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A collection of original radio dramas by the much-loved Irish literary legend One of Ireland’s greatest contemporary authors, William Trevor won the Whitbread Prize three times, and was shortlisted four times for the Man Booker Prize. He received an honorary CBE in 1977 for his services to...

A collection of some of William Trevor’s most acclaimed works, as heard on BBC Radio William Trevor was an Irish literary legend. In a 40-year career, he published a multiplicity of novels, plays, and short stories, and received numerous awards and honours. He was often compared to Chekhov for...

The BRAND NEW laugh-out-loud, feel-good listen from Julia Jarman.

Danny O'Connor – once the golden boy of their secondary school and a member of their sixth-year drama group – has died suddenly at 49, in their hometown of Belmullet on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way. As the friends return to the west of Ireland for the week-long funeral and memorial, old wounds are reopened, and long-buried secrets rise to the surface. Emotions run high as drama unfolds. What truths have they been hiding from one another – and from themselves?

Available in English at last, the international bestseller from one of Japan's most acclaimed authors, a touching tale of a broken family contending with the pain of the past to live in the present, helped by the unforgettable dog who becomes their lifeline. Sakura is the story of a family who...

Now: When Ruthie gets the part of one of Macbeth’s famous three witches she can’t wait to get started. Inspired by the beauty of the film’s Scottish locations and the camaraderie of the cast and crew, she can leave behind the expectations of her family and her lacklustre love life, at least for now. But as echoes from the past begin whispering in Ruthie’s ear and a restless spirit draws her further into its centuries-old secrets, it soon becomes clear that only she can uncover the truth of a terrible injustice.

Palermo, anni Novanta. Youssef è un ragazzino incantato dal mondo quando si trasferisce con i suoi nel cortile delle sette fate, a Ballarò. Suo padre Alì, nato in Marocco, è un uomo severo, fedele alle tradizioni e molto legato al paese d’origine dove, prima o poi, vorrebbe tornare con la famiglia. Sua madre Taslima, invece, nata in Italia, desidera per sé e per i suoi figli un futuro nella Palermo a cui ormai sente di appartenere.

Iryna Fingerova erzählt so bewegend wie authentisch vom Leben einer jungen ukrainischen Hausärztin in Deutschland, während in ihrem Heimatland Krieg herrscht. Von ihrer Trauer, ihren Schuldgefühlen, ihrer Wut und Resignation, bis hin zu dem Versuch, das eigene Leben weiterzuleben, die Ereignisse zu akzeptieren und vielleicht persönlichen Frieden zu finden. Mira Zehmann ist Hausärztin, Mutter, Ehefrau. Sie stammt aus einer jüdischen Familie in Odesa, vor Jahren hat sie zusammen mit ihrem Mann die Ukraine verlassen, um in Deutschland ihr eigenes Leben zu leben – für sich und ihre kleine Tochter.

Callum Murphy thought he was happily married to a corporate consultant. But when police show up at Callum's work site, informing him of his wife Lea's death – his world starts to crumble. Within a few hours, Callum is told that Lea was, in fact, an MI6 agent who was killed because of intelligence only she had, strangers with guns break into his home and he's forced to run for his life. Thrust into a terrifying chase across Europe, Callum has to dodge British police and shadowy MI6 operatives who believe he knows more than he's letting on.

The Naik sisters escaped their traumatic past in Mumbai to come to the States, but their journeys have been vastly different. Simi is working toward a bright future as a pediatric nurse in a small town in Kentucky when Rupi shows up at her door in distress, on the run, and as always, dragging trouble in her wake. With Rupi’s safety in jeopardy, the sisters hatch a desperate plan to keep her in the country: Rupi must get married—and fast—even if it means Simi recruiting the man she’s been secretly dating as her sister’s groom. A perfect plan? Not quite. But there aren’t many alternatives.

From the New York Times bestselling author of If I See You Again Tomorrow comes a delightful and heartwarming novel about family, love, grief, and one precocious houseplant, that reminds us of the beauty of living a life in full Bloom. Morris Warner is withering away. After the sudden death of...

From bestselling author Shelley Noble comes a gripping and timely historical novel of books, banning, and the women who helped save New York’s famed Book Row. 1915: Manhattan’s Book Row, an eclectic jumble of forty bookshops along Fourth Avenue, is the mecca for rare book buyers from around...

Audiobook performed by Marin Ireland From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nest and Good Company comes a wry and tender portrait of two families forever changed by one lovestruck decision that will reverberate for decades. It’s 1977 and an air of restlessness has settled on the...

Like his brothers, Zach Young has recently moved home to Maine after the untimely death of his father. In addition to helping his mom maintain Lobster Cove, the family’s beloved property, the Navy cook has big dreams of opening his own restaurant…but, for now, has reluctantly settled for a lobster shack. Not exactly what he had in mind, though a new lobsterwoman in town has made his daily trips to the docks worthwhile.

This summer, the town’s juiciest secrets are revealed in New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery’s joyful and sparkling new novel Jax has a slight issue with control—as in, she needs it. Always. Too bad she has power only over the Painted Lady Bookstore, the Victorian mansion...

From the international bestselling author of The Drowning Woman, a psychological thriller about a couple rocked by infidelity who moves to a villa in Spain’s Costa Brava to rebuild their relationship, only to welcome a pair of visitors who have no intention of leaving. Sydney Lowe’s life in...

A mother bestows a life-changing legacy on her five adult daughters in this profoundly moving novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel. After the unexpected death of their mother, Felicia Morgan Weston, her five daughters are summoned to a historic Connecticut farmhouse for...

Emily „Mimi" Green lebt gemeinsam mit ihrem Bruder Finn im idyllischen Cornwall. Seit dem frühen Tod ihrer Eltern halten die beiden nicht nur das wunderschöne Green Cottage am Leben, sondern auch den kleinen Fährbetrieb, der Ausflügler sicher durch die Bucht bringt. Doch dann soll das Anwesen der Geschwister zwangsversteigert werden. Mit Hilfe ihrer Nachbarin wenden sie sich an eine Londoner Privatbank – jene, die ihre Eltern bereits vor 30 Jahren mit einem Kredit gerettet hatte. Statt Geld schickt der Bankier jedoch seinen Sohn Aidan nach Brightsand Bay.

Viele Jahre ist es her, dass die 30-jährige Kayla zuletzt in ihrer Heimat Irland war: Zu groß ist der Schmerz, den sie dort zurückgelassen hat. Jetzt zwingt sie der plötzliche Tod ihres Vaters, ins beschauliche Old Quay zurückzukehren. Dort trifft sie nicht nur ihre geliebte Gran und ihre Sandkastenfreundin Maeve wieder, sondern auch ihren Bruder Logan, mit dem sie seit einem schlimmen Streit kaum gesprochen hat. Während langer Spaziergänge am Meer kehren endlich auch die schönen Erinnerungen zu Kayla zurück.

Es ist Spätsommer, als Journalistin Anna März nach Sylt zurückkehrt, um der 85-jährigen Fenja Lorenzen bei der Suche nach ihrer Schwester Martje zu helfen. Denn nach einer Sturmnacht im Jahr 1958 verliert sich jede Spur von ihr. Anna ahnt nicht, dass Martje sich damals in den charismatischen Strandpiraten Hark verliebt hatte und sich nach einem Schiffsunglück auf die Insel Amrum retten konnte. Je tiefer Anna gräbt, desto klarer wird, wie kompliziert das Verhältnis der Schwestern gewesen sein muss, die sich als Kinder abgöttisch liebten, bevor das Schicksal sie auseinanderriss.