Collection: Audio CD

April 1803, and the Peace of Amiens is failing as Horatio Hornblower takes a sloop on a vital reconnaissance mission. On the day of his marriage to Maria, Hornblower is ordered to take the Hotspur and head for Brest, war is coming and Napoleon will not catch His Majesty's navy with its britches r...

The residents of Atwood Farm – Caroline Atwood, her daughter, Maggie, and granddaughter Becky McCabe – proudly uphold the tradition of Olympic equestrian competition, which pits all competitors against each other regardless of gender or age. Their barn in Wellington, Florida, has trained champion...

January 1144. Hugh Bradecote does not want his betrothed heading off on pilgrimage to the shrine of St Eadgyth at Polesworth, but the Archbishop of Canterbury's envoy and his entourage of monks seem Heaven sent as escorts, right up until they are captured by a renegade who wants his forger out of...

Florence's hot pies are sold from the aptly named Paradise Pie shop. They are legendary, not only with the tramcar operator, but also the hard-up and hungry during the Depression years. Warm-hearted Florence is the mainstay at home too. In her mainly female household there also lives Manny, a cas...

When the body of her hotshot young film director is found in actress Veronica Weston's trailer, she desperately needs an alibi, and Molly DeWitt is it. Molly's PR job is to keep everyone happy, but solving the case is a challenge she can't resist, just like homicide detective Michael O'Hara. She ...

By the sapphire blue waters of the French Riviera, a decades-long secret is about to be revealed. Wayward Greek heiress, Ariana Theodosis, inherits the Hotel du Soleil as part of a mysterious legacy. Captivated by its faded glamour, it offers her the chance to start again. Hotelier Gabriel du Lac...

Hotel Portofino has only been open a few weeks, but already the problems are mounting for its co-proprietor Bella Ainsworth. She's short of staff and ready money. Her high-class guests are demanding and hard to please. And she's being targeted by a scheming and corrupt local politician, who threa...

Vienna, 1892. Anna Sacher has taken possession of her late husband's hotel, just down the street from the Austrian royal residence, at the height of belle époque splendour. She does so against all odds. At a time when controlling such a business was an opportunity afforded only to men, Anna is a...

Perhaps the most popular of all Sherlock Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles combines the traditional detective tale with elements of horror. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the wild Devon moorland with the footprints of a giant hound nearby, the blame is placed on a famil...

Londoners Jack and Syd moved into the house a year ago. It seemed like their dream home: tons of space, the perfect location, and a friendly owner who wanted a young couple to have it. So when they made a grisly discovery in the attic, Jack and Syd chose to ignore it. But that was a mistake. Beca...