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London Fields: A bold Booker-prize shortlisted state-of-the-nation novel about power, sex, and self-deception

"Brought to you by Penguin. Writer, Samson Young, is staring death in the face, and not only his own. Void of ideas and on the verge of terminal decline, Samson’s dash to a decaying, degenerate London has brought him through the doors of the Black Cross pub and into a murder story just waiting to be narrated. At its centre is the mesmeric, doomed Nicola Six, destined to be murdered on her 35th birthday. Around her: the disreputable men who might yet turn out to be her killer. All Samson has to do is to write Nicola’s story as it happens, and savour in this one last gift that life has granted him. 'A true story, a murder story, a love story and a thriller bursting with humour, sex and often dazzling language' Independent © Martin Amis 1989 (P) Penguin Audio 2026"

Martin Amis (Author), Laurence Dobiesz (Narrator)

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The Information

"Brought to you by Penguin. Once close friends, writers Gwyn Barry and Richard Tull now find themselves in fierce competition. While Tull has spiralled into a mire of literary obscurity and belletristic odd jobs, Barry’s atrocious attempts at novels have brought him untold success. Prizes, prestige and wealth abound, and from far below Tull can only watch, stewing in torment. Until, that is, resentment turns to revenge. Consumed by the question of how one writer can really hurt another, Tull’s quest for an answer will unleash increasingly violent urges on both writers’ lives. ‘A funny, vicious portrait of literary London’ Evening Standard © Martin Amis 1995 (P) Penguin Audio 2026"

Martin Amis (Author), Laurence Dobiesz (Narrator)

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His Final Patient: the chilling psychological thriller full of twists that will grip you from start to finish in 2026

"'Brainy, twisty, inventive' AJ Finn author of The Woman in the Window Don't let him get in your head. THE PSYCHIATRIST claims he can predict when people will die and has been using his skills with chilling accuracy. THE PATIENTS trust their shrink. They believe him when he tells them their date and the predictions have always come true. THE DETECTIVE is shaken when a man shoots himself after announcing it’s his ‘death day’. On his body, DI Silas Hart finds an hourglass, catapulting him back to two suspicious deaths that have haunted him for years. When the psychiatrist turns his sights on Hart, the countdown to his own death day begins. Will he survive? Or is there no escaping fate? Why readers love His Final Patient 'A gripping dark thriller built on a chilling premise' 'Twisty, tense and unsettling ... plays with your head long after you’ve put it down' 'Totally immersive and utterly gripping' 'A tense, compelling read with strong characters that beautifully offset the darkness' 'A real page-turner packed with twists and thrills' More praise for J.S. Monroe 'Full of unpredictable twists' THE TIMES 'Intricately woven and heart-stoppingly believable, this has bestseller written all over it' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'Intelligent writing, original and disturbing ideas and a tightly coiled and crafted plot' DAILY MAIL 'The most ingenious thriller you will read this year. I couldn't put it down' M. J. ARLIDGE 'Highly recommended' MICK HERRON C 2026 J.S. Monroe P 2026 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC"

J.S. Monroe (Author), Laurence Dobiesz (Narrator)

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Roman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts: A Journey Through Ancient History - As Seen on Channel 4

"Brought to you by Penguin. AS SEEN ON TV Professor Alice Roberts travels 1,300 miles by train across Italy, France and Spain in search of a greater understanding of the Roman Empire for Channel 4's popular TV series Roman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts. Visiting sites often off the beaten track with experts in each location sharing their insights and revealing up-to-date discoveries, this book delivers more depth and context than the TV series. Alice explores what everyday life was like for ordinary citizens of the Roman Empire and reveals the extraordinary developments in technology, law, lifestyle, politics, health and education that remain to this day and how these fed into the birth, expansion and collapse of the empire. She also shares her experiences from the journey itself, including her drawings and personal anecdotes. Roman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts tells the extraordinary backstory of one of the world’s greatest expansionist empires and enables readers to follow Alice's journey themselves or simply enjoy the ride from the comfort of home. © Alice Roberts 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026"

James Nally (Author), Alice Roberts, Laurence Dobiesz (Narrator)

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Moonlight Crusaders: Special Duties Pilots over Occupied Europe

"Bloomsbury presents Moonlight Crusaders: Special Duties Pilots over Occupied Europe by Paul Smiddy, read by Laurence Dobiesz. This engrossing history explores the creation, development and actions of the Special Duties squadrons, which carried spies, political figures and documents in and out of Occupied Europe. In 1940, Winston Churchill famously set in motion the Special Operations Executive. However, the creation of secret agent networks required a clandestine transport infrastructure to support nascent resistance movements in Occupied Europe. With only the moon to guide their way, the daring pilots of 161 Squadron constantly faced danger: their locations could be discovered, German night-fighters and flak had to be contended with and, of course, they dealt with the worst of European weather. Despite these extra risks, these Special Duties pilots were remarkably successful. Packed with first-hand accounts and expert research, this book dives into the history of the men who flew these dangerous missions and the main aircraft they used – unarmed Lysanders. Author Paul Smiddy, an RAF-trained pilot, explores the origins of the Lysander, the dangers it posed to its pilots and how operational techniques were developed. Facing political interference and limited resources from the RAF, these brave and under-recognised pilots provided a critical role in the war – bringing back agents with important information to help Britain and the Allies defeat the Germans. P 2026 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC C 2026 Paul Smiddy"

Paul Smiddy (Author), Laurence Dobiesz (Narrator)

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Dandelion is Dead

"Jake has fallen head over heels for Dandelion. The only problem? Dandelion is dead. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– PICKED AS A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026 BY ELLE, VOGUE, COSMOPOLITAN, STYLIST, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, OPRAH DAILY AND WOMEN.COM Poppy’s sister has been dead seven months when she decides to tell the lie. It’s not supposed to hurt anyone. She just wants to do something Dandelion would have found funny, and feel a little more alive herself. But lies spiral, lust blooms and grief keeps crashing the party. When Poppy meets Jake, can one act of deceit spark something unexpectedly real? 'Unputdownable' COSMOPOLITAN 'One to watch' ELLE 'Wildly fun' i PAPER 'A literary entrance worth noting' WOMEN.COM 'I tore through it; as hilarious as it is heartfelt' CLAIRE DAVERLEY 'Fans of Dolly Alderton and Nora Ephron will eat this up' LAURA HANKIN 'Breathtakingly original' CLARE LESLIE HALL ‘Dazzlingly funny and devastating and life-affirming’ ELLA BERMAN 'A funny book about grief, an honest book about lying' JENNY JACKSON 'A blazing firework of a novel' MORGAN DICK 'A book as compulsive as Dandelion Is Dead has no business being this psychologically astute, this emotionally complex, this genuinely hot … One of the fiction debuts of the year' EMMA FORREST 'Almost made me redownload Hinge for the plot' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY ‘What starts as a grief-fuelled moment of reckless curiosity turns into a wildly original rom-com … The masterful pacing and vividly realised characters make it hard to believe that this is Storey’s first book’ OPRAH DAILY 'This tale of both romantic and sisterly love seamlessly combines humor and heartbreak' PEOPLE 'If you’re a fan of messy, character-driven conflict in contemporary fiction, Dandelion Is Dead is for you … this book read like an indie movie: A little raw, a little quirky, with lots of heart' READER'S DIGEST 'The novel is as lively and vibrant as its titular character is dead' BOOK REPORTER"

Rosie Storey (Author), Laurence Dobiesz, Olivia Dowd (Narrator)

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The Miracle: The Boys Who Escaped the Gas Chamber in Auschwitz

"Brought to you by Penguin. An unforgettable testament to hope and the bonds of brotherhood, Miracle reveals the untold story of the boys who escaped the gas chamber in Auschwitz, the only known Holocaust survivors to walk away from the jaws of the Nazi killing machine. Early on the morning of October 9, 1944, seven-hundred boys, aged between 13 and 17, were taken out of Block 11 at Auschwitz. The night before, during a visit by Dr Josef Mengele, their identification cards had been stamped with a solitary German word – gestorben – 'died' in English. They were then marched by 25 bayonet-wielding SS men to Crematorium 5, stripped, and herded into a gas chamber. This book is the story of a true-life miracle of the fifty-one boys who were pulled from that gas chamber – the only Holocaust survivors known to have escaped such a close brush with the Nazi killing machine – and given a second chance at life. A life, of course, that would be so horrifically snatched from those around them. Based on the first-hand testimonies of six of the boys, six survivors whose stories are shared in this book for the very first time, Miracle interweaves the lives of the boys and the grander sweep of history in which they were held. The result is an unforgettable tale of hope, faith and fortitude in the face of one of the worst crimes against humanity. © Michael Calvin 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026"

Michael Calvin, Naftali Schiff (Author), Laurence Dobiesz, Michael Calvin, Naftali Schiff (Narrator)

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Defenders of the Reich: The Luftwaffe’s War Against America’s Bombers

"Bloomsbury Presents Defenders of the Reich by Robert Forsyth, read by Laurence Dobiesz. The story of the Luftwaffe fighter arm’s desperate defence of the Third Reich from the growing Allied bomber offensive in World War II. The Reichsverteidigung (Defence of the Reich) was a do or die campaign that saw the very best fighter pilots in the Luftwaffe attempt to defend German skies from increasingly large formations of RAF and USAAF medium and heavy bombers. Flying both piston-engined and, eventually, the first jet-engined fighters to see operational service, the Jagdflieger employed a wide range of weapons and tactics in an effort to blunt the Allied air offensive across Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe. Defenders of the Reich focusses on the story of the pilot, his aircraft, his weaponry, his draining, dangerous missions and Luftwaffe tactics against the USAAF and the RAF bombers from the summer of 1942 through to VE Day. They fought until they were all but obliterated as USAAF and RAF fighters decimated their ranks in the air and targeted their airfields in devastating strafing attacks. Leading Luftwaffe historian Robert Forsyth uses German and Allied archival documents coupled with interviews with former Jagdwaffe pilots, to tell the history of this last-ditch aerial campaign from the perspective of the Luftwaffe. C 2025 Robert Forsyth P 2025 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC"

Robert Forsyth (Author), Laurence Dobiesz (Narrator)

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Not Moving Out

"Freya and Joe’s marriage has fizzled its way to the end, but for financial reasons, and to support their daughter in her final year of school, they decide they need to keep living together for six months. They know it won’t be easy, but for Joe at least, it provides creative rewards: a struggling sitcom writer, he has found his new project. Why not write about his own situation? And the network loves it! There is just one problem - Freya doesn’t know. Can Freya and Joe navigate the six months together and might they find out something new about their relationship? A relatable second-chance romcom perfect for fans of Mike Gayle and Beth O’Leary. Georgia Taylforth’s warm and friendly tone is perfect for this uplifting romcom. When she is not narrating romcoms she is writing plays which have gone to the Edinburgh Fringe for instance Mine and Stiff Dicky. Laurence Dobiesz’s friendly tone works perfectly with Georgia Taylforth’s voice on this uplifting romcom. He has narrated 30 audiobooks including Lucy Foley’s The Midnight Feast. You might also recognise him from the hit TV show Outlander. © 2025 Jon Rance (P) 2025 DK Audio"

Jon Rance (Author), Georgia Taylforth, Laurence Dobiesz (Narrator)

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The Night Lagoon

"**DIVE INTO THE DEBUT OF THE SUMMER** A captivating novel set against the wild of the Belize jungle – where danger pulses both outside and inside the door… ‘Luscious … It’s hard to believe this accomplished piece of crime fiction is Morey’s debut’ THE TIMES, book of the month pick 'Beautiful, compelling, visceral' LUCY CLARKE ‘A captivating debut’ JULIE OWEN MOYLAN 'Secrets reveal themselves like snakes winding through the foliage' VASEEM KHAN ––––––––– It's a liar's paradise Wittering Lodge, Stann Creek, Belize In the dead of night, lying in her father’s jungle lodge, Laelia watches her partner Aid sleeping – her mind racing with everything that’s brought her to this moment. The heady Caribbean holiday when they first met. The rum-fueled passion that, day by day, creeps into something darker. The secrets she discovered in a hidden nook of the lodge, revealing a devastating past. Above all, she thinks about the impossible decision she must make before dawn. Does she stay silent and protect their newfound paradise? Or does she confront the lies which run as deep and dark as the lagoon – surfacing a dangerous truth from which there’s no return… A transporting book club novel with the pulse of a thriller, The Night Lagoon is about the secrets and lies that simmer just beneath the surface of paradise. 'Morey’s wonderful debut is arresting from the first and will keep readers guessing until the dynamite conclusion. Fans of Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins will flock' LIBRARY JOURNAL, starred review"

Jo Morey (Author), Chloë Sommer, Laurence Dobiesz (Narrator)

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The People’s War: Unheard Voices: Life on the Battlefront and at Home in World War II

"Brought to you by Penguin. Read by the author, with Christine Kavanagh, Rosina Aichner, Laurence Dobeisz, Joe Jameson, Conor Macleod, Jamie Zubairi, Ayesha Antoine, Naruto Komatsu, Alfie Thompson, Chris Thompson, Nile Faure-Bryan, Sam Heaton, Michael Pender, Brónagh Grace and Ru Merritt. There was a German bomber flying right towards us – a Dornier, one of their biggest. It was so low we could see the pilot flying it and the gunner in the nose of the bomber pointing his machine gun at us… Schoolboy in Kent, during the Battle of Britain My legs pressed harder around my father's waist; my arms nearly choked him. The humming of Japanese aircraft was loud enough for everyone to hear now, and panic spread like ink on a blotter. Child saying goodbye to her parents, Singapore 1942 In the early 2000s, the BBC set up one of its biggest oral history archives, recording the lives and experiences of the ordinary people who lived through World War Two. It amounted to 47,000 testimonies and over 400 diaries and letters, all of which have remained hidden in the archives for twenty years – until now. In The People's War, John Willis unearths untold stories of everyday bravery, moments of terror, and tales of life-affirming community, that guide us through the years of the Second World War. From soldiers in North Africa and prisoners of war in East Asia, to evacuees in the British countryside and women in the factories, The People's War is a truly ambitious and comprehensive journey through a devastating and pivotal period of our history, as you've never read before. Follow the remarkable stories of ordinary individuals who lived, fought, grieved, loved, and survived through World War Two. © John Willis 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

John Willis (Author), Alfie Thompson, Ayesha Antoine, Christine Kavanagh, Conor MacLeod, Jamie Zubairi, Joe Jameson, John Willis, Laurence Dobiesz, Naruto Komatsu, Rosina Aichner (Narrator)

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The Pro Retail Trader: How to Generate Professional-level Returns as a Retail Trader

"The Pro Retail Trader takes the approach used by pro traders and reframes it in a way that retail traders can use to be more successful. Steve Ruffley has spent half his life trading the markets. He trained as a professional and now defines himself as a pro retail trader. He has achieved wins such as $10,000 in two minutes, $77,000 in two hours, and $90,000 in one day. These are professional trader results, but Steve trades using a retail broker. He does this by trading at times very large, averaged positions. He takes profit in every trade in one go. He only uses three defined trading types and two entry styles. Being right, at the right time. Steve knows in retail trading you can't execute trades like the pros, so you have to adapt both your thinking and execution. Steve says, "If it's trading, then I've done it." From risk managing pro traders to running a trading floor, Steve has worked with some of the best traders in the business, at the largest trading firms. He has seen insights into pro trading that few people, even pro traders themselves, ever get to see. He then spent years putting these things into practice for himself. This is important because anyone can be a retail trader, but not everyone can be a pro trader. You can be taught how to trade, but not everyone can learn how to make money, real money, from trading. There is a space between that of the retail trader and the pro trader. The approach of The Pro Retail Trader, for those who want to follow it, is the way to close that gap."

Steve Ruffley (Author), Laurence Dobiesz (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Laurence Dobiesz

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