Anthea Fraser has 10 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is Brought to Book.
Brought to Book
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When successful biographer Rona Parish is asked to write the life story of a recently deceased best-selling author, she is intrigued - to say the least. After all, Theo Harvey led a very colourful life and died in mysterious circumstances. But Rona’s husband Max is wary, and with good reason.... As Rona begins to delve into Theo Harvey’s life and death, and to interview his friends and family - some more willing than others - she realises that she has taken on a poisoned chalice.
©2003 Anthea Fraser (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Jigsaw
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Hired to write a series of articles on the town of Buckford, Rona Parish lodges with a young divorcee. The divorcee's aunt, Edna Rosebury, raises questions about a recent tragic murder and Rona's investigative antennae are instantly on the alert.
©2004 Anthea Fraser (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Person Or Persons Unknown
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Rona Parish's latest assignment is almost complete when a young woman named Zara Crane approaches her with a request to help trace her natural parents. Rona's curiosity is aroused - not least because, she discovers that Zara's birth mother had been murdered in her bath twenty-five years earlier.
©2006 Anthea Fraser (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Unfinished Portrait
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Rona Parish is asked to write a biography of reclusive artist Ellie by her concerned sister. Ellie has seemingly disappeared, and the mystery surrounding her whereabouts has fuelled a new interest in her work. But when Rona discovers that Ellie’s closest friend committed suicide, Rona wonders whether Ellie, wracked by guilt over her friend’s death, could have been driven to do likewise....
©2010 Anthea Fraser (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Justice Postponed
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Biographer Rona Parish has a new project - contributing a series for the local glossy magazine, Chiltern Life, documenting life-changing experiences from those who have lived through them. When her father suggests she speaks to his friend, Frank Hathaway, who was in Iraq during the invasion of Kuwait, Rona decides to pay him a visit. But Frank was also badly injured in a failed rescue attempt following a car crash the previous year and has been tormented by flashbacks ever since. As Frank's flashbacks start to yield more clues as to what happened on that fateful night, Rona finds herself drawn into another dark and compelling mystery.
©2014 Anthea Fraser (P)2015 Soundings
Rogue in Porcelain
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Rona Parish is writing an article on old family businesses when she learns that Curzon, local manufacturers of fine bone china, are about to celebrate their 150th anniversary. Rona decides to approach the firm, and gets caught up in Curzon family life.
©2007 Anthea Fraser (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
A Question of Identity
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An old school photograph in which someone has been deliberately blacked out marks the start of a new case for Rona Parish. Who was this person and why would someone want to hide his or her identity? Rona sets out to uncover the secret and soon finds that the school in question closed down many years ago due, it was rumoured, to a long-forgotten scandal. Could this be the link that will solve the mystery?Meanwhile, a visit to a stage hypnotist results in more than Rona and her friends bargained for....
©2012 Anthea Fraser (P)2012 AudioGO Ltd
Retribution
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Biographer Rona Parish is keen to finish her series on successful single mothers for local glossy magazine Chiltern Life - and interviewing the mysterious Nicole Summers should finish off the series nicely. But on one of her visits to Nicole's house, Rona makes a shocking discovery.... Meanwhile, Rona has also taken on a new project - finishing the book acclaimed biographer Russell Page was writing before the recent car crash that killed him. But when Russell's wife hands over his notes and papers, Rona soon starts to realise that something isn't quite right. As Rona throws herself into trying to find the answers to her many questions, a catastrophic event from the past is about to have massive ramifications for the present.
©2016 Anthea Fraser (P)2018 Soundings
Next Door To Murder
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When a young woman, Louise, comes to Rona with a plea for help, all her journalistic instincts are aroused. Against her better judgement - and husband Max's advice - Rona is once again drawn into a complex and disturbing sequence of events.
©2008 Anthea Fraser (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
A Family Concern
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Rona Parish is eager for a fresh challenge after her successful articles on adopted children. A chance encounter with an old friend, Kate - now married into the Tarlton family, who own the oldest jewellery shop in Marsborough - sows the seed for a new series. Rona plans to research the histories of several long-established family firms in the town. Kate also enlists Rona's help in getting to the bottom of her sister-in-law Freya's terrifying nightmares after a tune from a musical box triggers a severe reaction.
©2006 Anthea Fraser (P)2014 Audible, Inc.