

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Selected stories by Alice Munro.
1 disc. Narrated by Mary Kane.
Twenty-eight short stories first published from 1961 through 1994 by the renowned Canadian writer. Lake Huron's small towns and farms provide the setting for stories that feature elaborate personalities in seemingly ordinary circumstances. Includes "Dance of the Happy Shades," "The Beggar Maid," "The Progress of Love," and "Vandals." 1996.

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The collected stories of Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker.
1 disc. Narrated by Barbara Baxley.
Satiric sketches by one of the wits that wrote for the "New Yorker" and made the Round Table at the Algonquin famous. 1942.

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The afterlife and other stories by John Updike.
1 disc. Narrated by John Stratton.
Twenty-two short stories first published in the New Yorker, Playboy, Esquire, and the Atlantic Monthly explore life beyond middle age. In the title story, a couple is visiting retired friends in England when a dangerous fall awakens them to an awareness of life's final opportunities. Other stories counter nostalgia and sadness at the passing of generations with curiosity, insight, healing, and hope. 1995, c1994.

Supernatural Fiction

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Every which way but dead by Kim Harrison.
1 disc. Narrated by Julie Hooker.
Cincinnati. Bounty-hunting witch Rachel Morgan, from "The Good, the Bad, and the Undead", agrees to share her aura with demon Algaliarept if he will testify against kingpin Piscary. Piscary's former scion attracts Rachel amid growing threats from Algaliarept. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2005. (Hollows novel)

Suspense (Fiction)

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A prisoner of birth by Jeffrey Archer.
1 disc. Narrated by David Thorpe.
Danny Cartwright and Spencer Craig were born on different sides of the track. Danny, an East End Cockney, leaves Clement Attlee Comprehensive School at the age of 15 to take up a job at a local garage. He falls in love with Beth, the boss' daughter, and asks her to marry him. Spencer Craig resides in the West End, a graduate of an English public school and Cambridge University. After leaving university he becomes a criminal barrister and is soon tipped to be the youngest Queen's Counsel of his generation. Danny and Beth travel up to the West End to celebrate their engagement. They end the evening in a wine bar where Spencer Craig is celebrating his 30th birthday, along with a select group of university chums. Their lives will never be the same again, for an hour later, one of them is arrested for murder, while the other ends up as the Prosecution's chief witness in an Old Bailey trial. 2008.

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Wycliffe and the scapegoat by W.J. Burley.
1 disc. Narrated by Anthony Parker.
A hypocritical Cornish undertaker is the victim in a fireworks murder. 1978.

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Tom Clancy's op-center: acts of war created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik.
1 disc. Narrated by Ed Blake.
In a scheme to foment war involving world powers in the Middle East, Kurdish terrorists target a critical dam in Turkey. The threat is heightened when the rebels seize the high-tech regional operations centre that has been keeping them under surveillance. Strong language and violence. c1997.

DC03708
Year of the dragon: a novel by Robert Daley.
1 disc. Narrated by John Stratton.
Novel about crime in New York City's Chinatown with its old rulers, youth gangs, and a man out from Hong Kong trying to take over the drug empire from the Italian mafia. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1981.

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The charm school by Nelson DeMille.
1 disc. Narrated by David Hartley-Margolin.
An American travelling in Russia is accosted by an American fighter pilot who has escaped after 10 years in a prison called the Charm School. Air Force attaché Sam Hollis and cultural liaison Lisa Rhodes are dragged into a KGB plot centred around hiding the Charm School from the West. Strong language and descriptions of sex. c1988.

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Funeral in Berlin by Len Deighton.
1 disc. Narrated by Frederick Rolf.
A British agent is sent to Berlin to expedite the defection of a communist-held scientist. He enters a bizarre world of double- and triple-cross with a German contact man and a Russian colonel. 1965.

DC34175
Decider by Dick Francis.
1 disc. Narrated by Richard Earthy.
Privately owned Stratton Park racecourse faces ruin in the hands of a squabbling family. Lee Morris, loosely connected but not related, is slowly sucked into the turmoil. He has many decisions to make and his choices and their consequences bring deadly results, but the road out of the quicksand is there, if he can find it. 1993.

DC34231
The ghost by Robert Harris.
1 disc. Narrated by Richard Burnip.
The narrator this novel is a professional ghostwriter. Accustomed to working with fading rock stars and minor celebrities, he jumps at the chance to ghost the memoirs of Britain's former prime minister, especially as it means flying to the American resort of Martha's Vineyard in the middle of winter and finishing the book in the seclusion of a luxurious house. But it doesn't take him long to realise he has made a terrible mistake. His predecessor on the project died in circumstances that were distinctly suspicious, and the ex-prime minister turns out to be a man with secrets in his past that are returning to haunt him - secrets with the power to kill. 2007.

DC34264
Down river by John Hart.
1 disc. Narrated by Peter Brooke.
Adam Chase has spent the last five years in New York trying to forget. When he left North Carolina, Adam left for good. Now he has no choice but to return - and being remembered as a murderer doesn't help. Within hours of arriving, Adam is beaten up, accosted and has to face the hostility of those closest to him, including Grace, the young woman he cannot forget. And then people start turning up dead. Adam becomes the prime suspect for the new murders and he alone can clear his name. 2008, c2007.

DC34152
The journeying boy by Michael Innes.
1 disc. Narrated by Robin Holmes.
Humphrey Paxton, the son of one of Britain's leading atomic boffins, has taken to carrying a shotgun to 'shoot plotters and blackmailers and spies'. His new tutor, the plodding Mr Thewless, suggests that Humphrey might be overdoing it somewhat. But when a man is found shot dead at a cinema, Mr Thewless is plunged into a nightmare world of lies, kidnapping and murder - and grave matters of national security. 1949.

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Fear is the key by Alistair MacLean.
1 disc. Narrated by David Sinclair.
The drowsy calm of Marble Springs is shattered when an unknown Englishman ruthlessly shoots his way out of the county courtroom, abducting the lovely Mary Ruthven at gun-point. Who is he? And what is his concern with the girl, with the General's secluded house, and with the great oil-rig 12 miles out to sea? 1961.

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Silence in Hanover Close by Anne Perry.
1 disc. Narrated by Penelope Freeman.
In 1884 Robert York, an official at the Foreign Office, is found brutally murdered in the library of his home in Hanover Close, Mayfair, seemingly the victim of a burglar caught in the act. When, three years later, Inspector Pitt of Bow Street Police Station is asked to investigate, the murder remains unsolved. Pitt's brief is to clear the reputation of the dead man's widow, Veronica, who is now contemplating marriage to Julian Danver, a former colleague of her late husband. 1989.

DC34145
The murders of Richard III by Elizabeth Peters.
1 disc. Narrated by Carmen Lynne.
When Jacqueline Kirby is invited to an English country mansion for a weekend she expects only one mystery. Since the hosts and guests are all fanatical devotees of King Richard III, they hope to clear his name. A practical joker recreates fifteenth-century murder methods, and as the jokes become more macabre one proves fatal. 1989.

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The devil doctor by Sax Rohmer.
1 disc. Narrated by Alexander John.
Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie find themselves standing against the mighty Chinaman, Dr Fu Manchu and his monstrous schemes to bring Europe and America under Chinese domination. He and his assassins once again terrorize London's underworld and Nayland and Petrie find themselves in a battle of wits with the most stupendous genius who ever worked for evil. 1994.

DC34177
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith.
1 disc. Narrated by Richard Burnip.
MGB officer Leo is a man who never questions the Party Line. He arrests whomever he is told to arrest. He dismisses the horrific death of a young boy because he is told to, because he believes the Party stance that there can be no murder in Communist Russia. Leo is the perfect soldier of the regime. But suddenly his confidence that everything he does serves a greater good is shaken. He is forced to watch a man he knows to be innocent be brutally tortured. And then he is told to arrest his own wife. Leo understands how the State works: Trust and check, but check particularly on those we trust. He faces a stark choice: his wife or his life. And still the killings of children continue. Descriptions of violence. 2008.

DC03735
The delta decision by Wilbur Smith.
1 disc. Narrated by Bob Askey.
Peter Stride is in charge of a secret project that deals with terrorists and hijackers. When he is fired from his job, he seeks revenge against those financing hijackers. Violence, some strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1979.

War Stories

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Fall from grace: a novel by Larry Collins.
1 disc. Narrated by Merwin Smith.
The intelligence, courage and beauty of Catherine Pradier leads to her exploitation in the Allied effort to cover up the location of the D-Day invasion. Explicit descriptions of sex, some strong language and violence. Bestseller 1985.

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Goodbye, Mickey Mouse by Len Deighton.
1 disc. Narrated by Hal Tenny.
Young American fighter pilots fly one death-defying mission after another during World War II. Tension, tragedy, and humour season the lives of the men whose courage in the air fuels their passion for British women on the ground. Some strong language. Bestseller 1982. 1982.

Westerns

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Westward the tide by Louis L'Amour.
1 disc. Narrated by Dale Bartlett.
Despite warnings, drifter Matt Bardoul joins a wagon train headed for the Big Horns in search of gold. Matt signs on because of his interests in treasure and in the expedition leader's lovely daughter, Jacquine. Matt discovers outlaws among the party - and a brutal conspiracy of greed, lust, and murder. Explicit descriptions of violence, some strong language and some descriptions of sex. c1977, 2007.