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The Maltese Falcon (BBC Radio Crimes)

by Dashiell Hammett ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Jane Lapotaire, Nickolas Grace, Peter Vaughan, Tom Wilkinson ...

Unabridged

1 hour 55 min

It’s San Francisco, 1928, and Sam Spade is a wisecracking, womanising Private Investigator. Missing husbands and unfaithful wives are his usual stock-in-trade, but when the beautifully distressed Miss Wonderley calls he gets involved in a dangerous caper most people would run a mile from. Miss Wonderley asks Sam’s partner, Miles Archer, to shadow Floyd Thursby, whom she maintains has kidnapped her ... Read more

$12.99 USD

It’s San Francisco, 1928, and Sam Spade is a wisecracking, womanising Private Investigator. Missing husbands and unfaithful wives are his usual stock-in-trade, but when the beautifully distressed Miss Wonderley calls he gets involved in a dangerous caper most people would run a mile from. Miss Wonderley asks Sam’s partner, Miles Archer, to shadow Floyd Thursby, whom she maintains has kidnapped her
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The Falcon's Malteser

by Anthony Horowitz ...

Narrated by Nickolas Grace ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Diamond Brothers
Unabridged

4 hours 18 min

When the vertically challenged Johnny Naples entrusts Tim Diamond with a package worth over three million pounds, he’s making a big mistake. Tim Diamond is the worst detective in the world. Next day, Johnny’s dead, Tim feels the heat, and his smart younger brother, Nick, gets the package – and every crook in town on his back! ... Read more

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When the vertically challenged Johnny Naples entrusts Tim Diamond with a package worth over three million pounds, he’s making a big mistake. Tim Diamond is the worst detective in the world. Next day, Johnny’s dead, Tim feels the heat, and his smart younger brother, Nick, gets the package – and every crook in town on his back!
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Four Joneses and a Jenkins

The complete BBC Radio 4 comedy series

by Sue Limb ...

Narrated by Geoffrey Whitehead, Lisbeth Miles, Matthew Morgan, Michael Fenton Stevens, Nickolas Grace, Rebecca Front ...

Unabridged

5 hours 43 min

An everyday story of sheep, sin and scholarship under the shadow of the Long MyndWritten by Sue Limb (Gloomsbury, Skeletons in the Cupboard), this pastoral sitcom follows six months in the life of the Jones family, who live on a small farm in rural Wales.We join them in September - the start of the farming year - as daughter Megan, a brainy 'plain Jane', sets her sights on Mr Bootle - only to find ... Read more

$12.99 USD

An everyday story of sheep, sin and scholarship under the shadow of the Long MyndWritten by Sue Limb (Gloomsbury, Skeletons in the Cupboard), this pastoral sitcom follows six months in the life of the Jones family, who live on a small farm in rural Wales.We join them in September - the start of the farming year - as daughter Megan, a brainy 'plain Jane', sets her sights on Mr Bootle - only to find
... Read more
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Rumer Godden: Black Narcissus, The Greengage Summer & The Dark Horse

Three Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations

by Rumer Godden ...

Narrated by Indira Varma, Sinead Cusack, Lesley Sharp, David Rintoul, Ronny Jhutti, Ellie Beaven, Michael Maloney, Abigail Docherty, Nickolas Grace, Geoffrey Whitehead, Full Cast, Dearbhla Molloy ...

Unabridged

4 hours 20 min

Full-cast radio adaptations of three of Rumer Godden's bestselling novels, plus a bonus interview with the authorRumer Godden is well known for her acclaimed novels for adults and children. She wrote over 60 works in her lifetime, nine of which were made into films. Included here are dramatisations of three of her classic tales, as well as a fascinating interview with the renowned author.Black ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Full-cast radio adaptations of three of Rumer Godden's bestselling novels, plus a bonus interview with the authorRumer Godden is well known for her acclaimed novels for adults and children. She wrote over 60 works in her lifetime, nine of which were made into films. Included here are dramatisations of three of her classic tales, as well as a fascinating interview with the renowned author.Black
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Groosham Grange

by Anthony Horowitz ...

Narrated by Nickolas Grace ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Groosham Grange
Unabridged

3 hours 3 min

Thirteen-year-old David Eliot was a disappointment to his parents. But to be sent to Groosham Grange? Hidden away on a lonely island, Groosham Grange is a school that is unknown to the outside world. Pupils are forced to sign their names in blood. An English teacher is held together entirely with bandages. A soccer ball is made of ... well, you'd rather not know. What is the chilling secret hidden ... Read more

$8.99 USD

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Thirteen-year-old David Eliot was a disappointment to his parents. But to be sent to Groosham Grange? Hidden away on a lonely island, Groosham Grange is a school that is unknown to the outside world. Pupils are forced to sign their names in blood. An English teacher is held together entirely with bandages. A soccer ball is made of ... well, you'd rather not know. What is the chilling secret hidden
... Read more

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The Figaro Plays: The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro and The Guilty Mother

Three BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations

by Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais ...

Narrated by Nickolas Grace, Gary Bond, Alison Steadman, Michael Aldridge, Norman Rodway, Moir Leslie, John McAndrew, Dorothy Tutin, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

6 hours 45 min

A trilogy of classic plays by Pierre Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais, including The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro and The Guilty MotherForerunner to the renowned operas, The Figaro Plays by Pierre Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais are a celebration of how intelligence and wit can bring any servant level with their aristocratic masters. Considered scandalous in their time, the plays went on ... Read more

$17.99 USD

A trilogy of classic plays by Pierre Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais, including The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro and The Guilty MotherForerunner to the renowned operas, The Figaro Plays by Pierre Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais are a celebration of how intelligence and wit can bring any servant level with their aristocratic masters. Considered scandalous in their time, the plays went on
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Granny

by Anthony Horowitz ...

Narrated by Nickolas Grace ...

Unabridged

3 hours 28 min

Twelve-year-old Joe Warden isn’t happy. Sure, he’s rich, but his parents don’t care about him. His grandmother should make everything better, except that Joe’s granny is a nightmare. She’s not just physically repulsive, she’s horribly mean. Everyone thinks she’s just a dotty old woman, but Joe knows the truth. He’s seen behind her mask and glimpsed the wicked glimmer in her eyes – she is pure evil ... Read more

$8.99 USD

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Twelve-year-old Joe Warden isn’t happy. Sure, he’s rich, but his parents don’t care about him. His grandmother should make everything better, except that Joe’s granny is a nightmare. She’s not just physically repulsive, she’s horribly mean. Everyone thinks she’s just a dotty old woman, but Joe knows the truth. He’s seen behind her mask and glimpsed the wicked glimmer in her eyes – she is pure evil
... Read more

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The Devil and His Boy

by Anthony Horowitz ...

Narrated by Nickolas Grace ...

Unabridged

3 hours 57 min

Tom Falconer is in trouble. Pursued by the notorious criminal Ratsey, Tom soon finds himself alone and hungry on the streets of London. Luckily enough, the mysterious Dr Mobius soon recruits Tom to play an important role in a play to be performed in front of Queen Elizabeth. Tom knows there’s something not right about Mobius, but he’s willing to take a risk in order to keep his neck out of Ratsey ... Read more

$8.99 USD

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Tom Falconer is in trouble. Pursued by the notorious criminal Ratsey, Tom soon finds himself alone and hungry on the streets of London. Luckily enough, the mysterious Dr Mobius soon recruits Tom to play an important role in a play to be performed in front of Queen Elizabeth. Tom knows there’s something not right about Mobius, but he’s willing to take a risk in order to keep his neck out of Ratsey
... Read more

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The Switch

by Anthony Horowitz ...

Narrated by Nickolas Grace ...

Unabridged

3 hours 48 min

For Tad Spencer, only son of a fabulously wealthy businessman, every day is like Christmas. Until he makes the mistake of wishing he was someone else. The next morning he wakes up as Bob Snarby, trapped in a cruel and squalid funfair world inhabited by hopeless criminals, mysterious fortune tellers and – worst of all – the murderous Finn. But he's there for a reason, as Tad discovers when he ... Read more

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For Tad Spencer, only son of a fabulously wealthy businessman, every day is like Christmas. Until he makes the mistake of wishing he was someone else. The next morning he wakes up as Bob Snarby, trapped in a cruel and squalid funfair world inhabited by hopeless criminals, mysterious fortune tellers and – worst of all – the murderous Finn. But he's there for a reason, as Tad discovers when he
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Tigerlily's Orchids

A Novel

by Ruth Rendell ...

Narrated by Nickolas Grace ...

Unabridged

7 hours 50 min

**INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELL’S FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERSDiamond Dagger Award–winning Ruth Rendell has written a psychologically thrilling novel about the eccentric inhabitants of a London terrace, the secrets they keep, and what they will do to hide them.**Is it dangerous to know too much about your neighbors?When Stuart Font decides to throw a housewarming party in his new flat, he invites ... Read more

$23.99 USD

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**INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELL’S FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERSDiamond Dagger Award–winning Ruth Rendell has written a psychologically thrilling novel about the eccentric inhabitants of a London terrace, the secrets they keep, and what they will do to hide them.**Is it dangerous to know too much about your neighbors?When Stuart Font decides to throw a housewarming party in his new flat, he invites
... Read more

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Public Enemy Number Two

by Anthony Horowitz ...

Narrated by Nickolas Grace ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Diamond Brothers
Unabridged

4 hours 27 min

Thirteen-year-old Nick Diamond is in prison! Framed for a jewel heist, quick-thinking Nick finds himself sharing a cell with public enemy number one: Johnny Powers. Nick’s only chance of clearing his name is to nail the Fence, the country’s master criminal. But to do that, he needs to break out – which is where his bumbling older brother, Tim, comes in. Nick’s not so sure he’ll make it to his ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Thirteen-year-old Nick Diamond is in prison! Framed for a jewel heist, quick-thinking Nick finds himself sharing a cell with public enemy number one: Johnny Powers. Nick’s only chance of clearing his name is to nail the Fence, the country’s master criminal. But to do that, he needs to break out – which is where his bumbling older brother, Tim, comes in. Nick’s not so sure he’ll make it to his
... Read more

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The Unholy Grail

by Anthony Horowitz ...

Narrated by Nickolas Grace ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Groosham Grange
Unabridged

3 hours 34 min

Someone is trying to destroy David Eliot's school. A year ago, he'd have been happy to see the end of Groosham Grange and its ghoulish teachers. Now, he's on course to win the Unholy Grail, a cup of magical power presented to the star pupil. But a series of suspicious mishaps sees the gap between David and new boy Vincent King narrow alarmingly. Someone, it seems, is trying to stop David winning – ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Someone is trying to destroy David Eliot's school. A year ago, he'd have been happy to see the end of Groosham Grange and its ghoulish teachers. Now, he's on course to win the Unholy Grail, a cup of magical power presented to the star pupil. But a series of suspicious mishaps sees the gap between David and new boy Vincent King narrow alarmingly. Someone, it seems, is trying to stop David winning –
... Read more