It is the 1920s and Kate is happily married to Dr Rodney Prince - but spiteful rumours about Kate's past seem to follow her and her illegitimate daughter Annie. Annie faces a choice between two ways of life - the middle-class existence offered by Brian Stannard and the uncertain prospects of Terence McBane, a brilliant mathematician from the under-...

Billy finds a sinister note on his windscreen and takes it to an acquaintance, Lanny Olsen, a policeman, who thinks the note is a prank. But when a school teacher is murdered, as the mystery note-writer threatened she would be, Billy is drawn deeper into an accelerating nightmare as more notes arrive threatening further murders.

It is New Year's Eve when the storm of the century hits northern California. In a quiet neighbourhood in San Francisco, amid the chaos of fallen trees and damaged homes, the lives of three strangers are about to collide. For Quinn Thompson, what happens in the storm's wake will bring down a barrier he has built around himself since his wife's death...

Lincoln Rhyme, ex-head of NYPD forensics, was the nation's foremost criminalist, able to construct a perfect killer profile from a crime scene frozen in time. Now, Lincoln himself is frozen by an accident at work that has left him able to move just one finger. When New York is thrown into chaos by the assaults of a serial killer who gives the polic...

On the tiny Breton island of Le Devin, life has remained almost unchanged for over a hundred years. For generations, two rival communities, the wealthy La Houssiniere and the impoverished village of Les Salants, have fought for control over the island's only beach and the source of its prosperity. When Mado, a spirited local girl, returns to Les Sa...

In the waning days of the Second World War, Hitler gave his diary to a young aide for safekeeping. Now it's threatening to resurface, with explosive contents: the details of a meeting between emissaries of Hitler and Roosevelt whose aims were to reach an armistice and turn their collective efforts against the Soviet Union. The American representati...

When lonely orphan Dot McCann decides to hide in Butcher Rathbone's empty dustbin, she overhears a conversation which could send one man to prison and the other to the gallows - and finds herself in possession of stolen goods. Dot joins forces with Corky, who has run away from a London orphanage; Emma, whose jeweller's shop has been burgled; and Ni...

Rose McAllister's husband, Steve, is a seaman, often drunk and violent. Rose does her best to cope and sees that her daughters, Daisy and Petal, suffer as little as possible. When war is declared the girls are evacuated, but unhappy, they run away, arriving home on the worst night of the May Blitz. When Rose arrives home she finds their house destr...

A hilarious adventure trailing a brother and sister as they desperately seek to find their Dad, who, it turns out, has been swapped not just once but many times over. Where on earth can he be and where will this unique and wonderfully funny story end?

This audiobook is a lyrical tale of magical secrets and mystical mayhem in a world where human beings are intent on quashing anything and anybody they see as different or strange. Our hero Otto Hush is the seemingly normal product of a seemingly normal family. But one day, on a visit to the Firebox Launderette, his father is called upon to solve a...

Climbing onto a Roman Dragon Rustling Ship by mistake in your first 'Boarding an Enemy Ship' is bad enough but to then discover that Alvin the Treacherous is also on board proves to Hiccup he couldn't have been more wrong, especially when he steals his copy of 'How to Speak Dragonese'. Can Hiccup save the dragons and the day?

A terrorist doesn't let strangers into her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home and they run all over the place. The terrorist doesn't know that a kid has bugged every room in her house, cloned the hard drive on her PC, and copied all the numbers in her phone book. The kid work...

Third Year: Two new girls have arrived at Malory Towers, and they couldn't be more different! Tomboy Bill spends more time with her horse than in the classroom, while American girl Zerelda seems determined not to fit in with the others. Upper Fourth: Darrell has an exciting term in store. Not only does her sister Felicity start at Malory Towers, sh...

First Term: There are plenty of adventures to be had in Darrell's first term at boarding school. Life at Malory Towers is full of excitement - if only she can keep her terrible temper under control! Second Year: Darrell's back at boarding school and her classmates are full of surprises. Just who does the new girl Daphne think she is and is there re...

The world is not as we know it - the aliens have come down and taken all the grown-ups away, and left Blue Soup to run everything. Stinky Finger and Icky Bats wander around doing exactly as they please, like all the other children. Along with Bryan Brain, they head off to Uncle Nero's House of Fun. Uncle Nero's head is still living in the mailbox o...

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was a Viking Hero - dashing, brave and ever so clever - but even Viking heroes have to begin somewhere. In this adventure, he recounts his early days - when he still had a lot to learn about sword fights, shipwrecks and homicidal dragons.

Felicity Wishes knows that keeping a secret is the sign of a good friend - and she's determined to prove that she can keep them in these three short stories. Hidden Hairdo: A mysterious new fairy, Ella, has started at the School of Nine Wishes. Felicity makes friends with her straight away but will she be able to find out Ella's secret? Chocolate C...

Felicity Wishes and her friends are determined to perfect their wish-making technique in these three short stories. Misleading Magic: The Grand Wishmaker is visiting the School of Nine Wishes to show the fairies how to make impossible dreams come true. Felicity and her friends are determined to reveal the truth behind the magic. Invisible Icon: Wit...

Felicity Wishes and her friends join the school choir and take part in a singing competition in these three short stories. Friends Forever: Felicity and her fairy friends audition for the school choir but there's only one problem - Daisy can't sing! The fairies always do everything together and can't bear to think of being in the choir without Dai...

Animals always come first for Mandy, and at Animal Ark, her parents' busy veterinary surgery, she is always making new friends. Mandy and James find a badger sett that has been deliberately destroyed. Even worse, they discover an abandoned cub. What has been going on in Piper's Wood?

Animals always come first for Mandy, and at Animal Ark, her parents' busy veterinary surgery, she is always making new friends. Mandy's new friend John has got his heart set on Button and Barney, two baby rabbits in the local pet shop, but they've already been sold! Can Mandy and James track down the new owner for John?