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Father Brown Series 1 Episode 7: The Sins of Prince Saradine
Author: G K Chesterton
Series: The Innocence of Father Brown, Book 7
Author G K Chesterton
Narrator Andrew Sachs
SeriesThe Innocence of Father Brown, Book 7
Duration 27m
With his black hat, huge umbrella, unwordly simplicity and 'beaming but breathless geniality', Father Brown is one of fiction's best-loved amateur detectives. Short and tatty, but with the wisdom and insight to unravel the most wayward of criminal minds, he has entertained generations. In 'The Sins of Prince Saradine', Father Brown must deal with e...
View BookFather Brown, Series 2: The Complete Series
Author: G K Chesterton
Author G K Chesterton
Narrator Andrew Sachs
Duration 2h 45m
With his black hat, huge umbrella, unwordly simplicity and 'beaming but breathless geniality', Father Brown is one of fiction's best-loved amateur detectives. Short and tatty, but with the wisdom and insight to unravel the most wayward of criminal minds, he has entertained generations. In Series 2, the High Priest of detection becomes involved in s...
View BookFather Brown Series 2 Episode 2: The Perishiing of the Pendragons
Author: G K Chesterton
Series: The Wisdom of Father Brown, Book 2
Author G K Chesterton
Narrator Andrew Sachs
SeriesThe Wisdom of Father Brown, Book 2
Duration 27m
With his black hat, huge umbrella, unwordly simplicity and 'beaming but breathless geniality', Father Brown is one of fiction's best-loved amateur detectives. Short and tatty, but with the wisdom and insight to unravel the most wayward of criminal minds, he has entertained generations. In 'The Perishing of the Pendragons', Father Brown learns to si...
View BookFather Brown Series 2 Episode 3: The Arrow of Heaven
Author: G K Chesterton
Series: The Wisdom of Father Brown, Book 3
Author G K Chesterton
Narrator Andrew Sachs
SeriesThe Wisdom of Father Brown, Book 3
Duration 26m
With his black hat, huge umbrella, unwordly simplicity and 'beaming but breathless geniality', Father Brown is one of fiction's best-loved amateur detectives. Short and tatty, but with the wisdom and insight to unravel the most wayward of criminal minds, he has entertained generations. In 'The Arrow of Heaven', a trip to New York leads to a murky t...
View BookFather Brown Series 2 Episode 4 : The Mistake of the Machine
Author: G K Chesterton
Series: The Wisdom of Father Brown, Book 4
Author G K Chesterton
Narrator Andrew Sachs
SeriesThe Wisdom of Father Brown, Book 4
Duration 27m
With his black hat, huge umbrella, unwordly simplicity and 'beaming but breathless geniality', Father Brown is one of fiction's best-loved amateur detectives. Short and tatty, but with the wisdom and insight to unravel the most wayward of criminal minds, he has entertained generations. In 'The Mistake of the Machine', Father Brown visits his friend...
View BookFather Brown Series 2 Episode 5: The Curse of the Golden Cross
Author: G K Chesterton
Series: The Wisdom of Father Brown, Book 5
Author G K Chesterton
Narrator Andrew Sachs
SeriesThe Wisdom of Father Brown, Book 5
Duration 27m
With his black hat, huge umbrella, unwordly simplicity and 'beaming but breathless geniality', Father Brown is one of fiction's best-loved amateur detectives. Short and tatty, but with the wisdom and insight to unravel the most wayward of criminal minds, he has entertained generations. In 'The Curse of the Golden Cross', the past and present collid...
View BookSexton Blake: First Class Ticket To Nowhere
Author: Donald Stuart
Author Donald Stuart
Narrator William Franklyn
Duration 29m
In First Class Ticket to Nowhere, lost in the fog, Sexton Blake and his friends stumble across a deserted railway station. Then there's a gunshot.
View BookAuthor: P.G. Wodehouse
Author P.G. Wodehouse
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 3h 34m
The first volume of Wodehouse's brilliant complete and unabridged short stories. Originally a semi-novel, this version contains self-contained stories which are nonetheless linked, often by Bingo Little, an endearingly hopeless chap and a serial romancer: 1. Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum 2. No Wedding Bells For Bingo 3. Aunt Agatha Speaks Her Mi...
View BookAuthor: James Joyce
Author James Joyce
Narrator Stephen Rea
Duration 7h 25m
The young poet Stephen has been recalled from Paris to Dublin to be at his mother's deathbed. But he refuses her dying wishes: to kneel and pray for her. Now, holed up in his Martello tower outside the city walls, he has to suffer the taunts of Buck Mulligan by day and, by night, the vision of 'her eyes, shaking out of death to shake and bend my so...
View BookAuthor: John Grisham
Author John Grisham
Narrator John Grisham
Duration 8h 41m
In his first collection of short stories John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, A TIME TO KILL. Featuring a cast of characters you'll never forget, these stories bring Ford County to vivid and colourful life.
View BookAuthor: Various
Author Various
Narrator Anthony Donovan
Duration 2h 27m
A chilling collection of ghost stories containing Rats by M. R. James, The Raven and Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe, The Birthday of the Infanta by Oscar Wilde, A Tough Tussle by Ambrose Bierce and The Signalman by Charles Dickens. In Rats, Mr Thompson comes to regret his decision to investigate a locked room in a country inn, and in The Signalman, th...
View BookAuthor: Kurt Vonnegut
Author Kurt Vonnegut
Narrator Various
Duration 11h 26m
Kurt Vonnegut is a master of contemporary American Literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in The Siren's of Titan in 1959 and established him as a "true artist" (NY Times) with Cat's Cradle in 1963. He is, as Graham Greene has declared, "one of the best living American writers." W...
View BookAuthor: Stephen King
Author Stephen King
Narrator John Glover
Duration 3h 24m
Consummate master of his craft, Stephen King has kept millions awake past midnight shivering at tales that probe the shadows and reveal the dark side. Now listeners can chill to this second dramatic unabridged production of short stories from his best selling book, Night Shift. It brings Stephen King's demonic stories fully to life - and the terror...
View BookAuthor: Karin Slaughter
Author Karin Slaughter
Narrator Susan Ericksen
Duration 10h 44m
Desire leaves a man destroyed - a young girl's curiosity reveals secrets better left hidden - an accidental encounter on a train ends violently - ambition leads to a curious exchange - an uncanny likeness changes two lives forever - Fifteen chilling stories linked by a glittering charm bracelet which brings misfortune to everyone who handles it -In...
View BookAuthor: Giovanna Fletcher
Author Giovanna Fletcher
Narrator Giovanna Fletcher
Duration 3h 10m
A bundle edition of two fabulously festive Christmas stories- Dream a Little Christmas Dream: Sarah's doing great. Okay, her dreams might still be totally bananas but real life is definitely back on track. She's got a fantastic job, amazing friends and plans to spend all Christmas wrapped up with Brett, her handsome boyfriend. But after another nig...
View BookAuthor: Roald Dahl
Author Roald Dahl
Narrator Various
Duration 10h 13m
From Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail, a newly collected audiobook of his darkest stories, read by Mark Heap, Derek Jacobi, Richard E Grant, Gillian Anderson, Shane Rimmer, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Jessica Hynes. We fall not in love but in lust . . . Lust, in all its myriad forms, consumes us. What won't we do to achieve our heart's des...
View BookAuthor: Roald Dahl
Author Roald Dahl
Narrator Various
Duration 6h 55m
From Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail, a newly collected audiobook of his darkest stories, read by Juliet Stevenson, Cillian Murphy, Adrian Scarborough, Tamsin Greig, Stephanie Beacham and Andrew Scott. 'There is a pleasure sure in being mad, which none but madmen know' Our greatest fear is of losing control - of our lives, but, most...
View BookAuthor: Jonathan Coe
Author Jonathan Coe
Narrator Jonathan Coe
Duration 33m
Pentatonic, written and read by Jonathan Coe, is a daring and original story about family and memory, originally inspired by the accompanying music from Danny Manners. When a family celebrates the prize-giving day at their daughter's secondary school, thoughts turn to their own childhoods. The father remembers his living room piano recital, recorde...
View BookAuthor: Roald Dahl
Author Roald Dahl
Narrator Adrian Scarborough
Duration 1h 8m
The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Royal Jelly, a brilliant gem of a short story from Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail. Read by Oliver-award-winning actor Adrian Scarborough. In Royal Jelly, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a husband a...
View BookAuthor: Roald Dahl
Author Roald Dahl
Narrator Stephanie Beacham
Duration 32m
The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Way Up to Heaven, a brilliant gem of a short story from Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail. read by the actress Stephanie Beacham. In The Way Up to Heaven, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a woman o...
View BookAuthor: Roald Dahl
Author Roald Dahl
Narrator Juliet Stevenson
Duration 1h 4m
The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of William and Mary, a brilliant gem of a short story from Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail. Read by Juliet Stevenson and Adrian Scarborough. In William and Mary, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a wrong...
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