Audiobooks narrated by Catherine Bailey

The Night of the Proposal: a nail-biting suspense perfect for fans of The Housemaid

"With a twist you won’t see coming, this addictive, heart-in-your-mouth thriller is perfect for anyone who loved The Boyfriend and The Housemaid by Freida McFadden. Last night was a fairytale. You wake up today with a ring on your finger, engaged to the man of your dreams. As you open your eyes, you feel instantly that something isn’t right. Nick, your fiancé, isn’t beside you in bed. He’s not downstairs cooking breakfast. He’s vanished without trace. That’s when you realise, not all fairytales have happy endings. Your perfect future is built on lies – on the terrible things that Nick has done. There’s only so long he can run from his past. His secrets have finally caught up to him. And now they’re destroying you both... 'So addictive and compulsive . . . Clever, unpredictable and beautifully written. I loved it!' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 'Congratulations Emma Curtis on another breathtakingly brilliant thriller . . . Psychological suspense at its best' NUALA ELLWOOD 'Conjures an atmosphere of quiet menace' Daily Mail 'Filled with drama and twists that exploded on to the page at every turn. Another fantastic psychological suspense by Emma Curtis' LAUREN NORTH 'A tense and twisted read' SARAH VAUGHAN 'Another deeply satisfying read from Emma Curtis . . . I couldn't put it down' AMANDA ROBSON Previously published as The Night You Left. © Emma Curtis 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026"

Emma Curtis (Author), Catherine Bailey (Narrator)

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The Traveller: The Revolutionary Life of George Forster and his Search for Humanity

"An inspiring biography of the remarkable naturalist, explorer and revolutionary, by the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature George Forster was a man out of time: he journeyed to the far reaches of the known world and challenged the worldviews of eighteenth-century Europe with radical ideas about equality and freedom. Celebrated during his lifetime, he knew Goethe, Benjamin Franklin, Mary Wollstonecraft and Alexander von Humboldt but has since been largely forgotten by history. The Traveller seeks to restore Forster as one of the great visionaries of his era. At the age of seventeen he joined Captain Cook’s second voyage – an exploration of vast contrasts from the icy world of Antarctica to the tropical islands of the South Pacific. A brilliant mind driven by boundless curiosity, he studied the diverse nature, people and cultures he encountered and came back imbued with a deep belief in the equality of races. On his return he was feted in England, France, Germany and Poland, using his fame to advocate freedom and human rights and argue against empire, racism and slavery. He admired strong and educated women and was proud to have daughters. The book traces how – inspired by the French Revolution – he became a leader of the short-lived Republic of Mainz and was eventually forced into exile in Paris during the Reign of Terror. Following in Forster’s footsteps from Europe to Tahiti, and drawing on a wealth of correspondence mostly unpublished in English, Andrea Wulf paints a portrait of a remarkable, passionate figure unbound by place, people or establishment. She vividly conveys his extraordinary quest to find what connects us rather than what sets us apart. 'Andrea Wulf belongs to the small, splendid canon of writers unafraid to render fact with feeling' Maria Popova, creator of The Marginalian and author of Figuring © Andrea Wulf 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026"

Andrea Wulf (Author), Catherine Bailey (Narrator)

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The Cortisol Reset Plan: Five steps to reduce stress, lose weight and reclaim your energy

"Brought to you by Penguin. A powerful guide to restoring body-mind health, with holistic tools to heal our bodies through nervous system work, blood sugar regulation and nutrient-dense foods. In this accessible guide, packed with simple day-to-day solutions, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner Marina Wright (@marinawrightwellness) draws on her experience helping thousands of clients and followers combat weight gain, brain fog, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, aches and pains, by tackling the underlying culprit: chronic stress. Our body’s natural stress response triggers the release of the hormone cortisol to help us handle immediate challenges. However, when this response becomes chronic instead of short-term, it can lead to adverse health effects. With Marina’s five-step nutrition and lifestyle program, we can build self-awareness, rebalance our hormones, regulate our circadian rhythms, and discover the long-term path to holistic health. In The Cortisol Reset Plan, you’ll find: - customisable questionnaires to assess your symptoms - key information to understand how and where stress shows up in your body - stress-reducing recipes and comprehensive nutritional guidance - a selection of easy-to-implement daily habits to calm, nourish, and balance your body - and so much more. With Marina’s expert guidance, you will create new habits and prevent chronic stress from taking hold again. Now, you will be able to return to and remain in good health and vitality – whatever life throws your way. 'A wonderful guide for rebuilding after burnout and living a healthier, calmer life' – MELISSA HEMSLEY 'The Cortisol Reset Plan delivers what exhausted women ACTUALLY need: a nervous system regulation roadmap that’s as grounded in science as it is in soul. Marina Wright gets it and finally, someone wrote the manual' - DR FRANCESCA LeBLANC, Hormone Health Specialist © Marina Wright 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Marina Wright (Author), Catherine Bailey (Narrator)

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The Lost Girls of Autism: The Untold Story of Women on the Spectrum

"Including a preface read by the author, Gina Rippon. 'A compelling exploration. Rippon is easily the most engaging communicator of neuroscience research working today. A truly fascinating must-read' - Elinor Cleghorn, bestselling author of Unwell Women 'Powerful and well-researched. The Lost Girls of Autism shines a much-needed spotlight on a critical issue' - Dr Maureen Dunne, author of The Neurodiversity Edge The history of autism is male. It is time for women and girls to enter the spotlight. When autistic girls meet clinicians, they are often misdiagnosed with anxiety, depression, personality disorders - or receive no diagnosis at all. Autism's 'male spotlight' means we are only now starting to redress this profound injustice. In The Lost Girls of Autism, renowned brain scientist Gina Rippon delves into the emerging science of female autism, asking why it has been systematically ignored for so long. Generations of researchers, convinced autism was a male problem, simply didn't bother looking for it in women. But it is now becoming increasingly clear that many autistic women and girls do not fit the traditional, male, model of autism. Instead, they camouflage and mask, hiding their autistic traits to accommodate a society that shuns them. Urgent and insightful, this is a searching examination of how sexism has biased our understanding of autism. Informed by the latest research in psychology and neuroscience, The Lost Girls of Autism is a clarion call for society to recognize the full spectrum of autistic experience."

Gina Rippon (Author), Catherine Bailey, Gina Rippon (Narrator)

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The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History

"Brought to you by Penguin. The story of the ancient world’s most spectacular library, and the civilization that created it When a team of Victorian archaeologists dug into a grassy hill in Iraq, they chanced upon one of the oldest and greatest stores of knowledge ever seen: the library of the Assyrian emperor Ashurbanipal, seventh century BCE ruler of a huge swathe of the ancient Middle East known as Mesopotamia. After his death, vengeful rivals burned Ashurbanipal’s library to the ground - yet the texts, carved on clay tablets, were baked and preserved by the heat. Buried for millennia, the tablets were written in cuneiform: the first written language in the world. More than half of human history is written in cuneiform, but only a few hundred people on earth can read it. In this captivating new book, Assyriologist Selena Wisnom takes us on an immersive tour of this extraordinary library, bringing ancient Mesopotamia and its people to life. Through it, we encounter a world of astonishing richness, complexity and sophistication. Mesopotamia, she shows, was home to advanced mathematics, astronomy and banking, law and literature. This was a culture absorbed and developed by the ancient Greeks, and whose myths were precursors to Bible stories - in short, a culture without which our lives today would be unrecognizable. The Library of Ancient Wisdom unearths a civilization at once strange and strangely familiar: a land of capricious gods, exorcisms and professional lamenters, whose citizens wrote of jealous rivalries, profound friendships and petty grievances. Through these pages we come face to face with humanity’s first civilization: their startling achievements, their daily life, and their struggle to understand our place in the universe. 'In this remarkable book, Wisnom takes her readers on a spell-binding tour through one of antiquity’s great monuments to knowledge: the Library at Nineveh. As she surveys the clay tablets that were buried in a blaze millennia ago, a lost world of learning and literature comes back to life' Sophus Helle, translator of Gilgamesh: A New Translation of the Ancient Epic © Selena Wisnom 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Selena Wisnom (Author), Catherine Bailey (Narrator)

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Sister in Law: Shocking true stories of fighting for justice in a legal system designed by men

"Brought to you by Penguin. LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION Discover the essential, must-read book about how the UK legal system is failing women, as told by one of Britain’s foremost lawyers. For more than quarter of a century, Harriet Wistrich has fought the corner of people from all walks of life let down by our justice system. She has been at the forefront of some historic and ground-breaking legal victories, from helping the victims of taxi driver and serial rapist John Worboys, to representing a pioneering group of the women caught up in the ‘spy cops’ scandal – women deceived into forming long-term relationships with men later revealed to be undercover police officers. Litigation can be a long and rocky path of pitfalls and dead ends and there are defeats as well as gains, hours of painstaking work as well as courtroom drama. It takes collaboration, extraordinary tenacity and huge compassion, but Harriet Wistrich is proof that it is possible to demand better justice and to bring about important change. Exploring landmark cases, Sister in Law covers the shocking true stories demonstrating that, terrifyingly often, the law is not-fit-for-purpose for half the population and shines a feminist light on the landscape of arcane laws and systems skewed towards men. 'This is a brilliant and important book. Harriet is a trailblazer and has done so much to get justice for so many women.' - Victoria Derbyshire 'Compelling, inspiring, horrifying and humbling in equal measure. Everybody should read it.' - Professor Dame Sue Black, author of All That Remains ‘Every feminist should know Harriet Wistrich’s name. There is no one better to learn from if you want to Get Shit Done.’ - Helen Lewis, author of Difficult Women 'A shocking, sobering and galvanising account of her astonishing legal career fighting for women in a legal system that is all too often stacked against them' - Caroline Criado Perez ©2024 Harriet Wistrich (P)2024 Penguin Audio"

Harriet Wistrich (Author), Catherine Bailey (Narrator)

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Letters From Everest: Unpublished Letters from Mallory’s Life and Death in the Mountains

"‘An extraordinary treasure trove’ Andrew Marr A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains. On the 8th of June, 1924, George Mallory and Sandy Irvine were seen through a telescope on the upper slopes of Mount Everest. They were never seen alive again. In 1999, Mallory’s body was found below the ridge where he was last seen. In the 100 years since his disappearance, many words have been written about Mallory, but very little has ever been published of his own thoughts. Letters from Everest is an eye opening set of personal letters from Mallory to his family, collected and published for the first time by his great-nephew. In the letters, Mallory is completely open about his life, his climbing and especially the three Everest Expeditions he was a part of – 1921, 1922 and the last in 1924. His writing is full of extraordinary insights – most of which have never been published in any form. They are a unique collection – an actual reflection, possibly the one and only, of the thoughts of a climbing legend who walked into history a century ago."

George Mallory (Author), Catherine Bailey, Seb Humphreys (Narrator)

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Take Control of your IBS: The step-by-step guide that actually works

"Bloomsbury presents Take Control of your IBS by Kirsten Jackson, read by Catherine Bailey. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 HEALTH AND WELLBEING AWARDS – BEST WELLBEING BOOK The only book you need to understand and manage your IBS, written by consultant specialist IBS registered dietitian, Kirsten Jackson. Take Control of Your IBS is the road-tested, practical guide that will change your life. Offering simple, fad-free professional advice, it will help you diagnose issues, bring comfort and reduce symptoms and flare-ups. With so much misinformation out there for those of us with irritable bowel syndrome, it can be hard to know where to start. Drawing on scientific research and personal experience, consultant dietitian Kirsten Jackson guides you through each step. By laying strong foundations in your mental well-being, sleep optimisation, movement and nutrition as well as finding the right treatment, you can get back to the things you enjoy in life. · Find out how to get the right tests for your symptoms · Learn the tried-and-tested process that has been used in practice with thousands of IBS sufferers · Hear real-life experiences from people who have improved their lives The good news is – it is possible to manage your IBS. This book shows you how."

Kirsten Jackson (Author), Catherine Bailey (Narrator)

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The Escape Room: Squid Game meets The Traitors, a gripping debut thriller about a reality TV show that turns deadly

"Brought to you by Penguin. Eight contestants. One killer. Can you find the traitor? 'Wow! What a page-turner. I'm a Celebrity meets Lord of the Flies.' Emma Curtis ‘The pace never slackens.’ Faith Martin Everything is a clue. Bonnie arrives on a remote sea fort off the coast of England to take part in a mysterious reality TV show. Competing against seven strangers, she must solve a series of puzzles to win the prize money, but this is no game - and the consequences of failure are deadly. No one leaves. Under scrutiny from the watching public, the contestants quickly turn on one another. Who will sacrifice the most for wealth and fame? And why can't Bonnie shake the creeping sense that they are not alone? The only way out is to win. When the first contestant is found dead, Bonnie begins to understand the dark truth at the heart of this twisted competition: there's a killer inside the fort, and anyone could be next. If Bonnie wants to escape, she needs to win... Are you ready to play? ©2024 L. D. Smithson (P)2024 Penguin Audio"

L. D. Smithson (Author), Catherine Bailey (Narrator)

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Hellish Nell: Last of Britain's Witches

"Brought to you by Penguin. One of the last criminal trials using the 1735 Witchcraft Act was, improbably, in London in 1944. The accused was Helen Duncan, a middle-aged Scotswoman. This is her extraordinary story. Helen Duncan - known since childhood as 'Hellish Nell', for her uncontainable nature - was one of the most popular mediums of the twentieth century, holding seances around the country where she was believed to manifest the spirits of the dead. What happens when we die? It was the question of the age for a generation which had endured one world war and now was living through another. Mrs Duncan's seances offered an answer. But when she started foretelling naval disasters, she also attracted the unwelcome attention of the secret service. And so just weeks before the Normandy landings, absurdly, anachronistically, she was prosecuted for witchcraft and jailed. Was Nell a conjurer, a martyr or a security risk? Hellish Nell was first published in 2001 to widespread acclaim. It remains in this revised edition a fascinating window into the unsettled spiritual and psychological mood of the times: a sensational tale of spectacle, credulity and cruelty, and of Britain's last witch. ©2023 Malcolm Gaskill (P)2023 Penguin Audio"

Malcolm Gaskill (Author), Catherine Bailey (Narrator)

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Sounds Like Misophonia: How to Stop Small Noises from Causing Extreme Reactions

"Bloomsbury presents Sounds Like Misophonia by Dr Jane Gregory with Adeel Ahmad, read by Catherine Bailey. ‘Empathetic, thoroughly informative and succinct ... Dr Gregory will be your friendly and helpful companion in the maelstrom of living with this complex disorder’ – Cris Edwards, founder of misophonia charity SoQuiet —- Are you often infuriated by ticking clocks, noisy eating, loud breathing, or any other small sounds? Do you wish you could sometimes put the world on mute? You might not have heard of misophonia, but if sounds can send you spiralling, you may have experienced it. In fact, it’s thought that one in five of us have it. Sounds Like Misophonia is the first dedicated guide to help you make sense of the condition and design a treatment plan that works for you. Using techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), clinical psychologist Dr Jane Gregory takes you through step-by-step exercises to change your relationship with sounds and streamline your coping strategies. Alongside you on your journey is podcaster and misophone Adeel Ahmad, who carries out experiments and shares case studies from volunteers around the world. With humour and understanding, Sounds Like Misophonia offers practical ways to navigate this noisy world and live a fulfilling life, instead of fighting against it. This audio edition was produced with particular care to avoid any noise triggers for listeners with misophonia and sound sensitivity."

Jane Gregory (Author), Catherine Bailey (Narrator)

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Betrayal

"Brought to you by Penguin. Eve should never have married Don Hathaway. Yes, he gave her two beautiful children - Olly and Tabitha - but he is a bully. Worse than that, he hurts her. But, after one drunken rage too many, she has the courage to leave him. Eve is warned that it's a difficult path, yet she needs to give her children hope for the future. Don, however, is bitter. And getting away entirely from him proves impossible. Until the day, Eve tries to teach him a lesson - and it all goes horribly wrong. Eve loves her children but now she carries a terrible burden that she dares not share. Has she betrayed her and her children's futures? Betrayal is Lesley Pearse's brilliant new pageturner. Praise for Lesley Pearse: 'Storytelling at its very best' Daily Mail 'Gripping and suspenseful' Daily Express 'A twisting and intense read' Woman's Own ©2023 Lesley Pearse (P)2023 Penguin Audio"

Lesley Pearse (Author), Catherine Bailey (Narrator)

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