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ID: 723258

Title: Cat Who Cracked a Cold Case

Author: L T Shearer

Narrator: Imogen Church

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories, Cozy Mystery

Summary:

The Cat Who Cracked a Cold Case by L T Shearer is a charming cosy crime listen for fans of Richard Osman and S. J. Bennett.

A crime gone unsolved for five years . . .

The life of Lulu Lewis, a retired police detective, took an unforgettable turn when Conrad first introduced himself to her. Unforgettable because:

a) Conrad is a special cat.

b) Special because he told her so.

Yes, that’s right, he can talk.

(For obvious reasons, this ability remains a closely guarded secret while they live together on her canal boat, The Lark.)

Visiting an old friend in Manchester, the pair stumble across a chilling news report about a trail of bodies found across the city that echo a string of cold case murders from Lulu’s past in London.

Joining forces with the local police, the pair must use every ounce of their intuition in order to find a connection between the seemingly random killings – and track down a ruthless murderer . . .

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ID: 800363

Title: List

Author: Michael Leese

Narrator: Jennifer Ness

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:28:42

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-24

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

It was just an ordinary Wednesday lunchtime when Detective Martha Munro's life changed forever.

Her sergeant is speaking, but she barely hears what he's telling her.

Your mother has been shot dead. Your four-year-old daughter has been taken.

There are no leads. Who would want to hurt her family?

Martha realizes it's time to ask herself some hard questions about her late father.

He led the anti-corruption squad at Scotland Yard. It's rumoured he kept a list of everyone who worked for him, from coppers to criminals. And just being on the list was a sure-fire way to lower your life expectancy.

Her mother was killed by someone trying to get their hands on the list. Now time is running out for Martha to get her daughter back alive.

Family is EVERYTHING. And she will do ANYTHING to keep them safe.

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ID: 800367

Title: Oh What a Knight

Author: Maz Evans

Narrator: Maz Evans

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:35:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-24

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Kids, Action & Adventure

Summary:

Join the Gods Squad in the third and final hilarious new installment of the Oh Maya Gods series!

Vesper and Aster need Excalibur to save the world. At the top of Glastonbury Tor, they find an elevator down to the enchanted realm of Camelot, where Arthur has been waiting for this day.

The elderly King and his loyal knights snap to attention at last they have a quest! But Excalibur will only serve its chosen master. What would anyone do with such power?

The third and final instalment in the laugh-out-loud bestselling series.

Over half a million copies of Maz's books sold.

Ties in neatly with KS2 curriculum as readers learn about mythology and Arthurian legend.

Full of epic adventure and big laughs!

PRAISE FOR THE SERIES:

Proves again that Maz is one of the very finest storytellers we have.' PHIL EARLE

Maz Evans reigns supreme as queen of godly comedy. Oh Maya Gods! is hilarious, whip-smart and full of heart.' AISLING FOWLER

Hilarious with a bolt of genius her best yet' M. G. LEONARD

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ID: 798478

Title: Soldier's Don't Go Mad: A Story of Brotherhood, Poetry and Mental Illness During the First World War

Author: Charles Glass

Narrator: Mark Elstob

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:57:12

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-24

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: History, Military

Summary:

Second Lieutenant Wilfred Owen was twenty-four years old when he was admitted to the newly established Craiglockhart War Hospital for treatment of shell shock. A nascent poet, trying to make sense of the terror he had witnessed, he read a collection of poems from a fellow officer, Siegfried Sassoon, and was impressed by his portrayal of the soldier's plight. One month later, Sassoon himself arrived at Craiglockhart, having refused to return to the front after being wounded during battle.

Over their months at Craiglockhart, each encouraged the other in their work, their personal reckonings with the morality of war, and their treatment. Therapy provided Owen, Sassoon, and their wardmates with insights that allowed them to express themselves better, and for the 28 months that Craiglockhart was in operation, it notably incubated the era's most significant developments in both psychiatry and poetry.

Soldiers Don't Go Mad tells for the first time the story of the soldiers and doctors who struggled with the effects of industrial warfare on the psyche. As he investigates the roots of what we now know as PTSD, Glass brings historical bearing to how we must consider war's ravaging effects on mental health, and the ways in which creative work helps us come to terms with even the darkest of times.

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ID: 745786

Title: Little Boy Lost

Author: Marghanita Laski

Narrator: Justin Avoth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:14:13

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: History, Fiction & Literature, Europe, Essays & Anthologies, Classics

Summary:

Marghanita Laski’s novel Little Boy Lost is as enthralling as it is heart-wrenching. A man grapples with questions of emotional responsibility, fatherhood, and memory. Laski describes a much-changed France, struggling to rebuild its morale after the ruin caused by wartime bombing and occupation.

English writer Hilary Wainwright lost all trace of his young son when Lisa, his wife, was killed by the Gestapo in Paris. Several years later, an acquaintance travels to England with news that Hilary’s son may be alive in France. Doubting whether five-year-old Jean is indeed his, and determined not to feel vulnerable to love and tenderness again, Hilary travels to France to find the boy. Amidst a war-torn Northern French town, he gets to know young Jean, as well as the town’s inhabitants. In a matter of days Hilary must decide if this charming and intelligent child could be his own . . . and if he is prepared to take Jean home.

Little Boy Lost is part of the Persephone Audiobook Collection, a series of forgotten classics including neglected fiction and non-fiction by women writers. First published in 1949, this edition includes a new afterword by Anne Sebba.

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ID: 722110

Title: Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal

Author: Olivie Blake

Narrator: Alexandra Palting, Daniel Henning, David Monteith, Ferdelle Capistrano, Olivie Blake, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Steve West

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15:03:51

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, General, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

Read by a diverse cast of performers, including the author Olivie Blake

Dazzling stories of love, magic and betrayal . . .

A sensational collection from internationally bestselling author Olivie Blake.

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, the spirit tethered to a magical bridge rapidly approaches burnout – and craves her freedom. Elsewhere, Congress enacts a complex auditing system designed to un-waste your youth. We also follow a banished fairy, as she answers a Craigslist ad. And we meet a Victorian orphan, who gains literacy for her occult situationship. In another time and place, a multiverse assassin contemplates the one who got away.

Escape the slow trudge of mortality with these magical ruminations on life, death and the love (or revenge) that outlasts both. This collection also features modified fairy tales, contemporary heists, absurdist poetry and at least one set of actual wedding vows.

Januaries is collection of new and existing short stories from the internationally bestselling author Olivie Blake.

‘Olivie Blake is a mind-blowing talent’ – Chloe Gong, author of These Violent Delights

‘Sign me up for anything she writes’ – Cosmopolitan

Also by Olivie Blake:

The Atlas Six

The Atlas Paradox

The Atlas Complex

Alone with You in the Ether

One For My Enemy

Masters of Death

Olivie Blake is a multiple Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller - reaching No. 1 for The Atlas Complex in January 2024.

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ID: 788121

Title: Billy the Kid: The War for Lincoln County

Author: Ryan C. Coleman

Narrator: Roger Clark

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-24

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Western, Historical Fiction

Summary:

Age 14: Orphan

Age 15: Inmate

Age 16: Outlaw

Age 17: Killer

In 1870s New Mexico, the territory is at a crossroads. The indigenous population is being driven outand driven downby the white settlers migrating west after the Civil War. The center of power isnt the governor but rather the Santa Fe Ring, a group of wealthy politicians, businessman, and landowners who exercise power through organized crime, theft, graft, and murder. Their main source of income is a mercantile store in Lincoln known as the House.

After escaping jail, William Bonneya.k.a. Billy the Kidis a seventeen-year-old orphan whos been on the run for the better part of two years. All he wants is to belongto find a place he can call home and people he can call family.

Hed have been better off alone.

Billy falls in with a gang of ruthless rustlers and murderers who work as muscle for the House. But when Billy crosses one of the members, the gang sets out to kill him.

Billy narrowly escapes, finding refuge under the tutelage of John Tunstall, an English immigrant new to the territory who has his sights set on opening a business in Lincolnand hes intent on competing directly with the House. But when Tunstall is murdered, any positive effect the mentor had on Billy is eradicated, leaving the Kid with only one thing on his mind

Revenge.

From orphan to outlaw to killer, this is the untold story behind the legend of Billy the Kid.

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ID: 721165

Title: Precipice

Author: Robert Harris

Narrator: Samuel West

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:25:11

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-24

Publisher: Random House Canada

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Historical Fiction, Political Thriller

Summary:

A WORLD ON THE BRINK OF WAR. AN AFFAIR ON THE EDGE OF SCANDAL.

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue and betrayal set in England in the weeks leading to the Great War. From the bestselling author of Conclave, Act of Oblivion, Fatherland and Munich.

Summer 1914.

In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley – aristocratic, intelligent, bored, reckless – is having a love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state. As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war with Germany, a young intelligence officer is assigned to investigate a leak of top-secret documents. Suddenly what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that could topple the British government – and will alter the course of political history.

Seamlessly weaving fact and fiction in a way that no writer does better, Precipice is the thrilling new novel from Robert Harris.

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ID: 792008

Title: Tough Justice: Countdown (Part 4 of 8)

Author: Emmy Curtis

Narrator: Annalee Scott

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2:57:46

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-24

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Romance, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police Stories

Summary:

Tough Justice has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

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ID: 774154

Title: Five Manifestos for the Beautiful World: The Alchemy Lecture 2023

Author: Cristina Rivera Garza, Janaína Oliveira, Joseph M. Pierce, Phoebe Boswell, Saidiya Hartman

Narrator: Angelique Lazarus, Christina Sharpe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 0:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-24

Publisher: Knopf Canada

Genres: Non-Fiction, Politics, History, Social Science

Summary:

Five Alchemists. One book. A constellation of ideas.

The second annual Alchemy Lecture was presented in November 2023 at York University to a sold out in-person audience and nearly one thousand live online viewers. Moderated by Dr. Christina Sharpe, the Alchemists—agile thinkers and practitioners working across a range of disciplines and geographies—convened to discuss their radical visions of the beautiful world, and the manifestos that may help to guide us there. Their treatises have been captured and luminously expanded in the pages of this book.

Cherokee Nation citizen and professor Joseph M. Pierce asserts that “[f]or this decolonial future to become possible, the guiding force must no longer be capital but relations.” Informed by her practice of “curation as care,” Brazilian film curator Janaína Oliveira evokes music and movement as a means toward this relationality: “it's almost by falling that you live. . . . The beautiful world dances the stumbles. The beautiful world dances dancing.” Kenyan-British visual artist Phoebe Boswell uses the space of a virtual gallery to ask, “If we burn down the institution, what happens next? Do we trust ourselves to know?” and gestures toward the possibility of this “as yet unlived, unexperienced thing.” Professor and MacArthur fellow Saidiya Hartman asks us to consider our capacity to burn, stating that “[P]ragmatism yields a profound tolerance of the unlivable.” And Mexican-American author Cristina Rivera Garza gives us the language of the future in the subjunctive, which “lays the groundwork for the irruption. . . . The subjunctive is the smuggler who crosses the border of the future bearing unknown cargo.”

Each Alchemist is intimately concerned with the shape of this cargo and our ability to bear its weight, together. Through these expansive, transformative essays, new ways of being are threaded and proposed, illuminating our path towards this possible beautiful world.

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