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  The Scandalous Life of Ruby M...

  Mandy Robotham

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  A fun and gripping faux-memoir book club listen from an internationally bestselling author of historical fiction, perfect for fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. 
  Everyone knows Ruby Devereaux's books. But no one knows her story. until now. 
   
  From a teenager in wartime England to a veteran of modern-day London - via 1950's New York, the Swinging Sixties, Cold War Berlin, Venice and Vietnam - Ruby Devereaux has lived one hell of a life: parties, scandals and conflict zones, meeting men and adventure along the way. In a writing career spanning seven decades and more than twenty books, she's distilled everything into her work. Or has she? 
   
  Now beyond her 90th year, Ruby's energy is ebbing and her beloved typewriter put away. Until a call from her publisher presents Ruby with an ultimatum, and the impetus to embark on one last book - "warts and all", as she says. Even in her dotage, Ruby.M Devereux has the power to surprise, because whatever this author does, she does on her own terms. Always. 
   
  Is Ruby finally about to reveal the secrets of her infamous life? 
   
  Taking the listener on a rollercoaster ride through the latter half of the 20th Century, The Scandalous Life of Ruby Devereaux is a mesmerising story of one unforgettable woman's place in an ever-changing world.

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  The Abbot - Being the Sequel to...

  Walter Scott

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  Mary Queen of Scots imprisoned at Lochleven, the boy page who carries her messages, and the escape across the loch. Scott wrote it as the sequel to The Monastery and made a much better job of it; the Mary here is drawn from the papers of people who had guarded her. This edition is bound with a gallery of 55 plates of paintings by Edvard Munch, Gillis Mostaert, William Segar and Jan Brueghel the Elder, and includes three illustrations restored and coloured for this edition.

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  Torpedo Run

  Bernard Fredericks

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  World War II has ended, but governments in Western capitals remain on high alert, acutely aware of the threats posed by Soviet ambitions. The anxiety surrounding alleged secret plans from Moscow is palpable, as Communist influence surges into Central Europe.
  
  At the same time, Soviet secret agents have infiltrated the UK, focused on military advancements and seeking to acquire the latest Western innovations in the arms race. Their mission is clear: to ensure their superiors are fully informed about Britain's successful defensive military developments and to obtain the results of the nation's latest scientific experiments in advanced underwater weaponry. One such team has breached the perimeter of one of Britain's most sensitive underwater facilities at Bay Island, located off the remote tip of North Wales.
  
  Amid this chaos are lovers Evan Bart and Megan, a Welsh Nationalist activist and the daughter of Bay Island Police Detective Inspector Jimmy McCord.
  
  In response to this infiltration, British intelligence acts swiftly, dispatching an espionage team led by Terry Finnigan and his colleagues Mike and Rod to identify and neutralise the threat. As the enemy spies face significant obstacles in achieving their goals, the Soviets escalate the situation by deploying a submarine to acquire crucial top-secret blueprints.
  
  This sets the stage for a thrilling and deadly confrontation.

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  The Picture of Dorian Gray

  Oscar Wilde

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if beauty could remain untouched while the soul beneath it decayed in secret? 
   
  In *The Picture of Dorian Gray*, Oscar Wilde creates one of the most seductive and unsettling novels of the nineteenth century: a Gothic masterpiece of art, vanity, corruption, desire, and moral terror. First published in 1890, and later revised in 1891, Wilde’s only novel stands at the crossroads of decadent literature, aesthetic philosophy, and supernatural horror. 
   
  Young, beautiful, and impressionable, Dorian Gray becomes the subject of a portrait by the painter Basil Hallward. Under the influence of the brilliant and dangerous Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian wishes that the painting might bear the marks of age and sin while he himself remains forever young. As pleasure, cruelty, and secrecy reshape his life, the portrait becomes a silent witness to everything he refuses to see. 
   
  Wilde’s novel scandalized Victorian readers with its moral ambiguity, its worship of beauty, and its dangerous question: can art be separated from conscience? More than a century later, it remains one of the defining classics of Gothic fiction and aesthetic thought, still fascinating listeners with its wit, darkness, and psychological elegance. 
   
  This AI-narrated audiobook offers a clear, polished, and immersive listening experience, allowing Wilde’s glittering dialogue, decadent atmosphere, philosophical irony, and creeping horror to unfold with precision and style. 
   
  Enter the locked room, look upon the portrait, and discover the price of eternal youth. Begin listening to *The Picture of Dorian Gray* today.

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  Jack Tier - Or The Florida Reef

  James Fenimore Cooper

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  Set against the background of the Mexican-American War, Jack Tier; Or, The Florida Reef is a classic maritime adventure of secrecy, treason, and survival in perilous waters. When Captain Stephen Spike sets sail aboard the brigantine Molly Swash, he carries a illicit cargo, a tangled Web of deceit, and the enigmatic sailor Jack Tier. As the crew navigates the treacherous coral reefs and light-houses of the Florida Keys, loyalties are tested by storms, naval blockades, and shocking personal revelations. James Fenimore Cooper—master of American frontier and sea fiction—delivers an intense nautical tale of honor, greed, and disguise.

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  Lessons from Literature - Short...

  Edgar Allan Poe, Richard...

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  We all have fears.  They may be irrational, dark or even logically coherent, but we all believe that, at some point, we will be subject to their grasp and punishment.  Here our classic authors ladle up stories that both shock and resonate. 
  1 - Short Stories Exploring People's Greatest Fears - An Introduction 
  2 - The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe 
  3 - The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell 
  4 - The Iron Shroud by William Mudford 
  5 - The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

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