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The Ascent Cover
Author: Stefan Hertmans |
Release Date: August 29, 2023
In this revealing and poignant story, Stefan Hertmans uncovers haunting details about the previous owner of his house and the crime he committed as a member of the Nazi police.In 1979 Stefan Hertmans became obsessed with a rundown townhouse in Ghent....
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Do Tell Cover
Author: Lindsay Lynch |
Release Date: July 11, 2023
“There is little more alluring than the promise of secrets, and Do Tell is full of them–glamorous, tawdry, and human. Lindsay Lynch has created a rich portrait of the lives of early Hollywood's beautiful puppets and those holding their st...
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The Last Lifeboat Cover
Author: Hazel Gaynor | Narrator: Billie Fulford-Brown
Release Date: June 13, 2023
Inspired by a remarkable true story, a young teacher evacuates children to safety across perilous waters, in a moving and triumphant new novel from New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor. 1940, Kent: Alice King is not brave or darin...
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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece Cover
From the legendary actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, while also capt...
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To Die Beautiful Cover
Author: Buzzy Jackson | Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld
Release Date: May 02, 2023
A heartrending novel based on a true story of love, loyalty, and the limits we confront when our deepest values are tested, by award-winning writer Buzzy Jackson   How far would you go to protect the people and country you love?   It&r...
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The Midnight News Cover
Author: Jo Baker | Narrator: Katherine Manners
Release Date: May 02, 2023
From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a gripping novel of one young woman’s unraveling during the Blitz—a story of World War II intrigue, love, and dangerIt is 1940 and twenty-year-old Charlotte Richmond watches from her attic window...
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The Golden Doves Cover
Author: Martha Hall Kelly | Narrator: Martha Hall Kelly, Saskia Maarleveld and Jeremy Carlisle Parker
Release Date: April 18, 2023
Two former female spies, bound together by their past, risk everything to hunt down an infamous Nazi doctor in the aftermath of World War II—a pulse-pounding novel inspired by true events from the New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girl...
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Author: Rachel Heng | Narrator: Windson Liong
Release Date: March 28, 2023
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 BY TIME, THE WASHINGTON POST, OPRAH DAILY, BUSTLE, ELECTRIC LITERATURE AND MORE!“Stunning…epic…impressive…It is a pleasure to simply live alongside these characters.”—The Ne...
Author: Amita Parikh | Narrator: Imogen Church
Release Date: December 06, 2022
International Bestseller and #1 LibraryReads PickWater for Elephants meets The Night Circus in this World War II debut about a magnificent travelling circus, a star-crossed romance, and one girl’s coming-of-age during the darkest of times.&ldqu...
Author: John Boyne | Narrator: Kristin Atherton and Helen Lloyd
Release Date: November 29, 2022
“You can’t prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel.” —John Irving, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The World According to Garp “Exceptional, layered and compelling&hell...
Author: Lecia Cornwall | Narrator: Hannah Curtis
Release Date: October 11, 2022
In the summer of 1936, while the Nazis make secret plans for World War II, a courageous and daring young woman struggles to expose the lies behind the dazzling spectacle of the Berlin Olympics.  German power is rising again, threatening a war th...
Author: Joanna Quinn | Narrator: Olivia Vinall
Release Date: October 04, 2022
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK • A transporting, irresistible debut novel that takes its heroine, Cristabel Seagrave, from a theatre made of whalebones to covert operations during World War II&m...