A Brother Cadfael Chronicles Book 3: Monk's Hood
Author: Ellis Peters
Format: Online
Author Ellis Peters
Narrator Stephen Thorne
SeriesThe Brother Cadfael Chronicles, Book 3
Duration 7h 40m
In exchange for himself, his wife and two servants to be kept for life, Gervase Bonel assigned his manor to the abbey of St Peter and St Paul at Shrewsbury. Within a short time however, Bonel is dying, poisoned by one of Brother Cadfael's famous concoctions and the investigation begins. The third Cadfael mystery.
View BookAuthor: Dorothy L Sayers
Format: Online
Author Dorothy L Sayers
Narrator Ian Carmichael
Duration 12h 44m
Lord Peter Wimsey arranged a quiet country honeymoon with Harriet Vane, but what should have been an idyllic holiday in an ancient farmhouse takes on a new and unwelcome aspect with the discovery of the previous owner's body in the cellar.
View BookAuthor: Agatha Christie
Format: Online
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 9
Duration 2h 20m
Hercule Poirot joins an international cast of characters on the glamorous Orient Express, and is approached by a wealthy American who offers the detective 'big money' to protect him. The next day the man is found dead in his cabin, stabbed twelve times. There are no lack of clues for Poirot - but which are real and which a clever plant? One thing i...
View BookDoctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
Author: Brian Hayles
Format: Online
Author Brian Hayles
Narrator Jon Pertwee
Duration 1h 15m
On its way back to Earth, the Tardis crash lands on Peladon where strange and violent incidents are threatening to disrupt a conference between visiting delegates from the Galactic Federation and Peladon's King. Is this the feared curse of Peladon and will it force a galactic war?
View BookJourney Into Space - Operation Luna
Author: Charles Chilton
Format: Online
Author Charles Chilton
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 8h
The first series of 'Journey Into Space', originally broadcast in the 1950s and set in the then futuristic 1965. It tells of the conquest of the moon by Jet Morgan and his crew Doc, Mitch and Lemmy.
View BookAuthor: Richmal Crompton
Format: Online
Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 2h 30m
The second selection of stories about 10 year old William Brown and his trusty band of friends. Includes 'The Sweet Little Girl in White', 'A Birthday Treat', 'The Outlaws and Triplets', 'A Bit of Blackmail', 'William Makes a Night of It', 'William and the Lost Tourist', 'The Leopard Hunter', 'The New Neighbour', 'William the Philanthropist' and '...
View BookAuthor: Richmal Crompton
Format: Online
Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 2h 30m
The third selection of stories about 10 year old William Brown and his trusty band of friends. Includes 'William Holds the Stage', 'William and the School Report', 'All the News', 'Aunt Arabelle in Charge', 'William's Goodbye Present', 'William the Salvage Collector', 'William's Day Off', 'Entertainment Provided', 'William and the Brains Trust' and...
View BookAuthor: Richmal Crompton
Format: Online
Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 2h 45m
Twelve stories, selected and read by Martin Jarvis, following the adventures of that irrepressible and ageless schoolboy William Brown. Includes 'William Goes Shopping', 'Violet Elizabeth Runs Away', 'William and the Real Laurence', 'The Outlaws and the Hidden Treasure', 'William and the Fairy Daffodil', 'The Best Laid Plans', 'Mrs Bott's hat', 'Wi...
View BookAuthor: Wilkie Collins
Format: Online
Author Wilkie Collins
Narrator Peter Jeffrey
Duration 18h 50m
The Moonstone, a large, beautiful yellow diamond, stolen from an Indian shrine, is given to Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday and, that same night, stolen again. Sergeant Cuff is employed to find the precious stone and has no shortage of suspects. As each character describes their version of events, layer upon layer of drama and suspense builds...
View BookAuthor: Margaret Atwood
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Author Margaret Atwood
Narrator Shelley Thompson
Duration 16h 38m
A decade and a half has passed since Grace was locked up, at the age of 16, for the cold-blooded murders of her employer and his lover. Her alleged accomplice was hanged in 1843. Sixteen years on, Grace claims to have no memory of the event. Dr Simon Jordan attempts to uncover the truth.
View BookAuthor: Nick Hornby
Format: Online
Author Nick Hornby
Narrator Christoper Oxford
Duration 9h
Written from the perspective firstly of a fanatical youngster, then a disillusioned adolescent, and finally an adult 'who should know better', the author examines the absurdities and traumas of everyday life and football. Hornby combines humorous autobiographical anecdotes with a wider commentary on the state of the game.
View BookAuthor: Agatha Christie
Format: Online
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Ray Jones
Duration 6h
The Bantrys wake one morning to discover the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing an evening dress and heavy make-up, which is smeared across her distorted cheeks. The respectable Bantrys invite Jane Marple to solve the mystery before tongues start to wag.
View BookThe Mysterious Affair At Styles
Author: Agatha Christie
Format: Online
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Andrew Sachs
SeriesHercule Poirot, Book 1
Duration 5h 29m
There had been some strange goings on at Styles St Mary. Evelyn had stormed out of the house and the atmosphere had changed to one of impending doom. With impeccable timing Poirot makes his dramatic entrance...
View BookAuthor: Agatha Christie
Format: Online
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Rosemary Leach
SeriesMiss Marple, Book 7
Duration 8h
For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth witnessed a murder. Helplessly, she stared out of her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around the woman's throat. The body crumpled. The the other train sped off. Miss Marple investigates.
View BookAuthor: Agatha Christie
Format: Online
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator James Saxon
SeriesMiss Marple, Book 3
Duration 5h 54m
Lymstock is a town with more than its share of shameful secrets - a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate-mail causes only a minor stir. But all that changes when Mrs Symmington commits suicide. Only Miss Marple questions the coroner's verdict.
View BookJoyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure
Author: Joyce Grenfell
Format: Online
Author Joyce Grenfell
Narrator Joyce Grenfell
Duration 3h 15m
Actress, comedienne and raconteur Joyce Grenfell brings to life her experiences working in radio and in film, on the stage and war-time entertainment tours. Her glamorous and madcap American mother, aunt Nancy Astor and husband Reggie are just some of the larger-than-life characters in this reading.
View BookAuthor: Alan Bennett
Format: Online
Author Alan Bennett
Narrator Various
Duration 3h 15m
Performed by the author and five of Britain's leading actresses, Alan Bennett's tales are full of quirky, insightful detail and wry observation. This audiobook contains the following monologues: 'A Chip in the Sugar' with Alan Bennett; 'A Lady of Letters' with Patricia Routledge; 'Bed Among the Lentils' with Anna Massey; 'Soldiering On' with Stepha...
View BookAuthor: Agatha Christie
Format: Online
Author Agatha Christie
Narrator Norman Barrs
Duration 6h 29m
Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon. One of the party is found murdered, and tension mounts as the survivors realise that not only is the killer among them, but that they are likely to kill again...
View BookThe Pam Ayres Poetry Collection
Author: Pam Ayres
Format: Online
Author Pam Ayres
Narrator Pam Ayres
Duration 2h 5m
Pam Ayres reads over 50 of her best-known and loved poems, including 'I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth', 'I'm a Starling, Me Darling' and 'Thoughts of a Late-Night Knitter'.
View BookAuthor: Terry Pratchett
Format: Online
Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Richard Mitchley
Duration 4h 7m
The first book in the Johnny Maxwell series. 12-year-old Johnny loves playing the computer game `Only You Can Save Mankind' where he has to save mankind from the alien hordes, but the aliens aren't so happy. When they get killed off they really die, so the alien Captain decides to take matters in her own hands, and surrenders. Suddenly Johnny finds...
View BookAuthor: Terry Pratchett
Format: Online
Author Terry Pratchett
Narrator Richard Mitchley
Duration 3h 59m
Not many people can see the dead (not many would want to). Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell can, and he's got bad news for them. The council want to sell the cemetery as a building site. But the dead have learnt a thing or two from Johnny, and they're not going to take it lying down...especially since it's Halloween tomorrow. Besides, they're beginni...
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