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Rita Farmer knows what it feels like to be flat broke. Even now, when studying to be a lawyer, Rita is so far in debt that she has to scrounge for acting jobs to keep herself and her son afloat. Decked out in police uniform as an extra on a low-budget movie shoot, she wanders into a rough part of town and is pulled into a vicious assault. Rita chases off the two men but doesn't escape unscathed, and the boy they attacked isn't out of danger yet. His injuries could last the rest of his life. Rita's heart goes out to him and his grandmother, Amaryllis B. Cubitt, the director of an urban mission that Rita had turned to for help years ago. But the mission has changed from its unassuming past and is now flush with secret donations and gruff guards posted at the doors. Rita can't but wonder if now Amaryllis is too proud to ask for the help she needs. Smart and charming, Rita Farmer is back in the spotlight in The Extra, a second act that is as dazzling and delightful as the first.

Elizabeth Sims (Author), Johanna Parker (Narrator)

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Behind Closed Doors: Series 1-4: A gripping BBC Radio 4 legal drama

The complete BBC Radio 4 legal drama, starring Claire Rushbrook and Clare Corbett. Behind Closed Doors is a courtroom drama with a difference - it centres around civil law, not criminal. In these nine plays, London barrister Rebecca Nyman takes on cases ranging from workplace harassment to the sensitive, secret trial of a terrorist and a morally complex 'right to die' hearing. In Series 1, Nyman represents a senior policewoman in a case of sexist bullying at work in 'One of the Lads', while 'Tilting the Odds' sees her helping an equine vet accused of serious professional misconduct. In 'Safe House', a suspected terrorist has his movement and activities severely restricted by the security services - can Nyman clear his name so he can get his life back? Series 2 features 'A Bad Night Out', in which a man claiming wrongful arrest seeks police compensation; 'Excluded', which sees a teenager facing permanent exclusion from school; and 'Catastrophic Injury', in which a mother claims her baby's cerebral palsy is due to medical negligence and is fighting the hospital for compensation. In Series 3's 'Contact', a sperm donor is trying to get a court order to allow him to see 'his' daughter, but Nyman's client, the mother, wants him to keep his distance. In 'Section', the barrister hopes to convince a tribunal that a patient who has spent seven years in a secure mental hospital is fit to be released. And in 'Protection', Rebecca represents a man whose wife has been in a minimally conscious state for over three years - should she be allowed to die? Series 4 includes 'Life Chances', in which Emily has a history of anorexia but is refusing treatment. Should she be force fed? In 'Best Interests', a divorced Charedi Jewish mother has come to the Family Courts to stop her ex-husband changing their children's schools. 'More than Kissing', sees The Court of Protection decide if an 18-year-old with learning difficulties should be allowed to have sex; and in 'Mediation', Maud and Martin's father has died and left his whole estate to a 22-year-old dog walker. Can they challenge the will? Finally, in 'The Balance of Probabilities', a couple fight to get their baby daughter back following the death of their baby son. Written by award-winning dramatist Clara Glynn, these compelling dramas provide an intriguing glimpse into the little-known world of civil litigation, with all its challenges, complexities and controversies. Producer/director: David Ian Neville ©2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p)2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Clara Glynn (Author), Claire Rushbrook, Clare Corbett (Narrator)

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Verdict Denied

After a drug cartel abducts his sister, a Kansas judge puts everything on the line to find her. Judge Benjamin Joel catches a death penalty case involing a local drug dealer with ties to a Mexican cartel. When his sister is abducted three days before the trial, Ben is told what he must do to save her--cut the defendant loose utilizing a seldom-used judicial tool known as a judgment of acquittal. A call to law enforcement would expose a conflict of interest that would disqualify him from the case and get his sister killed, so Ben plunges into the trial of his life by day, and the dark underworld of the drug trade by night with the aid of only a few trusted allies.

Leonard Ruhl (Author), Michael Burke (Narrator)

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Unfaithful

Welcome to your new obsession… PRAISE FOR J.L. BUTLER: ‘Sexy, dark and addictive. Don't read if you value your sleep!’ TAMMY COHEN ‘Gripping, intelligent, thrilling’ Adele Parks ‘Intelligently written. Compulsive. I defy you to put this down.’ Jane Corry A FATAL attraction… Rachel Reeves has it all. The perfect family, a rich husband, and a gorgeous home. But when her only child flies the nest, Rachel feels lost – and succumbs to a mind-blowing one-night stand. With a DEADLY twist… Instantly regretting her infidelity, Rachel cuts ties with Chris. But he won’t let her go that easily. She erases him from her life – until a text changes everything. And an UNFORGETTABLE end… Someone knows what she did. And they’re ready to destroy her entire life because of it.

J.L. Butler (Author), Gabrielle Glaister (Narrator)

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On Location

Rita Farmer knows exactly how hard it is to break into the movie business. Acting was the big dream that brought her out to LA. in the first place. And while she never made the red carpet, that big dream did turn into a modest profession that kept her and her son afloat. So from time to time she'll lend her talents as a favor. Kenner and Lance de Sauvenard, heirs to a timber fortune, don't really need a favor to make their art film, but since Lance is dating Rita's sister, Gina, there's no way for Rita to worm her way out of a read-through. Gina is all for the project-or at least her new boyfriend-and she goes with Lance to scout locations on his family's land holdings in the Northwest. When they don't return as planned and flood waters start to rise, Rita can't help dashing into the wilds to bring her sister home, and when foul play becomes more and more likely, her sometime lover, George Rowe, is right on her heels. Smart, spirited, and way too devoted to her sister for her own safety, Rita Farmer shines in Elizabeth Sims's On Location, the third in this stellar series.

Elizabeth Sims (Author), Johanna Parker (Narrator)

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Daño Irreparable

Hay una aplicación de smartphone capaz de estrellar un avión comercial. Y está en venta al mejor postor. La abogada Sasha McCandless se acerca a su objetivo: Tras ocho años de largas jornadas, está a punto de convertirse en socia de un prestigioso bufete de abogados. Todo lo que tiene que hacer es mantener la cabeza baja y sus horas facturables. Entonces un avión operado por su cliente se estrella contra la ladera de una montaña, matando a todos los que iban a bordo. Pero, a medida que Sasha investiga el caso, se entera de que el accidente no fue accidental. Pero, a medida que Sasha investiga el caso, se entera de que el accidente no fue accidental. Sasha es la siguiente en la lista y tendrá que recurrir a su formación jurídica y a su entrenamiento en Krav Maga para detener a un loco y salvarse a sí misma.Hay una aplicación de smartphone capaz de estrellar un avión comercial. Y está en venta al mejor postor. La abogada Sasha McCandless se acerca a su objetivo: Tras ocho años de largas jornadas, está a punto de convertirse en socia de un prestigioso bufete de abogados. Todo lo que tiene que hacer es mantener la cabeza baja y sus horas facturables. Entonces un avión operado por su cliente se estrella contra la ladera de una montaña, matando a todos los que iban a bordo. Pero, a medida que Sasha investiga el caso, se entera de que el accidente no fue accidental. Pero, a medida que Sasha investiga el caso, se entera de que el accidente no fue accidental. Sasha es la siguiente en la lista y tendrá que recurrir a su formación jurídica y a su entrenamiento en Krav Maga para detener a un loco y salvarse a sí misma. PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Melissa F. Miller (Author), Vanesa Gomez (Narrator)

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Chinawoman's Chance

The First Woman Attorney in California Fights the Patriarchy of the Nineteenth Century Clara Shortridge Foltz faces a patriarchal nemesis in 1884 San Francisco. When a white prostitute is murdered and flayed down to a skeleton, Clara is hired by the Six Companies of Chinatown to defend the sixteen males who are swept-up by the Chinatown Squad. This ragtag and corrupt group of sheriffs works for the mayor, Washington Bartlett. The mayor uses the nation's anti-Chinese sentiment in his quest to win the race for Governor of California. Foltz, the first woman admitted to the California Bar, must learn fast to become a detective in order to prove that her client, journalist George Kwong, is not the killer but was set-up by the mayor to take the fall. Along with Ah Toy, her trusted translator and best friend, she is instructed by the head of detectives, Captain Isaiah Lees. Lees becomes enamored with Clara, who is having personal problems with sexual commitment, due to her first marriage with Jeremiah Foltz. He was a Union vet who deserted Clara and their five children for a younger woman. Captain Lees has personal problems of his own, as he has devoted all his time fighting the corrupt politicians and the Chinatown Squad for twenty years, and has not even made time for female relations. Theirs is a very special kind of romance.

James Musgrave (Author), Anne James (Narrator)

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The Genesis Inquiry: A pulsating legal and mystery thriller

'Compulsively listenable - a real winner' Stephen FryIs there one last undiscovered, great truth? A moment zero, a place in time that links all cultures and creeds? A revelation that will unite us all and change the way we see history forever? Brilliant but burnt-out English lawyer Ella Blake accepts an apparently simple brief: investigate the mysterious disappearance of an African American polymath from his rooms at Cambridge University. The Inquiry quickly becomes the greatest challenge of her life – solving the mystery of Genesis. Facing danger at every turn, can Ella find the answers to the riddles and clues left by the missing genius? Reunited with her estranged daughter, the Inquiry sends them on a quest across the world and through ancient texts. What is the secret that binds us all? Who is behind the dark forces that will stop at nothing to prevent the world from knowing the truth? The Genesis Inquiry is an epic and gripping thriller by the brilliant Olly Jarvis which asks a key question – what can our shared past tell us about humanity’s future? PRAISE FOR THE GENESIS INQUIRY ‘Phenomenal. Phenomenal. Phenomenal.’ Laura Turner, PageTurnersNook 'This is the first I have read from Olly Jarvis, and it seriously won’t be the last...exciting and exhilarating.' Sharon Rimmelzwaan, Beyond The Books 'A fabulous and compulsive read that had me wanting more.' John Fish, The Last Word Book Review

Olly Jarvis (Author), Adrian Hobart (Narrator)

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No Way To Die: 'An amalgam of 007 and Orphan X' (Dempsey/Devlin Book 4)

'Like sitting down in front of the best action movie you've seen this year. A brilliant, gripping thrill ride.' Cass Green, author of The Killer Inside A deadly threat. A ghost from the past. And time is running out... When traces of a radioactive material are found alongside a body in Key West, multiple federal agencies suddenly descend on the crime scene. This is not just an isolated murder: a domestic terrorist group is ready to bring the US government to its knees. The threat hits close to home for Agent Joe Dempsey when he discovers a personal connection to the group. With his new team member, former Secret Service agent Eden Grace, Dempsey joins the race to track down the terrorists' bomb before it's too late. But when their mission falls apart, he is forced to turn to the most unlikely of allies: an old enemy he thought he had buried in his past. Now, with time running out, they must find a way to work together to stop a madman from unleashing horrifying destruction across the country. 'A thrilling journey across America that channels Baldacci and Crais, all leading up to the classic ticking clock climax. Terrific.' Mason Cross, author of What She Saw Last Night 'What an absolute belter of a book. Dempsey reminds me of an amalgam of 007 and Orphan X. A blistering, two-fisted thriller you won't want to put down until you're done.' Neil Lancaster, author of Dead Man's Grave 'A pulsating action thriller' Sunday Times

Tony Kent (Author), Simon Slater (Narrator)

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Brutalization

'A very good story that gets as close as possible to the reality of being a cop' Peter, Danish police officer When 23-year-old Allan Schleppegrell is accepted into police school, it's a dream come true. A chance to become a kind, compassionate police officer like the one he idolized as a child and to make the world a better place. At the busy Station Charlie in downtown Copenhagen, Allan gets the opportunity to patrol with one of the station's legendary officers, who is strong, charismatic, and willing to get the job done by any means necessary. As Allan is pulled deeper into the darker aspects of police work, he finds himself faced with the question: Does he really have what it takes to be a perfect cop? 'Allan immediately tore the door open, jumped out of the car, and held the guy by the back of his neck with one hand, grabbing him by the throat with the other. Fighting to get free, the guy shook his head, making his thin blond hair sway from side to side, but it was no use. Allan had gotten a good, firm grip, and he managed to push the guy up against a wall before he found himself staring into a pair of blue and unnaturally wide eyes. He felt the panic spread through his body, and the eye contact felt like it lasted an eternity. What was he supposed to do now?' The author - Erik Djernaes Hansen I've been a Danish police officer for more than 25 years, and in 2018 I finished a master's degree in criminology from Cambridge University. For several years I worked in Copenhagen as a uniformed officer or undercover investigating drug crimes. For the last 14 years, I've been teaching use-of-force training at the Danish police school. Brutalization is my debut novel, and it's inspired by the American movie Training Day and my many years as a police officer. My intention was to wrap a serious point in a good story—enjoy.

Erik Djernaes Hansen (Author), Robin Mcconnell (Narrator)

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The Actress

Aspiring actress and single mother Rita Farmer has gone from struggling to find work to downright desperate. If she doesn't land a paying job soon-horror movie, soap commercial, anything-she's afraid her ex-husband will use her dire financial straits to take away Petey, her cherished four-year-old son. While she's charming the crowd at storytime at the LA public library, a celebrity defense attorney approaches her with an unusual job offer: So long as she's discreet, Rita can rake in a thousand dollars a day preparing his client for her appearance in court. Easy money? Hardly. His client, Eileen Tenaway, is not only a wealthy heiress and a queen of the tabloids but she's been charged with the murder of her own child. The attorney needs Rita to coach Eileen secretly to help her seem more sympathetic, more human. He needs the jury to believe not only her words but the subtle cues of body language, facial expressions, even vocal style. Rita knows she can do it, but what she doesn't know is how determined she'll become to find out what really happened to Eileen's family-once her own life and Petey's life depend on it. The Actress, Elizabeth Sims's engrossing series debuting a spirited sleuth, delivers a fresh, behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood's high society at its lowest.

Elizabeth Sims (Author), Johanna Parker (Narrator)

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The Singing Forest

In attempting to bring a suspected war criminal to justice, a lawyer wrestles with power, accountability, and her Jewish identity. In a quiet forest in Belarus, two boys stumble across a long-kept secret: the mass grave where Stalin's police secretly murdered thousands in the 1930s. The results of the subsequent investigation have far-reaching effects, and across the Atlantic in Toronto, Leah Jarvis, a lively, curious young lawyer, finds herself tasked with an impossible case: the deportation of elderly Stefan Drozd, who fled his crimes in Kurapaty for a new identity in Canada. Leah is convinced of Drozd's guilt, but she needs hard facts. She travels to Belarus in search of witnesses only to find herself asking increasingly complex questions. What is the relationship between chance, inheritance, and justice? Between her own history-her mother's death, her father's absence, the shadows of her Jewish heritage-and the challenges that now confront her? Beautiful and wrenching by turns, The Singing Forest is a profound investigation of truth and memory-and the moving story of one man's past and one woman's determination to reckon with it.

Judith Mccormack (Author), Carlotta Brentan (Narrator)

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