Showing results by narrator "Antonia" in All Categories

Antonia Hodgson joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest novel, A Death at Fountains Abbey.

As a dark evening draws in, the lives of three women are changed forever. The worlds they have been living in, the people they thought they knew - in an instant it all changes. But when everything seems to shatter around them, could three little words be enough to help put the pieces back together again?

Isabelle Rackham knows she will not marry for love. Though arranged marriages have fallen out of fashion, hers has been settled for some time to combine the upper-middle-class wealth of her father’s coal mines with Alexander Osgood’s prospering Northern country textile mills. Though not a man prone to romantic gestures, Alexander is well known as an eligible bachelor. His good looks have turned more than one head, so Isabelle is content to think of herself as Alexander’s wife.

Die Enthüllungsjournalistin Hilde Jahn ist der Story ihres Lebens auf der Spur, nur leider wird das Treffen mit ihrem geheimnisvollen Informanten zu einem Rendezvous mit dem Tod. Ihre Assistentin Sarah Pauli übernimmt und stößt auf eine Geschichte über eine Reihe von mysteriösen Todesfällen unter Wiens Arbeitslosen. Doch je weiter ihre Recherchen fortschreiten, umso näher kommt ihr der Mörder.

We've heard the name "Condoleezza Rice" over and over again as the spokesperson for President George W. Bush in matters of national security and foreign affairs. She presented a balanced, firm, unafraid presence to the country after the terrible events of September 11, 2001, as she spoke to the media and the public on behalf of the President. And, when the President has something to say about our friends and foes overseas, "Condi," as she is known to her friends, is usually standing in the background.

Cole Burroughs is a man on the edge. On the edge of what exactly nobody is entirely sure, but with the threat of violence inevitable, and lives on the line, good sense dictates that he should be kept under surveillance at all times. With police resources at a barrel-scraping low, that unenviable...

Princess Louise’s life is upended after her father’s untimely death. Captive to the queen’s overwhelming mourning, Louise is forbidden to leave her mother’s tight circle of control and is eventually relegated to the position of personal secretary to her mother―the same position each of her sisters held until they were married. Already an accomplished painter, Louise risks the queen’s wrath by exploring the art of sculpting, an activity viewed as unbefitting a woman. 

On 26th April 1986, reactor four exploded at the factory in Pripyat, Chernobyl. At the same time teenager Afia Bello vanished from her home without a trace. The damage from the nuclear fallout is examined over the following weeks, months and years by Afia’s younger sister Sissy, as she unwittingly uncovers clues relating to her sister’s disappearance and the secret life that Afia kept hidden from her family.

My name is Betty. Until a few months ago, I was just like every other nursery teacher in the city… then the Nazis came and began to take our children away. Now, the nursery is part of a German deportation centre. Little ones and their families are being forced across the border, to a place called Auschwitz. No one comes back. So when I hear there’s an underground network to save the children, I know I have to help. Sometimes the parents won’t be parted from them, and sometimes we can’t get to them in time – there are spies everywhere.

Sonnige Weinberge entlang der Donau, malerische Städtchen umgeben von duftenden Wiesen und kulinarische Köstlichkeiten – die Wachau ist ein Paradies auf Erden. Die ehemalige Polizistin Lou Conrad genießt die Schönheit ihrer Heimat, wo sie einen kleinen Feinkostladen führt. Doch dann rührt ein Mordfall die Idylle auf: Auf dem neu eingeweihten Bienen-Wanderweg wird eine junge Frau tot aufgefunden. Handelt es sich etwa um eine Touristin, die tragischerweise zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort war?

A world of fame turns dangerous as rising Hollywood careers draw menacing attention to the private life Cate and Kyle are desperate to protect. In Ambient Light, the second installment in Antonia Gavrihel's evocative Back to One series, public fascination begins to blur into obsession, pushing admiration into far more invasive and hazardous territory. With their lives under siege and ever-rising stakes, Cate and Kyle must navigate loyalty, trust, and the hidden costs of life in the spotlight.

Addy joined the Tuis for the adventure. Vivacious and outgoing, she is the life of the party, with an unforgettable voice. Margot is quiet and withdrawn, grieving the young husband she lost to the war. Despite their differences, the girls become fast friends. When the Tuis are relocated to Italy to set up clubs in grand venues, Addy and Margot are enchanted by the culture. But dark shadows loom, and when their illusion of peace is shattered by news of a devastating attack, the friends will find their endurance pushed to the limit.

Your Soul Mate is out there! Let a past life lead the way…Rachael Jones is a 'past-life regressionist' and hopes to help her clients find their ‘Soul Mates’ through reconnecting them with their past lives. But when Rachael regresses her best friend, Susie Morris, she is haunted by events of her past life. So when Susie meets George Silbury, she is completely unprepared for the intense mutual attraction. Can George help Susie overcome her hauntings or will history repeat itself?

The acclaimed winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award, by the author of The Country Life Chronically confused, terminally middle class, hopelessly romantic, Agnes Day lives with her two best friends in the London suburbs and works at an obscure trade magazine. Life and love seem to go on...

Rachel Cusk’s second novel is a ruthless, surprising story of work, gender, and control. Ralph Loman is working in an unsatisfying job at a free London newspaper when Francine Snaith, a temporary secretary for a corporate finance firm, unexpectedly crosses his path at a party. Her beauty...

The New York Times bestseller One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2023 A New York Times Notable Book “A book of big and bold ideas, Humanly Possible is humane in approach and, more important, readable and worth reading. . . Bakewell is wide-ranging, witty and compassionate.”...

A “beautifully written, heartbreaking” (S. J. Watson) literary novel about a gifted boy obsessed with physics who uncovers the truth about his past—and the devastating family secret his overprotective single mother has tried to hide. “Original, compassionate, cleverly plotted, and...

A groundbreaking look at the Founding Fathers and their obsession with gardening, agriculture, and botany by the author of Magnificent Rebels and New York Times bestseller The Invention of Nature. “Illuminating and engrossing.” —The New York Times Book Review For the Founding Fathers...

'Help,' he said. 'He's not breathing.' A tiny baby is rushed to hospital. Doctors find an injury to his brain and suspect he was shaken by his father, who is later charged and convicted. The baby grows up in the care of his mother. Life goes on. Twelve years later, Ethan is now a singular young boy. Gifted with an innate affinity for physics and astronomy, Ethan sees the world in ways his classmates (and even his mum and teachers) simply can't - through a prism of light, time, stars and space.

Ella Stuart has worked hard to achieve the perfect work-life balance: a high-flying career as a paediatric doctor, a charming husband, charity fundraiser Jackson Garrett–and in urbane PR consultant William Ashfield, a passionate, worldly lover. William is equally devoted to Ella, his mistress of eight years, and to his faded, troubled wife, Beth. He knows he could never choose between them; and is eternally grateful he’s never been asked. When tragedy strikes out of the blue, Ella’s carefully ordered life is abruptly derailed.