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A Reconstructed Corpse by Simon Brett; Full Cast Production Staff (Read by); Bill Nighy (Read by)
Category: Audio | Series: Charles Paris Mysteries Ser.
Bill Nighy returns as Charles Paris: unsuccessful actor, bad husband and dipsomaniac. Desperately in need of work, having been kicked out of the marital home, Charles jumps at playing a missing property developer in a crime reconstruction programme. But the missing person case soon turns to murder when ...Show more
Aftermath by Peter Robinson; Simon Slater (Read by)
Category: Audio Books | Series: Inspector Banks Ser.
Number 35 The Hill is an ordinary house in an ordinary street. But it is about to become infamous. When two police constables are sent to the house following a report of a domestic disturbance, they stumble upon a truly horrific scene. A scene which leaves one of them dead and the other fighting for her ...Show more
Dark City - Murder, Vice and Mayhem in Wartime London by Simon Read
Category: True Crime
There was more to wartime London than stiff upper lips and rousing choruses of 'Roll Out the Barrel'. Criminals hunted their prey without fear of reprisal. Many operated under the cover of darkness, emerging when the city sank into the oblivion of its nightly blackout. Others simply struck whenever oppo ...Show more
Dry Bones That Dream (Audio CD; unabridged; 9 CDs) by Peter Robinson; Simon Slater (Read by)
Category: Audio Books | Series: Inspector Banks Ser.
It was 2.47 a.m. when Chief Inspector Alan Banks arrived at the barn and saw the body of Keith Rothwell for the first time. Only hours earlier two masked men had walked the mild-mannered accountant out of his farmhouse and clinically blasted him with a shotgun.Clearly this is a professional hit - but Ke ...Show more
Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton; Simon Vance (Read by)
Category: Audio
"In A. D. 922 Ibn Fadlan, the representative of the ruler of Bagdad, City of Peace, crosses the Caspian sea and journeys up the valley of the Volga on a mission to the king of Saqaliba. Before he arrives, he meets with Buliwyf, a powerful Viking chieftain who is summoned by his besieged relatives to the ...Show more
Gallows View by Simon Slater (Read by); Peter Robinson
Category: Audio Books | Series: Inspector Banks Ser.
Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks has recently moved to the Yorkshire Dales from London to escape the stress of the metropolis. But he soon finds that life in the country is not quite as idyllic as he had imagined.A peeping Tom is frightening the women of Eastvale. Two glue-sniffing thugs are breakin ...Show more
How to Escape from Prison by Paul Wood; Simon London (Read by)
Category: Audio
As an 18-year-old, Dr Paul Wood was completely off the rails. He wasn't coping with the impending death of his mother, he was dependent on drugs, and was an unemployed high-school dropout committing crimes to feed his habit. Two days after his mother died he lost control when his then drug dealer attemp ...Show more
Human Game by Simon Read
Category: Military
In March 1944, 76 Allied officers tunnelled out of Stalag Luft III. Of the 73 captured, 50 were shot by direct order of Hitler. This is the story of how a British Bobby from Blackpool, Frank McKenna, was sent to post-war Germany on the express orders from Churchill to bring the Gestapo murderers to just ...Show more
Human Game: Hunting the Great Escape Murderers by Simon Read
Category: True Crime | Series: Tom Thorne Novels Ser.
In March 1944, 76 Allied officers tunnelled out of Stalag Luft III. Of the 73 captured, 50 were shot by direct order of Hitler. This is the story of how a British Bobby from Blackpool, Frank McKenna, was sent to post-war Germany on the express orders from Churchill to bring the Gestapo murderers to just ...Show more
I, Mick Gatto by Tom Noble; Mick Gatto; Simon Westaway (Read by)
Category: Audio
Mick Gatto in his bestselling autobiography finally reveals the man behind the headlines. Gatto's unique position - of knowing all the players in the Gangland Wars but not being involved in drug trafficking - gave him a remarkable perspective to watch the battles unfold. I, Mick Gatto is an extraordinar ...Show more
Past Reason Hated by Peter Robinson; Simon Slater (Read by)
Category: Audio | Series: Inspector Banks Ser.
'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' Stephen KingPast Reason Hated is the fifth novel in Peter Robinson's bestselling Inspector Banks series.A BRUTAL KILLING. NUMEROUS SUSPECTS. BANKS MUST UNCOVER THE TRUTH.It should have been a cosy s ...Show more
Ransom by David Malouf; Simon Vance (Read by)
Category: Audio Books
David Malouf shines new light on Homer's Iliad, adding twists and reflections, as well as flashes of earthy humour, to surprise and enchant. In this exquisite gem of a novel, Achilles is maddened by grief at the death of his friend Patroclus. From the walls of Troy, King Priam watches the body of his so ...Show more