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Brought vividly to life by acclaimed actress Faye Marsay, known for her roles in Adolescence, Ten Pound Poms, and Game of Thrones. Featuring an exclusive audio Q&A with author Steph McGovern and narrator Faye Marsay, available only in this edition. The debut crime thriller from award-winning...

It's evening, you're back late from work - and the house is in darkness. You step inside, and the phone rings. You answer it - and your world turns upside down. Your 14-year-old daughter's been taken, and her kidnappers demand half a million pounds in cash. They give you 48 hours to raise the money, and warn you that if you call the police, she'll die. Trying desperately to remain calm, you realise that your husband - the man you married only two years previously - is also missing.

No Deadline for Dreams is an empowering guide for anyone who believes it’s never too late to chase their passions. Whether you’re 25 or 75, starting fresh or reigniting a long-held vision, Stuart Berretini offers a practical and inspiring roadmap to turn your dreams into reality—no matter the obstacles. This book dismantles the myth that dreams have an expiration date, showing you how to start where you stand, overcome fear, and build a legacy of courage that inspires others.

Drawing on years of experience as communications chief for President George W. Bush and senior advisor for the McCain-Palin campaign, Nicolle Wallace provides political insight and clarity on where the decision-makers stand on complex issues. Join her for analysis and discussion with the key newsmakers every weekday.

When TV reporter Cora Baxter attends the scene of a murder in a London park, she's horrified to discover the victim is someone she knows and devastated when one of her best friends is charged with the crime. Suddenly the fun-filled life of Cora and her eccentric camera crew takes a darker turn. Cora is convinced that her friend is innocent, but with seemingly solid evidence, the police investigation team - reluctantly led by Cora's boyfriend, DCI Adam Bradberry - believe the case is closed.

A dying convict's last request thrusts small-town newspaperman Jefferson Morgan into a deadly maelstrom as he explores a 50-year-old case of child murder - a wound his town still isn't ready to scrape open. Under the heaviest deadline of his life, and amid threats from unexpected foes, Morgan must struggle with his own conscience to tell a story no matter the consequences, dig deep into the town's past, and unveil a killer who's managed to remain hidden in plain sight for almost 50 years.

Involved in a tragic accident under suspicious circumstances, award-winning journalist Jake Woods teams with detective Ollie Chandler to uncover the truth. This alluring repackage of the R andy Alcorn bestseller finds Jake drawing upon all his resources in an ever-intensifying, dangerous murder investigation.

Shayne Winter thought she had it all: a dream job at the LA Chronicle, a sleek new apartment, and a picture-perfect LA lifestyle. But day one is a disaster—her apartment is a wreck with a roguishly handsome squatter, and her new job as chief reporter has been reduced to writing obituaries after her predecessor, Ben Kosina, waltzes back in. When her first assignment—the accidental death of washed-up child star Chucky Barnard—takes a twist, Shayne sees her shot at redemption. Chucky’s sister insists it was murder, and Shayne is determined to uncover the truth.

When the lifeless body of crime journalist Tom Pinder is fished out of the river near Jack's barge, it seems that the hardened old drinker may just have had one too many... and accidentally slipped to a watery death. But Pinder's young colleague doesn't buy that explanation, and asks Jack and Sarah to investigate. As they dig deep into the stories that Pinder was working on, Jack and Sarah soon discover that he had made some very dangerous enemies prepared to stop at nothing to keep a dangerous truth buried.

In Southeast Minnesota, a school board meeting is coming to an end. The board chairman announces that the rest of the meeting will be closed due to personnel issues. Issues is correct. The proposal up for a vote is whether to authorise the killing of a local reporter. Meanwhile, Virgil Flowers is helping out a friend by looking into a dognapping when he gets a call from Lucas Davenport. A murdered body has been found, and the victim is a local reporter....

Detectives Thane and Moss embark on a manhunt, and a gripping game of cat and mouse unfolds in a dual narrative that plunges listeners into the heart of a bygone era in Scottish crime, with every twist leading the detectives towards a pulse-pounding showdown with a criminal who has nothing left to lose.

Someone with half your experience just produced work that used to take you all week. They finished it in a day. And tomorrow, they'll do it again — faster. That's not a hypothetical. It's happening across every knowledge profession right now. The professional who spent Monday through Friday on a competitive analysis lost the contract to the one who delivered a better version by Tuesday — same quality of thinking, same level of expertise, different tools.

To save his favorite newspaper, Nero Wolfe steps into the crossfire of a tabloid war.

Bov Bjergs bisher unbekannter Debütroman. Die Druckauflage wurde bei einem Lagerbrand vernichtet. Nun erscheint das Buch erstmals für ein breites Publikum. Paula ist Ende dreißig und übersetzt Gebrauchsanweisungen. Sie lebt in den USA, "schon so richtig amerikanisch dick" - eine "Verschollene", die ihrer Heimat doch nicht entkommen kann: Denn eines Tages muss sie sich auf den Weg zurück machen. Widerstrebend reist sie noch einmal in das Dorf ihrer Kindheit. Das von der Schwester bewohnte Elternhaus wird zum Schauplatz einer atemberaubenden Geschichte.

Being a lifelong Chicago Thunder fan, I know that Blaine Olsen is trouble. Because all hockey players are. He's a notorious playboy, and I refuse to be another notch on his bedpost. But when he shows me the part of himself he keeps hidden, it gets harder to resist him.

It was supposed to be over. But nothing in Jack Noble’s world ever stays that way. Captured. Transported. Delivered straight into the hands of his former handler, Frank Skinner. The man Jack once spared is now calling in the debt—and the cost is higher than Jack ever expected. Forced back into the shadow world of covert operations, Jack is tasked with one last mission. But this one isn’t about justice. It’s about survival. A woman he thought was dead has resurfaced, and her enemies have declared war. The only way out is to go in deeper than ever before.

For three months every year football clubs buy and sell people. They spend more than £4 billion a year on footballers, and for good reason; the right deal can help you win the game's top prizes while the wrong deal can cost you your job and bankrupt your club. It is a fast-paced, at times murky and cutthroat world worth billions, which largely operated behind closed doors - until Jim White and Kaveh Solhekol stepped in, that is. In Deadline Day, Jim and Kaveh, two of the world's leading transfer experts, take us behind the scenes of this uniquely tense, make-or-break element to the game.

Meet Jack McMorrow, a hard-hitting crime reporter for the New York Times, now living in the backwoods of Maine, near the paper plant in Rumford. Jack's there to run the local paper, but when a unpopular photographer is found drowned in a nearby canal, Jack gets drawn into a complicated game that has kept members of the town silenced and in fear for their lives. Maine may be the place where life is as it should be, but McMorrow finds out staying alive may be harder than he thought.

Die Passagiere dachten, das Flugzeug bringt sie nach Hause. Doch die Pilotin hegt einen tödlichen Plan … In freudiger Erwartung besteigen Jill und ihre Kollegen nach einer Vorstandssitzung den Privatjet ihrer Firma, um nach Hause zu ihren Familien in Portland zu fliegen. Das Wetter ist gut, die Sicht klar, Turbulenzen sind nicht zu erwarten. Doch kurz nach dem Abflug meldet sich die Pilotin über die Lautsprecher. Anstatt Jill und ihre Kollegen zu begrüßen, hat sie den Jet aufs offene Meer hinausgesteuert und stellt den Passagieren ein schockierendes Ultimatum.

Det er aften, du kommer sent hjem fra arbejde – og huset ligger i mørke. Du går indenfor, og telefonen ringer. Du tager den – og din verden bliver vendt på hovedet. Din fjortenårige datter er blevet bortført, og hendes kidnappere forlanger en halv million pund i kontanter. De giver dig 48 timer til at skaffe pengene. Hvis du ringer til politiet, dør hun. Mens mareridtet udspiller sig, kan du være sikker på to ting: at du vil gøre hvad som helst for at få din datter levende hjem – og at tiden rinder ud...