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  Don't Eat the Sandwiches!

  Howard G. Awbery

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  Don’t Eat the Sandwiches! is a story set in 1975, of two cousins in their mid-thirties whose lives bounce back together.Despite Joanne, an accountant by profession, vowing never, ever to go on holiday again with “Let’s drink Malaga dry!” Veronica, she hears the announcement, “Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts, we will shortly be landing at Costa del Sol airport.”Returning from their holiday peeling and poor, they hatch a late night, gin and paella-fuelled, plan.

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  The Adventure of the Beryl...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  A banker asks Holmes to investigate after a "Beryl Coronet" entrusted to him is damaged at his home. Awakened by noise, he had found his son, Arthur, holding the damaged coronet. Arthur refuses to speak, neither admitting guilt nor explaining himself. Footprints in the snow outside the house tell Holmes that the banker's niece had conspired with a blackguard to steal the coronet; Arthur had discovered the crime in progress and the coronet had been damaged during his struggle to prevent it being stolen. He had refused to tell his father the truth of the crime because of his love for his cousin.

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  Trouble on His Wings

  L. Ron Hubbard

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  Daredevil photojournalist Johnny Brice is always looking for trouble... and finding it. But he doesn't know what real trouble is until he rescues the beautiful woman he calls Jinx. They're made for each other — even if they are a dangerous mix. It all comes to a head on assignment in China, when the Japanese shoot his plane down and take them prisoner. Is the lady really a jinx... or is she even more sinister? In an adventure full of surprising discoveries, getting at the truth leads to the most shocking twist of all. If you're looking for trouble — and high-flying adventure — you'll find it here, as the audio version of Trouble on His Wings puts a world of action in your hands.

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  In Plain Sight - A Blake Jordan...

  Ken Fite

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  After his wife’s murderer is captured, Blake Jordan heads to Chicago to propose to the woman he loves. But while millions of Americans are distracted with New Year’s Eve celebrations, Russian terrorists are making other plans. 
  When they force a hacker to crash a train in DC, Blake learns that a prisoner warned authorities about the attack. But he discovers the prisoner is his wife’s killer, and she claims another strike is imminent. 
  If he wants to stop the next attack and protect those closest to him, Blake must get the prisoner to talk. But when he sees the truth hidden in plain sight, he’ll have to make an unforgettable sacrifice.

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  Three Kidnapped Three Siblings...

  Diana Dirkby

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  Diana Dirkby, the pen name of accomplished research mathematician Paula Tretkoff, gracefully weaves together the tapestry of complex relationships in the three families featured in her novel “Three Kidnapped, Three Siblings, Three Furies.” Born in Sydney, Australia, and now dividing her time between Texas and Alaska with her spouse, Diana has transitioned from her career in academia to become an author whose debut novel “The Overlife, A Tale of Schizophrenia,” resonates with authentic experiences of her mother and herself living with paranoid schizophrenia. “Three Kidnapped, Three Siblings, Three Furies” is her second novel that invites us all to embrace the transformative power of storytelling in understanding the unseen depths of the human heart with a twist.

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  The Little Old Lady Strikes Back

  Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg

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  Martha and the infamous League of Pensioners are back in The Little Old Lady Strikes Back, from the author of the smash-hit The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules.After stealing some priceless Russian jewels from the Stockholm Auction House, Martha and her gang flee to the small village of Hemmavid to lie low. But what they find is a village in crisis, so they decide they want to help revive the place.But the village needs money. So, in steps the League of Pensioners to arrange events to attract paying tourists. Which turns out to be a rather delicate balancing act when you are wanted by the police. Having donned the mantle of guerrilla fighters come to save Sweden’s countryside from depopulation, will the League be able to help the villagers get the attention of the politicians – and save the village – without getting caught?Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg’s socially engaged, riotous comedy is perfect for fans of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Translated by Rod Bradbury.

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