AuthorS.G. MacLean
NarratorCrawford Logan
SeriesAlexander Seaton, Book 3
Duration9h 39m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries, Historical Novels
PublisherQuercus
VersionUnabridged
Knowledge is power, and when it gets in the wrong hands it can be lethal. Alchemy and murder combine in a gripping race against time from the CWA award-winning author of The Seeker. Aberdeen, 1631. University librarian Robert Sim takes receipt of a gift of books recently arrived from overseas, mysterious works on alchemy and hermetics - the pursuit of ancient knowledge. By nightfall he has been brutally murdered. His colleague and good friend Alexander Seaton is left with the task of hunting for clues as to his killer's motive, as well as locating the missing books. What did Sim discover in the package, and what makes these books so dangerous?
Dr Alex Gregory Book 2: Hysteria
Author: Lj Ross
Author Lj Ross
Narrator Hugh Dancy
SeriesAlex Gregory, Book 2
Duration 6h 52m
From the International Number 1 Bestselling Author of the DCI Ryan Mysteries. Hysteria is the second instalment in Ross' brand new Dr Alex Gregory series, narrated by actor Hugh Dancy. Recently returned from his last case in Ireland, elite forensic psychologist and criminal profiler Dr Alexander Gregory receives a call from the French police that h...
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Author: S.G. MacLean
Author S.G. MacLean
Narrator Jonathan Keeble
SeriesThe Seeker, Book 3
Duration 10h 10m
Captain Damian Seeker has gone north. Charged with preparing the way for the rule of the major-generals, he is now under the command of Colonel Robert Lilburne at York. But when Lilburne orders him to a small village on the North York moors with details of the stringent new anti-Royalist laws, Seeker finds that what should be a routine visit will r...
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Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Book 11: How the Dead Speak
Author: Val Mcdermid
Author Val Mcdermid
Narrator Saul Reichlin
SeriesTony Hill and Carol Jordan, Book 11
Duration 12h 16m
After an explosive case that forced Tony Hill and Carol Jordan to reassess everything they thought they knew about right and wrong, both are dealing with the fallout in their own separate ways. While Tony must pay the price for his actions, Carol is conducting investigations into suspected miscarriages of justice. But when a shocking discovery is m...
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Author: S.G. MacLean
Author S.G. MacLean
Narrator Crawford Logan
SeriesAlexander Seaton, Book 2
Duration 12h 46m
It is 1628, Charles 1 is on the throne, and the British Crown is finally taking control of Ulster. Returning to his rooms one night, Alexander Seaton is shocked to find a stranger standing there - a man who could be his double. His name is Sean O'Neill, and he carries a plea for help from Maeve O'Neill, forbidding matriarch of Alexander's mother's...
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Author: Katerina Diamond
Author Katerina Diamond
Narrator Stevie Lacey
Duration 10h 38m
When a young woman is found strangled in her own bedroom, DS Imogen Grey and DS Adrian Miles are plunged into an investigation to find a twisted serial killer who likes to date his victims before he kills them. Determined to stop the horrific deaths, Imogen is forced to act as bait - but will she get caught in her own trap? As the search for the ki...
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Author: S.G. MacLean
Author S.G. MacLean
Narrator Nicholas Camm
SeriesThe Seeker, Book 1
Duration 10h 22m
London is a complex web of spies and merchants, priests and soldiers, exiles and assassins. One of the web's most fearsome spiders is Damian Seeker, agent of the Lord Protector. No one knows where Seeker comes from, who his family is, or even his real name. All that is known of him for certain is that he is utterly loyal to Cromwell, and that nothi...
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Maggie Hope Series Book 7: The King's Justice
Author: Susan Elia MacNeal
Author Susan Elia MacNeal
Narrator Susan Duerden
SeriesMaggie Hope, Book 9
Duration 10h 51m
Maggie Hope started out as Winston Churchill's secretary, but now she's a secret agent-and the only one who can figure out how the missing violin ties into a series of horrifying murders. London, December 1943. As the Russian army repels German forces from Stalingrad, Maggie Hope takes a much-needed break from spying to defuse bombs in London. But...
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Author: S.G. MacLean
Author S.G. MacLean
Narrator Jonathan Keeble
SeriesThe Seeker, Book 4
Duration 10h 5m
London, 1656: Captain Seeker is back in the city, on the trail of an assassin preparing to strike at the heart of Oliver Cromwell's Republic The Commonwealth is balanced on a knife edge. Royalists and disillusioned former Parliamentarians have united against Oliver Cromwell, now a king in all but name. Three conspirators, representing these faction...
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The Redemption of Alexander Seaton
Author: S.G. MacLean
Author S.G. MacLean
Narrator Crawford Logan
SeriesAlexander Seaton, Book 1
Duration 13h 8m
Banff, Scotland in the 1620s. A young man walks unsteadily through the streets. Is he just drunk or is there something more sinister happening? When he collapses in front of two sisters on that dark, wet night, the women guess that he's been poisoned. His body is discovered in the house of Alexander Seaton - a fallen minister, the discovery of whos...
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Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Book 9: Splinter the Silence
Author: Val Mcdermid
Author Val Mcdermid
Narrator Saul Reichlin
SeriesTony Hill and Carol Jordan, Book 9
Duration 12h 47m
When psychological profiler Tony Hill comes across a series of suicides among women tormented by vicious online predators, he begins to wonder if there is more to these tragedies than meets the eye. Could it be murder? But what kind of serial killer wants his crimes to stay hidden? Tony and DCI Carol Jordan begin the hunt for the most dangerous and...
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John 22 Nov 2025
Excellent.
Well worth reading or listening to by the Scots writer and his other books too.