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Fifteen Reasons to Kill

by Michelle Kidd ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series Audiobook 2 - DI Jack MacIntosh
Unabridged

11 hours 36 min

Eighty-one-year-old Eddie Wakefield is found brutally murdered at the nursing home where he lives. Crudely carved into his flesh - while he was still alive - is the number 15. Detective Jack MacIntosh and his team are determined to track down the ruthless killer of this frail elderly man. But the investigation is leading nowhere. Then the second body is discovered. The victim was stabbed to death ... Read more

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Eighty-one-year-old Eddie Wakefield is found brutally murdered at the nursing home where he lives. Crudely carved into his flesh - while he was still alive - is the number 15. Detective Jack MacIntosh and his team are determined to track down the ruthless killer of this frail elderly man. But the investigation is leading nowhere. Then the second body is discovered. The victim was stabbed to death
... Read more
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Seven Days to Die

by Michelle Kidd ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series Audiobook 1 - DI Jack MacIntosh
Unabridged

11 hours 25 min

A woman's body is discovered in Hyde Park. Wearing only one shoe. Close by, Detective Jack MacIntosh finds a black stiletto, diamante buckle glinting in the morning sun. But it doesn't belong to the victim. Two days later, another young woman is found strangled to death in nearby Green Park. Wearing just one shoe - the matching stiletto. Hidden in the long grass beside the body, the police uncover ... Read more

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A woman's body is discovered in Hyde Park. Wearing only one shoe. Close by, Detective Jack MacIntosh finds a black stiletto, diamante buckle glinting in the morning sun. But it doesn't belong to the victim. Two days later, another young woman is found strangled to death in nearby Green Park. Wearing just one shoe - the matching stiletto. Hidden in the long grass beside the body, the police uncover
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Death on the Down Beat

by Sebastian Farr ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series series British Library Crime Classics
Unabridged

5 hours 4 min

As a rousing Strauss piece is reaching its crescendo in Maningpool Civic Hall, the talented yet obnoxious conductor Sir Noel Grampian is shot dead in full view of the Municipal Orchestra and the audience. It was no secret that he had many enemies - musicians and music critics among them - but to be killed mid-flow suggests an act of the coldest calculation. Told through the letters and documents ... Read more

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As a rousing Strauss piece is reaching its crescendo in Maningpool Civic Hall, the talented yet obnoxious conductor Sir Noel Grampian is shot dead in full view of the Municipal Orchestra and the audience. It was no secret that he had many enemies - musicians and music critics among them - but to be killed mid-flow suggests an act of the coldest calculation. Told through the letters and documents
... Read more
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Gambling Man, The

by Catherine Cookson ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Unabridged

9 hours 33 min

Rory Connor was a gambling man and he had a gambler's luck. From the day he was born, his mother had known that Rory would be the one to make something of his life. At seven years old he was earning money from odd jobs and by 14 he was in full-time work. By the time he was 19, he had escaped the factory to become a rent-collector. Now, at 23, ambition was in full flow and he was always looking to ... Read more

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Rory Connor was a gambling man and he had a gambler's luck. From the day he was born, his mother had known that Rory would be the one to make something of his life. At seven years old he was earning money from odd jobs and by 14 he was in full-time work. By the time he was 19, he had escaped the factory to become a rent-collector. Now, at 23, ambition was in full flow and he was always looking to
... Read more
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Sixteen Carved Pieces

by Michelle Kidd ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series Audiobook 3 - DI Jack MacIntosh
Unabridged

10 hours 3 min

Billie-Rose's bloodstained body is found in the kitchen of her ground-floor flat. She's been strangled to death, there's a deep laceration to her upper thigh, and a wooden chess-piece grasped tightly in her hand. Daubed on the wall in Billie-Rose's own blood is a strange symbol: a bishop's mitre. All Detective Jack MacIntosh can think is: He's back. Four years earlier, four young women were also ... Read more

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Billie-Rose's bloodstained body is found in the kitchen of her ground-floor flat. She's been strangled to death, there's a deep laceration to her upper thigh, and a wooden chess-piece grasped tightly in her hand. Daubed on the wall in Billie-Rose's own blood is a strange symbol: a bishop's mitre. All Detective Jack MacIntosh can think is: He's back. Four years earlier, four young women were also
... Read more
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Silent Hunt

The BRAND NEW unmissable action packed crime thriller from Tom Bale

by Tom Bale ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series Audiobook 3 - A Joe Clayton Thriller
Unabridged

8 hours 51 min

Discover the next instalment in the unputdownable series from bestselling author Tom Bale'Very clever and very nasty. Tom Bale is back. With a vengeance.' Bestselling author Luke JenningsWe all bear the wounds of our past…Joe Clayton, now Cooper, lives a quiet, solitary life as a groundsman on a grand Sussex estate. Still hiding his secret former life as an undercover cop; still hunted by a ... Read more

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Discover the next instalment in the unputdownable series from bestselling author Tom Bale'Very clever and very nasty. Tom Bale is back. With a vengeance.' Bestselling author Luke JenningsWe all bear the wounds of our past…Joe Clayton, now Cooper, lives a quiet, solitary life as a groundsman on a grand Sussex estate. Still hiding his secret former life as an undercover cop; still hunted by a
... Read more

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Never Walk Away

by Nick Triplow ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Unabridged

9 hours 1 min

A senior civil servant dies in suspicious circumstances. A sensitive file in his possession and evidence of contact with a human rights lawyer lead the authorities to believe he is a whistle-blower. This needs a police officer used to operating in the murky world between policing and intelligence. DS Mark (Max) Lomax is a former Special Demonstration Squad officer - a Special Branch unit dedicated ... Read more

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A senior civil servant dies in suspicious circumstances. A sensitive file in his possession and evidence of contact with a human rights lawyer lead the authorities to believe he is a whistle-blower. This needs a police officer used to operating in the murky world between policing and intelligence. DS Mark (Max) Lomax is a former Special Demonstration Squad officer - a Special Branch unit dedicated
... Read more

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Operation Vienna

A BRAND NEW gripping post-war mystery from Sunday Times bestseller Michael Ridpath for 2026

by Michael Ridpath ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Foreign Correspondent Series
Unabridged

8 hours 6 min

Don't miss the second in a gripping series of post-WW1 mysteries, from international bestselling author Michael Ridpath. An absolute must-read for fans of Robert Harris, Alan Furst and Robert Goddard.'The perfect marriage of thriller and whodunit' Simon BrettIn a city on the brink of ruin, a single spark could ignite a continent.Vienna, 1931.When a wealthy American is found dead in a burning car ... Read more

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Don't miss the second in a gripping series of post-WW1 mysteries, from international bestselling author Michael Ridpath. An absolute must-read for fans of Robert Harris, Alan Furst and Robert Goddard.'The perfect marriage of thriller and whodunit' Simon BrettIn a city on the brink of ruin, a single spark could ignite a continent.Vienna, 1931.When a wealthy American is found dead in a burning car
... Read more
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Scandalize My Name

by Fiona Sinclair ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series series British Library Crime Classics
Unabridged

6 hours 38 min

On the eve of Elaine Southey's 21st birthday, Ivan Sweet has been found dead in his flat in the basement of the Southeys' historic north London home. A slick charmer to some of the tenants and a loathsome young scoundrel to others, his death doesn't draw out many tears among the house's residents and neighbours. And yet the sordid truth starts to seep into the heart of their small community. A ... Read more

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On the eve of Elaine Southey's 21st birthday, Ivan Sweet has been found dead in his flat in the basement of the Southeys' historic north London home. A slick charmer to some of the tenants and a loathsome young scoundrel to others, his death doesn't draw out many tears among the house's residents and neighbours. And yet the sordid truth starts to seep into the heart of their small community. A
... Read more
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Slinky Jane

by Catherine Cookson ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Unabridged

8 hours 13 min

In Battenbun, Northumberland, there live four Puddleton men - Grandpop, Old Popo, Pop and Peter. Three of them have two things in common: a squint in one eye and in the other, a glint for the opposite sex. Peter, his mother's only joy, has no squint and no eye for women either - until one day a customer calls at his garage on the edge of the village. The village hadn't seen anything like her ... Read more

£27.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

In Battenbun, Northumberland, there live four Puddleton men - Grandpop, Old Popo, Pop and Peter. Three of them have two things in common: a squint in one eye and in the other, a glint for the opposite sex. Peter, his mother's only joy, has no squint and no eye for women either - until one day a customer calls at his garage on the edge of the village. The village hadn't seen anything like her
... Read more
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Kill Code

A gritty, action packed thriller from author of Wolf Six, Alex Shaw

by Alex Shaw ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series Audiobook 2 - A Wolf Six Thriller
Unabridged

9 hours 56 min

The next BRAND NEW edge-of-your-seat action thriller from author of Wolf Six, Alex Shaw Perfect for fans of Tom Wood and Mark Greaney! 'A gritty, action packed adrenaline rush!' - Alan McDermottTaking a life isn't hard, when you've already given your own.Ruslan Akulov, the legendary Ukrainian assassin known as Wolf Six, wakes to find the plane he’s on plummeting, and with no real memory of how he ... Read more

£18.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

The next BRAND NEW edge-of-your-seat action thriller from author of Wolf Six, Alex Shaw Perfect for fans of Tom Wood and Mark Greaney! 'A gritty, action packed adrenaline rush!' - Alan McDermottTaking a life isn't hard, when you've already given your own.Ruslan Akulov, the legendary Ukrainian assassin known as Wolf Six, wakes to find the plane he’s on plummeting, and with no real memory of how he
... Read more
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Wolf Six

An explosive start to a series! An action-packed thriller from Alex Shaw

by Alex Shaw ...

Narrated by Simon Mattacks ...

Series Audiobook 1 - A Wolf Six Thriller
Unabridged

8 hours 13 min

The first in a BRAND NEW action thriller series from the Wilbur Smith Prize-Shortlisted author Alex Shaw.Perfect for fans of Tom Wood, Vince Flynn and Mark Greaney, this is an explosive action thriller you won’t be able to put down ‘Another excellent stripped-back, razor-edge thriller from Alex Shaw’ - New York Times bestselling author James SwallowKilling for a living is easy, living for a reason ... Read more

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The first in a BRAND NEW action thriller series from the Wilbur Smith Prize-Shortlisted author Alex Shaw.Perfect for fans of Tom Wood, Vince Flynn and Mark Greaney, this is an explosive action thriller you won’t be able to put down ‘Another excellent stripped-back, razor-edge thriller from Alex Shaw’ - New York Times bestselling author James SwallowKilling for a living is easy, living for a reason
... Read more

Also available as: eBook