AuthorJoanne Harris
NarratorEwan Goddard, Steven Pacey
Duration14h 55m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries
PublisherTransworld
VersionUnabridged
The gripping new psychological thriller from Joanne Harris, to follow her bestselling Gentlemen & Players and Blueeyedboy. Perfect for fans of Claire Mackintosh, BA Paris. Paula Hawkins and Tracy Chevalier.
After thirty years at St Oswald's Grammar in North Yorkshire, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come and go. Each class has its clowns, its rebels, its underdogs, its 'Brodie' boys who, whilst of course he doesn't have favourites, hold a special place in an old teacher's heart. But every so often there's a boy who doesn't fit the mould. A troublemaker. A boy with hidden shadows inside.
With insolvency and academic failure looming, a new broom has arrived at the venerable school, bringing Powerpoint, sharp suits and even sixth form girls to the dusty corridors. But while Straitley does his sardonic best to resist this march to the future, a shadow from his past is stirring. A boy who even twenty years on haunts his teacher's dreams. A boy capable of bad things.
'A masterpiece of misdirection' Val McDermid; 'Compellingly suspenseful...both a splendidly dark comedy and a disturbing thriller' Ramsey Campbell; 'Terrific twists pile up at a highly satisfying rate...you'll be hooked' James Walton, Reader's Digest
What the critics said about Joanne Harris' psychological thrillers:
'A terrific and absorbing suspense novel...twists and turns to keep you on your toes' - Peter Robinson; 'Gripping psychological thriller...one of our most accomplished novelists... pace, wit and acute observation...at the top of her form' - Daily Express; 'The plot is so cleverly constructed, the tension so unflagging, you'd think she'd been writing thrillers all her life' Daily Mail; '[A] clever story of obsession and revenge' - Sunday Telegraph
Author: Joanne Harris
Author Joanne Harris
Narrator Steven Pacey
Duration 13h 42m
The place is St Oswald's, an old and long-established boys' grammar school in the north of England. A new year has just begun, and for the staff and boys of the school, a wind of unwelcome change is blowing. Suits, paperwork and Information Technology rule the world and Roy Straitley, Latin master, eccentric, and veteran of St Oswald's, is finally...
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Author: Joanne Harris
Author Joanne Harris
Narrator Zulema Dene
Duration 11h 50m
'Five Quarters of the Orange' revolves around a recipe book, continuing the theme of culinary intrigue begun in 'Chocolat' and 'Blackberry Wine'. Framboise returns to the village where she grew up during wartime and, with the help of the recipes scribbled in her mother's album, opens up a small restaurant. Whilst immersing herself once again in th...
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Author: Joanne Harris
Author Joanne Harris
Narrator Steven Pacey
Duration 11h 55m
Henry Chester, a Victorian artist, is in search of the perfect model. In nine-year-old Effie he finds her. Ten years later, lovely, childlike and sedated, Effie seems the ideal wife. But something inside her is about to awaken.
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Author: Joanne Harris
Author Joanne Harris
Narrator Joanne Harris
Duration 9h 53m
When an exotic stranger, Vianne Rocher, arrives in the French village of Lansquenet and opens a chocolate boutique directly opposite the church, Father Reynaud denounces her as a serious moral danger to his flock - especially as it is the beginning of Lent, the traditional season of self-denial. As passions flare and the conflict escalates, the who...
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Author: Joanne Harris
Author Joanne Harris
Narrator Rula Lenska
SeriesChocolat Trilogy, Book 3
Duration 11h 50m
When Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she has no choice but to follow the wind that blows her back to Lansquenet, the village in south-west France where, eight years ago, she opened up a chocolate shop. But Vianne is completely unprepared for what she finds there. Women veiled in black, the scent of spices and peppermint tea,...
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A Cat, A Hat and A Piece of String
Author: Joanne Harris
Author Joanne Harris
Narrator Thomas Judd
Duration 8h 1m
Stories are like Russian dolls; open them up, and in each one you'll find another story.' Conjured from a wickedly imaginative pen, here is a new collection of short stories that showcases Joanne Harris's exceptional storytelling art.Sensuous, wicked, mischievous, uproarious and wry, here are tales that combine the everyday with the unexpected;wil...
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Author: Joanne Harris
Author Joanne Harris
Narrator Rula Lenska
Duration 7h 51m
Suburban witches, defiant old ladies, ageing monsters, suicidal Lottery winners, wolf men, dolphin women and middle-aged manufacturers of erotic leatherwear all feature in this collection of 22 short stories from the author of 'Chocolat'.
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Author: Joanne Harris
Author Joanne Harris
Narrator Juliet Stevenson
SeriesChocolat Trilogy, Book 2
Duration 15h 47m
Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her daughters, Rosette and Annie, live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop.Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door.The wind has stopped - at least for a while.Then into their lives blows Zozie de l'Alba, the lady with the l...
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Author: Joanne Harris
Author Joanne Harris
Narrator David Timson
Duration 6h
Maddy Smith, born with a rusty coloured rune shape on her hand, has always been an outsider in her village. For the good folk of Malbry believe a runemark to be a symbol of the old gods, a mark of magic. And that, as everyone knows, is the road to chaos. But Maddy enjoys working magic, even if it is just to control some pesky goblins. Every time he...
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Author: Joanne Harris
Author Joanne Harris
Narrator Juliet Stevenson
Duration 15h 51m
'Who died?' I said, 'Or is it a secret?'. 'My mother, Vianne Rocher.' Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her daughters, Rosette and Annie, live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door. The wind has stopped - at least for...
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Alison 14 Mar 2023
Brilliant
Narrator is really good. Great story. Worth listening to.