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Title: In the Approaches

Author: Nicola Barker

Narrator: Stephen Perring, Antonia Beamish

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-05-14

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Open yourself up again to all that terrible light and savage bliss and deafening reverberation....

Nicola Barker's readers and listeners are primed to expect surprises, but her 10th novel delivers mind-meld on a metaphysical scale. From quiet beginnings in the picturesque English seaside enclave of Pett Level, In The Approaches ultimately constructs its own anarchic city-state on the previously undiscovered common ground between G.K. Chesterton and Philip K. Dick.

On the one hand, this is an old-fashioned romantic comedy of fused buttocks, shrunken heads and Irish-Aboriginal saints; on the other it's Barker's wildest and most haunting book since 2007's Booker Prize-shortlisted Darkmans.

Following previous celebrations of the enduring allure of the posted letter (Burley Cross Postbox Theft) and the pre-lapsarian innocence of pre-Twitter celebrity (Booker-longlisted The Yips), this concluding instalment of Barker's subliminally affiliated 'digital trilogy' imagines a basis for the internet in Catholic theology. Set in a 1984 which seems almost as distantly located in the past as Orwell's was in the future, In the Approaches offers a captivating glimpse of something more shocking than any dystopia - the possibility of faith.

Critic Reviews:

Praise for The Yips:

"Barker is ostensibly a comic writer, and is indeed snort-inducingly funny at times What's more - just about uniquely in this country - she is thinking intelligently and critically about how to make [a realist] tradition work in the present day. But it's not for her virtue that she deserves to be read; it's for pleasure." (Keith Miller, Daily Telegraph)

"There are moments when Stuart Ransom has the vulgar bravura of John Self in Martin Amis's Money'but Barker is unique and it's for the pleasures of her style that one reads her." (Kate Kellaway, Observer)

"Dementedly imaginative stomach-turningly hilarious What she has written is a state of the nation novel of the sort Dickens and Hogarth might have jointly conjured up had they ever visited Luton." (Michael Prodger, Financial Times)

"Barker is at once sui generis and the Google-age inheritor of a tradition. The first third or so of the book gives us a Chaucerian sketch show sequence of comic set-pieces then it takes a left turn into Shakespeare territory." (Sam Leith, Guardian)

"Barker captures - and lovingly distorts - both the rhythms and banality of language. She is, as it were, Harold Pinter on crack." (Justin Cartwright, Spectator)

"A specialist in likeable British grotesques wackier siblings to those in Hilary Mantel's Beyond Black'. The Yips' cannot be faulted for its free-flowing imagination." (Tom Cox, Independent)

Members Reviews:

Strange but captivating

Unusually constructed novel that is both compulsive and thought provoking. A refreshing style of storytelling

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Title: Promises Unfulfilled

Subtitle: Diner Tales

Author: Andy Bunch

Narrator: Fred Wolinsky

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-04-14

Publisher: Andy Bunch

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In this sample of from the Diner Tales, we follow terminal-nice-guy, Eddy and his dream girl, Promise. Will Eddy finally grow a spine, and if he does what will it cost him?

Members Reviews:

Sweet story!

I received an audiobook version of this in exchange for a review.

I really enjoyed this book, there were loads of twists and turns that I didn't see coming! The main character was great and really relatable a really sweet story!

I hope that I get to listen to more of this author and narrator soon!

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Title: The Pegasus Project

Author: Talece Brown

Narrator: Talece Brown

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-03-14

Publisher: Talece Brown

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Power. Politiks. Energy. Revolution. In the New Russia, the past is never far away.

The Pegasus Project is an epic drama that sweeps from the open riches of Texas and current social and political issues of the Mid-East to behind the closed doors of The Kremlin. When Broadcast Journalist Alexandra Bishop is invited to Moscow for an energy conference that can reshape the balance of power from the Mid-East and West to Russia, the lives of those who live in a world of change are held in the balance of a man with a vision, a man who believes in destiny and a woman who falls in love.

Members Reviews:

Pegasus Project

Really liked Alex's character in the book. The books triangle between the characters Alex,Marco,and Kassani made what it is going on in Russia easier to understand. Interesting twist on the Ukraine as well.

Couldn't put it down!

Once I started reading it I couldn't stop. Beautifully written, the truth and detail just sucked me in. The love story made it feel like a much more entertaining version of CNN.

Five Stars

Check Mate.

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Title: Bergerac and the Traitor's Child

Author: Andrew Saville

Narrator: Roger May

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-03-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

During the war in occupied Jersey a wealthy Jewish local, Henry Tillersland, was betrayed to the Gestapo. Now the traitor has returned, determined to discover the whereabouts of a missing van Gogh that belonged to Tillersland. To make matters easier, the irreproachable Inspector Crozier is being blackmailed to keep very quiet. Bergerac is one step ahead of the blackmailers but two steps behind the Nazi-hunters who are seeking, in their turn, the Tillersland traitor. And the van Gogh, of course. To prevent the painting from falling into the wrong hands, Bergerac must first find the elusive clue to its whereabouts.

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Title: Red Cloud Pistachios

Author: David J. Heslop

Narrator: Adam Durst

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-03-14

Publisher: David J. Heslop

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Part meditation on estrangement and acceptance, part pastoral of contemporary small town life, the plot of Red Cloud Pistachios is straight forward enough: Broke, unemployed, and emotionally unprepared for responsibility, Joe Johnson abandons his 17-year old lover and ultimately the son she would have. Though the two remain friends and sometime lovers over the years, Rory is never told the truth about his father. But time and conscience are catching up with Johnson and a traumatic event in Mexico will finally force him to confront his guilt-and the truth.

Set on a pistachio farm in southeastern Arizona, drifting for a time into Sonora, Mexico, Red Cloud Pistachios shows us the capacity of people to hope for the best in others and in themselves.

Members Reviews:

The joys of small town life

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! It paints a warm, but not saccharine, portrait of small town life on the desert. The final section on Kurt Laughlin added the "real world" touch to the story. Just wondering about something: in the acknowledgements I saw the name "Mark Mummy." Then I saw a review by "Paul Babb." Is the author the same David Heslop who once lived in Banning, California? If it is, you might enjoy my new book, "The House of Three Murders." Your former English teacher, Gary George. You can reach me at [email protected]

A Journey into the Southwest

I originally obtained the sample (a little more than the first chapter) of this book and was instantly drawn in and purchased the full version. While the provided synopsis is accurate, this novel entails so much more. The author's writing style, use of setting, and characterization are absolutely superb. Having spent my entire life in the southwest (Arizona), I was very interested to see how accurately the setting would be portrayed, and while reading this story you are, without a doubt, in the heart of small-town southern Arizona. I expected the majority of the novel to focus on the son and the absent father, but the author takes the reader on an amazing journey that focuses on the lives and details of quite a few characters (to some extent, an entire small town) and depicts the transformations of these characters as a result of their interactions. Without revealing too much, this novel kept me on my toes throughout its entirety. I found myself rereading passages here and there to make sure I didn't miss a thing. I couldn't make my way through the chapters quickly enough, and absolutely LOVED this novel. I can't wait to read the next novel from David Heslop!

Realistic, engaging portrayal of intertwining lives in rural America

Heslop's portrayal of small farm town America in the sprawling Southeastern Arizona landscape, whose occupants are fully developed characters that one can immediately relate to and root for, with each discovering that life keeps happening and time keeps rolling on no matter how much you might try to stop, ignore or escape it.

Masterfully written with the perfect level of detail to paint the scene without slowing down the plot, so much so that you might get the impression that you're reading a biographical account as opposed to a novel.

You will enter Red Cloud a stranger, but end up one of the locals.

A good read!

David J. Heslop has written a wonderful novel about "ordinary people" who are anything

but ordinary! As the story unfolds, the characters come alive.

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Title: The Waiting Game

Author: Bernice Rubens

Narrator: Anna Bentinck

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-14

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

At "The Hollyhocks" old people's home, the inhabitants are "waiting for the scythe". But while they are waiting...Lady Celia is running a blackmailing business, Mr Cross keeps a tally of fellow residents' deaths on the back of his wardrobe, and then there is the rabid old Scots nationalist, and Mrs Green, a woman with a mysterious past. Hardly surprising in this environment that Mrs Bellamy decides she can't take any more and slits her throat.

When Matron hushes it up, Lady Celia sees an opportunity to expand her blackmailing operation. Meanwhile two new incomers disturb the life of the home further; Mrs Feinberg, a sprightly Jewish woman of whom the other residents are immediately suspicious, and the elegant Mr Rufus.

Members Reviews:

I can see lots more Rubens in my future

This is without a doubt among the best books I've read this summer, and indeed, all year. I've been meaning to read Bernice Rubens's books for several years now, ever since a reviewer on a book site I frequent brought her to my attention. Until then, I wasn't really aware of her work. I'd heard of the movie Madame Sousatzka, based on her novel, because Shirley MacLaine had played the lead role, but had it not been for this reviewer, Rubens might have gone on being completely unknown to me for decades longer, which would have been a sad loss. As it is, I've slowly been accumulating some of her books, and was delighted to discover Isis Publishing had recently put out audiobook versions of a number of her novels, all read by very good narrators.

The Waiting Game of the title takes place at Hollyhocks, a distinguished home for the aged close to Dover, where only the gentry need apply for admission. Matron, who keeps things well in hand, has always seen to that, and she has always been able to sift the scent of class from the other less pleasant effluvia of aging. Lady Celia is queen among the patrons, being the only one of the residents holding a title, and all the other residents defer to her in all matters. Of course nobody has any idea she makes a comfortable living with a thriving blackmailing concern which she runs with the help of a partner and Mr Venables, aka The Ferret. Yet, though they all show her respect, most of the residents dislike Lady Celia because their instinct tells them she will outlast them all. Jeremy Cross has more reason than most to hate her as he's made outliving everyone his one and only obsession. He keeps a constantly updated list of those who have passed away before their time and has every intention of outliving all the other residents at Hollyhocks, especially Lady Celia.

Each resident in the house has his or her secrets and when newcomer Mrs Thackeray arrives, she and Mrs Green become friendly and embark on seemingly harmless fantasy-ridden retellings of the past. After all, Mrs Thackeray had endured a miserable and sexually abusive marriage which isn't fit to talk about, while Mrs Green, well.. she perhaps has more reasons than most to wish to reinvent herself. Of course, for the most part, only the reader is privy to everybody's secrets, though in the end a very big surprise is revealed to everyone.

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Title: His Father's Son

Author: Tony Black

Narrator: John Cormack

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-14

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Australia is the Lucky Country, and Joey Driscol knows it. Its a far cry from his native Ireland, but he believes this is the place he and his wife can forget the troubles of the past.

Theres a good life, a new house, regular work, and, in time, they welcome their new son, Marti, into the world. Joeys wife has been struggling, their marriage is on the rocks and suddenly, she disappears taking Marti with her. Then, when Joey gets word that his wife and son have returned to Ireland, he knows that hell now have to do the same. And he also knows that hell finally have to confront the ghosts of his past.

Members Reviews:

Wonderful, evocative and heartwarming....

First of all my grateful thanks to the publisher for sending me an advanced copy of this wonderfully moving book. Tony Black, well known for his outstanding crime fiction takes a break from that and I for one am very pleased that he did.

Joey Driscol moves his family to Australia in the hopes of a new beginning. For a time the family live happily but when Joey's wife disappears back to their native Ireland, taking their son Marti with her, Joey is forced to follow if he is to see them again.

This is such a beautifully written story - the characters and the settings come to life and the ups and downs of daily life and those things that can haunt us are brilliantly imagined but oh so realistic. The relationship explored between father and son is magnificent, not just Joey and Marti but Joey and his own father- heart wrenching and appealing, the demons Joey must face from his past in order to secure his and his families future will keep you turning the pages until you are done. My heart was with his wife - Shauna - she suffered as I suffer - a lot of what she has to face to deal with the "Black Dog" are things that I have had to face myself. What made this all the more wonderful for me was seeing the other side. Joey lives with Shauna's issues - decisions they take and have taken both separately and together make up the world that Marti finds himself living in....if the family are ultimately going to find redemption, its going to be a hard road. I felt for each and every one of them.

This is an emotional story to be sure. Poignant yes. It also has its humour - cleverly paced and bittersweet I highly recommend that you pick a copy of this up as soon as it is available. Mr Black can write more than crime fiction thats for sure. I hope he continues to do so.

A powerful emotional punch

'His father's son' by Tony Black is cleverly told from two distinct POV's, that of Joey- an ex-pat Irishman living in Australia- and his young son Marti. Joey has taken his family to Australia to escape a painful past back in Ireland but when his troubled wife Shauna runs off with Marti, Joey is forced to confront some unwelcome and uncomfortable truths as he fights to get his family back.Tony Black's first non-crime fiction novel is just as gripping and tightly written as his previous books and packs a powerful emotional punch.

Totally different Black fare, excellent writing

Tony Black writes gritty, hard hitting crime and police procedurals which are right up my street. His respective protagonists, Dury and Brennan, are excellent characters, so much so that I immediately reach for Tony's books on publication.

I admit I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked up His Father's Son, from the description it is at the opposite end of the scale.

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Title: Gentlemen and Pigs

Author: Robert C. Brewster

Narrator: Robert C. Brewster

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-28-14

Publisher: Robert C. Brewster

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Gentlemen and Pigs could best be described and compared to the television show Seinfeld. It's a book about nothing. But of course we all know that it is the story within the story that ties all the loose ends together as you laugh yourself silly along the way. Gentlemen and Pigs is a real hoot! Its author and narrator, Robert C. Brewster, brings his characters to life in some very unique ways. Sit back, listen, and enjoy.

Members Reviews:

Such a wonderful concept!!

Do you want a story that will leave you wishing for more? Take a trip with the writer to an imaginary place that if ever became a reality would change the world in more ways than you could ever imagine. It just leaves you wishing if only...

And although we share the same name the author and I are not related.

Four Stars

I found it a great read with all the turns and twists of this complacted world...Thums up !

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Title: Classical Music

Author: Joy Cowley

Narrator: Elizabeth Hawthorne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-23-14

Publisher: Penguin Books NZ

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Delia and Bea: sisters, but never close. Delia lives a glamorous life in New York and Bea lives thousands of miles away in New Zealand, looking after elderly parents and playing the role of dutiful daughter. Delia and Bea both long for the warmth and intimacy of sisterhood, but it always eludes them.

When Delia rushes home for their father's funeral there is an opportunity to spend some time together, but Delia and Bea move in orbit around each other, both recalling grievances and hurts, neither prepared to admit their need for each other. But as the day of the funeral passes, memories are unlocked: memories of their mother and her passion for music, memories of their father and memories of a magical summer and a man they had all loved.

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Title: Going Back

Author: Rachael English

Narrator: Penelope Rawlins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-22-14

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

How do you know where you belong? In June 1988, Elizabeth Kelly's parents think she belongs at home in Ireland. Her boyfriend is certain of it. Unwilling to settle down just yet, she decides to spend the summer in Boston with her college friends. But the next four months change all of them, especially Elizabeth.

Quiet and dutiful at home, she surprises herself and everyone else by falling for Danny Esposito, a restless charmer with a troublesome family. More than 20 years later with opportunities in Ireland scarce once again, a new generation looks to America, awakening memories of a golden summer for their parents.

When a crisis occurs, Elizabeth returns to Boston where she is drawn back into the life she once lived. But will she be able to reconcile the dreams of her 20-year-old self with the woman she has become? Read by Penelope Rawlins.

Members Reviews:

Easy listen & enjoyable enough

Easy listen & enjoyable enough but nothing to shout about. often I judge a book by thinking if I'd feel I'd missed out on something if I'd not read it, or by how much I want to tell friends and family about it & recommend.

in this case I wouldn't bother suggest it but if someone asked whether it's worth reading I'd say it's harmless and readable. I think the narrator in this version did a good job of keeping me listening.