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2015-03-18T11:01:00.000-07:00

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1. Shopaholic to the stars / Sophie Kinsella ; read by Clare Corbett.
Kinsella, Sophie
Corbett, Clare
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Westminster, Maryland Books on Tape, [2014]
Summary: Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) newly arrived in Hollywood and starry-eyed. She and her two-year-old daughter, Minnie, have relocated to L.A. to join Becky's husband, Luke, who is there to handle PR for famous actress Sage Seymour. Becky can't wait to start living the A-list lifestyle, complete with celebrity sightings, yoga retreats, and shopping trips to Rodeo Drive. But she really hopes to become a personal stylist, Sage's personal stylist, if only Luke would set up an introduction. Then, unexpectedly, Becky is offered the chance to dress Sage's archrival, and though things become a bit more complicated, it's a dream come true! Red carpet premieres, velvet ropes, paparazzi clamoring for attention, suddenly Becky has everything she's ever wanted. Or does she?
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2. Havana storm / Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler ; read by Scott Brick.
Cussler, Clive
Cussler, Dirk
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Westminster, Maryland Books On Tape, [2014]
Summary: While investigating a toxic outbreak in the Caribbean Sea that could threaten the United States, Pitt unwittingly becomes involved in something even more dangerous: a post-Castro power struggle for the control of Cuba. Meanwhile, Pitt's children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer, are on their own investigation, which brings them to Cuba too, and squarely into harm's way. The three have been in desperate situations before, but perhaps never quite as dire as the one facing them now.
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3. The Golem of Hollywood / Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman ; read by John Rubinstein.
Kellerman, Jonathan
Kellerman, Jesse
Unabridged.
Westminster, Maryland Books On Tape, 2014.
Summary: A burned-out L.A. detective, a woman of mystery who is far more than she seems, a grotesque, ancient monster bent on a mission of retribution. When these three collide, a new standard of suspense is born. The legend of the Golem of Prague has endured through the ages, a creature fashioned by a sixteenth-century rabbi to protect his congregation, now lying dormant in the garret of a synagogue. But the Golem is dormant no longer.
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4. Gray Mountain / John Grisham ; read by Catherine Taber.
Grisham, John
Taber, Catherine
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Westminster, Maryland Books On Tape, p2014.
Summary: The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer's career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track, until the recession hits and she gets downsized, furloughed, escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is one of the "lucky" associates. She's offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, after which there would be a slim chance that she'd get her old job back. In a matter of days Samantha moves from Manhattan to Brady, Virginia, population 2,200, in the heart of Appalachia, a part of the world she has only read about. Mattie Wyatt, lifelong Brady resident and head of the town's legal aid clinic, is there to teach her how to "help real people with real problems." For the first time in her career, Samantha prepares a lawsuit, sees the inside of an actual courtroom, gets scolded by a judge, and receives threats from locals who aren't so thrilled to have a big-city lawyer in town. And she learns that Brady, like most small towns, harbors some big secrets.
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Current Awareness Profile Matches

2015-03-15T11:01:00.000-07:00

1 items matched your current awareness profile.
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1 .Emma: Library Edition (The Classic Collection) [sound recording]
Austen, Jane
Grand Haven, US Baker & Taylor 2015.
Summary: The funny and heartwarming story of a young lady whose zeal, snobbishness, and self-satisfaction lead to several errors in judgmentEmma takes Harriet Smith, a young woman previously unknown to good society, under her wing, scheming for her advancement through an advantageous marriage. Her efforts to find Harriet a suitor occupy all of Emma's time.
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Current Awareness Profile Matches

2015-03-11T11:02:00.001-07:00

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1 .The escape / David Baldacci ; read by Ron McLarty and Orlagh Cassidy.
Baldacci, David, author
McLarty, Ron, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Military CID investigator John Puller has returned from his latest case to learn that his brother, Robert, once a major in the United States Air Force and an expert in nuclear weaponry and cyber-security, has escaped from the Army's most secure prison. Preliminary investigations show that Robert, convicted of treason, may have had help in his breakout. Now he's on the run, and he's the military's number one target. John Puller has a dilemma. Which comes first: loyalty to his country, or to his brother? Blood is thicker than water, but Robert has state secrets which certain people will kill for. John does not know for sure the true nature of Robert's crimes, nor if he's even guilty. It quickly becomes clear, however, that his brother's responsibilities were powerful and far-reaching.
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2 .Rainbow six / Tom Clancy ; read by Michael Prichard.
Clancy, Tom, 1947-2013, author
Prichard, Michael (Michael J.), narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Whether hunting warlords in Japan, druglords in Colombia, or nuclear terrorists in the United States, John Clark is efficient and deadly, but even he has ghosts in his past, demons that must be exorcised. And nothing is more demonic than the peril he must face as the commander of a covert multi-national anti-terrorism squad known as Rainbow. Almost as soon as the group is formed, three terrorist attacks occur that seem unrelated at first, but may be the beginning of a new brand of terrorism like nothing the world has ever encountered before. Their success could literally mean the end of life on this earth as we know it.
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3 .The Lazarus prophecy / F.G. Cottam ; read by Sean Barrett.
Cottam, F. G., author
Barrett, Sean, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: There is a killer loose on the streets of London, one that evades security cameras, is not held by locks, and savagely mutilates his victims. When the murderer switches from unknown prostitutes to Julie Longmuir, a beautiful actress at the height of her success, no woman feels safe. As the press begin to draw uncomfortable comparisons with Jack the Ripper, Jane Sullivan, heading up the police investigation, grudgingly has to agree. But the religious writing, scrawled on the wall in Julie Longmuir's blood, is outside Jane's area of expertise. Roping in Jacob Prior, a disillusioned theologian, they attempt to pick apart the demonic delusions of this Ripper copycat. They must act quickly, as events are spiralling out of control, and Jane is next on the killer's list.
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4 .The innocent / by David Baldacci ; read by Ron McLarty and Orlagh Cassidy.
Baldacci, David, author
McLarty, Ron, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Freelance hitman, Will Robie, has a mission which takes him first to Edinburgh and then to Tangier. His task is to eliminate suspected enemies of the US government. But back in DC, when government employee and mother of two, Denise Tamaron, is detailed as his next target, Robie fails to pull the trigger. She's an unlikely victim, why does she pose a threat to national security? Having failed in his mission, Robie needs to leave the scene fast. But it seems that he is not the only one who is on the run and in danger. On his escape from the city, he saves a young teenage girl from an unknown killer. She's too scared to reveal her true identity and why, if indeed she knows, there are those who want her dead. The police investigating the deaths start to take an interest in Robie. And he's particularly attracting the attention of a tenacious female investigator who believes the two cases may be connected. Robie finds himself a fugitive in a dangerous position. Does he need to change sides to save lives, including his own?
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5 .Rake's progress / M.C. Beaton ; read by Penelope Rawlins.
Beaton, M. C, author
Rawlins, Penelope, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Lord Guy Carlton, late of His Majesty's Regiment and weary from the war in France, has only wine, women and song in mind when he rents No.67 Clarges Street for the season. He certainly has no desire for a serious attachment, and as for marriage: never! But Lord Guy Carlton didn't factor in the lovely but very proper Miss Esther Jones. Although one of the richest women in England she is also one of the most innocent which could make her an unwilling victim of the philandering lord. So, once again, it is up to the downstairs staff at Clarges Street to devise a campaign to reform the rake who is laying siege to her heart.
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6 .The last coyote / Michael Connelly ; read by Dick Hill.
Connelly, Michael, 1956-, author
Hill, Dick, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: After being put on involuntary stress leave for attacking his boss, LAPD detective Harry Bosch tackles his mother's murder case. Harry attacked his commanding officer and is suspended indefinitely, pending a psychiatric evaluation. At first he resists the LAPD shrink, but finally recognises that something is troubling him and has for a long time. In 1961, when Harry was 12, his mother, a prostitute, was brutally murdered with no one ever accused of the crime. With the spare time a suspension brings, Harry opens up the 30-year-old file on the case and is irresistibly drawn into a past he has always avoided. It's clear that the case was fumbled and the smell of a cover-up is unmistakable. Someone powerful was able to divert justice and Harry vows to uncover the truth. As he relentlessly follows the broken pieces of the case, the stirred interest causes new murders and pushes Harry to the edge of his job, and his life.
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7 .The serpent papers / Jessica Cornwell ; read by Lauren Saunders.
Cornwell, Jessica, author
Saunders, Lauren, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Barcelona, Summer 2003. Three women are sacrificed to an unknown purpose, skin carved with a cryptic alphabet, tongues cut from their mouths. Sent beautiful, sinister letters (clues, or confessions?) Inspector Fabregat cannot decipher the warnings within. As Barcelona explodes in revelry on the Festival of St Joan, Natalia Hernandez, flower of the National Theatre and Catalan idol, lies broken on the steps of the Cathedral. The city bays for blood, Fabregat chases a shadow-like suspect and signs that whisper of secrets beyond his grasp. Barcelona, Winter 2014. Anna Verco, academic, book thief, savant, unearths letters hidden for centuries from a lightning-struck chapel in Mallorca. What they reveal compels her and Fabregat to reignite the Hernandez investigation. Every page she turns conceals a coded message; every street she treads leads her deeper into the labyrinth. As Fabregat baits her with suspects, and threats darken her steps, Anna hunts her own prey, the book that began it all, a medieval revelation written in the language of witches and alchemists: The Serpent Papers. Anna believes this book will unlock the mystery. She does not yet know she is the key.
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8 .The wicked godmother / M.C. Beaton ; read by Penelope Rawlins.
Beaton, M. C, author
Rawlins, Penelope, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: A cruel betrayal will be Harriet Metcalf's ruin unless the Clarges Street servants can save her honour while she loses her heart. It's double trouble for poor, put-upon Harriet! Lovely but penniless Harriet Metcalf is horrified when she is named in a nobleman's will as guardian of his two ghastly and snobbish twin daughters. And is the innocent Harriet wily enough to cope with the intricacies of the London Season, or two of its most eligible bachelors, the Marquis of Huntington and Lord Vere? Harriet views them only as suitors for the twins, while the gentlemen see only Harriet's charms. And soon she is falling for one of them, but a cruel betrayal will be her ruin unless the Clarges Street servants can save her honour while she loses her heart!
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9 .Gun control / Peter Corris ; read by Peter Hosking.
Corris, Peter, 1942-, author
Hosking, Peter, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Is Sydney gun city? It certainly seems so when Cliff Hardy is hired by entrepreneur and one-time pistol-shooting champion Timothy Greenhall to investigate the violent death of his troubled son. Soon Hardy is pitched into a world of crooked cops, former members of the Gun Control Unit, outlaw bikies and honest police trying to quietly clean the stables. Two more murders raise the stakes and relationships are stretched to breaking point. Hardy hooks up with a determined policewoman and forms an unlikely alliance with a charismatic bikie chief. Uncovering the tangled conspiracy behind the murders takes Hardy to the Blue Mountains and Camden, to plush legal chambers and a confrontation in an inner-west park, all against the roar of 750cc engines.
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10 .Good omens / Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett.
Gaiman, Neil, author
Pratchett, Terry, author
Unabridged.
Summary: According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies, written in 1655, before she exploded), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just before dinner. So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon, both of whom have lived amongst Earth's mortals since The Beginning and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle, are not actually looking forward to the coming Rapture. And someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist.
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11 .Bomber command / Max Hastings ; read by Barnaby Edwards.
Hastings, Max, author
Edwards, Barnady, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Bomber Command's offensive against the cities of Germany was one of the epic campaigns of the Second World War. More than 56,000 British and Commonwealth aircrew and 600,000 Germans died in the course of the RAF's attempt to win the war by bombing. The struggle began in 1939 with a few score primitive Whitleys, Hampdens and Wellingtons, and ended six years later with 1,600 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitoes razing whole cities in a single night. Max Hastings traced the developments of area bombing using a wealth of documents, letters, diaries and interviews with key surviving witnesses. Bomber Command is his classic account of one of the most controversial struggles of the war.
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12 .The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy / Douglas Adams ; read by Stephen Fry.
Adams, Douglas, 1952-2001, author
Fry, Stephen, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. It's the final straw for Arthur Dent, who has already had his house bulldozed that morning. But for Arthur, that is only the beginning. In the seconds before global obliteration, Arthur is plucked from the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, and together the pair venture out across the galaxy on the craziest, strangest road trip of all time.
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Current Awareness Profile Matches

2015-03-08T11:01:00.000-07:00

32 items matched your current awareness profile.
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1 .Dead and buried / Anne Cassidy ; narrated by Julie Teal.
Cassidy, Anne, 1952-, author
Teal, Julie, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: It's been five years since Rose's mother Kathy went missing and, after recent events, all Rose wants to do is get on with her life. This means taking a break from her complicated stepbrother, Joshua. Then police officer Henry Thompson comes calling with bad news: the body of a missing teenage girl has been found buried in the garden of Rose's old house. A body that has lain undiscovered for five years. With Kathy and Brendan implicated in her death, Rose and Joshua have one last chance to clear their parents' names. But if they fail, the consequences will be deadly.
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2 .Before the fall / Juliet West ; narrated by Annie Aldington.
West, Juliet, author
Aldington, Annie, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: London Docklands, 1916. With her husband fighting in France, 24-year-old Hannah Loxwood struggles to be everything the war asks her to be. She cares for her children, supports her elderly parents, she pays her way. But as the fighting drags on Hannah grapples with the overwhelming burden of 'duty'. She sacrifices everything for a husband who may never come home until she's faced with the most dangerous of temptations - because what Hannah hasn't realised is that this war has been sent to test the women at home as much as it tests the men abroad.
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3 .The age of magic / Ben Okri ; narrated by Jonathan Keeble.
Okri, Ben, author
Keeble, Jonathan, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Eight weary film-makers, travelling from Paris to Basel, arrive at a small Swiss hotel on the shores of a luminous lake. Above them, strewn with lights that twinkle in the darkness, looms the towering Rigi mountain. Over the course of three days and two nights, the travellers will find themselves drawn in to the mystery of the mountain reflected in the lake. One by one, they will be disturbed, enlightened, and transformed, each in a different way.
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4 .Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live forever? / Dave Eggers ; narrated by multiple narrators.
Eggers, Dave, author
Unabridged.
Summary: In a barracks on an abandoned military base, miles from the nearest road, Thomas watches as the man he has brought wakes up. Kev, a NASA astronaut, doesn't recognize his captor, though Thomas remembers him. Kev cries for help. He pulls at his chain. But the ocean is close by, and nobody can hear him over the waves and wind. Thomas apologizes. He didn't want to have to resort to this. But they really needed to have a conversation, and Kev didn't answer his messages. And now, if Kev can just stop yelling, Thomas has a few questions.
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5 .Wayfaring stranger / James Lee Burke ; narrated by Will Patton.
Burke, James Lee, 1936-, author
Patton, Will, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: James Lee Burke's novel begins in West Texas in 1934, and the story opens with a fateful encounter between the narrator, Weldon Avery Holland, and the notorious Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker - a meeting which ends with the 16-year-old Holland putting a bullet through the windscreen of Clyde's stolen automobile. Weldon's education in the evils that men - and women - are capable of continues as we move to the Ardennes Forest and the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, where Second Lieutenant Weldon Holland saves his sergeant, Hershel Pine, from death by suffocation when he is buried alive in his foxhole under the treads of a Waffen SS Tiger tank.
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6 .January window / Philip Kerr ; narrated by Andrew Wincott.
Kerr, Philip, author
Wincott, Andrew, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Scott Manson is team coach for London City football club. He's also their all-round fixer - he gets the lads in to training and out of trouble, keeps the wags at bay and the press in his pocket. The players love him, the bosses trust him. But now London City manager Joao Zarco is dead, killed at his team's beloved stadium at Silvertown Docks. Even Scott Manson can't smooth over murder ... but can he catch the killer before he strikes again?
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7 .Poisoned ground / Barbara Nadel ; narrated by Paul Thornley.
Nadel, Barbara, author
Thornley, Paul, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Ex-soldier Lee Arnold and his Muslim assistant Mumtaz Hakim run a detective agency in London's ethnically diverse, crime-ridden East End. Mumtaz is approached by an Egyptian woman, Salwa, whose husband is in Belmarsh on terrorism charges. Salwa convinces Mumtaz of her husband's innocence and persuades her to go undercover to prove it. But Salwa is not what she seems. Trapped in an old tunnel that leads to the London docks, will Mumtaz escape with her life?
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8 .The seven sisters / Lucinda Riley ; narrated by Emily Lucienne.
Riley, Lucinda, author
Lucienne, Emily, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Maia D'Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, 'Atlantis' - a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva - having been told that their beloved father, the elusive billionaire they call Pa Salt, has died. Maia and her sisters were all adopted by him as babies and, discovering he has already been buried at sea, each of them is handed a tantalising clue to their true heritage - a clue which takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of where her story began.
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9 .The flowers of the field. Part one / Sarah Harrison ; narrated by Gabrielle Glaister.
Harrison, Sarah, 1946-, author
Glaister, Gabrielle, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: From London and the fields of Kent to Paris, Vienna and the Western Front, the lives of three very different women are changed irrevocably by love, ambition and the horrors of the First World War.
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10 .Jam and roses / Mary Gibson ; narrated by Anne Dover.
Gibson, Mary (Romantic fiction writer), author
Dover, Anne, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Three sisters are growing up in 1920s Bermondsey - the larder of London - with its bustling docks, its spice mill, tannery and factories. Southwells jam factory is where many of the girls work. And Milly Colman knows she's lucky. At Southwells she can have a laugh with her mates. She's quick and strong and never misses a day's work. She needs to be. Because at homes things are very different. The Colman household is ruled by the tyrannical rages of the old man - her father. Often Milly feels she is the only thing protecting her mother and younger sisters from his murderous violence. At least autumn hop-picking in Kent gives all the Colman women a heavenly respite. But it is here, on one golden September night, that Milly makes the mistake of her life and finds her courage and strength tested as never before.
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11 .Dad's war / Chris Tarrant ; narrated by Chris Tarrant.
Tarrant, Chris, 1946-, author
Tarrant, Chris, 1946-, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Chris Tarrant and his father Basil were very close, they played sport together, watched sport together and shared the same sense of humour. Chris loved and admired his father but it was only after his death he realised that he hardly knew him at all. Basil Avery Tarrant grew up in 1920s Reading. He worked as an administrator in a local factory and spent his Saturday nights down at the music halls. But what happened to Basil during the war, and how he came to be awarded the Military Cross, remained a mystery to Chris and his family for nearly sixty years. In this emotional journey, Chris discovers that Basil was involved in some of WWII's most significant campaigns.
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12 .The snow angel / Lulu Taylor ; narrated by Rebecca Gethings.
Taylor, Lulu, author
Gethings, Rebecca, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Cressida Felbridge is living the high life as a debutante in 1960s London society when she is courted by a friend of her brother's and set to marry. Wishing only the best for his daughter, her father decrees that she must have her portrait painted to mark the occasion. But as soon as she meets the painter Ralph Few, Cressie knows her life will never be the same again. Soon, she is deeply in love with Ralph, but there is one problem: Ralph is still married to Catherine. In the present day, Emily Conway has everything she could wish for: a huge house in West London, two beautiful children and a successful husband, Will. But as Emily and Will drive to a party, Will reveals that he has been betrayed by his business partner. Steering the car off the road at high speed, their perfect life is abruptly ended. When she wakes from her injuries, Emily is told of a mysterious legacy: a house in Cumbria on the edge of an estate, left to her by a woman she has never met.
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13 .The kill room / Jeffery Deaver ; narrated by Kerry Shale.
Deaver, Jeffery, author
Shale, Kerry, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: The tenth novel in the critically acclaimed series. Robert Moreno, an American citizen living in South America, is shot in the Bahamas by a sniper. The killing was commissioned by the U.S. government, who received a tip-off that Moreno was planning a terrorist attack on a U.S. oil company headquarters. But this intelligence was fatally incorrect: anti-American Moreno ordered a protest at the oil company, not an attack. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are drafted in to investigate.
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14 .Mr Mac and me / Esther Freud ; narrated by John Banks.
Freud, Esther, author
Banks, John, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: It is 1914, and Thomas Maggs, the son of the local publican, lives with his parents and sister in a village on the Suffolk coast. Life is quiet - shaped by the seasons, fishing and farming, the summer visitors, and the girls who come down from the Highlands every year to gut and pack the herring. Then one day a mysterious Scotsman arrives. To Thomas he looks like a detective, in his black cape and hat of felted wool, and the way he puffs on his pipe as if he's Sherlock Holmes. Mac is what the locals call him when they whisper about him in the Inn. And whisper they do, for he sets off on his walks at unlikely hours, and stops to examine the humblest flowers. He is seen on the beach, staring out across the waves as if he's searching for clues. But Mac isn't a detective, he's the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822622190%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

15 .The jewel / Amy Ewing ; narrated by Laura Kirman.
Ewing, Amy, author
Kirman, Laura, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Violet Lasting is no longer a human being. Tomorrow she becomes Lot 197, auctioned to the highest royal bidder in the Jewel of the Lone City. Tomorrow she becomes the Surrogate of the House of the Lake, her sole purpose to produce a healthy heir for the Duchess. Imprisoned in the opulent cage of the palace, Violet learns the brutal ways of the Jewel, where the royal women compete to secure their bloodline and the surrogates are treated as disposable commodities. Destined to carry the child of a woman she despises, Violet enters a living death of captivity - until she sets eyes on Ash Lockwood, the royal companion.
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16 .A war of flowers / Jane Thynne ; narrated by Julie Teal.
Thynne, Jane, author
Teal, Julie, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: August, 1938. Paris is a city living on its nerves. British actress, Clara Vine, is here to film her latest movie, having left Berlin under a cloud. Joseph Goebbels has become increasingly suspicious that Clara has been mingling in Berlin society and passing snippets of information to her contacts in the British embassy. It would have been absurd, if it hadn't also been true. With war becoming increasingly likely, Clara is approached by an undercover British operative, Guy Hamilton, who asks her to perform a task for her country: to befriend Eva Braun, Hitler's girlfriend, and to pass on any information she can gather.
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17 .The petticoat men / Barbara Ewing ; narrated by Barbara Ewing.
Ewing, Barbara, author, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: The Victorian gossipmongers called them Men in Petticoats. But to young widow Mattie Stacey, they are Freddie and Ernest, her gentlemen lodgers. It is Mattie who admires their sparkling gowns, makes their extravagant hats and laughs at their stories of attending society balls dressed up as the glamorous 'Fanny' and 'Stella'. But one fateful night Fanny and Stella are arrested, and Mattie and her family are dragged into a shocking court trial, described in newspapers all over England as 'The Scandal of the Century'. Outraged, Mattie is determined to save her family from ruin, and her friends from shame and penury.
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18 .No safe house / Linwood Barclay ; narrated by Brian O'Neill and Graham Winton.
Barclay, Linwood, author
O'Neill, Brian, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Seven years ago, Terry Archer and his family experienced a horrific ordeal that nearly cost them their lives. Today, the echoes of that fateful night are still audible. Terry's wife, Cynthia, is living separate from her husband and daughter after her own personal demons threatened to ruin her relationship with them permanently. Their daughter, Grace, is rebelling against her parents' seemingly needless overprotection. Terry is just trying to keep his family together. And the entire town is reeling from the senseless murder of two elderly locals. But when Grace foolishly follows her delinquent boyfriend into a strange house, the Archers must do more than stay together. They must stay alive.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822622194%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

19 .Night runner / Tim Bowler ; narrated by Daniel Coonan.
Bowler, Tim, author
Coonan, Daniel, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Zinny's life is falling apart. Shadowy figures are following him. His parents are keeping secrets but he can't figure out why. Then his mum ends up in hospital, his dad disappears, and Zinny has to do whatever he can to save his family. Even if it means helping the very men he's been running from. As the clock ticks, Zinny knows it's only a matter of time before someone ends up dead - and it could be him.
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20 .The supreme macaroni company / Adriana Trigiani ; narrated by Laurel Lefkow.
Trigiani, Adriana, author
Lefkow, Laurel, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Food, family, and a sweeping love story, set against the backdrop of Italy and New york, this is Adriana Trigiani at her very best. Taking stories handed down through her family for generations, Adriana writes from the heart, and this novel is guaranteed to tug at readers' heartstrings and make them cry. When a secret about her business partner and lover is revealed during her family's celebration of The Feast of the Seven Fishes, Valentine Roncalli must make life-altering choices as she fights for everything she wants while sustaining her family's business and enjoying life to the fullest.
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21 .A most desirable marriage / Hilary Boyd ; narrated by Jenny Funnell.
Boyd, Hilary, author
Funnell, Jenny, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Lawrence and Jo have enjoyed a strong marriage, the envy of their friends. Even after 30 years they have lots to say to each other, many interests in common and, until recently, a good sex life. But Lawrence seems wary and restless. Something's wrong. Just how wrong, Jo is about to discover. Can they use their years of history - all the things they've shared - to overcome a devastating betrayal?
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22 .The woman who stole my life / Marian Keyes ; narrated by Aoife McMahon.
Keyes, Marian, author
McMahon, Aoife, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Stella Sweeny is back in Dublin. After living the dream in New York for a year - touring her self-help book, appearing on talk shows all over the USA and living it up in her 10-room duplex on the Upper West Side - she's back to normality with a bang. And she's got writer's block. Stella wants a clean break as she didn't exactly leave New York on a high. Why is she back in Ireland so soon? Who is it who keeps calling? Stella wants to get back to being the woman she used to be. But can she? And should she?
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822622198%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

23 .Midnight in Europe / Alan Furst ; narrated by Peter Noble.
Furst, Alan, author
Noble, Peter, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Let Alan Furst take you on a journey through the cobbled streets and smoky salons of pre-war Europe as the continent stands on the brink. The future of Spain is at stake. Germany and Italy have ensured that Republican forces are starved of weapons and a Franco victory now looks likely. Cristian Ferrar, a Spanish lawyer living in Paris, is a well-connected man. When Ferrar is approached by anti-Franco forces, he readily agrees asked to help smuggle arms into his homeland. Working with de Lyon - an enigmatic man of Slavic descent - Ferrar goes on a quest which will take him from libertine nightclubs in the City of Light to volatile bars by the docks in Gdansk, as Europe holds its breath.
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24 .Solitaire / Alice Oseman ; narrated by Holly Gibbs.
Oseman, Alice, author
Gibbs, Holly, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: In case you're wondering, this is not a love story. My name is Victoria Spring. I like to sleep and I like to blog. Last year - before all that stuff with Charlie and before I had to face the harsh realities of A-Levels and university applications and the fact that one day I really will have to start talking to people - I had friends. Things were very different, I guess, but that's all over now. Now there's Solitaire. And Michael Holden. I don't know what Solitaire are trying to do, and I don't care about Michael Holden. I really don't.
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25 .Mr Bones : twenty stories / Paul Theroux ; narrated by Vince Pirillo, Garrick Hagon, Tim Flavin and Jennifer Woodward..
Theroux, Paul, author
Flavin, Tim, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: A family watches, horrified, as their patriarch transforms into the wise-cracking lead of an old-timey minstrel show. An art collector gleefully destroys his most valuable pieces. A young artist devotes himself to a wealthy, malicious gossip, knowing that it's just a matter of time before she turns on him. Paul Theroux explores the tenuous leadership of the elite and the surprising revenge of the overlooked. He shows us humanity possessed, consumed by its own desires, always with his carefully honed eye and the subtle idiosyncrasies that bring his characters to life.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822622201%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

26 .Hide her name / Nadine Dorries ; narrated by Emma Gregory.
Dorries, Nadine, 1957-, author
Gregory, Emma, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: This gripping follow on from 'The Four Streets' finds the community alive with rumours and gossip after the murder which rocked it to the core. No one knows - or is saying - who did it, least of all the police, but they are not giving up their search for the truth. Somewhere, in this tight-knit Irish Catholic community, someone must know something. Someone will surely talk one day. Meanwhile, 14-year-old Kitty Doherty, pregnant with the dead man's child, is a living danger to everyone who needs to keep the secret. Her mother, Maura and best friend Nellie's grandmother, the redoutable Kathleen, decide the girls must be spirited away quietly to Ireland to await the birth of the baby. But it isn't easy to keep a secret that big.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822622202%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

27 .The empty throne / Bernard Cornwell ; narrated by Matt Bates.
Cornwell, Bernard, author
Bates, Matt (Actor), narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: England is fractured, torn apart more by internal fighting than the threat of Viking invasion. The ruler of Mercia is dying, leaving no legitimate heir. His wife is a formidable fighter and great leader, but no woman has ever ruled over an English kingdom. And she is without her strongest warrior and champion, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. So the scene is set for an explosive battle between elders and warriors for an empty throne. The vacant throne leaves a dangerous opportunity for the rival West Saxons to seize Mercia. But Edward of Wessex is distracted by the succession of his own throne, with two heirs claiming the right to be West Saxon king.
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28 .The burning mind / M.G. Gardiner ; narrated by Laurence Bouvard.
Gardiner, M. G., author
Bouvard, Laurence, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Harper Flynn nearly died when gunmen attacked the L.A. club where she worked. A year later, Harper tries to rebuild her life - but is failing. Because not only is she convinced there was a third gunman who escaped, but she also believes that he is targeting the survivors. The only person who will listen is Sherriff Deputy Aiden Garrison, who tried to save her life that night. But Harper's only ally has a secret of his own - one that makes him suspicious and highly volatile.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822622204%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

29 .Iron and rust / Harry Sidebottom ; narrated by Colin Mace.
Sidebottom, Harry, author
Mace, Colin, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Spring AD235. A surprise attack and the brutal murder of the Emperor Alexander and his mother ends the Severan dynasty and shatters four decades of Roman certainty. Military hero Maximinus Thrax is the first Caesar risen from the barracks. A simple man of steel and violence, he will fight for Rome. The Senators praise the new Emperor with elaborate oratory, but will any of them accept a Caesar who was once a shepherd boy? And in the streets of the eternal city, others merely pray to escape imperial notice. In the north, as the merciless war against the barbarians consumes men and treasure, rebellion and personal tragedy drive Maximinus to desperate extremes, bloody revenge and the borders of sanity.
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30 .Dear thief / Samantha Harvey ; narrated by Anna Bentinck.
Harvey, Samantha, 1975-, author
Bentinck, Anna, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: In the middle of a winter's night, a woman wraps herself in a blanket, picks up a pen and starts writing to an estranged friend. Without knowing if her friend, Butterfly, is even alive or dead, she writes night after night - a letter of friendship that turns into something more revealing and recriminating. By turns a belated outlet of rage, an act of self-defence, and an offering of forgiveness, the letter revisits a betrayal that happened a decade and a half before, and dissects what is left of a friendship caught between the forces of hatred and love.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822622206%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

31 .Found / Harlan Coben ; narrated by Eric Meyers.
Coben, Harlan, 1962-, author
Meyers, Eric, 1959-, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: It's been eight months since Mickey Bolitar witnessed the tragic death of his father. Eight months of lies, dark secrets and unanswered questions. While he desperately wants answers, Mickey's sophomore year of high school brings on a whole new set of troubles. Spoon is in hospital, Rachel won't tell him where he stands, his basketball teammates hate him - and then there's Ema's surprise announcement: she has an online boyfriend and he's vanished. As he's searching for Ema's missing boyfriend (who may not even exist!), Mickey also gets roped into helping his nemesis, Troy Taylor, with a big problem. All the while, Mickey and his friends are pulled deeper into the mysteries surrounding the Abeona Shelter, risking their lives to find the answers - until the shocking climax, where Mickey finally comes face-to-face with the truth about his father.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822622207%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

32 .My brother's secret / Dan Smith ; narrated by Leon Williams.
Smith, Dan, 1970-, author
Williams, Leon, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Like all boys his age, Karl Engel is looking forward to joining the Hitler Youth. But when his father is killed and his older brother tells him things that leave his faith in the Fuhrer shaken, he follows him in a dangerous rebellion.
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2015-03-03T10:01:00.001-08:00

4 items matched your current awareness profile.
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1 .The Forget-me-not Summer [sound recording]
Flynn, Katie
Unabridged ed.
Whitley Bay, UK Baker & Taylor 2015.
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2 .The Runaway [sound recording]
Flynn, Katie
Unabridged ed.
Whitley Bay, UK Baker & Taylor 2014.
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3 .Perfect Greek: Revised (Learn Greek with the Michel Thomas Method) [sound recording]
Garoufalia-Middle, Hara
Middle, Howard
London, UK Teach Yourself 2014.
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4 .Start Greek with the Michel Thomas Method (Michel Thomas Method) [sound recording]
Garoufalia-Middle, Hara
Middle, Howard
Unabridged ed.
London, UK Hodder Education (UK) 2012.
Summary: Taste the Michel Thomas Method and start speaking real Greek straight away - no books, no pens, no memorising - just listen, connect and speak. You'll learn the 50 essential words at the heart of Greek and how to put them together to make yourself understood.
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2015-02-22T10:02:00.001-08:00

2 items matched your current awareness profile.
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1 .The Pale Horse [sound recording] / Agatha Christie.
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976, author
Unabridged.
Summary: Mark Easterbrook learns of a mysterious organisation called the Pale Horse, and in the village of Much Deeping he is told of the organisation's supernatural connections. A piece of paper with a list of names seems to foretell the deaths of several people, and Mark must discover what connects them all, and who is behind the strange powers of the Pale Horse.
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2 .The twilight hour / Nicci Gerrard ; read by Phyllida Nash.
Gerrard, Nicci, author
Nash, Phyllida, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: 'Be with me now, at the twilight hour. When the light fails.' 'I'm here.' 'Tell me.' 'What shall I tell you?' 'Tell me about us, when we were young. What was it like? What was I like then?' Eleanor Lee has lived a fiercely independent existence for over ninety years, but now it's time to tidy her life away - books, photographs, paintings, letters - a lifetime of possessions all neatly boxed up for the last time. But amongst them there are some things that must be kept hidden. And, nearing blindness, Eleanor needs help to uncover them before her children and grandchildren do. Peter, a young man with a broken heart who feels as lost as Eleanor's past, is employed to help with this task. And together they uncover traces of another life, words and photographs telling a story of forbidden love, betrayal, passion, grief and self-sacrifice, which Eleanor must visit one last time. By speaking her memories out loud, and releasing the secrets of her past, Eleanor can finally lay them to rest. To honour them at last, and protect those who must never know.
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2015-02-19T10:01:00.001-08:00

27 items matched your current awareness profile.
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1 .The water diviner / Andrew Anastasios ; read by Jack Thompson.
Anastasios, Andrew, author
Thompson, Jack, 1940-, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: When the Great War ends, Joshua Connor, a grieving farmer and sometime water diviner from the Mallee in Victoria, sets out to fulfil his wife's dying wish, to travel to Gallipoli to recover the bodies of his three sons and bury them in consecrated ground. Crescent collides with cross, and hope with reason as he discovers that his eldest son, Art, may still be alive. When Connor makes a desperate dash into the perilous heart of Anatolia one question haunts him: if Art is alive, why hasn't he come home? This is not a war novel, not even an anti-war novel. Instead it focuses on the battles that go on inside the hearts and minds of a small group of Australians and Turks as they struggle to bury their dead and rebuild their lives after the First World War. The story is based on first-hand resources, diaries and official records.
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2 .Teardrop / Lauren Kate ; read by Erin Spencer.
Kate, Lauren, author
Spencer, Erin, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Never, ever cry. Seventeen-year-old Eureka won't let anyone close enough to feel her pain. After her mother was killed in a freak accident, the things she used to love hold no meaning. She wants to escape, but one thing holds her back: Ander, the boy who is everywhere she goes, whose turquoise eyes are like the ocean. And then Eureka uncovers an ancient tale of romance and heartbreak, about a girl who cried an entire continent into the sea. Suddenly her mother's death and Ander's appearance seem connected, and her life takes on dark undercurrents that don't make sense. Can everything you love be washed away?
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3 .Personal / Lee Child ; read by Dick Hill.
Child, Lee, author
Hill, Dick, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: You can leave the army, but the army doesn't leave you. Not always. Not completely, notes Jack Reacher and sure enough, the retired military cop is soon pulled back into service. This time, for the State Department and the CIA when someone shoots at the president of France, from sniper range, using an American bullet.
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4 .The miniaturist / Jessie Burton.
Burton, Jessie, 1982-, author, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. On an autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam. She has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt, but instead she is met by his sharp-tongued sister, Marin. Only later does Johannes appear and present her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. It is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist, whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in unexpected ways. Nella is at first mystified by the closed world of the Brandt household, but as she uncovers its secrets she realises the escalating dangers that await them all. Does the miniaturist hold their fate in her hands? And will she be the key to their salvation or the architect of their downfall?
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5 .Murder on the Orient Express / Agatha Christie ; read by John Moffatt and others.
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976, author
Moffatt, John, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: An international cast of suspects, all passengers on the crowded train, are speeding through the snowy European landscape when a bizarre and terrible murder brings them to an abrupt halt. One of their glittering number lies dead in his cabin, stabbed a mysterious twelve times. There is no lack of clues for Poirot, but which clue is real and which is a clever plant? Poirot realises that this time he is dealing with a murderer of enormous cunning and that in a case frought with fear and inconstencies only one thing is certain, the murderer is still aboard the train waiting to strike again.
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6 .Book of the dead / Greig Beck ; read by Sean Mangan.
Beck, Greig, author
Mangan, Sean, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Massive sinkholes are opening across the country, each larger and deeper than the previous one. First the family pets go missing, and anyone living near one of the pits, is reporting strange phenomena, the vibrations, sulphurous odours and strange sounds rising up from the stygian depths. Then come the reports of horrifying 'things' rising from the darkness. When the people start disappearing the government is forced to act. A team is sent in to explore one of the hole, and all hell breaks loose, the Old Ones are rising up again. From the war zones of the Syrian Desert, to the fabled Library of Alexandria, and then to Hades itself, join Professor Matt Kearns as he searches for the fabled Al Azif, known as the Book of the Dead. He must unravel an age-old prophecy, and stop Beings from a time even before the primordial ooze, which seek once again to claim the planet as their own. Time is running out, for Matt and all life on Earth.
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7 .Dust of the land / John Fletcher ; read by Eloise Oxer.
Fletcher, John, 1934-, author
Oxer, Eloise, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Bella Tucker has come a long way. Born illegitimate and banished to the London slums by her vindictive stepmother, at six Bella is rescued by her grandfather and brought up as a member of the aristocratic Richmond family. Her future seems assured when she falls passionately in love with Charles Hardy, heir to the wealthy Hardy estate, until her grandfather's death changes everything. Heartbroken and headstrong, Bella flees to Australia, where she is offered a job by the charismatic Garth Tucker, owner of Miranda Downs, a vast cattle station in the stunning and remote Pilbara region. After several near disasters, she finds herself falling in love with Garth amidst the dust, heat and the endless expanse of bush. Together, Bella and Garth become major players in the new mining industry, allowing Bella to build her dream home, the sprawling homestead, 'Desire'. But after Garth's unfortunate death, Bella is forced to deal with circumstances that bring the family close to ruin, and the business Bella and Garth have built to the brink of collapse. Can Bella untangle the lies and save the business and her family home? And will she ever lay eyes again on the man she never ceased to love, Charles Hardy?
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8 .Duplicate death / Georgette Heyer ; read by Ulli Birve.
Heyer, Georgette, 1902-1974, author
Birve, Ulli, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: An elegant card party turns deadly. Inspector Hemingway has his work cut out for him when a seemingly civilised game of Duplicate Bridge leads to a double murder. The crimes seem identical, but were they carried out by the same hand? Things become even more complicated when the fiancée of the inspector's young friend, Timothy Kane, becomes Hemingway's prime suspect. Kane is determined to prove the lady's innocence, but when he begins digging into her past, he finds it's more than a little bit shady.
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9 .The Tommies / written by Nick Warburton, Michael Chaplin and Jonathan Ruffle ; performed by Indira Varma, Lee Ross and others.
Warburton, Nick, screenwriter
Varma, Indira, voice actor
Unabridged.
Summary: A major new drama series from BBC Radio 4 which follows the lives of those on, and behind, the battlefront of World War One. This first series of six plays is set in 1914 and follows the fortunes of Mickey Bliss (Lee Ross), Horace Greenwood, Maberley Dunster, Walter Oddy and other soldiers in the first few months of the war.
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10 .She is not invisible [sound recording] / Marcus Sedgwick; read by Anna Cannings.
Sedgwick, Marcus
Cannings, Anna
Bath : Oakhill, 2014.
Summary: Read from braille and featuring an author's note read by Marcus Sedgwick and a bonus conversation between the author and reader. Laureth Peak's father is a writer. For years he's been trying, and failing, to write a novel. His wife thinks he's obsessed, Laureth thinks he's on the verge of a breakdown. He's supposed to be doing research in Austria, so when his notebook shows up in New York, Laureth knows something is wrong. On impulse she steals her mother's credit card and heads for the States, taking her brother Benjamin with her. Reunited with the notebook, they begin to follow clues inside. Ahead lie challenges and threats, all of which are that much tougher for Laureth than for any other 16 year old. Because Laureth Peak is blind. Interest Age 12+
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11 .Death in Elysium / Judith Cutler.
Cutler, Judith, author
Gallimore, Patricia
Summary: When a local lad that vicar's wife Jodie Welsh employed to help in her garden disappears, along with Jodie's expensive camera, nearly everyone assumes the worst. But Burble's disappearance marks the start of a series of increasingly disturbing incidents - until the body shows up, and Jodie must use all her skills to unmask a ruthless killer.
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12 .It must have been the mistletoe / Judy Astley.
Astley, Judy, author
Franklin, Julia
Summary: Thea's parents have split up but still seem to be together. Both her siblings are Smug Marrieds. But Thea is newly single and very much wishes she wasn't. When her mother and father plan a great family Christmas, the idea is to make it all great fun and tremendously civilised - not remotely complicated despite the fact that what they will really be celebrating is the final break-up of their marriage and the Moving On to new partners. And the new partners will also be there - and why not? But will they move on? And will Thea manage to navigate her way through the forced jollities and family disasters to find some happiness for herself?
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13 .A night too dark / Dana Stabenow.
Stabenow, Dana, author
Reagan, Regina
Summary: In Alaska, somebody disappears every day. Hunters who head into the wilderness... Fishermen who brave the great rivers... Tourists who attempt to do both. But lately too many people have disappeared. And Kate is about to discover it's got something to do with the recent discovery of the world's second-largest gold mine in her very own backyard.
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14 .The Marco effect / Jussi Adler-Olsen ; translated by Martin Aitken ; translation consultant, Steve Schein ; read by Graeme Malcolm.
Adler-Olsen, Jussi, author
Aitken, M. J. (Martin Jim), translator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: All fifteen-year-old Marco Jameson wants is to become a Danish citizen and go to school like a normal teenager. But his uncle Zola rules his former gypsy clan with an iron fist. Revered as a god and feared as a devil, Zola forces the children of the clan to beg and steal for his personal gain. When Marco discovers a dead body, proving the true extent of Zola's criminal activities, he goes on the run. But his family members aren't the only ones who'll go to any lengths to keep Marco silent forever. Meanwhile, the last thing Detective Carl Morck needs is for his assistants, Assad and Rose, to pick up a missing persons case on a whim: Carl's nemesis is his new boss, and he's saddled Department Q with an unwelcome addition. But when they learn that a mysterious teen named Marco may have as much insight into the case as he has fear of the police, Carl is determined to solve the mystery and save the boy. Carl's actions propel the trio into a case that extends from Denmark to Africa, from embezzlers to child soldiers, from seemingly petty crime rings to the very darkest of cover-ups.
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15 .The eye of heaven / Clive Cussler and Russell Blake ; read by Scott Brick.
Cussler, Clive, author
Blake, Russell, author
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Baffin Island: Husband-and-wife team Sami and Remi Fargo are on a climate-control expedition in the Arctic, when to their astonishment they discover a Viking ship in the ice, perfectly preserved, and filled with pre-Columbian artifacts from Mexico. How can that be? As they plunge into their research, tantalizing clues about a link between the Vikings and the legendary Toltec feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl, and a fabled object known as the Eye of Heaven, begin to emerge. But so do many dangerous people. Soon the Fargos find themselves on the run through jungles, temples, and secret tombs, caught between treasure hunters, crime cartels, and those with a far more personal motivation for stopping them. At the end of the road will be the solution to a thousand-year-old mystery, or death.
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16 .Dark blood / Christine Feehan ; read by Phil Gigante and Natalie Ross.
Feehan, Christine, author
Gigante, Phil, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Zev Hunter was an elite warrior, a dark-blood dealer of death to rogue Lycans who preyed on mankind. He was a loner, never given to personal attachments, and damned fierce at his job. But Zev begins to question his past and his purpose when he awakens in the darkness of the sacred cave of warriors, and is soothed back to consciousness by the sensuously familiar voice of one woman, the woman who has haunted his fantasies for centuries. She was Branislava, member of the Dragonseeker clan. For this half-mage, half-Carpathian temptress, the ritual of awakening Zev to the council of warriors was the only way to save him. Locked away for his own protection, the time has now come for his rebirth, for his blood to stir with that of the ancient warriors before him. He has been assured by Branislava that their fates are entwined, that their spirits are woven together for eternity and that his new purpose in life is beyond imagining. Now, with a blood-sworn vow of honor, mercy and endurance, and under the influence of a siren as bewitching as Branislava, Zev begins to wonder what his purpose is, what it means for the future of the Carpathians and what it is about his rebirth that he has to fear.
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17 .The execution / Dick Wolf.
Wolf, Dick, author
Slade, Robert G.
Summary: Soon after the Mexican presidential election, 23 bodies are discovered beheaded, each marked with a carving of a hummingbird. Detective Cecilia Garza of the Mexican intelligence agency recognizes it as the signature of Chuparosa. She has been pursuing the killer for years, yet knows little about him, except that he's heading to New York. It's United Nations Week in Manhattan and Jeremy Fisk can't let his grief keep him from his duty. Complicating matters is news of a mass murder nearby - and the arrival of Cecilia Garza, determined to do things her way. In the race to catch Chuparosa, these uneasy allies must learn to work together, and fast. As they soon discover, there's more to this threat than meets the eye.
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18 .The Christmas surprise / Jenny Colgan.
Colgan, Jenny, author
Price-Lewis, Lucy
Summary: Rosie Hopkins, newly engaged, is looking forward to an exciting year in the little sweetshop she owns and runs in Lipton. But when fate strikes Rosie and her boyfriend Stephen a terrible blow, threatening everything they hold dear, it's going to take all their strength and the support of their families and friends to hold them together. After all, don't they say it takes a village to raise a child?
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19 .Death of the demon / Anne Holt.
Holt, Anne, 1958-, author
Landor, Rosalyn
Summary: In an orphanage outside Oslo, twelve-year-old Olav is causing havoc. The institution's ageing director, Agnes Vestavik, sees sheer hatred in the boy's eyes. When Vestavik is found murdered at her desk, stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife - with Olav nowhere to be found - the case goes to Hanne Wilhelmsen, recently promoted to superintendent in the Oslo police. Hanne suspects that Olav witnessed the murder and fled, and she orders an investigation of the orphanage staff. But this, however, is one case where her instincts are leading her astray. Meanwhile, Olav makes his way to his mother's apartment in central Oslo. When police finally catch up to him, he will lead them on a chase that will upend all of their assumptions.
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20 .The drop / Dennis Lehane.
Lehane, Dennis, author
Slade, Robert G.
Summary: Three days after Christmas, a lonely bartender looking for a reason to live rescues an abused puppy from a trash can and meets a damaged woman looking for something to believe in. As their relationship grows, they cross paths with the Chechen mafia; a man grown dangerous with age and thwarted hopes; two hapless stick-up artists; a very curious cop; and the original owner of the puppy, who wants his dog back...
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21 .Cross my heart / James Patterson.
Patterson, James, 1947-, author
Hagon, Garrick
Summary: Alex Cross's whole world is crashing down around him. He has been hunted, stalked like prey, his predator priming himself for the kill. Detective Alex Cross is a family man at heart - nothing matters more to him than his children, his grandmother, and his wife Bree. His love of his family is his anchor, and gives him the strength to confront evil in his work. One man knows this deeply, and uses Alex's strength as a weapon against him. As a police detective, he has made many enemies, but never like this. Everything he loves is being taken from him. Soon he will have nothing and no one left.
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22 .Moriarty / Anthony Horowitz.
Horowitz, Anthony, author
Summary: Days after Holmes and his arch-enemy Moriarty fall to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls, Pinkerton agent Frederick Chase arrives in Europe from New York. The death of Moriarty has created a poisonous vacuum which has been swiftly filled by a fiendish new criminal mastermind who has risen to take his place. Ably assisted by Inspector Athelney Jones of Scotland Yard, a devoted student of Holmes's methods of investigation and deduction, Frederick Chase must forge a path through the darkest corners of the capital to shine light on this shadowy figure, a man much feared but seldom seen, a man determined to engulf London in a tide of murder and menace.
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23 .Monash : the outsider who won a war / Roland Perry ; read by David Tredinnick.
Perry, Roland, 1946-, author
Tredinnick, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Australian General Sir John Monash changed the way wars were fought and won. When the British and German High Commands of the First World War failed to gain ascendancy after four years of unprecedented human slaughter, Monash used innovative techniques and modern technology to plan and win a succession of major battles that led to the end of the Great War. But Australia's greatest military commander fought as many battles with those on his side as he did with his enemies. Monash was the classic outsider who rose to greatness despite the mighty odd of his 'handicaps of birth,' having a German-Jewish background at a time when racism and prejudice were rife: and being a part-time colonial soldier in an Imperial British army. Roland Perry brings to life the fascinating story of the man whom many have judged as the greatest ever Australian. Monash draws on the subject's comprehensive letter and diary archive, one of the largest in Australia's history. The result is a riveting portrait that weaves together the many strands of his life as a family man, student, engineer, businessman, lawyer, teacher, soldier, leader, romantic and lover of the arts; and reveals why, in addition to his amazing military successes, Monash is remembered and respected even more for his humanity.
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24 .Die again / Tess Gerritsen ; read by Tanya Eby.
Gerritsen, Tess, author
Eby, Tanya, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Boston Detective Jane Rizzoli is on the case of a big game hunter found dead in his apartment, alone with the body of a beautiful white snow leopard he had recently been commissioned to procure and stuff for a high-profile museum in the area. Medical examiner Maura Isles connects the case to a number of seemingly unrelated deaths where the victims have all been found hanging upside down, the hallmark of a leopard's kill. Rizzoli follows the puzzling trail of clues all the way to Botswana, where she uncovers the unsolved mystery of a deadly camping safari four years prior. When she realises the two cases are connected, Rizzoli must track down the sole survivor of the tragic trip to discover who, or what, is behind these gruesome deaths.
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25 .How to paint a dead man / Sarah Hall ; read by Philip Franks.
Hall, Sarah, 1974-, author
Franks, Philip, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Italy in the early 1960s: A dying painter considers the sacrifices and losses that have made him an enigma, both to strangers and those closest to him. He begins his last life painting, using the same objects he has painted obsessively for his entire career, a small group of bottles. In Cumbria thirty years later, a landscape artist, and admirer of the Italian recluse, finds himself trapped in the extreme terrain that has made him famous. And in present-day London, his daughter, an art curator struggling with the sudden loss of her twin brother while trying to curate an exhibition about the lives of the twentieth-century European masters, is drawn into a world of darkness and sexual abandon.
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26 .Match pointe / Indigo Bloome ; read by Adrian Mulraney.
Bloome, Indigo, author
Mulraney, Adrian, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: When passion turns into dangerous obsession, there are no limits in the pursuit of victory. Eloise Lawrance, a beautiful and dedicated ballerina, is on the cusp of achieving her dreams when her career is abruptly left in tatters. Enigmatic gambling tycoon Caesar King approaches her with an alluring proposition she can't refuse, to dance as inspiration for the top-ranked men's tennis player for two years. Cleverly manipulated by the ruthless Caesar, she is plunged into a world of supreme athleticism where dominance prevails and winning dictates absolute power on the court, and in the bedroom. Soon she is embroiled in a darkly intoxicating relationship with Stephan Nordstrom, tennis's reigning champion, but with each grand slam comes the possibility of a new number one. When the top players go head to head in an on-court battle for the ultimate off-court prize, not even Caesar can predict who will reign supreme.
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27 .Fahrenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury ; read by Tim Robbins.
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012, author
Robbins, Tim, 1958-, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family." But then he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn?t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television. When Mildred attempts suicide and Clarisse suddenly disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. He starts hiding books in his home, and when his pilfering is discovered, the fireman has to run for his life.
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2015-02-15T10:01:00.000-08:00

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1 .Sun on fire / Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson ; read by Mikael Naramore.
Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson, 1955-, author
Naramore, Mikael, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: When the gutted body of a businessman is discovered in the Icelandic embassy in Berlin, Iceland's best detectives are sent to Germany to investigate the crime. The stab wounds and the murder weapon, an elegant hunting knife, suggest a ritualistic killing. But the only suspects present in the sleek modern office building were some of the island nation's cultural elite, including Jón the Sun Poet and ceramics artist Lúdvík Bjarnason. The victim is someone few would miss, and investigators Birkir and Gunnar, joined by forensics expert Anna Thórdardóttir, wager they have an open-and-shut case on their hands. What they find is anything but: The crime reeks of premeditation and vengeance, and leads the team into a sordid tale of international child abuse, arson, and retribution.
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2015-02-10T10:01:00.001-08:00

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1 .Arabella
Naxos Audio Books, 2014.
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2 .The Corinthian [sound recording] / Georgette Heyer ; read by Georgina Sutton.
Heyer, Georgette, 1902-1974
Sutton, Georgina
Unabridged.
Franklin, TN : Naxos AudioBooks, p&c2014.
Summary: The accomplished Corinthian Sir Richard Wyndham is wealthy, sophisticated, handsome and supremely bored. Tired of his aristocratic family constantly pressuring him to get married, he determines to run away after meeting the delightful, unconventional heroine Penelope Creed. Penelope, literally, falls into his life late one night as she hangs from the window of her aunt's house, she too attempting to escape the pressures of forced marriage.
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3 .Hope to die / James Patterson.
Patterson, James, 1947-, author
Boatman, Michael, 1964-, narrator
Abridged.
Summary: Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross's family--his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children--have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important people in his life. The stakes have never been higher: What will Cross sacrifice to save the ones he loves?
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4 .Cousin Kate [sound recording] / Georgette Heyer.
Heyer, Georgette, 1902-1974
Bond, Jilly
Unabridged.
[Franklin, Tenn.] : Naxos AudioBooks, 2014.
Summary: When young and beautiful governess Kate Malvern finds herself unemployed, she is taken in by Minerva Broome, the aunt she has never met, and whisked away to the majestic country home of Staplewood. However, things are not as they seem: strange things start to happen in the manor and Staplewood soon turns from an inviting stately house to a cold and gloomy mansion with a dreadful secret!
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5 .The secret agent [sound recording] / Joseph Conrad
Conrad, Joseph
Horovitch, David
[Redhill, U.K.] : Naxos Audio Books, c2014.
Summary: The secret agent is a tale of anarchism, espionage and terrorism. Our agent, a man named Mr. Verloc, minds his own business while he keeps his shop in London's Soho, alongside his wife, who attends to her aged mother and disabled brother. Their lives are turned upside down when Verloc is reluctantly employed to plant a bomb and destroy an observatory in London. What was once the perfect bomb plot inevitably turns awry and Verloc, his family and his associated are forced to face the consequences. Conrad's later political novel bears all the hallmarks of his captivating style: the secret agent brims with melodious and poetic language, alongside crystal-clear psychological insights that could only be the work of a uniquely gifted storyteller.
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1 .The luminaries / Eleanor Catton ; read by Mark Meadows.
Catton, Eleanor, 1985-, author
Meadows, Mark, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: It is 1866 and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky.
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2015-02-08T10:01:00.000-08:00

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1 .Breakfast at Tiffany's / Truman Capote ; read by Michael C. Hall.
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984, author
Hall, Michael C, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Holly, a World War II-era society girl in her late teens, survives via socialisation, attending parties and restaurants with men from the wealthy upper class who also provide her with money and expensive gifts. Over the course of the novella, the seemingly shallow Holly slowly opens up to the curious protagonist, who eventually gets tossed away as her deepening character emerges.
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2 .Adam's empire / Evan Green ; read by Richard Aspel.
Green, Evan, author
Aspel, Richard, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Adam Ross, orphaned at nine, cherished a dream that one day he would have land of his own. The opal fields of Coober Pedy offered his first glimpse of riches, and Nielle, a dusky beauty, provided his first taste of love. From the western plains of New South Wales to the balmy waters of Sydney Harbour, from the grinding heat of a West Australian cattle station to the eerie desert shores of Lake Eyre, Adam was driven by his ambition. At his side stood Heather, a woman whose blonde beauty masked a calculating heart of ice. And when tragedy struck, it seemed that Adam would never realise his dream.
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3 .Wilderness and other stories / Dean Koontz ; read by Dick Hill, MacLeod Andrews, Will Damron, & Tanya Eby.
Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-, author
Hill, Dick, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Fourteen short stories from Dean Koontz's career as a writer, from 1966 to 2013.
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4 .Fatal deception / Marie Force ; read by Felicity Munroe.
Force, Marie, author
Munroe, Felicity, narrator
Unabridged ; library edition.
Summary: The wife of the White House deputy chief of staff has been beaten to death, and their one-year-old daughter is missing. D.C. Police Lieutenant Sam Holland is in charge of the murder investigation, but she's forced to collaborate with Special Victims Unit detectives as well as thorn-in-her-side FBI Special Agent Avery Hill. Then, a cold case of her father's resurrects old hurts, a distraction Sam cannot afford.
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5 .The glass magician / Charlie N. Holmberg ; read by Amy McFadden.
Holmberg, Charlie N., author
McFadden, Amy, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Now well into her apprenticeship with magician Emery Thane, twenty-year-old Ceony Twill is continuing to discover the joy of paper magic. She adores bringing her spells to life in surprising ways, from learning the power of distortion to creating a beloved paper dog. And she secretly hopes that the romance she foresaw blossoming between her and the peculiar yet strikingly handsome Emery finally becomes real. But when one magician with a penchant for deadly scheming believes that Ceony possesses a secret, he vows to discover it, even if it tears apart the very fabric of their magical world. After a series of attacks target Ceony, and catch those she holds most dear in the crossfire, she knows she must find the true limits of her powers, and keep her knowledge from falling into wicked hands.
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6 .ATLAS / Isaac Hooke ; read by Peter Berkrot.
Hooke, Isaac, author
Berkrot, Peter, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: The future of warfare has a name: ATLAS. Three times the height of an ordinary man and ten times wider, the ATLAS mech represents the peak of combat engineering. Rade Galaal will become a one-man army, if he can survive the training. The MOTHs: elite warriors, products of the most arduous military training known to man. Only the MOTHs can master the devastating, atomic-powered battle suits dubbed ATLAS, massive weapons-laden mechs that constitute an unstoppable ground force when piloted by the consummate soldiers of the MOTH teams. Can Rade make the grade, ascending from raw recruit to ATLAS war machine? Careful what you wish for: when Special Warfare Command sets a mission beyond the limits of explored space, all of the conditioning, sacrifice, and hard-won skill, and the awesome might of the ATLAS technology, may not be enough to confront the unforeseen horrors found there. Rade's dream of military glory might just turn out to be the ultimate nightmare.
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7 .Yellow crocus / Laila Ibrahim ; read by Bahni Turpin.
Ibrahim, Laila, author
Turpin, Bahni, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Grand Haven, Michigan : Brilliance Audio, 2014.
Summary: Moments after Lisbeth is born, she's taken from her mother and handed over to an enslaved wet nurse, Mattie, a young mother separated from her own infant son in order to care for her tiny charge. Thus begins an intense relationship that will shape both of their lives for decades to come.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620514%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

8 .The betrayed / Heather Graham ; read by Luke Daniels.
Graham, Heather, author
Daniels, Luke, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: FBI agent Aiden has a dream of his old friend Richard. The very next day he's sent to Sleepy Hollow because Richard's gone missing. Maureen lives there and works with her dog to search for missing people. She finds Richard's head stuck on the Headless Horseman statue. Mo and Aiden work together to figure out who betrayed and killed Richard, and wants to kill them, too. They discover they both can talk to the dead, and share an intense attraction they hope to live long enough to enjoy!
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9 .America / Orson Scott Card ; read by Stephen Hoye, Gabrielle de Cuir and Stefan Rudnicki.
Card, Orson Scott, author
Hoye, Stephen, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Years after a war that destroyed America, Sam Monson, the governor of the state of Deseret, negotiates a peace treaty with a woman out of his past, on behalf of the son he left behind.
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10 .Salvage / Orson Scott Card ; read by Stefan Rudnicki.
Card, Orson Scott, author
Rudnicki, Stefan, 1945-, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: In a post-apocalyptic America, Deaver Teague makes a living salvaging things left behind from before the war. When he hears some truck drivers talking about a hidden cache of gold in a Mormon temple in flooded Salt Lake City, he enlists some friends to look for it.
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11 .Engines of war / George Mann ; read by Nicholas Briggs.
Mann, George, author
Briggs, Nicholas, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: The Great Time War has raged for centuries, ravaging the universe. Scores of human colony planets are now overrun by Dalek occupation forces. A weary, angry Doctor leads a flotilla of Battle TARDISes against the Dalek stronghold but in the midst of the carnage, the Doctor's TARDIS crashes to a planet below: Moldox. As the Doctor is trapped in an apocalyptic landscape, Dalek patrols roam amongst the wreckage, rounding up the remaining civilians. But why haven't the Daleks simply killed the humans? Searching for answers the Doctor meets 'Cinder', a young Dalek hunter. Their struggles to discover the Dalek plan take them from the ruins of Moldox to the halls of Gallifrey, and set in motion a chain of events that will change everything. And everyone.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620518%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

12 .The miser of Mayfair / M.C. Beaton ; read by Penelope Rawlins.
Beaton, M. C, author
Rawlins, Penelope, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Is No.67 Clarges Steet the unluckiest house in Mayfair? Every Season the beaux mondes of the Regency would hire a house in the heart of London's fashionable West End at disproportionately high rent for often inferior accommodation and yet No.67 Clarges Street, a town house complete with staff, remains vacant from year to year. Could it be that it is associated with ill luck and even death? Something must be done so that the servants of this house don't lose their livelihood. Salvation seems to come in the form of Roderick Sinclair who confirms he wishes to rent the house for the current season. The staff are overjoyed, until they find that Mr Sinclair is a terrible miser who is planning no parties. Furthermore, his ward, Fiona, though a dazzling Highland beauty, does not seem to possess one bright idea in her head. But it is Rainbird, No.67's clever and elegant butler, who sees through her façade and resolves to help his mysterious mistress in whatever way he can.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620519%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

13 .The truckie who loved trains : biography of Ken Thomas, founder of TNT / David Arthur Wilcox ; read by Tony Saunders.
Wilcox, David Arthur, author
Saunders, Tony, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: From a one truck start in 1946, within 25 years Ken Thomas built TNT to be the largest transport company in Australia. This is his story. This is the story of an evolution. It covers the dramatic change in Australian transport over the twenty five years after World War Two. In that time so many important changes occurred. They include the sorting out of the railway gauge problems; the dieselisation of the railways; the Hughes and Vale road tax decision; the arrival of containers and roll-on roll-off shipping. Best of all, the marriage of road and rail freight operations. These things did not happen by nature taking its course; they happened because driven men could see a better way. One of the leaders of these men was Ken Thomas.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620520%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

14 .Plain Jane / M.C. Beaton ; read by Penelope Rawlins.
Beaton, M. C, author
Rawlins, Penelope, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: It's up to the servants of No. 67 Clarges Street to hatch a scheme, and arrange a match. "Oh, to be as beautiful as Euphemia!" sighs plain Jane Hart when she joins her sister at No. 67 for the Season, then Lord Tregarthan might notice her, as she has noticed him and forever lost her heart. And while it is Euphemia's fate to flit her way through balls and into the arms of a marquis, Jane's is to stay at home, until the Downstairs staff transform the plain Miss into the Season's sensation and send her waltzing into a daring liaison with the man of her dreams!
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15 .The brewer's tale / Karen Brooks ; read by Hannah Norris.
Brooks, Karen (Karen Ruth), author
Norris, Hannah, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: It had been Mother's secret and mine, one passed down through the de Winter women for generations. I would ensure it was kept that way, until I was ready to pass it on. When Anneke Sheldrake is forced to find a way to support her family after her father is lost at sea, she turns to the business by which her mother?s family once prospered: brewing ale. Armed with her Dutch mother?s recipes and a belief that anything would be better than the life her vindictive cousin has offered her, she makes a deal with her father?s aristocratic employer: Anneke has six months to succeed or not only will she lose the house but her family as well. Through her enterprise and determination, she inadvertently earns herself a deadly enemy. Threatened and held in contempt by those she once called friends, Anneke nonetheless thrives. But on the tail of success, tragedy follows and those closest to her pay the greatest price for her daring. Ashamed, grieving, and bearing a terrible secret, Anneke flees to London, determined to forge her own destiny. Will she be able to escape her past, and those whose only desire is to see her fail?
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620522%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

16 .Stasiland : stories from behind the Berlin wall / Anna Funder ; read by Denica Fairman.
Funder, Anna, 1966-, author
Fairman, Denica, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited. Anna Funder tells extraordinary tales from the underbelly of the former East Germany. In a country where the headquarters of the secret police could become a museum literally overnight, and one in 50 East Germans were informing on their fellow citizens, there are thousands of captivating stories. She meets Miriam, who, as a 16-year-old, might have started World War III; she visits the man who painted the line that became the Berlin Wall; and she gets drunk with the legendary "Mik Jegger" of the east, once declared by the authorities to his face to "no longer to exist." Each enthralling story depicts what it's like to live in Berlin as the city knits itself back together, or fails to. This is a history full of emotion, attitude, and complexity.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620524%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

17 .The cursed / Heather Graham ; read by Luke Daniels.
Graham, Heather, author
Daniels, Luke, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: When a man is murdered in the alley behind her place, she's dismayed when his spirit appears, too, asking for help. FBI agent Dallas Samson has a passionate interest in the murder, since the victim's a colleague whose death is connected to the smuggling ring known as Los Lobos: the wolves. Unaware that Dallas has certain abilities of his own, Hannah calls her cousin Kelsey O'Brien, a member of the FBI's Krewe of Hunters, an elite unit of paranormal investigators.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620525%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

18 .The girl who saved the king of Sweden : a novel / Jonas Jonasson ; translated from the Swedish by Rachel Willson-Broyles ; read by Peter Kenny.
Jonasson, Jonas, 1961-, author
Willson-Broyles, Rachel, translator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: In a tiny shack in the largest township in South Africa, Nombeko Mayeki is born. Put to work at five years old and orphaned at ten, she quickly learns that the world expects nothing more from her than to die young, be it from drugs, alcohol, or just plain despair. But Nombeko has grander plans. She learns to read and write, and at just fifteen, using her cunning and fearlessness, she makes it out of Soweto with millions of smuggled diamonds in her possession. Then things take a turn for the worse. Nombeko ends up the prisoner of an incompetent engineer in a research facility working on South Africa's secret nuclear arsenal. Yet the unstoppable Nombeko pulls off a daring escape to Sweden, where she meets twins named Holger One and Holger Two, who are carrying out a mission to bring down the Swedish monarchy, by any means necessary. Nombeko's life ends up hopelessly intertwined with the lives of the twins, and when the twins arrange to kidnap the Swedish king and prime minister, it is up to our unlikely heroine to save the day, and possibly the world.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620526%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

19 .Chase / Dean Koontz ; read by Nick Podehl.
Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-, author
Podehl, Nick, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: Ben Chase is a war hero with bitter memories. Vietnam left him with a hard drinking habit, a mental breakdown and massive guilt. So who will believe him when he swears a psychopath is out to get him? When society is sick, the mad are sane and persecution is a killer's game.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620527%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

20 .Thankful / Shelley Shepard Gray ; read by Bernadette Dunne.
Gray, Shelley Shepard, author
Dunne, Bernadette, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: Christina Kempf has always known that God chose Aden Reese to be her husband. As children, Aden was there to save her when she fell through a patch of thin ice, and he's been by her side ever since. After his parents died in a car accident ten years ago, the Kempfs raised Aden as one of their own, and everyone sees Aden and Christina as brother and sister. But Christina has never given up hope that Aden will one day see her as the perfect woman for him, and ask her to be his wife. Despite what his heart wants, Aden can't find it in himself to repay the Kempfs' kindness by admitting that his feelings for Christina have only ever been romantic. But when she's pressured by her parents to court more broadly, Christina begins to accept the attentions of Sugarcreek's young men. Now, Aden must make a choice. Will he stand by and watch the love of his life slip away? Or will he risk losing the love and trust of the family he holds dear to tell Christina how he truly feels?
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21 .King of the weeds / Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins ; read by Stacy Keach.
Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006, author
Collins, Max Allan, author
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: Mike Hammer's cop pal Captain Pat Chambers of Homicide is nearing retirement, and Mike and his gorgeous secretary Velda are planning a much overdue marriage. It seems a mellow time for America's toughest detective, until an assassin's bullet almost brings him down on his office doorstep. Could the attempted hit have anything to do with the impending release of a serial killer put away by Mike and Pat decades ago?
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Current Awareness Profile Matches

2015-02-01T10:01:00.000-08:00

4 items matched your current awareness profile.
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1 .This house is haunted / John Boyne ; read by Alison Larkin.
Boyne, John, 1971-, author
Larkin, Alison, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: In 1867 Norfolk, Eliza Caine responds to an ad for a governess position at Gaudlin Hall. When she arrives at the hall, shaken by an unsettling disturbance that occurred during her travels, she is greeted by the two children now in her care, Isabella and Eustace. There is no adult present to represent her mysterious employer, and the children offer no explanation. Later that night in her room, another terrifying experience further reinforces the sense that something is very wrong. From the moment Eliza rises the following morning, her every step seems dogged by a malign presence that lives within Gaudlin's walls. Eliza realizes that if she and the children are to survive its violent attentions, she must first uncover the hall's long-buried secrets and confront the demons of its past.
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2 .Under siege / Stephen Coonts ; read by Benjamin L. Darcie.
Coonts, Stephen, 1946-, author
Darcie, Benjamin L., narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: Captain Jake Grafton faces the duel threats of a determined assassin and a vicious drug lord, both intent on plunging the U.S. into chaos.
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3 .Soy sauce for beginners : a novel / Kirstin Chen ; read by Nancy Wu.
Chen, Kirstin, 1981-, author
Wu, Nancy, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: Gretchen Lin leaves her heart (or at least her floundering marriage) in San Francisco and moves back to her childhood home in Singapore. Surrounded by family, Gretchen struggles with the tension between personal ambition and filial duty. She must decide whether she will return to her marriage or sacrifice everything and join her family's crusade to spread artisanal soy sauce to the world. This is a love story that will give readers an appreciation for family loyalty and fresh starts.
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4 .Ripper : a novel / Isabel Allende ; read by Edoardo Ballerini.
Allende, Isabel, author
Ballerini, Edoardo, 1970-, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: A fast-paced mystery involving a brilliant teenage sleuth who must unmask a serial killer in San Francisco through Ripper, the online mystery game she plays with her beloved grandfather and friends around the world.
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Current Awareness Profile Matches

2015-01-29T10:01:00.001-08:00

36 items matched your current awareness profile.
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1 .Crooked heart / Lissa Evans ; narrated by Jo Unwin.
Evans, Lissa, author
Unwin, Jo, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: When Noel Bostock - aged ten, no family - is evacuated from London to escape the Blitz, he ends up living in St Albans with Vera Sedge, a thirty-six year old drowning in debts and dependents. Always desperate for money, she's unscrupulous about how she gets it. The war's thrown up new opportunities for making money but what Vee needs (and what she's never had) is a cool head and the ability to make a plan. On her own, she's a disaster. With Noel, she's a team. Together they cook up an idea. Criss-crossing the bombed suburbs of London, Vee starts to make a profit and Noel begins to regain his interest in life. But there are plenty of other people making money out of the war and some of them are dangerous. Noel may have been moved to safety, but he isn't actually safe at all.
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2 .When the guns fall silent / James Riordan.
Riordan, James, author
Price, James
Summary: Jack, standing among the war graves, sees a face he recognises. Suddenly, it's 1914 again and he's a young lad back in the trenches. Visions of killing and misery come to him with horrible clarity. But then Jack remembers too the incredible moment when the guns fell silent for a short time, and fighting gave way to football on the frozen ground of No-Man's-Land. This amazing story shows that even in times of conflict and extreme sadness, there is always hope. Interest age: 9+
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3 .The long way home / Louise Penny; read by Adam Sims.
Penny, Louise
Sims, Adam
CD Book.
Oxford : Isis, 2014.
Summary: Former Chief Inspector of Homicide, Armand Gamache, has found a peace he'd never imagined possible in the tranquil village of Three Pines. But when his friend Clara Morrow asks for help, he can't bring himself to refuse her. Clara's husband, Peter, is missing, having failed to come home on the first anniversary of their separation. As Gamache journeys further into Quebec, he is drawn deeper into the tortured mind of Peter Morrow, a man desperate to recapture his fame as an artist. As Gamache gets closer to the truth, he uncovers a deadly trail of deceit. Can Gamache bring Peter home safely? Or in searching for answers, has he placed himself, and those closest to him, in terrible danger...
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4 .The elite / Kiera Cass ; narrated by Amy Rubinate.
Cass, Kiera, author
Rubinate, Amy, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: America Singer has the chance to leave normal life for a world of glamour and luxury. Forever. She was chosen for The Selection, a reality TV competition to be gorgeous Prince Maxon's bride. Surviving the rivalry and turmoil of the first round was tough, especially with secret feelings to conceal. But America's gone further than she dared to dream and made it to The Elite - the final six. Friendships are tested to breaking point as favourites emerge.
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5 .Us / David Nicholls ; narrated by Justin Salinger.
Nicholls, David, 1966-, author
Salinger, Justin, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: David Nicholls brings to bear all the wit and intelligence that graced 'One Day' in this bittersweet book, which will delight his fans and bring him many new readers. It is a novel about love and family, husbands and wives, and parents and children.
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6 .Shark / Will Self ; narrated by Jonathan Keeble.
Self, Will, author
Keeble, Jonathan, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Set a year before the action of his Booker-shortlisted 'Umbrella', Will Self's new novel continues its exploration of the complex relationship between human psychopathology and human technological progress; and like 'Umbrella', weaves together multiple narratives across several decades of the twentieth century to produce a fiendish tapestry depicting the state we're enmeshed in.
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7 .Savage magic / Lloyd Shepherd.
Shepherd, Lloyd, author
Crossley, Steven, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: It's 1814 and the streets of London's Covent Garden are at the centre of a dark trade, enticing rich and poor alike with a cocktail of gin and beer and sex. Behind their own fashionable private doors in the surrounding parishes a group of aristocratic young men are found murdered, all of them wearing the mask of a satyr, all of them behind locked doors with no signs of entry. Constable Charles Horton's investigation into these violent crimes begins, quite by chance, at Thorpe Lee House in Surrey, where accusations of witchcraft have swept the village. What connects these broken London men, savage with the pursuit of pleasure, and a country village awash with folklore and talk of burning witches? The answers lie, yet again, under lock and key, in a madhouse for the deranged, where Horton's wife Abigail seeks refuge from her disordered mind.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620271%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

8 .The dead pass / Colin Bateman ; narrated by Adam Moore.
Bateman, Colin, 1962-, author
Moore, Adam, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: An elderly woman in Derry is shot dead on the Peace Bridge uniting the two sides of a divided city - but is it a random killing or a signal that all hell is about to break loose? Back in Belfast, private investigator Dan Starkey is hired by a long-retired political activist Eileen Doherty to find her missing son, an Internet porn baron with a drug problem widely known as Billy the Bear. But when Eileen is murdered Dan finds himself on the road to an unfamiliar city where danger lurks around every corner. As a blizzard sweeps in he is confronted by sex, drugs, rock'n'roll and a new generation of terrorist intent on creating mayhem their predecessors could only dream of.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620272%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

9 .The hundred-foot journey / Richard C. Morais ; narrated by Sartaj Garewal.
Morais, Richard C., 1960-, author
Sartaj, Garewal, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: The story of Hassan Haji, a boy from Mumbai who embarks, along with his boisterous family, on a picaresque journey first to London and then across Europe, before they ultimately open a restaurant opposite a famous chef, Madame Mallory, in the remote French village of Lumiere. A culinary war ensues, pitting Hassan's Mumbai-toughened father against the imperious Michelin-starred cordon bleu, until Madame Mallory realises that Hassan is a cook with natural talents far superior to her own.
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10 .Stay alive / Simon Kernick ; narrated by Paul Thornley.
Kernick, Simon, author
Thornley, Paul, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: It's a sunny afternoon, and you're deep in the country on a river trip with your family. You're nearing journey's end when a shot rings out - and your whole life changes in an instant. A woman is coming towards you, chased by three gunmen. It's clear she's in terrible danger. And now you are too. Because although you don't know it, she harbours a deadly secret. Night falls. You're running, terrified, desperate to find safety. All you know is that the men hunting you have killed before. And if they catch you, you'll be next.
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11 .Cover your eyes / Adele Geras ; narrated by Alex Tregear.
Geras, Adèle, author
Tregear, Alex, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Eva was once a legendary fashion designer until, mysteriously, she retired. Now widowed, she lives with her family in Salix House, the home she's owned and loved for forty years. When the family announces it's time to sell, Eva is deeply reluctant. The house contains memories and secrets that are part of her, although she never shares them. Megan is a fashion journalist working in London who interviewed Eva for a magazine. Torn apart by the brutal end of a love affair, Megan is drawn back to Salix House and Eva. Decades apart in age, the two women share a bond. Both are hiding something, but perhaps together they can confront their fears, their past pain and their uncertain futures - and discover the truth of Salix House's secrets.
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12 .A little in love / Susan E. Fletcher ; narrated by Melody Grove.
Fletcher, Susan, 1979-, author
Grove, Melody, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: As a young child Eponine never knew kindness, except once from her family's kitchen slave, Cosette. When at sixteen the girls' paths cross again and their circumstances are reversed, Eponine must decide what that friendship is worth, even though they've both fallen for the same boy. In the end, Eponine will sacrifice everything to keep true love alive.
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13 .Christmas for one / Amanda Prowse ; narrated by Antonia Beamish.
Prowse, Amanda, author
Beamish, Antonia, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: As a child, Meg always dreamed of the perfect Christmas... This year, she can make it come true for her own little boy. There will be turkey and all the trimmings, a glittering tree, and a stocking hung up by a roaring fire. Who cares if there's no devoted husband in the picture? She and Lucas will be just fine on their own. But then a chance meeting with a stranger in New York unravels everything she's planned. Will Meg finally get everything she wished for? Or will she be alone this Christmas after all?
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14 .Watch me / James Carol ; narrated by William Hope.
Carol, James, 1969-, author
Hope, William, 1949-, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Eagle Creek, Louisiana. Lawyer Sam Galloway is burned alive in an apparently motiveless attack. The local sheriff's department calls in former FBI profiler Jefferson Winter to consult on the case. So far there's just one body, but there are going to be more. A deadline has been set, the clock is ticking, and Winter has just thirteen and a half hours to track down the killer, before he strikes again.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620278%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

15 .J / Howard Jacobson ; narrated by Colin Mace & Adjoa Andoh.
Jacobson, Howard, 1942-, author
Mace, Colin, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Two people fall in love in a world where the past is a dangerous country, not to be talked about or visited. As they discover where they came from and where they are going, a bigger, more shattering truth is revealed to them. Kevern doesn't know why his father made him put two fingers across his lips whenever he began a word with a J. It wasn't then, and isn't now, the time or place for asking questions. Ailinn, too, has grown up in the dark about who she was and where she came from. On their first date Kevern kisses the bruises under her eyes. He doesn't ask who hurt her. Brutality has grown commonplace. They aren't sure whether they have fallen in love of their own accord or whether they've been pushed into each other's arms. But who would have pushed them, and why?
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620279%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

16 .The skeleton road / Val McDermid ; narrated by Cathleen McCarron.
McDermid, Val, author
McCarron, Cathleen, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: When a skeleton is discovered hidden at the top of a gothic Victorian building in Edinburgh, cold case squad detective Karen Pirie is given the task of identifying the decades-old bones. However, her investigation leads her back to past conflicts, false identities and buried secrets.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620280%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

17 .Upstairs at the party / Linda Grant ; narrated by Tricia Kelly.
Grant, Linda, 1951-, author
Kelly, Tricia, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: In the early seventies a glamorous and androgynous couple known collectively as Evie/Stevie appear out of nowhere on the isolated concrete campus of a new university. To a group of teenagers experimenting with radical ideas they seem blown back from the future, unsettling everything and uncovering covert desires. But the varnished patina of youth and flamboyant self-expression hides deep anxieties and hidden histories. For Adele, with the most to conceal, Evie/Stevie become a lifelong obsession, as she examines what happened on the night of her own 20th birthday and her friends' complicity in their fate.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620281%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

18 .Mirage / Clive Cussler and Jack du Brul; read by Jeff Harding.
Cussler, Clive
Harding, Jeff
CD Book.
Oxford : Isis, 2014.
Summary: In October 1943, a US destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax - but now Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren't so sure. There are rumours of a new weapon soon to be auctioned, something very dangerous to America's interests, and the rumours link it to the great inventor Nikola Tesla, who was working with the Navy when he died in 1943. Are his notes in the hands of enemies? As Cabrillo races to find the truth, he discovers there is even more at stake than he could have imagined - but by the time he realises it, he may already be too late...
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620282%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

19 .Gone / James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge.
Patterson, James, 1947-, author
Slade, Robert G.
Summary: Forced into hiding, Detective Michael Bennett must decide whether to stay and protect his family, or hunt down the man who is hunting them. When Bennett arrested Manuel Perrine, he thought he had brought an end to the drug cartel boss's reign of terror and would get justice for the murder of his best friend. But then, during the trial, Perrine escaped. In a bloody shoot-out, Bennett killed Perrine's wife. Now he wants nothing more than to make Bennett suffer, to make him pay. The whole family are moved to a safe-house in California. But as Perrine's attacks on US soil become more vicious and more daring, it's clear there is a war coming. No one, anywhere, is safe.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620283%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

20 .The Cinderella killer / written and read by Simon Brett.
Brett, Simon, 1945-, author, narrator
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620285%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

21 .Unlucky 13 / James Patterson; read by Antonia Beamish.
Patterson, James, 1947-
Beamish, Antonia
CD Book.
Oxford : Isis, 2014.
Summary: When two dead bodies are found inside a wrecked car on the Golden Gate Bridge, Detective Lindsay Boxer doubts that it will be anything as simple as a traffic accident. The scene is more gruesome than anything she has seen before. It definitely wasn't the crash that killed these people. While Lindsay starts to piece this case together, she gets a call she wasn't expecting. Sightings of her ex-colleague-turned-ruthless-killer Mackie Morales have been reported. Wanted for three murders, Mackie has been in hiding since she escaped from custody. But now she's ready to return to San Francisco and pay a visit to some old friends...
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620286%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

22 .Trinity / Conn Iggulden ; read by Roy McMillan.
Iggulden, Conn, author
McMillan, Roy, narrator
Summary: The brilliant retelling of the Wars of the Roses continues with Trinity. This is a novel that seamlessly combines narrative, historical credence and great knowledge of the period. 1454: King Henry VI has remained all but exiled in Windsor Castle, struck down by his illness for over a year, his eyes vacant, his mind a blank. His fiercely loyal wife and Queen, Margaret of Anjou, safeguards her husband's interests, hoping that her son Edward will one day know the love of his father. Richard Duke of York, Protector of the Realm, extends his influence throughout the kingdom with each month that Henry slumbers. The Earls of Salisbury and Warwick make up a formidable trinity with Richard, and together they seek to break the support of those who would raise their colours in the name of Henry and his queen. But when the King unexpectedly recovers his senses and returns to London to reclaim his throne, the balance of power is once again thrown into turmoil. The clash of the Houses of Lancaster and York will surely mean a war to tear England apart.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620287%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

23 .Counting the days / Benita Brown; read by Janine Birkett.
Brown, Benita
Birkett, Janine
CD Book.
Oxford : Isis, 2014.
Summary: After the fall of France, Hazel, Irene and Carol are sent from the east end of Newcastle to the safety of a country village. Billeted in a grand house with a spinster and her niece, the three young evacuees' futures will be irrevocably changed by their new lives. When peace is declared, and Hazel and Irene return to the families they were forced to leave, they find Newcastle very different to the home they remembered. Mourning the people they loved, they try to leave the past behind and start again. But it's never easy to forget...
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620288%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

24 .To the top of the mountain / Arne Dahl; translated by Alice Menzies ; read by David Thorpe.
Dahl, Arne, 1963-
Thorpe, D. (David)
CD Book.
Oxford : Isis, 2014.
Summary: After the disastrous end to their last case, the Intercrime team has been disbanded, their leader forced into early retirement. The six officers have been scattered throughout the country. Detectives Paul Hjelm and Kerstin Holm are investigating the murder of a young football supporter in Stockholm, Arto Soderstedt and Viggo Norlander are working on mundane cases, Gunnar Nyberg is tackling child pornography while Jorge Chavez is immersed in research. But when a man is blown up in a high-security prison, a major drugs baron comes under attack and a massacre takes place in a dark suburb, the Intercrime team are urgently reconvened. There is something dangerous approaching Sweden, and they are the only people who can do anything to stop it.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620289%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

25 .Honour be damned / David Donachie; read by Gerry O'Brien.
Donachie, David, 1944-
O'Brien, Gerry
CD Book.
Oxford : Isis, 2014.
Summary: The French Revolution is turning in on itself even as the war with the English drags on. As the armies move towards Italy, George Markham and his Marines find themselves assigned to the sloop Sylphide under the impetuous Captain Germain. Set ashore in the midst of the French army, Markham is charged with escorting a group of loyalists on a secret mission and is soon wishing he was back in the thick of it at sea. His wits and courage are tested to the limits as he tries to untangle the web of subterfuge surrounding young Germain's insane mission. Just as Markham looks like making headway, the unexpected arrival of a ghost from his past overturns everything and the fight is on again...
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620290%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

26 .Abattoir blues / Peter Robinson.
Robinson, Peter, author
Burnip, Richard
Summary: When two boys vanish, the local community is filled with unease. And when a caravan belonging to one of the youths is burned to the ground, and a bloodstain is discovered in a disused World War Two hangar nearby, things quickly become much more sinister. Assigned to the case, DCI Banks and his team are baffled by the mystery laid out before them. But when a motor accident throws up a gruesome discovery, the investigation spins into a higher gear - and in another direction. As Banks and his team struggle desperately to find the missing boy, they find themselves in a race against time where it's their turn to become the prey...
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620291%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

27 .Takedown twenty / Janet Evanovich.
Evanovich, Janet, author
King, Lorelei
Summary: When mobster Salvatore "Uncle Sunny" Sunucchi goes on the lam in Trenton, it's up to Stephanie Plum to find him. Uncle Sunny is charged with murder, and nobody wants to turn him in. Even Trenton's hottest cop, Joe Morelli, has skin in the game, as the godfather is his actual godfather. Security specialist Ranger also needs Stephanie's help to solve the bizarre death of a woman who played bingo with Stephanie's Grandma. Before Stephanie knows it, she's working alongside Ranger and Grandma at the senior centre, trying to catch a killer on the loose. With bullet holes in her car, henchmen on her tail, and a giraffe named Kevin running wild, Stephanie will have to up her game for the ultimate takedown.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620292%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

28 .The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe / Alexander McCall Smith; read by Adjoa Andoh.
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
Andoh, Adjoa
CD Book.
Oxford : Isis, 2014.
Summary: Even the arrival of her baby can't hold Mma Makutsi back from success in the workplace, and so no sooner than she becomes a full partner in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - in spite of Mma Ramotswe's belated claims that she is only an assistant full partner - she also launches a new enterprise of her own: the Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe. Grace Makutsi is a lady with a business plan, but who could predict temperamental chefs, drunken waiters and more? Luckily, help is at hand, from the only person in Gaborone more gently determined than Mma Makutsi -Mma Ramotswe, of course.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620293%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

29 .Truth or dare / Tania Carver; read by Martyn Waites.
Carver, Tania
Waites, Martyn
CD Book.
Oxford : Isis, 2014.
Summary: Darren Richards opened his eyes to find himself duct-taped to a chair with a crossbow pointing at him. Behind the crossbow is a hooded figure. The figure tells him what Darren knows: that he stole a car, drove it recklessly while under the influence of drugs and killed a woman and her baby. His solicitor managed to get the case thrown out of court so he has not paid for his crime. That, says the figure, cannot be allowed to happen. Darren turns to his right. Next to him are his girlfriend and their baby daughter, both taped and gagged. It's very simple, explains the figure. Either you die or your girlfriend and child die. But someone has to pay.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620294%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

30 .Thin air / Ann Cleeves.
Cleeves, Ann, author
Blyth, Kenny
Summary: A group of old university friends travel to Unst to celebrate the marriage of one of their friends to a Shetlander. But late on the night of the wedding party, one of them, Eleanor, disappears. The following day, Eleanor's friend Polly receives an email. It appears to be a suicide note. And then Eleanor's body is discovered, lying in a small loch close to the cliff edge. Detectives Jimmy Perez and Willow Reeves are dispatched to investigate. Before she went missing, Eleanor claimed to have seen a ghost. Her interest in a ghost had seemed unhealthy to her friends. But Jimmy and Willow are convinced that there is more to Eleanor's death than they first thought.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620295%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

31 .The teashop on the corner / Milly Johnson.
Johnson, Milly, author
Prendergast, Colleen
Summary: At her husband's funeral, Carla Pride discovers that Martin never divorced his first wife. And his other wife is determined to take everything from Carla. When Will Linton's business goes bust he thinks that he will rise to the top again. But his wife Nicole isn't going to stick around with 'loser'. Molly Jones is being bullied into going into a retirement home. Then the love of her life returns - he says he is dying and wants to spend the time he has left with her. All people in need of a little love which they find by chance in the teashop on the corner run by the ever-cheerful Leni. But is Leni Merryman hiding the cracks in her own heart?
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620296%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

32 .An event in Autumn / Henning Mankell.
Mankell, Henning, 1948-, author
Barrett, Sean, 1940-, narrator
Unabridged audio edition.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620297%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

33 .Mistress of Greyladies / Anna Jacobs.
Jacobs, Anna, author
Freeman, Penelope, narrator
Unabriged audio edition.
Summary: During WWI, Greyladies - an ancient manor house in rural Wiltshire - is requisitioned for a hospital. Its mistress, Harriet, Joseph and their sons are allowed to stay in the rear part of the house, but when tragedy strikes Joseph's brothers, his future at Greyladies is at risk. Latimer family legend says a new mistress will be found to look after the house, yet how does this happen? In Swindon, Phoebe Sinclair is unaware of her connection to Greyladies and the Latimers. When her German employers are interned because of the war, she loses her job. Even worse, her brutish step-cousin Frank tries to force her to marry him. Phoebe flees to London. A chance encounter leads her to a new life as a nursing assistant in the VAD, and to a blossoming friendship with career soldier Corin McMinty. When she's posted to Greyladies, she feels she's come home. But Frank is still pursuing her and Corin has his own problems. With obstacles at every turn, can Phoebe find happiness and embrace the role of mistress of Greyladies?
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620298%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

34 .Goodbye, Piccadilly / Cynthia Harrod-Eagles.
Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia, author
Freeman, Penelope
Summary: In 1914, Britain faces a new kind of war. For Edward and Beatrice Hunter, their children, servants and neighbours, life will never be the same again. For David, the eldest, war means a chance to do something noble. His sister Diana has her heart set on Charles Wroughton, son of Earl Wroughton, but Charles will never be allowed to marry a banker's daughter. Below stairs, Cook and Ada, the head housemaid, grow more terrified of German invasion with every newspaper story. Ethel, under housemaid, can't help herself when it comes to men and now soldiers add to the temptation; yet there's more to this flighty girl than meets the eye.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620299%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

35 .The devil's seal / Peter Tremayne.
Tremayne, Peter, author
Lennon, Caroline
Summary: An Anglo-Saxon deputation arrives in Cashel to debate the new religious rules from Rome. The Abbot of Imleach leads the Irish delegation, and among the Anglo-Saxon delegation is Brother Eadulf's younger brother, Egric. There is also an observer appointed from Rome - the Venerable Favorinus. The debate is acrimonious, and local Abbess Dar Oma has to step in as a mediator. But that evening her body is discovered. The animosity between the two sides is heightened as the Chief Brehon Aillin accuses Egric of murder. The Venerable Favorinus counter claims that the murderer is Brother Madagan, who is steward to Abbot of Imleach. Sister Fidelma is compelled to resolve the mystery as she is sure there is something more sinister behind the murder.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620300%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

36 .The roaring boy / Edward Marston; read by David Thorpe.
Marston, Edward
Thorpe, D. (David)
CD Book.
Oxford : Isis, 2014.
Summary: After a calamitous performance and the death of one of their own, Lord Westfield's Men are more than despondent. So when the mysterious Simon Chaloner follows Nicholas Bracewell home with an offer of a new play, anonymously penned, his offer seems too good to refuse. It is a story of a simple death used to conceal a greater treachery, perhaps even treason. But they could never have known how dangerous one play could be. Or how telling the tale of a murdered mathematician might put them all in jeopardy. It is up to Nick to once more save the acting troupe from disaster, to reveal the traitor that threatens both Queen and country, and to prove who really killed The Roaring Boy.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620301%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

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2015-01-27T10:01:00.001-08:00

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1 .Gone girl [sound recording] / Gillian Flynn.
Flynn, Gillian, 1971-, author
Whelan, Julia, 1984-, narrator
Unabridged.
New York, NY : Books on Tape/Random House Audio ; Prince Frederick, MD : Distributed by Recorded Books, ℗2012.
Summary: On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick's clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn't doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife's head, but passages from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media -- as well as Amy's fiercely doting parents -- the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he's definitely bitter -- but is he really a killer?
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2015-01-25T10:01:00.000-08:00

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1 .Borgen : outside the castle [sound recording] / Tommy Bredsted, Joan Rang Christensen and Rum Malmros ; read by Tim Piggott-Smith [and others].
Bredsted, Tommy,, author
Rang Christensen, Joan, author
Unabridged.
Summary: Hans Gammelgaard, Private Secretary in the Danish Ministry of the Environment, is seeking approval for the controlled use of genetically modified crops by Danish farmers. However, unseen enemies seem prepared to go to any lengths in pursuit of their own agenda. When Hans is sacked, he and his grandson Nick join forces with cynical journalist Jan Gleerup to find out who has been pushing commercial interests in the GMO debate in Borgen. A series of threatening phone calls means time is running out. Hans begins to fear not only for the political situation, but also for his family. Adapted from the original Danish version, this radio drama is set against the backdrop of the first Borgen television series, which followed the unlikely emergence of Birgitte Nyborg as the country's new Prime Minister. At the centre of the drama is the Danish parliament, nicknamed Borgen, 'the castle'. While the TV drama focuses on the politicians, the radio drama is set in the world of the civil service.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2873371%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

2 .Saving Grace [sound recording] / Jane Green.
Green, Jane, 1968-, author
Green, Jane, 1968-, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Grace Chapman has the perfect life, living comfortably with her husband, bestselling author Ted, in a picture-perfect farmhouse on the Hudson River in New York State. Then Ted advertises for a new assistant, and Beth walks into their lives. Organised, passionate and eager to learn, Beth quickly makes herself indispensable to Ted and his family. But Grace soon begins to feel sidelined in her home - and her marriage - by this ambitious younger woman. Is Grace just paranoid, as her husband tells her, or is there more to Beth than first thought?
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821266513%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

3 .A Highland Christmas [sound recording] / M.C. Beaton ; read by David Monteath.
Beaton, M. C, author
Monteath, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: In dark, wintry Lochdubh, Christmas Cheer is about as welcome as a flat tyre on a deserted road. The Calvinist element in town has always resisted what they view as secular frivolity, so for most of the townsfolk there'll be no carols, feasting, gifts, or even whisky on Christmas Day! And for PC Hamish Macbeth there's no holiday from crime, he finds himself hunting for a missing cat belonging to a lonely spinster. Curt and unfriendly, the woman is convinced her pet has been stolen but once behind her heavily-bolted door, Hamish can spot her true problem, she lives in fear, though of who or what he cannot guess. Then someone steals a Christmas tree and lights from the nearby village of Cnothan. So it is up to Hamish to sort all these problems out, and he had better do it quickly, for the church bells will soon peal on the eve of Christmas.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821989644%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

4 .Custard tarts and broken hearts / Mary Gibson ; narrated by Anne Dover.
Gibson, Mary, author
Dover, Anne, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: They call them custard tarts - the girls who work at the Pearce Duff custard and jelly factory. But now the custard tarts are up in arms, striking for better conditions. Among them is Nellie Clark, trying to hold her family together after the death of her mother. She has the most desperate struggle to make ends meet, often going hungry to feed her little brothers. Two men vie for Nellie's love. One is flamboyant, confident and a chancer. The other is steady, truthful and loyal. But the choice is not as easy as it might seem. Looming over them all - over Bermondsey, over the factory, over the custard tarts and their lives and loves - is the shadow of the First World War. And that will change everything and everyone.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366016%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

5 .Dad's army [sound recording] : the complete radio series. One / by Jimmy Perry and David Croft ; performed by Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie, James Beck, Arnold Ridley, Ian Lavender and others.
Perry, Jimmy, screenwriter
Croft, David, screenwriter
Unabridged.
Summary: In 1973 the BBC adapted its hit TV series for radio, featuring the original TV cast and characters. Three series were broadcast between 1974 and 1976. Now you can enjoy once again these unique recordings, with a supporting cast including John Laurie, James Beck, Arnold Ridley and Ian Lavender. Among the twenty-one episodes are The Man and the Hour, The Battle of Godfrey?s Cottage, Sgt Wilson?s Little Secret, Something Nasty in the Vault, The Menace from the Deep and No Spring for Frazer.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366018%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

6 .Under siege [sound recording] / Belinda Neil ; read by Belinda Neil and Rebecca Macauley.
Neil, Belinda, author, narrator
Macauley, Rebecca, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Belinda Neil lived and breathed her high-octane job. She relished her roles as a homicide investigator and hostage negotiator with the NSW police force, but she never knew what her work day might bring. She could be investigating brutal murders such as the De Gruchy killings or, in her negotiator role, persuading the murderous and suicidal to drop their weapons., stop terrorising their families, step back from the ledge. It was hardly surprising that over time the horrors she saw began to take their toll. After years of broken sleep, traumatic crime scenes and death, one disastrous weekend brought everything to a head. The next morning when she awoke, Belinda found she was shaking so badly she could not get out of bed. A short time later, Belinda found herself contemplating jumping off a cliff in the Moreton Bay National Park. She had even written the suicide note. Under Siege shows us the remarkable job homicide investigators and hostage negotiators perform, and their endurance and courage in impossible circumstances. More than that, this brave memoir reveals how the daily trauma and stress affected Belinda?s roles as wife and mother and how she fought against the terrifying post-traumatic stress disorder that resulted to come back from a very dark place.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366019%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

7 .Cold grave [sound recording] / Kathryn Fox ; read by Jennifer Vuletic.
Fox, Kathryn, 1966-, author
Vuletic, Jennifer, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: It feels like the safest place on earth. A family-friendly, floating palace. But, as Anya Crichton soon discovers, cruise ships aren?t all that they seem. Statistics tell us that a woman is twice as likely to be sexually assaulted on a cruise ship than on dry land. Customers aren?t screened, so the ships are a haven for sex offenders and paedophiles. With no policing, and floating in international waters, sexual assaults and passengers ?disappearing? are uncommonly frequent. So when a teenage girl is discovered dead on the deck of the ship that she is holidaying on, Anya feels compelled to get involved. There?s no apparent cause of death, but Anya?s forensics expertise uncovers more than the ship?s doctors can or want to. With the killer still on board, and subsequently a crew-member found shot, it becomes clear that the safe haven of the cruise-ship is actually anything but. And, as Anya comes under increasing pressure to abandon her investigations, will she continue? Or do whatever it takes to keep her own family safe?
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8 .The mysterious affair at Styles [sound recording] / Agatha Christie ; read by Ralph Cosham.
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976, author
Cosham, Ralph, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: After the Great War, life can never be the same again. Wounds need healing, and the horror of violent death banished into memory. Captain Arthur Hastings is invited to the rolling country estate of Styles to recuperate from injuries sustained at the Front. It is the last place he expects to encounter murder. Fortunately he knows a former detective, a Belgian refugee, who has grown bored of retirement.
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9 .The silver moon [sound recording] : reflections on life, death and writing / Bryce Courtenay ; read by Humphrey Bower.
Courtenay, Bryce, 1933-2012, author
Bower, Humphrey, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Each of us has a place to return to in our minds, a place of clarity and peace, a place to think, to create, to dream. For Bryce Courtenay this place was a waterhole in Africa where he used to escape to as a boy, in search of solitude. One evening, while lingering there, he witnessed the tallest of the great beasts drinking from the waterhole in the moonlight, and was spellbound. Ever since, he drew inspiration from this moment. The Silver Moon gathers together some of the most personal and sustaining life-lessons from Australia's favourite storyteller. In short stories and insights, many written in his final months, Bryce reflects on living and dying, and how through determination, respect for others and taking pleasure in small moments of joy, he lived life to the fullest. From practical advice on how to write a bestseller to general inspiration on how to realise your dreams, The Silver Moon celebrates Bryce Courtenay's lifelong passion for storytelling, language and the creative process, and brings us closer to the man behind the bestsellers.
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10 .Valentine Joe [sound recording] / Rebecca Stevens ; narrated by the author.
Stevens, Rebecca, author, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: When fifteen-year-old Rose visits Belgium, she can feel the deep scars left there by the Great War. But when she hears the sound of marching late at night, she does not expect to see the ghosts of the past from her window - and one boy in particular.
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11 .Death of a travelling man [sound recording] / by M.C. Beaton ; read by David Monteath.
Beaton, M. C, author
Monteath, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: It?s springtime in the Highlands but storms are brewing for Hamish Macbeth. His life is going to pot. He has, horrors!, been promoted, his new boss is a dunce, and a sinister self-proclaimed gypsy and his girlfriend have parked their rusty eyesore of a van in the middle of the village. Hamish smells trouble and as usual he?s right. The doctor?s drugs have gone missing. Money vanishes. And neighbours suddenly become unneighbourly. Nobody wants to talk, either, so canny Hamish faces the delicate task of worming the facts out of the villagers. In the process he uncovers a story so bizarre that neither he nor the locals may ever be able to forget it.
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12 .The Robber bride [sound recording] / Margaret Atwood ; read by Bernadette Dunne.
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-, author
Dunne, Bernadette, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Margaret Atwood?s The Robber Bride is inspired by The Robber Bridegroom, a wonderfully grisly tale from the Brothers Grimm in which an evil groom lures three maidens into his lair and devours them, one by one. But in her version, Atwood brilliantly recasts the monster as Zenia, a villainess of demonic proportions, and sets her loose in the lives of three friends.
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13 .The divine comedy. 1-3 [sound recording] / Dante Alighieri ; read by John Hurt & Blake Ritson.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Hurt, John, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Inferno: Thirty-five year old Dante finds himself in the middle of a dark wood, in extreme personal and spiritual crisis. Hope of rescue appears in the form of the venerable poet Virgil, now a shade himself, who offers to lead Dante on an odyssey through the afterlife, beginning in the terrifying depths of Hell. Purgatorio: Dante is led up Mount Purgatory by his guide. They encounter numerous souls who have embarked on the same difficult journey, one that will eventually lead to their spiritual salvation. Paradiso: Dante's journey comes to a glorious conclusion as he is led by Beatrice, through the spheres of Paradise and into the presence of God himself. As they ascend, they encounter a number of souls who have also achieved blessedness. Many years later, the older Dante reflects on the episodes from his life that have inspired his great poem.
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14 .The sleeper [sound recording] / Emily Barr ; read by Imogen Church.
Barr, Emily, author
Church, Imogen, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Lara Finch is living a lie. Everyone thinks she has a happy life in Cornwall, married to the devoted Sam, but in fact she is desperately bored. When she is offered a new job that involves commuting to London by sleeper train, she meets Guy and starts an illicit affair. But then Lara vanishes from the night train without a trace. Only her friend Iris disbelieves the official version of events, and sets out to find her. For Iris, it is the start of a voyage that will take her further than she's ever travelled and on to a trail of old crimes and dark secrets. For Lara, it is the end of a journey that started a long time ago. A journey she must finish, before it destroys her.
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15 .Debt of honor [sound recording] / Tom Clancy ; read by John Macdonald.
Clancy, Tom, 1947-2013, author
Macdonald, John, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Razio Yamata is one of Japan's most influential industrialists and wields tremendous economic authority. He has devised a plan to cripple the American greatness, humble the US military, and elevate Japan to a position of dominance on the world stage. When the faulty gas tank on one Tennessee family's car leads to their fiery death, an opportunistic US congressman uses the occasion to rush a new trade law through the system. The law is designed to squeeze Japan economically. Instead, it provides Yamata with the leverage he needs to put his plan into action. Called out of retirement to serve as the US President's new National Security Advisor, Jack Ryan is about to learn that the problems of peace are as complex, and deadly, as those of war.
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16 .Charles Bean [sound recording] : if people really knew : one man's struggle to report the great war and tell the truth / Ross Coulthart ; read by Robert Meldrum.
Coulthart, Ross, author
Meldrum, Robert, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: CEW Bean's wartime reports and photographs mythologised the Australian soldier and helped spawn the notion that the Anzacs achieved something nation-defining on the shores of Gallipoli and the battlefields of western Europe. In his quest to get the truth, Bean often faced death beside the Diggers in the trenches of Gallipoli and the Western Front, and saw more combat than many. But did Bean tell Australia the whole story of what he knew? In this fresh new biography Ross Coulthart explores the man behind the legend.
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17 .Force of nature [sound recording] / C.J. Box ; read by David Chandler.
Box, C. J., author
Chandler, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: In 1995, Nate was in a secret Special Forces unit abroad when a colleague did something terrible. Now high up in the government, the man is determined to eliminate anyone who knows about it, and Nate knows exactly how he'll do it, by striking at Nate's friends to draw him out. The entire Pickett family will be a target, and the only way to fight back is outside the law. Nate knows he can do it, but he isn't sure about his straight-arrow friend, and all their lives could depend on it.
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18 .Into the darkest corner [sound recording] / Elizabeth Haynes ; read by David Thorpe.
Haynes, Elizabeth, 1971-, author
Thorpe, D. (David), narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Catherine has been enjoying the single life for long enough to know a good catch when she sees one. Gorgeous, charismatic, spontaneous, Lee seems almost too perfect to be true. And her friends clearly agree, as each in turn falls under his spell. But there is a darker side to Lee. His erratic, controlling and sometimes frightening behaviour means that Catherine is increasingly isolated. Driven into the darkest corner of her world, and trusting no one, she plans a meticulous escape. Four years later, struggling to overcome her demons, Catherine dares to believe she might be safe from harm. Until one phone call changes everything.
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19 .The Cazalets [sound recording] / [written by Elizabeth Jane Howard] ; read by Penelope Wilson, Sarah Daniels, Lin Coghlan [and others].
Howard, Elizabeth Jane
Howard, Elizabeth Jane, author
Unabridged.
Summary: Elizabeth Jane Howard's five book chronicle of the upper-middle class Cazalet family begins in 1938, as siblings Hugh, Edward, Rupert and Rachel join together for another family holiday at Home Place, their house in the Sussex countryside. During the course of The Light Years, Marking Time, Confusion, Casting Off and All Change, the progress of their lives, and those of their children, will be charted. As their stories unfold we gain a vivid insight into the lives, hopes and loves of three generations during the Second Word War and beyond. Dramatised by Sarah Daniels and Lin Coghlan, and with a large cast of actors across all five books, this remarkable radio event adds a new dimension to Elizabeth Jane Howard's extraordinary chronicles.
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20 .Gallipoli [sound recording] / Peter FitzSimons ; read by Robert Meldrum.
FitzSimons, Peter, author
Meldrum, Robert, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain and France in the west and Russia in the east. After eight months of terrible fighting, they would fail. Turkey regards the victory to this day as a defining moment in its history, a heroic last stand in the defence of the nation's Ottoman Empire. But, counter-intuitively, it would signify something perhaps even greater for the defeated Australians and New Zealanders involved: the birth of their countries' sense of nationhood. Now approaching its centenary, the Gallipoli campaign, commemorated each year on Anzac Day, reverberates with importance as the origin and symbol of Australian and New Zealand identity. As such, the facts of the battle, which was minor against the scale of the First World War and cost less than a sixth of the Australian deaths on the Western Front, are often forgotten or obscured. Peter FitzSimons, with his trademark vibrancy and expert melding of writing and research, recreates the disaster as experienced by those who endured it or perished in the attempt.
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21 .Davo's little something [sound recording] / Robert G. Barrett ; read by Dino Marnika.
Barrett, Robert G., 1942-2012, author
Marnika, Dino, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Davo's Little Something is not for the squeamish. Although written with lashings of black humour the action is chillingly brutal, a story of a serial killer bent on avenging himself on the street tribes of Sydney. All easy-going butcher Bob Davis wanted after his divorce was to get on with his job, have a few beers with his mates, and be left alone. But this was Sydney in the early Eighties, the beginnings of the AIDS epidemic, street gangs, gay bashings and murders. When a gang of skinheads bash Davo's old school-friend to death simply because he was gay, and leave Davo almost dead in an intensive care unit, they unleash a crazed killer onto the city streets. Before the summer had ended, over thirty corpses had turned up in the morgue, leaving two bewildered detectives to find out where they were coming from.
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22 .Below zero [sound recording] / C.J. Box ; read by David Chandler.
Box, C. J., author
Chandler, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: 'Tell Sherry April called.' That simple phone message shakes Joe Pickett?s oldest daughter Sheridan and the rest of the family to the core. To Joe, it doesn?t seem even remotely possible that April could have survived the massacre six years before. Meanwhile, a dying Chicago mobster named Stenko and a much younger girl cross the country. He?s on a mission to reconcile with his extreme environmentalist son before he goes. He wants his father to become not just carbon neutral, but to reduce his carbon footprint to below zero, as if he?d never even existed. As the path of Stenko and his companions starts to cross with Joe, Sheridan, and Nate, the question is raised: Is this young girl April or is the Pickett family the victims of the cruelest of hoaxes?
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23 .Doctor Who and the carnival of monsters [sound recording] / Terrance Dicks ; read by Kate Manning.
Dicks, Terrance, author
Manning, Kate, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: When schoolteachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright decide to investigate the home life of their unusual pupil Susan Foreman, they plunge into a nightmarish realm of eerie junkyards, impossible police boxes, and a crotchety old man who claims to be from another place and time.
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24 .Death of a kingfisher [sound recording] / M.C. Beaton ; read by David Monteath.
Beaton, M. C, author
Monteath, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PC Hamish Macbeth can't help but admire the resourcefulness of the Highlanders during the recession, in tough times they have to lure tourists to their sleepy towns and the quaint village of Braikie has come up with a novel solution. Braikie really doesn't have that much to offer apart from a place of rare beauty called Buchan's Wood, which the clued-up local tourist board director has rechristened 'The Fairy Glen' and has had brochures printed with a beautiful kingfisher rising from a lake on the cover. It isn't long before coach tours begin to arrive but just as the town's luck starts to turn, a kingfisher is found hanging from a branch in the woods with a noose around its neck. As a wave of vandalism threatens to ruin Braikie forever it is up to Hamish to get involved, and his investigation quickly turns from mistreatment of birds to murder.
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25 .Hey true blue [sound recording] / John Williamson.
Williamson, John, 1945-, author, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: John Williamson takes us through his life, from growing up on the land in the Mallee and Moree in a family of five boys, to being the voice of Australia. John got a lucky break that kickstarted his music career with 'Old Man Emu', which he wrote and performed on New Faces in 1970. After huge initial success, his music career floundered for a decade until he reinvented himself by chronicling the subjects and issues that are close to his heart. John's songs are all about Australia, he expresses his love of our land ('Mallee Boy'), his outrage at environmental destruction ('Rip Rip Woodchip'), his pride in the Australian character and spirit ('Hey, True Blue') and captures our sense of humour ('Old Man Emu'). His life story is also all about Australia, his love of the land, the importance of family, and what it really means to be true blue. He has performed at huge public events, ranging from the Sydney Olympics, to the NRL grand finals and Steve Irwin's funeral. Beyond the songs, John has revealed barely anything about his private life in his forty-year career. He opens up here, talking about the tough times, the great times and what matters to him. In his distinctive Australian accent, he tells it like it is. This is a journey across the breadth of Australia, and beyond.
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26 .Death of a glutton [sound recording] / M.C. Beaton ; read by David Monteath.
Beaton, M. C, author
Monteath, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: There?s not a cloud in Hamish Macbeth?s sky, just plenty of warm sunshine. But not quite enough of the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe. Then as eight hopeful members of the Checkmate Singles Club converge on Tommel Castle Hotel for a week of serious matchmaking, the clouds roll in. The four couples, carefully matched by dating director Maria Worth, immediately dislike one another and the arrival of Maria?s gross, greedy business partner, Peta, kills the last vestige of romance. And as love goes out the window, murder comes in the door. Peta soon slurps up her last meal and Hamish is left with the baffling puzzle: who shared the fateful outing that left Peta dead with a large rosy red apple in her mouth.
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27 .Death of a charming man [sound recording] / by M.C. Beaton ; read by David Monteath.
Beaton, M. C, author
Monteath, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Now that Priscilla Halburton-Smythe has agreed to marry him, Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth can't imagine a more perfect life. There's not much crime in his remote Scottish village of Lochdubh, nothing much at all to do but fish, drink coffee, and slouch around. And spend time with lovely Priscilla. But Hamish's days aren't as tranquil as his dreams. For one thing, Priscilla's renovation schemes are driving him out of his cottage. Not to mention her ambitious plans for his career as a policeman away from Lochdubh. This might be a good time to find out why Peter Hynd's arrival in nearby Drim was causing so much trouble. An attractive, unmarried man with an independent income would always attract attention in such a small place. But this time Hynd's arrival seems to have caused bitter rivalry among the women of Drim. Hamish finds their petty fights amusing and a clever excuse to avoid Priscilla and her schemes for a new electric stove (to replace his beloved woodburning appliance), a posh new bathroom and virtuous nutrition. Amusing, that is, until death threats, physical abuse, and murder make statistical history in one of Scotland's most picturesque towns.
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28 .The mammy [sound recording] / Brendan O'Carroll.
O'Carroll, Brendan, 1955-, author,, narrator
O'Carroll, Brendan, 1955-
Unabridged.
Summary: Forced to be mother, father, and referee to her battling clan, the ever-resourceful Agnes Browne occasionally finds a spare moment to trade gossip and quips with her best pal Marion Monks (alias 'The Kaiser') and even finds herself pursued by the amorous Frenchman who runs the local pizza parlor.
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29 .The concrete blonde [sound recording] / Michael Connelly ; read by Dick Hill.
Connelly, Michael, 1956-, author
Hill, Dick, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: When LAPD detective Harry Bosch shot and killed Norman Church, the 'Dollmaker,' the police were convinced it marked the end of the search for one of the city's most bizarre serial killers. But four years later, Norman Church's widow is taking Bosch to court, accusing him of killing the wrong man. To make matters worse, Bosch has just received a note, eerily reminiscent of the ones the Dollmaker used to taunt him with, giving him a location where a body can be found. Is the Dollmaker still alive? Or is this the work of a vicious copycat killer, determined to repeat the Dollmaker's grisly feats and destroy Bosch's career in the process?
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30 .The black ice [sound recording] / Michael Connelly ; read by Dick Hill.
Connelly, Michael, 1956-, author
Hill, Dick, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Narcotics officer Cal Moore's orders were to look into the city's latest drug killing. Instead, he ends up in a motel room with his head in several pieces and a suicide note stuffed in his back pocket. Years ago, Harry Bosch learned the first rule of the good cop: don't look for the facts, but the glue that holds them together. Now, Harry's making some very dangerous connections, starting with one dead cop and leading to a bloody string of murders that winds from Hollywood Boulevard's drug bazaar to the dusty back alleys south of the border and into the center of a complex and lethal game, one in which Harry is the next and likeliest victim.
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31 .Hell's gate [sound recording] / Richard Crompton ; read by Humphrey Bower.
Crompton, Richard, 1973-, author
Bower, Humphrey, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: It must have been someone's idea of a joke. Too many offended egos back at headquarters, too many influential people unhappy with him in Nairobi. And yet, with his record, almost impossible to dismiss. So where had they sent Mollel? Straight to Hell. When Mollel, a former Maasai warrior turned detective, ends up in a small, fly-blown town on the edge of a national park, it looks as if his career has taken a nose-dive. His colleagues are a close-knit group and they have not taken kindly to a stranger in their midst. Mollel suspects they are guilty of the extortion and bribery that plague the force, but when the body of a flower worker turns up in the local lake, he wonders if they might be involved in something more disturbing. For all is not as it seems in Hell's Gate. Amid rumours of a local death squad, disappearances and blackmail, Mollel is forced not only to confront his Maasai heritage, but also to ask himself where justice truly lies. In upholding the law, is he doing what is right?
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32 .The Alexandria connection [sound recording] / Adrian D'Hage ; read by Sean Mangan.
D'Hage, Adrian, author
Mangan, Sean, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: A New World Order is upon us. In the shifting desert sands of Egypt, rumours abound of a lost papyrus that will reveal the true purpose of the Pyramids of Giza. Could these ancient monoliths be the source of a new kind of energy, one that comes at no cost to the planet? CIA agent Curtis O'Connor and archaeologist Aleta Weizman are determined to find out. Close by, a shadowy and powerful group known as Pharos meets in Alexandria, its membership a closely guarded secret. Its first order of business: to orchestrate chaos on international financial markets with a series of spectacular terrorist attacks on the world's fossil-fuel supplies. And in Cairo, amid the anarchy of Tahrir Square, thieves have broken into the famed Museum of Antiquities and stolen one of the world's priceless artifacts: the mask of Tutankhamun. Is the audacious theft linked to the Pharos Group?
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33 .Human remains [sound recording] / Elizabeth Haynes ; read by Karen Cass.
Haynes, Elizabeth, 1971-, author
Cass, Karen, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: How well do you know your neighbours? Would you notice if they lived or died? Police analyst Annabel wouldn't describe herself as lonely. Her work keeps her busy and the needs of her ageing mother and her cat are more than enough to fill her time when she's on her own. But Annabel is shocked when she discovers her neighbour's decomposing body in the house next door, and appalled to think that no one, including herself, noticed her absence. Back at work she sets out to investigate, despite her police officer colleagues lack of interest, and finds data showing that such cases are frighteningly common in her own home town. A chilling thriller and a hymn to all the lonely people, whose individual voices haunt the pages, Elizabeth Haynes new novel is a deeply disturbing and powerful thriller that preys on our darkest fears, showing how vulnerable we are when we live alone, and how easily ordinary lives can fall apart when no one is watching.
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34 .Australia's best unknown stories [sound recording] : and tales you thought you knew / Jim Haynes.
Haynes, Jim, author, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Things are not always as they seem, or as we've been told. Was the Ghan really named after the Afghan traders, and do we really know what the Ashes are? From the remote outback and cattle stations to coastal towns, Jim introduces us to the liars and larrikins, the bushies and the stockmen to tell the funniest, the most amazing and the eccentric stories that capture the heart of the Australian spirit.
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35 .My story [sound recording] / Julia Gillard ; read by Julia Gillard and Jennifer Vuletic.
Gillard, Julia, author, narrator
Vuletic, Jennifer, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Here, in her own words, Julia Gillard reveals what life was really like as Australia's first female prime minister. 'I was prime minister for three years and three days. Three years and three days of resilience. Three years and three days of changing the nation. Three years and three days for you to judge.' On Wednesday 23 June 2010, with the government in turmoil, Julia Gillard asked Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a leadership ballot. The next day, Julia Gillard became Australia's 27th prime minister, and our first female leader. Australia was alive to the historic possibilities. Here was a new approach for a new time. It was to last three extraordinary years. This is Julia Gillard's chronicle of that turbulent time, a strikingly candid self-portrait of a political leader seeking to realise her ideals. It is her story of what it was like, in the face of government in-fighting and often hostile media, to manage a hung parliament, build a diverse and robust economy, create an equitable and world-class education system, ensure a dignified future for Australians with disabilities, all while attending to our international obligations and building strategic alliances for our future. This is a politician driven by a sense of purpose, from campus days with the Australian Union of Students, to a career in the law, to her often gritty, occasionally glittering rise up the ranks of the Australian Labor Party. Refreshingly honest, peppered with a wry humour and personal insights, Julia Gillard does not shy away from her mistakes, admitting freely to errors, misjudgements, and policy failures as well as detailing her political successes. Here is an account of what was hidden behind the resilience and dignified courage Gillard showed as prime minister, her view of the vicious hate campaigns directed against her, and a reflection on what it means, and what it takes, to be a woman leader in contemporary politics.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366061%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

36 .Hancock's half hour. Series 1 and 2 [sound recording] / written and created by Ray Galton & Alan Simpson ; read by Tony Hancock, Sid James and Kenneth Williams.
Galton, Ray, author, creator
Hancock, Tony, 1924-1968, presenter
Unabridged.
Summary: Tony Hancock stars with Sid James and Kenneth Williams in the legendary BBC Radio comedy series.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366062%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

37 .Cold wind [sound recording] / C.J. Box ; read by David Chandler.
Box, C. J., author
Chandler, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: When Earl Alden is found dead, dangling from a wind turbine, it's his wife, Missy, who is arrested. Unfortunately for Joe Pickett, Missy is his mother-in-law, a woman he dislikes heartily, and now he doesn't know what to do, especially when the early signs point to her being guilty as sin. But then things happen to make Joe wonder: Is Earl's death what it appears to be? Is Missy being set up? He has the county DA and sheriff on one side, his wife on the other, his estranged friend Nate on a lethal mission of his own, and some powerful interests breathing down his neck. Whichever way this goes, it's not going to be good.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366063%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

38 .Amnesia [sound recording] / Peter Carey ; read by Colin Friels.
Carey, Peter, author
Friels, Colin, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: How does a young woman from suburban Melbourne become America's public enemy number one? When Gaby Baillieux releases the Angel Worm into the computers of Australia's prison system, freeing hundreds of asylum seekers, she sets off a chain reaction. These prisons are run by US companies, and so the doors of some 5000 American institutions have also opened. And to some watching eyes, the secrets of both countries threaten to pour out. Was this a mistake? Or has the elusive Gaby declared cyberwar on the US, as part of the longstanding covert conflict between the two countries that has as its most outrageous act the CIA-engineered coup of 1975, a coup so brazen we immediately forgot it as part of our Great Amnesia.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366065%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

39 .The precipice [sound recording] / Virginia Duigan.
Duigan, Virginia, author, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Thea Farmer, a reclusive and difficult retired school principal, lives in isolation with her dog in the Blue Mountains. Her distinguished career ended under a cloud over a decade earlier, following a scandal involving a much younger male teacher. After losing her savings in the financial crash, she is forced to sell the dream house she had built for her old age and live on in her dilapidated cottage opposite. Initially resentful and hostile towards Frank and Ellice, the young couple who buy the new house, Thea develops a flirtatious friendship with Frank, and then a grudging affinity with his twelve-year-old niece, Kim, who lives with them. Although she has never much liked children, Thea discovers a gradual and wholly unexpected bond with the half-Vietnamese Kim, a solitary, bookish child from a troubled background. Her growing sympathy with Kim propels Thea into a psychological minefield. Finding Frank's behaviour increasingly irresponsible, she becomes convinced that all is not well in the house. Unsettling suspicions, which may or may not be irrational, begin to dominate her life, and build towards a catastrophic climax.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366066%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

40 .6 Rainier Drive [sound recording] / Debbie Macomber ; read by Sandra Burr.
Macomber, Debbie, author
Burr, Sandra, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: When Justine and Seth lose their restaurant, The Lighthouse, to arson, they must rebuild their lives and their marriage, while the residents of Cedar Cove go about their daily business, dealing with marriages, births, reunions, and scandals.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366068%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

41 .Live to see tomorrow [sound recording] / Iris Johansen ; read by Elisabeth Rodgers.
Johansen, Iris, author
Rodgers, Elisabeth S., narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: Catherine Ling: raised on the streets of Hong Kong, she has been a shadowy CIA Operative since she was fourteen years old. Now, years later, Catherine is as lethal as she is beautiful. There are only a few things in life she cares for. One is her son. Kidnapped when he was only two, Catherine has only recently been reunited with him and the vow of her heart is never to let him face danger again. The other is her mentor, Hu Chang. Mysterious, brilliant, and deadly, Hu Chang taught Catherine everything she knows and she is loyal to him. Now, Hu Chang is calling Catherine to a new task: rescue an imprisoned journalist in Tibet, a woman who has been subjected to unspeakable horrors. Her connection to Hu Chang is unknown. What's also unknown is that Catherine will be going up against a man so evil, his crimes have stretched back into this area for forty years. Is Catherine being used as a pawn by Hu Chang? Can she save a woman she's never even met? And will either of them live to see tomorrow?
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366069%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

42 .Waiting on you [sound recording] / Kristan Higgins ; read by Amy Rubinate.
Higgins, Kristan, author
Rubinate, Amy, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: Is your first love worth a second chance? Colleen O'Rourke is in love with love, just not when it comes to herself. Most nights, she can be found behind the bar at the Manningsport, New York, tavern she owns with her twin brother, doling out romantic advice to the lovelorn, mixing martinis and staying more or less happily single. See, ten years ago, Lucas Campbell broke her heart, an experience Colleen doesn't want to have again, thanks. Since then, she's been happy with a fling here and there, some professional-level flirting and playing matchmaker to her friends. But a family emergency has brought Lucas back to town, handsome as ever and still the only man who's ever been able to crack her defenses. Seems like maybe they've got some unfinished business waiting for them, but to find out, Colleen has to let her guard down, or risk losing a second chance with the only man she's ever loved.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366070%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

43 .The awakening [sound recording] / Heather Graham ; read by Tanya Eby.
Graham, Heather, author
Eby, Tanya, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: Megan O'Casey and her husband Finn still make good music together. Which is why they head to Salem, Massachusetts, Megan's hometown; booked to perform a weeklong series of concerts culminating on Halloween? But as soon as they arrive, Finn seems different; sensual beyond belief one moment; cold and ruthless the next. As the full moon approaches, Megan senses that she, too, is in mortal danger.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366071%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

44 .The masterful Mr. Montague [sound recording] / Stephanie Laurens ; read by Napoleon Ryan.
Laurens, Stephanie, author
Ryan, Napoleon, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: Montague has devoted his life to managing the wealth of London's elite, but at a huge cost: a family of his own. Then the enticing Miss Violet Matcham seeks his help, and in the puzzle she presents him, he finds an intriguing new challenge professionally, and personally.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366072%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

45 .The one & only [sound recording] / Emily Giffin ; read by Sofia Willingham.
Giffin, Emily, author
Willingham, Sofia, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Shea Rigsby has spent her entire life in Walker, Texas, a small college town that lives and dies by football, a passion she unabashedly shares. Raised alongside her best friend, Lucy, the daughter of Walker's legendary head coach, Shea was too devoted to her hometown team to leave. Instead she stayed in Walker for college, even taking a job in the university athletic department after graduation. But when an unexpected tragedy strikes, Shea's comfortable world is upended.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366073%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

46 .The rift walker [sound recording] / Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith ; read by James Marsters.
Griffith, Clay, author
Griffith, Susan, 1954-, author
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Set in a post-apocalyptic world, this tale of courage, sacrifice, and heroism takes place against the backdrop of an age of steam and rational humanism, where the social elite have rejected religion and spiritualism as nothing more than quaint superstition. Brutal Vampire Clans rule half the world keeping human herds for food, and Princess Adele, heir to the throne of Equatoria, is faced with grim choices. War is imminent and her marriage to the odious Senator Clark of America will cement an alliance uniting the Equatorian Empire and the American Republic. This integration of war machines is to be the opening volley in the campaign to reclaim the Northern Hemispheres. Unfortunately, Adele?s betrothed has a bloodthirsty war strategy, one the Princess finds as repulsive as the actions of the vampires they fight. Moments in advance of the Princess?s marriage to the Senator, the Geryfriar, legendary champion of the human resistance, rescues Adele before vampire assassins can murder her.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366074%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

47 .Chestnut Street [sound recording] / Maeve Binchy ; read by Sile Bermingham.
Binchy, Maeve, author
Bermingham, Sile, narrator
Summary: While she was writing columns for The Irish Times and her best-selling novels, Maeve Binchy also had in mind to write a book that revolved around one street with many characters coming and going. Every once in a while, she would write about one these people. She would then put it in a drawer. "For the future," she would say. The future is now. Just around the corner from St. Jarlath's Crescent (which readers will recognize from Minding Frankie) is Chestnut Street, where neighbors come and go. Behind their closed doors we encounter very different people with different life circumstances, occupations, and sensibilities. Written with the humor and understanding that are earmarks of Maeve Binchy's work, it is a pleasure to be part of this world with all of its joys and sorrows, to get to know the good and the bad, and ultimately to have our hearts warmed by her storytelling.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366075%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

48 .The sheltering sky [sound recording] / Paul Bowles ; read by Jennifer Connelly.
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999, author
Connelly, Jennifer, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Three American travelers, a married couple and their friend, find themselves adrift in the cities and deserts of North Africa after World War II. Along the walkabout, their ignorance of the dangers that surround them peels back the veneer of their lives. The author's life as an expatriate in the North African nation of Morocco informed his rendering of the desert, which itself is a cruel, unforgiving character in the novel.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366076%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

49 .Taking it all [sound recording] / Maya Banks ; read by Alix Dale.
Banks, Maya, author
Dale, Alix, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Chessy and Tate have been married for several years. In the beginning, their relationship was everything she wanted. Passionate. All-consuming. She offered her submission freely and Tate cherished her gift with a tenderness that made her feel safe. Content. Wanted. Loved beyond all measure. But as the years have gone by, Tate has become more immersed in making his business a success, and Chessy has taken a back seat to his business obligations. Growing unhappy with the status of their once blissful marriage, Chessy knows that something has to give, or they stand to lose it all. Tate loves his wife. Has always loved her. Providing for her has always been his number-one priority. But lately she?s seemed unhappy, and he?s worried. Worried enough that he arranges for a night together that he hopes will reignite the fire that once burned like an inferno between them. But a business call at the wrong time threatens everything. Chessy?s safety, his concentration, his wife?s faith in him as her husband, a man sworn to love and protect her above all else. Gutted with the realization that he?s going to lose her, has already lost her, he readies for the fight of his life. Whatever it takes, he?ll get her back, show her that nothing is more important than her love. And that if she?ll allow him to prove himself one more time, he?ll take it all. Everything. But he?ll give back far more: Himself. His undying love.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366077%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

50 .Dead but not forgotten [sound recording] : stories from the world of Sookie Stackhouse / Charlaine Harris and Toni P. Kelner [and 15 others] ; read by Johanna Parker and Charlaine Harris.
Harris, Charlaine, author, creator, editor, narrator
Kelner, Toni L. P, editor
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: A collection of original Sookie Stackhouse stories written by authors handpicked by Charlaine Harris herself. There?s more to Sookie Stackhouse than you ever knew.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366078%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

51 .Egg & spoon [sound recording] / Gregory Maguire ; read by Michael Page.
Maguire, Gregory, author
Page, Michael (Michael J.), narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Elena Rudina lives in the impoverished Russian countryside. Her father has been dead for years. Her brothers have been conscripted into the Tsar's army and taken as servants in the house of the local wealthy landowner. Her mother is dying, slowly, in their tiny cabin. And there is no food. But then a train arrives in the village, a train carrying untold wealth, a cornucopia of food, and a noble family destined to visit the Tsar in St. Petersburg, a family that includes Ekaterina, a girl of Elena's age. When the two girls' lives collide, an adventure is set in motion, an adventure that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito, and, in a starring role only Gregory Maguire could have conjured, Baba Yaga, the witch of Russian folklore, in her moving house perched on chicken legs.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366079%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

52 .Top secret twenty-one [sound recording] : a Stephanie Plum novel / Janet Evanovich ; read by Lorelei King.
Evanovich, Janet, author
King, Lorelei, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Subject: Trenton, New Jersey's favorite used-car dealer, Jimmy Poletti, was caught selling a lot more than used cars out of his dealerships. Now he's out on bail and has missed his date in court, and bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is looking to bring him in.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366080%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

53 .The chase [sound recording] / Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg ; read by Scott Brick.
Evanovich, Janet, author
Goldberg, Lee, 1962-, author
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Internationally renowned thief and con artist Nicolas Fox is famous for running elaborate and daring scams. His greatest con of all: convincing the FBI to team him up with the only person who has ever caught him, Special Agent Kate O'Hare. Together they'll go undercover to swindle and catch the world's most wanted and untouchable criminals. Their newest target is Carter Grove, a former White House chief of staff and the ruthless leader of a private security agency. Grove has stolen a rare Chinese artifact from the Smithsonian, a crime that will torpedo U.S. relations with China if it ever becomes public. Nick and Kate must work under the radar and against the clock to devise a plan to steal the piece back. Confronting Grove's elite assassins, Nick and Kate rely on the skills of their ragtag crew, including a flamboyant actor, a Geek Squad techie, and a band of AARP-card-carrying mercenaries led by none other than Kate's dad.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366081%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

54 .The house of Hades [sound recording] / Rick Riordan ; read by Nick Chamian.
Riordan, Rick, author
Chamian, Nick, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Greek and Roman demigods from the Prophecy of Seven must work together to seal the Doors of Death, and help Percy Jackson and Annabeth escape the Underworld in the process.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366082%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

55 .The paper magician [sound recording] : a novel / Charlie N. Holmberg ; read by Amy McFadden.
Holmberg, Charlie N., author
McFadden, Amy, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Ceony Twill arrives at the cottage of Magician Emery Thane with a broken heart. Having graduated at the top of her class from the Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined, Ceony is assigned an apprenticeship in paper magic despite her dreams of bespelling metal. And once she?s bonded to paper, that will be her only magic, forever. Yet the spells Ceony learns under the strange yet kind Thane turn out to be more marvelous than she could have ever imagined, animating paper creatures, bringing stories to life via ghostly images, even reading fortunes. But as she discovers these wonders, Ceony also learns of the extraordinary dangers of forbidden magic. An Excisioner, a practitioner of dark, flesh magic, invades the cottage and rips Thane?s heart from his chest. To save her teacher?s life, Ceony must face the evil magician and embark on an unbelievable adventure that will take her into the chambers of Thane?s still-beating heart, and reveal the very soul of the man.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366083%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

56 .The recruit [sound recording] / Diana Palmer ; read by Todd McLaren.
Palmer, Diana, 1946-, author
McLaren, Todd, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Three years after the unprovoked attack on a peaceful colony, the war between the Rojok dynasty and the Tri-Galaxy Fleet rages on. Born of that war is the Morcai Battalion, a fleet comprised of Centaurians and humans, the first collaboration of its kind and a step toward an intergalactic alliance. But the fragile union is tested as their courageous commander in chief, Dtimun, is faced with the temptation of the forbidden, and human, Dr. Madeline Ruszel. A combat surgeon, Ruszel is aware of the danger of inciting a Centaurian's interest, even if he is the most intriguing of men. Besides putting their mission at risk, personal relations between their kinds are still outlawed. But a prophecy that touches on both their lives and the future of all alien nations hints that a greater unity may be theirs for the taking, if they, and their crew, survive in the battle for peace.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822366084%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

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1 .Death of a snob / M.C. Beaton ; read by David Monteath.
Beaton, M. C, author
Monteath, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: When Jane Wetherby offers PC Hamish Macbeth a holiday at her "Happy Wanderer" health farm on the isle of Eileencraig, he is more than happy to accept. Unfortunately the visit doesn't prove to be the pampering experience he had been hoping for. Windswept Eileencraig is inhabited by hostile islanders, many of whom would be more than happy to be rid of the Happy Wanderer and its proprietor. And the company at the health farm is hardly better. The volatile party includes an ex-husband, an illicit lover, and Morag Todd, an unadulterated snob who criticises everybody and everything. So when Morag is found lying at the foot of a cliff with a broken neck, no one seems too broken up about the event, leaving it up to Hamish to solve the death of a snob.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987562%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

2 .Where is Daniel? : the family's story / Bruce and Denise Morcombe with Lindsay Simpson ; read by David Tredinnick.
Morcombe, Bruce, author
Morcombe, Denise, author
Unabridged.
Summary: On 7 December 2003 Daniel Morcombe disappeared on the Sunshine Coast, while waiting for a bus. For Bruce and Denise Morcombe, the parents of Daniel, and his brothers, Bradley and Dean, it was apparent within hours that something was very wrong. In the first few days following Daniel's disappearance, Bruce and Denise made a promise to their son that they would never ever stop looking for him, and bring who was responsible to justice. 'We will never give up.' As the nightmare of hours became days then weeks, and months and years, the family mobilised to become the moral force behind the longest criminal investigation in Australia's history.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987563%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

3 .King and Maxwell / David Baldacci ; read by Ron McLarty and Orlagh Cassidy.
Baldacci, David, author
McLarty, Ron, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Former secret service agents turned private investigators, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, return in their most surprising, personal and dangerous case to date. "Michelle had chased many things in her life. As a track star and later Olympic rower, she had constantly pitted herself against others in races. As a cop in Tennessee she had run down her share of felons fleeing the scenes of their crimes. As a Secret Service Agent she had been fleet of foot next to limos carrying important leaders. Tonight, though, she was competing against a long-legged teenager with the boundless energy and fresh knees of youth who had a substantial head start and was running like the devil was on his heels ..." King and Maxwell encounter teenager Tyler Wingo when he has just received the tragic news that his soldier father has been killed in Afghanistan. But then Tyler receives an email from his father, after his supposed death. Sean and Michelle are hired to solve the mystery, and their investigation leads to deeper, even more troubling questions. Could Tyler's father really still be alive? Was his mission all that it seemed? Has Tyler's life been a lie, and could he be the next target? It's clear that King and Maxwell have stumbled upon something even more sinister when those in power seem intent on removing them at any cost. Determined to help and protect Tyler, their search for the truth takes them on a perilous journey which not only puts their lives at risk but arrives at a frightening conclusion.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988193%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

4 .Death of a hussy / by M.C. Beaton ; narrated by David Monteath.
Beaton, M. C, author
Monteath, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: A tart with a heart of stone. Maggie Baird is neither kind nor generous, but she is very, very rich. So when her car catches fire, with her inside it, there are five likely candidates for the role of murderer. All five had been house guests at her luxurious Highlands home, Maggie's timid niece and four former lovers, one of whom Maggie had intended to pick for a husband. All five are utterly broke and all had ample opportunity to tamper with Maggie's car. So finding out who did it will require all of PC Hamish Macbeth's extraordinary common sense and insight into human nature; especially when the killer appears to be the wrong person entirely.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988194%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

5 .Shadow maker : a novel / James R. Hannibal ; read by Luke Daniels.
Hannibal, James R., author
Daniels, Luke, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: When a suicide bomber shatters the peace of a winter afternoon on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., former pilot and undercover Cerberus operative Nick Baron receives an eerie invitation from the chess app on his phone, a mysterious figure named The Emissary wants to play. Nick and his covert unit, the Triple Seven Chase team, soon find themselves drawn into battle against an unknown opponent who has resurrected an ancient order of assassins: the legendary Hashashin. And there is a long-awaited prophecy being fulfilled by a series of violent attacks which may culminate in a final apocalypse over Jerusalem. As the Triple Seven fight to stop each attack, Nick tries to keep The Emissary on the hook by playing their digital chess game. The lines between the game and the fight begin to blur, as every time Nick loses a piece on the board, he loses one of his men. And if Nick cannot find a way to stop the terrorist mastermind, a checkmate may kill millions.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988196%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

6 .Empress dowager Cixi : [the concubine who launched modern China] / Jung Chang ; read by Pik-sen Lim.
Chang, Jung, 1952-, author
Lim, Pik-sen, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Empress Dowager Cixi (1835?1908) is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for decades and brought a medieval empire into the modern age. Under her the ancient country attained virtually all the attributes of a modern state: industries, railways, electricity, the telegraph and an army and navy with up-to-date weaponry. It was she who abolished gruesome punishments like ?death by a thousand cuts? and put an end to foot-binding. In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang comprehensively overturns the conventional view of Cixi as a diehard conservative and cruel despot. Based on newly available court records, official and private correspondence, diaries and eyewitness accounts, this biography will revolutionise historical thinking about a crucial period in China?s, and the world?s, history.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988198%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

7 .Pride and prejudice / Jane Austen.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, author
Nixon, Pippa, voice actor
Unabridged.
Summary: Mrs Bennet is determined to see her five daughters married off and secure a future for them all. When the wealthy Mr Bingley arrives in the neighbourhood, Mrs Bennet wastes no time in making his acquaintance. His friend Mr Darcy, however, discourages Mr Bingley from marrying Jane Bennet, and also appears to snub her sister Elizabeth. When Elizabeth hears that Mr Darcy himself is of poor character, her innate prejudice of him is merely reinforced, and she roundly refuses his proposal of marriage. But then, when she discovers that she was misinformed, Elizabeth wonders if she can ever hope to see Mr Darcy again.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988199%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

8 .The virgin way : how to listen, learn, laugh and lead / Richard Branson ; read by Adrian Mulraney.
Branson, Richard, author
Mulraney, Adrian, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: There's a difference between being a leader and being a boss. In September 2012, a YOUGOV poll conducted in Britain found that the person British workers would most like as their manager was Sir Richard Branson. With over 40 years in business, Richard Branson is an inspiring pioneer of humanitarian projects and an iconic business leader. In The Virgin Way: How to Listen, Learn, Laugh and Lead, Richard shares and distils his secrets of leadership and success. Featuring anecdotes from his own business dealings, as well as his observations of many others who have inspired him, from politicians, business leaders, explorers, scientists and philanthropists, Richard reflects on the qualities he feels are essential for success in today's world. This is not a conventional book on leadership. There are no rules, but rather the secrets of leadership that he has learned along the way from his days at Virgin Records, to his recent work with The Elders. Whether you're at the beginning of your career, or head of a Fortune 500 company, this is your guide to being your own CEO (Chief Enabling Officer) and becoming a true leader, not just a boss.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988229%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

9 .The sum of all fears / Tom Clancy ; read by John MacDonald.
Clancy, Tom, 1947-2013, author
Macdonald, John, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: One terrible act plunges the world into an instant nuclear crisis, and, with the American president accused of incompetence, Jack Ryan calls on FBI head Dan Murray to help him avert disaster.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988230%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

10 .Damage / Felix Francis ; read by Michael Nielson.
Francis, Felix, 1963-
Nielson, Michael
Unabridged.
Summary: Jeff Hinkley, undercover investigator for the British Horseracing Authority, is looking into the shady activities of a racehorse trainer. But as he's tailing his quarry through the Cheltenham Racing Festival, the last thing he expects to witness is a gruesome murder. Could it have something to do with the reason the trainer was banned in the first place, the administration of illegal drugs to his horses? Days later, it's discovered that many more horses test positive for prohibited stimulants, a scandal that could throw horse-racing into disrepute. It's no surprise when the BHA receives a demand, pay up or face the consequences. In order to limit the damage to the sport, it's critical that Jeff finds the perpetrator, but he'll soon learn he's up against someone who will stop at nothing to prevail.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988248%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

11 .Switchblade : an original story / Michael Connelly ; read by Len Cariou..
Connelly, Michael, 1956-, author
Cariou, Len, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: An anonymous tip puts Bosch on a case that has remained unsolved for decades, the vicious stabbing of a teenage boy whose body was found in an abandoned Old Hollywood restaurant. Working a cold case is tough, but Bosch gets a lucky break when DNA evidence from the murder weapon points to a known kiler. But the DA insists that science alone is not enough, so Bosch has one chance to get a confession.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988584%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

12 .Dexter in the dark / Jeff Lindsay.
Lindsay, Jeffry P., author, narrator
Lindsay, Jeffry P.
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: A blood spatter analyst for the Miami police, Dexter has seen his share of gruesome deeds, and committed a few himself. But when he investigates a particularly terrible crime scene at a local university, everything changes.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988586%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

13 .Sycamore row / John Grisham ; read by Michael Beck.
Grisham, John, author
Beck, Michael, 1949-, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: The suspense never rests when A Time to Kill's Jake Brigance fights the good fight once again. Often named an all-time favorite by John Grisham's legions of fans, the book that started it all gets a brand-new chapter. America's favorite storyteller returns to Ford County, Mississippi, where defense attorney Jake Brigance will have to fight for justice in a trial that could tear the small town of Clanton apart.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988587%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

14 .Death of a prankster / M.C. Beaton ; read by David Monteath.
Beaton, M. C, author
Monteath, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Stabbed and stuffed in a closet. When police constable Hamish Macbeth receives the news that there has been a murder at Arrat House, home of the relentless practical joker Arthur Trent, he doesn't race to the scene of the crime. After all, last time he was called to investigate a death at the isolated Scottish manor, the "victim" turned out to be Trent's manservant covered in fake blood. Thus prepared for another prank, Hamish arrives to find that Trent has been most decidedly murdered and for suspects there is a houseful of greedy relatives, all of whom are more than interested in the contents of the will than the crime at hand. And when the chief inspector arrives on the scene and his former flame, Priscilla Halburton-Smythe, gets involved as well, Hamish quite clearly has his hands full.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988588%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

15 .Without remorse / Tom Clancy ; read by Michael Prichard.
Clancy, Tom, 1947-2013, author
Prichard, Michael, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: His code name is Mr Clark. And his work for the CIA is brilliant, cold-blooded and efficient. But who is he really? In a harrowing tour de force, Tom Clancy shows how an ordinary man named John Kelly crossed the lines of justice and morality, to become the CIA legend, Mr Clark. This is an unforgettable journey into the heart of darkness. Without mercy. Without guilt. Without remorse.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988589%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

16 .Death mask / Kathryn Fox ; read by Jennifer Vuletic.
Fox, Kathryn, 1966-, author
Vuletic, Jennifer, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Forensic physician Dr Anya Crichton is presented with a patient who has returned from her honeymoon with multiple sexually transmitted infections. Her husband has none of them. She tearfully denies having had any other partners and Anya believes her. Is this a medical phenomenon or has something more sinister taken place? Anya's investigations into the case leads to a ground breaking study that attracts international attention. Her expertise leads to an invitation to New York to address over three hundred football players in the USA Professional League. The enigmatic private investigator Ethan Rye is assigned to assist Anya during the summit. When an alleged rape involving five football players takes place, Anya is commissioned to investigate. She is immediately thrust into a subculture of violence, sexual assault and drug abuse. No one is what he or she seems.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988590%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

17 .David and Goliath : underdogs, misfits and the art of battling giants / Malcolm Gladwell.
Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-, author, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Why do underdogs succeed so much more than we expect? How do the weak outsmart the strong? In David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell takes us on a scintillating and surprising journey through the hidden dynamics that shape the balance of power between the small and the mighty. From the conflicts in Northern Ireland and Vietnam, through the tactics of civil rights leaders and the problem of privilege, Gladwell demonstrates how we misunderstand the true meaning of advantage and disadvantage. When does a traumatic childhood work in someone's favour? How can a disability leave someone better off? And do you really want your child to go to the best school he or she can get into? David and Goliath draws on the stories of remarkable underdogs, history, science, psychology and on Malcolm Gladwell's unparalleled ability to make the connections others miss. It's a brilliant, illuminating book that overturns conventional thinking about power and advantage.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988591%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

18 .Nowhere to run / CJ Box ; read by David Chandler.
Box, C. J., author
Chandler, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Joe Pickett is in his last week as the temporary game warden in the isolated town of Baggs, Wyoming, but there have been strange things going on in the surrounding mountains, and his conscience won't let him leave without checking them out: reports of camps looted, tents slashed, elk butchered. And then there's the runner who's gone missing, an Olympic hopeful who'd been training in the region and then just vanished. Joe doesn't mind admitting that the farther he rides, the more he wishes he could just turn around and go home. And he is right to be concerned. Because what awaits him is like nothing he's ever dealt with, like something out of an old story, except this is all too real and all too deadly. When he'd first saddled up, he'd thought of this as his last patrol. What he hadn't known was just how accurate that might turn out to be.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988592%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

19 .Ordeal by innocence / by Agatha Christie.
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976, author
Unabridged.
Summary: While serving a sentence for killing his mother, a crime he insisted he didn't commit, Jacko Argyle dies in prison. Two years later, the man who could have supported Jacko's alibi suddenly turns up. Evidence that clears the name of a boy sentenced for killing his adopted mother arrives too late to save his life, so who did kill her? Dr. Arthur Calgary takes a ferry across the Rubicon River to Sunny Point, the home of the Argyle family. A year before, the matriarch of the family was murdered and a son, Jack, was convicted and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. Throughout the trial Jack had maintained his innocence, claiming he was hitchhiking on the night of the murder and he had been picked up by a middle-aged man in a dark car. Unable to locate this mystery man the police viewed Jack's story as a lie. Calgary was the stranger in question, but he arrives to late for Jack, who succumbs to pneumonia after serving just six months of his sentence. Feeling a sense of duty to the Argyles, Calgary is surprised when his revelation has a disturbing effect on the family, it means one of the family is a murderer.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988593%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

Current Awareness Profile Matches

2015-01-21T10:01:00.000-08:00

3 items matched your current awareness profile.
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1 .Broken Homes: A Rivers of London Novel (Rivers of London, 4) [sound recording]
Aaronovitch, Ben
New York, US Baker & Taylor 2014.
Summary: Sworn to enforce the Queen's Peace, Constable Peter Grant, a magician and keeper of the flame, must discover if a mutilated body found in Crawley is the work of a common serial killer or an associate of the evil wizard known as the Faceless Man. Read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. Simultaneous.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620112%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

2 .Foxglove Summer: A Rivers of London Novel (Rivers of London, 5) [sound recording]
Aaronovitch, Ben
New York, US Baker & Taylor 2015.
Summary: Peter Grant?cop, magical apprentice, and Londoner to the core?is being forced out of his comfort zone and into the English countryside. His latest case involves the disappearance of children in the small village of Herefordshire, and the local police are unwilling to admit there might be a supernatural element involved.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620113%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

3 .Whispers Under Ground [sound recording]
Aaronovitch, Ben
Holdbrook-smith, Kobna, Narrator
Unabridged ed.
Oxford, UK ISIS Audio Books 2012.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822620114%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

Current Awareness Profile Matches

2015-01-19T10:01:00.001-08:00

13 items matched your current awareness profile.
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1 .Model misfit / Holly Smale.
Smale, Holly, author
Sobey, Katy, narrator
Summary: Harriet knows that modelling won't transform you. She knows that being as uniquely odd as a polar bear isn't necessarily a bad thing (even in a rainforest). And that the average person eats a ton of food a year, though her pregnant stepmother is doing her best to beat this. What Harriet doesn't know is where she's going to fit in once the new baby arrives. With summer plans ruined, modelling in Japan seems the perfect chance to get as far away from home as possible. But nothing can prepare Harriet for the craziness of Tokyo, her competitive model flatmates and her errant grandmother's 'chaperoning'. Or seeing gorgeous Nick everywhere she goes. Because, this time, Harriet knows what a broken heart feels like. Can geek girl find her place on the other side of the world or is Harriet lost for good?
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821603992%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

2 .Never ending / Martyn Bedford.
Bedford, Martyn, author
Grove, Melody, narrator
Summary: Shiv's best mate, her younger brother, Declan, died while their family was on holiday in Greece. Shiv doesn't know how to live any more - she can only feel self-hatred; she is tormented by guilt. Now she finds herself at the Korsakoff Clinic, with five other teens and young adults who are undergoing a most unorthodox therapy, which is often painful. But this is Shiv's last chance - the clinic must help her find a way to live again. But first, their methods will make her face what really happened to her brother.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821605294%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

3 .The beekeeper's daughter / Santa Montefiore.
Montefiore, Santa, 1970-, author
Rawlins,Penelope, narrator
Summary: England, 1932: Grace Hamblin is growing up in a rural idyll. The beekeeper's daughter, she knows her place and her future - that is until her father dies and leaves her alone. Alone, that is, except for one man who she just can't shake from her thoughts. Massachusetts, 1973: Grace's daughter Trixie Valentine is in love with an unsuitable boy. He's wild and romantic, and in a band that might be going somewhere. But when tragedy strikes and he has to go home to England, he promises to come back to Trixie one day, if only she will wait for him. Both mother and daughter are searching for love and happiness, unaware of the secrets that bind them. To find what they are longing for they must confront the secrets of the past, and unravel the lies told long ago.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987906%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

4 .Butterfly grave / Anne Cassidy.
Cassidy, Anne, 1952-, author
Teal, Julie, narrator
Summary: Joshua's uncle has survived a near fatal accident and Rose and Joshua drive to Newcastle to visit him, along with their friend Skeggsie. Joshua is convinced they are being followed. Can it be true, or is it just his paranoia? Rose and Joshua do not know who to trust - even Joshua's uncle has a dark past, touched by murder. And then the precious murder notebooks are stolen and it is Skeggsie who pays the price for Rose and Joshua's so-called meddling. Somebody out there really does not want Rose and Joshua to find their parents. But who? And why?
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987911%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

5 .An act of kindness / Barbara Nadel.
Nadel, Barbara, author
Thornley,Paul, narrator
Summary: A young Asian couple moves into a dilapidated house in Upton Park. The woman, Nasreen, spends much of her time working alone on the house, her husband Abdullah preoccupied with his job. John Sawyer is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan. Since his discharge, he has been volatile and is now homeless. An unlikely friendship develops between Nasreen and John, one that her husband would frown upon. When John disappears, Nasreen's suspicions light upon Abdullah. Did he know they were friends? Reluctant to go to the police, Nasreen reaches out to the Arnold Detective Agency.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987912%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

6 .History of the rain / Niall Williams.
Williams, Niall, 1958-, author
McGrath, Jennifer, narrator
Summary: Vedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, in the margin between this world and the next, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father. To find him, enfolded in the mystery of ancestors, Ruthie must first trace the jutting jaw lines, narrow faces and gleamy skin of the Swains from the restless Reverend Swain, her great-grandfather, to grandfather Abraham, to her father, Virgil - via pole-vaulting, leaping salmon, poetry and the 3958 books piled high beneath the two skylights in her room, beneath the rain.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987913%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

7 .One big damn puzzler / John Harding.
Harding, John, 1951-, author
Brooke, Peter, narrator
Summary: New York lawyer William Hardt has left for a South Sea island paradise, intent on winning reparations for its people from the US government for the damage done while it was a military base. But what he finds, and who he meets, slowly changes his notions of love, life, and even death.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987914%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

8 .The baklava club / Jason Goodwin.
Goodwin, Jason, 1964-, author
Keeble,Jonathan, narrator
Summary: In 19th-century Istanbul, a Polish prince has been kidnapped. His assassination has been bungled and his captors have taken him to an unused farmhouse. Little do they realise that their revolutionary cell has been penetrated by their enemies, who use the code name La Piuma (the Feather). Yashim is convinced that the prince is alive. But he has no idea where, or who La Piuma is - and has become dangerously distracted by falling in love. As he draws closer to the prince's whereabouts and to the true identity of La Piuma, Yashim finds himself in the most treacherous situation of his career: can he rescue the prince along with his romantic dreams?
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987915%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

9 .An open marriage / Tess Stimson.
Stimson, Tess, author
Bouvard, Laurence, narrator
Summary: When you abandon the rules, can you ever go back? Mia Allen has never quite adjusted to living in England. She misses her friends in the States and feels restrained by small-town family life near Oxford. Her husband Kit, on the other hand, loves the sense of community here and his job as a school teacher in a private school. Like Mia, Kit's boss Charlie is also looking for more excitement - marriage to emotionally-distant Rob has left her frustrated and yearning for more. So when she and Rob are invited to dinner with Mia and Kit, the increasing attraction between them moves up a notch.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987916%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

10 .The worst girlfriend in the world / Sarra Manning.
Manning, Sarra, author
Collingwood, Jane, narrator
Summary: Alice Jenkins is the worst girlfriend in the world according to the many, many boys who've shimmied up lampposts and shoplifted from New Look to impress her, only to be dumped when she gets bored of them. Alice has a very low boredom threshold. But she never gets bored with Franny. Friends are for ever. Franny doesn't have much time for boys. But then there's Louis, singer of Thee Desperadoes. He's a tousle-haired,skinny-jeaned, sultry-eyed manchild, the closest thing that Franny's ever seen to the hipsters that she's read about on the Internet and she's been crushing on him hard for the last three years. So, when Alice, bored with callow youths, sets her sights on Louis it threatens to tear the girls' friendship apart, even though they're better than fighting over a boy. They strike a devil's deal - may the best girl win.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987917%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

11 .The discourtesy of death / William Brodrick.
Brodrick, William, 1960-, author
Griffin, Gordon, narrator
Summary: An anonymous letter sent to Larkwood's Prior accuses Peter Henderson, an academic celebrity renowned for daring ideas, of a grotesque murder: the calculated killing of Jenny, his disabled partner, believed by everyone to have died peacefully two years previously from a sudden attack of cancer. But for this letter there is no evidence, no suspect and no crime.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987918%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

12 .Vagabond / Gerald Seymour.
Seymour, Gerald, author
O'Mahony, John, narrator
Summary: Danny Curnow, known in the army family by his call sign, Vagabond, ran agents, infomers. Now he lives in quiet isolation and works as a guide to tourists visting Normandy's D-Day beaches. But violence in Northern Ireland is on the rise again. The covert world was close to destroying Danny. Fifteen years later the stakes are higher, the risks greater, and Danny wil have to prove that he is as hard and ruthless as before.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987919%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

13 .The devil's workshop / Alex Grecian.
Grecian, Alex, author
Carrington, Nigel, narrator
Summary: April, 1890. London wakes to the shocking news of a mass prison escape. Walter Day and the Scotland Yard Murder Squad now face a desperate race against time: if they don't re-capture the four convicted murderers before night settles, they'll vanish into the dark alleys of London's criminal underworld for ever.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987920%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

Current Awareness Profile Matches

2015-01-18T10:01:00.001-08:00

25 items matched your current awareness profile.
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1 .D-Day : the road to Normandy / Mark Jones ; read by Jonathan Keeble.
Jones, Mark, author
Keeble, Jonathan, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: This exclusive presentation uses BBC Archive eyewitness footage to movingly illustrate the events of the D-Day invasion. First-hand accounts by those who planned and took part in the Normandy landings, and eyewitness reports from BBC correspondents travelling with the troops on 6 June 1944.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%288695583%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

2 .Private Peaceful / Michael Morpurgo.
Morpurgo, Michael, author
Unabridged.
Summary: As the enemy lurks in the darkness, Thomas struggles to stay awake through the night. He has lived through the terror of gas attacks and watched friends die by his side. But in the morning, Thomas will be forced to confront an even greater horror. As the minutes tick by, Thomas remembers his childhood spent deep in the countryside with his mother, his brothers, and Molly, the love of his life. But each minute that passes brings Thomas closer to something he can't bear to to think about, the moment when the war and its horrific consequences will change his life forever. Told in the voice of the young soldier, the story follows 24 hours in his life at the front during WWI, and captures his memories as he looks back over his life. Full of stunningly researched detail and engrossing atmosphere, the book leads to a dramatic and moving conclusion.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987602%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

3 .MaddAddam / Margaret Atwood ; read by Robbie Daymond, Bernadette Dunne, Bob Walter.
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-, author
Daymond, Robbie, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: A man-made plague has swept the earth, but a small group survives, along with the green-eyed Crakers, a gentle species bio-engineered to replace humans. Toby, one-time member of the Gods Gardeners and expert in mushrooms and bees, is still in love with street-smart Zeb, who has an interesting past. The Crakers' reluctant prophet, Snowman-the-Jimmy, is hallucinating; Amanda is in shock from a Painballer attack; and Ivory Bill yearns for the provocative Swift Fox, who is flirting with Zeb. Meanwhile, giant Pigoons and malevolent Painballers threaten to attack.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987604%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

4 .Born to fly / Ryan Campbell ; read by Grant Cartwright.
Campbell, Ryan, author
Cartwright, Grant, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: When Ryan Campbell was six he fell in love with aeroplanes. It was a passion that was to dominate his childhood and it was no surprise when at 15 Ryan became the youngest pilot in Australia. Inspired by his father and grandfather who were also aviators, Ryan sought a challenge and, like adventurers before him, he found one that spoke to him more than the rest. He wanted to fly around the world, solo, in a single-engine aircraft. In Born to Fly, Ryan recounts his remarkable journey from a boy with a dream to becoming, at age 19, the youngest person ever to circumnavigate the world solo in a single-engine aircraft, and shares with us the joy of flight.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987605%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

5 .The black echo / by Michael Connelly ; read by Dick Hill.
Connelly, Michael, 1956-, author
Hill, Dick, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: For LAPD homicide cop Harry Bosch, hero, maverick, nighthawk, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal.The dead man, Billy Meadows, was a fellow Vietnam 'tunnel rat' who fought side by side with him in a nightmare underground war that brought them to the depths of hell. Now, Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam. From a dangerous maze of blind alleys to a daring criminal heist beneath the city to the torturous link that must be uncovered, his survival instincts will once again be tested to their limit. Joining with an enigmatic and seductive female FBI agent, pitted against enemies inside his own department, Bosch must make the agonising choice between justice and vengeance, as he tracks down a killer whose true face will shock him.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987607%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

6 .The power of a half hour : take back your life thirty minutes at a time / Tommy Barnett.
Barnett, Tommy, author
Tracy, Van
Unabridged.
Summary: What can you do in 30 minutes? Have lunch? Watch television? Check Facebook? How about change your life? Why do some people achieve far more than others? We all get the same 24 hours in a day, yet a special few seem to have superhuman abilities when it comes to accomplishing great things in life. Tommy Barnett, a proven master at 'getting things done', says the key to maximizing your productivity is to make use of small, manageable moments in your day, just 30 minutes at a time. In this remarkably practical book, Tommy shows how to begin a whole new life of fruitfulness. You'll see immediate results in all areas of your life, including: purpose and values, personal goals, faith, character and attitude, dreams, career, relationships, marriage and family, and church involvement and ministry.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987608%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

7 .The red horseman / Stephen Coonts ; read by Benjamin L. Darcie.
Coonts, Stephen, 1946-, author
Darcie, Benjamin L., narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: As the infrastructure of the Soviet Union crumbles before the world's eyes, twenty thousand tactical nuclear weapons, once under the command of the Soviet military, are now up for grabs, and US intelligence believes they may soon appear on the open market, available to the highest bidder. Rear Admiral Jake Grafton, attached to the Defense Intelligence Agency, is dispatched to Moscow. His assignment: ensure that the weapons are destroyed before they disappear into a terrorist pipeline pointed south, toward the Middle East. Unofficially, however, Grafton has learned there are those in his own government who would prefer to see his mission fail, and who will go to any lengths to stop it. In a world of shifting loyalties and shifting allegiances, the rules Grafton used to live by no longer apply. The countdown to Armageddon may already have begun, and the only thing Grafton knows for sure is, as a soldier among spies, his rear flank is dangerously exposed. He has been targeted for assassination, and the conspiracy is clearly stamped: Made in America.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987609%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

8 .One summer : America 1927 / Bill Bryson.
Bryson, Bill, author, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: One Summer: America, 1927, is the new book by Britain's favourite writer of narrative nonfiction, Bill Bryson. Narrated by the man himself, One Summer takes you to the summer when America came of age, took centre stage, and changed the world forever. In the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day, a semi-crazed sculptor with a plan to carve four giant heads into a mountain called Rushmore, a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial, and a youthful aviator named Charles Lindbergh who started the summer wholly unknown, and finished it as the most famous man on Earth.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987612%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

9 .Clear and present danger / Tom Clancy ; read by Michael Prichard.
Clancy, Tom, 1947-2013, author
Prichard, Michael, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: At what point does criminal activity threaten national security? When can a nation respond to it as to an enemy? These are the questions Jack Ryan must consider when he hears the awful news: Colombian drug lords, tired of being harassed by US law enforcement agents, have assassinated three high American officials, and that is just the beginning. The message is clear: Leave us alone. But they have pushed too far. Someone steps quietly over the line they have drawn, deploying covert-action teams in Colombia. At home, too, men armed with the most sophisticated tools their country can devise begin to take the fight to the enemy. But does anyone know who the real enemy is, and how much action is too much? Who is doing what? Which line has been crossed? Ryan and his 'dark side', a shadowy field officer known only as Mr. Clark, must find out. They expect danger from without, but the danger from within may be the greatest of all.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987613%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

10 .Free fire / C.J. Box ; read by David Chandler.
Box, C. J., author
Chandler, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Joe Pickett, having recently been fired from his job as a Wyoming game warden, is working on his father-in-law's ranch when he receives a call. Governor Rulon, a devious but downhome politico, has a special request. Clay McCann, a lawyer who slaughtered four campers in cold blood in a far-off corner of Yellowstone National Park, had immediately turned himself in at the nearest park ranger station, except that the crimes were committed in a thin sliver of land with zero residents and overlapping jurisdiction, the so-called free-fire zone. Neither the state of Wyoming nor the federal government can try him for his crime, so he walks out of prison a free man. The governor will reinstate Joe as a game warden if he'll go to Yellowstone to investigate. Joe, happy to get his badge back, even under these circumstances, agrees. However, it quickly becomes clear to Joe that McCann is deeply involved with something tremendously lucrative and unusually dangerous.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987616%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

11 .The target / David Baldacci ; read by Ron McLarty and Orlagh Cassidy.
Baldacci, David, author
McLarty, Ron, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: The mission is to enter one of the most dangerous countries in the world. The target is one of the toughest to reach. The result could be momentous, or it could be Armageddon. The President knows it's a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he gives the order, he has the opportunity to take down a global menace, once and for all. If the mission fails, he would face certain impeachment, and the threats against the nation would multiply. So the president turns to the one team that can pull off the impossible: Will Robie and his partner, Jessica Reel. Together, Robie and Reel's talents as assassins are unmatched. But there are some in power who don't trust the pair. They doubt their willingness to follow orders. And they will do anything to see that the two assassins succeed, but do not survive. As they prepare for their mission, Reel faces a personal crisis that could well lead old enemies right to her doorstep, resurrecting the ghosts of her earlier life and bringing stark danger to all those close to her. And all the while, Robie and Reel are stalked by a new adversary: an unknown and unlikely assassin, a woman who has trained her entire life to kill, and who has her own list of targets, a list that includes Will Robie and Jessica Reel.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987618%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

12 .The hit / by David Baldacci ; read by Ron McLarty and Orlagh Cassidy.
Baldacci, David, author
McLarty, Ron, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Will Robie is a master of killing. A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the US government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst, enemies of the state, monsters committed to harming untold numbers of innocent victims. No one else can match Robie's talents as a hitman, no one, except Jessica Reel. A fellow assassin, equally professional and dangerous, Reel is every bit as lethal as Robie. And now, she's gone rogue, turning her gun sights on other members of their agency. To stop one of their own, the government looks again to Will Robie. His mission: bring in Reel, dead or alive. Only a killer can catch another killer, they tell him. But as Robie pursues Reel, he quickly finds that there is more to her betrayal than meets the eye. Her attacks on the agency conceal a larger threat, a threat that could send shock waves through the US government and around the world.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987619%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

13 .Loyal creatures / Morris Gleitzman.
Gleitzman, Morris, 1953-, author,, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: They were loyal creatures, the men and horses of the Australian Light Horse, but war doesn't always pay heed to loyalty. This is the powerful story of a young man's journey towards his own kind of bravery. Like many of his mates from the bush, Frank Ballantyne is keen to join the grand adventure and do his bit. Specially as a chest full of medals might impress the currently unimpressed parents of his childhood sweetheart. So Frank ups his age and volunteers with his horse Daisy, and his dad. In the deserts of Egypt and Palestine he experiences all the adventure he ever wanted, and a few things he wasn't expecting. Heartbreak, love and the chance to make the most important choice of his life. From Gallipoli to the famous charge at Beersheba, through to the end of the war and its unforgettable aftermath, Frank's story grows out of some key moments in Australia's history.
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14 .The Cardinal of the Kremlin / Tom Clancy ; read by Michael Prichard.
Clancy, Tom, 1947-2013, author
Prichard, Michael
Unabridged.
Summary: In the Soviet hills of Dushanbe near the Afghanistan border, an otherworldly array of pillars and domes rises into the night. Between the USA and the Soviet Union, no contest is more urgent than the race to build the first missile defense system, and no one knows that more than the two men charged with assessing the Soviet's capabilities: Colonel Mikhail Filitov of the Soviet Union, an old-line warrior distrusted by the army's new inner circle of technocrats, and CIA analyst Jack Ryan, hero of the Red October affair. Each must use all his craft to arrive at the truth, but Filitov gets there first, and that?s when all hell breaks loose. Because Filitov, code-named Cardinal, is America's highest agent in the Kremlin, and he is about to be betrayed to the KGB. His rescue could spell the difference between peace and war, and it is up to Jack Ryan to accomplish it.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987621%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

15 .Death of a cad / M.C. Beaton ; read by David Monteath.
Beaton, M. C, author
Monteath, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: When Priscilla Halburton-Smythe brings her London playwright fiancé home to Lochdubh, everyone in town is delighted, except for love-smitten Hamish Macbeth. Yet the affairs of his heart will have to wait. Vile, boorish Captain Bartlett, one of the guests at Priscilla's engagement party, has just been found murdered, shot while on a grouse hunt. Now, with so many titled party guests as prime suspects, each with their own reason for snuffing out the despicable captain, Hamish must smooth ruffled feathers as he investigates the case, and catch a killer, before they fly the coop!
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987622%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

16 .Death of an outsider / M.C. Beaton ; read by David Monteath.
Beaton, M. C, author
Monteath, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: The most hated man in the most dour town in Scotland is sleeping with the fishes, or, more accurately, has been dumped into a tank filled with crustaceans. All that remains of the murdered victim are his bones. But once the lobsters have been shipped off to Britain's best restaurants, the whole affair quickly lands on the plate of Constable Hamish Macbeth. Exiled to the dreary outpost of Cnothan, Macbeth sorely misses his beloved Lochdubh, but before he can head back home he has to contend with a detective chief inspector who wants the murder hushed up, a dark-haired lassie who is out to seduce him, and a killer who has made mincemeat of his last victim, and will no doubt strike again.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987624%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

17 .Death of a perfect wife / M.C. Beaton ; read by David Monteath.
Beaton, M. C, author
Monteath, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Hamish Macbeth is savouring the delights of a Highland summer. But as fast as the rain rolls in from the loch, his happy life goes to hell in a handbasket. The trouble begins when his beloved Priscilla Halburton-Smythe returns to Lochdubh with a new fiancé on her arm. His miseries multiply when clouds of midges descend on the town. And then a paragon of housewife perfection named Trixie Thomas moves into Lochdubh with her cowed husband in tow. The newcomer quickly convinces the local ladies to embrace low-cholesterol meals, ban alcohol, and begin bird-watching. Soon the town's menfolk are up in arms and Macbeth must solve Lochdubh's newest crime, the mysterious poisoning of the perfect wife.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987625%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

18 .Gorgon / Greig Beck ; read by Sean Mangan.
Beck, Greig, author
Mangan, Sean, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Alex Hunter has been found, sullen, alone, leaving a path of destruction as he travels across America. Only the foolish get in his way of the drifter wandering the streets late at night. Across the world, something has been released by a treasure hunter in a hidden chamber of the Basilica Cisterns in Istanbul. Something hidden there by Emperor Constantine himself, and deemed by him too horrifying and dangerous to ever be set free. It now stalks the land, leaving its victims turned to stone, and is headed on a collision course with a NATO base. The Americans can't let it get there, but can't be seen to intervene. There is only one option, send in the HAWCs. But Alex and the HAWCs are not the only ones seeking out the strange being, Uli Borshov, who has a score to settle with the Arcadian, moves to intercept him, setting up a deadly collision of epic proportions where only one can survive.
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19 .The return of Sherlock Holmes / Arthur Conan Doyle ; read by Walter Covell.
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930, author
Covell, Walter, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Evil masterminds beware! Sherlock Holmes is back! Ten years after Holmes' supposed death in the swirling torrent of the Reichenbach Falls locked in the arms of his arch enemy Professor Moriarty, Arthur Conan Doyle agreed to pen further adventures featuring his brilliant detective. In the first story, 'The Empty House', Holmes returns to Baker Street and his good friend Watson, explaining how he escaped from his watery grave. In creating this collection of tales, Doyle had lost none of his cunning or panache, providing Holmes with a sparkling set of mysteries to solve and a challenging set of adversaries to defeat. The potent mixture includes murder, abduction, baffling cryptograms and robbery. We are also introduced to one of the cruellest villains in the Holmes canon, the despicable Charles Augustus Milverton. As before, Watson is the superb narrator and the magic remains unchanged and undimmed.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987629%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

20 .Stubborn buggers : [survivors of the infamous POW gaol that made Changi look like heaven] / Tim Bowden.
Bowden, Tim, 1937-, author,, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: This is the little known story of Singapore?s Outram Road Gaol and the POWs who endured it. 'It made Changi seem like heaven.' There was a place far worse than Changi, Singapore's Outram Road Gaol. Deprivation here was so extreme that there really was a fate worse than death. Stubborn Buggers is the story of twelve Australian POWs who fought and survived the battle for Malaya, then captivity and slave labour, followed by the unimaginable hardships of Outram Road Gaol. It is a story of how they dealt with the brutality of the Japanese military police, the feared Kempeitai. And it is the story of how they found a way to go on living even when facing a future of no hope and slow death. But Stubborn Buggers is about more than suffering and brutality. It is also a story of grit, determination and larrikin humour. It is very much about the triumph of the human spirit.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987630%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

21 .Blood trail / C.J. Box ; read by David Chandler.
Box, C. J., author
Chandler, David, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: It's elk season in the Rockies, but this year a different kind of hunter is stalking a different kind of prey. When the call comes in on the radio, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett can hardly believe what he hears. Wardens have found a hunter dead, strung up, and gutted as if he were the elk he'd been pursuing. A spent cartridge and a poker chip lie next to his body. Ripples of horror spread through the community, and with the possibility of a psychotic killer on the loose, the governor ends hunting season early for the first time in the state's history. Is the killer a deranged anti-hunting activist? A lone psychopath with a personal vendetta? Game Warden Joe Picket is the man who will have to decipher the clues before more bodies, and poker chips, turn up.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987631%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

22 .Behold, here's poison / Georgette Heyer ; read by Ulli Birve.
Heyer, Georgette, 1902-1974, author
Birve, Ulli, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Meet the Matthews, before the next one dies. It's no ordinary morning at the Poplars, the master is found dead in his bed, and it seems his high blood pressure was not the cause. When an autopsy reveals a sinister poison, it's up to the quietly resourceful Inspector Hannasyde to catch the murderer in time to spare the next victim. But every single member of the quarrelsome Matthews family has a motive and none, of course, has an alibi.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822363552%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

23 .A collection of Conversations with Richard Fidler / Richard Fidler.
Fidler, Richard, author, interviewer
Unabridged.
Summary: Conversations with Richard Fidler draws you deeper into the human experience. This CD features a selection of six of the best from the program including: 1. Jennifer Saunders: Comedian, writer and actor Jennifer Saunders admits to being one of the world's great procrastinators. 2. Murray Arkadieff: In his life as a bee keeper, Murray Arkadieff has been stung thousands of times. 3. Wendy James: Wendy James has twice survived the destruction of Darwin: when it was bombed during WWII, and then, when Cyclone Tracy hit. 4. Diarmid MacCulloch: Diarmaid MacCulloch's recent history of Christianity is an expansive account of the religion's growth, struggles and paradoxes. 5. Eleanor Learmonth: Eleanor Learmonth is fascinated by true stories of people who've been stranded and isolated in hostile circumstances. 6. Stan Grant: Television journalist Stan Grant is urbane and articulate on screen, but has travelled a long road to success.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822363553%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

24 .On the road ... with kids / John Ahern ; read by Michael Veitch.
Ahern, John, 1964-, author
Veitch, Michael, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: It's a life-changing trip. Take it! John Ahern had a high-flying job, big house, loving wife and two great kids. But if this was success, why did he sense he was failing as a husband and father? So John did something insane. He quit the corporate world and bought a busted-up campervan online to chase an improbable dream: a year travelling together as a family, on the road with kids. From the North Pole to Africa's highest peaks, John and his family get mugged by monkeys, charmed by snake handlers, and challenged by life without phone and email. Along the way John creates a life less ordinary and evolves into a connected partner and Dad. On the Road with Kids is a funny, messy and inspiring adventure all families will love.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822363554%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

25 .Wilderness tips / Margaret Atwood ; read by Jennifer Vuletic.
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-, author
Vuletic, Jennifer, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: A leathery bog-man transforms an old love affair; a sweet, gruesome gift is sent by the wife of an ex-lover; landscape paintings are haunted by the ghost of a young girl. This dazzling collection of ten short stories takes us into familiar Atwood territory to reveal the logic of irrational behaviour and the many textures lying beneath ordinary life. In each of these tales Margaret Atwood deftly illuminates the single instant that shapes a whole life: in a few brief pages we watch as characters progress from the vulnerabilities of adolescence through the passions of youth into the precarious complexities of middle age. By superimposing the past on the present, Atwood paints interior landscapes shaped by time, regret, and life's lost chances, endowing even the banal with a sense of mystery. Richly layered and disturbing, poignant at times and scathingly witty at others, the stories in Wilderness Tips take us into the strange and secret places of the heart and inform the familiar world in which we live with truths that cut to the bone.
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1 .Dark witch / Nora Roberts.
Roberts, Nora, author
Kellgren, Katherine, narrator
MP3 edition ; Unabridged.
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1 .The emperor waltz / Philip Hensher.
Hensher, Philip, author
Duncan, Sandra, narrator
Summary: A novel with three narrative strands: 4th century Rome, Weimar Germany, and late 20th century London. In each place, a small coterie is closely connected and separated from the larger world. In each story, the larger world regards the small coterie and its passionately held beliefs and secrets with suspicion and hostility. It is the story of eccentricity, its struggle and its triumph.
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2 .Chestnut Street / Maeve Binchy.
Binchy, Maeve, author
Binchy, Kate, narrator
Summary: Just round the corner from St Jarlath's Crescent is Chestnut Street. Here, the lives of the residents are revealed in Maeve Binchy's wonderfully compelling tales: Bucket Maguire, the window cleaner, who must do more than he bargained for to protect his son. Nessa Byrne, whose aunt comes to visit from America for six weeks every summer and turns the house - and Nessa's world - upside down. Lilian, the generous girl with a big heart, and the fiance not everyone approves of. And Melly, whose gossip about the neighbours leads to trouble in the form of the fortune teller, 'Madame Magic'.
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3 .Mistletoe and whine / Sam North.
North, Sam, author
Meadows, Mark, narrator
Summary: The festive season in the small Cornish village of Portwenn is going to be anything but easy for curmudgeonly Doc Martin. His idea of a perfect Christmas Day is to remain steadfastly alone and catch up with back issues of The Lancet. However, Portwenn is fighting off the cold and frost with a period of determined revelry before it heads into its deep winter sleep, and his patients are even more exasperating than usual. Not to mention his on-off relationship with local school teacher, Louisa. It will take all of Doc Martin's willpower to fend off the attentions of the Christmas spirit.
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4 .The grand duchess of nowhere / Laurie Graham.
Graham, Laurie, 1947-, author
McMahon, Juanita, narrator
Summary: The haunting story of Princess Victoria Melita and her conflicted loyalties, set against a powerful cast: Queen Victoria, Rasputin and the doomed Romanovs.
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5 .Don't look back / Gregg Hurwitz.
Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew, author
Lefkow, Laurel, narrator
Summary: After the breakup of her marriage, Evie takes the holiday of a lifetime. A few weeks of hiking, rafting and jungle adventure at an eco-lodge in Mexico sounds ideal. But what should have been the perfect pick-me-up soon turns into a nightmare. Nothing is quite what it seems. There are secrets hidden that can't be allowed to leave their jungle hiding place. And which their keeper will kill to protect. If she is ever to see her son again, Evie will be forced to find reserves of strength, courage and ingenuity she never dreamt existed.
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6 .Breaking butterflies / M. Anjelais.
Anjelais, M., author
Keating, Laura Knight, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Two teens are drawn together, promised to each other since childhood by their dreaming mothers. The girl is sweet, empathetic and ordinary. The boy is brilliant and charismatic - but ill. No one knows it yet, but he is incapable of feeling. Their relationship twists and turns to a terrifying climax about making the ultimate sacrifice.
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7 .Allegiant / Veronica Roth.
Roth, Veronica, author
Galvin, Emma, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered - fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories. But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature - and of herself - while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love.
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8 .The bleeding heart / Christopher Fowler.
Fowler, Christopher, author
Goodman, Tim, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: It's a fresh start for the Met's oddest investigation team, the Peculiar Crimes Unit. Their first case involves two teenagers who see a dead man rising from his grave in a London park. And if that's not alarming enough, one of them is killed in a hit and run accident. Stranger still, in the moments between when he was last seen alive and found dead on the pavement, someone has changed his shirt. Much to his frustration, Arthur Bryant is not allowed to investigate. Instead, he has been tasked with finding out how someone could have stolen the ravens from the Tower of London. All seven birds have vanished from one of the most secure fortresses in the city. And, as the legend has it, when the ravens leave, the nation falls.
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9 .Before we met / Lucie Whitehouse.
Whitehouse, Lucie, 1975-, author
Whitehouse, Polly, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: A whirlwind romance followed by a picture-perfect marriage, Hannah Reilly seizes her chance at happiness. However, one day her husband fails to come home. The more questions she asks, the fewer answers she finds. But are the secrets that Mark has been keeping designed to protect him or protect her? And can you ever really know what happened before you met?
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10 .How to be both / Ali Smith.
Smith, Ali, 1962-, author
Banks, John, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: This is a novel all about art's versatility. Borrowing from painting's fresco technique to make an original literary double-take, it's a fast-moving genre-bending conversation between forms, times, truths, and fictions. There's a renaissance artist of the 1460s. There's the child of a child of the 1960s. Two tales of love and injustice twist into a singular yarn where time gets timeless, structural gets playful, knowing gets mysterious, fictional gets real - and all life's givens get given a second chance.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822364747%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

11 .The time of our lives / Jane Costello.
Costello, Jane, 1973 or 1974-, author
Tregear, Alex, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Imogen and her friends have had their fill of budget holidays, cattle-class flights and 6am offensives for a space by the pool. So when one of the group wins a VIP holiday at Barcelona's hippest new hotel, they plan to sip champagne with the jet set, party with the glitterati and switch off in surroundings of unapologetic luxury. But as they mingle with movie stars, mafia bosses and millionaires, it becomes clear - with riotous consequences - that even in the most glamorous of locations, things can go wrong.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822364748%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

12 .The assassination of Margaret Thatcher / Hilary Mantel.
Mantel, Hilary, 1952-, author
Carr, Jane, 1950-, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: A brilliant - and rather transgressive - collection of short stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of 'Wolf Hall' and 'Bring Up the Bodies'. Mantel brutally and acutely writes about gender, marriage, class, family, and sex, cutting to the core of human experience. Unpredictable, diverse, and even shockingly unexpected, each story grabs you by the throat within a couple of sentences.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822364749%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

Current Awareness Profile Matches

2015-01-07T10:01:00.001-08:00

24 items matched your current awareness profile.
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1 .Let's just say it wasn't pretty / Diane Keaton.
Keaton, Diane, 1946-, author,, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Diane Keaton has spent a lifetime coloring outside the lines of the conventional notion of beauty. In her one-of-a-kind voice, Keaton offers up a message of empowerment for anyone who's ever dreamed of kicking back against the 'should's' and 'supposed to's' that undermine the pursuit of beauty in all its forms. From a mortifying encounter with a makeup artist to an awkward excursion to Victoria's Secret, Keaton shares funny and not-so-funny moments from her life.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987610%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

2 .Feral curse / Cynthia Leitich Smith ; read by Todd Haberkorn and Cristina Panfilio.
Smith, Cynthia Leitich, author
Haberkorn, Todd, 1982-, narrator
Summary: The adopted daughter of two respectable human parents, Kayla is a werecat in the closet. All she knows is the human world. When she comes out to her boyfriend, tragedy ensues, and her determination to know and embrace her heritage grows. Help appears in the lithe form of sexy male werecat Yoshi, backed up by Aimee and Clyde, as the four set out to solve the mystery of a possessed antique carousel while fielding miscast magic, obsessive strangers, and mounting species intolerance.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987611%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

3 .Instruments of war / Larry Correia ; read by Gabra Zackman.
Correia, Larry, author
Zackman, Gabra, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Makeda, Supreme Archdomina of House Balaash, is known throughout the Iron Kingdoms for her leadership of the mighty Skorne Empire, but it was not always so. Before the coming of the Skorne Empire into the west, Makeda was little more than the second child of a great house, but through her will, determination, and adherence to the code of hoksune, she rose above all others. For the first time the secrets of both Makeda and her people are revealed in the tale of their epic struggle for honor and survival in Instruments of War. A novella of the Iron Kingdoms.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987615%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

4 .Stress test : reflections on financial crises / Timothy F. Geithner.
Geithner, Timothy F., author,, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: From the former Treasury Secretary, the definitive account of the unprecedented effort to save the U.S. economy from collapse in the wake of the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987617%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

5 .Robert B. Parker's Cheap shot / Ace Atkins ; read by Joe Mantegna.
Atkins, Ace, author
Parker, Robert B., 1932-2010, author
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Kinjo Heywood is one of the New England Patriots' marquee players, a hard-nosed linebacker who's earned his reputation as one of the toughest guys in the league. When off-field violence repeatedly lands Heywood in the news, his slick agent hires Spenser to find the men who he says have been harassing his client. Heywood's troubles seem to be tied to a nightclub shooting from two years earlier. But when Heywood's nine-year-old son, Akira, is kidnapped, ransom demands are given, and a winding trail through Boston's underworld begins, Spenser puts together his own all-star team of toughs. It will take both Hawk and Spenser's protege, Zebulon Sixkill, to watch Spenser's back and return the child to the football star's sprawling Chestnut Hill mansion. A controversial decision from Heywood only ups the ante as the clock winds down on Akira's future.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987623%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

6 .The good spy : the life and death of Robert Ames / Kai Bird ; read by Rene Ruiz.
Bird, Kai, author
Ruiz, René, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird's compelling portrait of the remarkable life and death of one of the most important operatives in CIA history, a man who, had he lived, might have helped heal the rift between Arabs and the West.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987626%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

7 .Ruby / Cynthia Bond.
Bond, Cynthia, 1961-, author,, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Ephram Jenkins has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. Young Ruby, "the kind of pretty it hurt to look at," is already quite damaged, but Ephram is forcibly drawn to her. As soon as she becomes a young woman and has any power of her own, Ruby flees suffocating Liberty for the bright pull of 1950s New York City. Years later, when a funeral forces her to return home, 30-year-old Ruby will find herself reliving the devastating violence of her girlhood. With the terrifying realization that she might not be strong enough to fight her way back out, Ruby struggles to survive her memories of the town's dark past. Meanwhile, Ephram must choose between loyalty to the sister who raised and stood by him and the chance for a life with the woman he has loved since he was a boy.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987628%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

8 .Grave peril / Jim Butcher ; read by James Marsters.
Butcher, Jim, 1971-, author
Marsters, James, 1962-, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: In all his years of supernatural sleuthing, Harry Dresden has never faced anything like this: the spirit world's gone postal. These ghosts are tormented, violent, and deadly. Someone, or something, is purposely stirring them up to wreak unearthly havoc. But why? If Harry doesn't figure it out soon, he could wind up a ghost himself.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821987632%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

9 .Inamorata / Megan Chance ; read by David de Vries.
Chance, Megan, author
De Vries, David, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: American artist Joseph Hannigan and his alluring sister, Sophie, have arrived in enchanting nineteenth-century Venice with a single-minded goal. The twins, who have fled scandal in New York, are determined to break into Venice's expatriate set and find a wealthy patron to support Joseph's work. But the enigmatic Hannigans are not the only ones with a secret agenda. Joseph's talent soon attracts the attention of the magnificent Odilé Leon, a celebrated courtesan and muse who has inspired many artists to greatness. But her inspiration comes with a devastatingly steep price. As Joseph falls under the courtesan's spell, Sophie joins forces with Nicholas Dane, the one man who knows Odilé's dark secret, and her sworn enemy. When the seductive muse offers Joseph the path to eternal fame, the twins must decide who to believe, and just how much they are willing to sacrifice for fame.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822363575%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

10 .Spellbound / Larry Correia ; read by Bronson Pinchot.
Correia, Larry, author
Pinchot, Bronson, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: The Grimnoir Society's mission is to protect people with magic, and they've done so, successfully and in secret, since the mysterious arrival of the Power in the 1850s, but when a magical assassin makes an attempt on the life of President Franklin Roosevelt, the crime is pinned on the Grimnoir. The knights must become fugitives while they attempt to discover who framed them. Thing go from bad to worse when Jake Sullivan, former private investigator and knight of the Grimnoir, receives a telephone call from a dead man, a man he helped kill. Turns out the Power jumped universes because it was fleeing from a predator that eats magic and leaves destroyed worlds in its wake. And that predator has just landed on Earth.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822363576%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

11 .Dead man's hand : an anthology of the weird west / Joe R. Landale [and 22 others] ; edited by John Joseph Adams ; read by Phil Gigante and Natalie Ross.
Lansdale, Joe R., 1951-, author
Adams, John Joseph, 1976-, editor
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: The weird, wild west, an American frontier populated by gunslingers, rattlesnakes, outlaws, zombies, aliens, time travelers, and steampunk! Twenty-three of science fiction and fantasy's hottest and most popular authors create all-new tales, written exclusively for this anthology. Aliens and monsters, magic and science are introduced to the old west, with explosive results.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822363577%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

12 .Warbound / Larry Correia ; read by Bronson Pinchot.
Correia, Larry, author
Pinchot, Bronson, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Former private eye, Jake Sullivan, knows the score. The problem is hardly anyone believes him. The world's most capable Active, Faye Vierra, could back him up, but she is hiding from the forces that think she is too dangerous to let live. So Jake has put together a ragtag crew of airship pirates and Grimnoir knights, and set out on a suicide mission to stop the predator before it is too late.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822363578%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

13 .The bloodletter's daughter : a novel of old Bohemia / Linda Lafferty, read by Carrington Mac Duffie.
Lafferty, Linda, author
MacDuffie, Carrington, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: In 1606, the city of Prague shines as a golden mecca of art and culture carefully cultivated by Emperor Rudolf II. But the emperor hides an ugly secret: His bastard son, Don Julius, is afflicted with a madness that pushes the young prince to unspeakable depravity. Desperate to stem his son's growing number of scandals, the emperor exiles Don Julius to a remote corner of Bohemia, where the young man is placed in the care of a bloodletter named Pichler. The bloodletter's task: cure Don Julius of his madness by purging the vicious humors coursing through his veins. When Pichler brings his daughter Marketa to assist him, she becomes the object of Don Julius's frenzied, and dangerous, obsession. To him, she embodies the women pictured in the Coded Book of Wonder, a priceless manuscript from the imperial library that was his only link to sanity. As the prince descends further into the darkness of his mind, his acts become ever more desperate, as Marketa, both frightened and fascinated, can't stay away. Inspired by a real-life murder that threatened to topple the powerful Hapsburg dynasty, The Bloodletter's Daughter is a dark and richly detailed saga of passion and revenge.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822363579%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

14 .Supreme justice / Max Allan Collins ; read by Dan John Miller.
Collins, Max Allan, author
Miller, Dan John, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: After taking a bullet for his commander-in-chief, Secret Service agent Joseph Reeder is a hero. But his outspoken criticism of the president he saved, who had stacked the Supreme Court with hard-right justices to overturn Roe v. Wade, amp up the Patriot Act, and shred the First Amendment put Reeder at odds with the Service's apolitical nature, making him an outcast. FBI agent Patti Rogers finds herself paired with the unpopular former agent on a task force investigating the killing of Supreme Court Justice Henry Venter. Reeder nicknamed Peep for his unparalleled skills at reading body language makes a startling discovery while reviewing a security tape: the shooting was premeditated, not a botched robbery. Even more chilling, the controversial Venter may not be the only justice targeted for death. Is a mastermind mounting an unprecedented judicial coup aimed at replacing ultra-conservative justices with a new liberal majority? To crack the conspiracy and save the lives of not just the justices but also Reeder's own family, rising star Rogers and legendary investigator Reeder must push their skills and themselves to the limit.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822363580%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

15 .The awakening / by Kate Chopin ; read by Kim Basinger.
Chopin, Kate, 1851-1904, author
Basinger, Kim, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Edna Pontellier, vacationing for the summer with her family on Grand Isle, has a great desire to find and live fully within her true self. However, her struggle to reconcile her unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century South brings the story to a tragic conclusion.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822363581%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

16 .Little mercies / Heather Gudenkauf ; read by Tanya Eby and Kate Rudd.
Gudenkauf, Heather, author
Eby, Tanya, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Veteran social worker and dedicated children's advocate Ellen has seen the worst side of humanity. But one blistering summer day, a simple moment of distraction will have repercussions beyond Ellen's imagination. Meanwhile, ten-year-old Jenny suddenly finds herself on her own, forced to survive with only a few dollars and street smarts. The last thing she wants is a social worker, but when Ellen's and Jenny's lives collide, little do they know just how much they can help one another.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822363582%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

17 .Out of the black / Evan Currie ; read by David de Vries.
Currie, Evan, author
De Vries, David, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Deep in blackest space, the Drasin have watched humanity's journey to the stars, and determined that a species as barbaric as ours has no place in the cosmos. The wreckage of the starship Odyssey, once Earth's greatest guardian, lies strewn across New York City. Abandoned by all but its captain, Odyssey's sacrifice covered the withdrawal of countless troops as the Drasin assault ravaged the planet. When Captain Eric Weston finally emerges from the rubble, impossibly alive thanks to the mysterious Gaia,he knows with the Drasin it's kill or be killed. But not all of the heavens have proven hostile. The Priminae have felt the full brunt of Drasin aggression on their own home world, and they won't leave humanity to face annihilation alone. Together with what's left of the crews of the Odyssey and other starships, they race to join Weston and his group of Earth-bound survivors for a desperate last stand.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822363583%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

18 .Feral nights / Cynthia Leitich Smith ; read by Todd Haberkorn, Nick Podehl and Amy McFadden.
Smith, Cynthia Leitich, author
Haberkorn, Todd, 1982-, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: When free-spirited werecat Yoshi sets out to find his missing sister, he's shocked to discover that she's the key suspect in a murder investigation. Meanwhile, sarcastic werepossum Clyde and his human pal Aimee have set out to do a little detective work of their own, sworn to avenge the brutal killing of a friend. When all three are snared in an underground kidnapping ring, they end up on a remote tropical island ruled by a species that's unusual even by shape-shifter standards. The island harbors a grim secret, and were-predator and were-prey must join forces in a fight to escape alive.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822363584%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

19 .The sin-eater's confession / by Ilsa J. Bick ; read by Nick Podehl.
Bick, Ilsa J., author
Podehl, Nick, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Bigoted gossip, domestic violence, and murder create a potent story in this young adult novel. When Ben helps a grieving family on their farm, spending time with Jimmy, their son, he has no idea that his life will be utterly transformed. When Jimmy uses Ben to follow his dreams, a series of events unfold, creating a nightmare scenario that will mark Ben forever. Exploring small town politics, sexuality, and teenaged impulses, this story creates tension and drama.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822363586%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

20 .Martian time slip / by Philip K. Dick ; read by Jeff Cummings.
Dick, Philip K., author
Cummings, Jeff, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: On an arid Mars, local bigwigs compete with Earth-bound interlopers to buy up land before the Un develops it and its value skyrockets. Martian Union leader Arnie Kott has an ace up his sleeve, though: an autistic boy named Manfred who seems to have the ability to see the future. In the hopes of gaining an advantage on a Martian real estate deal, powerful people force Manfred to send them into the future, where they can learn about development plans. But is Manfred sending them to the real future or one colored by his own dark and paranoid filter? As the time travelers are drawn into Manfred's dark worldview in both the future and present, the cost of doing business may drive them all insane.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822363587%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

21 .The bone clocks / David Mitchell.
Mitchell, David (David Stephen), author
Ball, Jessica Lauren, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: One drowsy summer's day in 1984, teenage runaway Holly Sykes encounters a strange woman who offers a small kindness in exchange for 'asylum'. Decades will pass before Holly understands exactly what sort of asylum the woman was seeking. The Bone Clocks follows Holly's life - not so far out of the ordinary, yet punctuated by flashes of precognition, visits from people who emerge from thin air and brief lapses in the laws of reality.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822364745%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

22 .Missing you / Harlan Coben.
Coben, Harlan, 1962-, author
Shale, Kerry, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Harlan Coben's combination of dark twisting stories set against the backdrop of serene, domestic settings have made him one of the most succesful crime thriller authors writing in the world today. He has inhabited the top of the charts all over the world for over a decade now and still more new fans are discovering him. This new novel will continue his explorations of betrayal, loss and dark secrets - an irrestibible combination.
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23 .Research / Philip Kerr.
Kerr, Philip, author
Carrington, Nigel, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: Houston is the richest writer in the world, a book factory publishing many bestsellers a year - so many that he can't possibly write them himself. He has a team that feeds off his talent; ghost writers, agents, publishers. So when he decides to take a year out to write something of quality, a novel that will win prizes and critical acclaim, a lot of people stand to lose their livelihoods. Now Houston, the prime suspect in his wife's murder, has disappeared. He owns a boat and has a pilot's licence - he could be anywhere and there are many who'd like to find him. First there's the police. If he's innocent, why did he flee? Then again, maybe he was set up by one of his enemies. The scenario reads like the plot of one of Houston's million-copy-selling thrillers.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822364751%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

24 .Summer knight / Jim Butcher ; read by James Marsters.
Butcher, Jim, 1971-, author
Marsters, James, narrator
Library edition ; Unabridged.
Summary: Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the "everyday" world is full of strange and magical things, and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Since his girlfriend left town to deal with her newly acquired taste for blood, Harry's been down and out. He can't pay his rent. He's alienating his friends. He can't recall his last shower. Then when things are at their worst, the Winter Queen of Faerie saunters in with an offer Harry can't refuse. All he has to do is find out who murdered the Summer Knight, the Summer Queen's right-hand man, and clear the Winter Queen's name. It seems simple, but Faerie politics seldom work out that way. Then Harry discovers the fate of the entire world rests on this case. So no pressure. Magic, it can get a guy killed.
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Current Awareness Profile Matches

2015-01-06T10:01:00.001-08:00

5 items matched your current awareness profile.
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1 .Missing you / Harlan Coben ; read by January LaVoy.
Coben, Harlan, 1962-, author
LaVoy, January, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: It's a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, as emotions she's ignored for decades come crashing down on her. Staring back at her is her ex-fiance; Jeff, the man who shattered her heart, and who she hasn't seen in 18 years. Kat feels a spark, wondering if this might be the moment when past tragedies recede and a new world opens up to her. But when she reaches out to the man in the profile, her reawakened hope quickly darkens into suspicion and then terror as an unspeakable conspiracy comes to light, in which monsters prey upon the most vulnerable. As the body count mounts and Kat's hope for a second chance with Jeff grows more and more elusive, she is consumed by an investigation that challenges her feelings about everyone she ever loved.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988741%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

2 .The luminaries : a novel / Eleanor Catton ; read by Mark Meadows.
Catton, Eleanor, 1985-, author
Meadows, Mark, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: It is 1866, and young Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in secret to discuss a series of unexplained events: A wealthy man has vanished, a prostitute has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely ornate as the night sky.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988742%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

3 .Ordinary life : stories / Elizabeth Berg.
Berg, Elizabeth, author, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: In this superb collection of short stories, Elizabeth Berg takes us into remarkable moments in the lives of women, when memories and events come together to create a sense of coherence, understanding, and change. The adult daughter in "Caretaking" remembers her childhood as she learns how to cope with her mother's Alzheimer's disease. Couples whose relationships are at a dead end learn things about themselves in unexpected ways, such as one pair who examine the fallout of the wife's affair while playing a word-association game.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988743%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

4 .Do or die / Suzanne Brockman ; read by Patrick Lawlor and Melanie Ewbank.
Brockmann, Suzanne, author
Lawlor, Patrick G. (Patrick Girard), narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: Navy SEAL Ian Dunn went rogue, or so the world has been led to believe. In reality, he's still fighting for good, leading a small band of operatives who 'unofficially' take care of high-stakes deals. The U.S. government wants Ian to breach an embassy and rescue a pair of kidnapped children. Ian's beautiful new attorney Phoebe is determined to free them, and insists she go along. Intense feelings grow between them as they gear up, and they will do whatever it takes to save the kids, or die trying.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2821988744%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

5 .Irish eyes : a novel / Mary Kay Andrews writing as Kathy Hogan Trocheck ; read by Hillary Huber.
Trocheck, Kathy Hogan, 1954-, author
Huber, Hillary, narrator
Unabridged.
Summary: PLAYAWAY: Ex-Atlanta cop Callahan Garrity can't say no to her former partner, Bucky Deavers, when he invites her to the annual St. Patrick's Day bash. But when Bucky is shot in a liquor store on his way home, and accusations are made that he was working both sides of the law, Callahan enlists her band of House Mouse employees and her mother, Edna, in search of answers.
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Current Awareness Profile Matches

2014-12-24T10:01:00.001-08:00

1 items matched your current awareness profile.
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1 .Losing ground [sound recording] / by Catherine Aird ; read by Ric Jerrom.
Aird, Catherine
Jerrom, Ric
Bath, [England] : BBC Audiobooks ; North Kingstown, R. I. : BBC Audiobooks America, c2007, p2008.
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Current Awareness Profile Matches

2014-12-21T10:01:00.000-08:00

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1 .Until the sea shall give up her dead / Sean Thomas Russell.
Russell, Sean, 1952-, author
Philpott, Daniel, narrator
Summary: Under the command of the steadfast Captain Charles Hayden, Royal Navy frigate HMS Themis is sent across the Atlantic to counter the threat of the French forces in the West Indies. But before she strikes port in Barbados, the Themis intercepts a single boat adrift in the middle of the ocean - its sole occupants, two young Spanish noblemen. But not is all as it seems with Hayden's unexpected guests.
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2 .Hannah
Neels, Betty
Cater, Anne, Narrator
Unabridged ed.
Whitley Bay, UK Soundings Audio Books 2014.
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3 .Enchanting Samantha
Neels, Betty
Cater, Anne, Narrator
Unabridged ed.
Whitley Bay, UK Soundings Audio Books 2013.
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4 .The Majors (Brotherhood of War, 3) [sound recording]
Griffin, W. E. B.
Grand Haven, USA Brilliance Audio 2013.
Summary: Dien Bien Phu. Saigon. Hanoi. In 1954, they were only exotic names from a French campaign halfway around the world. But now American fighting men?proven on the bloody beaches of Normandy and in the minefields of Korea?are summoned to help beat back the guerilla forces of Ho Chi Minh. To some, the ?secret? war in Indochina was the depth of folly.
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5 .The Colonels (Brotherhood of War, 4) [sound recording]
Griffin, W. E. B.
Grand Haven, USA Brilliance Audio 2013.
Summary: They were the professionals, the men who had been toughened by combat in the mine-laden fields of Europe, in Korea, in Greece, in Indochina. Now, in the twilight of a dying decade, they must return to the United States to forge a new type of American soldier ? one to be tested on the beaches of Cuba and in a new war yet to come..
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6 .The Gypsy Morph (Genesis of Shannara) [sound recording]
Brooks, Terry
Gigante, Phil, Narrator
Grand Haven, US Baker & Taylor 2014.
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7 .The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency)
Smith, Alexander McCall
Andoh, Adjoa, Narrator
London, UK Gardners Books Ltd 2014.
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8 .Hannah [sound recording]
Neels, Betty
Cater, Anne, Narrator
Unabridged ed.
Whitley Bay, UK Gardners Books Ltd 2014.
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9 .The Berets (Brotherhood of War, 5) [sound recording]
Griffin, W. E. B.
Grand Haven, US Baker & Taylor 2013.
Summary: They were the chosen ones ? and the ones who chose to be the best. Never before had the United States given so select a group of fighting men such punishing preparation.
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