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ID: 612937

Title: World of Pondside

Author: Mary Helen Stefaniak

Narrator: George Newbern

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:43:09

Language: English

Release date: 04-19-22

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories

Summary:

In a game of life or death, the seniors at Pondside Manor risk it all.

With help from Pondside Manors quirky, twentysomething kitchen worker Foster Kresowik, resident Robert Kallman creates The World of Pondside, a video game that delights the nursing homes residents by allowing them to virtually relive blissful moments from days long pastor even create new ones.

One-legged Duane Lotspeich is overjoyed when he can dance the tango again. Octogenarian Laverne Slatchek cheers on her favorite baseball team from the stands at Candlestick Park with her beloved husbandwho died years ago. Even the overwhelmed Pondside administrator escapes her job by logging into a much more luxurious virtual world.

Roberts game enlivens the halls of Pondside Manor, but chaos ensues when he is found dead, submerged in the pond, still strapped into his wheelchair. If any resident witnessed his death, theyre not tellingeither covering up or, quite possibly, forgetting. And its far from clear to anyoneincluding the policeif the death of this brilliant man, who suffered from ALS, was suicide or murder.

When Roberts video game goes dark, its players grow desperate. The task of getting it back online falls to young Foster, who enlists help from a raucous group of residents and staff. Their pursuitvirtual and realhas unintended consequences, uncovering both criminal activities and the secret plans of Fosters friend Robert. From Pondside Manor, this unlikely bunch of gamers embarks upon an astonishing journeyblissful, treacherous, and unforgettable.

Packed with sharp wit and compassion, The World of Pondside is a rousing, perceptive, and utterly unique novel.

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ID: 545341

Title: Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry and the Mysteries of Mental Illness

Author: Andrew Scull

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17:26:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-19-22

Publisher: Penguin Books LTD

Genres: Non-Fiction, Psychology

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

For more than two hundred years, disturbances of reason, cognition and emotion - the sort of things that were once called 'madness' - have been described and treated by the medical profession. Mental illness, it is said, is an illness like any other - a disorder that can treated by doctors, whose suffering can be eased, and from which patients can return. And yet serious mental illness remains a profound mystery that is in some ways no closer to being solved than it was at the start of the twentieth century.

In this clear-sighted and provocative exploration of psychiatry, acclaimed sociologist Andrew Scull traces the history of its attempts to understand and mitigate mental illness: from the age of the asylum and unimaginable surgical and chemical interventions, through the rise and fall of Freud and the talking cure, and on to our own time of drug companies and antidepressants. Through it all, Scull argues, the often vain and rash attempts to come to terms with the enigma of mental disorder have frequently resulted in dire consequences for the patient.

Deeply researched and lucidly conveyed, Desperate Remedies masterfully illustrates the assumptions and theory behind the therapy, providing a definitive new account of psychiatry's and society's battle with mental illness.

© Andrew Scull 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

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ID: 574591

Title: You Had Me at Halloumi: Not just a cheesy holiday romance . . .

Author: Ginger Jones

Narrator: Mira Dovreni

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:55:34

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-22

Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Audio

Genres: Romance, Rom-Com

Summary:

When it comes to love, it's feta late than never

Freya Butterly has always dreamed of being a Head Chef but despite running every service at the Mediterranean restaurant, she still doesn't get the recognition she deserves. Craving adventure and a real taste of the Mediterranean, Freya takes matters into her own hands, ditching both her job and unsympathetic boyfriend and packing her bags for sunny Cyprus in pursuit of the prestigious Golden Spoon culinary award.

As one of the seven competitors, Freya is determined to rediscover her passion for food and clinch the prize, but what she doesn't expect to discover is Xanthos. As gorgeous as he is charming - he's quite the dish - and Freya is instantly attracted to him, but this trip was about Cypriot cuisine, not romance and she knows she must not let Xanthos distract her from the competition.

But if she walks away, will Freya spend the rest of her life wondering What If? Surely, it's feta late than never . . .

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ID: 582705

Title: Fall

Author: Rachael Blok

Narrator: Jennifer Ness

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:51:37

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-22

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

The sins of the past echo in the present in the new literary thriller from rising star of crime fiction, Rachael Blok.

The wind is cold this high up. The man shouts out, but nobody hears. The cathedral roof has caught his fall, but it will not hold him for long. The night is dark. And it is such a long way down...

On Good Friday, the verger of St Albans cathedral was supposed to be preparing the Easter service. Instead he discovers a man lying dead, fallen from the famous fifty-foot-high spire. Did he jump, or was he pushed?

For DCI Maarten Jansen, it's a simple case of suspected suicide. Until a stranger, Willow, who witnessed the jump, prompts a deeper investigation into a long-buried past, involving a mental hospital, a pregnant woman, and fifty years of silence. As Willow's own family history entwines with the case, Jansen starts to wonder how everything is connected.

The Fall is a haunting literary thriller about loss, trauma, silence, and how our past shapes who we are.

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ID: 589358

Title: Scandalous Alchemy

Author: Katy Moran

Narrator: Emma Spurgin-Hussey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:33:24

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-22

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

In a Bridgerton style Regency world, three people are caught in a web of passion and deceit.

Fontainebleau in 1825 is a glittering international court, rich with intrigue, passion and simmering violence. Lieutenant Colonel Kit Helford must navigate these treacherous waters to deliver the beautiful, self-destructive Princess Royal to her prospective husband. Kit's childhood friend, Clemency Arwenack, is tasked with safeguarding her royal mistress's reputation as the princess awaits a marriage she is dreading.

But both have secrets they will hide at all costs. Kit is on the run - from a man shot and left for dead back in London and a lifetime of scandal that includes a liaison with the princess herself. He will do anything to salvage his family's reputation. Clemency, meanwhile, conducts a perilous trade in lies and blackmail as she seeks to destroy the princess, not protect her.

With the princess's life under threat, Kit and Clemency are pitted against each other, even as a dangerous attraction grows between them. The past hunts them both, remorselessly, relentlessly, and neither can escape it for long.

'Passionate, smart and action-packed' Sarah Hughes, Guardian

'Lush, dark, utterly real and achingly romantic' Ruth Ware

'It's pretty hard to pull off a good Georgette Heyer homage, but Moran makes it look easy' i News

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ID: 582707

Title: Six Days

Author: Dani Atkins

Narrator: Charlie Sanderson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:57:09

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-22

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Romance, General

Summary:

It's every bride's worst nightmare, to be left standing at the altar. But that's what happens to Gemma on her wedding day. Her fiancé Finn isn't there when she arrives at the church.

Everyone thinks Gemma has been jilted. Snippets of gossip circulate among their guests. They'd seemed like the perfect couple. They were so ideally matched. It just shows, you never can tell, can you?

But Gemma is certain Finn would never have done this to her. So where is he?

In the days after what should have been their wedding, Gemma frantically searches for Finn. Meanwhile her family and friends believe there must have been clues she has missed, but each milestone memory from their past that Gemma examines just convinces her there is more to Finn's disappearance than a groom who has simply changed his mind. Could Finn's past once again have sabotaged his future?

How long should you keep searching for someone you love, if they don't want to be found?

Praise for the author:

A rollercoaster of a read... infused with an uplifting sense of hope' Woman's Own

'The queen of emotional love stories returns' Sun

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ID: 589361

Title: Wicked by Design

Author: Katy Moran

Narrator: Emma Spurgin-Hussey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:52:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-22

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Summary:

A thrilling Regency romance, for fans of the Bridgerton series.

From the windswept cliffs of Cornwall to the glittering ballrooms of St Petersburg, this is high voltage Regency romance with a twist.

1819. Jack 'Crow' Crowlas, the charismatic and troubled hero of K.J. Whittaker's first novel, False Lights, has married his feisty love, Hester and with their baby daughter, settled down to enjoy their new life as Lord and Lady Lamorna of Nansmornow in Cornwall. But for Crow, trouble is never far away and as Cornwall seethes with rebellion, he is arrested for treason. Spared execution on condition that he undertakes a highly dubious mission to St Petersburg, he finds himself tangled in a snare of treachery and illicit passion, violence and sexual deceit, where not only his love for Hester, but also his relationship with his only brother, serving with the British army in Russia, will be tested to the limit and beyond.

A swashbuckling, sparkling world of a novelwith a mad, bad and dangerous hero. SUZANNAH DUNN

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ID: 584661

Title: After Everything You Did: An absolutely addictive crime thriller

Author: Stephanie Sowden

Narrator: Bridget Lappin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:38:58

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-22

Publisher: Bookwire

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Summary:

'An incredible debut' MEL SHERRATT

She is wanted by the FBI.

She is a stone-cold killer.

She remembers nothing.

She is told her name is Reeta Doe, and that she's been in an accident. That she's in Florida. That the FBI have been following her since Mississippi. That she has brutally murdered two women. College girls, who look just like her. Two more are missing, and one survived.

Reeta recalls nothing. She cannot answer their questions; all the things they want her to explain are no more familiar to her than the prison she is taken to.

Her only hope is a journalist named Carol, who can follow the trail of devastation Reeta left in her wake.

All the way back to Pine Ranch, and the only family she ever knew.

An astonishing debut crime novel, exploring identity and nature versus nurture, with an unforgettable character at its heart. Perfect for fans of Girl A and The Girls.

Praise for After Everything You Did

'What an incredible debut. A story with characters that really got under my skin, told with compassion and intrigue. I was outraged, fascinated and heartbroken at the same time.' Mel Sherratt, author of The Life She Wants

'Richly detailed and atmospheric, the carefully woven strands quickly pulled me into Reeta's story, towards an ending that was both chilling and heart-breaking. An exciting debut, I can't wait to read what Stephanie Sowden does next.' Louisa Scarr, author of Last Place You Look

'Absorbing and horrifying I was gripped from the first page' Marion Todd, author of Next in Line

'A powerful psychological thriller debut Sowden pulls off a great twist towards the end of the book to tie all the diverse strands together, which does come as a major but welcome surprise. A most assured debut that grips like a vice and bodes well for Sowden's future.' Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time

'This savage, harrowing read will keep you on the edge of your seat.' Woman's Own

'The perfect thriller. This book has an incredible story and the perfectly drawn main character makes it even better. I would highly recommend it, I really enjoyed the pacing and the ending.' NetGalley Review

'A wonderful suspense debut novel! I couldn't put it down Hugely gripping, shocking and incredibly tense! This book made me feel real chills! The twists are incredible, and it's quite scary how realistic the book feels, how it could happen.' NetGalley Review

'This was such a good read, it had me gripped right from the beginning and kept me compelled to read it the whole way through, I read it in one sitting. It was tense, fast and suspenseful and full of unpredictability and twists. I loved it.' NetGalley Review

'After Everything You Did is a gripping, emotional, powerful thriller. It is a book that I will continue to think about long after having finished it.' NetGalley Review

'Stephanie has done an incredible job in delivering not only a complex plot and well-rounded characters but presenting such an unexpected ending that it will be a strong after-effect that lingers long after you have finished the book. A 5 star read! I cannot wait to read more from this author.' NetGalley Review

'After Everything You Did had me hooked on the very first page.

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ID: 584523

Title: Target Zero

Author: Anthony Riches

Narrator: Richard Fox

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:20:49

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-22

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

'Fast-moving... The Bill meets Jack Reacher' THE TIMES

Former close protection officer Mickey Bale has a dangerous skillset. One that many men good and bad want to make use of.

That's why a powerful Russian oligarch wants to hire Mickey to protect him. And with his wife gone and his track record with the Met in tatters, Mickey doesn't feel he has a choice.

But when a terrorist attack kills a police firearms team, MI5 suspect that Mickey's new client and the Russian GRU are involved. The bomb was a Sunburn missile warhead, military-grade and able to vaporise everything in its blast radius. And there are more warheads out there.

Blackmailed by MI5 into spying on the client he's been hired to protect, Mickey is pushed to his limits by this new double-agent status. If he doesn't locate the other warheads, thousands of civilians will die and time is running out...

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ID: 611803

Title: Poguemahone

Author: Patrick McCabe

Narrator: Patrick McCabe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15:58:55

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-22

Publisher: Zebralution

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

Dan Fogarty, an Irishman living in England, is looking after his sister Una, now seventy and suffering from dementia in a care home in Margate. From Dan's anarchic account, we gradually piece together the story of the Fogarty family. How the parents are exiled from a small Irish village and end up living the hard immigrant life in England. How Dots, the mother, becomes a call girl in 1950s Soho. How a young and overweight Una finds herself living in a hippie squat in Kilburn in the early 1970s. How the squat appears to be haunted by vindictive ghosts who eat away at the sanity of all who live there.

And, finally, how all that survives now of those sex-and-drug-soaked times are Una's unspooling memories as she sits outside in the Margate sunshine, and Dan himself, whose role in the story becomes stranger and more sinister.

Poguemahone is a wild, free-verse monologue, steeped in music and folklore, crammed with characters, both real and imagined, on a scale Patrick McCabe has never attempted before.

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