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ID: 446905

Title: Slow Slicing: DI Bliss Book 7

Author: Tony J. Forder

Narrator: Greg Wagland

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:39:48

Language: English

Release date: 08-20-20

Publisher: Whole Story QUEST

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

The bestselling author of the compelling DI Bliss crime series is back with another stunning novel.

WHEN DEATH BECOMES THE KINDEST CUT OF ALL

When slices of flesh and body parts are discovered in different areas of the country, DI Bliss and his team are tasked with running the operation. After Bliss realises the victims have been subjected to a specific form of torture, it leads him to a cold case involving the brutal and bloody murder of a woman in London twenty-six years earlier.

As the team discover links between their victims, the murdered woman, and gangland crime, they begin a dangerous investigation into both the past and the present. But Bliss is stumped, unable to decide if the current spate of mutilations are acts of revenge or the result of ageing criminals seeking to hide their despicable actions. Following a leak to the media, Bliss's reaction may have dire consequences.

With the hunt for the victims at fever point, Bliss uncovers evidence steering him in the direction of one particular individual. The only problem being, his prime suspect is the one person it cannot possibly be. When Bliss orders a sting operation, the astonishing truth is revealed. And that's when things really start to go wrong

The stunning DI Bliss series of fast-paced police thrillers will appeal to fans of authors like Michael Connelly, Joy Ellis, Peter James, Robert Bryndza and Angela Marsons. Tony J Forder is also the bestselling author of Degrees of Darkness, Scream Blue Murder and Cold Winter Sun.

Early ARC reviews for Slow Slicing:

I could almost smell and feel the fear due to the writing...

I believe this book deserves more than 5 stars and I highly recommend Slow Slicing as well as the other books in the series.

The darkest of the Bliss books thus far, this will have your mind working overtime. Absolutely brilliant.

Absolutely Chilling ...The best in the series ....Brilliant.

Absolutely loved this and highly recommend it, as I do all the books in the Bliss series.

Reviews for other works in the DI Bliss series:

The author is hugely talented and ranks, in my opinion, with the likes of Peter James and Val McDermid. Maggie James bestselling author

Just a word of warning - prepare to be in tears, on the edge of your seat and gobsmacked in equal measure. A triumph! Liz Mistry bestselling author

'Brilliantly written and a fascinating read that, in my opinion, could happily stand shoulder to shoulder with works from the likes of Rankin and Connelly.' Steve Robb BookieWookie blogsite

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ID: 419997

Title: Dawnrise

Author: Christopher Husberg

Narrator: Adam Verner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15:17:07

Language: English

Release date: 08-20-20

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Summary:

Nothing is as it seems.

Sfaera-shattering revelations reveal there is more to the Nine Daemons--and Canta--than anyone could have imagined, and deep in the heart of Triah, a threat that has lurked below the surface for years finally rises, gathering unimaginable power.

Knot, still reeling from a shocking death, tries to put himself back together in time to fight. Two ex-Nazaniin assassins, Code and Kali, form an unlikely alliance. Cinzia, more suspicious than ever of her sister Jane Oden--Canta's prophetess--rallies as many people as she can to save the Sfaera from imminent destruction. And Winter, the Chaos Queen herself, realizes she must finally choose sides and face the greatest test of her life: finding the humility to seek help.

Deep in the heart of Triah, a threat that has lurked below the surface for years finally rises, gathering unimaginable power. Only the unlikely alliance formed between the two former Nazaniin assassins, Code and Kali, stands in its way.

Characters old and new join forces to preserve life as they know it. The darkest night the Sfaera has ever known is about to end, but whether it ends in daylight or destruction remains to be seen...

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ID: 429804

Title: Holt House: The Eden Book Society

Author: L. G. Vey

Narrator: Aliya Whitely, Charlie Higson, Walter Chidlow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2:41:57

Language: English

Release date: 08-20-20

Publisher: Whole Story QUEST

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror

Summary:

AN EDEN BOOK SOCIETY EDITION

The Forgotten recordings, featuring bonus material including a new foreword by Charlie Higson.

If you see one, stay down. and stay quiet...

It's a quiet house, sheltered, standing in a mass of tangled old trees called the Holtwood. Raymond watches it. He's been watching it, through a gap in the fence at the bottom of the garden, for weeks. Thinking about the elderly owners, Mr and Mrs Latch, who took him in one night when he was a frightened boy caught up in an emergency. Mr Latch showed him something that was kept in a wardrobe in the spare room. He can't remember what it was. He only knows how sick it made him feel. Raymond watches Holt House. He has to remember what he saw. He has to get inside.

First published in 1972 by The Eden Book Society, Holt House was the only work of published fiction by L.G. Vey, a popular scriptwriter of 1950s horror and science fiction dramas. At the time, Holt House was a peculiarly dark and mournful footnote in Vey's career, but published now for the first time outside of The Eden Book Society it becomes a timely reflection on the toxic frailty of masculinity as it ages.

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ID: 434111

Title: Night Raids

Author: Jim Kelly

Narrator: Kris Dyer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:24:31

Language: English

Release date: 08-20-20

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Summary:

lone German bomber crosses the East coast of Britain on a moonless night in the long hot summer of 1940. The pilot picks up the silver thread of a river and following it to his target, drops his bomb over Cambridge's rail yards. The shell falls short of its mark, and lands in a maze-like neighbourhood of terraced streets on the edge of the city's medieval centre. D I Eden Brooke is first on the scene and discovers the body of an elderly woman, Nora Wylde, beside her shattered bed in a terrace house on Elm Street, two fingers on her left hand severed, in what looks like a brutal attempt by looters to steal her rings. When the next day Nora's teenage granddaughter, Peggy, a munitions worker at Marshall's Airfield, is reported missing, Brooke realises there is more to the situation that meets the eye.

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ID: 429806

Title: Francesca

Author: Gillian Godden

Narrator: Fiona Hasen-Bowes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22:06:45

Language: English

Release date: 08-20-20

Publisher: Whole Story QUEST

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

Single mother Francesca is struggling to get by when an act of desperation leads to her owing a debt to notorious gangland boss, Tony Lambrianu. Tony has his own troubles a change of image from playboy to respectable married man is needed to further his criminal career. He has women falling at his feet, but none he wants to make his wife. As Francesca is drawn deeper into the dark underworld dealings of Tony and his associates, she has to make alliances of her own to survive. And she'll do whatever it takes to protect her small son. This is a roller coaster ride of high stakes, dirty tricks, loyalty and love. Strap in it's a hell of a trip!

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ID: 434110

Title: Impact: Reshaping capitalism to drive real change

Author: Sir Ronald Cohen

Narrator: Finlay Robertson, Sir Ronald Cohen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:23:34

Language: English

Release date: 08-20-20

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Business & Economics

Summary:

WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE WANT TO LIVE IN?

Envisage a world where inequality is shrinking, where natural resources are regenerated, and people can benefit from shared prosperity. In IMPACT, Sir Ronald Cohen proposes a new theory about how the Impact Revolution will enable us to achieve systemic social and environmental improvement.

Impact investing is about creating a chain reaction. One that brings innovation to the stakeholders whose engagement is crucial to tackling massive social and environmental challenges at scale. One that changes the mindset and behavior of investors, philanthropists, entrepreneurs, social organizations, big business, governments and the general public and places impact at the center of our decision-making.

The Impact Revolution is already transforming the way we think about social responsibility, business models and investment. It is beginning to change our economies, turning them into powerful engines that drive capital to achieve impact alongside profit. We can already see it marking the twenty-first century as much as the tech revolution marked the twentieth.

Billions of people's lives depend on the success of the Impact Revolution. There has never been a more tangible opportunity.

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ID: 393922

Title: This Is Not the End of Me: Lessons on Living from a Dying Man

Author: Dakshana Bascaramurty

Narrator: A. K. Wilson, Farah Merani

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:03:00

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-20

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Health & Wellness, History & Culture, Death & Bereavement

Summary:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A BEST BOOK OF 2020

CBC – The Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2020

The Globe and Mail’s Globe 100: Our Favourite Books of 2020

Chatelaine’s 10 Best Books of 2020

The Walrus’s Favourite Books of 2020

For readers of Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air and Will Schwalbe, the moving, inspiring story of a young husband and father who, when diagnosed with terminal cancer at the age of thirty-three, sets out to build a legacy for his infant son.

i can't make you feel what it's like to be a young, dumb, naïve thirty-year-old sitting in the back of a walk-in clinic waiting to be handed what is essentially a death sentence any more than i can show you what it feels like to have a husband or father or child who's dying and knowing there is nothing you can do to stop it. i can only describe to you how i feel today. angry. at peace. scared. grateful. a giant, spiky, flowering heart-shaped bouquet of contradictions.

Layton Reid was a globe-trotting, risk-taking, sunshine-addicted bachelor--then came a melanoma diagnosis. Cancer startled him out of his arrested development--he returned home to Halifax to work as a wedding photographer--and remission launched him into a new, passionate life as a husband and father-to-be. When the melanoma returned, now at Stage IV, Layton and his family put all their stock into a punishing alternative therapy, hoping for a cure. This Is Not the End of Me recounts Layton's three-year journey as he tried desperately to stay alive for his young son, Finn, and then found purpose in preparing Finn for a world without him.

With incredible intimacy, grit, and empathy, reporter Dakshana Bascaramurty casts an unsentimental eye on who her good friend was: his effervescence, his twisted wit, his anger, his vulnerability. Interweaving Layton's own reflections--his diaries written for Finn, his letters to his wife, Candace, and his public journal--she paints a keenly observed portrait of Layton's remarkable evolution. In detailing the ugly, surprising, and occasionally funny ways in which Layton and his family faced his mortality, the book offers an unflinching look at how a person dies, and how we might build a legacy in our information-saturated age.

Powerful and unvarnished, This is Not the End of Me is about someone who didn't get a very happy ending, but learned to squeeze as much life as possible from his final days.

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ID: 380249

Title: Gideon's Promise: A Public Defender Movement to Transform Criminal Justice

Author: Jonathan Rapping

Narrator: Frank Gerard

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:50:36

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-20

Publisher: Beacon Press

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Law

Summary:

A blueprint for criminal justice reform that lays the foundation for how model public defense programs should work to end mass incarceration.

Combining wisdom drawn from over a dozen years as a public defender and cutting-edge research in the fields of organizational and cultural psychology, Jonathan Rapping proposes a radical cultural shift to a “fiercely client-based ethos” driven by values-based recruitment training, awakening defenders to their role in upholding an unjust status quo, and a renewed pride in the essential role of moral lawyering in a democratic society.

Public defenders represent over 80% of those who interact with the court system, a disproportionate number of whom are poor, non-white citizens who rely on them to navigate the law on their behalf. More often than not, even the most well-meaning of those defenders are over-worked, under-funded, and incentivized to put the interests of judges and politicians above those of their clients in a culture that beats the passion out of talented, driven advocates, and has led to an embarrassingly low standard of justice for those who depend on the promises of Gideon v. Wainwright.

However, rather than arguing for a change in rules that govern the actions of lawyers, judges, and other advocates, Rapping proposes a radical cultural shift to a “fiercely client-based ethos” driven by values-based recruitment and training, awakening defenders to their role in upholding an unjust status quo, and a renewed pride in the essential role of moral lawyering in a democratic society.

Through the story of founding Gideon’s Promise and anecdotes of his time as a defender and teacher, Rapping reanimates the possibility of public defenders serving as a radical bulwark against government oppression and a megaphone to amplify the voices of those they serve.

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ID: 439234

Title: Bluebonnet Bride: A Butterfly Palace Short Story

Author: Colleen Coble

Narrator: Devon O'day

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2:02:24

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-20

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Genres: Historical Romance, Religious & Inspirational

Summary:

Irresistible romance meets thrilling suspense in this historical short story from USA Today bestselling novelist Colleen Coble. 

At the turn of the 20th century, Elli Korpela boarded The Baltic as a mail order bride. But the threat she thought she was escaping somehow followed her to America . . . 

Escaping a forced engagement, Elli sought refuge in an arranged, mail-order marriage. Her betrothed is a Texan named Nathan White. As she glimpses her future husband and his darling niece at the train station, she instantly knows her risk will prove the best decision she's ever made.

Nathan White never took an interest in marriage until he became the guardian of four-year-old Hannah. He’s arranged a mail order wife to love and care for his orphaned niece. But his mind changes when he first sees the beautiful Elli Korpela. 

After a glorious wedding ceremony in the gardens of a place called Butterfly Palace—the grandest estate Elli's ever seen—a peaceful beginning takes a disquieting turn. An intruder brutally attacks Elli. Nathan intervenes, but the devil escapes unidentified, leaving Elli to face two chilling possibilities: either the attack was arranged by strike workers in Nathan's employ or her shadowy past followed her across the sea. 

As the danger mounts, Elli and Nathan must face their enemy together, fighting for their newfound marriage—and for their lives. 

- Historical romantic suspense

- Stand-alone story that includes characters from Butterfly Palace

- Story length: 20,000 words

- Includes discussion questions for book clubs

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ID: 409904

Title: Love Her Well: 10 Ways to Find Joy and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter

Author: Kari Kampakis

Narrator: Kari Kampakis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:02:54

Language: English

Release date: 08-18-20

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Health & Wellness, Christianity, Parenting

Summary:

Now an ECPA Best Seller—Kari Kampakis's Love Her Well gives moms ten practical tips for how to build strong and lasting relationships with their daughters.

For many women, having a baby girl is a dream come true. But as girls grow up, the narrative of innocence and joy changes to one of dread as moms are told, 'Just wait until she's a teenager!' and handed a disheartening and too-often-true script about a daughter's teenage season of life.

Author, blogger, and mom to four daughters Kari Kampakis thinks it's time to change the narrative and mind-set that leads moms to parent teen girls with a spirit of defeat instead of strength. Love Her Well isn't a guide to help mothers 'fix' their daughters or make them behave. It's about a mom's journey, doing the heart-work necessary to love a teenager while still being a steady, supportive parent. Kari offers wisdom about how moms can:

- Choose their words and timing carefully.

- Listen and empathize with her teen's world.

- See the good, and love her for who she is.

- Take care of themselves and find a support system in the process.

By working on the foundation, habits, and dynamics of the relationship; mothers can connect with their teen daughters and earn a voice in their lives that allows moms to offer guidance, love, wisdom, and emotional support.

Kari gives mothers hope, wisdom, and a reminder that all things are possible through God, who is the source of the guidance and clarity they need in order to grow strong relationships with their daughters at every age—especially during the critical teen years.

Reflection questions are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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