Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until - betrayed and...

"Lauren can't wait to see her daughter again, to pick her up from university at the end of her first term. But when she arrives at her hall and knocks at room 309, a stranger opens the door. For a few minutes, Lauren assumes she must have the wrong room, or...

"A steamy chance encounter between professional hockey player Sig Gauthier and Chloe Clifford, the pixie dream girl that he can't seem to forget, takes a shocking turn when they discover that their parents are engaged. They both know there can never be more...

"After months of maternity leave, Camilla is about to drop her daughter off for daycare and return to her job. After arriving at the office, she learns of a nearby police standoff and is shocked to discover her husband is one of the criminals. Years after the...

"Nicola and her friends are living the dream. No dull, tedious retirement for them - instead the nine friends have clubbed together to purchase a magnificent (if crumbling) château in Normandy. And after three years of shared dinners, fine wine and gorgeous...

"Maz Antonio has spent the last two years in prison so is determined to make the first major family gathering in their new home deep in Australian suburbia as perfect as possible. She owes it to everyone after the terrible mistakes she's made, mistakes for...

"Retired schoolteachers Pat, Liz and Thelma don't know what to think. The death of Neville Hilton is not a crime. Just your standard, if tragic, heart attack. At least that's what the autopsy shows. But his ex-wife isn't convinced. She's sure the current Mrs...

"A cold case is about to turn hotter than the sun ... Texas Ranger Rory Yates has proven his strength on the field time and again. Now he faces the toughest case of his career. He's on the trail of two missing women. Both are Native American. Does anything...

"Welcome to the Ran Empire. Where winged serpents fly through the skies. Giant leopards prowl the earth. And witches burn blue as they die. A prince born into violence. Prince Ashoka is considered an outcast for opposing his father Emperor Adil Maurya's brutal...

"Nestled among the cobblestone streets of Compiègne, there existed a bakery unlike any other. Rumours were whispered through the town that its pastries offered a taste of magic, chasing away the darkest of sorrows. Just one bite of a croissant might bring...

"Renowned brain hacker Keith Barry has spent his career mastering the science of hypnosis and sleep, aiding countless individuals in overcoming destructive sleep patterns while establishing new, beneficial habits. Now, he wants to help you. In this...

"When horticulturalist Alice Lindner goads her ex-boyfriend Eddie Argyle into a fundraising contest, she doesn't expect him to take it seriously. Winning small-town Levenham's inaugural Wine Show crown will take dedication and hard work, and all Eddie cares...

"Claverton Castle, 1940. Eagles and Spitfires fly in the skies of England as Lady Deanna, the aristocratic granddaughter of the Duke of Claverton, spends her days shovelling manure and her evenings in blue satin, attending dinner parties to gather intelligence...

"When Cops Are Criminals examines the widespread problem of police brutality and corruption from the perspectives of those who understand it in depth. Pulling together the accounts of survivors, campaigners and academics, it explores different forms of...

"A young witch forced to play concubine for her empirical captor, finally breaks free to find a life of her own, but even those with the power to call Death cannot outrun their past... All witches must serve the cruel and immortal Emperor Yamueto. Upon...

"They say I'm lucky to be alive. But the only thing I can remember are the faces of my husband and baby. The husband and baby they insist don't exist ... I can hear a door slamming, and the low hum of distant traffic. I struggle to open my eyes, and the panic...

"Perfect wife. Doting mum. Jennifer Griffin was loved by everyone, including the women in her suburban-neighbourhood book club. Their meetings sometimes went late, but Jenn always came home. Until that night. When Greg Griffin wakes to find his wife is not in...

"From larger-than-life adventures to vivid and poignant tales of the imagination, Highways & Byways is a collection of 30 stories taking listeners on an enthralling tour (complete with the odd detour) through the raucous, well-lived life of one of this...

Andrew Martin reflects on Britain's customs attitudes and social and supernatural phenomena in these six BBC Radio series. Drawn from Radio 3's The Essay strand and presented by journalist and award-winning author Andrew Martin this beguiling collection brings...

Brought to you by Penguin. One Murder. Five Suspects. Step into Death At The Sanatorium... An old sanatorium. A terrifying murder. Five suspects and a case that never closed... Akureyri, Northern Iceland, 1983. High up in the most northern part of Iceland...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'One of the best books I've ever read' Richard Osman. A damaged survivor of the First World War Tom Birkin finds refuge in the quiet village church of Oxgodby where he is to spend the summer uncovering a huge medieval wall-painting....

Brought to you by Penguin. Is love on the small screen better than the real thing? Brynn's happy ending has gone up in flames. She's newly divorced and living with a roommate - Josh - to afford her mortgage. At least she's got Carson's Cove to binge - her...

Brought to you by Penguin. A mind-blowing epic from Keanu Reeves and China Miaville unlike anything these two genre-bending pioneers have created before inspired by the world of the BRZRKR comic books. The prologue is read by Keanu Reeves. She said We needed a...

A BBC chilling collection of classic gothic horror and ghost stories adapted or written by women. In this breathtaking collection of gothic horror and eerie tales draw the curtains and pull the blankets close for two classic Victorian horror tales in new...

Meera Syal stars as Slough's answer to Miss Marple: a curious Indian chef who finds herself mixed up with murder Meera Syal is Mrs Sidhu an Indian caterer with a highly active imagination and her own brand of crime solving - enough of a brand in fact that the...

A collection of dramatisations and original radio plays by the award-winning playwright - plus bonus documentary. Caryl Churchill is one of Britain's most innovative and influential dramatists. Versatile and prolific she has written over 50 plays for stage and...

Brought to you by Penguin. Three women. One Killer. Talking to strangers has never been more dangerous... When the body of forty-four-year-old Karen Simmons is found abandoned in remote woodland journalist Kiki Nunn is determined this will be the big break she...

Whatever happened to beloved Girls series characters Ellie, Magda and Nadine? They're all grown up now - but if they think they know what's coming, they'd better think again... Adulthood isn't quite what Ellie Allard dreamed it would be when she was fourteen...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Life is what you make it nothing is for free. Stand up and be counted and be who you want to be'. 'Let The Light In' Jane McDonald. Jane was planning a golden retirement with her beloved partner Ed when a shocking cancer diagnosis...

Brought to you by Penguin. Three years ago bride-to-be Aoife died at her own hen party. Now the hens have returned to the villa where that terrible weekend unfolded. They long for closure. But the moment they step back inside old wounds open and tensions begin...

Things change; we have to recognise that; the world will not stay still. What we must hope is that the new is better and stronger than the old. Anno Domini 1546. In a manor house in England a young woman feels the walls are closing round her, while her dying...

A split-second decision has life-changing consequences for Metropolitan Police firearms officer Jessica Raker when she fatally wounds the son of a notorious organized crime chief during a robbery in Greenwich - and discovers her husband has been having an...

1931, Cornwall. Gwenna Rosdew had no choice but to step up as head of the family after her father was arrested for his role in a smuggling scandal. As his release date nears, she must start planning her own future - but when her journey of self-discovery leads...

Lancashire, 1929. Holcombe Hall's enigmatic owner has passed away, and as the roaring 20s come to an end, the upstairs and downstairs residents begin a new era. Parlour maid Florrie Bickerstaff has always endured the quick temper of Lady Charlotte, calmly...

Winter 1264. England is in turmoil. King Henry III's reign is under threat. In Oxford the barons prepare to challenge his rule. Searching for his lodgings down a dark alley, young student Thomas Symon hears a scream. It's a young girl, her throat slit....

In the summer of 1939, 19-year-old Olivia Goodland arrives in London. Working for a society dressmaker, she meets wealthy, beautiful Grace Ruthwell. Beguiled by the glamour of Grace's world, it's only slowly and too late that she becomes aware of the darkness...

Laurel Nightingale wants to start again. However, after discovering a dead body shortly after arriving in the tight-knit community, she wonders if village life is as wholesome as she first thought... Local police are convinced the death was accidental, but...

When a civil servant at the newly formed Ministry of Fine Arts is found crushed beneath a monstrous marble bust after dark, it appears to be the third instance in a string of fatal accidents at the department. Already disturbed by rumours of forgeries and...

1988: Thirteen-year-old Andy Miller and his friends - Carl, Brian, Johnny and Gavin - become witnesses to the vicious attack of their classmate, Poppy, and the brutal murder of her sister at a flooded railway line they call the frog ponds. They lead the police...

August, 1558. As London is bustling with growing trade from foreign lands, and Queen Mary's health is once again a hot topic, Jack Blackjack has much to keep him busy. And that's before his new tenant - a Dutch merchant - disappears under a cloud of suspicion,...

Alex knows if she takes on another pro bono case, she risks getting fired - the firm is haemorrhaging money. But when she hears Rosa's desperate voice at the other end of the phone line, she knows she has to help: the body of Rosa's teenage sister Natalia has...

On the anniversary of her mother's death, CEO-in-waiting Robyn Sandoval goes for a morning run. Her father, a local firefighting hero, is desperate to speak to her before she starts her new job leading the corporation that owns most of their Northern...

Nick is the most intriguing man Nella has met in a while. He's a 9 in the looks department (no one gets a 10), he makes her laugh, and he keeps her company when she ends up in A&E. But they live hundreds of miles apart. Then Nella loses her job. There's a...

Post-Roman Britain. Thousands of desperate Saxon refugees are flooding the island, fleeing their homelands as the whole world warms and the waters rise, and worse, the mighty dragon Cythraul from the once-frozen North has been awoken by an evil sorceress. His...

When aspiring travel writer Chlo Campbell is invited aboard a luxury airship flying to the North Pole, she thinks she's bagged the opportunity of a lifetime. But she hasn't had long to admire the dazzling icy views before a fellow passenger is found dead in...

Carrie Anderson's business selling books at her local train station is thriving and, with her beloved Mike returned from war, everything feels as though it is falling into place. That is, until Mike is sent to Washington as a liaison between Britain and...

After falling pregnant unexpectedly, 16-year-old Catrin is devastated when her neglectful father sends her away and has her baby taken from her. Then she's reunited with her brother Roddy, a trainee doctor, and Catrin determines to change her life for the...

When Charity Browne arrives at The Fitzroy Hotel on her way to a country house party, she knows there's more to the invitation than a weekend of revelry. She's old enough to be married and her family are hoping for a good match. Sparks fly when she collides...

1853. In the serene countryside of rural Yorkshire, Caroline and Trixie's unbreakable bond, forged amidst the hardships of York's slums, is the cornerstone of their shared dream: to transform their modest farm into a flourishing haven... Amidst this toil,...

This audiobook is read by Olivia Vinall, and Elif Shafak reads the Note to Reader at the end of the story. This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives - all connected by a single drop of water. In the ruins of Nineveh, that...

Series 5-8 of the curmudgeonly comedy starring Christopher Douglas Freeloading freelancer Ed Reardon is back, and still trying to survive in a world where the media seems to be run by idiots and lying charlatans. Success continues to elude him, but at least he...

Full-cast dramatisations of six masterpieces from the founding fathers of dystopian fiction. Dark and disturbing, provocative and prescient, dystopian literature has long captured our imagination with its nightmarish visions of forbidding future worlds....

A galaxy of fascinating features from the BBC radio & TV archive, from the 1960s to the 2010s. The first nine volumes of 'Doctor Who at the BBC' form this unique collection of behind-the-scenes interviews, set reports, lively discussions, comedy skits and...

Fair is foul and foul is fair. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A STUDY IN DROWNING comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare's most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for...

The White Lotus meets Lucy Foley's The Guest List in this chilling, sun-soaked thriller about three vengeful women, a beautiful island resort, and the darkest of secrets. Best friends Darcy, Camilla and Kate have just landed in to the Maldives for a luxury...

A captivating tale that charts the controversial life and rise to power of Semiramis, the only female ruler of the Assyrian Empire. There are whispers of her fame, in the land long since turned to dust. The Queen who rose from nothing - and changed...

From challenging expectations as a bright and restless child of the Windrush generation to making history as the first elected Black female MP in the UK, Diane Abbott has seen it all. A Woman Like Me takes readers through Diane's incredible journey, painting a...

Are you highly driven, creative, fearless, questioning, flexible, stubborn and enterprising? Are you able to think outside the box and shrug off almost every adversity? Seeing all these positive qualities lined up, you might be surprised to learn that they are...

From the critically acclaimed author of Cecily. 1461 Through blood and battle Edward has gained England's throne - king by right and conquest - eighteen years old and unstoppable. Cecily has piloted his rise to power and stands at his shoulder now, first to...

How far would you go to catch a killer? This is the question UK agent Emma Makepeace must ask herself when she is sent to Edinburgh for the upcoming global G7 Summit. The Russians are in town and Emma and her team know a high-profile assassination is being...

"In the shadowy aisles of the Lamplighter's Bookshop, secrets lie as thick as the dust. When Evelyn Seaton answers an advertisement for an assistant at a forgotten bookshop in York, she is not the only one with something to hide. There she meets the enigmatic...

"Hull, 1905. As the much doted-on daughter of the local doctor Violet Stroud had a comfortable, happy childhood - despite a distinct lack of love from her cold-hearted mother. But when her father unexpectedly dies, Violet's life is turned upside down. As...

"After the death of her father - Pa Salt, an elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from around the globe - Tiggy D'Aplièse, trusting her instincts, moves to the remote wilds of Scotland. There she takes a job doing what she loves; caring for...

"All Hamish Macbeth ever really wants is a quiet life in the peaceful surroundings of his home in the Highland village of Lochdubh. Unfortunately for him, the time he would normally find most relaxing, after the tourists have gone and before the winter sets...

"To move forward, I'll have to look back to our past ... I know I have to get myself out of this funk, but it feels impossible. My childhood best friend is dead and nothing in life is working out as I'd planned. Then Lottie leaves me a 'jar of joy' in her will...

"1758: Saint-Malo, Brittany, 1758. To Lucinde Leon, the youngest daughter of a wealthy French shipowner, the high walls of Saint-Malo are more hindrance than haven. While her sisters are busy trying to secure advantageous marriages, Luce spends her days...

Former London police officer Rose Campbell has been estranged from her daughter, Lou, for almost a decade. But when Lou disappears from a remote Western Australian beach, and the police suspect her of kidnapping the two young children in her care, Rose is...

Welcome to The Surf House where everyone's escaping something ... High on the cliffs of Morocco, far from the city lights and the souks, stands The Surf House - a sanctuary for travellers chasing sunshine and waves. But the idyll hides a dark mystery. And when...

"While estranged twins Oliver and Theo Wingfield are identical in appearance, they couldn't be more different. Theo, an extrovert verging on arrogant, was always a drifter, a nomad, operating on the fringes of the law. Oliver, intense, creative and...

You may think you know the story. Penniless orphan Jane Eyre begins a new life as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she meets one dark, brooding Mr Rochester - and, Reader, she marries him. Or does she? Prepare for an adventure of Gothic proportions, in...

"War has come. The fire god Hseth is leading an unstoppable army south, consuming everything in her path. Middren's only hope of survival is to unify allies and old foes against a common enemy. Elo navigates an uneasy alliance with Arren; his friend, his enemy...

"One of my own ... Dawn loves being a mother. No matter how Archie came into her life, or the fact he's a little different from other children, he is precious and loved. He is hers, after all. Especially because she's never told anyone who the father of her...

"Working at the local pearl button factory, Ada Fletcher is doing her best to make ends meet in trying times. When tragedy strikes and her siblings are taken to a workhouse orphanage, Ada is saved from a similar fate by her neighbour, Sarah Connell. But the...

"In the summer of 1944 returning soldiers Canning Christie and his father Michael arrive in South Australia from the desert sands of North Africa. Canning carries the trauma of war and a fractured memory of a terrible event, while charismatic Michael resumes...

"Eve Nicholls has always run from trouble but now, just as she is finally piecing her fractured life together at Mossy Creek Farm, trouble turns up at her door. Marcus, her cheating ex, and the father of her unborn child is staking his claim and threatening to...

"On Boxing Day 2022, in Rome, Hanif Kureishi had a fall. When he came to, in a pool of blood, he was horrified to realise he had lost the use of his limbs. He could no longer walk, write or wash himself. He could do nothing without the help of others, and...

"Evan Smoak is a highly trained former government assassin who has survived for years by keeping his circle to a few trusted confidants and a strict code he calls 'The Ten Commandments.' But when Evan suddenly finds himself at odds with his oldest friend, all...

"When Olive Porter's off-the-grid parents go missing, she reluctantly seeks out Noah Turner, her ex and the only person she both trusts implicitly and not at all. Recovering from an injury, Noah would love nothing more than a good distraction. So when Olive...

"Paul Brightman is a man on the run, living under an assumed name in a small New England town with a million-dollar bounty on his head. When his security is breached, Paul is forced to flee into the New Hampshire wilderness to evade Russian operatives who seem...

When orphaned Jake Harding is sent away from his adoptive home aged just seven, he does not understand why... Forced to make his own way in the world, Jake falls in with a gang of petty thieves, who make their living lifting valuables from those who are better...

India, 1947. Celia Fforbes-Whyte remembers little about her beloved mother, but she will never forget how the family's prized diamond, the Chamakta Sitara, glistened at her throat. The diamond has been part of the family for as long as she can remember, but...

"It was the impossibility of him that kept her coming back. Edna gave up everything when she fell in love with an acclaimed writer, leaving Australia and moving to New York where the publishing and literary scene was the backdrop to their secret story. When...

"Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world's largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants....

Eleven years ago, my husband had to disappear. He told me about the terrible thing he had done, that would put me and our son in danger. We had no choice but to pretend he was dead. My heart broke for our little son, who missed his father every day. But when...

There's no better way to see this vast country of ours than by hitting roads along the coastline, or heading inland to the mountains, deserts and wide, open plains. As host of ABC TV's Back Roads, Heather Ewart has travelled thousands of kilometres over a...

"My name is Kitty Collins and I'm a serial killer. I don't want to kill. It's just so hard to resist. Some men really, really deserve it. Men like Blaze Bundy, an anonymous influencer spreading misogyny online. He's making it very hard for me to control my...

"In the Irish countryside in 1988, a little boy - wild, vulnerable but loved - moves into a house with his magical mother and his older sister, B. Though they are homeless, his mother is making ends meet with her special gift for homeopathic cures and the...

"Stasya lives in an isolated farming village on the edge of the mysterious Heartwood Forest with her unusual dog for company. Thought odd by the locals, she is tolerated for her rare gift with animals. Engaging with her fellow humans is difficult, with one...

You're trapped underground. There's no way out. And there's a killer on the loose ... When former Detective Inspector Jess boards the London Underground, it should be just a few short stops home. But as the tube barrels towards Baker Street, it's brought to an...

"England, 1685. Decades after the end of the civil war, the country is once again divided when Charles II's illegitimate son, the Protestant Duke of Monmouth, arrives in Dorset to incite rebellion against his Catholic uncle. Armed only with pitchforks,...

The moving story of an Indigenous woman who beat disadvantage and violence to become one of Australia's most influential political voices. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was nine months pregnant and due to give birth the night she attended her high school formal....

The world has been burned. The final mass extinction is nearly complete. The dragon plague has scoured the land of living things, and Troyson Strom lives on his small boat, staying on the move, and gathering supplies when he can. But he has a plan - save...

Eve is a successful novelist who wakes up one day in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. Her husband, never far from her side, explains that she has had an operation to remove the large, malignant tumour growing in her brain. As Eve learns to...

Kylie Summer loves her hometown in the Snowies, and life would be wonderful if only her workshop would turn a profit (she's broke) and Hanrahan would recover from its shortage of eligible blokes (unlikely). But then an arrogant city lawyer turns up. Is he in...

"Page Whittaker has always been an outcast. And after the deadly incident that destroyed her single friendship at her old school, she needs a fresh start. When she receives a scholarship offer from Agathion College, an elite boarding school folded deep within...

"Early Modern Britain was awash with pamphlets, ballads, woodcuts broadcasting bloodthirsty tales of traitorous wives, greedy mistresses, cunning female poisoning lacing the supper with deadly substances; of child killers and spiteful witches, stories of women...

They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they're sent to the Wellwood House in St Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, give them up for adoption, and most...