Margaret Yorke has 7 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 7 narrators. The most-rated is The China Doll.
Death on Account
Summary
Robbie is a quiet man, passive and unassuming. He is the sort of man who is taken for granted by the people around him, passed by for promotions and bossed around by his wife. Middle-aged Robbie has never known love, or passion, or power. Oh, in his head he has dreamed his dreams, plotted his plots, planned his revenges, but he know he would never make any of them reality. And then one day he does.
©1979 Margaret Yorke (P)2020 Audible, Ltd
A Case to Answer
Summary
The day that Jerry Hunt met Charlotte Frost was the day he decided to go straight. Jerry had been running a successful scam with his friend Pete, but something in Charlotte's smile made him take stock of his activities. He'd been to prison once and, Jerry decided, he wasn't going there again. In many ways, Charlotte, too, would like to pull away from her past.
©2000 Margaret Yorke (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Dangerous to Know
Summary
For years Hermione has been oppressed by her husband, Walter. Before they married, he had seemed loving and protective. Now he was demanding and brutal. And Hermione had allowed herself to become his domestic slave. If she went shopping, she was obliged to account for every penny of her meagre allowance. If there was a smear of grease or a speck of dust anywhere in the house, Walter would fly into a rage. Shy and vulnerable, Hermione blamed herself. But Walter is a man whose emotions are running out of control. And as Hermione tentatively tries to acquire some independence, her husband's desire to dominate women is becoming pathologically dangerous....
©1993 Margaret Yorke (P)2018 Audible, Ltd
Pieces of Justice
Summary
An idyllic cruise, a longed-for holiday to the Greek islands, a carefully planed school reunion....In this first-ever collection of her short fiction, including a new Patrick Grant story, Margaret Yorke provides a virtuoso display of her ability to extract unease, fear, and evil from everyday situations.
©2014 Audible, Inc. (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Dead in the Morning
Summary
No one would have been surprised if old Mrs. Ludlow were murdered, but when her housekeeper is the one who turns up dead, everyone assumes that the lethal drugs were intended for Mrs Ludlow. And Dr Patrick Grant thinks he can prove everyone wrong. . .
©1976 Margaret Yorke (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Serious Intent
Summary
Following retirement, Marigold Darwin returns to her home village determined to purchase a house. She meets two young boys, Mark and Steve, who hang around the Willows, where old Tom Morton lives. His housekeeper Ivy sometimes babysits Mark, although this may be a mistake. Neither boy is in the least concerned about others, regarding casual deception and theft as just part of everyday life. The same is true of their two friends, who have a seriously disturbed mother. Marigold is gradually drawn into the lives of all and becomes aware of serious shortcomings in the parenting of the boys, and some very real fears in a situation where the misdeeds of one generation are easily passed to the next. Tensions mount and in an intricate plot, danger looms, with Marigold’s own life being placed on the line. The characters in this audiobook hold secrets and intents which Margaret Yorke reveals with her usual skill and capacity to thrill.
©1995 Margaret Yorke (P)2020 Audible Ltd
The China Doll
Summary
Penelope was to spend the first Christmas after her marriage at the country home of her great aunt Hermione, where she had lived as a child after the death of her parents. She looked forward to the traditionally peaceful holiday that she had known all her life. Before they left London, Vincent, her husband, gave her a present which was to prove a dominant factor in the events, tragic and terrifying, that followed. It was a small china doll. During the weeks in which Penelope gradually realised that Vincent was, in fact, completely unlike the idea she had of him before their marriage, she met Philip Torrington again. Philip an aspiring playwright, whom she had known all her life, was now returning from a prolonged absence in the United States. Immediately disliking Vincent, Philip soon became suspicious of him. Yet he was unable to find substantiation for his fears until it was almost too late to save Penelope....
©2020 Margaret Yorke (P)2020 Audible, Ltd