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Writing on the Water

by Jane Slavin ...

Narrated by Jane Slavin ...

Unabridged

7 hours 42 min

Have you ever loved someone enough to die for them? Or even kill for them?Ellen Millar is an independent soul. An actress whose star is in the ascendant, she also has a partially decorated flat, a mountain of debt and some seriously good friends to sustain her. Into the equation of her life comes Aedan. An Irishman.Their attraction is instant; their affair intense and all-consuming. This five-day ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Have you ever loved someone enough to die for them? Or even kill for them?Ellen Millar is an independent soul. An actress whose star is in the ascendant, she also has a partially decorated flat, a mountain of debt and some seriously good friends to sustain her. Into the equation of her life comes Aedan. An Irishman.Their attraction is instant; their affair intense and all-consuming. This five-day
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The Storytellers

by Sue Heath ...

Narrated by Jane Slavin ...

Unabridged

9 hours 19 min

'A delicious story that wraps itself around your heart' Evie Woods 'This book felt like a cozy blanket—comforting, gentle, and full of charm.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Everyone has a story…The local library is a place for community members to enjoy a cup of coffee, to read a book, to swap a book, to exchange ideas, and maybe even share a piece of themselves. It’s also a refuge for people like Hattie, looking to ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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'A delicious story that wraps itself around your heart' Evie Woods 'This book felt like a cozy blanket—comforting, gentle, and full of charm.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Everyone has a story…The local library is a place for community members to enjoy a cup of coffee, to read a book, to swap a book, to exchange ideas, and maybe even share a piece of themselves. It’s also a refuge for people like Hattie, looking to
... Read more

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The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer

A Mystery

by Ragnar Jónasson ...

Narrated by Cicely Whitehead, Jane Slavin, Rufus Wright ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Helgi
Unabridged

5 hours 54 min

The next thrilling golden-age-style mystery from #1 Icelandic bestseller Ragnar Jónasson, author of Death at the Sanatorium and Reykjavík. This program features multicast narration as well as sound design and special effects to enhance your enjoyment**. Listen out for the click and hiss of the tape recorder, and fully immerse yourself in the interview recordings.**One winter evening, bestselling ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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The next thrilling golden-age-style mystery from #1 Icelandic bestseller Ragnar Jónasson, author of Death at the Sanatorium and Reykjavík. This program features multicast narration as well as sound design and special effects to enhance your enjoyment**. Listen out for the click and hiss of the tape recorder, and fully immerse yourself in the interview recordings.**One winter evening, bestselling
... Read more

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Wifedom

Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

by Anna Funder ...

Narrated by Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood, Jane Slavin ...

Unabridged

12 hours 39 min

This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century —and a probing consideration of what it means to be a wife and a writer in the modern world"Simply, a masterpiece...Funder not only re-makes the art of biography, she resurrects a woman in full." —Geraldine Brooks, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, author of HorseAt the end of summer 2017, Anna Funder ... Read more

$22.50 USD

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This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century —and a probing consideration of what it means to be a wife and a writer in the modern world"Simply, a masterpiece...Funder not only re-makes the art of biography, she resurrects a woman in full." —Geraldine Brooks, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, author of HorseAt the end of summer 2017, Anna Funder
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The Pale Horse

A full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation

by Agatha Christie ...

Narrated by Eleanor Bron, Full Cast, Jason Hughes, Georgia Groome, Michael Bertenshaw, Ron Cook, Nicholas Jones, Jane Slavin, Phoebe Pryce, Clive Haywood, Georgie Fuller, Elaine Claxton ...

Unabridged

1 hour 21 min

A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the atmospheric murder mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in 1961.A dying woman confesses a terrible secret to her priest along with a cryptic list of nine names. Before he is able to uncover anything more, the priest is struck dead in the fog and the police discover the list in his shoe.Our hero Mark Easterbrook, a historian, learns of a secretive ... Read more

$6.99 USD

A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the atmospheric murder mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in 1961.A dying woman confesses a terrible secret to her priest along with a cryptic list of nine names. Before he is able to uncover anything more, the priest is struck dead in the fog and the police discover the list in his shoe.Our hero Mark Easterbrook, a historian, learns of a secretive
... Read more
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Birds as Individuals

by Len Howard ...

Narrated by Jane Slavin ...

Unabridged

8 hours 26 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.Enter the secret lives of Britain's ordinary garden birds and the brilliant, unconventional woman who opened her doors to them.**In the late 1930s, Len Howard packed up her life in London, bought a plot of land in Sussex and built herself a little house there. This was to be Bird Cottage, a place where the doors of the house were open to the birds of the garden – great ... Read more

$19.11 USD

**Brought to you by Penguin.Enter the secret lives of Britain's ordinary garden birds and the brilliant, unconventional woman who opened her doors to them.**In the late 1930s, Len Howard packed up her life in London, bought a plot of land in Sussex and built herself a little house there. This was to be Bird Cottage, a place where the doors of the house were open to the birds of the garden – great
... Read more
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Agatha Christie’s Marple

Expert on Wickedness

by Mark Aldridge, Agatha Christie ...

Narrated by Jane Slavin ...

Unabridged

11 hours 41 min

A new investigation from Dr Mark Aldridge, exploring a lifetime of Agatha Christie’s Miss Jane Marple.Winner of the 2025 H.R.F Keating Award for the best 2024 biography or critical book related to crime fiction.In Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert on Wickedness,‘Agathologist’ Dr Mark Aldridge looks at nearly a century of St Mary Mead’s most famous resident and uses his own detective skills to ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

A new investigation from Dr Mark Aldridge, exploring a lifetime of Agatha Christie’s Miss Jane Marple.Winner of the 2025 H.R.F Keating Award for the best 2024 biography or critical book related to crime fiction.In Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert on Wickedness,‘Agathologist’ Dr Mark Aldridge looks at nearly a century of St Mary Mead’s most famous resident and uses his own detective skills to
... Read more

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Living with Birds

The true story of one woman’s extraordinary relationship with wild birds

by Len Howard ...

Narrated by Jane Slavin ...

Unabridged

9 hours 48 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.Following the success of Birds as Individuals, Len Howard spent the 1950s continuing to deepen her understanding of the birds in her garden.**This book tells the story of one exceptional great tit that Len called Star. With patience, consistency and sensitivity, Len succeeds in teaching this little bird to count using taps. Star's character and intelligence is revealed ... Read more

$19.11 USD

**Brought to you by Penguin.Following the success of Birds as Individuals, Len Howard spent the 1950s continuing to deepen her understanding of the birds in her garden.**This book tells the story of one exceptional great tit that Len called Star. With patience, consistency and sensitivity, Len succeeds in teaching this little bird to count using taps. Star's character and intelligence is revealed
... Read more
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Dot: The Complete Series 1-3

by Ed Harris ...

Narrated by David Acton, Fenella Woolgar, Freya Parker, Full Cast, Jane Slavin, Kate O'Flynn ...

Unabridged

5 hours 59 min

A rollicking wartime comedy set in the personnel department of the Cabinet War Rooms, starring Fenella Woolgar as Dot.“Little chills the blood so much as the phrase ‘new Radio 4 comedy’. But, dear reader, be un-chilled… a lovely, period-mocking script delivered with its eyebrow at precisely the right level of archness,” – The Times“Dot’s quirky wit is all of her own,” – The Observer“Excellent, ... Read more

$16.99 USD

A rollicking wartime comedy set in the personnel department of the Cabinet War Rooms, starring Fenella Woolgar as Dot.“Little chills the blood so much as the phrase ‘new Radio 4 comedy’. But, dear reader, be un-chilled… a lovely, period-mocking script delivered with its eyebrow at precisely the right level of archness,” – The Times“Dot’s quirky wit is all of her own,” – The Observer“Excellent,
... Read more
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Rogue Herries

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

by Hugh Walpole ...

Narrated by Mark Bonnar, Gavin Muir, Jane Whittenshaw, Full Cast, Jane Slavin, Deborah Berlin ...

Unabridged

3 hours 48 min

A BBC Radio adaptation of Hugh Walpole's historical novel, set in the Lake District during the 18th CenturyDriven by a wild romantic impulse, Francis Herries uproots his family from Doncaster to the lakeland valley of Borrowdale. Accompanied by his housekeeper/mistress, Alice, they settle in his tumbledown ancestral home, Herries, in the shadow of the Cumberland fells.Proud, stubborn and ... Read more

$12.99 USD

A BBC Radio adaptation of Hugh Walpole's historical novel, set in the Lake District during the 18th CenturyDriven by a wild romantic impulse, Francis Herries uproots his family from Doncaster to the lakeland valley of Borrowdale. Accompanied by his housekeeper/mistress, Alice, they settle in his tumbledown ancestral home, Herries, in the shadow of the Cumberland fells.Proud, stubborn and
... Read more
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Doctor Who: Ten Days of Christmas

Festive tales with the Tenth Doctor

by Steve Cole, Doctor Who ...

Narrated by Jacob Dudman, Jane Slavin, Jacqueline King, Barnaby Edwards, Ayesha Antoine, Michael Bertenshaw ...

Unabridged

6 hours 2 min

Brought to you by Puffin.Return to the incredible days of Ten this Christmas . . .For the Tenth Doctor, the festive season always brought adventure.In fact, he's saved Christmas across space and time more times than we ever knew . . .Join the Doctor (and Donna and Martha and Rose, and other friends old and new) for incredible tales of daring and danger. From Daleks plotting to save humanity to ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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Brought to you by Puffin.Return to the incredible days of Ten this Christmas . . .For the Tenth Doctor, the festive season always brought adventure.In fact, he's saved Christmas across space and time more times than we ever knew . . .Join the Doctor (and Donna and Martha and Rose, and other friends old and new) for incredible tales of daring and danger. From Daleks plotting to save humanity to
... Read more

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Pandemic Survival

It's Why You're Alive

by Ann Love, Jane Drake ...

Illustrated by Bill Slavin ...

The Black Death. Yellow Fever. Smallpox. History is full of gruesome pandemics, and surviving those pandemics has shaped our society and way of life. Every person today is alive because of an ancestor who survived--and surviving our current and future pandemics, like SARS, AIDS, bird flu or a new and unknown disease, will determine our future. Pandemic Survival presents in-depth information about ... Read more

$11.99 USD

The Black Death. Yellow Fever. Smallpox. History is full of gruesome pandemics, and surviving those pandemics has shaped our society and way of life. Every person today is alive because of an ancestor who survived--and surviving our current and future pandemics, like SARS, AIDS, bird flu or a new and unknown disease, will determine our future. Pandemic Survival presents in-depth information about
... Read more