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  Feng Menglong's Judge Bao: the...

  Feng Menglong, Michael Henrik Wynn

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  The emergence of crime fiction was closely connected to the development of a modern legal system. In Germany there were the true crime stories August Gottlieb Meißner (1753-1804), in Britain The Newgate Calendar (1774) and in France the romanticized publications of Eugène-François Vidocq (1775-1857), the first chief of the Sûreté.  
  China has one of the oldest bureaucracies on earth. A real life judge from the early Middle Ages became their Sherlock Holmes, and was transformed into one of the most beloved Chinese literary characters. In this audiobook Michael Henrik Wynn, the editor of the educational net radio stream Historyradio.org, retells a classic gong’an legend about the iconic Judge Bao. The original story was published by Feng Menglong (1574–1646), but this is not a direct translation.

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  22 Dead Little Bodies and Other...

  Stuart MacBride

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  From the No. 1 bestselling author of THE MISSING AND THE DEAD comes the short novel: 22 DEAD LITTLE BODIES, plus two short stories: STRAMASH and DI STEEL'S BAD HEIR DAY, and a novella: THE 45% HANGOVER, all featuring his most popular characters - DS Logan McRae and DCI Roberta Steel. 
  They say ‘small is beautiful’, but as Stuart MacBride demonstrates in these four tales, it can also be dark, violent, disturbing, and sometimes really quite rude. 
  So pour yourself a wee dram, curl up on the sofa and enjoy DS Logan McRae and his sometime boss, friend, mother substitute, and nemesis, DCI Steel at their best. 
  Here you’ll find Logan’s week from hell; Steel’s own personal nightmare before Christmas; an explosive shootout on a remote Scottish island; and the ultimate test of their relationship… 
  The thrillers by Stuart MacBride, the Sunday Times bestselling author, are a blend of mystery, suspense, and hard-boiled police procedural. The intricate crime scenes and the detective work of DS Logan McRae and DCI Roberta Steel are truly top-tier. 
  For fans of Jd Kirk (A Dead Man Walking), Ed James (Where the Bodies Lie), David J. Gatward (Grimm Up North), Tg Reid (The Killing Parade), and J M Dalgliesh (When Death Calls).

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  Far From Harm

  Naomi Shippen

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  After receiving a substantial inheritance, thirty-seven-year-old aspiring writer, Theresa, moves to the High Country of Victoria, Australia, to finally write the novel she had always planned. Here, she meets and marries Rick Goodman, a former TV star and local entrepreneur. 
   
  More than a decade her senior, Rick is charming and successful, and the most lovingly attentive partner Theresa has ever had. He encourages her dreams to write a novel and rekindles her long-forgotten desire to have a child. Life on their idyllic Alpine property is bliss, until Rick gets a text message from his ex-wife, Anita, the glamorous daughter of a wealthy TV producer. Rick tells Theresa that Anita has run off overseas with her new boyfriend, and that they must care for his teenage daughter, Chloe. 
   
  While her efforts to bond with her bewildered and resentful stepdaughter fall flat, Theresa is overjoyed when she finds herself pregnant. But as months go by with no word from Anita, Theresa's search for answers leads her to the women in Rick's past, and she must uncover the truth about their lives, in time to save herself and her unborn child.

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  Death in Print

  G. M. Malliet

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  University of Oxford tutor and bestselling author Jason Verdoodt has it all: acclaim, women, money…and an enemy or two. When he's found dead at the bottom of the stairs during a celebratory reception at St Rumwold's College, many wonder if seething jealousy of his literary success has turned someone's mind to murder. Detective Chief Inspector Arthur St. Just becomes inescapably drawn into an investigation that takes him down the historic streets of Oxford and into the hallowed halls of its university. Alongside his fiancée, crime-fiction writer Portia De'Ath, he uncovers several motives for murdering the celebrated but insufferable Jason—whose next novel may be a threat to many in his orbit—and no shortage of suspects who are nursing a grudge from the first novel. Has someone decided to write revenge into the plot?

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  The Angel of Sallow Cove

  JM Campbell

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  The monarch butterflies inhabiting the makeshift conservatory in Gabe Miller’s back yard are anxious these days, a sign perhaps that the snowfall, usually a rare event in the southern town of Sallow Cove, is not a one-off. And while Gabe’s dreams have been troubled ever since young Tommy Gatwood fell to his death thirty-two years ago, all Gabe can focus on now is the crimson convertible he saw speeding away the day his wife and child went missing. 
   
  A former psychiatrist who’s been on a downward spiral since his family was torn apart, Gabe buries himself under stacks of police files, desperately searching for any clues to what happened to his missing family. He thinks John Henry hasn’t noticed the missing files, but he noticed, and when a young woman is found wandering in the town’s historic cemetery under unusual circumstances, Gabe’s brother senses an opportunity to save two lost souls and John Henry uses his influence as the Deputy Chief of Police to have the woman remanded to Gabe’s care. 
   
  A reluctant Gabe refuses to buy in to her delusion that she’s an angel fallen from heaven, but he’s drawn into her spell—even if he can’t explain her insights into Kary and Skye’s disappearance and what really happened at the old train bridge near Willow Island. And on the eve of Sallow Cove’s very first Pride parade, as strangers arrive with hate in their hearts and determined to fight what they do not understand, Gabe will be forced to confront the unsettling truth about his past.

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  The Murder on the Links

  Agatha Christie

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  "The Murder on the Links" by Agatha Christie is a classic detective novel featuring the legendary Hercule Poirot. In this enthralling mystery, Poirot is called to France to investigate the murder of Paul Renauld, a wealthy businessman found dead on a golf course. As Poirot navigates a complex web of clues, red herrings, and a plethora of potential suspects, readers are taken on a suspenseful journey filled with unexpected twists and turns. Christie's signature ingenuity shines as Poirot unravels the intricacies of the case, revealing hidden motives and long-buried secrets. 
  "The Murder on the Links" is a riveting addition to the Poirot series, showcasing Agatha Christie's unparalleled talent for crafting compelling whodunits that continue to captivate mystery enthusiasts.

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