Guy Mott has narrated 16 audiobooks on Listento.it by 13 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.2★ across 19 ratings. The most-rated is The Only Story.
The Only Story
Summary
From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of An Ending, a novel about a young man on the cusp of adulthood and a woman who has long been there, a love story shot through with sheer beauty, profound sadness, and deep truth. Most of us have only one story to tell. I don't mean that only one thing happens to us in our lives: there are countless events, which we turn into countless stories. But there's only one that matters, only one finally worth telling. This is mine. One summer in the 60s, in a staid suburb south of London, Paul comes home from university, aged 19, and is urged by his mother to join the tennis club. In the mixed-doubles tournament he's partnered with Susan Macleod, a fine player who's 48, confident, ironic, and married, with two nearly adult daughters. She is also a warm companion, their bond immediate. And they soon, inevitably, are lovers. Clinging to each other as though their lives depend on it, they then set up house in London to escape his parents and the abusive Mr. Mcleod. Decades later, with Susan now dead, Paul looks back at how they fell in love, how he freed her from a sterile marriage, and how - gradually, relentlessly - everything fell apart, as she succumbed to depression and worse while he struggled to understand the intricacy and depth of the human heart. It's a piercing account of helpless devotion, and of how memory can confound us and fail us and surprise us (sometimes all at once), of how, as Paul puts it, "first love fixes a life forever."
©2018 Julian Barnes (P)2018 W. F. Howes
The Count of Monte Cristo (AmazonClassics Edition)
Summary
After fourteen years of wrongful imprisonment, merchant sailor Edmond Dantès escapes his grim island fortress. With the promises of youth erased and his betrothed now married to someone else, Dantès lives for one purpose: revenge. Thanks to a benevolent prison confidante who reveals the location of a hidden treasure, Dantès buys his way, unrecognized, into society. Adopting a new identity as the Count of Monte Cristo, he sets out to destroy the rivals who framed him for treason. But the count’s obsessive quest could have irrevocable consequences for the innocent - and for himself. What unfolds is an epic tale of breathtaking intrigue and righteous retribution from Alexandre Dumas, the nineteenth-century master of high adventure. Revised edition: Previously published as The Count of Monte Cristo, this edition of The Count of Monte Cristo (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.
Public Domain (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
The Three Musketeers (AmazonClassics Edition)
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Young nobleman d’Artagnan has arrived in Paris intent on joining the guardians of King Louis XIII. He befriends the regiment’s most formidable musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, and together they unite in their commitment to uphold justice. Soon, a royal indiscretion thrusts them into an audacious escapade of courtly intrigue, thwarted romance, and daring rescue. But it’s the Machiavellian schemes of a powerful enemy and the wicked seductions of an ingenious female spy that will be their greatest challenges. Alexandre Dumas’s thrilling epic stands as one of the most entertaining historical adventures ever written and has made immortal the all-for-one heroism of these comrades in arms. Revised edition: Previously published as The Three Musketeers, this edition of The Three Musketeers (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.
Public Domain (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
The Fallout
Summary
Everyone has an opinion. Everyone has a secret.
©2019 Rebecca Thornton (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Last Gasp
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The last time DCI Jamie Carver involved a would-be victim in his hunt for a serial killer, it ended badly. Now they want him to do it again, only this time the 'victim' is a Dominatrix. As if he hasn't enough on his plate - a brutal killer poised to strike again; shadows of the past that still haunt his dreams; an investigation under mounting pressure to succeed; a beautiful woman whose bizzare lifestyle may be the key to finding the killer. And that's not counting the young girl whose life he's trying to save from ruin or the ambitious colleague scheming to bring him down. As the kill count mounts, signs point to a link with Carver's first serial killer case - that of the notorious Escort Killer, Edmund Hart. But Hart is dead, having hung himself in prison, so how can that be? This is just one of the mysteries Carver must solve in this gripping first outing for the detective who knows his reputation as the UK's foremost serial sex crime investigator is built on sand. And when the killer strikes at the heart of the investigation, he knows that in order to protect those closest, he must confront what he most fears - his own failings.
©2015 Robert F. Barker (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd
Final Breath
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Eighteen months on from the case that nearly cost him his life, only DCI Jamie Carver knows the incredible extent of the Worshipper Killer’s network of depravity - and the storm that will hit when others learn of it. They include those who walk Whitehall's corridors of power as well as others in high office and even, maybe, the upper echelons of the Police Service itself. When former members of that network start dying, Carver suspects that someone is out to make sure that their involvement, at least, remains hidden - and will stop at nothing to do so. Needing information fast , but right now chained to a desk, his only recourse is the person who, after last time, he vowed to never have contact with again - the extraordinary and dangerously seductive dominatrix Megan Crane.
©2017 Robert F Barker (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd
Codename Intrepid
Summary
In Manitoba, Winnipeg, a bronze statue of Sir William Stephenson proudly stands as a testament to this hero’s legacy. He was a dedicated soldier, a gifted inventor, an extraordinary businessman, and a spy. From his humble Canadian beginnings, William Stephenson enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps and rapidly moved through the ranks of the armed forces. Eventually earning himself the code name "Intrepid" for his immense bravery and dedication, Stephenson found himself a crucial cog in the war efforts against Nazi Germany in WW II. He became the senior official of the British Security Coordination, ensuring that British and American intelligence was safely passed between authorities. He became closely affiliated with Winston Churchill, and his wartime antics served as the main inspiration for Ian Fleming’s James Bond character.
©2019 Ethan Quinn (P)2019 Ethan Quinn
Iron Spy
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Known as Fritz to his German spy-handlers and Zig-Zag to the British secret service, Eddie Chapman was a man of many faces. While his early life was rife with petty crime, gang activity and a dishonorable discharge from the British military, Chapman’s unique skills were eventually sought out by Nazi Germany, and after convincing them he could use his criminal contacts to sabotage the English forces, he was quickly recruited. But Chapman’s loyalty to his country knew no limits. A talented, handsome, and reckless Englishman, Chapman was a traitor on the surface but a fearless patriot on the inside. After cracking Germany’s military code, the British sought Chapman for their own affairs, and Chapman was happy to oblige. Eventually being awarded the prestigious Nazi Iron Cross for services to Germany while acting as a double agent for Britain, Chapman’s espionage efforts involved masterful deceit and feats which few men alive could ever boast of. Eddie Chapman’s life story is an unbelievable journey of crime, jail-breaks, treachery, and love. He was responsible for saving countless lives during his career, cementing himself as the ultimate double agent during World War II.
©2019 Ethan Quinn (P)2019 Ethan Quinn
Out of Air
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A final, climactic confrontation. But who will survive? One city: Paris. Two killers; one in hiding, the other stalking the streets. An innocent young couple, bewitched into the deadliest danger. The detective who must find them all before the worst happens. In this, the third book of The Worshipper Trilogy, DCI Jamie Carver finds himself torn between the need to catch a killer whose brutality matches anything he has seen so far, and recapturing one whose shadow has hung over him far too long. What he cannot know is that the two are on a converging path - one that will end in bloody, violent death. But whose will it be? The Paris Killer's? His would-be Nemesis'? His own? Or all of them? Out of Air is a gripping, race-against-time thriller in which the threads of the story that began in Last Gasp, and continued in Final Breath, come together in a breathless, terrifying, climax.
©2018 Robert F Barker (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd
Other Halves
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The hotly anticipated sequel to Nick Alexander's best seller The Half-Life of Hannah.... If finding true love meant giving up everything else, what would you do? When Hannah and Cliff's 15-year marriage falls apart, it seems almost impossible to start again. While Hannah tries to reconcile the warring factions of her heart, torn between a preteen son and a romantic love half a world away, Cliff struggles to face up to issues he has suppressed since adolescence in the hope of finding happiness in a confusing world. Amid the turmoil of separation and with their son, Luke, caught in the crossfire, both Hannah and Cliff face the challenge of rebuilding their lives. To make the other halves of their lives count, they will need courage and determination. To build new relationships, they must dare to love again. Other Halves beautifully maps the breakup of a couple, with all the tough choices and heartache it entails, but above all it is a touching story of self-discovery, finding new love and beginning life afresh.
©2014 Nick Alexander (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd
Grandpa Goes to Pixie Land
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Charlie, Tom, and Sam, the three young heroes of this story, journey to the land of Deep, Deep Darkness. For thousands of years past, these Darklands were ruled by the powerful and gigantic Winosaurs, with their celebrated passion for the juice of the orange. Many miles from Pixie Land, across the Flurassic Ocean in Flurassic Park, the Winosaurs’ sweet, friendly (and shrunken) descendants are now the main public attraction. The boys arrive at just the right time as the Winosaurs’ evil leader, Emperor Kluzenkopf, begins to stir up the Winosaurs to revolution and war. Using his magic to inflame their unquenchable orange passion, the Winosaurs return to the colossal size of their giant ancestors. No longer sweet and friendly, now grumpy and dissatisfied, the Winosaurs plot to snatch back power and rule the Darklands world once more. While the boys are commissioned to ensure the protection of all pixie citizens, Elfson, supreme prince of Elfland, comes to the rescue. But will even his incomparable power be any match for the evil intentions of Kluzenkopf and the Winosaurs? Who will win the war to end all wars? Michael Lawson’s Grandpa Goes to Pixie Land is an exciting, charming, and inspiring “pretend story”. Its comic elements and and deeper themes make it as enjoyable for adults as for boys and girls of six years and above.
©2020 Michael Lawson (P)2020 Michael Lawson
The Cleansing
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J.A. Baker is the best-selling author of multiple thrillers, including Undercurrent, The Uninvited, Her Dark Retreat and The Other Mother. The Cleansing is a gripping psychological thriller which will appeal to fans of authors like Shalini Boland, K.L. Slater and Rachel Abbott. A village shrouded in mystery. Secrets buried deep.... When Ray moves to a new house in the village of Whitchurch, he leaves behind a relationship and a luxury apartment in search of a better life in the countryside. However, he soon realises that sleepy Whitchurch also has its own fair share of problems. Last year, a woman’s body was discovered in the woods nearby. The killer was never caught. Soon, suspicious things start to happen. Threatening letters are sent, cars are vandalised and headstones are desecrated. But who is responsible for these acts and why? As the tension in the village builds, Ray begins to feel the pressure. Someone is out to cause trouble, and that someone might be closer to Ray than he ever imagined.
©2019 J.A. Baker (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd
Your Story, My Story
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From the award-winning author of The Friendship comes a shattering, brilliantly inventive novel based on the volatile true love story of literary icons Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. In 1963 Sylvia Plath took her own life in her London flat. Her death was the culmination of a brief, brilliant life lived in the shadow of clinical depression - a condition exacerbated by her tempestuous relationship with mercurial poet Ted Hughes. The ensuing years saw Plath rise to martyr status while Hughes was cast as the cause of her suicide, his infidelity at the heart of her demise. For decades, Hughes never bore witness to the truth of their marriage - one buried beneath a mudslide of apocryphal stories, gossip, sensationalism, and myth. Until now. In this mesmerizing fictional work, Connie Palmen tells his side of the story, previously untold, delivered in Ted Hughes’s own uncompromising voice. A brutal and lyrical confessional, Your Story, My Story paints an indelible picture of their seven-year relationship - the soaring highs and profound lows of star-crossed soul mates bedeviled by their personal demons. It will forever change the way we think about these two literary icons.
©2015 Connie Palmen (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Translation © 2021 by Eileen J. Stevens and Anna Asbury
Agent Noor: The World War II Spy Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
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In 1949 Noor Inayat Khan was awarded the George Cross posthumously. How did this young lady from a noble upbringing with a pacifist belief have the desire, dedication, and willingness to risk everything to become one of the bravest and courageous agents during World War II? Starting her career with the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, Noor soon wanted to make more of an impact on the war effort. This, combined with her incredible willpower and determination were soon noticed and she was recruited as a Special Operations Executive. Noor, the master of communication, soon had to become the master of evasion from Nazi attack and received an act of betrayal which will never be forgotten. It was through her constant desire to bring justice and peace to the world that led her to become captured and imprisoned. Noor made the greatest sacrifice a human could for her beliefs and also for her fellow people.
©2020 Ethan Quinn (P)2020 Ethan Quinn
Toll for the Brave
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From the first name in heart-pounding thriller fiction. Ellis Jackson woke up hugging a 12-bore shotgun. In the next room, his mistress and his best friend lay naked on the bed, their heads blown to pulp. Back in England at last, Ellis Jackson had finally cracked. Active combat, a Viet Cong prison camp and the callous treachery of his lover and interrogator, Madam Ny, had taken their toll. Ellis Jackson was out of his mind. Or was he? Maybe it would all have been easier to take if he really had been mad.
©2019 Jack Higgins (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Going Dark
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Going Dark is the debut crime thriller from former covert specialist Detective Sergeant Neil Lancaster. Tom Novak is a troubled soul with a dark and bloody past. A former refugee, Royal Marine and member of the elite Special Reconnaissance Regiment, he now finds himself struggling with the deadening routine of day-to-day policing. When he is deployed undercover to infiltrate a gang of people traffickers, things go badly wrong. Faced with an impossible choice, his cover is blown, and he finds himself on the run from the Serbian mafia and even his fellow police colleagues. With no-one to trust, and his enemies using all the resources of the state against him, Tom has only one option: to Go Dark.
©2017 Neil Lancaster (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd