Category: audio book
+ audio book, Dogs, feel-good, fiction, friendship, hope, love
The Stray Dogs by Ruth Hogan
It’s never too late for a fresh start – whether you’re on two legs or four… When burnt-out city vet Leona Lennox moves to the market town of Fiddlers Green determined to set up a dog rescue centre, recently divorced Desmond Leaks takes an instant shine to her and makes a rash promise to get his college band back together for some fundraising gigs. … Read More The Stray Dogs by Ruth Hogan
Little Spark by Jess Kidd
From the bestselling author of Things in Jars and The Night Ship comes a spellbinding gothic novel in which lifelike machines walk, old bones lie buried beneath the marsh grass, and a young woman born crackling with power confronts the terrible truth of her origins. A secret cannot stay locked away forever… Bodkin Bell, orphan, pickpocket and survivor, doesn’t know where she came from, … Read More Little Spark by Jess Kidd
My 4 Favourite Audiobooks of 2026 – Part Three
2026 has been a good year for audiobooks, so once again I am giving them their own post. I could have chosen all of them to be honest, but I only pick four each time. The Mourning Necklace by Kate Foster I’m a huge fan of Victorian Gothic mysteries so my first Kate Foster read The Repentants was a little early for me, set in Scotland … Read More My 4 Favourite Audiobooks of 2026 – Part Three
+ 1980s, abuse, audio book, audio drama, child abuse, fiction, lies, review, secrets
An American Tragedy by Dan Flanigan – Peter O’Keefe Crime series
A nation in panic. A teacher accused. O’Keefe steps into the storm. During the 1988 Satanic Panic, fear is a weapon—and justice is on trial. The summer of 1988 is boiling with hysteria. Across America, accusations of hidden cults and ritual crimes are destroying reputations, families, and lives. Peter O’Keefe wants nothing more than to stabilize his PI agency and rebuild trust with his … Read More An American Tragedy by Dan Flanigan – Peter O’Keefe Crime series
The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother and uncovers shocking secrets in this immersive and atmospheric saga perfect for fans of Sarah Waters and Sarah Perry. Cornwall, 1730: A young girl known only as Red travels with her father making a living predicting fortunes using the ancient Cornish method of the Square of Sevens. Shortly before he … Read More The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
The Beholders by Hester Musson
SOME HOUSES ARE HAUNTED BY THE LIVING June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of the River Thames, suspected to be the beloved missing child of the widely admired Liberal MP Ralph Gethin. Four months earlier. Harriet is a young maid newly employed at Finton Hall. Fleeing the drudgery of an unwanted engagement in the small village where she … Read More The Beholders by Hester Musson
+ audio book, childhood, family, fiction, folklore, ghosts, gothic, gothic horror, mythology, review, superstition, witches
The Ghost Woods by CJ Cooke
In the midst of the woods stands a house called Lichen Hall. This place is shrouded in folklore—old stories of ghosts, of witches, of a child who was not quite a child. Now the woods are creeping closer, and something has been unleashed. Pearl Gorham arrives in 1965, one of a string of young women sent to Lichen Hall to give birth. And she … Read More The Ghost Woods by CJ Cooke
+ audio book, fiction, revenge, review, suspense
Hide and Seek by Chris Carter
The first standalone thriller from the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of the Robert Hunter series. Chris Carter as you’ve never read him no murder, no gore – just pure, relentless suspense. Sam Stewart has escaped her abusive husband. She has taken him to court. She has watched him sent to prison. But Nelson Stewart leaves her with one chilling message. He will come for her. … Read More Hide and Seek by Chris Carter
The Mourning Necklace by Kate Foster
Inspired by an infamous real-life case, The Mourning Necklace is an unforgettable historical novel from the Women’s Prize-longlisted author of The Maiden, Kate Foster. They said I would swing for the crime and I did. I wear the rope-bruise like a necklace. 1724. In a tavern just outside Edinburgh, Maggie Dickson’s family drown their sorrows, mourning her death yet relieved she is gone. Shame haunts them. Hanged … Read More The Mourning Necklace by Kate Foster
The Repentants by Kate Foster
Her scandal. His revenge. The unforgettable new historical novel from award-winning author, Kate Foster. St Monans, Fife, Scotland 1790. Two women are forced to publicly repent in church, one for adultery the other for breaching the sabbath. Wealthy housewife, Florrie, and salt serf, Eliza, form a quick and unusual bond over their mutual humiliation. So when Florrie’s husband decides she must accompany him on a … Read More The Repentants by Kate Foster
+ audio book, fiction, humour fiction, Ireland, review, sisters, twins
Shibby Magee by Carrie Kabak
A vanished mother. A fractured family. A lifetime of choosing the wrong men. When their bold, brassy mother vanishes into Ireland’s Traveller community, Shibby Magee and her twin sister, Dorah, are left behind in a family already cracking at the seams. Under the iron rule of their rigidly bigoted grandmother, the girls grow up on opposite tracks: Dorah, sharp-edged and defiant; Shibby, bruised and … Read More Shibby Magee by Carrie Kabak
My 4 Favourite Audiobooks of 2026 – Part Two
2026 is turning out to be a good year for audiobooks, so once again I am giving them their own post. We have one Jess Kidd (always, and always as an audiobook as the narration is one of my favourite parts), a modern Gothic mystery and two Will Carvers (who also made it to my Top Ten favourite books of 2026 Part Two). Here … Read More My 4 Favourite Audiobooks of 2026 – Part Two
