Fiction

Gideon's Lot: Gideon of Scotland Yard, Book 13

• UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 25 mins)
• By John Creasey
• Narrated By Hugh Kermode

The Queen Elizabeth docks at Southampton and soon Gideon is called on to catch the criminals who had crossed the Atlantic - the rapist, the kidnapper, thieves and fraud operators. They are all headed for London and London is Gideon's territory.'The King of Crime' wrote an astonishing number of crime and mystery books, selling more than 80 million copies worldwide in 28 languages over five decades. His most famous characters include The Baron, Inspector West, and Gideon.

The Great Gatsby

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 10 mins)
• By F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Narrated By Dan Russell

The Great Gatsby, first Published in 1925 and probably F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, is set on Long Island's North shore, where Nick Carraway begins a new life in New York in the "roaring 20's".

Carraway is invited to join his new neighbour Jay Gatsby's social circle, including the self-made millionaire's legendary parties, and bears witness to Gatsby's rekindled love affair with the unhappily married Daisy, which ends in tragedy. Today the novel is widely regarded as a paragon of the Great American Novel and a literary classic.

My Old Home

• UNABRIDGED (23 mins)
• By Xun Lu
• Narrated By Martin Jarvis

As a middle-aged man, the protagonist revisits his old home which he had left more than 20 years ago. He meets up with family members, and Runtu, a childhood friend, as well as someone he does not even remember - Mrs Yang, who exclaims "Don't you know me? And I have held you in my arms!" In this story, the listener is given an intriguing insight into people’s lives in China during the 1920s. My Old Home is also available in the collection entitled Chinese Classic Stories, read by Martin Jarvis.

The Midwife's Daughter

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 47 mins)
• By Patricia Ferguson
• Narrated By Jilly Bond

Violet Dimond, the Holy Terror, has delivered many of the town children in her capacity as handywoman. But Violet’s calling is dying out with medicine’s advances. Grace, Violet’s adopted daughter, is a symbol of change herself. In the place where she has grown up and everyone knows her, she is accepted, though most of the locals never before saw a girl with skin that colour. For Violet and Grace the coming war will bring more upheaval: can they endure it, or will they be swept aside by history’s tide?