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Author: John Rhode
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Author John Rhode
Narrator Gordon Griffin
Duration 5h 35m
A special release of the very first crime novel by John Rhode, introducing Dr Priestley, the genius detective who would go on to appear in more than 70 bestselling crime novels during the Golden Age. When Harold Merefield returned home in the early hours of a winter morning from a festive little party at that popular nightclub, the ‘Naxos&rs...
View BookAuthor: Patrick O'Brian
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Author Patrick O'Brian
Narrator Gordon Griffin
SeriesGolden Ocean, Book 1
Duration 11h
A fictionalised retelling of Commodore (later Admiral) Anson's fateful circumnavigation of the globe in 1740, which precedes O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series. Peter Palofox, son of a poor Irish parson, signs on as a midshipman, never before having seen a ship. Together with his lifelong friend Sean, Peter sets out to seek his fortune, embarking upon...
View BookAuthor: Patrick O'Brian
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Author Patrick O'Brian
Narrator Gordon Griffin
SeriesGolden Ocean, Book 2
Duration 12h 30m
Patrick O'Brian's first novel about the sea, 'The Golden Ocean', took inspiration from Commodore Anson's ill-fated voyage around the globe in 1740. With this audiobook, O'Brian returns to this rich source to recount the adventures of two young men - midshipman Jack Byron and naive surgeon's mate Tobias Barrow - aboard the Wager, which was parted fr...
View BookAuthor: Anne Perry
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Author Anne Perry
Narrator Gordon Griffin
Duration 3h 30m
For Superintendent Runcorn, Christmas has rarely looked so bleak. Believing that a change of scenery may help him finally forget Melisande Ewart, Runcorn heads for the beautiful, desolate Isle of Anglesey. Any hopes of Christmas passing quietly are dashed, however, when he discovers Melisande is also in Anglesey and, moreover, that she is engaged t...
View BookAuthor: Anne Perry
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Author Anne Perry
Narrator Gordon Griffin
Duration 15h 30m
On the bustling docks along the River Thames, Great Britain's merchant ships unload the treasures of the world. And here, in dank and sinister alleys, sex merchants ply their lucrative trade. The dreaded kingpin of this dark realm is Jericho Phillips, who seems far beyond the reach of the law. But when thirteen-year-old Fig is found with his throat...
View BookTeacher Series Book 9: Star Teacher
Author: Jack Sheffield
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Author Jack Sheffield
Narrator Gordon Griffin
SeriesTeacher, Book 9
Duration 9h 2m
Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Star Teacher by Jack Sheffield, read by Gordon Griffin. It's 1985, and as Jack returns for another year as headteacher at Ragley village school, some changes are in store. It's the year of Halley's Comet, Band Aid, Trivial Pursuit, Dynasty shoulder pads, Roland Rat and Microsof...
View BookThe Final Testimony of Raphael Ignatius Phoenix
Author: Paul Sussman
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Author Paul Sussman
Narrator Gordon Griffin
Duration 14h 36m
Born at the beginning of the 20th century, Raphael Ignatius Phoenix is determined to take his own life as the new millennium begins and he turns 100 years old. But before he ends it all, he wants to get his affairs in order, and that includes making sense of his own life. He decides to write it down, remembering the experiences, the myriad encounte...
View BookAuthor: Katherine Rundell
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Author Katherine Rundell
Narrator Gordon Griffin
Duration 6h 8m
Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. Found floating in a cello case, she is the only recorded female survivor of a shipwreck on the English Channel. But Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help... When the child welfare agency threatens to send Sophie to an orphanage, Sophie and her guardian flee to Paris to find her mother, starting w...
View BookAuthor: John Rhode
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Author John Rhode
Narrator Gordon Griffin
Duration 8h 12m
A classic crime novel by one of the most highly regarded exponents of the genre. The murder of old Mr Fransham while washing his hands in his niece's cloakroom was one of the most astounding problems that ever confronted Scotland Yard. Not only was there a policeman in the house at the time, but there was an ugly wound in the victim's forehead and...
View BookAuthor: John Rhode
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Author John Rhode
Narrator Gordon Griffin
Duration 9h 12m
A classic winter's crime novel by one of the most highly regarded exponents of the genre. Victor Harleston awoke with uncharacteristic optimism. Today he would be rich at last. Half an hour later, he gulped down his breakfast coffee and pitched to the floor, gasping and twitching. When the doctor arrived, he recognised instantly that it was a fatal...
View BookAuthor: John Rhode
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Author John Rhode
Narrator Gordon Griffin
Duration 6h 57m
The next time you visit Olympia, take a good look around and see if you think it would be possible to murder someone in the middle of the crowd there without being seen. The new Comet was fully expected to be the sensation of the annual Motor Show at Olympia. Suddenly, in the middle of the dense crowd of eager spectators, an elderly man lurched for...
View BookAuthor: Charity Norman
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Author Charity Norman
Narrator Gordon Griffin, Maggie Mash
Duration 14h
What would you do if you found out that your husband, your father, your son - was not who you thought? Could you ever love him again? Luke Livingstone is a lucky man. He's a respected solicitor, a father and grandfather, a pillar of the community. He has a loving wife and an idyllic home in the Oxfordshire countryside. Yet Luke is struggling with a...
View BookAuthor: Nikolai Gogol
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Author Nikolai Gogol
Narrator Gordon Griffin
Duration 5h 1m
Gogol's comic masterpiece presents a satirical portrait of provincial life in 19th century Russia. The middle-class Chichikov arrives in a small town and proceeds to artificially inflate the value of his estate by convincing provincial landowners to sell him the deeds to their dead serfs, the 'dead souls' of the title.
View BookAuthor: Anne Perry
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Author Anne Perry
Narrator Gordon Griffin
Duration 13h 30m
The Prince of Wales has asked four wealthy entrepreneurs and their wives to Buckingham Palace to discuss a fantastic idea: the construction of a six-thousand-mile railroad that would stretch the full length of Africa. But the prince's gathering proves disastrous when the mutilated body of a prostitute turns up in a linen closet among the queen's mo...
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