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Title: The Death Maze: Mistress of the Art of Death, Adelia Aguilar series 2

Series: #2 of Adelia Aguilar

Author: Ariana Franklin

Narrator: Diana Bishop

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Release date: January 27, 2011

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Since solving a particularly nasty case of child murder using her forensic skills, Adelia Aguilar is deemed too valuable to send back to the School of Medicine in Salerno. Instead, King Henry II has decided to keep her in England. This is bad news for Adelia - in twelfth-century England women doctors are regarded with great suspicion. So, with her illegitimate child, Adelia is forced to live and practise in the secrecy of Cambridgeshire's fenland. But at Henry's court, terrible things are happening. Queen Eleanor is not only stirring up revolt against her husband, but rumour has it that she has also poisoned the King's favourite mistress, Rosamund Clifford. In a race against time to prove Eleanor's innocence, Adelia is recruited to help. It isn't easy. An assassin is at large and so is Queen Eleanor with an army of supporters. Adelia has never faced greater danger. The armies that might cause civil war lie behind her. The icy winds of a dreadful winter blow around her. And ahead she must brave the thorns of the impenetrable labyrinth that surrounds Fair Rosamund's tower, and decipher the mystery of the dead woman who lies frozen within.

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Title: Mistress Of The Art Of Death: Mistress of the Art of Death, Adelia Aguilar series 1

Series: #1 of Adelia Aguilar

Author: Ariana Franklin

Narrator: Diana Bishop

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 54 minutes

Release date: January 27, 2011

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Winner of Best Historical Crime Novel 2007 In Cambridge a child has been hideously murdered and other children have disappeared. The Jews, made scapegoats by the all-powerful Christian clergy, have been forced to retreat into the castle to avoid slaughter by angry townspeople. Henry, King of England, is displeased. The Jews provide a large part of his revenue and therefore the real killer must be found, and quickly. A renowned investigator, Simon of Naples, is recruited and he arrives in town from the continent accompanied by an Arab and a young woman, Adelia Aguilar. There are few female doctors in twelth century Europe, but Adelia is one of them, having qualified at the great School of Medicine in Salerno. What's more, her speciality is the study of corpses; she is, in fact, a mistress of the art of death, a skill that must be concealed in case she's accused of witchcraft. Adelia's investigation takes her deep into Cambridge, its castle and convents and in a medieval city teeming with life, Adelia makes friends and even finds romance. And, fatally, the attention of a murderer who is prepared to kill again...

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Title: Relics of the Dead: Mistress of the Art of Death, Adelia Aguilar series 3

Series: #3 of Adelia Aguilar

Author: Ariana Franklin

Narrator: Diana Bishop

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Release date: January 27, 2011

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

On hearing of this momentous discovery, King Henry II demands evidence that the legendary Arthur is dead. So he calls upon his Mistress of the Art of Death, anatomist Adelia Aguilar, to examine the bones. But someone doesn't want the skeletons identified - and is prepared to kill in order to prevent it...

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Title: The Gathering Storm

Author: Peter Smalley

Narrator: Michael Tudor Barnes

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

Release date: December 23, 2010

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Spring 1791 Though deeply disturbed by a terrible incident during his previous commission, James Hayter is nevertheless on the verge of taking command of HMS Sloop Eglantine as Master and Commander when personal tragedy shatters his life. The twin blows convince Hayter that he is not fit to command and he must turn his back on the sea forever. Even the intervention of his friend and former captain, William Rennie cannot not dissuade him from derelicting his duty. Though repenting in the end of his decision, Hayter's career in the Navy appears to be over until the intervention of an agent, Mr Brough Mappin, working for Hayter's old nemesis, the British Secret Service Fund. Mappin's plan offers Hayter a chance to revive his career on a special mission, with the promise of reinstatement in the Royal Naval List if he is successful. But it is also the single most dangerous mission of his life. He must sail for France with Rennie in HMS Expedient and there rescue some persons of interest from the grasp of the French Revolutionary forces searching for them. What no one mentions is that the rescue will bring to bear on Expedient and her crew, a force so fierce and mighty that, if it can, it will wipe all trace of the incident, Hayter and the ship from the memory of everyone involved in the forthcoming struggle.

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Title: The Name Of The Rose

Author: Umberto Eco

Narrator: Sean Barrett

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 20 hours 35 minutes

Release date: December 23, 2010

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 10

Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. Read the enthralling medieval murder mystery. The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. William collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey where extraordinary things are happening under the cover of night. A spectacular popular and critical success, The Name of the Rose is not only a narrative of a murder investigation but an astonishing chronicle of the Middle Ages. 'Whether you're into Sherlock Holmes, Montaillou, Borges, the nouvelle critique, the Rule of St. Benedict, metaphysics, library design, or The Thing from the Crypt, you'll love it' Sunday Times © Umberto Eco 1980 (P) Penguin Audio 2010

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Title: Snowleg

Author: Nicholas Shakespeare

Narrator: William Gregory

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 14 hours 27 minutes

Release date: December 23, 2010

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

A young Englishman goes to Cold War Leipzig for a weekend with a group of student actors and, during his brief visit beyond the Iron Curtain, falls for an East German girl who is just beginning to be aware of the horrendous way her country is governed. Her misery touches him, her love excites him, but he is too frightened to help. He spends 19 years suppressing the strength of his feelings for the girl he knew only by her nickname 'Snowleg' - until one day, with Germany by now united, he decides to go back and look for her. But who is she now, how will his having once abandoned her have affected her life, and how will he find her? Snowleg is the story of more than one sundered love, of both broken dreams and damaged families. The central figure of the novel, who grows up as an Englishman, chooses to live in Berlin. He is a senior doctor; but his life is a startling mixture of romantic, of erratic, of dissolute behaviour. For long years he nurses the secret of Snowleg and his longing for a love he had the chance to grasp but failed to take.

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Title: Oh, Play That Thing

Author: Roddy Doyle

Narrator: Christian Conn

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 14 hours 28 minutes

Release date: December 23, 2010

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. It's 1924, and New York is the centre of the universe. Henry Smart, on the run from Dublin, falls on his feet. He is a handsome man with a sandwich board, behind which he stashes hooch for the speakeasies of the Lower East Side. He catches the attention of the mobsters who run the district and soon there are eyes on his back and men in the shadows. It is time to leave, for another America... Chicago is wild and new, and newest of all is the music. Furious, wild, happy music played by a man with a trumpet and bleeding lips called Louis Armstrong. His music is everywhere, coming from every open door, every phonograph. But Armstrong is a prisoner of his colour; there are places a black man cannot go, things he cannot do. Armstrong needs a man, a white man, and the man he chooses is Henry Smart. © Roddy Doyle 2004 (P) Penguin Audio 2010

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Title: A Vigil of Spies: (The Owen Archer Mysteries: book X): another thrilling Medieval mystery from the bestselling Owen Archer series

Author: Candace Robb

Narrator: Christopher Scott

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 4 minutes

Release date: December 23, 2010

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

As we've come to expect from much-loved author Candace Robb, her story-telling here is of a top-notch quality - everything comes vividly to life within this magnificent medieval mystery. Perfect for fans of Ellis Peters, S J Parris, Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. 'Meticulously researched, authentic and gripping' -- Yorkshire Evening Post 'This is as full of intrigue as a Deighton or a Le Carré' --The Guardian 'The most accomplished Owen Archer mystery yet' -- ***** Reader review 'Unable to put this tale down' -- ***** Reader review 'I put off reading this last one for quite a while, postponing the time when there would be no more to look forward to' -- ***** Reader review 'Another enthralling Owen Archer book I found difficult to put down' -- ***** Reader review 'A joy to read' -- ***** Reader review 'Captivating' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************* A CALLOUS MURDER. A DEVASTATING SECRET. A CRIME OF PASSION. 1373: John Thoresby, the Archbishop of York, lies dying. Owen Archer, Thoresby's master of the guards, is determined to ensure that his lord's last days are as peaceful as possible, but his plans are thrown into disarray when Thoresby agrees to a visit from Joan, Princess of Wales, wife of the Black Prince and mother of the young heir to the throne of England. Owen resolves to do his duty, but within minutes of Joan's arrival things go disastrously wrong when a member of the royal party is murdered. Then, only days later, a messenger carrying urgent letters for Thoresby is found hanging in the woods. As Owen races against time to find the murderer, he starts to realise that not only has one of his own men been compromised, but all their lives are now in danger...

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Title: The Long Walk Home

Author: Val Wood

Narrator: Anne Dover

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Release date: December 23, 2010

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. At only thirteen, Mikey Quinn is arrested for stealing a rabbit to feed his family. Despite his age, he's shown no mercy by the wealthy lawyer who sends him to prison. He returns home to find that his mother has died and his younger siblings taken into the workhouse. With only his determination, Mikey makes his way to London to seek a better life for his family. Whilst there, he meets Eleanor who he recognises as the daughter of the lawyer who ruined his life. Desperate, they band together forging a new life for themselves on the streets of London. Overlooking their initial differences, the two come to rely on each other and, when the time comes to return to Hull, they face the long walk home together. © Val Wood 2008 (P) Penguin Audio 2010

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Title: Flaubert's Parrot

Author: Julian Barnes

Narrator: Julian Barnes

Format: Abridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Release date: November 18, 2010

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1

Genres: LGBTQ+

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction Flaubert's Parrot deals with Flaubert, parrots, bears and railways; with our sense of the past and our sense of abroad; with France and England, life and art, sex and death, George Sand and Louise Colet, aesthetics and redcurrant jam; and with its enigmatic narrator, a retired English doctor, whose life and secrets are slowly revealed. A compelling weave of fiction and imaginatively ordered fact, Flaubert's Parrot is by turns moving and entertaining, witty and scholarly, and a tour de force of seductive originality. © Julian Barnes 1984 (P) Penguin Audio 2010