The Revolving Door of Life

The Woman Who Walked In Sunshine

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 20 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Lisette Lecat

Business is slow at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, so slow in fact that for the first time in her estimable career Precious Ramotswe has reluctantly agreed to take a holiday. The promise of a week of uninterrupted peace is short-lived, however, when she meets a young boy named Samuel, a troublemaker who is himself in some trouble. Once she learns more about Samuel's sad story, Mma Ramotswe feels compelled to step in and help him find his way out of a bad situation.

The Novel Habits of Happiness

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 26 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Davina Porter

From a small town outside Edinburgh comes the news that a young boy has been recounting vivid recollections of a past life: a perfect description of an island off the coast of Scotland that he couldn't possibly know and a house there where he claims to have spent his former life. When the boy's mother asks Isabel to investigate his claims, she feels she must - of course! - help them learn the truth, and she and her husband, Jamie, set off for the island.

Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers: A 44 Scotland Street Novel

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 52 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Robert Ian Mackenzie

Newlywed Angus Lordie has been booked by his bride into what he must not call the loony bin; Bruce’s first encounter with hot wax brings more anguish than he bargained for; and Bertie's birthday dreams of scout camp and a penknife look set to be replaced by a game of Royal Weddings and a gender-neutral doll. But fate, an amorous Bedouin, and the Dubai Tourist Authority conspire to transport Bertie's mother, Irene, to a warmer--if not a better--place.

Journey to Munich: A Maisie Dobbs Novel

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 50 mins)
• By Jacqueline Winspear
• Narrated By Orlagh Cassidy

It's early 1938, and Maisie Dobbs is back in England. On a fine yet chilly morning, as she walks toward Fitzroy Square - a place of many memories - she is intercepted by Brian Huntley and Robert MacFarlane of the Secret Service. The German government has agreed to release a British subject from prison, but only if he is handed over to a family member.

Time of Fog and Fire: A Molly Murphy Mystery

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 41 mins)
• By Rhys Bowen
• Narrated By Nicola Barber

Molly Murphy Sullivan's husband, Daniel, a police captain in turn-of-the-century New York City, is in a precarious position. The new police commissioner wants him off the force altogether. So when Daniel's offered an assignment from John Wilkie, head of the Secret Service, he's eager to accept. Molly can't draw any details of the assignment out of him, even where he'll be working.

Emma: A Modern Retelling

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 54 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Susan Lyons

Emma Woodhouse's widowed father is an anxious man, obsessed with nutrition and the latest vitamins. He lives the life of a country gentleman in contemporary England, protectively raising his young daughters, Isabella and Emma. While Isabella grows into a young woman, marries a society photographer for Vogue at the age of 19, and gets down to the business of reproducing herself, Emma pursues a degree in interior design at university in Bath and then returns to set up shop in her home village.

Be Frank with Me: A Novel

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 37 mins)
• By Julia Claiborne Johnson
• Narrated By Tavia Gilbert

Reclusive literary legend M. M. "Mimi" Banning has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years. But after falling prey to a Bernie Madoff-style Ponzi scheme, she's flat broke. Now Mimi must write a new book for the first time in decades, and to ensure the timely delivery of her manuscript, her New York publisher sends an assistant to monitor her progress. The prickly Mimi reluctantly complies - with a few stipulations: no Ivy Leaguers or English majors. Must drive, cook, tidy. Computer whiz. Good with kids.

Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 47 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Steven Crossley

Cornelius P. "Fatty" O'Leary and his wife, Betty, plan a vacation in Ireland for his 40th birthday, where they will tour his ancestral homeland and relax in the countryside. Almost immediately, things go terribly wrong: the seats in economy class on the plane are too small; the country hotel's dinner spread and bathroom fixtures leave much to be desired; and the down-to-earth O'Learys find their fellow guests are more than a little snobbish.

Death of a Nurse

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 28 mins)
• By M. C. Beaton
• Narrated By Graeme Malcolm

James Harrison has recently moved to a restored hunting lodge in Sutherland with his gorgeous private nurse Gloria Dainty. When Hamish visits Mr. Harrison to welcome him to the neighborhood, the old man treats him very rudely. Gloria apologizes for her employer's behavior, and Hamish takes the plunge and invites her out for dinner. On the appointed evening, Hamish waits for Gloria at the restaurant. And waits.

Sunshine on Scotland Street: A 44 Scotland Street Novel, Book 8

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 33 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Robert Ian Mackenzie
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Once more, we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith. With customary charm and deftness, Alexander McCall Smith gives us another instalment in this popular series, now running in its eighth season in The Scotsman.

Rattle His Bones: The Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries, Book 8

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 2 mins)
• By Carola Dunn
• Narrated By Lucy Rayner

In the summer of 1923, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple makes what should be an uneventful research trip to the Museum of Natural History quite an eventful day - with her nephew, Derek, and her soon-to-be stepdaughter, Belinda, in tow. But as she interviews the various curators for her article on the museums of London, she soon discovers that the Museum of Natural History is a hothouse of professional rivalry and jealousy.

A Question of Inheritance: A Very English Mystery, Book 2

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 16 mins)
• By Elizabeth Edmondson
• Narrated By Michael Page
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Hugo Hawksworth is on the tail of rogue Cold War agents at a top-secret government facility, while back home at Selchester Castle they're awaiting the arrival of the new earl - an American, the long-lost son of the murdered Lord Selchester.

The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 4 mins)
• By Bill Bryson
• Narrated By Nathan Osgood

In 1995, Bill Bryson got into his car and took a weeks-long farewell motoring trip about England before moving his family back to the United States. The book about that trip, Notes from a Small Island, is uproarious and endlessly endearing, one of the most acute and affectionate portrayals of England in all its glorious eccentricity ever written. Two decades later, he set out again to rediscover that country, and the result is The Road to Little Dribbling.

Thursday's Children: A Frieda Klein Mystery

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 8 mins)
• By Nicci French
• Narrated By Beth Chalmers

Frieda faces her most personal case yet when a former classmate appears at Frieda's door, begging for her help. Maddie Capel's teenage daughter, Becky, claims that she was raped in her own bed one night while her mother was downstairs. Her assailant warned, "Don't think of telling anyone, sweetheart. Nobody will believe you." Becky's story awakens dark memories of an eerily similar incident in Frieda's own past.

Mrs Queen Takes the Train

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 33 mins)
• By William Kuhn
• Narrated By Simon Prebble
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

An absolute delight of a debut novel by William Kuhn - author of Reading Jackie: Her Autobiography in Books - Mrs Queen Takes the Train wittily imagines the kerfuffle that transpires when a bored Queen Elizabeth strolls out of the palace in search of a little fun, leaving behind a desperate team of courtiers who must find the missing Windsor before a national scandal erupts.

No Shred of Evidence: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 8 mins)
• By Charles Todd
• Narrated By Simon Prebble

On the north coast of Cornwall, an apparent act of mercy is repaid by an arrest for murder. Four young women have been accused of the crime. A shocked father calls in a favor at the Home Office. Scotland Yard is asked to review the case.

However, Inspector Ian Rutledge is not the first inspector to reach the village. Following in the shoes of a dead man, he is told the case is all but closed.

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 10 mins)
• By Katarina Bivald
• Narrated By Fiona Hardingham, Lorelei King

It all began with a correspondence between two quite different women: 28-year-old Sara from Haninge, Sweden, and 65-year-old Amy from the small town of Broken Wheel, Iowa. After years of exchanging books, letters and thoughts on the meaning of literature and life, Sara, mousy, disheveled, who has never been anywhere in her life - has really lived only for her work in a beloved bookshop, which has just closed its doors for the last time - bravely decides to accept her unknown friend's invitation to visit.

Bertie Plays the Blues: A 44 Scotland Street Novel, Book 7

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 34 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Robert Ian Mackenzie
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Domestic bliss seems in short supply at 44 Scotland Street. Over at the Pollocks', dad, Stuart, is harbouring a secret about a secret society and Bertie is feeling kind of blue. Having had enough of his neurotic hot-housing mother, he puts himself up for adoption on eBay. Will he go to the highest bidder or will he have to take matters into his own hands? Will the lovelorn Big Lou find true love on the Internet? And will Angus Lordie and Domenica make it up the aisle? Catch up with all your favorite faces down in 44 Scotland Street as we follow their daily pursuit of a little happiness.

Wedding Cake Murder: Hannah Swensen, Book 19

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 52 mins)
• By Joanne Fluke
• Narrated By Suzanne Toren

Hannah is thrilled to be marrying Ross Barton, her college crush. And her excitement only grows when she learns he'll be able to join her on her trip to New York City for the Food Channel's dessert chef contest. They get a taste of the Big Apple before Hannah wins the Hometown Challenge and the producers bring all the contestants to Lake Eden to tape the remainder of the show. It's nerve-wracking enough being judged by Alain Duquesne, a celebrity chef with a nasty reputation. But it's even more chilling to find him stabbed to death in the Lake Eden Inn's walk-in cooler.

A Spoonful of Poison: An Agatha Raisin Mystery, Book 19

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 50 mins)
• By M. C. Beaton
• Narrated By Wanda McCaddon

Agatha Raisin's detective agency has become so successful that now all she wants is some R&R. But as soon as she cuts back her hours, Agatha remembers that when she has too much quality time, she doesn't know what to do with it. So it doesn't take much for the vicar of a nearby village to persuade her to help publicize the church fete, especially when the fair's organizer, George Selby, happens to be a gorgeous widower.

The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café

• UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 55 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Lisette Lecat

In this delightful 15th installment, Mma Ramotswe has her hands full both at home and in the office. To add to her current challenges, her devoted partner, Grace Makutsi, has decided to branch out on her own and open The Handsome Man's Deluxe Cafe. But even “Miss 97 Per Cent” can't quite meet all the demands of running a business - not to mention those that a lightning strike makes on her building.

Violent Crimes: An Amanda Jaffe Novel

• UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 56 mins)
• By Phillip Margolin
• Narrated By Therese Plummer

Dale Masterson, a wealthy lawyer who has built a career representing coal and oil companies, has enemies—including his own son, Brandon, a fanatical eco-warrior who despises everything his father stands for. When Dale is found beaten to death, Brandon is spotted fleeing the scene. He confesses to the murder, proclaiming it an act of revenge against his father's controversial clients. Veteran attorney Amanda Jaffe is hired to represent him, but what seems like an open-and-shut case quickly begins to unravel.

The World According to Bertie

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 7 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Robert Ian MacKenzie
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

i>The World According to Bertie is the fourth in the series and revolves around the many colorful characters that come and go at No. 44 Scotland Street. McCall Smith handles the characters with his customary charm and deftness - the stalwart Tory chartered surveyor, the pushy mother, and, most importantly in this novel, the beleaguered Italian-speaking prodigy, Bertie. This is classic McCall Smith - clever, witty and entertaining - and beautifully illustrated.

Trains and Lovers

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 20 mins)
• By Alexander McCall Smith
• Narrated By Robert Ian Mackenzie
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

In the words of Alexander McCall Smith: "You feel the rocking of the train, you hear the sound of its wheels on the rails; you are in the world rather than suspended somewhere above it. And sometimes there are conversations to be had, which is what the overarching story in this collection is all about. It is a simple device: people brought together entertain one another with tales of what happened to them on trains. It takes place on a journey I frequently make myself and know well, the journey between Edinburgh and London. It is best read on a train, preferably that one."