Audiobooks narrated by Shazia Nicholls

"In a village in rural Pakistan, Tara is waiting and watching. The smell of dung and dust hangs over her world. She is desperate to leave the petty life of the village and escape the iron grip of her violent, unpredictable brother. Marrying a middle-class accountant allows her to escape to the capital, but she soon finds that life as a respectable housewife is not sufficient either. She wants what the rich mothers at her children’s school have. She wants what their husbands have. Her desire for wealth and freedom becomes an obsession. But can she truly shake her past? And what of the menacing spectre of her brother, a reminder of the threads that tie her to the life she left behind? Set against a hypnotic, oppressive backdrop of political violence and natural disaster, A Splintering traces the class struggle of a woman stuck between province and metropolis, between motherhood and ambition. Disquieting and utterly gripping, it is an extraordinary achievement by Dur e Aziz Amna, an exploration of a complex and unforgettable character who will risk everything to carve out a life of her own."

Dur e Aziz Amna (Author), Shazia Nicholls (Narrator)

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The Dead Water

"A gripping new serial killer crime thriller from Simon Toyne featuring criminologist Dr Laughton Rees and DCI Tannahill Khan ‘As fast flowing and threatening as the Thames itself’ Daily Mail 'Packed with danger and suspense … Loved it!' Sam Holland 'Simon Toyne is one of the best storytellers writing today' M. W. Craven A brutal murder When a headless corpse washes up on the bank of the Thames, DCI Tannahill Khan knows this wasn’t accidental – the killer wanted the body found. This is just the beginning. A deadly warning The post mortem reveals a shocking discovery. Written on the dead man’s arm is Forensic Criminologist Dr Laughton Rees’ home address. A fatal game With her life in danger and more bodies washing up along the river, Laughton and Tannahill are in a race against time to stop the killer before Laughton’s own name reaches the top of his list READERS LOVE DEAD WATER ‘Kept me guessing all the way through. I loved it’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This is one heck of a thriller’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow. What an amazing read’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Simon Toyne is fast becoming one of my favourite authors’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely brilliant I was hooked!!’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A fast paced read with main characters I've grown to love’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Masterfully plotted and told with verve and humour’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Simon Toyne is a master of the police procedural. 5 stars’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This book has fantastic suspense, gruesome murders, mystery, chilling moments, a fabulous whodunit and some wild twists and turns!’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"

Simon Toyne (Author), Shazia Nicholls (Narrator)

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Murder in Bloom: The unmissable BRAND NEW novel in an addictive British cozy crime mystery series fo

"Murder is in full bloom, but can Steph and her sidekick Mouse weed out the killer? It's an invitation Steph Williams can't refuse when she's handpicked to compete in a flower show at the prestigious National Trust property of Coleton Fishacre. With the country's top garden designers as rivals and a stunning historic estate for inspiration, it feels like a dream come true. But things quickly turn thorny when the youngest competitor falls mysteriously ill and Steph suspects foul play. Her fears are confirmed when a scream echoes through the gardens, leading her to the shocking sight of a dead body at the foot of a cliff. With her trusty dog Mouse by her side, Steph's determined not to let the culprit slip through the cracks. Uncovering the truth in a garden full of suspects is no easy task, but Steph must see the wood for the trees before the murderer prunes out the competition - for good! For fans of Richard Coles, Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, and Fiona Leitch, a delightfully witty and gripping cosy crime novel where the stakes are high, the gardens are lush, and murder is always in season."

Rosie Sandler (Author), Shazia Nicholls (Narrator)

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Murder Takes Root: a gripping British cozy crime mystery full of surprising twists

"Steph Williams is excited to get her hands stuck into her latest gardening project. This time, she's been commissioned by Lady Clara of Ashford Manor to restore the stately gardens to their former glory. But the estate is thrown into chaos when a dead body is discovered in one of the rooms. The police rule it as suicide, but Steph's convinced they're barking up the wrong tree. She knows the deceased and it could only be one thing: murder. And Steph is no wallflower - if the police won't listen, she will have to dig out the truth herself. As Steph tries to get to the root of the matter, with the help of her trusty hound Mouse, she discovers that the manor staff hold secrets of their own, and soon she's not sure who she can trust. But one thing is for sure - she's not going to let the murderer lead her up the garden path... Gardener turned amateur sleuth Steph and her adorable dog are on the search for a killer in this highly gripping and unputdownable cosy crime novel. Fans of Richard Coles, Fiona Leitch and Sarah Yarwood-Lovett will be hooked from beginning to end."

Rosie Sandler (Author), Shazia Nicholls (Narrator)

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Seeds of Murder: The start of an unputdownable British cozy crime mystery series perfect for 2025!

"Steph Williams has arrived at the wealthy, gated community of Beaulieu Heights ready to start her new position as head gardener. Surrounded by mansions and acres of land, it's worlds apart from the life she and her enthusiastic dog Mouse know, but she's determined to give it her best shot. If Steph happens to overhear private conversations while trimming the bushes, or is refused access to a locked shed, she knows not to question it - after all, gardeners should be seen and not heard. Until notes start turning up, threatening to reveal the deepest secrets of the residents. Suddenly Steph finds herself the prime suspect and must leave the shelter of the gardens behind, to clear her name and save her job. The seeds of suspicion have been planted, but this case is turning out to be no bed of roses. And, when the investigation puts her own life at risk, Steph is up against the clock to weed out the real culprit before it's too late... Perfect for fans of Richard Coles, Fiona Leitch and Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, introducing a brand-new cosy crime series set in the gardening world featuring an unlikely amateur sleuth and her loveable dog."

Rosie Sandler (Author), Shazia Nicholls (Narrator)

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The Blood Traces

"*Previously published as The Clearing in 2023* From the author of the Sanctus series comes a brilliant new serial killer thriller featuring forensic specialist Dr Laughton Rees and Detective Inspector Tannahill Khan ‘The ending is genuinely one of the most jaw-dropping ones I’ve read in a long time. Absolutely superb.’ M.W. Craven ‘Unnerved me to my core’ Sam Holland ‘Scared the bloody daylights out of me. The very definition of haunting’ Helen Fields ‘In the spirit of Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta… Everything here suggests that Rees merits a long series run.’ Publisher’s Weekly Maddie Friar is missing And she isn’t the first. Women have been going missing around the forest of Dean for decades. Residents usually dismiss the disappearances as runaways. Maddie Friar's sister, Adele, is frantically searching but local police are no help. Only forensic criminologist Laughton Rees might know the truth. There is something dark lurking in this town. Something deadly."

Simon Toyne (Author), Hugh Ross, Shazia Nicholls (Narrator)

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Savage Beasts

"‘A beautiful and unique retelling of Medea. I loved it!’ Sunday Times bestselling author Sophie Irwin ‘Absorbing and thoughtful…full of page-turning drama and vibrantly drawn characters. Bold and illuminating’ Claire Heywood, author of Daughters of Sparta A propulsive retelling inspired by the Greek myth of Medea Calcutta, 1757. Bengal is on the brink of war. The East India Company, led by the fearsome Sir Peter Chilcott, are advancing and nobody is safe. Meena, the Nawab’s neglected and abused daughter, finds herself falling under the spell of James Chilcott, nephew of Sir Peter, who claims he wants to betray the company . . . for a price. Caught between friend and foe, Meena and James escape Calcutta, their hands stained in blood and pockets filled with gold. In Ceylon, they’re cleansed of their sins by Meena’s beloved aunt Kiran, before the young lovers set sail for the Dutch controlled Cape of Good Hope, with the promise of a new life. Yet past resentments and present betrayals begin to pile up as they struggle to overcome their differences. And as Meena yet again finds herself in a foreign land without anyone to turn to, she is forced to find out what she is willing to sacrifice when love turns to hate. The perfect read for fans of The Song of Achilles, Ariadne and Pandora ‘Extraordinary… Selvarajah skillfully interweaves the familiar story of Medea with something vivd, vibrant and brand new’ Sarah Underwood, author of New York Times bestseller Lies We Sing to the Sea ‘A clever and compassionate retelling of the Medea myth . . . an ending worth of the great Greek playwrights’ Laura Shepperson, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Heroines ‘Mythic, rageful and timely… a devastating must read’ Tasha Suri, author of TikTok sensation, The Jasmine Throne ‘A beautiful and unique retelling of Medea’ Sunday Times bestselling author Sophie Irwin ‘Powerful and entrancing’ USA Today bestseller, Andie Newton ‘A vivid picture of a dark and difficult world… an emotional journey of a woman’s strength and determination despite all the odds’ Siya Turabi, author of The Last Beekeeper"

Rani Selvarajah (Author), Shazia Nicholls (Narrator)

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A Flat Place

"Brought to you by Penguin. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION Raw and radical, strange and beguiling - a love letter to Britain's breathtaking flatlands, from Orford Ness to Orkney, and a reckoning with the painful, hidden histories they contain For readers of W. G. Sebald's Rings of Saturn, Amy Liptrot's The Outrun and Richard Mabey's Nature Cure Noreen Masud has always loved flatlands. Her earliest memory is of a wide, flat field glimpsed from the back seat of her father's car in Lahore. As an adult in Britain she has discovered many more flat landscapes to love: Orford Ness, the Cambridgeshire Fens, Morecambe Bay, Orkney. These bare, haunted expanses remind her of the flat place inside herself: the place created by trauma. Noreen suffers from complex post traumatic stress disorder: the product of a profoundly disrupted and unstable childhood. It flattens her emotions, blanks out parts of her memory, and colours her world with anxiety. Undertaking a pilgrimage around Britain's flatlands, seeking solace and belonging, she weaves her impressions of the natural world with poetry, folklore and history, and with recollections of her own early life. Noreen's British Pakistani heritage makes her a partial outsider in these landscapes: both coloniser and colonised, inheritor and dispossessed. Here violence lies beneath the fantasy of pastoral innocence, and histories of harm are interwoven with nature's power to heal. Here, as in her own family history, are many stories that resist the telling. She pursues these paradoxes fearlessly across the flat, haunted spaces she loves, offering a startlingly strange, vivid and intimate account of the land beneath her feet. ©2023 Noreen Masud (P)2023 Penguin Audio"

Noreen Masud (Author), Shazia Nicholls (Narrator)

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The Bandit Queens

"In rural India, an isolated woman falsely accused of killing her vanished husband becomes an unwilling consultant to other aspiring widows. In rural India, Geeta is believed to have killed her vanished husband - but she hasn't wasted too much time trying to correct the record, because as a single woman her new reputation has been the one thing keeping her safe all these years. Still, she's paid a price. She's an outcast in her town, estranged from her childhood best friend, Saloni, and from the rest of the women in her microloan group. But that all changes when another member of the group approaches Geeta with a problem of her own. Farah's husband, Samir, is an abusive drunk and she's ready to be rid of him, so she asks Geeta for help, appealing to her expertise. Not wanting to reveal the truth, Geeta reluctantly agrees, but this one small murderous favour sets in motion a chain of events that will change everything - and not just for Geeta, but for Saloni, and Farah, and all the women in their village. In darkly irreverent and fresh prose, this unforgettable feminist revenge thriller acknowledges the unfortunate status quo for women everywhere, and shows that female connections and friendships are what will carry us through the darkness and absurdity of life."

Parini Shroff (Author), Shazia Nicholls (Narrator)

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Kerry Tucker Learns to Live

"Every morning, Kerry gets up, goes on her post-round, talks to the locals, and then goes home again. Once a month, she has Sunday lunch with her perfect sister’s perfect family. Life is simple, life is fine. Her sister, Beth, thinks Kerry is kidding herself. She thinks Kerry needs to move out of their parents’ annexe, find a better job, and maybe even meet a man. Beth is determined to make Kerry get a life... whether Kerry likes it or not. But Kerry knows something Beth doesn’t. She knows even the happiest marriages hide the darkest secrets, and even the people you love most in the world can betray you. Burdened by grief and family secrets, Kerry realises that sometimes you have to reach the end of the road before you can start over. Before you can stop just existing, and really learn to live. A brilliantly emotional novel, perfect for fans of 'Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine', Matt Haig and Mike Gayle. - Louise Voss has been writing for the past eighteen years, with many twists and turns in her career. She started her publishing life with four novels for Transworld/Black Swan, the first of which, ´To Be Someone´, was published in 2001."

Louise Voss (Author), Shazia Nicholls (Narrator)

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Dark Objects

"**Don't miss out on the gripping new thriller featuring Laughton Rees and Tannahill Khan, THE CLEARING – OUT NOW** ‘Count to three,’ her mother told her, the last words she would ever speak. An Impossible Crime Scene A wealthy woman is found brutally murdered in the locked fortress of her London mansion. Surrounding her are four mysterious objects, including a book on forensics by Dr Laughton Rees. An Inescapable Past As a teenager, Laughton’s life was destroyed after witnessing her mother’s brutal murder. Now a mother herself and forensic analyst, she is an expert on how to read crime scenes – but never works live cases. An Uncatchable Killer Pressured by the lead detective to help with the investigation, Laughton begins to realise that the objects left by the body are not just about the victim, they’re also about her. Her childhood was destroyed by one killer. Now she must catch another before her daughter’s is destroyed too. PRAISE FOR DARK OBJECTS ‘There are times when I read another author’s novel and it’s so darn good I just want to put down my own pen and retire because I can’t match it. This is that book.’ TESS GERRITSEN ‘An intense, compelling page-turner.’ STEVE CAVANAGH ‘The pacing is superb and as the suspense ratchets up you will find it impossible to put the book down.’ PETER ROBINSON ‘A stunning novel! Part wily procedural, part relentless psychological thriller, Dark Objects will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish.’ JEFFERY DEAVER ‘It’s intelligent, insanely paced and brimming with fresh ideas – I doubt I’ll read a better book this year.’ M.W. CRAVEN ‘A gripping, action-packed story filled with twists and tension.’ STEPH BROADRIBB"

Simon Toyne (Author), Shazia Nicholls (Narrator)

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The Murder Grove

"A gripping new thriller with a killer twist! Two bodies. Thirty years. And a secret that connects them both… 1990 A woman’s body is found brutally murdered in the woods, and next to it, a shallow grave hiding a terrified young girl. 2021 When Mia and Rich move to an eco-village in Spain, they’re looking for a new start. Val Verde is everything they wished for – at least to begin with. But when someone is murdered in an olive grove, Mia realises the village isn’t the safe haven she was hoping for… There’s a killer in the village – and they’ll stop at nothing until they get revenge…"

E.V. Adamson (Author), Jot Davies, Shazia Nicholls (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Shazia Nicholls

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