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ID: 649097

Title: Twin Reaction: A BBC Radio 4 Detective Drama

Author: Juliet Ace

Narrator: Carolyn Backhouse, Cornelius Garrett, Eric Allen, Full Cast , Ian Sanders, Jenny Funnell, Jilly Bond, Lindsay Mack, Marilla Robson, Paul Nicholson, Rachel Oldfield, Sue Broomfield, Sunny Ormonde

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:51:03

Language: English

Release date: 06-15-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Detective Stories

Summary:

Twin sisters are the investigating police in this unusual three-part detective series

Alice and Belinda are identical twins, and have grown up sharing everything: toys, rooms, and friends. But as they begin their careers as detectives - a job they have each wanted for as long as they can remember - a computer error sees them accidentally starting at the same North London police station.

Work gives them enough mysteries to be investigating as they attempt to make themselves known and respected in their new roles, but when Belinda is sexually harassed by a colleague, her twin Alice realizes she can use her identical appearance to fight back when her sister no longer can...

Created by Juliet Ace, award-winning writer and playwright (The Archers, Young Victoria, A Slight Hitch), Twin Reaction is a fascinating and fresh look at the bond of sisters, the demands of work, and the pleasures and pains of being a woman in the modern world.

Starring Jenny Funnel (As Time Goes By, Doctors) and Carolyn Backhouse (Rosemary and Thyme, Jupiter Moon), this compelling series is perfect for listeners of Colvil and Soames, The Lady Detectives, and The Unforgiven.

Content Warning: This drama deals with adult themes such as sexual violence

Cast and credits

Alice - Jenny Funnel

Belinda - Carolyn Backhouse

Newsome - Eric Allen

Glover - Cornelius Garrett

Cox - Lindsay Mack

Dobson - Ian Sanders

Bella - Sue Broomfield

Other cast:

Rachel Oldfield

Paul Nicholson

Janet Dale

Marilla Robson

Brian Gear

Jilly Bond

William Eedle

Sunny Ormonde

Linda Regan

Joanne Mitchell

Written by Juliet Ace

Directed by Shaun MacLoughlin

Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4:

7 August - 21 August 1995

©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Contact: [email protected]

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ID: 632588

Title: Woman Inside

Author: M. T. Edvardsson

Narrator: Josh Dylan, Nathalie Buscombe, Sofia Engstrand

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:45:47

Language: English

Release date: 06-15-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

From the author of A Nearly Normal Family - now a major Netflix TV series. The Woman Inside is a breathless page-turner from an international master of suspense, this is a story about dependency, justice, and the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.

'The darkness dwells, the desperation grows between the characters and the walls close in until you're caught in the trap' - Lars Kepler, author of The Spider

Three young people.

Bill, a widower and single dad, is in a financial mess with bills to pay when he rents out a room in his apartment to Karla.

Karla left home to study law and to earn some money begins working as a cleaner at the palatial home of Steven and Regina Rytter. But inside their house it is clear that something is wrong with the doctor and his wife, who never leaves her bedroom.

Jennica is single and careerless when she meets Steven on Tinder. But just as she thinks her luck is changing, it soon becomes clear that Steven is hiding secrets of his own . . .

Two murders.

By the end of the summer Steven and Regina Rytter will be found dead in their home and the questions will begin . . .

One truth.

Ordinary people will do things they never thought possible when faced with extraordinary circumstances, and the truth is that the woman inside may hold the key to it all . . .

What readers are saying about The Woman Inside:

‘The Woman Inside was my first novel from author Edvardsson. It certainly won’t be my last. Five stars’

‘The last sentence left me breathless’

‘I loved how the layers of the story were revealed and I am always a fan of multi POV’

‘This book is over 10 hours long and I am telling the truth when I say I didn’t press pause’

‘This was a very fun thriller, great for fans of Lisa Jewell and Sally Hepworth’

Praise for A Nearly Normal Family:

‘Deceptive and riveting’ - Karin Slaughter, bestselling author of Girl, Forgotten

‘Taut page-turner *****’ - The Sun

‘A cracking read!’ - T. M. Logan, bestselling author of The Vacation

‘A compulsively readable tour de force’ - Wall Street Journal

‘A canny, intensely suspenseful legal thriller’ - Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent

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ID: 649096

Title: Cross Down

Author: James Patterson

Narrator: Inger Tudor, Kiff Vandenheuvel, Mela Lee, Peter Giles, Wayne Carr, William Stephens, Zeno Robinson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:45:09

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police Stories

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

With the country in chaos and corruption on all sides, there's only one person to turn to.

When a series of military-style attacks erupt across the United States, Detective John Sampson is called in to investigate. The attacks are untraceable, with patterns too random to decipher, leaving Sampson struggling to find a link amongst the carnage.

As Sampson discovers a lead through an ex-military contact, his partner Alex Cross is brutally side-lined, leaving him certain about one thing: he can trust no one.

With soldiers called on secret assignments and others mysteriously disappearing, Sampson must revisit his military past if he's to save his country's future.

Praise for the Alex Cross series

'Alex Cross is a legend' Harlan Coben

'A character for the ages' Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

'Alex Cross. . . only gets better and better' Lisa Scottoline

©2023 James Patterson (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Contact: [email protected]

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ID: 629582

Title: In the Summertime

Author: Maeve Haran

Narrator: Yolanda Kettle

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:53:37

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Rom-Com, Holidays

Summary:

Filled with wit, warmth and sunshine, In the Summertime by Maeve Haran has all the things we love about a seaside England in the sun making us realize you don’t have to go abroad to find romance and adventure.

With her marriage falling apart and her longed-for holiday cancelled, Georgina Greenhills gets an unexpected offer: a holiday in the small seaside town nestling in the beautiful South Downs where she grew up. There is only one catch: she must try and solve the mystery of the valuable antiques disappearing from the remote manor house belonging to an old lady called Maudie.

Gina gathers her childhood friends, scatty Ruth and feisty Eve, to help her. In the middle of a blazing summer they swim, sunbathe and share cocktails as they watch the sun sparkling on the sea, and Gina realizes how much she missed them and how happy she is to be back here in the summertime. Not least because of bumping into Daniel Napier, her shy and awkward teenage dancing partner, now an alarmingly attractive man. Although there is the small problem of his annoying girlfriend.

As Gina tries to solve the mystery at the manor and wonders how to get rid of the girlfriend, an even bigger secret emerges that will take all their skill and experience to resolve.

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ID: 622638

Title: Treasure Hunters: The Greatest Treasure Hunt

Author: James Patterson

Narrator: Bryan Kennedy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:15:27

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Kids, Humor

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

Rappel out of helicopters, off-road along the Baltic coast, and smile for the camera! It's all in a day's work for the Collier kids!

Wait-what?

The Kidd siblings have rescued some of the world's greatest treasure, without ever seeking fame and glory. So they aren't happy when the Collier kids start treasure hunting for the camera, more focused on looking good and selling ads than actually recovering treasure. When the Kidds are invited to compete with the Colliers for the title of 'The World's Greatest Treasure Hunting Kids,' they jump at the chance to show the world real treasure hunting.

But with rumors swirling of a mistake made by the Kidds' great-grandfather years ago, the Kidds discover that fame and glory aren't the only things on the line. Will they be able to solve the mystery, restore their family name, and recover their biggest treasure haul yet?

©2023 James Patterson (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Contact: [email protected]

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ID: 629583

Title: Playground

Author: Michelle Frances

Narrator: Kelly Hotten

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:45:11

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

'I couldn’t put this one down' - Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal

Wry, twisting and suspenseful, bestselling author Michelle Frances tells a story of schoolyard sniping turning into something much uglier in The Playground, for fans of Liane Moriarty and Adele Parks.

Looking to escape her old life, Nancy and her ten-year-old daughter Lara move to Ripton. A quiet, picturesque village in the rolling Derbyshire countryside, it seems like the perfect place to settle down. At first.

But when Nancy reaches the school gates, she learns that beneath the quaint village atmosphere is a minefield. And after her daughter clashes with her school friends, Nancy quickly finds herself outside the whispering circle of parents.

As much as Nancy finds the playground politics absurd, they soon become impossible to ignore when Lara is accused of hurting another girl.

Desperate to clear Lara's name, Nancy is about to learn just what lengths a parent will go to for their child . . .

Praise for the number one bestselling author Michelle Frances:

'Michelle Frances is an author we're going to hear a great deal about' – Jilly Cooper

'Taut, dark, and seriously addictive' – Will Dean, author of The Last Passenger

'I tore through the pages . . . A high-speed chase of a novel' – Louise Candlish, author of The Only Suspect

'Michelle Frances manages to bring fresh energy to this age-old theme of family secrets . . . The finale doesn't disappoint' – Daily Mail

'Toxic family relationships, sultry European settings and an intricate plot which leaves you never knowing who to trust' – Catherine Cooper, author of The Chalet

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ID: 674455

Title: World of Pub: The Complete Series 1 and 2: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Comedy

Author: Tony Roche

Narrator: Alistair Mcgowan, Full Cast , John Thomson, Peter Serafinowicz, Phil Cornwell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 02:45:48

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General, Humor

Summary:

Welcome to the world's worst pub!

Deep in London's East End, Garry and Barry run a pub, and they're not very good at it. Things usually go from bad to worse when their mate, Dodgy Phil, comes up with increasingly hair-brained ideas to reinvent the local - often with explosive results.

Could they make this the world's first environmentally friendly bar? Build the world's biggest pub named after the Titanic (but is it undrinkable)? What about booking Chas and Dave for the Queen's visit? Plus, there's the difficulty of running a pub next door to a zoo...

With music by Bill Bailey and starring Phil Cornwell, Peter Serafinowicz, Alistair McGowan and John Thomson, this hilarious full-cast comedy will have you laughing until last orders.

Written by Tony Roche

Produced by Jane Berthoud

Music by Bill Bailey

Special effects by Nick Romero and Karl Phillips

Cast

Dodgy Phil John Thomson

Barry Phil Cornwell

Garry (Series 1) Peter Serafinowcz

Garry (Series 2) Alistair McGowan

Bob Tony Roche

Other parts played by Debra Stephenson, Harry Hill, Simon Greenall and Kim Wall

First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 4-25 March 1998 (Series 1) and 7-28 January 1999 (Series 2)

©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Contact: [email protected]

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ID: 688246

Title: Creativity, Inc.: an inspiring look at how creativity can - and should - be harnessed for business success by the founder of Pixar

Author: Ed Catmull

Narrator: Ed Catmull

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17:24:45

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Management & Leadership, Business Development

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

The co-founder and longtime president of Pixar updates and expands upon his 2014 New York Times bestseller on creative leadership, reflecting on the management principles used to build Pixar's singularly successful culture, including all he learned in the past nine years that allowed Pixar to retain its creative culture while continuing to evolve.

For nearly twenty years, Pixar has dominated the world of animation, producing such beloved films as the Toy Story trilogy, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Up, and WALL-E, which have gone on to set box-office records and garner thirty Academy Awards. The joyous storytelling, the inventive plots, the emotional authenticity: In some ways, Pixar movies are an object lesson in what creativity really is.

As a young man, Ed Catmull had a dream: to make the first computer-animated movie. He nurtured that dream as a Ph.D. student, and then forged a partnership with George Lucas that led, indirectly, to his founding Pixar with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter. A mere nine years later, Toy Story was released, changing animation forever. The essential ingredient in that movie's success-and in the movies that followed-was the unique environment that Catmull and his colleagues built at Pixar, based on philosophies that protect the creative process and defy convention, such as:

- Give a good idea to a mediocre team, and they will screw it up. But give a mediocre idea to a great team, and they will either fix it or come up with something better. It's not the manager's job to prevent risks.

- It's the manager's job to make it safe for others to take them. The cost of preventing errors is often far greater than the cost of fixing them.

- A company's communication structure should not mirror its organizational structure.

- Everybody should be able to talk to anybody.

Creativity, Inc. has been expanded to illuminate the continuing development of the unique culture at Pixar. Featuring a new introduction, two entirely new chapters, four new chapter postscripts, and new reflections at the end, this updated edition details how Catmull built a culture that doesn't just pay lip service to the importance of things like honesty, communication, and originality, but commits to them. Pursuing excellence isn't a one-off assignment, but an ongoing, day-in, day-out, full-time job. And Creativity, Inc. explores how it is done.

'Just might be the best business book ever written' Forbes Magazine

'This book should be required reading for any manager' Charles Duhigg

©2023 Ed Catmull (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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ID: 671600

Title: People Watcher

Author: Sam Lloyd

Narrator: Ahmed Hamad, Eleanor Bennett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:59:13

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

The gripping, original, standout new thriller from the author of THE MEMORY WOOD and THE RISING TIDE.

*******

'I watch them because I think they need help.'

Mercy Lake likes to fix things. To fix people. Trapped inside during daylight hours, hostage to her phobias, she uses the cover of night to watch the people in her town. And if someone needs her help, she steps in - secretly and with compassion.

When Mercy meets Louis, her lonely, unusual life is suddenly filled with excitement. Because Louis likes intervening in other people's lives too, only he prefers a more direct - even violent - approach. As they grow closer, Mercy is enchanted but frightened by his actions. How many lines is he willing to cross? And how much is he prepared to risk?

And then there's Nadia. Nadia knows she's being watched, even if the police think differently. But with her own secrets to protect, she's not going to wait around for the watcher to make their move. She's going to stop them dead.

'Small acts of kindness are far less effective than fear'

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Praise for Sam Lloyd:

'Lloyd is a rare new thriller talent' Daily Mail

'Stunning prose and compulsive reading' Lesley Kara

'An intense, atmospheric, and truly original thriller' Shari Lapena

©2023 Sam Lloyd (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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ID: 622640

Title: My Friend Anne Frank: The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds

Author: Hannah Pick-Goslar

Narrator: Alix Dunmore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:27:45

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-23

Publisher: PGRH UK

Genres: Biography & Memoir, History & Culture, Women

Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin.

THE LONG-AWAITED, MOVING MEMOIR OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR HANNAH PICK-GOSLAR, WHO SHARES AN INTIMATE LOOK INTO HER LIFE AND FRIENDSHIP WITH ANNE FRANK.

'As a girl I witnessed the world I loved crumble and vanish, destroyed by senseless hatred, and with it, my best friend Anne'

Two best friends' lives were about to change for ever, neither would ever be forgotten...

When Hannah's family flee from the Nazis to Amsterdam, she soon strikes up a friendship with a girl just like her freshly arrived from Germany. Precocious and outspoken, the girl's name is Anne Frank and for seven blissful years the inseparable pair navigate school, boys and coming of age.

Then one day in 1942, as the Nazi occupation intensifies, they are separated without warning. Hannah calls on Anne and can't find a trace of her, breakfast dishes still in the sink, beds unmade. Anne and her family have seemingly vanished. They are told the Franks have fled to Switzerland.

As Hannah is tormented by the fate of her friend, hoping she is alive and well elsewhere, her own family's fate unfolds. After attempts to flee themselves, the SS finally come for them and they are taken to the transit camp Westerbork. Eventually Hannah, her father and younger sister Gabi are transported to Bergen-Belsen. Amid horrific conditions with death all around, it is during Hannah's darkest point at the concentration camp that she hears astonishing of news of Anne. Desperate to save her friend who is weak and struggling to survive, Hannah risks her life to help her.

In an incredible memoir of hope, strength and defiance, Hannah shares the intimate, loving portrait of her friendship with the young diarist who would go on to capture the hearts of millions around the world.

©2023 Hannah Pick-Goslar (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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