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A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels. Jane Austen is one of the finest writers in the English language, and this volume includes all six of her classic novels. Mansfield Park: on a quest to find a position in society, Fanny Price goes to live with her rich aunt and uncle. Northanger Abbey: young, naïve Catherine Morland receives an invitation to stay at the isolated Gothic mansion Northanger Abbey.

Ever since the brutal murder of her aunt, Kate O’Connell always wanted to be a police detective. On her first day on the Surrey Murder Team, Kate is thrown into the deep end. A local businessman has been murdered. Ritually sacrificed in a local forest. Partnered with the disgraced Nathan, they strive to hunt down the killer before he strikes again.

It is London 1915 and Great Britain is at war with Germany. Stylish lady detective Miss Isabel Hewitt's manservant Clarke is away in Flanders serving in the Royal Medical Corps. Isabel is anxious for his safety. On the Home Front she has become involved with the Women's Emergency Corps. Isabel is coping with her new life and then someone murders two girls from the WEC. These take place in Shoreditch and there are fears that Jack the Ripper may be back. Isabel is asked to investigate and she embarks on a journey which becomes both emotional and very dangerous indeed.

Abigail Merriweather is learning the hard way that the Ton does not look kindly on newcomers to its ranks - especially when that newcomer is a dashing young widow whose wealth comes from the trades...George, Earl of Gloucester, is horrified at the scrapes his sister's best friend keeps falling into...Abby and George may be developing a strange sort of friendship, but they come from different worlds that are not entirely compatible. The real question is whether they can get past their own prejudices - and the interference of their friends and family....

The fateful encounter, and a rash decision, changes their lives forever. Lord Humphrey Dewesbury doesn't want to offer for the annoying Augusta Ratcliffe, but the alliance was concocted when they were children. Joan Chadwick, an orphaned vicar's daughter, faces a dreary life as a governess. Neither wants to embrace their separate fates. Together, they can save each other. There's just one problem to overcome - family expectations. A light-hearted comedy regency romance.

Whether laughing to tears reading Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great or clamoring for more unmistakable "me too!" moments in Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, girls all over the world have been touched by Judy Blume's poignant coming-of-age stories. Now, in this anthology of essays, 24 notable female authors write straight from the heart about the unforgettable novels that left an indelible mark on their childhoods and still influence them today. After growing up from Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing into Smart Women, these writers pay tribute to one of the most beloved authors of all time.

Grace now faces a new threat: a ruthless serial killer who also has Grace in his sights. Meanwhile, having fled to Spain, Chloe now finds herself enmeshed in the clutches of a vicious drug dealing gang, unable to find an escape before she is dragged further into their murderous schemes.

There's been a brutal murder in the Surrey countryside and it's DC Kate O'Connell's first case. Will it also be her last? Kate was driven to become a detective following the tragic murder of her aunt when she was a teenager. Memories of that unsolved case, and how she handled it, hang over her to this day. But Kate is keen to prove herself to her superiors and fights to break through the lies that surround this new victim’s life. Meanwhile, the chilling nature of the murder dredges up those disturbing memories, and Kate begins to wonder if there's a link between the two cases.

Catastrophe with a Count: A man with nothing to lose, and a woman with everything to gain - and neither trusts the other an inch…. Emigrating with an Earl: A man accused of murder, and a woman desperate for protection - and neither is sure who is being rescued by whom…. Peril with a Prince: A prince hiding his identity, and a woman hiding hers – and sparks will fly when they have only each other to rely on….

When Lord David Cardiff stumbles across an abduction, he gallantly saves the lovely heiress. Thea Stafford is grateful, but her zany family takes a different view. Lord Cardiff is kidnapped at gunpoint with Thea Stafford as his unwilling companion. So begins the strangest adventure of the wounded military hero's career. A funny flight into love!

Each of these books has spice at its heart and a heart ready to lose, heroes in pain and heroines acting out of the ordinary. There are no ballrooms here.... This collected stories promises hours and hours of steamy hot listening.…

Ten years before Kate becomes a detective on the Surrey Murder Team, she suffered the loss of her aunt in a brutal killing on the outskirts of Cork, Ireland. Stricken with grief, the 16-year-old Kate grows frustrated with the apparent lack of progress made by the Irish Garda in hunting down Fiona’s killer.

When a local man is brutally murdered in his home library, Kate and Nathan are brought in to find the killer. But this was no ordinary library. Filled with books on the occult, it’s clear that they were after something. Something that was not in the library. Something that they’re willing to kill for. With the clock ticking, Kate and Nathan must find the killers or the item they were after, before they kill again.

When 19-year-old Julia Jarrett accuses her father, Donald, of abuse, their relatives and friends are outraged. The problem is, Julia died some months ago from a heroin overdose. Her mother, Janet, is convinced that the accusing voice, heard during a spiritualist meeting, is that of her daughter. When Donald and Janet are both found dead, DCI Grace Swan is called in to investigate. But she has problems of her own; still grieving the sudden death of her partner and at odds with her superiors.

Danny has a new phone and wants to play on it, but his mum sends him upstairs to clear his Great Gran's box room. Danny finds an old photograph of a girl about his age and some small paintings tied in a red ribbon. When he undoes the ribbon, the girl from the photograph appears in the room. Her name is Kitty. She asks him to play a game with the pictures, but he is rude to her, saying he'd rather play on his phone. Kitty is offended and whisks him back to 1886, where the paintings are all real people. The game is that he has to find the person to help him unlock time to get back home.

Philip Walsingham Sergeant's biography of Barbara from 1912 draws on contemporary writings to tell her story, giving a more vivid and faithful presentation of the spirit of the time. He traces her life from her early girlhood, through her time at Court, her exile, and ending with her involvement in a bigamy trial.

Lizzy is the newest instructor at Netherfield Academy, and strange noises have her searching the corridors of the drafty old castle to discover the source. The previous headmaster disappeared under strange circumstances, and when his replacement, Mr. Darcy, catches her in the corridors, he warns her. The first time. The next time, he kisses her, and she sees something different about him. Darcy is as mysterious as the surroundings, and she fears for her life, her sanity, and her heart as she strives to resist the pull he exerts on her.

When Chloe Macbeth begins to receive threatening letters, she has no doubt who is behind them: David Jarrett, languishing in jail for the murder of his adoptive parents. Jarrett is convinced that Chloe--out on parole following a conviction for GBH--is the real killer. But have the previous crimes in Jarrett’s past finally caught up with him? When a local businessman is stabbed to death in a street altercation, DCI Grace Swan and DS Terry Horton find themselves pitted against the most dangerous criminal they have ever encountered: the Mannikin Killer.

Lady Henrietta has been in love with her neighbour since she was eight years old, and always known they were fated to be together. Unfortunately for her, Lord Cottingham seems oblivious to the fact they were made for each other. When Henrietta is forced to acknowledge that Cottingham thinks of her as nothing more than a friend, she is determined to make him realise just what a diamond he has let slip through his fingers by making the ton fall in love with her instead.

Caught between her iron-willed father and the powerful, attractive earl. Barbara Cribbage has been sold into marriage by her common-born father in his bid to attain social status. He is forced into marriage. The Earl of Chatworth weds Babs in exchange for mortgages he inherited and his debts of honor, which Mr. Cribbage has fraudulently acquired. She takes a desperate gamble. Babs is not willing to be used as a pawn any longer. Summoning all her courage, Babs strikes a bargain with the formidable earl.