Audiobooks by Louise Doughty

16 modern fiction superstars shine a startling light on the romance and pain of the infamous literary pair Heathcliff and Cathy. Short stories to stir the heart and awaken vital conversation about love. Sixteen stories inspired by Wuthering Heights. In 'Terminus' a young woman hides in an empty Brighton hotel; in 'Thicker Than Blood' a man sits in a hot tub stalking his newly-married love on social media; and in 'A bird half-eaten' an amateur boxer prepares for a match. A woman recalls the 'Heathcliffs I Have Known' and the physical danger she has borne at their hands; in 'Anima' a child and a fox are unified in one startling moment of violence; and in 'One Letter Different' two teenagers walk the moors and face up to their respective buried secrets. Curated by Kate Mosse and commissioned for Emily Brontë's bicentenary year in 2018, these fresh, modern stories pulse with the raw beauty and pain of love and are as timely as they are illuminating. The full list of contributors is: Leila Aboulela, Hanan Al-Shaykh, Joanna Cannon, Alison Case, Juno Dawson, Louise Doughty, Sophie Hannah, Anna James, Erin Kelly, Dorothy Koomson, Grace McCleen, Lisa McInerney, Laurie Penny, Nikesh Shukla, Michael Stewart and Louisa Young.

Alison Case, Anna James, Hanan Al-Shaykh, Joanna Cannon, Juno Dawson, Kate Mosse, Leila Aboulela, Louisa Young, Louise Doughty, Nikesh Shukla, Sophie Hannah (Author), Dami Olukoya, Freddie Gaminara, Karen Cogan, Lara Sawalha, Lucy Brownhill (Narrator)

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Black Water

John Harper is in hiding in a remote hut on a tropical island. As he lies awake at night, listening to the rain on the roof, he believes his life may be in danger. But he is less afraid of what is going to happen than of what he's already done. In a nearby town, he meets Rita, a woman with her own tragic history. They begin an affair, but can they offer each other redemption? Or do the ghosts of the past always catch up with us in the end? Flashing back from late 1990s Indonesia to Cold War Europe, Harper's childhood in civil rights-era California, and Indonesia during the massacres of 1965 and the subsequent military dictatorship, Black Water explores some of the darkest events of recent history through the story of one troubled man. In this gripping follow-up to Apple Tree Yard, Louise Doughty writes with the intelligence, vivid characterization, and moral ambiguity that make her fiction resonate in the reader's mind long after the final page.

Louise Doughty (Author), Louise Doughty, Richard Burnip (Narrator)

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Ein Schritt zu weit (Ungekürzte Lesung)

Die angesehene Wissenschaftlerin Yvonne Carmichael führt ein gutes Leben mit ihrem Mann. Ihre Kinder sind groß, sie weiß, was sie kann, sie fühlt sich sicher. Aber eines Tages begegnet sie einem Fremden, der sie unwiderstehlich anzieht, und sie lässt sich mit ihm auf eine leidenschaftliche Affäre ein. Bis ein Verbrechen ihr sorgsam konstruiertes Doppelleben zerstört und sie des Mordes angeklagt wird.

Louise Doughty (Author), Gabriele Blum (Narrator)

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Ein Schritt zu weit (Ungekürzte Fassung)

Louise Doughty (Author), Gabriele Blum (Narrator)

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Apple Tree Yard

Yvonne Carmichael sits in the witness box. Her charge is murder. Before all this, she was happily married, a successful scientist, a mother of two. Now she is a suspect squirming beneath fluorescent lights and the blank yet penetrating gaze of her lover — and alleged accomplice. As she speaks to the prosecution, she must piece together the story of her affair with this unnamed figure who has charmed and haunted her. And there he is, staring, wearing the same suit he wore on their first meeting, when he put his hand on her elbow and guided her to a deserted chapel, where she began to undress. Yvonne’s is a tale of sexual intrigue and the ruthlessness of our urges. Driven by a heedless passion, she enters a life of treachery and infidelity. In her rapture, she tells herself stories that will explain her lover’s secrecy — he is a dark and appealing silhouette behind the veil of her trembling desire. But Yvonne has failed to notice the danger about to blindside her from a seemingly innocuous angle, and this act of violence reveals that her ability to exact justice and revenge has been compromised. Everything hinges on one night in a dark little alley called Apple Tree Yard. How high can passion mount before it becomes madness? In her life of complacency and privilege, has Yvonne been denying the truth about herself? And can this trial reveal something dark and unforgivable behind her placid front? Suspenseful, erotically charged, and masterfully paced, Louise Doughty’s Apple Tree Yard is a psychological thriller that calls to mind Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl even as it stakes out its own chilling territory. This is a story about desire and its consequences by a writer of phenomenal gifts.

Louise Doughty (Author), Juliet Stevenson (Narrator)

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