Modern Fiction

A collection of the BBC's dramatisations of Ngaio Marsh's most famous sleuth: Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn. This collection would include the following works by Ngaio Marsh:A Man Lay Dead - The gentleman detective tackles a country house party murder. A Surfeit of Lampreys - Gentleman sleuth I...

Brought to you by Penguin.Family life. Reputation. It took a lifetime to build and a second to wreck. Only her work remains.Eve Laing, once the muse of an infamous painter, is now - forty years later - an artist herself. But she feels she has sacrificed her career for her family and she resents t...

A fourth collection of BBC Radio 4 dramatisations, adapted by Alexander McCall Smith from his own bestselling books'Must-listen...beautifully cast, precisely timed, simply wonderful' Daily Telegraph'.will charm listeners whether they already know and love these stories or are hearing them for the...

Penguin presents the audio edition of Now Way Out by Cara Hunter, read by Lee Ingleby and Emma Cunniffe.DID YOU SEE ANYTHING ON THE NIGHT THE ESMOND FAMILY WERE MURDERED?It's one of the most disturbing cases DI Fawley has ever worked. The Christmas holidays, and two children have just been pulled...

He was perfect. Denim-blue eyes, a dazzling smile. And he hadn’t sent me a picture of his junk. Which is about as rare, these days, as a Dodo.When Sloane met Myles, everything fell into place. He loved a Martini almost as much as she did, shared her passion for four-cheese pizzas, and made her la...

Rosie the Not-so-Little Princess has always loved Gilbert, her royal teddy bear. But she feels she's a bit too old for him now and decides to stop playing with him. But then Gilbert goes missing and has a very strange adventure indeed. Will Rosie ever get her teddy back?

The crew of an oceanic research vessel goes missing in the Pacific along with their mini-submarine. An evangelical media star holds a rally next door to a cinematic convention in LA. The cops know there's going to be trouble – but what they didn't foresee was the presence was a Glaswegian photogr...

An evocative novel of secrets, love and redemption under the Greek sun. Perfect for fans of Kate Furnivall and Julia Gregson.On the beautiful island of Santaniki, close to Crete, it's not all white sands and sunshine. When retired bookseller Ariadne Blunt suggests the English residents form a cho...

Emily Parker is set to have the worst Christmas ever!Her flatmate's moved out, she's closed her heart to love and she's been put in charge of the school original Christmas show – with zero musical ability. Disgraced superstar Ray Stone is in desperate need of a quick PR turnaround. Waking up from...

Bestselling author Mandy Baggot returns with another sun-drenched Greek adventure. Beth Martin is 31, newly divorced and wondering just what life holds for her... Best-friend, Heidi, is adamant that all the answers lie in Corfu – the island where the girls partied away their youth. So cue a trip ...