Catherine Aird
Amendment of Life

Tidying up the famous yew tree hedge was never Pete Carter's favourite job. The centre of the maze has been an allegory for death since the time of the Minotaur. He is supervised by the redoubtable Miss Daphne, chatelaine of the Court, who is surveying the maze from an upstairs window. She, too, realises that death is in their midst.

Reginald Hill
A Clubbable Woman

When Connon got back from the Rugby Club, he had taken a nasty knock in the match. He went upstairs and passed out on the bed. Hours later, Connon noticed that his wife's head had been caved in. Superintendent Andrew Dalziel knew exactly what went on down at the clubhouse. But Sergeant Peter Pascoe had a few ideas of his own.

Elizabeth Buchan
Light of the Moon

Evelyn St John has been parachuted into France to link up with the Resistance. Paul von Hoch's brief, as a member of German Intelligence, is to track down enemy spies. Suddenly the battle lines shift between patriotism and a deeper truth that says love is more important.

Eric Lomax
The Railway Man

Eric Lomax was a boy in Scotland in the 1930s, a spotter of trains in the glorious age of steam. In 1941 he was sent to Malaya as a member of the Royal Corps of Signals. Taken prisoner, he was put to work on the infamous Burma-Siam railway. This unforgettable audiobook describes a life saved from final bitterness by an extraordinary will to forgive.