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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Reader: David Timson
List price: £180.00 OUR Price: £135.00

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Format: CD-Audio
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Sherlock holmes is the greatest classic detective. There were detectives before him, particularly Poe’s creation Auguste Dupin in The Murders in the Rue Morgue, and too many after him, including Poirot and Maigret, to count! But none possesses the singular certainty, intellectual prowess, the remarkable powers of deduction and disguise, the occasional bursts of physical strength and courage with which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle endowed his hero. Helped, of course, by a pipe of tobacco and indulgences in other substances, a spot of violin playing and his faithful partner Dr Watson, Sherlock Holmes moves unerringly forward to the solution, even where there doesn't seem to be a crime sometimes! Each generation of actors produces an ideal reader of these evergreen stories. And for our time David Timson has no peer, as has been recognised repeatedly by reviewers, collectors and The District Messenger, the newsletter of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. David Timson All these recordings are presented with classical music adding extra verve and tension, making this series truly collectable. David Timson has now completed the entire canon, a remarkable achievement which has been nearly a decade in the doing. All the short stories and the longer stories will be available during 2008.

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Somewhere Towards the End
Author: Diana Athill
Reader: Juliet Stevenson
List price: £14.67
Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Format: CD-Audio
Diana Athill made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs, now aged ninety, and freed from any inhibitions that even she may once have had, she reflects frankly on the losses and occasionally the gains that old age brings, and on the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. This is a lively narrative of events, lovers and friendships: the people and experiences that have taught her to regret very little, to resist despondency and to question the beliefs and customs of her own generation.

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Cold Shoulder
Author: Lynda La Plante
Reader: Glynis Barber
List price: £12.72
Publisher: Macmillan Digital Audio
Format: CD-Audio
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She trained for the stage at RADA, and work with the National Theatre and RSC led to a career as a television actress. She turned to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series Widows. Her subsequent novels, The Legacy, Bella Mafia, Entwined, Cold Blood and Cold Heart were all international bestsellers and her original script for the much acclaimed Prime Suspect won a BAFTA award, British Broadcasting award, Royal Television Society Writers award and the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Writers award.

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Long Lost
Author: Harlan Coben
Reader: Tim Machin
List price: £14.67
Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Format: CD-Audio
Myron Bolitar is summoned to Paris at the behest of an old lover, Therese. She is in trouble and needs his help. When he gets there, he discovers that her ex-husband has been murdered and she is the main suspect. The interesting thing is that more than one blood-type has been discovered at the scene - and the other blood can only be attributed to the dead man's daughter. But she died 10 years before... Thus begins Harlan Coben's brilliant new stand-alone novel - a taut and twisting thriller that will amaze and stun his legions of fans...

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Purple Hibiscus
Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Reader: Adjoa Andoh
List price: £16.99
Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd
Format: CD-Audio
'A beautiful and often harrowing story.' Observer Books of the Year 'A sensitive and touching story of a child exposed too early to religious intolerance and the uglier side of the Nigerian state.' J. M. Coetzee 'Political brutality and domestic violence, religion and witchcraft all merge with subtle force in this memorable novel. Chimammanda Ngozi Adichie uses childhood innocence to write Nigerian history with the eye of a family insider.' Hugo Hamilton 'Purple Hibiscus is the best debut I've read since Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things.' Jason Cowley, Times journalist, literary editor of the New Statesman 'This debut ensnares the reader from the first page and lingers in the memory!in soft, searing voice, Adichie examines the complexities of family, faith and country through the haunted but hopeful eyes of a young girl on the cusp of womanhood.' Publishers Weekly

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The Scarecrow
Author: Michael Connelly
Reader: Michael Brandon
List price: £14.67
Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Format: CD-Audio
Jack McEvoy is at the end of the line as a crime reporter. Forced to take a buy-out from the LA Times as the newspaper grapples with dwindling readership and revenues, he's got 30 days left on the job. His last assignment? Training his replacement, a low cost reporter just out of J-school who couldn't find the police station if it was right next store to the Times, which it is. But Jack has other plans for his exit. He is going to go out with a bang - a final story that will win the newspaper journalism's highest honor - a Pulitzer prize.

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